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[thirteenis-myluckynumber]

"You are a sheep in wolf's clothing."

Tobias Forge - Hård rock på export, 2022 interview

[mara-manson]

Does anyone remember the old crack video era? Where people used to make funny/silly edits of their favourite media, combined with transitions showing some kind of error screen or white noise or whatever?

Yeah I want to revive that, so I am working on one for RE4 because the fandom barely has any and I feel like that’s a huge missed opportunity.

[mofftarkinandglossurabbansquares]

MOFF TARKIN AND GLOSSU RABBAN SQUARES

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SQUARE MILITARY RANK INSIGNIA MILITARY SALESMEN FROM OUTSIDE THIS CLUSTER OF GALAXIES

NO I DON'T WANT TO BUY ANY MORE STORMTROOPER ARMOR. I HAVE ENOUGH, THANK YOU.

[thematicparallel]

been typing & deleting a post for the past several minutes tbh it all boils down to: i'm having a mid-20's crisis <3

[paula-in-dreamland]

good news. i think i'm starting to figure out how to gif.

bad news - photoshop doesn't like me and doesn't want to export said gif.

[metastablephysicist]

every day is a beautiful day to be running linux but especially today

[jammatown919]

This animatic is both putting me through the wringer and proving my theory that the only way to get me to actually learn anything about art outside of a classroom is to find a fandom I'm insane enough about to actually sit here and perfectionism myself into trying to draw things correctly.

Not to say that I nailed all their designs or all the anatomy or anything, but I'm definitely gonna walk away from this with many lessons learned. Also the way I draw Sammy's hair has evolved so much in the literal three frames that she's in. I don't know why certain parts of it are so weird for me to get down.

[the-earth-priestess]

so it's come to my attention that ao3 is actually proooobably more pro-ai than we originally thought. in maybe a sinister way. full disclosure, i'm not well-versed in how web pages work so i could be missing some information.

ao3 is about "inclusivity" and "legitimate" uses of the site and are using these quoted words to justify ai "works" on their site.

this is how you code to prevent selection of text on a web page.

the very same code is not "allowed" on ao3. the code does affect how the text is visible to screens and so this may or may not have safety and accessibility reasons. but given the other two points, welllllll that's not the point of this post.

so here's my Heated Complaint i'm submitting:

I want to prevent plagiarism of my work. Plain and simple. Usage of plagiarism software, otherwise known as AI, means I'm struggling to find places to share my work without feeling like it's just going to end up in some stupid regurgitation machine.

Since you've allowed AI works to be published here, it seems pretty clear what your stance on AI is. However I still want to try to get my original, organic works out there on this site, because it is the most common fanfiction site. But even when I take measures to try to prevent copy/pasting of my works on AO3, you side with the people who are stealing art.

You say you're being "inclusive" and only allowing "legitimate" uses of this site. What you as a corporation are failing to understand is that AI is by definition plagiarism software. Including it is stabbing actual creators in the back, because AI takes input from these creators without their consent and shits out their hard work. The authors are not the AI prompters. The authors are the hundreds or thousands or millions of writers who have had their works inserted into the software.

AI "fanworks" aren't fanworks. They're stolen labour. And by disallowing this code, by allowing publication of AI "fanworks", you are no longer open-source. You are functioning as a cog in the machine churning out profit for the AI plagiarizers.

i hope the whole of tumblr gets vocal because this is so not cool of ao3.

screenshots of the listed evidence under the keep reading. alt text available.

[dead-loch]

I just nearly spent $90 on veilguard before clocking that once again a game is not available on mac and im sooo annoyed now. I could have sworn that I’d looked into this and seen that it would be available but clearly that was a dream. sigh. I was hoping I’d have something new and fun to focus on but nvm that!

[unnonexistence]

well i hope this doesnt crash my computer

[cantdanceflynn]

God I love ace attorney<- only two trials in and already had to use a guide because I misread the died instantly part in the court record to activate the infamous scene

[plugnuts]

Who knew transferring data from ipod to ipod could be so damn complicated (and frustrating)

[zytes]

what camera do you use?

I learned on a Canon T3 and currently use a Canon T6, an inexpensive DSLR that’s several years out of date - it isn’t exactly professional gear and I usually avoid talking to self-labelled photographers about my equipment because it’s quite insufferable listening to 50 year-old hobbyists tell me that I *need* a mirrorless camera for the Nth time; they’re like $4000 tho, so even if I could afford that I’d be too scared to use it in the ways that I like to use mine.

I think the T7 or T7i is the more current model, and it runs around $500-700 brand new in a basic starter set with two lenses and a soft case. In addition to the lenses that came with the camera body, I also occasionally use a half-dozen different plastic lomography lenses that I bought in a set from a thrift store many years ago — they take sorta shit photos, and are a little inconvenient to use, but they’re really unique; plastic lenses are super underrated imo. The only other accessory I use is a $20 aftermarket battery pack that doubles the battery life and extends the body of the camera to make it fit more comfortably in my hands. Using inexpensive gear has allowed me to be much more adventurous while I’m shooting without fear for rain or snow or dirt - although I do occasionally have to digitally remove water spots and other small shadows that make it into photos whenever my lens is a little scuzzy.

^ the lomo lenses I mentioned, extremely cool vibe but literally held together with tape.

[micechicken]

I hate that my lost media that I'm deeply invested in, is something that only people of my age group and went to public school in Florida can provide any information on. But also the fact that it was a program designed and used in elementary and has a name that brings up school classroom decorations...

[03349656115]

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[taexual]

Do you also read fanfictions? I am writing one but since English is not my mother language, I am afraid to actually post it lmao. Could you read? See if there's any grammar mistakes and if it flows naturally as it should. But if you cant, dont worry. I totally understand

hii, i don't really do beta reading/editing, sorry!! i can suggest some helpful tools, though, such as grammarly or instatext -- i've used both myself, and they're great! instatext requires a subscription, but you get a free trial period and can edit small portions of text for free every day

and if you think you'd prefer a person to read through it for you, you can always make a public post on tumblr, and ask if anyone would be interested!!!

regardless, have confidence, love!!! you're doing great 🤍🤍🤍