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Thank you for standing by my family. I know I keep asking, but your donations are what keeps us alive, especially after the recent bombing that injured everyone. Our sole focus now is saving my brother Samer. Securing his vital medications and evacuating him for treatment is our only hope. Please share our story and encourage others to help. @hazemsuhail
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Sharing because chronic illnesses er visits and car emergencies suck. Anything helps.
Save She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power. Help get the series a full physical media release.
2615 signatures as of right now. A petition alone won't move the needled much, so also mail DreamWorks at 1000 Flower Street, Glendale, CA 91201. Send them letters (3-4 paragraphs) letting them know how much the show means to you, praising the show, why it should be saved and preserved and why it deserves a full series release even if they plan on giving it another streaming home. The gofundme to set up an aerial banner to fly over DreamWorks studios has been set up as well.
Get She-Ra and The Princesses of Power Seasons 1-5 Released On DVD / Blu Ray.
You can also tag them on social media and email them. Official releases are important for artists to still get royalties as well as audio and subtitle options that most unofficial versions online and burned to dvd won't have.
The war is not over !!!!!
Gaza is still bleeding !!!!
Donation link for a family from Gaza
People keep saying there’s a ceasefire but every single day we wake up to another explosion, another family destroyed, another name added to the list of martyrs. I’m writing this because the world thinks Gaza is “calm” now.
It’s not. The bombs didn’t stop. The drones didn’t stop. The funerals didn’t stop.
During this so-called ceasefire, dozens of people were killed. Homes were burned. Children were pulled from under the rubble. You’ll see the photos I’m adding below - all taken during the “pause”. This is what our reality looks like.
My own family is suffering too. We lost relatives. We lost our home.
312 Palestinians have been killed, entire families wiped out during a time that was supposed to bring safety.!
Here is the donation link for my family’s emergency fund:
https://chuffed.org/project/145440-help-anass-family-survive-and-rebuild-after-gaza-war
Campaign Update
If you can’t donate, please reblog, share, tag people.
Your support is literally life saving for us.
Thank you for not looking away.
Thank you for keeping Gaza alive in your heart.
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Hypnotist Sappho admitted to and flaunted the fact that she grooms, dates, and sexually abuses teenagers. She's never been arrested.
Nomnomnami admitted to the fact that she groomed and committed statutory sexual assault against a 14 year old. Not only is she not in jail, you've been getting your lolicon fix off her games.
Kero the Wolf was found across multiple chats and websites admitting to and having VIDEO EVIDENCE of vomit-inducing levels of zoosadist torture against puppies. He never served jail time.
Yall NEED to get real about the fact that the justice system is a massive failure, and a predator not being arrested does not mean that the individual is not a predator. Why the hell do yall think varying degrees of vigilantism have taken off the past handful of years?
Let it be known I can’t fucking stand AI, hate it with a burning ass passion lord help me I hate how common it is to be on social media and have to wonder if the art or videos I’m seeing were made with AI
From Starvation to Displacement💔🍉🇵🇸
Khan Younis: A City of Displacement and Hunger🇵🇸🍉
Khan Younis… a city overwhelmed by displacement, suffocating under the weight of tents and silent screams.Families fleeing from one danger into another, with nothing but broken dreams and borrowed blankets.
Children are starving. Mothers spend the day searching for crumbs. Fathers are shadows of themselves, carrying pain they can’t express. No clean water. No food. No medicine.
This is not a page from history — this is now. In Khan Younis. In the dust and mud, among torn tents and empty pots.
Hunger is the only language left. The cries are loud, even if the world has stopped listening.
Please, don’t turn away. Every share, every donation can help.
My name is Motaz, and my wife is Huda. We got married only three months before the war. We d… Adam M needs your support for Help Feed & Hous
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🌸 From One Mother’s Heart – Please Read 🌸
My name is Saja. I’m a wife, a mother, and a woman who once believed her story would be simple. I thought my days would be filled with watching my daughter grow — from her first smile to her first steps — surrounded by the small joys of everyday life.
But life had other plans.
War has returned to our home. Again. And once again, we find ourselves living under skies that never seem to rest.
There was a moment — a fragile, breathless moment — when the bombs paused and the world seemed to remember us. It gave us hope. We thought maybe, just maybe, we could start to rebuild. But now, we are back in the dark — hiding, holding on, praying.
I’m writing this not as someone seeking pity, but as a mother who has no other choice but to speak.
Imagine holding your baby in the middle of the night, not because she cried, but because the world outside roared too loud for either of you to sleep. Imagine whispering bedtime stories not to lull her into dreams, but to keep the fear from settling into her tiny bones.
This is my life.
This is my daughter’s life.
And even now — especially now — I believe in softness. I believe in kindness. Because when everything else is taken from you, hope becomes the most valuable thing you have.
Why I’m Reaching Out Our home has been damaged. Our lives changed. But through it all, my daughter wakes up every morning with a smile. She reaches for me with trust, with love, with faith that I will keep her safe.
That’s why I keep going.
I’ve launched a campaign to ask for help — not because it’s easy, but because silence is no longer an option. I am asking for support not just for me, but for my baby, and for the quiet strength of so many mothers like me who are fighting, every single day, to hold their families together.
How You Can Help: 🤍 Help us restore parts of our home so we can live with dignity 🤍 Support women and mothers in Gaza with access to care and resources 🤍 Keep the light of hope alive for a generation born in the shadows of war
💛 If you can, please support our journey here:
My name is Saja. I am a mother, a wife, and just one of many women in Gaza trying to hold on — to hope, to my family, and to a life that no
If you can’t give, please consider sharing. Your voice might be the reason someone else hears ours.
From My Heart to Yours Maybe our lives are worlds apart. Maybe you’ve never lived through war. But if you’ve ever held a child and wished the world could be better for them — then you understand more than you know.
I don’t want my daughter to grow up thinking the world turned away.
Please, if you’ve read this far — thank you. Thank you for seeing us. Thank you for caring. We are still here. Still hoping. Still holding on to every kind act like it’s a lifeline.
With love and endless gratitude
🕊 Nadin’s Hope: A Mother, A Memory, A Future
Hello, my name is Nadin. I’m from Gaza. I’m a graphic design graduate, a wife—and now, a mother.
I finished my design studies just before the war began. I had dreams of starting a small studio, of creating art that told stories. I used to think about colors and fonts and the future.
Then, the war came. And the future became something we tried to hold onto, moment by moment.
On October 22, 2023, I learned I was pregnant when a missile destroyed my husband’s family home, killing 25 members—his mother, siblings, nieces and nephews—entire branches of our family in seconds.
We were displaced twice. Everything was gone—home, safety, routine, rest.
A few weeks later, I gave birth to our daughter. There was no crib, no celebration—not even stillness. But she arrived, quietly and beautifully. In her eyes I saw something I hadn’t felt in weeks: life that still wanted to grow.
Now, our days are shaped by decisions that could dismantle the future we are trying to build together.
Today, Israel’s government is discussing plans for a full military occupation of the Gaza Strip, including Gaza City and southern regions. The stated aim: to eliminate Hamas and later hand governing control to allied Arab forces—not Israel—but with no clear path to peace or normalcy.
The humanitarian fallout is devastating. More than 61,000 Palestinians have died in this war; hunger and malnutrition are rising sharply. Hospitals in north Gaza have shut down, and 193 people have now died of starvation, nearly half of them children.
Aid remains blocked, water is scarce, and many risk dying of hunger or disease long before future promises arrive.
We Don’t Know What Comes Next There’s no clear path forward—only uncertainty for our daughter’s life and our ability to survive another day.
My name is Nadin, and I’m a mother from Gaza.
How You Can Help I’m asking for support—not for comfort, but for survival:
Help us meet basic needs so we can breathe, heal, and preserve a world for our daughter.
Support us as I try to stand again on my own feet—even a glimmer of stability matters.
If you’ve read this far, thank you. If you can give—thank you. If you can’t—just sharing this post is a lifeline I will never forget.
💔🇵🇸 My Daughter Was Born Under Bombs — I'm Just Trying to Keep Her Alive
My name is Abdulmajid.
I got married one month before the war. Those were beautiful days — full of hope, love, and simple dreams. I dreamed of a small home, a quiet family, and a baby girl I could hold without fear.
But the war came… Suddenly. Brutally.
My mother was killed. My brother was killed. Children in my family were taken by the bombs. My home was destroyed. And my work stopped completely.
Then… in the middle of this nightmare, my baby girl was born. A tiny soul, innocent, unaware of the war. She cries from hunger, from cold, from the sounds of bombs shaking what’s left of our walls.
Today, I’m a father with almost nothing… Fighting every day to find flour, milk, or even a small meal to feed my child.
Prices are sky-high — a single 25kg bag of flour can cost $800. There is no work. No income. No safety. No stability.
I write this from under siege, hoping my heart will reach yours.
My name is Abedmajed Elderawi, and I live in Gaza with what remains of my once large and loving family.
Even $1 can make a difference. It can feed a child, buy milk, or bring a moment of peace. Be the heart that reaches Gaza. Be the hand that saves.
📌 Please share this post. Let our voices be heard — not buried under rubble.
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Seeing doubles amiright?, like, wow that's familiar oh yea it looks near identical to my besties art that was posted earlier this year, I mean maybe the heads the other way it can't be THAT copy pasted I so thought
Hm. Yea it IS that bad, now, I've not seen the movie in a long time but I am 99% sure that is not a pose from the genesect movie so it's not referenced from there
"But they have different art styles!" I mean pretty sure using an image as reference without consent or credit but altering it for your art style still infringes on copyright and the original image made by the original artist. And you're really gonna look at me with the art side by side and go well duh the art style is different even if they're near identical so can't be stolen (you can still, steal something while having a different artstyle???)
"but the head is the other way and the hands are closed!" and the posing is the exact same the angle is the exact same the mouth open the sternums pointing similarly the definition of the chest in illusion to chest plate
And as well the minor differences look pretty deliberate imo? Can't copy the exact posing 1 for 1 as somebody (read nobody (save for me bitches cause I'm pissed) since people don't like to call out bigger popular artists for things like this and just let it slide because 'wellll we like this artist better so they can steal allllll the time~!' which guys popular or not it ain't fucking on), but yea can't just do the exact same so alter just enough to make it pass off as original (didn't work literally saw it in passing and clocked it right away and had to scramble to check and make a comparison refer my beloathed)
I just wanna know like, why? What the fuck? And I know swearing might damage my point but, just, I can't stand seeing or hearing about my friends getting treated like this having their original content taken and warped by other people who know to some degree they can get away with it, it's gross, if you wanna take inspiration you credit that appropriately hell even ask permission and respect if the og artist says no.
I don't think this panel should've been made or it should've been a helluv a lot different. Things like this is exactly the reason I'm scared to share my original ideas online, in case it gets taken and used specifically by this artist because I genuinely can't trust them at this point from what I've seen I don't want my ideas to be taken and then be brushed off with a "oh I've always wanted to play with this idea/it's always been implied actually! Don't look into why it's only showed up now after somebody made a post about their ocs with the same idea" cause being the lesser content creator guess what? I'll be the insane one if I say anything, I'll be told I'm wrong and have people jump my content claiming I've stolen or something because that's unfortunately how the Internet works! I've already had my works warped in a way I cant really even talk about! I know I'd probably look mad or like I was grasping at straws if I said anything then or now and at the time I valued my safety my comfort online and enjoyment online over saying anything and hey maybe I was wrong and the ideas were simply similar, but I doubt it. I know I could dig up and provide my references at least for my work, at the time when asked they couldn't do the same.
But this is my friend, and I'm not gonna let this shit slide anymore, I know this isn't the first thing this artist has, 'taken inspiration from' I use with heavy quotation marks, and I hope to fuck it's the last. But I don't know. I'm not gonna sit in silence about it anymore though, I will be calling it out as I see.
Plugging other people's artwork and original ideas character designs traits ect into your own to replicate to boost your own art makes you no better than ai art, because it takes without consent and spits out something warped and stolen.
This might come off as angry and petty and bitter, because it is, but don't mistake that for jealousy, I don't want what they have I'm not talking about this like a jealous ex trying to sabotage their fame because I know this is probably gonna damage my online rep and experience far more than theirs (or maybe I'll be lucky and this will become a tumbleweed in the desert) I'm talking about this because I want this kind of behaviour to stop. More popular 'better' artists shouldn't get free reign to plagiarise and pocket concepts from smaller artists just because they can, my friends content is not your fucking strawberry patch to plunder, it's not yours to take ANYTHING from. Make your own fucking original content. You've got your fame. Stop taking from us, leave us alone.
Evidence of Potential Theft Perpetrated by Tumblr User @/mewtwoandme2 / @/mewtwoandme
This is a bit hard for me to write. I know that people frown upon call-outs, and the “best practice” is to DM the involved parties. Frankly, I am highly uncomfortable with contacting Mtam at all. This is not an isolated issue, and I have no desire to approach Mtam with an open hand when I believe that they have already taken from it so freely. The two blogs belonging to Mtam that I am aware of, @/mewtwoandme & @/mewtwoandme2, have been blocked since 12 July 2024.
I am doing my best to present an objective timeline of events as I understand it. Obviously, I am no mind-reader, and I am not in contact with all involved parties. I am also not in the Commewnity server where I assume people share concepts and WIPs, so I have not seen such in-progress work by Mtam on the artworks and concepts laid out here. I also do not follow Mtam or hardly any of the more popular Commewnity artists; the only way their artwork comes across my dash is through reblogs from other users. I used to follow Mtam and other popular Commewnity blogs, and Mtam even used to follow me from @/mewtwoandme2, but I severed those ties about a year ago via un-following and soft-blocking.
Before I go on:
I understand that we are all in a niche corner of the larger Pokémon fandom that involves numerous users working from the same four base designs: Mew, Mewtwo, Mega Mewtwo X, and Mega Mewtwo Y. There are bound to be similarities, especially in combining the traits of the various base species. I know I have OCs that look similar to other users’ by pure accident, or by cheeky anons describing a TRRC drop-off as similar to another user’s OC in my Pokémon IRL (@blastedoffagain) askbox. Any of these instances alone might make me raise a brow and ultimately move on; many of them did. It is largely the combination of these multiple instances that puts knots in my stomach.
DO NOT harass any users involved in this situation. I will block you and recommend they do as well.
The Glasses:
I drew glasses on a Mewtwo OC of mine named Lavvy that a good friend gave me years ago. The concept was largely private until I decided to use the same structure on @mushroom-for-art’s Mewtwo OC Maybe. He loved it, so they are a canon accessory now, with my permission! Only after this did we see Mtam’s Blu get glasses of the same structure. Neither Mush as Maybe’s owner nor I as the artist were ever asked if the concept could be used on other people’s OCs.
- First post to Toyhouse by me dated 31 July 2020 (the link won’t work, but here it is anyway; my Toyhouse is log-in, adult, and largely authorized-only): https://toyhou.se/7722695.lavvy/gallery#25044217
- First post on tumblr dated 6 May 2023, character featured is Maybe owned by @mushroom-for-art: https://www.tumblr.com/seasidemew/716633498209959936/hi-mushroom-for-art-again-i-hope-you-dont-mind
- First post on tumblr by @/mewtwoandme dated 25 July 2023: https://www.tumblr.com/mewtwoandme/721158383013707776/i-finally-made-some-proper-character-ref-sheets
Imp & the Ideal Shiny:
Imp is @mushroom-for-art’s version of the Mewtwo from Pokémon: Genesect and the Legend Awakened. Clearly Imp’s markings escaped unscathed, and the colors are far from exact. Mush and I still remain uncomfortable. The side-by-side shows that both palettes follow the same pattern, but lighter and shifted in hue, sporting higher-saturation eyes. The darkest parts of both designs’ tails are particularly close to one another. Mush particularly feels Mtam’s shiny was drawn similarly to their feminine ‘Two proportions, possibly referencing Imp’s canon gender.
- First post on tumblr by @mushroom-for-art dated 16 June 2023: https://www.tumblr.com/mushroom-for-art/720320394292248576/weve-had-mewtwo-now-heres-my-version-of-newt-her?source=share
- First post on tumblr by @/mewtwoandme dated 3 July 2023: https://www.tumblr.com/mewtwoandme/721859672231084032/if-you-were-able-to-change-mew-and-mewtwoa
The Nitpicks, Sixteen & Seven:
I know this is more of a stretch and could easily be coincidence or harmless inspiration. I've included it because, in the context of the rest of this document, even less blatant use of my work adds to the harm as a whole.
This was originally brought to my attention at the time of Seven’s first teases, mostly because of the language used to describe her. As far as I know, Six and Seven look absolutely nothing alike. Both characters are described as smaller because they are more mew than their predecessors. It’s also funny to see Seven paired with Jericho, since Six’s original purpose was to be a breeder for M1 if he was ever recaptured. Luckily, Six escaped long before M1 was recaptured for the events of Detective Pikachu. I also chuckle that as numbers, Seven comes right after Six, which is Sixteen's primary nickname.
- My description of Six as “more Mew” posted to tumblr on 21 November 2022 (before I added Rota/Eve to the canon and made Six a direct clone from one of Eve’s fossils): https://www.tumblr.com/seasidemew/701563890209800192/m16-mewtwo?source=share
- Reference to Seven being more mew-like by @/mewtwoandme on tumblr dated 15 July 2023: https://www.tumblr.com/mewtwoandme/722960078930591744/perhaps-instead-of-giving-them-big-doses-of-human
Syn & Legion:
I still don’t really know exactly what to say about this. The stripes, the darker sclerae, the sassy personality, the pawpads, even the lore of the synergy being injected into him and erupting out, albeit at different points in their lifespans. Much like the Ideal Shiny vs. Imp, the palette is lighter and shifted in hue, while the eyes are brighter in saturation. Legion is also just a few inches taller than Syn’s 7’01” (215.4 cm), and it is known Syn’s own synergy stone will grow to consume his body as time goes on due to its exponential needs. Like the overall post, it’s less the individual similarities and much more-so the combination of everything that makes me exceedingly uncomfortable. It feels to me that they copied every trait that distinguishes Syn from his canon Pokkén Tournament counterpart.
- First concept of Syn’s and the Seaside cast’s stripes as draw-overs and phone sketches, dated 21-23 February 2023:
- Concept of Syn’s stripes first posted to tumblr (pre-shadow Syn without hs name attached) by me on 8 March 2023: https://www.tumblr.com/seasidemew/711268926528552960/oh-gods-theres-three-of-them-oh-noooo
- Seaside cast official stripe release posted by me on 11 April 2023: https://www.tumblr.com/seasidemew/714334567478214657/thank-you-everyone
- Syn’s first ref with stripes posted on tumblr 9 September 2023 (image shown is a version closer to what it was at the time dated 11 December 2023, I’ve made a few edits and updates on the actual post since then since then!): https://www.tumblr.com/seasidemew/728049113586925568/behold https://www.tumblr.com/seasidemew/736455927217127424/since-people-apparently-draw-my-idiot-way-more
- Evidence of Syn’s specific Synergy lore, including the reasoning behind his grey sclerae, posted to tumblr by me on 12 December 2022: https://www.tumblr.com/seasidemew/703495870447042560/syn-id-like-to-know-more-about-him
- Syn’s true ending [WARNING for body horror and crystal growth], posted to tumblr by me on 28 February 2023, before he got his stripes and the Mewtwonite X blue in his Synergy stone: https://www.tumblr.com/seasidemew/710537824396574720/tw-crystal-growth-body-horror-forgot-about-this
[No image due to graphic and potentially sensitive content]
- First post of Legion by @/mewtwoandme on tumblr dated 6 September 2023: https://www.tumblr.com/mewtwoandme/727718432968261632/i-uhi-may-have-done-a-thing-yesterday-so-i
The Mega Evolution Panel:
This is what made Mush finally make his post. It feels like the same panel, only with a few things made different such as the head being turned the other way, the fingers being closed into fists, etc., along with the expected difference in artstyle. My panel looks similar to the canon mega evolution sequence from the games because I used it as reference, especially for the preceding panel with the orb thing. Even so, Sivith's legs are angled the way Six's are moreso than the canon sprite.
- Frames from the canon Mega Mewtwo Y animation in the Generation VI Pokémon games:
- My panel of Six’s mega evolution first posted on 15 December 2023 (bonus original sketch!): https://www.tumblr.com/seasidemew/736760488521777152/prev-first-next
- WIP posted to tumblr by @/mewtwoandme on 8 March 2024: https://www.tumblr.com/mewtwoandme/744436899811360768/let-the-carnage-begin-yes-yes-im-still-slowly
- @/mewtwoandme’s panel of Siv’s mega evolution [WARNING for graphic infanticide in full comic page] first posted to tumblr on 12 July 2024: https://www.tumblr.com/mewtwoandme/755840287223480320/warning
- Comparisons of both panels with one another and canon material, @/mewtwoandme’s feels closer to the game source when flipped around entirely IMO:
I am at my image limit, so that's all, folks. I really don't want this to become a whole thing. I just wanted to show my perspective and how Mush and I both got to this point of discomfort.
Edits: Again, it is not any individual thing or detail that is worse than the others, even in each case; it is the combination of all things establishing a pattern that makes us feel this is targeted and intentional. I genuinely hope we are wrong.
Added a section I cut to move and forgot to paste back in
Added link for the specific image of 2023 Syn I used
If you made it this far, thank you for reading!
Final Post Regarding Evidence of Potential Theft Perpetrated by Tumblr User @/mewtwoandme2 / @/mewtwoandme
The point of this post is not to save my own skin. I know it's over for me in much of the Commewnity, and I am perfectly fine with that. My aim is to not go quietly. I know we are part of a fandom that all works from the same source material. I know the world is so saturated with creativity that nothing is truly original. As said in my original post, this is not an isolated incident; any of these cases on their own—and especially any single detail from any given case—could easily be dismissed as coincidence. It is the combination of details and cases, the repeated commonalities between Mtam’s work and the same two people (myself and @mushroom-for-art), spread over more than a year, that makes this situation read to us as more than mere coincidence.
Comparing similarities between two individual artists to fan content of a media franchise is apples and oranges. Neither Mush nor I are CEOs of or even artists employed by a corporation that owns an established IP. We do not gain monetary profit from the work we make. There is a clear difference between the work of media franchises and the work of small artists. Artfight even introduced a rule regarding this concept for this year’s fight:
I include this rule not because anything happened on Artfight, but instead to show that this is not an unheard-of distinction. If I recall correctly, I’ve seen AU versions of individual artists’ OCs in the Commewnity; I even have some myself, though they remain largely private between me and the respective original creators. All of that is to say, my concern is not with my ideas being used by others; it is the lack of consent on my part or consideration on theirs. Syn’s future-canon ship with Mush’s OC Maybe started out as a self-ship AU floated to me via asks and fan-work! If someone had asked to use the glasses I designed, I would have gladly said yes, provided I be mentioned the first time they were used. If people asked TC permission to use their Mew Flower in the early days of the Commewnity, and Justice is allowed to gatekeep the concept of a large, long-haired Mew, why are smaller artists not afforded this same privilege?
As stated in my original post, I chose not to directly message Mtam because of my discomfort with them and their actions. I chose to block them in an attempt to deny them access to my artwork entirely. If I believe someone is lying to the public by claiming another’s ideas as their own, why would I then trust that they will be truthful in private, where no one else is there to hold them accountable? It is not mature or adult to take from the members of your own community and then skirt responsibility for your actions. Similarly, I do not consider it reactionary to swallow multiple instances of possible theft and only speak up when it has become a pattern of behavior.
The entire point of my original post was to lay out each case of similarity with the dates of my work and concepts compared against theirs. Each time, Mush’s and my posts predate Mtam’s, often by months. I would be genuinely relieved to see work by Mtam on even one of the cases laid out here that predate my public postings.
I predict that this situation will ultimately have little effect on Mtam’s reputation and standing within the fandom. They have a large and strong support system of friends and fans that side with them or otherwise continue to support their work. As the smaller artists, Mush and I do not have that security within the Commewnity. Our reputations are at risk regardless of what actions we take. If we continued to say nothing, there would always be the chance that a third party would notice the similarities on their own and accuse us of theft because we are the less well-known creators, or that a member of the popular Commewnity could have accused us directly as they have with other small artists before. We instead chose to speak up, knowing that we would be immediately slashed for standing up against what we see as harmful behavior by a beloved member of the Commewnity.
I understand this situation overall and particularly my choice to handle it this way will isolate me from a larger part of the Commewnity. I have accepted that outcome. I do not want to be part of a community where the hypocritical entitlement of the popular few to take heavy, uncredited inspiration from the lesser-known many is accepted as the status-quo. Such a community leaves those on a smaller platform with little recourse, and it is not an environment I can support or feel safe in. Once, even twice, is coincidence. Five times from the same heavily-affiliated pair of artists is not.
This is the last post I will be making on this matter. Cheers, everyone.
PLEASE NOTE SEVERAL THINGS! This is not a document to harass or shame anyone, so please do not harass, send death threats or any of the ilk
Hey I usually don’t like getting into these sort of situations, however this was an important enough for me to collect myself and post.
This is why my anons will be off for all of this month and next month, if there’s any questions or evidence I am missing you’re free to dm me.
I will be blocking anyone who spews genuine hate, either on their side or mine.
So.
DO NOT SEND HATE TO ANYONE IN THIS SITUATION.
I posted this on my main blog due to the subject matter.
However I do ask others to read as much as they can.
i've been sitting on this one for a WHILE
