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chanoyu-to-wa · 13 days

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A New Update (4/14).

Dear Followers and Readers,

Even though the introductory essay was relatively brief, it was very difficult for me to write it. This was primarily because, as a consequence of the total lack of feedback that I have received from you, I really had no idea precisely how to phrase the introduction.

And this leads me to another issue. As you may know -- if you pay attention to the international news -- Korea held a parliamentary election last Tuesday, with the result being that there was an overwhelming rejection of the ruling party. This was occasioned by the hideous rate of inflation that has been overwhelming the nation since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic: it is not that society has failed to recover, but that things have continued to get worse with each passing month despite the recovery of the business and financial sectors. The cost of utilities, and of necessities -- even things like bus fare -- has been going up almost every time I blink my eyes. This, coupled with the fact that donations from the readers have been decreasing month by month, has finally brought things to the point where simply surviving is increasingly unsustainable. Because of the drop in contributions, I was forced to write to Elmar yesterday, since there was no possibility that the little bit of money remaining in my bank account would last until the 23 or 24th of the month (which is when the transfer is usually paid into my account), despite the fact that I have not had any extraordinary expenses, and have spent money on nothing but food (and the cheapest items that are available at that).

All of this has played into the difficulty of maintaining my focus. While I am copying a series of translations that I wrote a decade and more ago, it is not just a matter of copying and pasting (actually, since the word-processor documents and back-up .txt files are on the MyBook hard drive that was damaged by a failing processor shutting down unexpectedly, the texts exist only as a series of .jpg scans; so even if I was not intending to make any changes, I would still have to retype the whole thing -- and, actually, I am planning to make many editorial changes, in light of all of the other translations that I have produced since then). When a lack of food, or worry over whether I will be able to buy food tomorrow, or next week, become overwhelming, it is impossible to avoid their impact on my productivity. In recent months the number of people following this blog has increased, yet contributions continue to fall. Yet I have heard complaints because I have made requests like this. The argument seems to be that, since the blog is published on a free site, then it should remain free. Yet every YouTube account that I follow, and many of the Tumblrs that come across my dashboard, have started being linked to Patreon accounts. So if simply reading a Wikipedia article, while providing an assortment of mostly irrelevant visuals is judged worthy of support, why is objection taken when I ask for support in order to create completely original and authentic material for your consumption? If every one of the new followers would donate $5 per month, I would have no problems, and be able to pay for necessities. If every one of the followers (and all of those who access the blog regularly yet have decided not to "follow" for whatever reason), including those people who have been doing so for 10 or 12 years, did the same, I could actually live comfortably. At present I cannot even go to the doctor or dentist (and I should do both), even though I have to pay $160/month for medical insurance, because there is a $100 deductible for each visit (meaning I would have to pay the first $100 for each visit in order for the the insurance to kick in, and I just do not have a spare $100, or $50, or $30 that I could use for that).

Of course, Elmar said he will transfer the money currently in the PayPal account to me next Monday; but then, what will happen on the 22nd of the month, when money will have to be transferred so that I can pay my utility bills and rent (and have enough left for food for the following month)? It is truly depressing when people who just read Wikipedia articles on YouTube announce how much money they get each month, while I, who usually spend a minimum of 10 or 12 hours working on this blog every day, have to beg for pennies so I have enough to eat. I have tried to keep this blog "free" because I am aware that many people who are attracted to chanoyu are far from wealthy. But if I constantly run out of money for food each month, how can I possibly continue?

Thank you all for your time. Please have a good week.

Sincerely yours,

Daniel M. Burkus [email protected]

Donations: https://paypal.me/chanoyutowa

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krokaxe · 6 months

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do you have any advise on stopping copying? its happened to me too but i dont want to lock my accounts or delete my work

Assuming you mean other people copying your work? Don't delete anything. Leave a distinct timeline of your work around.

If you want to stop material from being immediately accessible, you can make posts private (at least on Tumblr). It's what I do to keep my work around— so I can access it Immediately if plagiarism continues after its been hidden— across the board. That way I can make posts public and reblog for visibility if the need arises; it keeps the original dates there for reference.

This is going to be long so I'll put the rest under the cut.

I have a lot of posts set to private and fics archived to prevent my material from being ripped off that way. However, if you have DMs/conversations with people where you discuss the work that they're copying, make a record of it. Screenshot and do a video screen grab. You might have to do a long scroll if it's on the likes of Tumblr or Discord, but it's better to have a cohesive reel of the conversation for the sake of transparency.

Now, unfortunately people who copy other people's work don't often take kindly to being called out. It depends on the severity. The only reason I haven't named people directly is because I'd rather simply present the compiled Evidence to those who point it out to me.

However, if it continues— or travels further into the audacity zone— I will simply make an accessible list with compiled evidence. I strongly suggest you make 'case files' for yourself in much the same way.

In the era of call out posts being made to wage attacks over arguments, stick to the facts. As much as it is a personal matter, I'd suggest keeping any personal commentary out of it. It's easier to digest as X + Y = Z.

The thing about plagiarism is to remember a lot of people are desperate for internet clout. Like, deranged levels of equating numbers/attention to success. We all want attention for our work— hence we post anywhere at all— but the apparent need to be First and The Person Who Does The Thing is pretty blatant amidst those who would rather rip off others than put in the work.

Being good at anything requires effort— a willingness to put time and energy into learning. People who copy don't do that. They want rewards and validation; they're not doing what they do for creative integrity.

Block evasion is something you will likely be facing, given these sorts don't be like to be told no. Unfortunately there's not much we can do about that— it's not like people who steal directly from others will give a fuck about set boundaries.

So, in short:

Compile evidence: your work vs the copied work. Links, screenshots, video grabs etc. A timeline is your best bet for relaying plagiarism. If you need help compiling easy to understand comparisons, you'll have to DM me off anon. I won't be doing that publicly because it would only be used for avoidance purposes lmao.

Block the offending parties across the board. Including from any sideblogs and the like.

Don't delete your work! You can hide posts/archive most things now. You may need it to reference back to.

Don't stop creating. People will Always do this one way or another; don't drop what you love to do just because there's people who are so entitled as to try and take advantage, yk?

As I've said before, people who plagiarise aren't doing what they do because they want to join in. It's an entitlement issue— they want what they perceive to be a Reward without bothering to work for it. There's no joy in that.

I truly have no time for people who plagiarise lmao. Just remember that it says a lot about them as people.

#krok.ask #I'm sorry anon #It's pretty awful really #But lmao like I said #says a lot more about them than it does you

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aturnoftheearth · 2 years

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i wanted to start making amvs but i know literally nothing, are you willing to give me any advice or something like that? i love your videos so much by the way they make me empty in the head

Yeah of course! I knew absolutely nothing 8 months ago and now I'm constantly editing amvs! I'm gonna make this more of a general how-to for anyone else looking to start amv making.

Software:

there are lots of editors out there, but the most common ones i know of are Adobe Premiere and iMovie. Lots of people gain access to them via school or work, but if you're like me and don't have them available for free and can't justify paying for them, there are lots of great free editors! I personally use Lightworks because it's great for beginners and it's what I’m used to now. There's also:

Davinci resolve

Olive

Openshot

VSDC

Each one has different features and layouts, so maybe see which one seems best for you personally and try it out! I tried a couple of different editors before going back to Lightworks and they really do have their own pros and cons.

Clips:

Okay, so this is a bit of a broad topic since there are so many different ways people get clips. Personally, I have two sources: Netflix and this collection of all Destiel scenes without background noise. I know some people don’t have Netflix, but any method of screen-recording will do (and if you need specific help with screen-recording, let me know!). If that doesn’t work for you, you can always look up character/ship scene packs on both Tumblr and YouTube and download them!

Audio:

Now, I’m not sure how other other editors get their songs, but I just use a YouTube to MP3 converter, copy-paste the link of the song I want to use, and download the converted song. It’s quick and easy and is probably a big risk to my laptop, but it’s the only way I know how skdjkskdk.

Extras:

I always add subtitles to my videos now- they make it easier for dialogue to be heard/understood and also lyrics! For example, I do a lot of Lord Huron songs and some of their lyrics are basically incomprehensible unless you look them up, so having them there adds to the amv experience imo.

There's an amv blog, @spnamvs, dedicated to keeping an archive of spn amvs! It's great for checking to see if an amv has been done as well as getting your own amv out there (just tag it #spnamvarchive)!

There are three options for posting videos: directly on Tumblr, on Tumblr with a YouTube link, or an embedded YouTube video on Tumblr. Each one is equally easy to do (though the second one is the most work- more on that below) so it’s really a matter of personal preference.

Some editors have a YouTube account, some don’t, it’s entirely up to you! I didn’t have one for a long time, but I did start to have people asking if my videos were on YouTube, so I decided to make one. If it’s too much in the beginning, don’t worry about it, you can always upload them to YouTube later and edit your amv on here to include the link.

Tag lists and self-reblogging are also totally optional, but I personally recommend them. This fandom is so big and the timing of Tumblr is so finicky, you could have an amazing amv only get 10 notes because it’s posted at a weird time when people are offline.

Whatever editor you choose, don’t be afraid to mess around with it! Try different filters, different transitions, things like that. If you get frustrated, don’t hesitate to drop it for a bit before coming back. I still have an amv from MAY because I got stuck and didn’t want to ruin the song or the final product, so I dropped it. Inspiration comes and goes for these things so the last thing you want to do is push yourself when you’re uninspired.

This one seems cliche I know but!! Be proud of your videos!! I love my amvs! My sister and I love to go back and watch them and go insane over them! So many people think you have to hate your own work, but you’re allowed to be proud of it! You put time and effort into it and that’s not something to overlook. :)

That’s all I can think of; if you have any other questions or need help troubleshooting, feel free to ask me and I’ll see what I can do!

#sorry for the #long post #but i'm making a new sidebar link for amv questions :D #amv faqs #asks

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ynscrazylife · 3 years

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Hi, hi! First off, I love your writing and your account and I just want you to know I’m so glad I found you and I love you. 💕 Second off, I was hoping I could make a Kara x reader request for the jess celebration. I don’t know exactly what I want I just know I would love to see some pre-wedding fluff like maybe going to pick out a venue and cake tasting and some other cute stuff like that.

Fiancées-To-Be-Wed | k.d fluff fic

Summary: Y/N and Kara plan their wedding.

Authors Note: Thank you for requesting! My apologies that this is not as long as my other fics. Feel free to request it to be longer!

Request to be on a taglist (or multiple) here! (Taglists are at the end of the fic)

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PSA: Do NOT copy, steal, translate, plagiarize, republish, etc any of my works on Tumblr or any other platform. Also, do NOT claim any of my works as your own. All of these works are either requests I’ve gotten that people have wanted me to write or original ideas I’ve had for works. If you happen to take inspiration from anything I’ve written and want to write something inspired by that, please a) ask me first and b) IF I say yes, credit me as inspo in your post by tagging me and link whatever work of mine that inspired you. Thanks.

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“Y/N, wake up!”

Normally Y/N would adore to be pulled from her slumber by the lovely and charming voice of her girlfriend—no, wait, fiancé, now (god, that being true after so long was like a dream. The previous night a fairytale)—, but this was one of those times where it fell in the abnormal.

Frankly, she was exhausted, and as much as she loved her fiancé, her all-too-excited words acted as a startling alarm rather than her usual charming hum of a bird. Y/N groaned into the pillow, hoping that that would give Kara the hint, but alas, it didn’t.

“Don’t errumph me, missie! You gotta get up,” she continued.

Y/N cracked an eye open, her vision half-filled with her pillow and half-filled with the lamp on her bedside table. Kara was persistent, she’d give her that. She rolled from her stomach onto her back and her blonde-haired beauty came into line of view. At the big and jolly grin on her face, Y/N couldn’t help but smile, too . . . It was contagious!

“Care to enlighten me on why you’ve woken me up at the ungodly hour of-” Y/N started to ask, but had to pause to look at her phone for the time. Her previous joking tone dropped when she saw that it was noon. “-the, ah, middle of the day?”

Kara made a very poor attempt to conceal her laughter and Y/N grumbled under her breath.

“Well, we gotta start our wedding planning, silly!” The blonde said, bouncing up and down on the bed, and jostling Y/N as well.

“Darling,” she said calmly, but firmly, effectively calming down the Kryptonian. “While I am beyond thrilled for our wedding, don’t you think we should have today for us? Not just jump straight into planning when the wedding will probably be in a couple—mmmmphhmm!”

Her sentence was cut off when Kara leaned down and captured her lips in a fierce kiss. Y/N quickly melted into it, wrapping her arms around her fiancé, before she said when they parted, “Is that a no?”

Kara nodded, wearing a goofy grin.

— — — — — — — — — — — — —

“Mmmmph. Mmm mmmmm mmm mm!”

Y/N tilted her head forward slightly and furrowed her eyebrows. She swallowed the scrumptious piece of cake in her mouth. “Uh, non-cookie monster please?”

Kara huffed and, after a couple seconds of dramatic chewing and chomping, swallowed her mouthful of goodness and repeated, “I said, this is my favorite!”

Y/N smiled against her glass as she took a sip of water, shaking her head slightly, amused. “You’ve said that about each one you tasted.”

Kara pouted. “What? No, I haven’t!” She denied.

“Yes—” Alex said, then took a quick bite of her piece. “—You have.”

Kara glared at her older sister and turned to Nia.

At her shrug, the superhero dramatically dropped her knife and fork on her plate, causing Y/N to bite back a laugh.

“You guys suck,” she mumbled, and then turned to Y/N. “You like this one, don’t you?!”

Y/N nodded. “I do,” she confirmed, but then spotted the next piece of cake arriving. “But I want you to take a bite and then look me in the eyes and tell me that that’s not your favorite.”

Kara eagerly nodded, up to the challenge. When she stuffed her face with a big bite, Y/N eyed her carefully, and Alex and Nia erupted into laughter when Kara looked absolutely helpless.

— — — — — — — — — — — — —

“Are you ready yet?” Alex called out from the waiting room, bored.

“Is Kara out there?” Y/N called back, twisting and turning as she admired herself in the mirror. This outfit was her absolutely favorite one so far. She could envision herself walking down the aisle in it.

There was a brief pause, and what Y/N didn’t know was that in the moment the woman in question quickly ducked behind the sofa.

Alex looked at her sister warily. “No!” She called back, but it was more phrased as a question.

The moment Y/N emerged, Alex’s jaw dropped and Nia let out a loud, uncontrollable gasp, which effectively broke Kara’s patience. She went to pop up from her hiding spot, but mid-way was intercepted by Nia, who tackled her friend to the floor.

Y/N blinked. “Kar-a!” She yelped.

“I’M SORRY!” Kara screeched.

— — — — — — — — — — — — —

“As much as I’d love for this to be what our cake toppers look like—” Y/N started, picking up the image of Kara in her Supergirl suit carrying Y/N. “—This can’t be it.”

Kara rested her head on Y/N’s shoulder, peering down at the photo. “Why not?” She asked.

Y/N softly smiled. “Because we’re going to have guests that don’t know you’re supergirl . . .” She pointed out.

Kara blinked and furrowed her eyebrows. “Who?!” She pushed.

“Uh, my family?” She answered.

“Your parents know—” Kara began to point out.

“My great-uncle doesn’t,” Y/N said.

A beat.

“Why are we inviting him?” Kara asked, and then was quick to add, “No offense.”

Y/N chuckled. “None taken. My mom insisted that we invite him,” she said.

“Why are we listening to her?” Kara persisted.

“Because she’s paying for half the wedding?” Y/N responded.

“Oh,” Kara said. “. . . Right.”

— — — — — — — — — — — — —

“Okay, I just put in the order for the flowers!”

“Roses, right?”

“…”

“Y/N-?”

“I was, uh, able to convince them to recreate the flowers you described on Krypton.”

“…”

“Kara?”

“Oh Rao, I love you.”

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smithsparker · 2 years

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hello all! so i’ve been making gifs on my sad little ipad air 2 for almost 2 years now, and i’ve learned quite a lot in those times, often through trial and error. i know there’s lots of people out there wanting to learn how to gif, but not being able to afford a laptop, or not being able to download photoshop, etc. so i thought i’d share what i’d learned about giffing on iOS devices! note: i don’t have and have never had an iphone, so i am not certain about what works for them, but i guess that anything which works on an ipad, will also work on an iphone! so with that said, let’s get into it :)

this is going to be quite a long and image-heavy tutorial, so i’ve put the rest under a read-more :)

you will need:

an iOS device (not sure how this works on all devices, but i think as long as it’s still receiving software updates, you’ll be fine!)

app: inshot

app: vont

optional: a VPN

youtube app or download folders (will be explained!)

these are all the steps i go through when making a gif and the apps/websites i use for them. in this post, i’ll be explaining all of them:

choose & download video (youtube/mega/gdrive)

trim & crop video (photos app)

colour & overlay (inshot)

text (optional) (vont)

convert video to gif (ezgif)

resize (optional) (ezgif)

post! (tumblr site)

without further ado, let’s get into it!

1. CHOOSING AND DOWNLOADING THE VIDEO

there are two ways to find and download a video to gif: through youtube or through download links like mega or google drive. here, i’ll be explaining both of them.

1.1. downloading via youtube

first, find the video that you want to gif. always make sure the quality is high enough! 1080p is the best, and you should always try to find it. 720p is also doable but really the minimum, anything below that is basically not worth it.

copy the link of the video you want to gif, then go to https://yt1s.com/en130 to download it. (you may need an adblocker to block the popups, but clicking them away works as well, for the rest the site is super clean!)

paste the link into “search or paste youtube link here” and press convert, then in the drop down menu, select the highest quality possible (preferably 1080p, as said before).

press “get link” and then press “download”. a popup will appear, asking you to press download again. if you press this, an arrow symbol will appear next to the search bar at the top. press this symbol, select the video, then press the “send” symbol and choose “save video”. the video is now saved to the photos app!

1.2. downloading via download folder

download folders work in a pretty similar way to downloading youtube videos, the hardest part is just finding the folders! for this, i recommend either asking some friends or mutuals (especially if they make high quality gifs – very likely that they’ll have some hq torrented shows or movies) or look around on several download or logoless twitters, like downloadinhd, logolessdesires or logolesspro. these accounts do often compress the files, so the quality might be a bit lower than it should be, but it’s definitely better than nothing!

both mega and google drive folders work basically the same way: select the file you need and find a download button somewhere. after this, it’s basically the same steps as the last part – find the video in the download part next to the search bar and save to photos.

TIP: if mega stops you from downloading because you’ve exceeded the download limit, you can use a vpn to mask your IP address! some free ones are windscribe, justvpn and urbanvpn, but if you have some money to spare, there’s excellent paid ones like expressvpn, surfshark or freedome.

2. TRIMMING AND CROPPING VIDEOS

we’ve found all the episodes or videos we want to gif! cool, now it’s time to find all individual scenes so that we can start editing. to trim and crop the videos, you don’t need a new app, this can just be done in the normal photos app!

if you already have an exact scene in mind, you can just go to that timestamp immediately, but if you’re still not sure, just scroll through the video to find some good ones. to trim the video down to the scene that you want, use the edit function and move the arrows at both sides of the video to the exact start and end point of your scene. if you want to be more accurate, press and hold the arrows to lower the timespan that they are editing at that moment.

after you’ve trimmed the scene you want, go to the cropping setting and choose a predetermined ratio to crop the video in – this way, all the gifs you crop will be the same size. i usually use 9:16, 4:5 or 3:4, but anything works!

3. EDITING (COLOURING/OVERLAY) editing!

now we’ve done the boring stuff, we can start having fun !! we’re gonna start colouring the video now and optionally adding an overlay, which we’re going to do with the app “inshot”, which you can download just from the app store! this app has a pro-version which unlocks some of the editing options and removes ads but it works just fine without – i would only consider buying it to remove the ads but just putting your device in airplane mode fixes that as well, so it’s not really worth it imo! this app does both editing and overlays, so i’ll be explaining how both of those work.

first, start by pressing “create new video” and choosing the clip you just trimmed and cropped.

3.1. editing and colouring the video

all actions to edit the video can be found at the bottom. first, start with slowing down the video to about 80-60% of the original speed, it looks much smoother and nicer in a gifset!

after this, you can start colouring, by going to filter > adjust at the bottom. this gives you a new set of actions to use.

first, put up the sharpness to about 20-30, depending on what looks best. don’t go much higher than this though, it won’t look great lmao.

then play around with the brightness, contrast and saturation. you can do a lot with these already: to make a black and white gif, for example, turn down the saturation completely and up the brightness and contrast a bit, it’ll look great already! if you’re not satisfied yet, though, don’t worry, all will be fixed in the next step.

we’re getting to curves now! they are the best thing in this app and pretty good for a photoshop replacement as far as i know. for this part, i can’t really tell you how to do it, you’ve just gotta play around with it for a while and get a feel for it! it takes some time, but practice definitely pays off.

3.2. adding an overlay

to add another video to the video you’re editing, press the “PIP” (picture in picture) action in the main menu. choose the video you want to insert and also slow this down to about 80-60% of the original speed. try to make sure both videos are about the same length, so you won’t have to trim it down again after you’re done.

after this, size the video and move it to where you want it, then use the “mask” function to make sure only the part of the video that you want to see is shown. dragging the little symbol at the edge (shown below) lets you “blend” the edge of the video so it’s less of a line, more of a gradual transition

optional: you can also use the blend function on the PIP video to make it blend with the base vid! it doesn’t always look nice but there’s loads of different options to work with.

once you’ve positioned, masked and blended the video how you like it, you can edit it in the same way as the base video! once again, choose filter > adjust and follow the same steps used for the other video.

once you’re satisfied with the entire video, press the “send” icon at the top right, make sure the resolution is set to 1080p, and save! now you’re done colouring, it’s time for the next part (which is optional but very fun): adding text to your video.

4. ADDING TEXT

this is my favourite part! for adding text to your gifs, download the vont app from the app store. once again, this app has a pro version, but unless you really need to add more than 4 textboxes per gif, the free version works fine! the ad problem can again be fixed by just putting your device in airplane mode, and even the four textboxes per gif problem can be worked around by clever placements and multiple sentences in one box. now, let’s start!

open the app and press the video icon at the bottom, then choose “load new video” and select the video you edited in the previous step

press anywhere on the video; a pop-up saying “add text” will appear. press this and type the text you want in the textbox that pops up

choose the font you want in the “font” menu - there are not going to be any fonts in the “my fonts” section when you start, these can be downloaded from various font packs readily available on tumblr (i recommend checking @fontarchive out for something to start with! if you would like more, feel free to hmu, i am sure i have some links laying around)

to download a font, get a dropbox link or any other link, press a download button somewhere on the page and it will be saved to the “files” app

to add the font to the vont app, find the font in your downloads, open the file, press the send icon at the top and then choose “open with vont”

the app will give you a button saying “add to vont”, press this button and you’re done!

change the size of the text with the “size” button, then slide it around or use the “move” option to position it to where you want it (tip: use “layout” to get a text to be positioned exactly in the middle)

you can tilt the text as well, and curve it to form a circle if you want (make sure to swipe the actions menu, the curve option will show up!)

use the “style” option to change the colour, drop shadow, stroke, background, spacing and blending option of the text (another tip: always add a drop shadow to the text! it makes it so much easier to read, and if you change its colour, it can be part of the colouring of the set as well)

when you’re done, press the send icon in the bottom right corner. first, press “save project” – this will save your progress in the app itself, so that if you notice something wrong after you’ve saved the video, you can always go back to change it. after that, press save video, and the video with text will be saved to the photos app!

5. CONVERTING TO GIF

now we’re done with the fun parts sadly, here comes the tedious part lmao: converting videos to gifs! this is one of the last parts, we’re almost there :)

open the website https://ezgif.com/ and go to the “video to GIF” tab in the header

upload your gif in the “Select video from your computer” box (then press “upload video”)

under the video, there is a drop-down menu to choose the size. now this depends on what size your gif is going to be in the gifset, but if you want only one gif per row, choose the 540xAUTO option (this also has “for tumblr” behind it, so it’s easy to find slfjdslk) if you are going for more gifs per row, just leave the setting as is, we will fix this next

under that is the frame rate option. i usually switch between 12 and 20 FPS, depending on the size of my gif in the end (it has to be under 10Mb for tumblr to upload it to a post)

if you’ve done this, press convert to GIF and longpress the converted gif to save to your photos app!

6. RESIZING (optional)

we’re almost done, just hang in there!! now we’re going to resize the gif if needed. this is because if you want to put multiple gifs in one row, they need to be a certain size, otherwise tumblr will compress the gifs and they will show up in a much lower quality. this post shows exactly what the dimensions should be per amount of gifs per row!

to resize the gifs, you can stay on ezgif, but this time choose the tab at the top that says “resize”

upload the gif in the “upload image from your computer” box

fill in only the width dimension (the height one is not needed!) and press “resize image”

once again longpress the resized gif to save it to your gallery

7. POSTING

the final part! this part i also love, especially because i love editing the caption hehe, though deciding what to tag the post is not my favourite part lmao. for this part, a tumblr app is not recommended, as it does not have the different post types needed for a gifset, so we’re doing it on the website!

go to the tumblr website and log in

press the new post button and choose “photo”

upload your gifs to the post

if you have a laptop available, save the post as a draft on your apple device, and edit the caption and tags further on that laptop (it works much better!)

if you don’t, editing on mobile works fine as well, but it won’t let you add html captions (so the nice colourful gradients some people have, etc) but it’s obviously not required to do that, so this works fine as well!

tagging the post can be quite tricky, my go-to strategy is tag all the characters, ships and fandoms first, and then tag all sourceblogs that apply (some general ones are bbelcher, chewbacca etc. but there’s tons of sourceblogs for almost every fandom out there if you know how to look for them!) and lastly, tag some friends who will definitely like the post, so that they will surely see it :) it’s also smart to use a tag for your creations like mine, mygifs, *mine etc. so that you can easily find them all back!

when you’re completely satisfied with your caption and tags, press post, and.. you’re done!

i really hope i’m able to help people with this ! i spent a lot of time on this so even if you won’t use it, i would very much appreciate a signal boost <3 if anyone has any questions feel free to send me an ask or a dm, i’d be happy to answer all your questions!

lots of love and happy giffing, sas <3

#gif tutorial #tutorial #gif resources #completeresources #don't know if there's anything else i could tag sdlfkjdsk #*#resources

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black-emporium-exchange · 3 years

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How to sign up for Black Emporium!

Yes sweet nuglets, it's that time of year again: Time to sign up for Black Emporium!

CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP!

Helpful Links:

How to Guide || Requests on Ao3 || Tagset || Nominations Spreadsheet || Request Database || Parent Collection (All Past Years)

Main hubs:

@black-emporium-exchange || black_emporium @ Dreamwidth || blackemporiumex on Twitter || AO3 Subcollection || Discord

Signups end: July 17, 2021 @ 8:00PM EDT || Countdown

CHANGES THIS YEAR

- We now have a brand new Request Database this year! Unlike previous years where mods had to hand copy requests into a separate Google Doc, the Database will automatically populate who and what people are requesting. (Should come in handy when writing treats or looking for inspiration.)

A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO SIGN-UPS BELOW THE CUT:

1. Sign in to Ao3

If you don’t have an Ao3 account, contact the mods for help!

2. Go to the Black Emporium signup field (link)

3. Scroll to the “Requests” field

There are several different components of this field:

Relationship:

Additional Tags: You can request fanfic, fanart, or both. Selecting "any" is treated the same as selecting both.

Letter: If you have written a letter on an external website (such as Tumblr/Wordpress/Dreamwidth/Google Docs), you may link it here.

Description: Here is where you can provide additional detail about what you would like to see in a fanwork, both in general and for specific pairings. Good things to include (in this box, a letter, or both) are general likes and dislikes, preferred content rating, and Do Not Wants. Please remember to put your DNW's (do not wants) in the Ao3 sign up form - we can only take action if you put your DNW in your Ao3 sign-up form because it is the only thing we can absolutely guarantee that your creator will be able to access.

Remember that anyone who creates fanwork for you must respect your Do Not Wants. If you do not enter anything into this box, and you do not have a link to a letter, we will assume that means you are okay with anything for the specified pairing(s). If you have any preferences or things you do not want, we would encourage you to add them. It makes the process smoother for all involved.

Here are some things commonly put in the description box:

Likes/Wants:

- Frequently it can be considered helpful to your author or artist if they have some idea of what you like to see, and what you don't. For example:

I love F!Adaar/Sera because I think the idea of them merrily pranking their way around Skyhold is so much fun. Please don't write me something sad about them.

Do Not Wants:

- Stuff that makes you uncomfortable, or just plain stuff that is Not Your Thing. While the Black Emporium does not believe in kink shaming or otherwise insulting people for their own personal taste, we do want people to let their artists or authors know what their limits are. You don't have to give any reasons for this; "no x/y/z" gives your creator plenty of info to discern where your limits are.

We can only take action if someone writes you something against your DNWs if it is in your sign-up.

Prompts:

Prompts can be just about anything, but they're meant to be ideas that you'd like to see that can help give your artist or author something to work off of. Sometimes this can be a prompt or a question you'd like explored (for example: What if Solas found himself falling for M!Trevelyan? How would he feel about potentially falling for a human?) or an idea you'd love to see (Josie and M!Cadash snuggled up in front of a fire, please!) or just a few words of inspiration (Leliana/Josephine - secrets, lies, ravens).

Details about your character(s):

It is fairly common for people to give basic descriptions of their characters if it is a character where their appearance or personality may vary (ex: Wardens/Hawkes/Inquisitors), particularly if fanart is requested. These descriptions can be very basic indeed (ex: purple hawke), or extremely detailed (ex: This is Celeste Trevelyan, she loves her squad more than life itself, pink hair, dusky-rose skin, built like she could bench press you six ways from sunday).

Bucket Requests:

You may also use the description field to note additional pairings that you would be willing to receive. You may find this option helpful if you are willing to consider different Warden or Inquisitor backgrounds for your specified pairing that have been nominated. You are limited to an additional ten pairings specified in this manner. Please fill out the form entirely before filling in pairings manually in the description; those that you fill in in the relationship field (the first 30) will take priority.

Things you should not put in the description field:

“I would like anything but nasty [kink]. I think people who write that are gross and nasty.”

Please do not insult people who like something you dislike. It’s Not For You, and That’s Okay. “No [kink]” expresses this much better than a long explanation of why you don’t like [kink].

“I’m only choosing this to get to three nominations. Please don’t write it.”

While we know someone who signs up for a, b and z may want a and/or b more than z, but please don’t scream to your author or artist that what you may well match on is something you don’t want as much as other pairings. Writing something like this also reduces your chance at treats as well.

“Even though I said I wanted M!Solavellan, I’m fine with F!Solavellan too if you like that better.”

Please don’t tell people that you’d be alright with non-nominated pairings, as fics with only non-nominated pairings cannot be added to the collection.

Minimums and Maximums in Requests:

You are required to fill out a minimum of three request fields (Required: Relationship, Additional Tags; Optional: Letter, Description). Remember that you may put in one OR two relationships per request field, so the maximum number of pairings that you can list in this manner is thirty. Remember also that you must fill out at least 3 request fields, so if you fill 2 out with 3 requests in each "request box", Ao3 will still want you to add one more -- it's a good rule of thumb to fill at least three out with one request, then double up as you wish.

4. Continue to the “Offers” field

There are several different components of this field:

Relationship:

Enter one, two, or three approved relationships that you would like to see in a fanwork created for you. This field will autosuggest approved pairings. If your pairing does not show up, it may be that you have fallen victim to a known bug of Ao3's that we cannot fix, wherein pairings in a tagset do not autofill. If this happens, simply type it in as it appears in the tagset. If it continues to give an error, please drop us a comment with the pairing so we can figure out what's going on. You also have the option to select any relationship.

By selecting “Any Relationship,” that means that you are willing to write or draw fanwork for, literally, ANY of the approved pairings.

The only limitation we will accept will be be a limitation of what category of relationship you want to create for: eg, Any F/F, Any M/M, Any F/M, Any Multi, Any Other, or Any Nonbinary. Anything else WILL BE REJECTED. You may NOT use this option to say, for example, “Any Cullen pairing”. This option is for any and all of the approved pairings in your designated category/categories. Do not use this option unless you are sure that any is truly what you want.

Additional Tags:

You can offer to create fanfic, fanart, or both. Selecting "any" is treated the same as selecting both.

Comments for mods:

Here is where you can provide additional detail about what you will and won’t create. As with your requests, you can provide general likes and dislikes as well as things that you absolutely will not do. If there is someone signed up you absolutely cannot stand, please write "don't match me to x" here; we won't ask details, we just won't match and this will be a fully confidential field. If you hate nugs, put it here, and we'll make sure you get at least one nug-free prompt and, ideally, a nug-free sign-up. We want you to have an assignment you'll be happy about, so if you've got something that would be triggering for you to create for, let us know. We can only take action based on our own knowledge, so the more information we have the better we can try to match you with what you really want. If you do not enter anything into this box, we will assume that means you are okay with anything for the specified pairing(s) selected. If you have any preferences or do not wants, we would encourage you to add them. It makes the process smoother for all involved. None of the mods will blab over whatever you write; we just want you to have the best time possible with your assignment.

Minimums and Maximums in Offers:

You are required to fill out a minimum of three offer fields (Required: Fandom, Relationship, Additional Tags; Optional: Comments to mods). Remember that you may put in one or two relationships per request field, so the maximum number of pairings that you can list in this manner is twenty. Remember also that you must fill out at least 3 offer fields, so if you fill 2 offer fields out with 2 offers in each "box", Ao3 will still want you to add one more offer field even though you have one over the minimum required amount of offers -- it's a good rule of thumb to fill at least three offer fields, each with one offer, then go back and double up or not, as you wish.

Bucket Offers:

You may also use the comments to mod field to note additional pairings that you would be willing to write if you have already filled thirty slots. You may find this option helpful if you are willing to consider different Warden or Inquisitor backgrounds for your specified pairing. You are limited to an additional ten pairings specified in this manner. Once again, those filled in the actual relationship: tags will take priority over those written in, so choose which pairing goes where carefully!

A Note on Matching

Black Emporium runs on OR matching, which means that you will match on one relationship out of the ones that you offer and request. You are guaranteed to match on ONE relationship; you may match on more, you may not. For your assignment, you can write what you matched on OR you can write any other couple on their sign-up form. You will only have to write or draw for ONE request, not all of them. The minimums will be one piece of artwork or one 1,000 word fic.

#be_2021 #be_signups #be_announcements #be_rules

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page-2-ids · 3 years

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Mild Warning (I guess)

I don’t like doing this kind of stuff, but this is something that I think coiners should have a warning/know about about this.

Pride-For-Your-Hoard is a Tumblr blog that reposts terms from creators and completely copies most of their non-reblog gender posts from Genderpedia. Neither Genderpedia or the coining post (if it’s still up) are ever linked to and coiners are only name dropped.

Them copying from people who have put months into an incredibly comprehensive archive is frustrating enough. They didn’t do all of this work for someone to copy their pages, make a brief mention of it in their bio, and then never link their pages.

What makes it worse is that they don’t just do it for posts from deleted blogs or non-Tumblr accounts like Gender-Archival does, that makes sense because that’s pretty much the only way to find those on Tumblr. There’s a problem because they’ve reposted several terms from Pumpkigender/Mason, MOGAI-Monarchs, and myself, as well as at least one gender from Neopronouns.

I’d recommend that coiners block this person, but I don’t know what it would do, since they’re clearly using Genderpedia (and maybe MOGIApedia) and there are plenty of terms on those.

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nurun66 · 3 years

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‼️ Sevgili takipcilerim bir yanlis anlamayi duzeltmeye calisiyorum. Bu yazi Tumblr tarafindan gorulmesi lazim. Onlara konu ile ilgili emaillerimi gonderdim hala konuyu halletmediler. Lutfen begeni yaparak beni destekleyin ki burada egitim icerikli yazilarimi surdurebileyim. Simdiden tesekkurler💯 🙏🏻

‼️ To: Tumblr staff,

I have been emailing you, to be heard by you but could not succeed since last week and now placing my request here too..

I have had very serious fight in a few years back that has the same aim with new Tumblr policy wanting to eliminate porn pages.. As you will see/ read here on my side blog x67stories, in my action wording, I had wished many blogs eliminated by, even before Tumblr seriously acted on it. Please read the part written in English, thats what happened while i was trying to bring voices together with my followers so that those blogs would be terminated. And you heard us and terminated many.. Meanwhile, someone misunderstood my action and treated me like I m the one who exposes kids here. NO!! I was so angry then and i am still very angry now because after that person, my blog was marked restricted and as a porn blog. I have been emaling you to correct this. I need my blog’s integrity back because my blog has educational purpose. People cannot reach this blog because of your not fixing this issue. PLEASE INVESTIGATE MY BLOG AND TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO to regain it as a normal / unrestricted blog.. I am becoming restless because this issue could not be solved for so long. I DO NOT WANT TO SWITCH ON A DIFFERENT VIRTUAL PLATFORM. I need this to be corrected and not make me wait any longer. Thank you ..Dr. Nur📌

Since even my action letter strangely was marked restricted when Tumblr decided to eliminate porn pages, i am not able to reblog it here, so i am dropping a screen shot and copy pasting my letter also. My blog is again, NOT A PORN BLOG, it uses some images to use visual effects only to educate my followers.

Below, I Copy/pasted from one of my my side blogs as evidence for you.

“THIS IS A GROUP ACTION TO TAKE THIS PAGE /S Down. JUST NOW SOMEONE TOTALLY MISUNDERSTOOD MY ACTION AND MY PROTESTİNG THOSE PEOPLE İN ORDER TO ADVİSE TUMBLR TAKE FASTER ACTİON. BECAUSE I HAD ADDED PICS TOO. In THE PAST I TRIED WITHOUT PICS AND WE HAD A FEW PAGES DOWN BUT NOT MANY. I WANT TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND WANT OUR VOICES HEARD AND HAVE TUMBLR DO SOMETHING PERMANENT ABOUT THESE PAGES THAT HAVE EXPOSE CHILDREN. I M BEING ATTACTED HERE BY SOMEONE WHO MISUNDERSTOOD AND DID NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT MY ❌❌❌ is THAT MEANS THIS IS WRONG AND REPORT THE LINK I NOTED.. NOW I EXPLAİNED THE PERSON WHO CURSED ME MANY TİMES, HOPEFULLY UNDERSTOOD HİS/ HER MİSTAKES. AND LAST I AM NOT A DUDE I AM DR.NUR, a female MD”

I hope its clear now. Even my action attempt note was marked on my “not marked side blog”.

Thank you..

#dr.nur #tumblrhelpdesk #tumblr

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sgtjbbhasmyheart · 3 years

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Drunk Texting Is(n’t) Bad for Your Health- Chapter Six (part 1)

Series Summary: Talk about your unconventional meet-cute! Bucky receives a text by mistake requesting he prove he's not Reader's sister. The easy dialogue between Reader and Bucky sparks a natural friendship, but could it lead to more? Bucky still deems himself unworthy of any form of affection or love. Reader is hellbent to prove him wrong. With the help of some (meddling) friends along the way, Bucky may get his happily-ever-after after all.

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Reader

Word Count: 3293

Warnings: ANGST, bad language words

A/N: Tumblr sucks. It forced me to split this chapter up because I exceeded the text block limit. That’s just how I write! Link to part 2 at the end.

A/N 2: Thank you again to everyone for showing this story so much love! And thank you to everyone for your patience and support as I struggled to put this out. As you can tell from the multiple parts, it was a doozy. 🥰 divider credit- @firefly-graphics

In case you missed the update, I will be publishing a new chapter every other Saturday from here on out. Schedule is in the Masterlist in my header.

DO NOT copy or replicate without my permission.

Monday morning rolled around, and your good mood from the weekend followed you into the office. Spending all of Saturday and the majority of Sunday texting James had lent to this early morning cheerfulness. You couldn’t help the smile on your face. You had even managed to arrive before most of your team.

You hummed a sweet melody as you booted up your computer and organized a few files for Timmons to peruse. They were statements intended for the press needing his approval about a particular prominent CEO or A-list celebrity client. The firm was not confirming nor denying any knowledge of said client’s whereabouts the previous week or why there was photographic evidence of them coming out of FlashDancers NYC. Other files included those seeking rebranding approval for existing companies looking to revamp their image.

Most importantly, today was contract signing day for Stark Industries.

You had compiled the document from a generic template the company used for all its clients, manually plugging in Stark Industries’ information in the correct spots and changing or omitting any services rendered or not. E-signing contracts were not only environmentally responsible, but they also saved a lot of your time from printing out numerous copies of a single agreement.

All you needed now was Timmons’ go-ahead to email the contract, and Pepper Potts could plug in her Jane Hancock.

Seeing Timmons enter the workroom, tweed coat draped over his forearm and attaché in hand, you rose from the seat behind your desk. You shuffled into his office after him.

He hung his jacket from the coat rack in the corner near a bank of expansive windows and placed the small, leather case he’d been carrying on the sturdy oak desk. He pulled out a stack of papers and tapped the pile against the desktop to straighten them before setting them down. Looking up at you briefly, he tugged out his laptop next.

You positioned a mug of coffee on Timmons’ desk, turning the handle just so, making it easier for him to grab. You cleared your throat gently. He glanced up at you again.

“Here’s the media statements for today,” you said, handing him a group of manila folders. You smoothed down the hem of your cardigan, smiling at the reminder of Bucky. You wished there had been a way to apologize to him again. He had left your apartment with such a pained look on his face. Maybe you could ask Peter. “And the Stark contract pdf is ready to go. I can email it over to you for final approval.”

“That won’t be necessary,” Timmons replied absent-mindedly, lifting the organized piles on the desk as if looking for something.

“Oh, okay,” you returned, nodding your head diminutively. “Do you want me to forward the contract on to Ms. Potts, then?”

“Ah-ha!” Timmons exclaimed, plucking a pen from underneath a stack of envelopes. He twirled the writing implement in his hand and peered at you, finally taking in your presence for the first time that morning.

An uncomfortable feeling washed over you as he evaluated you from head to toe. What was he looking at? Your hands tensed into fists as you continued to wait for his answer, growing impatient.

“Should I go ahead and do that, then, sir?” you asked, folding your arms across your chest like a protective suit of armor to deflect prying eyes.

“Yes, yes. That should be acceptable,” Timmons answered.

It threw you off balance. What had gotten into him? Timmons always had to have the final say on everything. It was so unlike him!

“Just so we’re clear- I will be sending the Stark Industries contract via email to Pepper Potts to e-sign,” you said, seeking clarification. You wanted to dot all i’s and cross all t’s because you weren’t going to lay your ass on the line for a misunderstanding. Especially not with something as crucial as the Stark Industries account.

“What? No, there’s been a change of plans,” he corrected.

You stared at him dumbfounded. Was he purposely trying to give you mental whiplash?

“Change of plans,” you affirmed. “Has Stark Industries decided not to use the firm, sir?”

“Oh, no. They’re still going with us,” Timmons said, rearranging the clutter he’d made on his desk.

You dropped your arms to your sides, although inside, you felt like throwing them into the air in frustration. Why was he so vague? He was usually wholly transparent with you. “Would you mind explaining it to me, please?” you asked, borderline annoyed. “Last time I checked, Stark Industries’ contract signing was still on the calendar for today’s agenda.”

“And it still is,” Timmons acknowledged. “It’s moved to an in-person signing.”

Your stomach plunged to the floor. Shit! You hadn’t printed out the contract! When was the appointment? How much time did you have? So many questions flew through your head.

How could Timmons keep something like this from you? Your heart hammered in your chest. You practically wobbled on your feet. Were you going to be sick?

I’m going to get fucking fired over this, you thought, trying to steady your breathing.

“Will you be ready to go in twenty minutes?” Timmons questioned, sitting down in the comfy desk chair and opening his laptop.

“Go?” you squeaked, attempting to recall how much you had in savings. You shook your head, trying to understand his words. Was he already asking you to clear out your desk?

“Yes. The car will be here at nine,” he said, keyboard clacking as he typed something.

“Car?” you asked, finding great difficulty comprehending the situation. Your head felt like it was stuffed with cotton.

Timmons regarded you in bafflement. “Have you been drinking?”

“What? NO!” you declared. You didn’t need that added to “the inability to perform required tasks” as a reason for your firing. “I’m-I’m just really confused, sir.”

“About what?” Timmons asked, sitting back in his chair, folding his hands in his lap.

“Well…” you started. “What do we need a car for?”

His chocolate brown eyes shone with what you imagined might be excitement. “To drive upstate, of course.” He smirked as he leaned forward and rested his elbows on the desktop.

Upstate? What was upstate?

Timmons’ smile broadened as realization crept across your face. “Are we-”

“Yup!” he interrupted gleefully. He was like a child in a candy store. “We are headed to the Avengers Compound with a personal invitation from Tony Stark himself!”

You blinked several times at your boss, not entirely computing what he’d said. You were usually a lot quicker on the uptake than this. Why were you having such an off-day?

“We?” you asked, shaking your head clear of the cobwebs. Why on Earth would he bring you along?

“I need someone who knows the ins and outs of these contract signings,” he said, fiddling with his pen again.

Wasn’t that his job?

“I’m just the schmoozer- the people-person,” he admitted, shrugging. “You’re the real brains behind this whole operation.

You nodded your head in agreement. He wasn’t wrong. The office would collectively collapse without you, and it felt good to hear your actual boss say it out loud.

“You better not forget it, either. Especially when my job performance evaluation comes around,” you asserted.

Timmons swiftly saluted you as if he was the subordinate. You huffed a laugh at him while shaking your head with incredulity. You took a step or two toward the office door before looking over your shoulder at him.

Timmons had turned back to his laptop screen already and started typing again. “So, twenty minutes?” he asked with an air of levity.

You faltered, nearly tripping over your feet. “Wait? You were serious about that?”

“Why wouldn’t I be?” Timmons wondered, looking up hurriedly from his laptop.

“I need to print out the contract and make copies, for one thing,” you mentioned, almost accusatory. Maybe if he had warned you ahead of time, you wouldn’t be so defensive.

“Already taken care of,” he soothed.

“What do you mean it’s ‘already taken care of’?” you asked, raising your hands to make quotation marks with your fingers.

“I had one of the other grunts do it last night.”

You gaped at Timmons like a goldfish, mouth popping open and closed. Did you hear him correctly? Timmons did something to make your job easier? You could hug him right now! You felt like pinching yourself to make sure it wasn’t a dream.

Once you gathered your wits again, you glanced to your feet bashfully. “Oh,” you spoke, absently fingering the bottom button of your cardigan. “Thank you.” You smiled gratefully.

Timmons returned the smile with one of his own. “You’re welcome.”

“Nine o’clock, then,” you agreed, moving further toward the doorway.

“On the dot!”

Words couldn’t even begin to describe the Avengers Compound. You’d seen it on the news, sure, but that didn’t compare to seeing it in real life. It was grandiose, imposing. You felt dwarfed in size looking up to the high rooftop.

It was almost ostentatious in a way. Much like the man who designed it. Larger than life.

Tony Stark.

Tony had insisted he take you and Timmons around on the tour of the compound. You still hadn’t seen the need for a tour.

“When Tony Stark invites you to tour the Avengers compound, you don’t say no,” Timmons had said in the car-ride up when you questioned why it was necessary.

It was all superfluous, really. Like Tony was trying to woo the firm to sign them, not the other way around.

A headache was forming at the base of your skull as you waited in line at the reception desk to return your visitor security badge.

The tour of the facility seemed to have been drug out longer than it needed. Tony had appeared overeager to show off every little gadget or trinket. Or maybe he just liked to hear himself talk.

When Timmons excepted the lunch invitation after the tour was completed, you felt the urge to run down to the armory, grab a gun, and shoot yourself in the foot. You were kicking yourself for ever agreeing to come on this dumb tour.

As the line slowly dragged forward, the muffled noise of men’s voices caught your ear. It sounded like an argument. Your line of sight followed to where the altercation originated.

Standing twenty feet away was Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes, clearly disagreeing.

Your breath stilled as you watched the two super soldiers quarrel in a near-stage-whisper. What could they be fighting about?

From your place in line, you saw Bucky shake his head adamantly, his chestnut hair swishing about his shoulders. He might have even stamped his foot like a child, but you were too preoccupied with the look of abject horror on his face. He turned away as if to flee, but his friend caught him by the shoulder to stop him.

Were you causing this reaction from him?

You looked to your right to see if there was possibly someone else. All you noticed, though, was an empty space. Had you hurt Bucky’s feelings that badly? Your stomach clenched. The last thing you wanted was to be on an Avengers’ shit-list.

Glancing back to the two men, you caught Steve gesturing Bucky forward with short sweeping motions of his hands. Bucky shook his head again, stubbornly.

Even at this distance, you could feel the frustration rolling off Captain America.

Like a sucker-punch to the gut, you suddenly became very aware you were eavesdropping on Captain America and his best friend.

Your cheeks heated instantaneously, embarrassed of your staring. You shouldn’t be spying on them, you admonished. No matter how much your curiosity is piqued.

It was none of your business.

You turned away from them, facing the reception desk again.

As hard as you tried not to pay attention, you could still see what looked like wild gesturing from the corner of your eye.

What if they started fighting? Shouldn’t you be conscious of your surroundings for your own safety? You fidgeted in your spot as you debated your moral compass.

Fuck it, you thought.

As you peered over to the two super soldiers, Steve shoved Bucky forward gently, causing the latter to trip over his booted feet. Bucky glared back at his friend, his hands clenching into fists. Steve shooed him further. You could barely make out the word “Go!” on his lips.

As if in slow motion, you eyed Bucky taking step after step toward you. Was he coming over here?

Once you realized what was happening, your heart plummeted to your knees as your head whipped around to the front of the line.

Bucky Barnes was definitely walking over to you.

Had he noticed you staring?

You tried to stabilize your heart rate with slow, easy breaths, but Bucky was beside you much sooner than you could imagine.

A waft of aftershave hit your nose- woodsy and deliciously masculine. Your stomach swooped.

God, he smelled good.

Without having to turn your head, you could feel his brawny mass hovering near you.

How do you play this?

Perplexed?

“Oh, my gosh! I had no idea you’d be here!” Of course, he wouldn’t believe that. This is where the Avengers lived. He’d probably think you were a stalker.

Apologetic?

“I’m so sorry Peter and I made fun of you! Will you ever forgive me?” Nah, too needy or clingy.

Or--

Before you could think of any other ways to portray the situation, you heard a large gush of air escape from Bucky. Was he nervous?

“Hey-hey, (Y/N),” he said, voice shaky.

You gazed to your left. Bucky looked as white as a ghost. Had his ego taken that big of a hit?

At that moment, you wanted to do nothing more than wrap him in your arms and tell him sorry, and everything would be okay. You couldn’t, of course. You didn’t know the guy. So you settled for the next best thing.

You smiled at him beatifically. “Hello, Mr. Barnes.”

Like a veil had been pulled, his demeanor changed instantly. He returned the smile. “Ja-” he started but scrunched his nose as if he’d made a mistake. “Please. Call me Bucky.”

“Okay, Bucky,” you replied.

Timmons turned around, ahead of you in line, and eyeballed you. You gave him a dismissive look, praying he wouldn’t butt in.

“So, you here visiting?” Bucky asked, observing the badge in your hand.

“Sorta. It’s a work thing,” you remarked, waving the plastic fob in the air. “Stark Industries has hired my firm as their PR representative. It was signing day.”

“Ah,” Bucky said, nodding in understanding.

“And I got the tour and lunch courtesy of Tony Stark,” you added.

“Oh, yeah?” Bucky’s eyebrows raised in interest. “What did you think?”

“Honestly?” You watched Bucky shake his head in agreement. “It was extremely overwhelming. How do you not get lost in this place?”

Bucky laughed. Crinkles appeared in the corners of his eyes, yet he looked so boyish. He was beautiful.

“When I first got here, I did several times,” he huffed. “Every hallway looks exactly the same!”

“Right?!” you exclaimed. “I kept thanking my lucky stars that I had a tour guide!”

Timmons rolled his eyes and pivoted, facing front.

“Steve had to draw me a map to help me find my living quarters after the third time,” Bucky confessed, running a hand through his hair.

“Oh, no!” you empathized, bringing a hand up to cover your mouth. “That must have been so embarrassing!”

“Bird brain caught wind of it and gave me shit for weeks,” he lamented.

You gave him a confused look, not understanding who or what he was referring to.

Realizing his mistake, Bucky corrected, “Sorry. Bird brain is Sam.”

“Because he’s Falcon?”

Bucky bobbed his head yes, looking a little sheepish.

“It’s clever,” you grinned. “I like it.”

Bucky reciprocated the smile, and your chest warmed. It was a feeling you usually felt while texting James. Light and airy.

Finally making it to the reception desk, you relinquished your security badge to the pretty blonde in the too-tight sweater set. She handed you a clipboard to initial and fill out your departure time.

While signing, you surveyed the blonde as Bucky stepped closer. Her eyelashes fluttered rapidly, and she bit down on her bottom lip. Was she giving him bedroom eyes?

A new kind of warmth flooded your body. It felt a lot like jealousy as it snaked its way up to your ribs and circled your collarbones, which was absurd because you had no claim to this man. You’d met him one other time. Why would you feel this way?

Shoving the clipboard back at the receptionist, you spun toward Bucky. He regarded her politely and nodded, “Ma’am.”

Her shoulders slumped, and a frown slithered onto her painted lips. Somehow you felt triumphant, but not sure why. Bucky hadn’t picked you over her.

Your heart thumped harder in your chest as you walked side by side with Bucky, nearing the exit. You were suddenly overcome with the feeling of apologizing. What had you told James if you ever saw Bucky again? Apologize profusely and ask him to coffee.

You smiled at Bucky once again as he rubbed a hand across the back of his neck. The sound of a throat clearing resonated nearby. It wasn’t until you glanced up did you register Timmons standing so close. You had nearly forgotten about him.

Trying to gather your courage, you glimpsed between the two men. Bucky was squinting suspiciously at Timmons, and it made you chuckle lightly. “Easy tiger,” you assured. “That’s my boss, Roger Timmons.”

Bucky’s blue eyes widened a fraction, and he raised a hand in hello. “Sir.”

Timmons raised his chin in acknowledgment before looking down at his watch. You took it as his way of telling you to hurry up.

Okay, it’s now or never.

“Would you like to go to coffee with me?” Bucky blurted out, cheeks coloring pink.

Your eyes roamed across his handsome face. The boyishness was back, along with a touch of uncertainty. He was sweet, regardless of what the media claimed about him. Your lips curled up into a broad smile. “You read my mind,” you revealed, then winced. “That’s not one of your superpowers, is it?”

Bucky tittered. “No, no mind-reading.”

“Good,” you said, relieved.

“Whaddya say? Coffee?”

You dipped your head in a slow yes. “It’ll have to be after work, though.” You motioned over your shoulder with your thumb. “The slave driver over there is taking me back to the office to put me to work.”

Giggling, as you heard a scoff come from behind where you were standing, you reached into your purse and pulled out a pen and an old receipt. You quickly jotted down your work address. Handing it to Bucky, you began moving towards Timmons. “I get off at five,” you called. “I’ll meet you in the lobby.” You waved goodbye.

Bucky smirked. “Don’t work too hard!”

You flashed him one last smile before disappearing through the exit door.

You had a coffee date with Bucky Barnes!

You couldn’t believe it! The giddiness swelled inside you.

You gazed at Timmons’ profile as you walked to the waiting car parked at the curb. He had that look on his face.

It was a long drive back to the city. There was no way you could endure it if he started up now.

You gave a stern look before you stated, “Whatever you’re thinking, keep it to yourself.”

Timmons threw his hands up in mock surrender. “I wasn’t thinking anything.”

“Uh-huh,” you said dubiously. Timmons smiled smugly as you both climbed into the town car.

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Chapter One: Airdrop

Warnings: death, a little bit of angst,

Word Count: 603

a/n: this is my first series i hope you like it 🤍☁︎

Marlia High was your average highschool. Teenagers making out in the hallways, teachers yelling at students for having their phones out, the usual. You walked through the crowded halls, navigating your way towards your friend group.

They were waiting at the usual spot, the door next to the courtyard. Since school ended 5 minutes ago you guys decided to go out to eat somewhere.

“Hey Y/n”, Eren called out. He was slouched against the wall, the others standing next to him. You waved and the rest of them turned to greet you. Armin, Mikasa, Jean, Historia, and Ymir all said there ‘hellos’.

“ What’s up guys?”, you ask, walking over to them. Jean shoved his hands in his pockets.

“Nothing much, waiting for Sasha again,” he replied, “and she said she wouldn’t be late this time”. Everybody laughed at him, Sasha always was late whenever the group proposed going out somewhere. She never came on time, usually because her and her boyfriend Connie would either talk in the hallways for hours, or she would be staying overtime in a classroom finishing up work because she didn’t make it on time.

“Yea well I’m starting to get hungry, so she better hurry up”, Ymir stated, rubbing her stomach. Her hair was put into a messy ponytail, her outfit, khakis and the school polo.

Armin looked at his phone before speaking up,“Maybe we should wait a bit longer for her”. He was always nice like that, probably the kindest out of all of us.

“Yea, she wouldn’t take this long, she’s probably just getting something from her locker”, Mikasa chimed in, holding her backpack straps lightly.

Eren groaned, rolling his eyes, “Ugh fine, but if she doesn’t come in 5 minutes she’s paying for all of us”.

Honestly you were kinda wondering too where Sasha was, but she was probably coming soon. The group talked for a while, complaining about Mr. Collin’s homework assignment, and talking about the latest gossip around town.

Everyone’s phone buzzed at the same time. That was strange. You saw a notification that somebody airdropped a picture to you, to everyone.

“What’s this?”, Historia asked. Her blue phone case shining in the light.

“Probably someone accidentally sent it”, Jean replied, “Let’s see what it is”.

You pressed the confirmation and looked at the picture. Everybody’s mouth hung open. It couldn’t be. Sasha’s body laid on the ground, bloodied by the dumpster behind the school. You dropped your phone, covering your mouth. The group was silent, nobody knowing what to say. You looked up at Historia who had tears welling up in her eyes, then over at Mikasa who was still looking at her phone, holding it tightly.

“What. the. hell.”, Ymir annunciated, her voice cracking a little bit. She closed her phone, looking up at everyone’s faces.

“How, what..”, Jean could barely speak, not even letting out a proper sentence. “Maybe it’s a j-“.

He was cutoff by another buzz from our phones. Another airdrop notification, this time a link to Tumblr account. The account named The Big Group Secrets. You furrowed you eyebrows at the name but the recent and only post made your body tense up.

You felt your heart drop. What was that supposed to mean. Everyone’s faces were the same as yours shocked and confused.

“She was the only way to get your attention, you guys the group that everyone wants to be in, the definition of highschool friends. Little do they know you’re scummiest people to even walk in the halls of Marlia High and I’ll show everyone around here”.

-M. H. S

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oh I'm interested in the tag novel on how fan spaces becoming more meat spacey benefits the producers!! also happy Halloween! 🖤🧡🖤🧡

It’s not a particularly academic argument---I don’t have sources to back this up, I haven’t done research. I’m also wary of painting a picture of “fandom” as anything more than a lot of weasels in a trenchcoat, because that word means a lot of things to a lot of different people, some of whom hate each other. But as long as everybody understands that this is the ethnographical equivalent of drunkenly throwing darts at a copy of the AJS...sure.

[under a cut because it’s long and baseless, and also I had a lot of thoughts and feelings. Sorry.]

My basic premise is that fandom occupies “fanspace.” Fanspace is not solely online, since fanzines and conventions are fanspace too, but since the 90s it has become increasingly and primarily internet based. While some websites are designated fanspace (e.g., AO3, ff.net, stand-alone fansites) fanspace is not necessarily contiguous with a hosting site (e.g., there is fanspace on tumblr, but tumblr is not a fanspace). Fanspace is really just those urls, message boards, threads, blogs, accounts, etc. designated for fandom and/or where fannish activity takes place.

Its deeply-rooted internet presence has allowed fanspace and what I call “meatspace” to operate on different rules. Meatspace has always informed fan spaces, of course---disclaimers on fic to ward off accusations of copyright infringement, for example, or asking readers to attest that they’re over 13 before reading an R-rated fic. But traditionally, fandom has accepted as norm things that don’t apply to meatspace: fake names and anonymous posts, pictures of someone else’s characters, lengthy self-published stories featuring violence, explicit sex, sometimes even gay people. Fanspace is in many ways an artificial carve out from meatspace, where fewer of its rules apply; fanspace supplements these with its own norms.

The division between fanspace and meatspace is not and has never been a clear, settled line, however. Debates on how much meatspace should inform fan spaces have been raging for as long as I’ve been on the internet, and to be fair to meatspace, it has made good points. (I’m not sure if “don’t be racist,” counts as a meatspace rule given...racism, but fandom frequently reacts to it like a meatspace intrusion so I think it should count.)

However, what used to be intra-fandom conversations have become increasingly more public, for a few reasons:

Part of this is just the natural development of the internet---it’s not like fanspace was ever hidden, but there just weren’t as many people online, and stuff was harder to find in a pre-google, pre-algorithmic promotion world.

Part of it is the changing architecture of fanspace---websites shutting down, Strikethrough, and the tumblr porn ban have all, in their own ways, served to alter fanspace and move towards more and more public-facing sites.

But part of it---and this is the biggest factor, I think---is that over the last two decades, we’ve seen content-producers** increasingly willing to engage with fandom.

On its face, this sounds good! After all, fans like people who make things, people who make things want fans. What could possibly be wrong about both sides recognizing their mutualism?

I think this works when the most interaction you could expect with a creator was showing up a bookstore to ask Tamora Pierce a question, or writing fanmail to Paul Gross. But it falls apart when you consider just how public-facing fanspaces have become, and just how much interest content-producers have taken in cultivating the fannish audience. Content-producers engaging directly with fandom are a thumb on the scales of mutualism, and a heavy one. After all, one side of the relationship is a loosely collected anarchic cult, migrating along a series of websites they mostly don’t control, making do with nothing but ongoing wank and general obsessive tendencies.

The other side has D*sney, Harper Collins, and Comcast.

That thumb on the scale has paid off, more than I think even the content-producers could have anticipated. Fandom is good at loving what it loves and talking loudly about it, but capitalism is way better at doing what it does---turning everything into profit. So now people pay $100 a pop to go to Harry Potter World. Conventions are well-produced extensions of their parent companies, raking in money and providing a blitz of publicity---directly to the source most likely to take your messaging and amplify it. Make a superhero movie and the minute the trailer drops you conjure up thousands of online fans will be your de facto, unpaid publicists---generating interest via fan art, fic, and controversy with minimal corporate effort. Of course fic writers who have established online presence are the darlings of the publishing world---what publisher wouldn’t want a built-in hype machine for a new author?

And, just coincidentally, of course, fanspace and meatspace are drawn closer together, that line further blurred by this new and very, very interested third party.

I’m not saying this is some big conspiracy. No tv exec is out there rubbing their hands together and cackling evilly about how they’re going ruin fandom. But in exchange for meatspace validation and an endless stream of new content, I think fandom has ceded important ground. And I think it’s changing fanspaces, even now:

One of the founding rules of fanspace is that it does not generate money---you risk real copyright infringement that way. (This isn’t to say that money hasn’t been involved in a few massive fandom scandals, but it’s not typical.) Increasingly, however, the grumblings about getting paid for fan art and fic have gotten louder, probably due to meatspace’s general emphasis on the side-hustle, and seeing content-producers churn out more and more fan-like things for a profit.

(It seems unimaginable now, but once upon a time the HP Lexicon was an invaluable resource, a rare unicorn in a pre-wikipedia age. Now, D*sney wouldn’t even think of releasing a tentpole movie without a novelization, a picture dictionary, and a tie-in novel.)

Also, those calls for fan art that “might be featured” by a content-producer are (rightfully) scorned for asking for work pro bono. But the takeaway seems to be “we deserve to be paid for our fan art!” rather than “how dare the content-producer intrude on our fanspace and its activities!”

Fanspaces have never expected or required legal ID, permitting anonymous or pseudonymous activity in order to protect individual privacy. And while there’s still no expectation you link your legal ID with your online/fan ID, the norm has shifted---it’s no longer considered gauche to go by your legal ID, even necessary when turning mutuals and followers into an “audience.” We’re not anonymous fans, engaged in our mutual hobby anymore---some people are doing that, and others are potential content-creators.

I’d argue that even purity wank if an example of this new blurring, classic “don’t like don’t read” arguments taking on new life now that meatspace is so nearby---we wouldn’t want to offend the neighbors!

Even these things benefit the content-producers: the more fan-like stuff they churn out, the less fanspaces will create on their own; the more fanspaces that emphasize linking legal ID to online ID, the less people will be able to engage in fan activities privately; the more meatspace rules assert themselves on fanspaces, the less fanspace we’ll have.

Now, maybe this is just...evolution. As I said before, there is a porous and shifting border between fanspace and meatspace. I remember angry threads about whether m/m fics should be rated higher than a het equivalent; I remember the tagging debates, the incredible resistance to accurately describing what happens in your fic. Maybe in a few years, my longing to return to a more separate fanspace will seem equally as embarrassing, incorrect, and unnecessary.

But right now, it feels more like an erosion---one fandom is about as willing or able to resist as the tide.

** “Content maker” is a term that’s come to mean “anyone who makes something” which is sheer nonsense. There’s a difference between publishers/television producers/movie studios and someone recording a podcast in their bathroom. There’s even a difference between D*sney, a vast undead creative monopoly animated by copyright protections, and someone like James Patterson, who uses a stable of ghostwriters to churn out “his” works. We shouldn’t be scrutinizing all these things them the same way, it’s lazy, and intellectually dishonest.

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