#art and archives

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[noodle-the-queen]

Ao3 does not need an algorithm, you're just lazy

Ao3 does not need a 1-5 star rating system, you just want to bring down authors writing for FREE

Ao3 does not need automatic censorship, it is an archive, therefore anything can be posted

Writing or reading about something illegal does not mean the author nor the reader condones it, if that were true, you could never read a story involving anything negative

Purity culture is ruining fan culture and you all are fucking annoying

[001x456]

no you have to contribute to your fandom if you don't want it to die. most fandoms die because people say 'it's so sad watching the fandom die when the hype dies' without doing anything about it. I'm not saying you have to push out 100k word slow-burn fic, I'm not saying you have to make fan art or gif sets or edits or anything. I'm just saying we as a community should contribute to our fandom if we don't want it to die, and by contributing, I'm talking about giving kudos, commenting on your favorite fics, reblogging your favorite art and just talking about your favorite characters. that's enough to keep a fandom alive. that's the most effective way to keep a fandom alive in my humble opinion.

fandoms die because people stop talking about it, fandoms die because people stop engaging with fan content once the hype is gone. what I'm saying is, mainstream media's hype may be gone, but our fandom can stay alive and thriving if us as a community don't let it die.

[lovelyblep]

No shame in using the safeword (quitting a fic that doesnt do it)

[mag184]

my intellectual tma comic

[niinnyu]

Eye see. Heh.

[anattmar]

In fact, based on the evidence, I find it highly unlikely that Sasha ever even existed at all.

[wolfythewitch]

Smiling practice with the guys

[jaybirdbluebottle]

The muppet archives

[eroticlamb]

Kinetica Art Fair, 2012, featuring 'Pony' by Tim Lewis  (video source)

edit: i feel the need to specify that this is a robot for everyone who's confused 😭

[ascendingconures]

Michael, you would fall and turn the white snow red as strawberries in the summertime.

Edit: i forgot to say, but yes! The caption is indeed lyrics from the song "White Winter Hymnal" By Fleet Foxes!

Super inspired by @weevildead 's michael painting! I hesitate to post this bc it was super experimental, and i hate the hair and how unblended the edges are w the obvious layers and weird blurring and stray marks...but idc im posting it.

[folded-time]

FT002

Imperial Valley, IV

[lily-of-the-valley-2001]

tokyo google maps from Geogussr

edit I’m going to try to find the exact location somehow since everyone likes this picture haha

edit: i actually found it— it’s 5-chōme-4 Higashiōi in Shinagawa City, Tokyo

[sporesigil]

when did i start to lose the parts of me that weren’t just anger?

[mag184]

jon and the admiral 100 hour staring contest