#crawler posting

[riverkingmarley]

I didn’t want to highjack that other post but there was a post recently talking about how crawler would have gotten into more fights if he wasn’t in the S9 and I think that’s kind of emblematic as Jacks role as an abuser. He finds vulnerable people and offers them freedom to chase their true desires and escape the oppressive system they live under but he really traps them in a new even more abusive system with him at the top. He is the patriarch of his own little abusive household.

This is emphasized in story with The Siberian offering Rachel freedom from the lies and manipulation that come with society but is quickly revealed to be a man that likely murdered his daughter and puppets her visage around to hide from society and protect himself. A literal illusion. The Siberian isn’t free himself and just wants someone lower on the hierarchy to kick around.

It’s striking me now how similar Cherish and heartbreakers relationship is to Jack and King’s relationship. Jack is kind of just Cherish if she had a better power and the air of legitimacy that comes with being perceived as a patriarch. I wish we had gotten to see that AU where it was just Jack and Cherish left alive that I’ve heard about.

[estavionpira]

Jack Slash: So, Ned, here's the plan. You and I are going to be-

Crawler: in the slaughtered house. straight up 'crawling it'

Jack Slash: no

Crawler: and by 'it'

Jack Slash: I'll have the Siberian fight you if you shut up

Crawler: heh. lets jusr say.

Jack Slash: please

Crawler: my adaptations

[estavionpira]

crawler

a tardigrade has fallen and scraped all eight of his little knees

[arealtrashact]

Little boy blue

[styllwaters]

Rejoice! Qhuavan arthropods (sea crawler bugs) be upon you

[wolfstarlibrarian]

Re-posting fics: How not to be an asshole

I know, kind of salty for a heading, sorry, but we got some stuff to talk about. (Also, sorry I haven't been around as much but my life has been WONDERFULLY full, so thank you to everyone who's checked in. ❤️)

I've gotten a few asks in my inbox and I don't want to embarrass anyone and I also don't want to inadvertently give any future scoundrels and any tips.

"I love this fic but the author took it down, so I'm going to repost it on AO3, and just mention that I'm not the author"

NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT! *sprays you with water*

You have a copy of the fic. Kudos. But if they author wanted it on AO3 then IT WOULD BE ON AO3. Taking a fic not on A03 and putting it on A03 is a massive "fuck you!" to the author. The ultimate sign of disrespect to someone who put HOURS AND HOURS of work into their. FOR FREE. The LEAST we can do as fans is GIVE RESPECT.

Authors are not corporations. Authors are not sponsored. Authors are not "content creators". They are HOBBYISTS who are sharing their HOBBY with you.

Enjoy the fact that you have the fic.

If the author wanted it shared in ANY WAY they would put it back on A03.

Also I hate that I have to say this, but this same logic goes for Wattpad, Goodreads, Fanfiction.net, PDFs on reddit, and every site ever. Please stop.

"But no one is getting hurt"

Many authors took down work because they don't want their art mined by AI and you're putting it back up for AI.

Many authors took down their work as a rebellion against JKR and you're spitting in their face while they're trying to protest something.

Many authors took down their work because they're trying to pitch it as a book and they can't because agents and publishers search for the phrases and go "Well this exact story is already up for free and it's got gross, X-rated material I didn't see in my draft, so I'm definitely not giving them a book deal now". Congrats, now you'll never get a published and bound copy of your favorite fic.

Many authors took down their work because they are no longer proud of their work and they've grown as an artist and having the work up brings them daily shame, but you put it back up anyway.

Many authors took down their work for reasons that WE WILL NEVER KNOW and it's still our place to respect that.

Look, I support piracy. Corporations don't let us own anything anymore, so pirating isn't even stealing. But fanfic authors are not corporations. And you can't own a fic that isn't yours.

These authors have NOTHING but control over their work and you are stealing that. You are ruining their art, after they made it for you, for free.

If you love something, respect it.

I know you think you're helping fans by reposting a fic but I can't tel you how many authors I know that no longer post their fics BECAUSE THEY KNOW PEOPLE WILL STEAL THEM.

Reposting fanfics is killing fandom.

What do you do as a fan when you see reposted fanfics?

If you can, find and tell the author so they can take legal action.

Bully the author. Respond to every single comment on A03 and tell them exactly why the fic shouldn't be online, and why they shouldn't be supporting the non-author who published the fic without the author's consent

Go to the re-poster's social media and spread the word there. IDC anymore.

Talk about it with your friends and in servers. Every time you see someone asking for "PDFs of a fic" on tiktok go ape shit in the comments and get all your friends to help.

Okay, rant done. And remember, if you feel powerless, you will always have the power fanfic authors. You're part of this community. Your value and actions matter.

[waterkangaroo]

Donut is so....she's a cat. She's a princess. She's a spoiled brat. She's a beautiful precious baby. She's actual royalty. She was born yesterday. She's a full grown adult. She's Carl's best friend. She's his partner in crime. She loves getting lap dances. She frequents the Penis Parade. She's incredibly cunning. She's a child actress. She's a revolutionary. She reads people for filth. She's a mother to a dinosaur. She helped incite a civil war. She's orchestrating a genocide on cocker spaniels. She cannot sing to save her life. She's a cult leader. She's incredibly witty. She does not think ahead. She's a master manipulator. She's a diva. She's the queen of suppressing emotion. She is the epitome of a cat.

[riverkingmarley]

If I was crawler I would say “ow” a lot more.

[estavionpira]

i like crawler

[gengarguy27]

Probably Crawler in a lot of ways. Every cut, scrape or bruise permanently changes you physically, makes you more monstrous. Technically your stronger but your now caught in a loop of finding more and more dangerous scenarios in the hopes that you'll finally be safe, finally reach a point where nothing can hurt you, but all it does is guarantee that you'll live a short, brutal life.

A thing I love about worm is how some people have to do with the horrors of super powers. A good portion of comics have a few characters with super powers that are “out of control” or something like that, but in a good portion of those cases (from off the top of my memory sorry if I’m forgetting something big) they usually end up hurting themselves or dying from it. But I’m most cases of worm your power won’t hurt you, but it will definitely hurt others. Ashley being one of the biggest examples to me that isn’t a case 53. A slight mistake could hurt or kill someone, and that mistake could be moving her hands or fingers in a wrong way. Then there Ash Beast, who I’m not sure how conscious he is of the world around him but still he’s a walking bomb that’s just always going off and you can’t really stop him. Then their burnscar and labyrinth, and almost anyone who was in the Asylum for their own powers. Gosh I think it’s mostly a personal question but which one worm power would be the worst to live with?

[cheydlerarts]

HAPPY (late) VALENTINES DAY!!

[autixel]

Based on this image:

[pacing-er]

I saw the car battery one and was inspired

[spydere]

,

couldn't agree more

[cairfrey]

“I don’t like puking. I don’t want to puke!”

I laughed. “Really? I seem to recall you had a thing for vomiting on my pillow.”

“That was different. I did that on purpose.”

“I knew it! I fucking knew it.”

-Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 1: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Matt Dinniman

[lonestarflight]

Striking view of STS-3 Columbia's rollout to Pad 39A.

Date: February 16, 1982

NASA ID: 108-KSC-82PC-191