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The thing I can't help thinking about in the wake of yet another preemptive TV show murder, is how terribly BAD these execs are at Making Money!

Like, okay, you have a show with great word of mouth and a loyal and passionate fanbase...

Do you make that show available to be paid for all over the world? No. If people outside the US want it, they can pirate it I guess.

Do you give people the opportunity to pay you twice by releasing physical copies?

No.

Do you merchandise the FUCK out of this property you own, that was the most popular new fandom on AO3 for a year?

No. Oh wait, after a year they released a couple T-shirts.

Being in Chinese fandoms has forever changed my idea of what actual people who want your money look like. Trying to watch a Chinese show? Cool, there's a partner to take your subscription fee for wherever you are in the world and episodes are released same day in most cases.

Want merch? Good cause you're going to get literally every type of possible merch from cheap plastic stuff to fashion lines and fine jewelry and candles and books and soundtracks and collector's editions, and it will keep coming for years and years.

Like, how do these people think Star Wars makes money? It's not tickets or Disney + subscriptions. It's fucking merch.

You could have SO MUCH MONEY if you wanted to actually make it. But what you want isn't money, it's Amorphous Cool Points you can turn into temporary stock increases and a better CEO job.

These networks have no interest in building fandoms and properties that continue to rake in cash over time. They just want to keep rolling the dice until they suddenly get a lightning strike of the biggest show in the world, and if it doesn't happen they lose interest.

And fewer and fewer people watch their new shows because they know it'll be two seasons and then cancelled unfinished like every other fucking thing.

These people are SO BAD AT CAPITALISM and it OFFENDS ME.

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hey yall. we did it. (pst. theres also an unclothed version)

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‘But This I’ll Never Tell’ Part 1

Happy Independence Day, everybody! :D

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⚠️ ATTENTION UK COMRADES ⚠️

never in my life did i think i would be making a post like this but here goes.

what's happening in the university of brighton?

during the past week, the university of brighton has announced 110 staff redundancies in a bid to save almost £18m.

meanwhile, senior management have recently shelled out an almost identical sum of money to buy out the lease of a sports facility on campus - a decision which nobody asked for or wanted.

these redundancies will be finalised at the end of june and will have a catastrophic impact on learning conditions, which rely on the expertise of our lecturers. though the ripples of this decision will be felt throughout the university, it explicitly and disproportionately targets 'non-profitable' degrees such as humanities, arts, social sciences, etc.

for the staff made redundant, it could mean the end of their academic career due to a surplus of unemployed academics as a result of sector-wide lack of funding for teaching and research. this is also happening during a cost of living crisis.

lecturers on work visas could be forced to leave the country and may not be able to support their families. those who aren't made redundant will suffer from increased workload, larger class sizes, inability to conduct research and more students per member of staff.

the university of brighton offers a fantastic range of unique, interdisciplinary courses in the heart of the uk's queer capital, allowing our vibrant student community to benefit from intimate seminars that immensely benefit our learning. with some of our departments being cut by more than half, the loss of these will be absolutely devastating.

in the e-mail the student body were sent, we were told the redundancies 'wouldn't affect us', with zero acknowledgement of the relationship students build with their lecturers.

this is an attack on the job security and dignity of our valued body of educational staff. the vice chancellor, who takes home around £250,000 a year, said she 'needs to pay the gas bill'. we say human beings over buildings.

the student body cannot allow this. this sets a dangerous precedent for workers all over the country.

so what can we do to help?

let them know that this not okay. voice your concerns to the vice chancellor debra humphris, who can be contacted at d.humphris@brighton.ac.uk

spread information. tell your friends. kick up a fuss. stand in solidarity with staff and students. contact your local representatives and encourage them to offer support. jeremy corbyn has already given his!!

consider following @ uobsolidarity on instagram to stay updated.

here is a petition you can sign and some relevant news articles. here's how to find your mp.

SOLIDARITY FOREVER. FUCK GREED. PLEASE BOOST!!!

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Scum Villain fans when they see a narrative about how freeing and lucky turning your hobby into a career can feel at first especially when it allows you to become independent from a neglectful family until the cutthroat rat race of capitalism sets in and you gradually lose the passion you had for your work and start to see your creations as mindless content designed to generate clicks rather than art you actually love and it's not until you're given the chance to step away from that toxic monotony and look on what you intended to create with fresh eyes that you realize that you really do still love your craft and creations however flawed they may be

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elementals, canine version

[images are 6 paintings of wild canines with fantasy motifs: a maned wolf with smoke rising from its spine and tail, a grey wolf howling with an aurora-like trail of icy mist on its breath, an african wild dog with a riot of brown fungus growing from its spots, a fennec fox floating among several shards of dark stone, an inky-dark silver cross fox with a black smoky tail, and a glowing white arctic fox with a white smoky tail.]

prints here | big cat series

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Les Arcs Ski Resort, nr. Bourg Saint Maurice, France, (January 2020)

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AURORA at The Boiler Shop, Newcastle upon Tyne, (November 2019)

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Langdale, Lake District, UK  (October 2019)

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Langdale, Lake District UK  (October 2019) 

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Lac de Serre-Ponçon,  Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (July 2019)

The view from the climb of La Cote des Demoiselles Coifées, on the route of the 2019 Tour de France. An eventful tour which came to an abrupt end after landslides shortened the race. 

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The Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Newcastle upon Tyne, (January 2019)

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Lac de Serre-Ponçon,  Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (July 2019)

The view from the climb of La Cote des Demoiselles Coifées, on the route of the 2019 Tour de France. An eventful tour which came to an abrupt end after landslides shortened the race. 

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Hebden Bridge, Rochdale Canal, (June 2018)

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I don’t post adult content, but I know and follow a lot of blogs that do. If you don’t like the changes @staff wants to make regarding NSFW imagery, be sure to let them know!

→ Sign the petition here!