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I think it makes sense that Tenko's original quirk might not be that powerful.

Because AFO stole the quirk when Tenko was a baby. A baby. I doubt any Quirk stolen at that age will be super strong or fully developed yet.

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All these fanarts of Tenko with the circle quirk is making me feel so melancholy :')

At this rate I'm gonna like it almost as much as I like Decay (I'm never slandering one quirk over the other tho, they're both special to me). Tenko could've had a ""normal"" life if AFO never killed Nana and then manipulated Tenko's upbringing. Or at least have a happier family.

But also, the flying quirk thing feels very idealistic. It's too good to be true. This situation is literally the Shimura version of "what if Touya was able to achieve Endeavor's dreams and have that happy family" scenario. It's such a happy dream, but the reality is that it was never gonna happen.

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Shout out to the USA for pissing Canadians off so bad it flipped an entire election that was supposed to be a landslide for the center-right, forever in your debt o7

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I'm still thinking about how Tomura recognized Redestro because he probably saw that same Detnerat commercial too many times.

(Did Tomura not know Redestro's name before they started fighting? lol)

And Tomura recognized Redestro even though the guy had transformed to look much bulkier than usual too

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The real saw trap is reading an incredibly wrong take about your blorbo and seeing that it’s actually very popular

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There are two types of writers:

1. 'It's fiction, it doesn't need to make sense!'

2. 'I didn't account for the rotation of the planet and how that affects the constalations while my characters stargazed at different times of year, I have failed as a writer, and this entire thing is trash'

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@villainsandvictimsalliance

Mural commission scams/Commission scams

(Mural commission scams/Commission scams)

If you are an artist who regularly posts art to tumblr, you may have received DMs/replies from accounts who are either asking to use your art in a mural because a client wants it or a message asking you if you take commissions (even if you have a post that would answer that question) before requesting you to draw their pet/family member.

These are actually known as scam messages/asks and were originally mainly spotted on deviantART/Twitter (X), Instagram, etc. You get these if you use certain tags as these mainly blank blogs are usually watching them for new artists to target and con money (or time) out of. These are never real people wanting art from you and are always scammers who have no interest in paying you for your hard work.

One of the most common things is that they will never look at your commission sheet or read your TOS, and will avoid answering any specific questions you may have since they’re not here to talk. Their talking is just trying to flatter you (claiming they love your art) and to make you think you’ll be getting a lot of money for little work. Unfortunately, these blogs do not want to pay you and they will not give you the funds no matter how much it is.

These kind of scammers will ask for your email and then send you a fake PayPal email claiming they sent you money but there was a problem and you need to ‘upgrade’ your account to receive the funds. This email is not officially sent by PayPal and is made to scare you into thinking something has went wrong. Do not worry. It is not a real PayPal email. It is a fake one.

Keep in mind these scam blogs will not use the payment methods you already offer. Their task is getting your email then trying to get your personal information.

If someone’s offering to pay you $300+ for a simple drawing of a generic dog took off Google images, be wary of the account and ask them questions first. If you feel like something is off, cut contact and report them immediately before blocking them.

If you drew the art anyway, just edit the drawing to have a block of text saying the commissioner was a scammer and then advertise your commissions!

Always have a clear Terms of Service around payment options and do not let high payments trick you into drawing for scammers.

I am post this with the art tag as it relates to art and the current situation of artists over here now getting the same scam messages that deviantART users get. Please share this post to your art friends.

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@villainsandvictimsalliance

Commission scams v2

(Commission scams v2)

How it starts

(How it starts)

So you are a tumblr artist and you want to share your art into the void that is tumblr. You make a post, add the usual tags like ‘my art’, ‘artists on tumblr’, ‘digital art’, or event just ‘art’ in general. Then you hit post and watch it see how much attention your hard work will get. Maybe you even did a commission and your commissions are open so you may have even added ‘commissions open’ as an extra tag. Now you wait. Surely it’ll take forever to get any interest…But! Then you see it! A comment asking you if your commissions are open. It’s done within seconds of the post being made. What luck! You do have commissions open so you DM them because they asked you to.

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How it works

(How it works)

Once you message the account they will then tell you they want you to draw their pet or a family member such as their son. But they won’t take any offered payment methods that you have listed in your commissions post that they saw. Instead, they will ask you what your email address is so they can send you the money that way. Might seem odd but they claim they just have issues with using the links you offer. But they promise a high payment for this simple commission so you give them your email address and wait for the payment to come through. Unfortunately something goes wrong. There’s a new email from ‘PayPal’ but it’s claiming there’s been a little problem crediting your account and that you need to pay to upgrade it in order to receive the payment. So you do as stated but somehow this isn’t enough. Now you don’t have money, you lost some money too, and the account you messaged is threatening to get the local law enforcement after you if you can’t send them the money back. You get scared and start to panic. So you keep sending money and more money but nothings happening. However, if you calm down and pay attention you’ll likely notice the real issue.

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The fake PayPal email

(The fake PayPal email)

Upon closer inspection the ‘PayPal’ message you’ve received is fake and doesn’t come from the official PayPal email address. The account who contacted you is scamming you and has no intention to pay you and that’s why they won’t use any provided links. You’ve been scammed out of work and likely have lost more money than you wanted to lose.

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What can you do to avoid this scam?

(What can you do to avoid this scam?)

When posting art always keep an eye out for these kind of spam bots. They’ll comment asking you to DM them or comment asking you to DM them if commissions are open. You will eventually notice the repetitive comments across multiple posts they like too. Do not contact these accounts and instead block them and alert other artists about them.

(If you find this guide useful, feel free to commission me for art! Just adding it so tags are relevant and also to show off any of these bots that target posts lol)

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@villainsandvictimsalliance

Art Theft Scam Alert — classymedallion

Just a heads up because I was contacted by this user minutes ago: Do not respond to any dms from @/classymedallion. They request for you to commission art from them for $75 in an expressed need for rent money (that's already an odd start to the conversation), but they do not provide any up front links or avenues to send funds in their commission post or in the dms.

To add to this, prior to the back to back posts of their artwork, you're greeted with a recent reblog after reblog of popular posts and only that. But the biggest red flag was the stolen artwork they claim to be theirs, and they've specifically targeted one artist by the name of @cherrysphinx (who also has art on other platforms). You can do a reverse image search for almost every single piece and find where they're originally from.

If any of this feels familiar, then it's because another account used this exact same tactic in the past, and even stole a great number of Cherrysphinx's art.

Even their so-called commission template where they're begging for money to avoid losing their house is stolen and cropped to hide the watermark (the image in their commission post was ran through the search engine and it led to a post on Weasly by Rococospade).

I linked the sources of each post below, just for reference since it seems that the same pieces of artwork are getting targeted.

Classymedallion's pfp was stolen from a user named selamander

Their banner was stolen from a post on Furaffinity by Kornepheross (the image is only viewable on Furaffinity if you're a member, but the search engine was able to find the art on Reddit)

Original artwork stolen from Cherrysphinx's Tumblr (the search engine didn't bring up the original post, but this artwork is actually what led me to the post about the other scam account)

Karlach art the search engine found on Bluesky by Cherrysphinx (also on their Tumblr acct)

Witch artwork the search engine found on ArtStation by Cherrysphinx (I funnily enough found the same catalogue of stolen artwork on DeviantArt), is also on their Tumblr acct

Wyll fanart the search engine found on Bluesky by Cherrysphinx (also on their Tumblr acct)

Dame Aylin fanart from Cherrysphinx's Tumblr

Astarion fanart the search engine found on Cherrysphinx's DeviantArt and ArtStation (also on their Tumblr acct)

Original artwork that was also uploaded to the aforementioned DeviantArt acct full of stolen artwork, was stolen from Cherrysphinx's Tumblr acct

Persona 3 fanart from Cherrysphinx's Tumblr

Karlach fanart from Cherrysphinx's Tumblr

BG3 fanart from Cherrysphinx's Tumblr

Tav fanart from Cherrysphinx's Tumblr

Original artwork from Cherrysphinx's Tumblr

Original artwork the search engine found on DeviantArt by Cherrysphinx (also on their Tumblr acct)

Original artwork from Cherrysphinx's Tumblr

Original artwork the search engine found on DeviantArt by Cherrysphinx (also on their Tumblr acct)

Original artwork the search engine found on Cherrysphinx's DeviantArt acct (is on their Tumblr acct as well)

Original artwork from Cherrysphinx's Tumblr acct

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flying high (╥﹏╥)

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It's messed up how Tenko never actually stood a chance from AFO. Let's say the old lady DID help him... She logically would've taken Tenko to the police. The police would learn that Tenko is an orphan and put him in an orphanage. Ujiko is controlling the orphanages. AFO still gets his vessel in the end.

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Deku really looked into Tomura's soul, saw how large of an impact people like Spinner, Dabi, and Toga left on Tomura... and didn't care because he was so focused on the crying ghost child

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"Do I look like such a cruel guy? Their strength's the real deal. They're all headed in different directions, but each is a reliable comrade... So yeah… I'm hoping they succeed."

"I've already started finding allies. So make no mistake, this is where it all begins."

"You're doing it for me, you, and all of us... I believe in you guys."

"The next ones will be us."

"My allies are exceptions. You guys should get what you want in life."

"Whatever lies ahead, I just want them to live as they see fit."

"I'm going to create that horizon… That Spinner's been looking forward to."

"Doesn't matter… if you stamp out my hatred. Even if I wind up hollow… The villains need a hero of their own."

"If Spinner is still alive… Tell him this for me: Shigaraki Tomura fought to the end to destroy."

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GIVE IT BACK 😭😭

THE CIRCLE QUIRK

It’s making me mad seeing how this Quirk could’ve been used by Tenko

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Some Kurogiri and Tomura lore from the Ultra Age Q&A questions:

Question 56: Kurogiri was in a position similar to a master at the League of Villain's hideout, but is he good at brewing coffee or something?

A: Kurogiri is skilled at serving Shigaraki what he wants to eat or drink within 10 seconds. It takes about 3 minutes longer to serve it to other people.