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op’s deactivated but they perfectly worded my thoughts on a fandom interpretation I really dislike so I need to share

and their tags were “no one is obsessed with making bookmand unloveable like this and we all know why dont we�� <- also true

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People are having a normal one at Uchikoshi wrecking a transphobe on Twitter

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Ask Alice

Posting these beautiful banners made by @danielmolloystits I can link them in my fic Ask Alice (link coming as soon as it's up) on Ao3.

Both the fic and the banners were originally created for the @devilsminionzine !

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Last Departure

Summary: Daniel and Armand go on a luxury train trip after Dubai. It might be a second honeymoon. It could be a farewell tour. Armand tries to sell Daniel on the benefits of Snowpiercer as an answer to environmental collapse. It all might be a metaphor for wanting to finally turn his beloved.

Notes: My piece for @devilsminionzine with amazing illustrations by @str-dusts, who I am in absolute awe of <3

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devil's minion recreation of a whitman's chocolate sampler ad 🍫🩸

i did this for @devilsminionzine ! if you haven't gotten your digital copy of the zine yet, check them out !

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look - i know it's been a while, a LONG while without new DM arts (a long time without arts, period)

but the lovely humans who created @devilsminionzine (DO CHECK THEM OUT, thet're amAZING) allowed to share the contributions to the cause, and i am glad to oblige

i still have an ace up my sleeve, but shhh, not now, kitten, mommy's trying to get her sleep schedule back💜

oh! close-ups under the cut :}

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Aaaand here's some good old-fashion old man edging from urs truly for the @devilsminionzine!

If u haven't grabbed ur digital copy yet, here is more info on how to obtain it (and go thru the full spectrum of emotions while reading it)!

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Devil's minion zine piece I did!

Daniel finally cornered his maker and they're gonna settle things.

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Keep up with the zine here : @devilsminionzine

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Another Physical Copy Update

We have some disappointing news and some exciting news.

Let's start with the slightly disappointing news:

There will be an additional delay in finalizing a physical print option. The company we were planning to use is turning out to be a little less reliable and a little less straightforward. At the end of the day, we don't want to put out a product that isn't worth the money that you will be spending

We will continue to post updates and still intend to provide some kind of print option before we are done. We aren't 100% sure what that will look like, but three things will continue to be true: 1) it will reflect the quality our contributors deserve, 2) it will be as affordable and as widely available as possible, and 3) it will not include any money being given directly to the mods

Now, on to the exciting news:

Since we know this ongoing delay is disappointing for you and us, we are moving up the date your contributors can post from December 10th to TODAY, AUGUST 14!

This lets us all celebrate while we overcome this final little road bump as a first time zine.

Digital copies of the zine continue to be available. All details here.

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Autumn Brown made a video on the horrific racism and doxxing on display at SDCC this year.

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Gonna say something unpopular - I refute the idea of Armand as a master manipulator, and I don't care if it's canon or fanon. I view him as an overthinker, and yes, there is a difference. A master manipulator implies someone who's driven by power, control, or influence, whereas the motives of an overthinker lie in anxiety or fear. These are not necessarily mutually exclusive, and even in Armand's case, it's not a clear demarcation. But this is a character primarily driven by fear of abandonment, a deep and desperate desire to be loved and needed, and whose actions for self-preservation are very, very reactive, not strategic. Armand is the kind of character whose primary instinct is to overanalyze every single interaction, because how else would you be when you've always been abandoned by everyone you loved (and often, love that was extremely conditional or used to abuse Armand). Constantly changing himself to fit into his companions' wants, inserting himself into situations so as not to be rejected again, using his powers to manage emotional fallouts - these are not the actions of a master manipulator, this is someone who lies awake at night worrying over a remark he made three centuries ago to someone who's long gone. Most importantly, his actions are so self-sabotaging that any master manipulator worth his salt would be offended to be slot alongside him.

I love, love, love, love, Armand. I think about him 25/8.

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made me think of some of you <3

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“Protect The Dolls” I love him so much ❤️

Here’s some close ups

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gabristat more like gabristrap

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Entitled white women I swear to God

People have been doing book clubs since forever. They do not put George RR Martin on the phone so he can join the chat.

Oh, thank you, kindly court jester jingling into my life under the brave banner of anonymity, for illustrating the exact problem of current fandom.

(This ask is about this post about private fanfiction "book clubs," for those of you who are not following my jester's ire.)

The bedrock of the problem entrenched fandom is having with the newer "TikTok fandom" element is that we have a fundamental disagreement about what fandom is, and what is the social relationship between the people who write fanfiction, make fanart, etc, and the people who read that fanfiction and enjoy that fanart.

(I am not going to use the term "content creator." Because that term is not applicable to fandom, fanfiction authors, or fan artist. Kill the capitalist in your brain. Content is hummingbird nectar made with artificial sweeteners. It resembles the real thing at a distance, but it is devoid of nutrients. It will fill you up so you're not hungry while starving you. Generative AI can produce content because it's empty; it doesn't mean anything. It doesn't even want to engage with you. The sole purpose of content is to get you to sit still long enough for the people who own the platform to squeeze whatever it is they want from you out of you and then abandon your malnourished husk until the next time they can get something from you.)

George RR Martin is not a member of fandom, and the relationship he has with his readers is fundamentally different, because his relationship as an author is explicitly a professional one. When George RR Martin sells a book—not to his readers, but to a publisher who acts as intermediary—he is given a lengthy contract outlining the terms of the sale. How much he will be paid, what can be done with his work by who, etc. George RR Martin is not your peer.

Fanfiction authors are your peers. They're your next door neighbors. They write fanfiction to connect to other fans in celebration of a canon everyone involved loves. Nobody makes a single red cent from writing or sharing their fanfiction. George RR Martin has sold 90 million copies of his books, and he gets money for every one. Because TikTok has trained you that people who are putting their creations out there are monetizing the experience of you reading or watching their art, the "TikTok fandom" element has you sorting your peer posting fanfiction on AO3 into the same category as George RR Martin. But your relationship with George RR Martin is a professional one, and the expectation from fanfiction authors and artists is a social relationship.

When you have a private book club reading and discussing fanfiction without ever telling the author or, God forbid, leaving a comment about how much you enjoyed the story—which is the expectation entrenched fandom authors and artists who view fandom as a social relationship—you think you're reading a mass produced novel from someone who has already been paid for it several times over, but this isn't even Walmart vs. local mom and pop. What are you actually doing is going to your neighborhood block party, picking up the cake someone made and brought to share, and taking it back to your house to eat with friends.

We are your peers. We are your neighbors. We are doing this for free because we want to talk to you about our common interest. No, it's not "payment." We offer our work for free, and you have the option of treating us like vending machines or ChatGPT or Walmart. This is a social relationship; you have this option just as you have the option of leaving your shopping cart in the middle of the parking lot instead of walking it to the cart return. You have that option just as you have the option to stick your chewed gum on a park bench or park your car across three handicap spaces or take a shit on the floor of a public bathroom. How you treat your peers and neighbors, how you treat the people in your community, is up to you.

You can keep stealing cakes from block parties. But don't be surprised when people get fed up with it and stop having block parties. Then you'll be stuck buying cake from Walmart or consuming artificially sweetened hummingbird nectar from ChatGPT while vultures raid your corpse for data.

Thanks for coming to my TEDTalk, court jester. Now get the fuck off my lawn.

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still no confirmation that lbf will be in s3…. rolin jones you will begin to cough in 3 days

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