#all credits to the original gifmakers

[viikkah]

Lady Gaga as The Countess

|Not mine - all credits to the original gifmakers|

#american horror story #ahs #ahs hotel #the countess #elizabeth cortez #lady gaga #absolute queen #goddess #ahs fandom #lgtbq characters #ahs: hotel #mother monster #beautiful ppl #iconic #all credits to the original gifmakers #not mine #queen 👑 #her style is immaculate #celebs #horror #women of horror

[khaotunq]

welp

#what's a nice way of saying those aren't my gifs but thank u for crediting #but also pls don't steal peoples gifs to make your own original post #i'm not mentioning them because i don't think they did it out of badness so i don't want them to feel bad #but also. girlie. nooo. #listen. giffing itself is not hard and is v easy to learn #dgmw colouring and cropping and framing and everything is harder and is a constant process #but u can learn to gif if u want to #but otherwise i'm certain there'll be a gifmaker with open requests so just slide into asks #i'm always open to requests i'm just not very quick at them #esp if im unfamiliar with the subject matter #but anyway. yeah. #it's very evident the gifs aren't mine. i put my username on all of my gifs for exactly this reason #also most gifmakers i know love getting asked about their process? #so if u wanna learn and don't wanna use one of the billion tutorials already out there #just ask. on anon or not.. just ask

[musicrunsthroughmysoul]

Tag Game

I was tagged by @grunge-flavored-flowers - thank you! 💗💗💗

Also, yes, I’ve noticed that I’ve been tagged in QUITE a few things over the past few weeks and I’m sorry that I haven’t gotten to them yet! But I appreciate every time someone tags me in one of these tag games, so even if I haven’t gotten to them yet, I appreciate being tagged in them and seeing your answers to the games. :’)

Rules: List your ten favorite bands in no particular order

Benmont and Stan switching instruments bonus. I love them. Also love with my whole heart that this gif exists, bless you @verdant-planet-child!!! 💓

(my ahhh tiny gif of PJ, but tbh I don’t need the credit. LOL)

I tag (only if you want to - no pressure! 😊): @astarkey, @aredhel-of-doylkien, @suicide-thots​, @buddyhollyscurls​, @coincidence-ithinknots-blog, @your-cryin-fool

#tagged #about me #yes I made a PJ gif specifically to include Jack Irons since that's my favorite PJ lineup. no it was not time wasted. #P.S. I hope all of these gifs properly return (when clicked) to the original gifmakers. I wouldn't post them WITHOUT credit otherwise SO! #I was also gonna choose a gif that included all the members of Fleetwood Mac but there was too much BN in it and I hate that so nope!!

[tenpintsofsundrop]

Fanfiction Etiquette 101

(Things You Didn't Know You Need To Know)

So, I have seen some discussions about these things on my dashboard, and I know some people are new to tumblr and new to fanfiction in general, so I decided to put this list together in case it might help people. And this stuff goes for all fandoms, no matter what type of fanfiction to write and post.

Also fyi, this post is mostly for people who write and post fanfiction.

1: Putting A Readmore/Cut On Fanfiction

So a 'readmore' (also known as a 'cut') is the ability to put the body of your fanfiction under a cut off link so that people's dashboards are not clogged up by long sprawling paragraphs of text. This is also helpful if your fic contains smut and people don't want to be subjected to smut - people have to click through to keep reading sensitive topics.

The button for it looks like this on desktop:

And this bar of options comes up on desktop when you hit 'enter' on a blank line.

And it looks like this on mobile:

Tumblr put it permanently into the hotbar of options so that it's easier for people to put a readmore on their posts on mobile.

Once you have inputted it, it comes up as a light grey jagged line, showing you where your text cuts off in the main post aka what text is visible before the cut and what's not.

And generally, I think it's a good idea to put the readmore after the first paragraph of your fic, or after the description/summary.

I have noticed that some people put it in after several paragraphs for a longer fic, but I think to make fics easier to reblog, you could put it closer to the top. And even if you're writing smut blurbs, you should put it close to the top to keep smut concealed in case people don't want to read or see smut.

If you don't use a readmore, people are less likely to reblog your fic because they don't want to put a long text wall on other people's dashboards.

2: Using (Stolen) Gifs As Fanfiction Covers

I have seen some discussion about using gifs from google, and people putting a gif that they have downloaded and simply writing under it 'this gif is not mine, please DM me if it's your and I will give you credit'.

It's generally established among gif makers that downloading random gifs and putting them on your fanfiction is bad etiquette. Those are considered stolen gifs.

Even if you say it's not yours and offer to give credit, any gif you repost that is not yours is considered a stolen gif.

Fanfiction writers and gif makers need to work together, not against each other. Reblog gif sets you like, and don't download random gifs, no matter what the source is.

The best way to use gifs as fanfiction covers is to make them yourself or to use the tumblr integrated gif search system.

The gif search system is in the same hot bar as the readmore, labelled under 'gif'.

When you pull it up and click on it, you type in the name of the character you are looking for, and then you can scroll through the results. You can click on a gif to add it to your post, and remove it if you don't like it. So you can try out different gifs to find the right fit of what you're looking for.

And when you find what you're looking for and put it on your post, it automatically credits the gifmaker.

And the credit appears like this. And the name of the gifmaker can be clicked and then it takes you to their blog, so you can see who made the gif. This is a much better way to use gifs, because if someone likes a gif they see on your fic post, they can click through to the original gifmaker and reblog it.

Alternatively, using stills from the show/piece of media you're fanfic is about is a great way to avoid using stolen gifs.

2.5: Using Flashing Gifs On Fanfiction

I have noticed that a lot of people use flashing dividers for their fics, and they don't tag it with a flashing warning (#flashing gif or something similar) and they don't see this as a problem.

Using a flashing gif in fanfiction without a warning can negatively affect disabled readers. Not just people with photosensitive seizures, but people with migraines and different types of eye issues.

3: Using Coloured Text For Fanfiction

Speaking of accessibility issues, I have noticed that many people (especially people new to tumblr/new to fanfiction) use Tumblr's coloured text option to differentiate characters in fanfiction - assigning one colour per character with dialogue.

Some people also just use coloured text for the whole body of their fics, just making it straight up unreadable for disabled people.

Using coloured text in fanfiction makes it inaccessible because certain types of colour blindness makes it unreliable to see on a white background, and bright colours can cause eye strain for different types of disabilities.

It is kinder to use the traditional black text for the body of your fic, and any important information (like the content warnings, DNI criteria, etc).

4: Putting Thorough Content Warnings On Fanfiction

Speaking of content warnings - I could (and probably should) make an entire post about this topic alone, because many writers (both new and old) are severely lacking in this department.

Content warnings are supposed to be more for just smut - and if you do have smut in your fic, you should put warnings for that, instead of just releasing for fic into the wild with no warnings at all. Content warnings are supposed to be for anything that could be potentially triggering for a reader - phobias and fears, sensitive topics, uncomfortable or fear-inducing situations, and kinks and nsfw topics.

Tbh I think not enough people put warnings for alcohol and alcohol consumption in their fics, because alcohol is far too normalized to most people, but again - I could probably make a whole post just about content warnings in fanfiction. Basically: if you think your post could be triggering to someone with an addiction or in addiction recovery (or triggering to a sober person who doesn't want to read about drugs or alcohol) - then include those things in the content warnings.

Fanfiction is about informed consent.

People need to be better informed about what the content of your fic is before they consent to reading it. Also, if you're worried about the warnings being too detailed and giving away 'spoilers' for your fic, then you're probably worried about the wrong thing. And you can just put a warning at the very top that says "the content warnings of this fic contain spoilers for the plot of the fic" and let people make their choice if they want to skip the content warnings or not.

Please, write about all the dark or sensitive topics that you want, but just put detailed warnings on your fic so people can be informed about it before reading your fic.

People always appreciate thorough warnings, and they are more likely to read your fic if they are fully informed before clicking into the body of it.

4.5: (Not) Censoring Content Warnings

Tumblr is not tiktok. (Same goes for posting fics on AO3, but this post is mostly about Tumblr fics.) On Tumblr you can say/spell out any word you want without your post being suppressed or taken down - suicide, kill, murder, fuck, abortion, hell, porn, tits, cumshot, etc.

So that means that when you're writing out the content warnings of a fic, you should write them out fully, rather than putting slang or alluding to the topics in a fic. (Again, informed consent.) Rather than saying 'this fic contains SA', say: 'this fic contains sexual assault' or 'this fic contains rape'.

I saw someone using the term 'unalive' in the content warnings of their fic, and tbh, that's what inspired me to make this whole post.

If you're not mature enough to spell out all the topics in the content warnings of the post, you're not mature enough to be writing and posting about those topics.

Also, try not to use terms that need to be looked up/implicit terms. Certain terms for kinks (like dacryphilia or somnophilia) might lead a person to google those terms and find things they don't want to see. So instead of using those terms, just say 'crying kink' or 'sleeping kink' instead, so that everything is spelled out plainly.

...

This is all I can think of for now. Basically, just be kind to others when posting fics. Be kind to gif makers, disabled readers, and anyone from your fandom who might have an interest in your fic! Be safe and have fun writing! <3

#sundrop speaks #fanfiction #spencer reid fanfiction #spencer reid x reader #spencer reid x you #eddie munson x reader #eddie munson x you #jason todd x reader #jason todd x you #ellie williams x reader #ellie williams x female reader #ellie williams x you

[pedrostories]

Dear Fanfic Lovers,

We're fully aware that tumblr's searching system is far from ideal, even though we try our best to create an extensive fanfiction library for you where you can always find anything you fancy, however niche it may be, but we're continuously looking for ways to make your experience as smooth as possible. 🖤

Here are a few tricks to help you navigate through the blog (you can also find this in our Navigation post, under 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗦) and a few miscellaneous tips for writers as well.

If you have any needs these functions don't offer a solution to, or you know another useful hack that could enhance the experience on this blog, let us know!

FOR WRITERS

✦ some tricks and tips on how to reach your audience

If you feel like you can't quite reach readers with your story, please don't blame yourself! Tumblr is sometimes the creators' enemy, you just need to know a few things you can use to your advantage! Apart from the tips there's also a heartfelt message from the lovely @undercoverpena as well! 🖤 Pedrostories is here for you!

✦ how to add a gif to your work crediting the gifmaker

If you're a fanfic writer and you would like to insert a gif in your work while properly crediting the gifmaker, here's an easy to follow guide to use tumblr's image insert feature. Important: If you reupload a gif, even though you credit them in your post, someone else might find that gif later, using the image insert feature and it might credit you as the gifmaker instead of the original creator.

This is how it looks like in the notifications when someone uses a gif you uploaded:

And this is how it gives credit to the person who uploaded the gif:

FOR READERS

And now here are a few tips about how to find any work that caters to your needs on our blog:

✦ tags: here you can find our most used tags based on the length, rating, main characters of the stories, and some other important tags, like tropes as well

✦ writers' masterlist: here you can find all the writers in the pedro fandom. The list is continuously updated, please let us know if someone is missing!

✦ blacklisting tags: curate your own experience! We tag every story based on the author's notes and warnings, and if we have the capacity to read the piece, with our own tags. If there’s a character/trope/dynamic/etc. you would like to avoid, you can easily blacklist tags on tumblr.

✦ tag finder: this is the best way to search tumblr’s tag system - it actually accurately looks through the tags without omitting results. (source)

✦ blog searching tricks and tips: if you’re on desktop/browser and you're looking for an exact word, here are some easy ways to find the post you're looking for!

✦ all the tags we've ever used: This is a super simple and incredibly useful script by Benjamin Horn which you can use to find Every. Single. Tag. we've ever used on the blog, and if you click on the results it will take you back to the blog, listing all the posts with that tag! Here's how to use it:

Open the link (duh), type in the blog's name on the top left corner, and click on Load tags.

2. It might take a few minutes for the results to load, so be patient 🧘‍♀️

3. Voilá! You can click on any of the tags and it will take you back to the blog, listing all the posts with that tag!

That's it for now! Again, if you have any needs these functions don't offer a solution to, or you know another useful hack that could enhance the experience on this blog, let us know!

Happy reading! 🖤

#pedro pascal #pedro pascal fanfiction #fanfiction #writing #admin post #resources #writing resources #pedrostories #useful #important

[lurkingshan]

I've been in multiple tumblr fandoms over the years and the same shit comes up over and over again wrt arguments about how we all engage with our chosen media on here, so here are a few things to keep in mind that have helped me along the way:

Not everyone is going to engage in the same way as you, and that's good, actually. Some people are purely here to gush over the things they like. Some people are here to do deep analytical breakdowns which will include criticism. Some people are cheerleaders. Some people are haters. A lot of people are a mix of both depending on what they're talking about on any given day. It's all good and valid, and it's what gives this space variety, allows us to learn from each other, and keeps it interesting.

The filter, unfollow, and block functions are your friend. If you love a mutual but hate the volume or the way they talk about a certain thing, just add it to your filtered tags (relatedly: tag your shit so people can filter you when needed!). If you consistently don't vibe with the way a person chooses to engage on here, just unfollow them. If you find them actively offensive or detrimental to your mental health, hit that block button, baby. We are all anonymous internet strangers and no one will die.

Someone expressing a different opinion from yours is not a personal attack on you. If someone hates a thing you like, they are not calling you stupid for liking it. If they love a thing you hate, there's nothing wrong with them, they are just taking something different from it than you are. That shit is all about you and your own insecurities, don't try to put it on them.

Vague posting is rude. If you want to directly respond to something someone said to get better clarity about what they meant, reply to their post or shoot them an ask or DM and talk to them about it. If you simply want to express a counterpoint without directly engaging them, just post your own take without vaguely alluding to them and building what is almost certainly a strawman of their original point. People you're vaguing can see you on here, folks. Don't be a dick.

Credit and reblog other people's ideas when you are building on them, and be kind to the creators who provide the artwork that make this place so special and unique. Reblogging is the lifeblood of this website. It's the only way people get to see content that is by anyone they don't follow, and the gifmakers on here in particular put in so much time and effort to give us beautiful images--share their work and tell them you appreciate it! You also don't have to agree with every single word of a meta post to reblog it (why would you expect to, it comes from a different brain than yours), and you absolutely should be crediting people and sharing their words when they sparked something that inspired your own thoughts. This is just being a good community member.

Embrace the difference between meta and fanwanking. Meta writing is analysis of the actual media content as it is presented, with arguments based in the canon text. Fanwanking is doing your own work to fill in gaps or create headcanons to supplement the canon text. Some people prefer content that leaves a lot of gaps because they love to creatively fanwank; some people prefer to be told complete stories without having to do all that extra work to make them make sense. These are both very cool and fun ways to engage, but when you're fanwanking be aware that those ideas are all coming from you, not the actual media being discussed, so others might not vibe with your interpretation.

When posting your own opinions, try to be clear about where you're coming from and why. If you have a personal experience or bias that is affecting your read, own it. If you're looking at a piece of media from a specific angle related to your own interests and learning, say that. It helps other people to know where you're coming from and why you're thinking about something in a certain way that can then help them puzzle out why they feel differently.

You don't owe anyone your presence here, and you don't have to express opinions on everything or respond to tags or asks if you don't have anything to say. Sometimes you might just want to take a break from posting, some things in the discourse might just flow right on by you, sometimes you will not have a firm opinion on a debate. You can post as much or as little as you want. You can suddenly decide you don't want to talk about a show anymore. You can not log into your tumblr for days or weeks at a time. Do you, boo!

Most people come to tumblr because they do want to engage with others, and this place can be a lot of fun if you just take what you need from it and let things that aren't serving you go.

#tumblr shit #tumblr 101 #shan's fandom manifesto #i guess lol #shan shouts into the void

[markantonys]

PSA: reposting gifs is stealing!

i'm directing this specifically at the wotshow fandom because i've seen this rampantly in the wot on prime tag in the past week, but it applies to all fandoms.

gifmakers spend hours creating gifsets for you all to enjoy. if you just save their gifs and repost them in your own post without crediting them, as if they were your own gifs that you made, that's extremely disrespectful. it's equivalent to reposting art without crediting the original artist, which as we all know is a big internet no-no.

so, what to do instead?

1) Just Don't Repost Gifs. if you like the gifs so much, just reblog the original damn post. it's not that hard.

2) say you're making a post and you want to use someone else's gif to illustrate your point. use the little gif button within the text post editor. this will allow you to search for gifs on tumblr and insert them into your post, and doing so will automatically put the creator's name at the bottom of the gif and link back to the original post.

3) what if you have a certain gif you really want to use in your post, but you can't find it in the tumblr-wide gif search feature? then provide the same crediting information, but manually. tag the OP of the gif (this will give them a notification and give them the opportunity to ask you to remove their gif from your post, if they wish) AND link to the original gifset (so that if someone's looking at your post and thinks "wow, what a pretty gif! i'd love to see the full set" they can do so).

(also, i can't speak for all gifmakers. i used to not want my gifs reposted at all, but i've accepted that's a losing battle, so my official stance now is that you may use my gif in your own post IF you properly credit my blog AND my original post using either method 2 or 3 above. but that's my personal stance and other gifmakers may have different ones.)

(also, i should add that methods 2&3 are, for me at least, only if you want to use a specific gif or two for illustrating your point in a text post. if you're thinking of reposting an entire gifset of mine and just, like, giving it a different caption or something, do not do that. just reblog the original gifset.)

what about reposting to other platforms? well, that's also subjective for each gifmaker. i saw one of my gifs reposted to twitter a couple weeks ago and i was kinda pissed about it, although i would've been a little LESS pissed if the tweeter had credited me, which they did not. on the other hand, made-for-tumblr gifs look like ass on other platforms, so i also don't really care that much if twitter users are looking at a tiny shitty compressed version of my lovely gif whilst tumblr users are enjoying to its fullest extent.

#i just saw someone repost literally an ENTIRE 12-gif gifset of mine??? as their own post??? like what the actual fuck #why do people think they can just do that? that set took me 2 hours! your ass is NOT getting the credit for it! #wot #wot on prime #the wheel of time

[darkinerry]

✨ before and after coloring challenge ✨

A week ago the lovely @bizarrelittlemew tagged me in this challenge, so here it is me finally doing it :D

So. Yeah. Stealing gifs is a very shit move folks 😑. They take time and effort to make- they're not gonna colour and cut and frame and slow-mo and sharpen (etc. etc.) themselves. Someone's doing it -we the gifmakers are doing it- and so if you take that gif and repost it without a word of credit to the person who made it, that's just a dick move and it's very hurtful to the gif-maker in question. 🙁

Here's a quote from @saltpepperbeard, that illustrates my sentiments perfectly: "Because yes, gifs are art. They take time, and effort, and skill to get all beautified up. They help share beloved series around, and help shed light on lovely moments! And just like other mediums, many of us are doing this just because we're passionate, just for FUN.So it hurts to see that passion miscredited, or outright stolen. It hurts to see a stolen piece getting excitement, when we wanted to organically share that with others ourselves." [x]

So please, if you can't find the gif you need by the add gif function and you need to repost -then give credit to the original gifmaker 💗

#haven't done S2 gifs yet (except the two for my blog aesthetic) -so it was a fun time making them for this challenge :D #and I went with some pretty Ed close-ups 'cause helloo my gorgeous baby 💗 #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmdedit #edward teach #taika waititi #my gifs #my stuff #tagged

[nat-stimmy]

so ive been seeing more and more uncredited / poorly credited stimboards in the stim tag and it's been bugging me, so i decided to put together a post about some things i think newer stim blogs should know!

CREDITING:

- DO NOT USE PINTEREST AS A SOURCE. DO NOT EVER USE PINTEREST AS A SOURCE. Pinterest is full of reposted gifs that other people have made (including my own!) that have been posted there without their permission. it's just not a good way to credit people, because you are using stolen gifs. Find your gifs on Tumblr. - DO NOT USE UNCREDITED STIMBOARDS AS A SOURCE. if you cannot find the gif ANYWHERE ELSE then either use a reverse image search engine like tineye to find the source or use another gif. sometimes posts just disappear and blogs delete and gifs get lost. it's sad but it happens and the next best thing is to figure out what video it was from and gif it yourself. - DO NOT POST YOUR STIMBOARD BEFORE YOU HAVE CREDITED THE GIFMAKERS. No, you can't say "dm for credit!" or "Lost the sources, sorry, but its too pretty not to post!". Credit your sources. Blogs like mine put effort into making sharable stim gifs for you and we would appreciate a "thank you" in the form of a link back to the post you found the gif from. Otherwise you're just stealing it. - DO NOT USE ART YOU HAVE NOT MADE FOR THE MIDDLE IMAGE, EVEN IF YOU CREDIT. While gifmakers' content is made to be shared and used in this way, general art is not. the artist will not appreciate their art being stolen. if you have express permission from the artist, then it's fine. but do not presume that Just Crediting Is Enough.

DNI BANNERS:

BE AWARE OF YOUR FONT + COLOR CHOICES AND TEXT SPACING. Certain fonts are harder for people to read and certain color combinations can cause eye strain and headaches, and with smaller banners with long DNI lists sometimes words get cut off or moved and make people read it wrong. Just a bad time all around. Don't have much advice for this, just don't use bright colors on bright colors, or pastels on pastels and use a plain text font instead of a fancy Aesthetic one.

DO NOT ADD YOUR DNI BANNER TO POSTS THAT ARE NOT YOURS. I can't believe I have to say this but if a post does not originate from your blog, you do not get to add your banner to a post by reblogging it to your blog. That is incredibly rude. What if the person you're reblogging from has different boundaries than you? Be considerate.

BE SPECIFIC. "weirdos / freaks dni" is not good because nobody knows what you're talking about, and also yknow. the word "freak" is ableist and maybe not the best choice of words here. You might as well just not use a banner at all at that point. There's a similar issue to "Basic DNI criteria" because there is no basic DNI criteria. it's different for everyone. List your boundaries plainly and accessibly. That's about all I can think of for now, but this post may be updated or added onto! Please spread this around!

#not stim #important #info #guide #crediting #stimblr #ok to reblog

[elizadushkudaily]

MOD NOTE: This concludes our week long celebration of Eliza as Echo and all her other characters on Dollhouse. (Dollhouse debuted 15 years ago on February 13th, 2009!) Thanks to Carmen and all the other GREAT original gifmakers for your work, y'all are the backbone of Tumblr.

We will continue to tag episodes for future Dollhouse reblogs, and have updated our tags page to include the new poster season / episode posts and the new Dollhouse masterlist post.

We now return to our regularly scheduled program, with (generally) daily posts covering all of Eliza’s work.

Thanks again to all the gifmakers and everyone who is reblogging!

(gif credit to poeandmoonknightgirl!)

#dollhouse #mod post #last post for the celebration

[viikkah]

Zelda Spellman

#chilling adventures of sabrina #caos #zelda spellman #madam spellman #aunt zelda #zelda #auntie z #miranda otto #such an icon #witchcraft #witches #absolute queen #she <3 #she’s so fine #all credits to the original gifmakers #high priestess #not mine

[austim]

hey, i just wanted to know! is it okay if i am only able to credit a person who had used a gif in a stimboard, because the original blog that had the gif was deactivated? or should i try to find the original video i am just curious! i am sorry if this is common sense thing and i am overthinking.

No worries, unfortunately this is a common issue. If the original gifmaker has deleted their blog and the closest source to it is a stimboard that originally sourced it, crediting that board is better than nothing. It shows that you tried and anyone else trying to credit the gif will also see that OP deleted. As long as you're not crediting a stimboard that credits a stimboard that credits a stimboard (and on and on and on) forcing people to jump through links, there's no real issue. Personally I try to use reverse image search to see if I can find another source but sometimes all you can find is a stimboard. If you can make gifs and have found the video source you could always regif and source the video itself, too.

#not stim #text

[lindamarieansonsnaps]

Hi, I just randomly found your blog - it's beautiful. I noticed your bio says "do not repost" - do you not want people to reblog your pictures? If so, I won't. I'm just asking for clarification if any is needed (it's beside the "my mushroom photography" so maybe you just don't want those ones reposted)? TIA!

Thank you! ❤️

No, REBLOGS are appreciated and absolutely encouraged.

Reposts are a whole other thing. Repost is when you save a pic and post it again, either on tumblr as your own post, or on any other platform.

However, tumblr has this beautiful system of reblogging - others can share your work, and the OP still gets all the likes and can track the activity. And you should reblog everything you like or what fits your blog's aesthetic etc., because it helps the original post reach more and more people, and it motivates the artists, photographers, writers, gifmakers (not a fan of this soulless term, but, you know, content creators) to create and post more things. Unlike reposts (especially without credit) that totally make me want to delete every blog and profile I have and disappear in the woods. 😆

[aboveallarescuer]

I’d like to ask the Dany fandom to STOP INTERACTING WITH BYANGELES’ POSTS. They have stolen and reposted other people’s Dany gifs SIX times at this point. 

I didn’t know if they were simply being ignorant of their rude behavior since they seem to be new to Tumblr, but the fact that they blocked me right after I messaged them privately about the issue says it all: they have no problem being a fucking parasite. So I’m writing this post because seeing this asshole blatantly take advantage of several gifmakers’ hours of hard work is pissing me off.

Now, you might ask, how do I know these gifs are stolen?

1) Inconsistent sizes.

Actual gifmakers know how to properly size their gifs. They don’t place gifs with different heights side by side (as byangeles does in the screenshots above). They don’t place two or three gifs with 540px width side by side (as byangeles did here and here), they use 268px or 177-178px.

2) Tagging system.

Actual gifmakers use tags like asoiafedit, gotedit, daenerystargaryenedit, gotdaenerystargaryen, etc to help their gifs get traction. Byangeles does not:

3) Examples.

Byangeles clearly stole gifs from kamalaskhans before. Compare them yourself here and here.

The gifs have the same sizes, colorings, sharpening settings etc. The only difference is that the actual OP didn't place two gifs together because they know that that doesn't lead to optimal display. And yet, byangeles tried to pass those gifs as their own:

They also stole and reposted lucrezia-borgia’s gifs. Again, notice how gifs with 540px width were placed in a row even though gifmakers don’t do that. The fact that they gave OP credit for it in that case doesn't make things right since they're still taking engagement away from them and preventing them from receiving appreciation for their work in their own post.

And I'm sure the other gifs they (re)posted were stolen too since the colorings, sharpening settings, dimensions/sizes and overall giffing styles are all inconsistent, but I can't remember who made the rest of them right now.

Anyway, please DO NOT INTERACT WITH PARASITES LIKE BYANGELES. Do not repost other people’s gifsets. Reblog gifsets from the original creators in order to appreciate the time and effort they put into learning giffing skills and making those gifs. And here's a post with more tips to identify whether or not the gifs have been stolen.

#daenerys targaryen #a song of ice and fire #valyrianscrolls #asoiaf #game of thrones #daenerys stormborn #byangeles #i was going to stay quiet but they had the audacity to keep reposting other people's gifs #and claiming them as their own #and now they want to create a navigation page for their blog? which was built entirely on the back of other gifmakers? #as a gifmaker myself this is so infuriating #i know they're probably not going to stop being a thief but i'm posting this in case people don't know that they're one

[thegentlesourcerer]

Hello gentle sorcerer! First and foremost, thank you so very much for what you do, it's a truly necessary service that I think is very noble to dedicate yourself to!

I'm a gifmaker as well, and lately I've been dedicated myself to making stimboards with proper crediting. One of the gifs I wanted to make use of is in this [ https://www.tumblr.com/build-a-stim/737800097205764096/cuddlesome-teddy-bear-2023-x-x-x?source=share ] stimboard, the macaron one on the top row. The link leads to a dead blog titled "charmyspad", reverse image search leads to nowhere, and looking for any other instance of that blog has proven unsuccessful! If you could at all help me out sourcing the gif, or even the source video itself, I would be immensely grateful.

Thank you so much! Have a wonderful afternoon.

Hello there, kind anon! Thank you for seeking out my services, and I am grateful for your kindness and appreciation for what I do.

I could not find the source gif, nor the gif maker, it seems it may have been made in 2017 as far as I can see, and gifs made that far back in time tend to get lost incredibly easily. However, I did find the original video source. Here it is.

I have decided I will be taking it upon myself to re-gif old gifsets that have since been lost, given that the source video is still able to be located. Therefore, I will be updating this post with a link to my gifset when it is posted.

Thank you for visiting! I also hope you have a lovely day. Please do come again, if you require my assistance in the future.

You have been visited by the Gentle Sourcerer. I hope your time with me was well spent.

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[xinyuehui]

hey! just wanted to let you know that @/ashuuuuuuu has reposted a gif of yours on mydramalist (https://mydramalist.com/profile/7782859/feeds/Xoe01t8) i thought sharing this could be helpful as they have actually reposted of many, many other gifmakers :(

Hi anon!! Thank you for letting me know 🫂🫂 just when I thought I forgot about the last incident with MDL, we have another one

What fucking pisses me off (excuse my language) about this is that I posted this gif set literally one day ago, it currently has 14 notes!!! 14 measly notes!!!! I gif this drama despite knowing it has very little popularity on tumblr out of love, then for it to be compiled into a 11 second video and get reposted somewhere else. Edit: I just realised it has significantly more likes than my original post???

(this screenshot from is from huaschengs, thanks Jade)

I'm tired of this, at first it was "well you had no watermark", fine I will add a watermark to it, "you didn't say anywhere about no reposting", fine I'll add it to the description of my blog (it's right there easy to see on mobile and desktop). And then what?? Pushing the blame to "I don't remember where I got this from" "Oh it wasn't me" "someone else did it first" these are not good excuses????

"I'll give you credit" NO don't repost!! What's so hard to understand? I don't get paid sitting hours on end to make gifs. The least I ask for is that it doesn't get reposted!! Is this really the gifs we all want to see?????

#reposters #ask #anon #ive had a long day im so sad i was gonna come home and finish the kaomoji set i had for onhct but seeing this just tipped me #im in this mental limbo every time a drama is popular eg.tteotm at the moment i gif for this and it gets reblogs and thats great #but i also run into a big risk of getting reposted #i gif for an unpopular show - very little reblogs but less risk of repost NO I WAS WRONG THERES STILL REPOSTS #and that hurts even more because theres so little of us in the tag and a reposter is hidden amongst us