#support creators

[grownasssimmer]

"Left, Right, & Center” Pose Pack!

Introducing the "Left, Right, & Center Pose Pack", part of my Everyday Moments Collection! This set was designed for two male Sims to share natural, casual conversations – one of the most requested themes from you all!

Here’s the breakdown: 👉 8 poses, each with 3 variations (left, right, center) – 24 total 👉 Created with masculine rigs, but works with feminine too! 👉 Designed for living room-height chairs (pose 8 works best with high backs)

🗓️ Early Access on Patreon: January 28 🗓️ Public Release: February 11

I can’t wait to see how you use these in your storytelling! 💬✨

Download on my Patreon!

@ts4-poses Forever grateful!

✨ Don’t want to wait till February 11? Upgrade to a paid tier today and get early access to the "Left, Right, & Center Pose Pack starting today! Paid members not only get exclusive early releases like this but also help support the creation of more custom content. Your support means the world and allows me to keep bringing your Sims' stories to life! 💛

[bitchesgetriches]

All labor deserves compensation. Even ours.

Bitchlings, did you know that you can join our Patreon for FREE? Yep. You can join for free and benefit from updates, get notified of new courses, workshops, and articles, and do it all within the loving and shapely arms of a community of fellow bitchlings longing to become rich...lings.

At the moment we have 293 free Patreon members. And we LOVE that they're showing their support with a free membership! Not everyone has the money to donate to support our mission right now. That's understandable! After all, our target demographic is People Who Need Help With Money Stuff.

But if even HALF of our 293 free members started paying just $1 a month to support the Bitches Get Riches mission... we'd have $146 more dollars every month to put into this passion project. That's $1,752 a year going toward all this great stuff:

Paying our website hosting fees so we have a dedicated space to keep ALL of our research, resources, analysis, and advice independent of social media.

Paying our podcast hosting fees so people have access to our original podcast episodes.

Paying our assistant and producer, the lovely Ducky herself, for all the incredible work she does editing audio and video, promoting our work across social media, answering all the emails, and corralling us like a gator wrangler with two hissing prehistoric reptiles who'd generally rather be floating around in the murk than producing useful content

But most importantly... we'd be able to create more blog articles, YouTube videos, and podcast episodes. All of that shit is HARD FUCKING WORK. And while we're doing it, we lose the opportunity to do OTHER paid work.

All labor deserves compensation, my loves. Even that of your humble Bitches. If you're a free member of our Patreon, consider raising your membership to the $1 level today.

And if you've been thinking of joining us on Patreon at ANY LEVEL... why wait? Join us on Patreon right heckin now!

We love you, babies. Keep on keeping on.

~Piggy & Kitty, Co-Bitches, BitchesGetRiches.com

[wayward-dreamer]

3 "writers" uncovered as using A.I. for their fics today. What the fuck are we doing here people? What's the point of fandom and community if you're not going to respect the medium you're using to be part of said fandom?

This is fucking bullshit and I'm sick of seeing the craft that I love more than anything, the craft that takes up majority of my life and is the reason I am who I am, being abused like this.

[nahoney22]

Daily reminder that if you request a one shot, a gifset, mood board, artwork etc it’s extremely rude not to reblog or even thank the creator.

Do better.

When I inevitably open up my requests again, I will not allow anons anymore. I’ve been disrespected too many times and I know WHO to not make effort for.

[thegreatwicked]

Hello friends, I’ve been away for some time for a myriad of reasons, mostly being that I’ve been working hard at adapting some of my works to their own original novels. So I’m sorry I’ve been absent if you’ve tagged me, messaged me, or just been checking for new updates. I just haven’t had the time or energy to work on my older stories.

That being said, I want to talk about something that's bothered me for a while.

I logged onto my AO3 for the first time in a bit to find I had two comments on my story, Unbreakable Bonds, and I hadn’t noticed them before. They were very sweet and fairly short, and I had this little twinge of nostalgia for my older works that have been left in limbo, and I wanted to talk about it.

Aside from my publishing journey, the reason I haven’t been writing or updating any of my fan works is that, as far as I understand, no one wants me to.

Let me start off by saying that the fact that you guys follow me and like my stuff and look forward to it is humbling, and I appreciate it so much, but let’s be clear: I earn this shit.

Writing is hard.

It is time-consuming, exhausting, and makes you want to rip your hair out. Writing fandom? That is a special kind of labor of love.

Because there will never be rewards or gains from it, because the world is not ours to profit from. I’m just playing in the world that George Lucas created, just dancing with his characters that at one point and time were no different than my rabblings scribbled into notebooks and on scraps of paper. I understand clearly that I will never reap financial benefits from Unbreakable Bonds—and I’m certainly not owed anything. But at the same time, neither are you, the reader.

There are lots of people who will be quick to tell me, ‘we don’t owe you comments’ or interaction of any kind, and you’d be right. But you’re also not owed my time or the creative works in my head that so many of you proclaim to love and look forward to.

I’ve been writing fanfiction since the early 2000s. My first fanfic was Lord of the Rings, and it was, I’m sorry to say, the dreaded Tenth Walker story--and it was pretty bad, and that's why you'll never find it. And although I’ve taken breaks from writing, my love and interest in fanworks has remained constant. Fanfiction.net, AO3 Wattpad, Tumblr.

Fan works are wonderful. They are the purest form of love and appreciation that I can think of, and they’re a way for many of us to dip our toes into writing. There have been lots of works that started as fanfics that found a place with mainstream publishing.

50 Shades of Grey came from Twilight. Love Hypothesis came from Star Wars. City of Bones came from Harry Potter. The After Series came from One Direction. Point Pleasant came from Supernatural.

Fanfiction is powerful and never ceases to amaze me. That being said, I don’t think we are giving the genre the respect it deserves, and we definitely don’t respect the writers. I may ruffle some feathers here, and I may upset some of you, but I’m willing to bet that those who are upset by this are not writers but consumers of fan works. 

. People want to complain about how their favorite stories were never finished or the author hasn’t updated in months, maybe years. But when was the last time you sat down and spent a minute to really engage with the work and its writer? I’m not talking essay-length comments or reblogs with dozens of tags and kind words, but when we as writers get comments as simple as ‘Update’ and that’s it? It feels very rude and bare minimum to me.

I don’t speak for all writers, and I don’t claim to, but if you have the time for a comment like ‘update’, then I think it’s reasonable to add a few more words. I don’t know a single writer who would look at that comment and be anything other than disappointed and possibly irritated. Especially when adding a few more words would make all the difference. It doesn’t take much effort to go from ‘update’ to ‘I love your story and I hope you update soon.’ We love to hear you like the words, connections, and characters we’ve written or expanded on, and yes, something as little as that makes a big impact on us.

It matters.

I once made a post on Tumblr announcing that I would be taking a temporary break from one of my works I’d poured a lot of time and energy into because I had received virtually no interaction, and I had assumed that there was little to no interest in it. So I would put it on the back burner and work on other projects because while you should write for yourself, no one wants to just write and not receive any feedback. I almost immediately got a comment telling me that I didn’t have any right to ‘hold my works hostage’ just because I ‘wanted praise’ and if that’s what you think, then you are entitled.

There is a difference between saying ‘no updates until I get five reviews with more than one word’ and ‘this work doesn’t seem to resonate with anyone, so I’m going to work on something else for a while, and maybe I’ll come back to it later.’

This new culture of demanding content without interaction has been growing for some time, and I think there’s a strong correlation between it and the binge culture we’ve curated with the advent of things like streaming services and on-demand content. We want to be able to sit down and read a whole fanfic because it’s commonly known that readers will DEVOUR a 100k word fanfic, but a 100k word novel is sometimes a little harder for some to digest.

Fanfic is created on our own time as we are able to. We have jobs, families, and other hobbies that take up our time. If you’re waiting around for a story to finish being written before you tell the writer how much you loved it, then I’m sorry to say that one: there’s a good chance it never will be. And two: you’re part of the problem.

TV shows have writers and producers and constant feedback. Novel writers have the assurance that, at some point, money will be involved. Fanfic writers do not. It is illegal. We can’t create patreons for our content or bind and sell our fanfics for any sort of financial compensation (Looking at any of you who have purchased or sold bound copies of Mancled.)

Writers are tired of putting our hearts and souls into these stories and getting nothing back except single-word comments and messages that say ‘update’ and nothing more. 

You don’t have to tell us our work changed your life or that it inspired you to live better—we know that it didn’t and will probably never be the case. But telling us how much you love that we gave a neglected or tragic character a happy ending that they absolutely deserve? Or that you loved reading a ‘slice of life’ story in a chaotic fandom that felt happy and cozy. Or seeing your favorite bad guy get what they deserve? That resonates with us so deeply. It means the world to us.

I realize I’ve probably lost some of you by now, and just so we’re clear: I’m not here saying ‘leave me comments’ and ‘feed my praise kink’ because let’s be real, most fanfic writers do have one. But I know DAMN well I am not just speaking for myself.

I am not calling anyone out. If you’ve ever liked, commented, given kudos, or reblogged my stuff or messaged me, let me be clear: I appreciate you so much, and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to put into words what yours meant to me.

This has gone on quite long enough, and I think I’ve done my best ot make my point, so I’m gonna cut myself off here before I repeat myself.

TL;DR: Fanfiction is free because we love doing it. But even love runs dry when met with silence.

PLEASE

Interact with your favorite stories. Leave lovely comments, simple ‘I love your story, I can't wait for the next update’ is just fine. We don’t need essays or love letters or groupies. But please, guys, tell your favorite authors you love their stuff before they lose their motivation to keep creating it. Because I promise, they will more than likely choose to abandon something they think that only they love before powering through it under the assumption that ‘someday’ the comments and love will come.

We can do better.

[asm5129]

Making this post at the request of a friend.

So, Eve Casanas/M4NTICOR3, creator of the Monument Mythos, is running a plush campaign and it's not doing great. The availability is about to expire and she still hasn't hit 200 plushes. This is bad because Eve's partner, Valentine, gets all the money from the plush sales and really needs it, and Makeship won't pay Valentine if the plush doesn't sell/might possibly also drop them for future plush contracts.

If you could buy a plush or share this with friends/family it would be amazing, they only need 49 more sales as of posting this. The campaign ends in 30 hours.

[gifsbysimplysonia]

[erithel]

Head's up to anyone interested in joining my Pateon: Please consider doing so NOT from an Apple device.

As of right now, if you join with Apple, you'll be paying more, and that extra cost DOES NOT go to the creator.

Apple doesn't need an extra 30% from you.

The only options I have are 1) have my potential supporters pay this extra cost up front when joining, or 2) keep my original prices so potential supporters don't have to pay extra, but lose an extra 30% for myself.

Neither are good, so just please keep this in mind and try to not use Apple when joining anyone's Patreon right now.

*THIS ONLY EFFECTS NEW MEMBERS, SO ANYONE ALREADY PART OF MY PATREON IS FINE*

[theblueflower05]

@viviartsy made this for me a few months ago and I never got around to posting it.

UGH.

The talent.

I will never be able to wrap my head around how good of an artist she is. If you guys aren’t already, please go give her page a follow. Her commissions are currently open! She also recently went live with her Patreon and it’s delishhhhhh.

This artwork goes along with my series Firist Love/Late Spring.

[zelda-the-sacred-realm]

Patreon Opening! As I announced, I have been working on this project which is really important to me and I finally want to officially present it to you!

As promised, this is not an early access, I want to say that the comic will remain public for everyone and at the same time, I know it was one of your biggest concerns so I want to let you know ☺️

Rather it's a Patreon dedicated to the work and behind the scenes of the comic, such as Character concept art, settings, and reference sheets! There are also many other things such as mini tutorials, exclusive sketches etc.. so check out the subscription description! (also we do this to make Grumpy man happy, he loves rupees and would buy a lot of Lon Lon Milk with them🤣)

Click Here to view my Patreon ( or you can find it in the pinned post)

I've been working on my au since 2017 and this is a big step for me and the beginning of a new adventure, consider my Patreon as a big Artbook on ZTSR that will take shape thanks to your support!

Furthermore, your support may lead over time to the creation of Characters backstory, which as I had already announced, will only be briefly introduced in the main story (Like Time's life as a soldier and his Death, Twilight's arrival in the twilight realm and his marriage with Midna, the Story of the Two Brothers Gods etc.)

I conclude by saying that there is already the first free post for all members and that you can already see! The first official post of the subscribers will arrive in 2 days so I'll wait for you!

Thanks again for all your support!💖

[triaelf9]

"Ah, but I can only manage $2 a month, that's not enough, so I shouldn't bother"

NO NO! THAT'S PERFECT! that's the point of this sort of thing: $2 might seem like a small amount, but if 5 ppl pledge? That's $10! If 20 pledge? That's $100!

No amount is too small, i promise 💚

Please consider supporting your fav artists, even if it's $2 a month, or even one time on ko-fi! Every bit counts, and we love you for it ❤❤❤

[rabtownsend]

New Patreon Post

This month's post is a set of photos of the bombastic Dane Halo, who is well loved for figure, but y'all know I was in it for the freckles.

It's on the "big photo tier" if you're so inclined.

patreon | instagram | twitter | mastodon | pixelfed | flickr | ko-fi

[helpwhatsthis]

Hey! I just wanted to make a quick little visual for anyone who may be trying to find out if their fics were used in the AI sweep on ao3!

Ik not everyone is great with big numbers visually so it definitely may help to line up the numbers in your fic link with the base number, like so:

If you find that your fic has been used, I strongly urge you to look into the AI trained using your work and REPORT THEM! Many people here on tumblr have been dropping the links to the sites that include the fics stolen from ao3.

You're entitled to your own work and ideas, don't let anyone make you think differently! Reblogs for this post are appreciated, the more people stand up for their own works, the less likely it is that this happens again!

[gifsbysimplysonia]

[impala-dreamer]

Hey! I posted a new story today.

I post new stories every Thursday on here and more throughout the week! They are also cross-posted to AO3 and my library blog @impala-dreamer-writes.

It would be super awesome if you could check them out and reblog if you read.

Reblogs are greatly important for creators because the works don't get seen unless people share them. When things don't get shared and enjoyed, our enjoyment in sharing them with you gets drastically diminished and the muse floats far away and gets lost behind a wall of imposter syndrome, artistic blocks, and a feeling of purposelessness.

Please, if you consume art, writing, music, gifs, any content...

Share it.