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"Toxic Yuri" Y'all couldn't even handle Catra and adora

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You know. I haven’t been involved in the spop fandom for years now but dear god. People can’t be normal about spop

People are insane.

I can’t believe that I had to see someone say that Catra was ablest because she beat Hordak by using his physical weaknesses against him in the year 2024. My dudes: Hordak literally has child soldiers. The moment a character HAS child soldiers is also the same moment I believe those child soldiers should beat them up.

I shouldn’t be surprised considering this person also insists on calling Catra and Adora sisters and thus clearly likes to ignore actual canon in order to be salty but like…. Have better takes

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I can’t believe that I had to see someone say that Catra was ablest because she beat Hordak by using his physical weaknesses against him in the year 2024. My dudes: Hordak literally has child soldiers. The moment a character HAS child soldiers is also the same moment I believe those child soldiers should beat them up.

I shouldn’t be surprised considering this person also insists on calling Catra and Adora sisters and thus clearly likes to ignore actual canon in order to be salty but like…. Have better takes

#she ra #spop

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Remember when people thought Kyle was going to be He-Man?? God imagine how funny that would be. Shadow Weaver finds a set of twins and instead of rising them both as leaders or whatever is just like ‘this baby is a fucking nerd. Uselsss.’ And never even bothers to tell anyone.

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Glitradora in the Anne Hathaway twelfth night kiss meme pose for a kofi request!😳

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Don’t you get it? I love you.

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At some point in tumblr history, the tumblr cycle of hipster media consumption added a component of "mandatory moral value" to its justification for praising or hating anything, which has made it exhausting to come across countless displays of mental gymnastics to justify, morally and ethically, why liking or not liking whatever piece of media (or part of it) makes you essentially a good or a bad person.

The cycle was always there, but it went from this

to this

and sometimes I think we're past it and then I go to a tag and come across some manifesto that makes me feel like I'm in hell.

#listen #the way tumblr treated She Ra lives in my mind forever #to all that hated it because it wasn’t your vision of perfection; I hate you and hope you find something you love and everyone nick picks it

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Jock Adora birthday gift for @shamelesslydrawingin because she’s a big nerd! 💛💛💛

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Adora: It's weird. Catra hates getting wet, but she always insists on going with me when I have to go out in the rain.

Bow: Maybe she just doesn't want you to go through something she sees as horrible by yourself.

Adora: Aww...

Glimmer: That, or you always wear white and she knows she'll be able to see through your shirt.

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Being in the She Ra fandom when it was airing was so funny because you had this highly powerful character filled with righteous revolutionary rage and occasional bloodlust, generally carrying the squad through whatever dangerous mission they're on by teleporting them to safety, often only held back from destroying her enemies because her best friend did not approve of killing or stooping to their level, and the fandom took one look at her pink aesthetic and Catra's unreliable narration and was like "Yeah she's just too nice and boring she probably believes the power of hugs and friendship will save the world."

And then s4 hit and they were so confused why instead of hugs and friendship she believed in fists, murder, and dark magic. Like buddy she's been on this path for four seasons now, that's on YOU for letting the name Glimmer and the pink aesthetic fool you.

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New Catradora art by Nate Stevenson.

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Poll: Round 1a #2

*Reminder that Break up is being used loosely here and not all relationships may be romantic in nature

Propaganda under cut:

Propaganda for Catra and Adora:

The two were best friends (and in denial about their love for each other) but when Adora leaves and joins the good guys, Catra goes on a downward spiral for four seasons and tries to end the world multiple times just to get back at Adora. Meanwhile Adora becomes so obsessed with stopping Catra that she regularly makes strategic errors

They have a best friend breakup but they had been doing the teen lesbian thing of "we're definitely very best friends who want to conquer the world together" so it's also kind of a romantic breakup, but they weren't together officially, THEY'RE A MESS. They fight on opposite sides of a war for a while, Catra tries to end the world because Adora also lives in it and she can't stand it, five seasons of shit happens and they do reconcile at the end, they're so important to me.

Adora and Catra grew up together and are abused by a manipulative parent figure (more blatantly in Catra's case, while Adora is clueless), and then Adora runs off and leaves Catra and their shared dreams behind to become a superhero for their worst enemies, so Catra becomes She-Ra's worst enemy and eventually tries to destroy the world (and nearly succeeds) because she doesn't know how to healthily process her feelings, and she only gets worse to everyone around her until season 5 when she finally starts to become a functional person, then her and Adora kissing saves the universe in the final episode

Propaganda for The doctor and the Master

They were close friends as children but have since become iconic enemies in every version. They occasionally skirt the edge of repairing their relationship but never seem to make it. They are obsessed with each other doubly so since they became the last two time lords in the universe twice. They try and kill each other but then the doctor still turns around and calls the master their best friend.

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"we need less sanitized queer stories" yall keep saying fucking she-ra romanticizes abuse. you couldnt possibly handle less sanitized queer stories

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what if getting off of prime’s ship had been like. 80% harder.

[image description: a full color illustration of She-Ra cradling Catra in her arms on Prime’s ship. She-Ra looks roughed up, with a few open wounds on her arms and bleeding a bit down her face. She’s holding Catra tightly while holding the sword in front of them both. She’s glaring at something in front of her, and her eyes have tears streaming from them, with her irises glowing. Her hair is less than perfect, framing her face and cascading down behind her back. End ID.]

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AO3 Femslash Top 100: Semi-Finals

#nooooo #griddlehark is falling behind!!!!

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A Letter from Julia Baritz

To the Pillowfort Community, 

Transparency from myself and my Staff is part of the foundation that makes Pillowfort so great. The news I am about to share is not easy. But it is important for you, our community, to know what is going on.

Pillowfort has always relied on the generosity of our users. We are proud to be user funded. Over the years we have been able to operate using the funds from our 2018 Kickstarter campaign, which raised over $60,000, in addition to ongoing payments and donations from you.  I am extremely grateful for the support we continue to receive. 

However, despite cost-cutting efforts, we have struggled to break even in revenue since 2021. The funds from the 2018 Kickstarter have been depleted to cover operating costs and to ensure our Staff receives the compensation they deserve.  I will never ask my Staff to work without being compensated.  

We are now at a point where Pillowfort is in danger of exhausting all current finances in the next six months if we continue the current funding/spending trajectory. This is not hyperbole. This is the unfortunate reality of what the platform is facing. If we do not change course now I will have to end contracts with our entire team soon and, eventually, Pillowfort would no longer be able to operate. 

For the past two years I have not compensated myself for my work on Pillowfort. My commitment to Pillowfort is not for personal gain. I was fortunate enough in my privilege to have adequate savings to cover my own personal expenses for a while. I sacrificed what would have been my own compensation in order to ensure my third-party contractors (Staff) could be paid. 

I take full responsibility for the current state of Pillowfort. It has been challenging being a first-time business owner in such turbulent times. Looking back now there are ways I would have managed things differently with the knowledge I have now.  If we can recover from this, I will continue applying what I have learned these last several years to make sure we do not reach this point again. 

I knew Pillowfort was going to be a difficult enterprise due to the very things that I believe make us great: we don’t have shareholders or venture-capital investments (which often leads to shifts away from a company’s primary mission as they are directed to achieve revenue and profit growth to benefit investors); we don’t compromise your privacy by selling user data to third parties; and we don’t host third-party ads that would disrupt your experience. We also pay much higher payment processing fees because we host adult content. Compared to other social media sites that have millions of dollars in corporate investments backing them, things are much harder for us. 

In spite of every hurdle we face,  I truly believe  Pillowfort deserves to exist. I believe in Pillowfort’s mission and I am determined for this platform to succeed. I am not going to abandon this platform until every possible option is exhausted. That is why I have decided it will be necessary to initiate another, more ambitious fundraiser. Our goal will be to raise $25,000 by December 31, 2023. 

This amount is based on the following: We are at risk of the IRS reclassifying Pillowfort as a hobby instead of a business because Pillowfort has not been profitable for several years. If we are reclassified as a hobby this would prohibit us from deducting expenses which will make our financial situation more dire.  The $25,000 amount will make up for our existing year-to-date losses as well as cover our projected expenses (Staff Compensation & Operating costs) for the remainder of the year. 

Raising this amount will also buy our staff the time needed to complete the following projects geared toward increased long-term revenue: 

Finish Progressive Web App development to allow Pillowfort to reach a much broader audience on mobile platforms.

Add the ability for users to pay to promote their posts.

Add the ability for users to gift Pillowfort Premium to other users. 

Once these features are in place, Pillowfort will be in a better position to bring in reliable revenue than we have been recently and will hopefully be on the road to continued self-sustainability.

If you appreciate that Pillowfort is beholden to its users instead of shareholders– if you believe in Pillowfort’s core principles of user privacy control and freedom of expression and creativity–  then I ask you to consider supporting this fundraising effort.

We will post more information soon regarding rewards for reaching our goal (yes, we will be offering a profile badge to donors, and more!), so stay tuned for details. This time around we are also planning to have rewards geared toward users who help spread the word about us too. We understand that not everyone can support us financially right now.

If you can’t donate to the fundraiser there are still many ways to help us. Here are some examples: 

Talk about us to your friends and family.

Write about or make a video about us. (Psst: Use #Pillowfort on other platforms like X, Tiktok, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, and Bluesky so we can find your posts!) 

Invite your friends, family, and colleagues to Pillowfort using your Invitation Keys to allow them to join immediately. 

I am forever grateful for your past and continued support. Thank you for taking time out of your day to read this message. Let’s work together to make Pillowfort a robust site for years to come.

Best Wishes, 

Julia Baritz Founder & Lead Architect