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#the strid #this is what I was referencing in just as planned #video

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#muppets #I love gonzo #video

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About the AO3 "No Guest Comments for a while" warning

If you're not following any of AO3's social media accounts you might be in the dark as to what kind of "spam comments" have engendered this banner at the top of the site:

These spam comments have been posted about a great deal on the AO3 subreddit for the past couple of days. Initially they comprised a bunch of guest (logged out users) bot comments that insulted authors by suggesting they were using AI and not writing their own fics. Some examples, from the subreddit:

But it then escalated to outright graphic porn images and gifs being posted in comments, again by logged out 'Guest' accounts. Obviously, I'm not going to give examples of those, but between these two bot infestations, AO3 has clearly decided to act and has temporarily closed the ability to post comments for users who are not logged in with an AO3 account.

Unfortunately, this means that genuine readers who don't have an AO3 account won't be able to leave comments on fics that they enjoy.

If you are a genuine reader who doesn't yet have an AO3 account, I strongly suggest getting yourself on the waiting list for one. More and more AO3 authors are now locking their fics down to registered users only - either due to these bot comments or concerns about AI scraping their work - which means you're probably missing out on a lot of great stuff.

Hopefully guest commenting will be enabled again at some point soon, but I suggest not waiting until then. Get yourself on that list.

Wait times are going to be longer than usual at the moment, due to the current Wattpad purge [info on Fanlore | Wattpad subreddit thread], but if you're in line, then your invite will come through eventually.

Update: There's now a Megathread about this on the AO3 subreddit.

#ao3 #I was wondering #I have like 9 invitations so #if youre one of my regulars and you don't have an ao3 account #consider hitting me up

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They got weird cats in Ankh-Morpork

#discworld

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Oh look it's my sleep paralysis demon

Can't sleep must draw salecrow

#scarecrow #salecrow #batman

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#tactics is one of my favorites but people never talk about it #yeah it's a little different #but I am deeply fond of fantasy war of the roses #and breaking the game over your knee with the calculator class? priceless #poll vault #final fantasy

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not the last anon, just wanted let you know in case it’s of any interest to you that multifandom rp groups are absolutely still around and kicking! on forums, even!!! it’s definitely a lot more niche these days, but it’s still my favorite form of group rp— usually run by people who got started rping on proboards back in the day

That's good to hear!

#it's nice to know the old ways persist #fandom in general #verb answers

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Fans' attitudes toward AI-generated works

Irissa Cisternino, a PhD candidate of Stony Brook University, is writing their research on topics related to technology, art and fandom. You can participate by filling out a survey and additionally, signing up for an interview. The survey is expected to last until at least the end of April, those, who signed up for the interview, will be contacted later. You need to be at least 18 years old to participate in either, be able to understand and speak English and identify as a fan.

After the completion of the research, it will be accessible as the dissertation of the researcher. If you have further questions, you can contact Irina Cisternino at [email protected] or Lu-Ann Kozlowsky at [email protected].

#sharing for science #ai #survey #fandom in general

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Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997) - 10th Anniversary Remastered DVD Cover Artwork

#revolutionary girl utena

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If you don't mind me asking, what was the thing that made you consider shipping Leon and Wesker? You write them incredibly and I guess I'm just wondering what gave you the idea to throw them at each other.

I don't mind; I think I've told this to people in the comments before.

waaaaay back during the livejournal days there was a multifandom RP I used to read (not play in, just follow). It was one of those ones where people had to apply to play a character and you got in if the mods liked your writing sample, so there were never duplicate characters. I'm not sure people do that anymore? they were all over the place on lj

anyways there was a really good Wesker and Leon there and the way they bounced off each other was just so fascinating. It had a completely different vibe from any other Wesker pairings I'd seen, one with a lot of push-pull that felt like a constant power struggle between equals. That's what hooked me on the idea of the pairing. I've been scouring the internet for anything on that rarepair since then, although pickings were extremely slim up until the re2remake came out. It's been wild watching the pairing grow. we got a silly mixed name for it now and everything

#verb answers

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l'waxana troi had the hardest game in the entire galaxy. name a smoother pickup line i'll wait

#star trek

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A disastrous turn during date night

#who framed roger rabbit #incredible

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Unforgettable day

#resident evil #resident evil 2 remake #leon kennedy

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hmm

#wesker no #resident evil #albert wesker #william birkin #science bros #always reblog science bros

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Vincent Price + Roger Corman + Edgar Allan Poe collab movie posters

#poster art #edgar allan poe #vincent price #classic horror

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One of my favorite hobbies is thinking about the fucked up implications of this fantasy world map my parents got me for christmas

[Image ID: photo of a map. On the left side of the map is Middle Earth, with the Shire and Mordor labeled. To the direct right of Mordor is Whoville.]

#I"m dying #fantasy #hell of a map #why is whoville so close to mordor #was the grinch living on mount doom

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Quick Erik sketch! Really dig how this came out and I think I'm going to make a few different versions!

#phantom of the opera #erik (phantom)