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Oh my goodness, I cannot believe people are being so unbelievably nasty towards you!! It is so unwarranted and outta left field!! I hope they knock it off soon and you are still doing ok <3

Hey Sage, thank you for your kind words 🩵

Means a lot that other people are just as frustrated as I am about this bullshit. I won’t lie and say that I’m doing okay, because I’m not, it hurts so much that there are people out there who continue to accuse others without proof of doing something so awful to one of the writers in this community.

But I’ll make it through, I have to. Leaving now means that those hateful people win, and if I can just block them, I’m going to continue to do so.

#talk to the houseplant #this is what we need to be doing more of #end this witch hunt #please

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ENTRY LEVEL MEANS NO EXPERIENCE. IT MEANS NO PORTFOLIO OF RELEVANT SAMPLES. ENTRY LEVEL IS ENTRY LEVEL

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i'm sorry people are speculating about you and making accusations about you without proof. honestly they are being no better than the person who started this whole mess in the first place. going on a witch hunt like this can do a lot of harm and i hope they realize that.

Thank you 🩵

I honestly don’t know what I did to deserve this targeting, and I absolutely agree, making accusations without proof and targeting accounts are only going to make this so much worse.

I never thought I would rather have no one asking me questions/in my inbox than what’s currently happening. I had to shut my anons off because I was getting death threats all over something I played no part in, I’m losing followers (not many, but enough of them that it really hurts that people truly think I would do something so evil). This is how you tear a fandom apart when we really should be connecting and looking out for one another.

#talk to the houseplant #sweet mutuals #a witch hunt will only make this whole situation worse #let karma handle this person that’s what you all claim to want #so let it be and let’s try to build a community again

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funny that you say you're innocent but you have certain people blocked ... 🤔

Nonny, I said all I wanted on the subject yesterday, but for the record, I have a lot of accounts blocked for a myriad of reasons. I don’t know which people you are talking about and I quite frankly don’t care if you believe me or not, because I know I didn’t do what you are accusing me of, without proof.

So instead of sending hateful speculative messages, you start uplifting this community that is fractured because of one person’s actions.

Be better than the person who caused this shit.

#talk to the houseplant #accusations will only make this worse #you were told to leave this alone

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*emerges from the other room covered in blood* you should see the word document

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The person I reblogged this from deserves to be happy

I tried to scroll past this. I really did

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self care is cutting everyone off and locking yourself in and never speaking again actually

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Reblog to give your followers some cheesy garlic bread

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Reblog for a larger sample size, if convenient.

#walrus onesie #<- but make it an otter or a shark

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Reblog to BITE prev

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i hate when i send someone a meme in another language and they're like "uhm... translate? 😒" fucker i sent you a meme where 90% of the words have an english cognate and/or you don't need to know what they're saying to find it funny. can you at least TRY

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Cyclone: As some of you may know, I took a bit of a sabbatical last year.

Hangman: Do you mean you shacked up with a hairdresser but then she dumped you?

Mav: Jake, please! Raise your hand if you want to ask a question.

Hangman: *raises his hand*

Cyclone: Okay, I think we should move on.

Mav: The hairdresser certainly did.

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I saw a reblog of the anonymous ask someone sent you about using character ai, and someone responded saying something about how it’s disgusting to even ask that, which is a liiiitle harsh, but I digress.

The issue here, is that there are more people who don’t understand what AI is doing than people who do understand.

ChatGPT, Open AI, Character AI, Gemini, etc ALL steal from published works on the internet. It cannot be prevented, no one can stop it from happening.

I’m not an artist & I don’t publish my writing, but I do genuinely care about the artists and writers who are having their work stolen and receiving absolutely zero credit.

Please, please, please, do not put someone’s work into AI.

If you want to create a character, or a storyline & use character ai, by all means, go for it. But PLEASE, don’t disrespect or disregard these artists by feeding their work into an AI. It completely diminishes all of the hard work they put into their art.

oh boy, nothing like having a post you made in fucking january suddenly gain a fuck ton of attention lmao.

while i understand where you're coming from, i think you completely missed the main point of my response to that anon.

1: i literally explained that ai steals work to that anon. i said it's a pale imitation of what a real human would write. that it takes works that people put so much effort into and regurgitates it out. i told them not to put stuff into ai. i informed them, and i wasn't rude about it either. emotional, maybe, but i wasn't being rude.

2: the main issue i had with that anon, besides the ai grossness, was the insinuation that i'm not "creating enough content" for them. "the readers can interact more with the characters" comment from them really grinds my gears. even if ai didn't steal from creators, and it wasn't a godawful abomination, them wanting me to put my ideas and works into something that they can interact with that isn't through me completely disregards the entire purpose of me having this blog in the first place. which i ALSO explained to them. why would i want to put my work into a 3rd party source and not interact with my followers when that's literally my favorite part of creating? bonding and talking about the shit i put effort into? i had every right to be upset about that, and so does every other writer.

3: i have no control how people reblog my posts. so idk why you're coming in my inbox about what someone else reblogged, really, just to tell me everything that i've already explained to that anon. i know who you're talking about too, because they're a mutual of mine, and honestly, i agree with them. it's disgusting to suggest someone should put something into a third party source so they don't have to wait for me to "churn out works" or whatever. i know people aren't well informed. which is why i informed them on that post and left it at that. i also explained why it's frustrating to receive asks like that, to hopefully prevent them from doing that again.

also, while i have whoever is reading this, i'd also like to mention that the anon who sent that ai ask sent a response back (that i didn't bother to respond to because i wasn't trying to make this a thing) somewhat apologizing and said they asked me that because other blogs on tumblr were doing it too. don't do that. don't assume that just because some people are doing x thing, that means you can suggest it to someone else. it's rude, and comparing blogs is just frustrating in itself.

anyway. i will not be making this a thing. do not come into my inbox debating the ethics of ai or whatever, as i will simply not entertain it. (:

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I'm late in my usual fashion but I'm sorry the way people were treating you it isn't right❤️

Hey Pike 🩵

It’s all good, and your timing was perfect. I won’t rehash the statement I made earlier today, but death threats are never something to play around with. Especially not when none of us have any idea what even happened, it’s gross and horrible, and I wish everyone the best.

Thank you for checking in lovely, it’s greatly appreciated 🩵

#talk to the houseplant #sweet mutuals

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If you do head over to Marvel, I can’t wait to see what you come up with 🩵 take the time you need

Hey.

Go ahead and get settled because this will be...long, in true Liz fashion.

So, by now I'm sure most of you have heard what's happened. If not, you can search this blog for some answers or others for more.

I joined this fandom offiicially at the end of September after being a long time lurker. I had just lost my job and times were uncertain for me. I felt inspired to write, and as someone whose formative years were shaped by the fandom experience, I wanted to feel that sense of belonging again - to feel like a part of a community. I've talked about it on here before, but I started my fandom days in the original Hunger Games fandom when the first movie had just come out, and then I shifted gears towards the SuperWhoLock fandom. If you know anything about SuperWhoLock, then you know you had to have pretty tough fucking skin to be a part of any of it.

Of course, this was back in the day when fandom was an actual community and not authors having to beg for scraps of engagement and people thinking its a numbers game. I was a fairly large blog within the SuperWhoLock community (Waywardly-Carrying-On was the username), but I left fandom for a few years because life got hectic and I felt like I had outgrown the fandom itself as I was no longer watching any of the shows. As the years went on, I started to yearn for the fandom experience again, which is how I found myself dipping toes into several different ones.

I was so excited to publish my first fanfic. I had convinced myself that I wasn't a good writer (much to the chagrin of my irl friends), and I had put a pause on writing my original story. I wanted to write this idea about a cowboy and a girl using characters that I had grown to love like I did way back in my older days. So, I started posting, and I was so excited for the story, that I kept posting almost daily. MamaMay was one of the first people to embrace not only my story, but me as a person into the fandom. She made me feel welcomed and wanted.

Pretty much right off the bat I was already getting anons telling me that I was being too much and that I needed to calm down with all the posting. I was confused because...this is Tumblr. It's literally a blogging website? Why wouldn't I post? I decided to ignore the mean words (not before giving my opinion, of course) and kept on doing my thing. Well, the anons got continually worse and worse. I had a suspiscion as to who the anons could be, but I never had concrete proof. So, I experimented with blocking suspects until finally it worked. I'm not naming names because that's not my style, so don't even bother asking.

The fact of the matter is, some of you have entered fandom spaces for the first time, and you don't know how to act. You don't care to learn fandom etiquette as you've made abundantly clear by calling fandom olds every name under the sun while utilizing the anonymous feature. Newsflash, you're part of the problem. You're the reason why authors don't want to publish anymore. You are the reason that something that's supposed to be fun is starting to feel like a goddamn chore.

How many times can authors on here say that we aren't machines? We have lives outside of this website: family, friends, jobs, school, etc. Some of you really are just hellbent on making everyone around you miserable, and it's sad. You can't just leave well enough alone and let people enjoy something, no you feel like everyone has to enjoy it the same way as you.

Some of you go after authors on here because of some weird sense of jealousy too. I don't know why my shit blew up, babe, I really don't. But I started out with no followers and no support just like everyone else. I'll tell you what helped me though: following fandom etiquette and reaching out to other creators to build an actual community. None of this "I've reblogged three of your things and now I'm messaging you so that you return the favor." No, I reached out to make actual friendships which is what fandom is SUPPOSED to be. If someone was clearly not interested, it was fine!! I backed off and kept doing my own thing.

Some of you think being mean on the internet makes you big and bad. Guess what! It doesn't! It's loser mentality and I feel genuinely sorry for you. I'm sorry that people in your own life made you feel so small as to feel like you had to lash out at strangers on the internet who are just trying to have fun.

Anyway, this is my really long way of saying that I am taking a break for a little bit. I have no idea how long it will be - could be the weekend, could be a couple of weeks, could be forever. I need time to decide if this is something I want to keep persuing. If I come back, I don't know if I will remain a TGM blog or if I'll shift gears and hop into another fandom with a rebrand. Guess we'll just have to see.

To the people on here who have been a constant source of joy, laughter, and support: thank you. From the bottom of my heart. Your presence has meant everything to me, and I hope that my break sees me wanting to come back and giggle about the silly plane movie with you all again.

Nothing but love,

Liz 💛

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what is your holy trinity of fruits

#mango #strawberries #and peaches

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