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f slur enjoyer ♥️ they/them only ♥️ primarily posts Ace Attorney and Trinity Blood ♥️ Comic and zine artist

[wxrmwxxdart]

Commissions are opening up and I'm trying to win that pay rent challenge ;) DM me if you have any questions. If you can't support, please reblog! It really helps this poor trans artist out.

If you'd like to just send some support my way without buying art (thank you!!) you can do so at my ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/wxrmwxxdart

You can see more examples at #my art

[chase-solidago]

A Fandom Gift Economy

In an era of Content Creation™️, I feel like fandom creators are feeling like we're treated as Content Factories, not collaborators and community members. Whether fanartists, fic writers, gif creators, and others, there's always posts going around begging for interaction, instead of silent consumption.

It puts me in mind of how Robin Wall Kimmerer talks about gift economies in Braiding Sweetgrass.

I think fandom works when it is treated as a gift economy. A fic, a drawing, they aren't a static object. They're an act of building connection, a conversation with other people. It's a building block in "a set of relationships" that forms fandom communities. What are we, if not a network of people exchanging ideas, creations, and love?

In the era of Content™️, big media has trained us to expect Content as an object we passively consume. Pay money, get thing, end of interaction. The main feedback is to pay or not. Fandom doesn't work that way. The exchange has to be multidirectional, reciprocal.

In a gift economy, the "free" thing isn't free. It's an invitation into a community, and a "bundle of responsibilities" to feed back into the system. It's not that a fic demands a comment in exchange, necessarily. This isn't one-in-one-out capitalist exchange. But someone created something that you got to enjoy. That in turns, calls on you to contribute something too! Anything! A comment, a conversation, some exchange, some human connection!

We create these communities as a gift economy network, sure that if we make something, we will receive that energy back from the fandom in some form.

So how do we keep the fandom gift economy healthy and reciprocal?

[wxrmwxxdart]

every draw your ocs meme just makes me think of them

[sisternightroad]

100% TRINITY BLOOD

@illcomeuppwithanamelater

@sisternightroad

@tb-scans

@trinitybloodbr

@trinity-blood-translations

MULTI-FANDOM BLOGS WITH ORIGINAL TB CONTENT

COLORING & EDITS

@lalaelise

@teodorawitchblade

FANART

@3heart-of-glass7

@amareinmortis

@averageanyastan

@bazahabinga

@belindajesopha

@blackfox7

@blackfoxland

@buffaloborgine

@byorkewkew

@cassiopeia141

@ccrystalrainn

@comixqueen

@damagepersaku

@denguuu

@descendinight

@emberstreak

@erunoehon

@fukkatsu-sumi

@ganymedian

@hapuriainen

@jean-optimal

@justjoshlynaround

@kingofreddragons

@lefou-art

@lia-o-fan

@mastergeckotattoo

@miidama

@nightmarecasterart

@ollou

@sealluzz

@sirgarrowman

@smirnovv

@sssintel

@theadraws-art

@the-seraphim-weep

@tsunosagun

@vaestro

@wxrmwxxdart

FANFICTION & HEADCANONS

@pininghermit

@spinningwebsandtales

@vassalor

@wierdgaypanda-blog

FAN TRANSLATIONS

@jadarnr

@jaz-xedarix

MANGACAPS

@readtilyoudie

@shinhonkaku

RP & ASKBLOGS

@canonrpfinder

@crusnikbacillus*

@kotobancmori

@krusnikax*

@michi-tala

*Trinity Blood only

I've finally made a new masterlist!

Please contact me for recommendations, suggestions, mis-categorizations and empty or broken links.

[wxrmwxxdart]

thanks for the mention <3 I'm gonna draw more TB art soon I promise :) work has been keeping me busy

[wxrmwxxdart]

Merry Christmas to her specifically

[wxrmwxxdart]

my first attempt at drawing integra, I'm forcing myself to upload this cause I'm not happy with how I draw her yet. I will do better for you sir I promise 🙏

[yuuwaku]

[wxrmwxxdart]

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[shinhonkaku]

[fdsfjdsfjkf93723679267-deactiva]

cis people be like. i would rather my loved one die than transition and be happy because it would be easier on me, the most important person in this situation, the cis person

[fdsfjdsfjkf93723679267-deactiva]

cis people also be like. i love you but i need you to know if you live your true self i will always think of you as dead. and if you become happier i will consider your happy self a stranger. this is so hard on me. i am the victim.

[wxrmwxxdart]

Today sucks man. I think I need to draw integra beating abel with a bat

[cry-ptidd]

Hate it when i post some dumb shit about Alucard and someone tags it as/talks about Castlevania Adrien Fahrenheit Tepes. This isn't about him go back to your big bountiful fandom with lots of content and material. It's like passing by a homeless 1890's orphan and jingling your gold necklace in front of them

[ih8ikura]

[wxrmwxxdart]

Imo the entire conversation re: merch production gets so watered down in "um well sinophobia! And I'm disabled!" Like nobody brought that up. You are being asked to consider the fact that you cannot expect people to believe a $1 charm is being produced in an ethical, well paid manner. As someone in America/Canada/Europe, you are in a position of privilege over... basically everyone else? So let's be honest. If you want to be mini-amazon and take advantage of underpaid, overworked people to sell charms/pins/etc at a higher profit, that's your prerogative but just be honest. And don't act like you're excluded from this because "no ethical consumption under capitalism" because that's not consumption? You're producing the unethical conditions??

Anyway. There's other posts with guides on where to source manufacturers that aren't as exploitative (as bring the operative word in this sentence), but that's what not I'm thinking about. What I'm focusing on is, why is this acceptable? I've done the research before, and realized I couldn't actually find ethical manufacturers and live with myself. Because I've also worked dehumanizing jobs. If you aren't willing to make these items yourself, why is it acceptable for someone else to do it for you? Further, why are Artists tm so focused on mass production? Learn to use your hands, dude.

If you're this comfortable exploiting the labor of others, just because you can't see it... then don't cry about AI lol. Easy as that!

[longhorned]

rubbing my hands together delightedly as there is FINALLY a conversation starting in art spaces about artists making their entire incomes via outsourcing cheap labor for mass produced sweatshop merch. Perish ye petit bourgeois

[queensaryn]

is it like. not possible to get some of this shit done domestically? not talking abt the stickers you mentioned in your tags, i saw someone mention... charms? in a post? like dangle charms? youre telling me those are all sweat shop labor and theres no alternate? or is it that the alternates arent "afforable" or smth for "small businesses"?

im going to admit im not educated on this. its a failing i wasnt and i wanna fix that now for obvs reasons. is it like, most of the shit you find on etsy? shacker charms and and dangle charms and all that related stuff? how far does it go? are there alternates that are ethical that people are just choosing not to use for some reason? i dont even like. know how to look up this information for myself ill be honest, idek what to type into a search bar to try and get relevant info.

[longhorned]

I’m not a Total Expert, but I’ve looked into making merch before and generally there’s no ethical options for things like plushies, enamel pins, or acrylic charms / stands / etc. If you try to find where to get these things made - including searching specifically for transparent and ethical business practices - you can’t get ANYTHING that isn’t incredibly sketchy if you even squint a little. the manufacturers all export to Indonesia and China (this isn’t xenophobia rooted, this is abt globally unequal labor costs), and generally you’ll be getting a charm or pin for $3 or less in a batch order that you can then sell for $15-30. if you look at the process to make these things - like making custom metal dies for every enamel pin - the cost is NOT that marginal. the trade off is then not adequately paying labor. the reason why you can’t find producers in the USA is because regardless of how much work we have to do on our labor laws, there is just no way for a USA manufacturer to legally get away with the by-commission manufacturing of plushies, pins, charms, etc at the scale, customization, and low cost that artists are currently getting them at in countries with weaker labor protections. additionally, working with things like enamel is very hazardous and I would not imagine the safety protocols are adequate for those. I would really like to see that change - something like acrylic charms feels very doable to do more ethically at a higher price point, but we then have to be ok with paying more for that product. and we have to accept that things like plushies are going to need to be fully handmade and a lot more expensive.

this is also on top of the environmental cost of freighting a bunch of merch orders overseas and manufacturing largely plastic based goods for things like fandoms that will probably end up in landfills eventually (not always! I know lots of folks treasure goods from artists, but realistically, the bulk of it is not going to be a prized heirloom).

there’s nothing PERFECT, but things like t-shirts and paper goods can be printed locally, by small businesses, and there can be an effort made to get non-hanes base shirts that are more responsibly produced. the western world in general has to get more comfortable with less little treats, less products on demand to our exact specifications, less profiting off of outsourced labor. because others suffer for our convenience and pleasure.

[despazito]

Unless it's maybe something like a two piece pillow, ALL plush is handmade plush.

What we label "handmade plush" is just plush that wasn't sewn by the anonymous hands of overseas laborors, and I really think we should switch our language to something like "locally sewn" because calling my plush handmade creates a false dichotomy and dehumanizes folks who work their asses off doing what I do x100.

If anything those guys are the ones deserving of the title of plush artists, I only dabble in the stuff by comparison. Frankly I think us plush hobbyists should really humble ourselves when talking about the factory workers in China, Indonesia, Bangladesh etc.. most of us wouldn't last a goddamn month working their gigs. Most people can't fathom their walmart teddy was handmade because of the intense skill level and admittedly their employer's access to more specialized machinery than a household singer or brother machine. Workers who have honed and mastered their skills always make their craft appear easy to outsiders and we take perfect for granted, it's not until our eye lands on a flaw that we usually begin to process the sweat and complexity put into a piece.

[longhorned]

strong addition

[longhorned]

rubbing my hands together delightedly as there is FINALLY a conversation starting in art spaces about artists making their entire incomes via outsourcing cheap labor for mass produced sweatshop merch. Perish ye petit bourgeois

[queensaryn]

is it like. not possible to get some of this shit done domestically? not talking abt the stickers you mentioned in your tags, i saw someone mention... charms? in a post? like dangle charms? youre telling me those are all sweat shop labor and theres no alternate? or is it that the alternates arent "afforable" or smth for "small businesses"?

im going to admit im not educated on this. its a failing i wasnt and i wanna fix that now for obvs reasons. is it like, most of the shit you find on etsy? shacker charms and and dangle charms and all that related stuff? how far does it go? are there alternates that are ethical that people are just choosing not to use for some reason? i dont even like. know how to look up this information for myself ill be honest, idek what to type into a search bar to try and get relevant info.

[longhorned]

I’m not a Total Expert, but I’ve looked into making merch before and generally there’s no ethical options for things like plushies, enamel pins, or acrylic charms / stands / etc. If you try to find where to get these things made - including searching specifically for transparent and ethical business practices - you can’t get ANYTHING that isn’t incredibly sketchy if you even squint a little. the manufacturers all export to Indonesia and China (this isn’t xenophobia rooted, this is abt globally unequal labor costs), and generally you’ll be getting a charm or pin for $3 or less in a batch order that you can then sell for $15-30. if you look at the process to make these things - like making custom metal dies for every enamel pin - the cost is NOT that marginal. the trade off is then not adequately paying labor. the reason why you can’t find producers in the USA is because regardless of how much work we have to do on our labor laws, there is just no way for a USA manufacturer to legally get away with the by-commission manufacturing of plushies, pins, charms, etc at the scale, customization, and low cost that artists are currently getting them at in countries with weaker labor protections. additionally, working with things like enamel is very hazardous and I would not imagine the safety protocols are adequate for those. I would really like to see that change - something like acrylic charms feels very doable to do more ethically at a higher price point, but we then have to be ok with paying more for that product. and we have to accept that things like plushies are going to need to be fully handmade and a lot more expensive.

this is also on top of the environmental cost of freighting a bunch of merch orders overseas and manufacturing largely plastic based goods for things like fandoms that will probably end up in landfills eventually (not always! I know lots of folks treasure goods from artists, but realistically, the bulk of it is not going to be a prized heirloom).

there’s nothing PERFECT, but things like t-shirts and paper goods can be printed locally, by small businesses, and there can be an effort made to get non-hanes base shirts that are more responsibly produced. the western world in general has to get more comfortable with less little treats, less products on demand to our exact specifications, less profiting off of outsourced labor. because others suffer for our convenience and pleasure.

[despazito]

Unless it's maybe something like a two piece pillow, ALL plush is handmade plush.

What we label "handmade plush" is just plush that wasn't sewn by the anonymous hands of overseas laborors, and I really think we should switch our language to something like "locally sewn" because calling my plush handmade creates a false dichotomy and dehumanizes folks who work their asses off doing what I do x100.

If anything those guys are the ones deserving of the title of plush artists, I only dabble in the stuff by comparison. Frankly I think us plush hobbyists should really humble ourselves when talking about the factory workers in China, Indonesia, Bangladesh etc.. most of us wouldn't last a goddamn month working their gigs. Most people can't fathom their walmart teddy was handmade because of the intense skill level and admittedly their employer's access to more specialized machinery than a household singer or brother machine. Workers who have honed and mastered their skills always make their craft appear easy to outsiders and we take perfect for granted, it's not until our eye lands on a flaw that we usually begin to process the sweat and complexity put into a piece.

[wxrmwxxdart]

Idk which democrat doomscrolling tumblr needs to hear this, but if you're blaming "the leftists" instead of your candidate and are arguing that we missed out on that sweet, sweet "harm reduction"