#to continue from my last point

[islandneko]

It's sort of crushing seeing art that was reposted/stolen get more notes than art that was personally shared by the artist. I mean, not to name any names or come off too accusatory or anything else like that, but it really is sort of disheartening seeing someone's art that was stolen/reposted without permission get more attention than art that the original artist decided to share. I feel like I'm the only one that's really noticed this apparent trend that's been happening within this fandom in the last three or so years, stolen/reposted content often getting more attention over content that was shared by the original artist and/or creator. It's a pretty widespread issue that's been allowed to last this long because of what I believe to be a combination of small fandoms like this one being sort of lawless, essentially allowing people to do whatever they want, and the blogs that're doing this often targeting art that was posted in this very fandom years and years ago, which allows these blogs to obscure the fact that the art was stolen in the first place.

Before I go any further, I just want to make it clear that this was all inspired by a certain piece of fanart that's been making the rounds lately reposted by a blog whose username includes the words "sandman" and "daddy" and the number 69, seeing it slowly gain 60+ notes in a relatively short amount of time whilst most recent fanart that's been posted in the main tag can barely manage to break even and get only 10-20 notes at a glacial pace and often go long periods without any real activity or notice. (I'm aware that this is a relatively small fandom that isn't always active and can sometimes be super dead and quiet, but there's fanart going back years and years ago that have well over 100 or so notes, so that kind of negates any kind of arguing or logic over the relative size of this fandom.)

Now that I've gotten that part out of the way, now's the time to move on what I consider to be speculation about why this is such a (secretly) common thing in this fandom.

1). To start, the most obvious aspect to this whole thing is that Satoshi Kon and his various works are all eternally popular, so it would be fair to assume that the reason why stolen/reposted content is such a common trend is because of popularity/attention and wanting a bunch of eyeballs on it as well.

2). Secondly, it's mostly horror blogs that do this, mostly with Perfect Blue and Paranoia Agent being the most common targets. For Perfect Blue, it's mostly old official art that gets stolen, with nary a piece of fanart in sight, (Maybe because there isn't really a lot of fanart worth stealing in the first place? I'm just speculating on that part), and for Paranoia Agent, it's actually JUST fanart, with only one or two pieces of official art being reposted/stolen. The other Kon works like Paprika and Tokyo Godfathers and Millennium Actress don't usually get this kind of thing, and are usually left out as a result. (I would assume it's because the other works are of different genres altogether, and thus wouldn't fit into the horror aesthetic that these blogs are trying to cultivate.)

3.) Lastly, and I think this bears repeating for the most part, it's mostly old fanart from a long time ago that gets stolen or reposted, with the oldest going back to either 2011 or 2012 and the most recent going back to 2018 or even 2024. As stated elsewhere, the reason for this is because this is fanart that was made by people who are no longer a part of this fandom and thus aren't really able to do anything about their art being stolen/reposted. (Though I did manage to tell one particular artist about their old art being reposted and used without permission, and who took action almost immediately, so that's one good thing to come out of this, along with getting to let some people who reblogged/liked the post that had the stolen/reposted art in it know about that fact, which prompted a few of them to delete their reblogs/remove their likes, effectively washing their hands of the post in the process.)

Not necessarily related to all of this, but still important to mention regardless, but a lot of the fanart from other fandoms that these blogs steal/repost also often have a watermark/or artist signature visible somewhere in the picture, something people fail to notice when they reblog and/or like the post in question, which I find a bit surprising, really, since you'd think a highly visible watermark on a piece of art would be enough to make people think otherwise about reblogging it or giving it a like. But then again, I can't really blame people for not noticing the watermark in the first place, since even if it is pretty visible, it's not necessarily visible in a way that would be immediately noticeable.

[egophiliac]

don't think I'm not still obsessing over 7-12

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

You made her cry, time to die.

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[burningcheese-merchant]

Hear me out... We got Yandere Burning spice...what about Yandere Herald of Change

Oh God... That would be so horrible lol. If we're working with the Herald of Change from the time travel AU, theeeeeeeen he would have to be closer to corruption than he is in the actual story (Golden Cheese is transported to a time where Burning Spice was still a genuine good guy). Yandere Herald would be different from Yandere Beast in that he wants to have Golden Cheese to himself forever, but is more... discreet about it. He tries harder to pretend to be normal, because he's actually aware that he'd drive her away if he didn't. But his mask would start slipping with time, because Golden Cheese wants to go home and he doesn't want that. He wants her to stay. He doesn't actually know or understand where her home is (Time Travel AU Spice doesn't know she came from the future, only that she's lost), but does it really matter? Why can't she make a new home here with him? Why can't she stay with him? She should stay with him. He'll convince her to stay with him. She'll understand and agree. And if she doesn't? If she doesn't... No, of course she will. Won't she? Why wouldn't she? That kingdom she's mentioned? Those people? They don't need her like he does. He's sure they're doing ok without her. Worse comes to worst, they can make a new kingdom together. That's his job, after all: to build and nurture civilizations. They can have one of their own, they can be king and queen. They can be happy. She can be happy. She just has to stay. She has to stay. She has to stay. She has to stay.

If she still doesn't want to stay...?

Fine. It's fine. He'll make her stay.

[xxplastic-cubexx]

i didnt plan to spend my sunday this way

[creanima]

Mayblade: 1. Dawn & 30. Dusk

No matter what - I got you

@Nesuki: 22:17 🌆

You could do a headstand now, OR here‘s the flipped one:

[skunkes]

At "bingo" with my dad again adn honestly i like playing but I dont like the prizes half the time I wish I could play but if i win and dont like it, someone else gets it... bc i dont wanna take home items that will just take up space at home but i like participating and being around others playing....do u know what i mean

[lunarharp]

played dragon age 2...just simple scribbles

[shhhsoftnwet]

Who are you harassing this time, team leader Shin?

[septimusmoonlight]

You doing ok?

hi

[gomzdrawfr]

having a keyboard going clicliclicliclicalcalcalcalcalclclalcalcl does boost my productivity

[hana-bobo-finch]

WHY DO MY DREAMS HAVE RECURRING CHARACTERS AND LOCATIONS ITS SO WEIRD I DO NOT LIKE THAT ITS CREEPING ME OUT

[avirael]

Febhyurary 2025 Day 01 - Hello, World

"Hello, World! I'm Elsie and I used to work as a fisher in a tiny village off the southern coast of Vylbrand. Nowadays I live on a small tropical island in the Cieldalaes with a group of people who helped me out of trouble. It's a lovely place with even more lovely people but there is also a lot of work, so I do my best to help where I can and repay them for their kindness."

[hoppityhopster23]

If I ever piss any of you off, please tell me. Most of the time it’s not intentionally done.

And if I pull back from a friendship, 9/10 it’s me getting scared that I’m annoying you and don’t want to impose on your life and not you.

[michaeljoncarter]

this sounds so lame, but it's honestly like. actually upsetting to me that the absolutely INSANE bg3 retcon version of sarevok is the only version of the character 99% of people will ever be aware of. they took what was easily one of the most interesting, complex characters in the history of gaming and did this randomass retcon that completely character assassinated him, rewrote his entire background (and large chunks of the original bg series??), and retconned him into a comically evil, one dimensional, painfully boring cartoon villain for literally NO REASON?????

i know people comparing literally everything to atla is annoying, but genuinely the closest comparison i can think to try to convey how insane this decision was is like. imagine if legend of korra brought zuko back but only for like a 2 minute cameo where they did nothing but make it canon that he went insane immediately after the events of the original series, turned out to be a p/dophile who abused his own daughter, and started working to put his abusive father back on the throne. and then they immediately killed him off and just NEVER brought him or any of that up ever again ??????

like really truly what the fuck was that

[eyes1nthewoods]

wait actually. how did that meeting lann's mom go for maercy sjsbshnsj

she completely misunderstood what ria was asking