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Today I heard the phrase “Life is tough, I am not, but that doesn’t mean I won’t take care of myself,” and honestly that’s the greatest sentence I have ever heard and will be following not from now on in all aspects of life

#misc #self love #I guess

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if kevin day had a nickel for every time two of his his ex-situationships started dating each other he'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's hilarious that it happened twice

#investing at 66 notes #this is so underrated lmfao #it’s his blessing and his curse

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me holding renee walker in my hand: i just think she’s neat!

#SHE IS NEAT #also my actual wife she’s so pretty #I would get down on one knee with a ringpop for this woman

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this fic I’m writing has “original characters” in it (jeremys estranged brother, trojans who would’ve graduated by tsc + the date jeremy brought to his first banquet) who are essential in some way or another to the plot, but it means there’s some parts where it looks like this, with a whole bunch of names that aren’t from canon, and I don’t want it to be uninteresting

#something else because I love OCs in fanfiction #I think world peace could be achieved through OCs in fandom #I want to watch new characters interact with and develop alongside my favorite canon characters #And that’s not even to mention the fanmade teams with their own dynamics and cool designs and AUGH #guys I’m begging make more fandom OCs they’re the greatest

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some of you may remember that post i made about a new kind of bot comment--a request to upload my fic to youtube. like a podfic, but read by a crap ai with an ai thumbnail and a clickbait-y title. i appreciated the getting-permission bit, but was otherwise not a fan.

yesterday i was alerted by a different, much kinder bot that a very similar content farm stole my fic for the exact same kind of youtube video:

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i checked it out, and it was indeed true. according to the article linked in that comment, this team uses a bot to read transcripts of thousands of videos and compare them to ao3's public database, then manually confirms any videos that the bot flags. it only works for ao3 fics, unfortunately, since there isn't the same kind of database for ff.net or wattpad.

i honestly care a lot less about the ~thievery~ (my feelings on copyright are complex, moreso in the fandom realm) and more offended by the lack of courtesy or integrity or any kind of care for the work. shame. they even LIED in the video description and said they have author permission! the gall. disappointed but not surprised. also, according to the linked spreadsheet, this channel was monetised, which is just ugly.

i've submitted a DMCA complaint form as suggested, which feels a bit weird, but whatever gets the job done. we'll see if it pans out.

in the meantime, the fic in question is here, if you want to check it out

(side note: this is part of my bnha bdsm au, and is a story about sexual assault and recovery with a hefty dose of dealing with constant surveillance and the way the media twists a narrative and the stress of trying to have a functional relationship amidst both those things, so it's....very funny to me that this one specifically was stolen to put alongside videos like "what if deku had an animal quirk" and "what if deku was a rockstar")

also we should all laugh at the video. look at this shit

i'm offended, tbh. anyone who has read the fic should know why but also just, like, in general. it makes no sense for the story! i know i shouldn't be upset over the lack of integrity a content farm youtube channel has, but i am! i am upset! put in some goddamn effort, the disrespect, for real.

if you are so inclined, you can read more about the project that is working to get these videos taken down and even join them here. the google sheet is not being publicly updated anymore (it appears they are working on a new system that hasn't been fully implemented yet), but if you want to check for your own fics that may have been caught pre-april 3rd, look here.

additionally, this is a good time to point out that podfics (fanfic audiobooks) are a very valuable form of fan creation and this could be your sign to get into it! i'm not a podficcer myself (yet; who knows), but there are plenty of guides here on tumblr and on ao3 to help you get started.

#absolutely fucking wild #raise your hand if you have been personally victimized by content farming #to take a really creative work with so much passion and dedication put into it #and then turn it into an ai read loveless content machine video #is just so ???? #for what #for why #for what purpose #and to not even get author permission??????? #unreal #I’m so sorry that happened to you wren :C

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obsessed with the orcas btw. Every time I see a fanmade exy team I start foaming at the mouth. I think a lot of the world’s problems would be solved if there were more fanmade exy teams.

If you ever came up with… idk… little tidbits or lore…. And you wanted to share them… or something… that’d be cool ig…………… I’m so normal about it

all credit to the creation of the orcas goes to the absolutely wonderful @moncuries ! i’m just the super normal person who decided to make an oc for the team!!

that being said, i’d love to share some little tidbits and facts about miloš if you’re interested ❤️

#EEK gorgeous babygirl!!! #the smoke tatoos are so clever omg #aftg

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Okay so imagine a bleach blonde surfer bro himbo, except she’s a lesbian woman

Now imagine her with magic and also living in the mid to late ‘70s

Add some punk girlband energy and you have Marlene McKinnon

WHO WOULDNT WANT TO DATE THAT, ARE YOU JOKING?!

Marlene McKinnon from the Marauders fandom

Idk who that is so justify

#my personal bias as a certified girlwife of Marlene McKinnon is shining through #I just think she’s the perfect woman okay #Marlene McKinnon #you are truly the best to ever do it

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#this is so me doing math core #once I added seven + eight and got twelve #which obviously threw off all of my algebra #and so i ended up with a triangle that had 265 degrees in total angles #all my teacher wrote on the test was ‘Katie…’ #like a dissapointed mother

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So I heard we were sharing our aftg fan ocs….

I don’t think you understand, the stickball oc has given me a stronger brainrot than I have had for one of my own characters in a long ass time. I have so many ideas.

I did spend a long time trying to come up with the team; eventually settled on the Las Vegas Lancers. I’d like to thank the NBA for doing a Las Vegas expansion team thing (?) which meant there was no shortage of Basketball Reddit Dudes coming up with a whole host of Las Vegas team name ideas. I appreciate you, Basketball Reddit Dudes.

More to come… maybe. More art=more chances to ramble about the Ideas I have. I am so excited (so excited!!)

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Exy Fans on Twitter (Nathaniel Wesninski edition)

#SCREAMING #this is exactly how tumblr would react if we lived in The Exyverse tm #and xitter too ig but who cares #anyway op please never stop making these

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Things I’m learning about All For the Game fans: a lot of y’all didn’t grow up with a cheese drawer in your fridge and it shows

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NEIL JOSTEN’S CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN IS FIRE RABBIT NEIL JOSTEN’S CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN IS FIRE RABBIT NEIL JOSTEN’S CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN IS—

#will never stop being feral over this #Nora I love you #you brilliant brilliant human being #aftg #all for the game #tsc #the sunshine court #neil josten #the foxes #palmetto state foxes #nathaniel wesninski

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Do not blame me for who I am. The doctor prescribed me 20 mL of #nora sakavic twice a day.

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Do you guys ever think about Kevin Day. About the number on his cheek. About the horrors he survived to keep it there. The physical and psychological torture that he endured just so he could have the shiny number 2 tattooed on his cheekbone. How brave he was to go through all that.

How brave he must have been to let it go.

To say: I’m giving up my number, the one I’ve dehumanized and killed myself over. I’m giving it up, but my suffering for it wasn’t in vain.

To realize that he didn’t deserve the number 2, not because he was no longer second best without the Ravens, but because he had always been better than all of them.

He was the deadliest piece on the board.

#I had a dream about Kevin day last night #in which he was talking to Wymack and essentially said: #‘I let myself be beaten for this number. #I let my friend be tortured for this number. #once I stuck my hand on a hot stove for riko. so that I could keep my number. #all I had to do to get rid of it was stand up for myself. #and that was the hardest thing I’ve done.’ #yes actually my dreams are ridiculous and poetic #I can write better unconsciously than I can consciously #but anyways #Kevin day #aftg #all for the game #riko moriyama #tsc #the sunshine court #the raven king #the foxhole court #tfc

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in an alternative universe, sirius black asks law student!marlene to defend him in court after the attack at the potters. not much changes from canon in the end, but it was the funniest trial ever held 🔝

lines that i sadly had to leave out:

“your honour…do you have a younger sister?”

“your honour, my client was the victim’s homie he wouldn’t do it believe me”

“your honour, look at him, he’s such a good boy!” *shows sirius as padfoot*

close up of remus being done w life: