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[fanart of swift wind caught in a glue trap]

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I present to you: Hordak dying in a glue trap

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hey sorry but we put your boyfriend in a glue trap. yeah no, i don't really get it either. no no it's just like the meme of the week. yeah, he's pretty stuck in there. sorry. I'm so sorry.

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AI "art" is not innocuous. It is having real negative impact on the arts. From magazines and book publishers deciding to use AI "art" instead of hiring illustrators, to literary magazines having to close down submissions because they've been swamped by AI "stories," to art contests being won by AI "art," opportunities for artists to make a living are already being cut, especially for newer, less established artists. Even for me, with a 20 year career and an agent, I'm seeing fewer avenues to paying work. I can't imagine being 18, wondering if there will be any way to get a job in the arts when every entry level art job will be taken up by AI by the time they're halfway through art school.

So many AI "artists" have this idea that real artists have had it too good for too long, holding creativity hostage somehow, living easy lives, when most of us have to constantly hustle just to stay regular poor instead of homeless poor, our mental and physical health in rough shape all the time. To work so hard not only to hone our skills but to take on the equally hard second job of chasing down opportunities for work, only to see those opportunities go to someone who told a computer to do all their work for them, who then turns around and says we artists don't deserve money or even attention... it's such a slap in the face. It's such a breathtaking insult added to grievous injury.

It's not that these people are using AI to *assist* the creation of their work. This isn't like Photoshop, which is a tool. PS might make some aspects of the work easier or faster, but it's still a lot of work, a lot of time, a lot of skill. AI does it all for you. AI "artists" are no different from clients who commission me. If a client describes to me in great detail what they want me to draw, and then I draw it, are they somehow the artist? No! Telling it to a computer instead of a person doesn't change that.

I know AI "art" can be interesting. It's nifty to see what we've taught computers to do. It's funny to laugh about how many fingers they have. But it's really having such a huge negative impact on the creative world right now that the drawbacks far outweigh the curiosity of it. I wish I saw more people outside of artist communities thinking about this, caring about this, talking about this.

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accidentally in love

What happens when a Cupid falls on his own arrow? 

Written for @glimbowweek (Fall 2021) Day 6: Twists of Fate! 

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Ive always loved double trouble

As a non-binary person, they were so fun and cool, and shapeshifters are always my favorite kinds of characters.

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My wife couldn’t remember his name so she called him “water dandy man”

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super ooc but can i please see this in a flashback or something dreamworks

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your discord pfp and your tumblr pfp are locked in a room together. what happens?

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Project Sparkle Arrow

(aka Going There Chapter 25)

Things that happen in this chapter...

Glimmer and Bow deal with the aftermath of last night with maturity and communication-- oh no wait, actually, the opposite

Everyone on Darla gives each other relationship advice of varying quality

Adora She-Ras a bathroom with the power of gay thoughts

Catra calls Glimmer out for f-ing up her own love life

Entrapta is a menace to society and also local spaceship AI

Wrong Hordak gives Glimmer a terrible idea

Bow is not paid enough to deal with any of this but also comes to a long overdue realization

Read on AO3

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are we ever going to get a published version of “Adora’s 200-Step Plan to Defeating The Horde”

It’s…still in the editing process. 

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Is this not their dynamic? (original post from @outofcontextdiscord)

Bonus: bc I spent like an hour on these

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Project Sparkle Arrow

(aka Going There Chapter 25)

Things that happen in this chapter...

Glimmer and Bow deal with the aftermath of last night with maturity and communication-- oh no wait, actually, the opposite

Everyone on Darla gives each other relationship advice of varying quality

Adora She-Ras a bathroom with the power of gay thoughts

Catra calls Glimmer out for f-ing up her own love life

Entrapta is a menace to society and also local spaceship AI

Wrong Hordak gives Glimmer a terrible idea

Bow is not paid enough to deal with any of this but also comes to a long overdue realization

Read on AO3

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Bow sweetie, have you tried GLITTER??