#as demonstrated here

[yepthatsacowalright]

[x]

#don't mind me just sticking this post to the inside middle school locker door that is my tumblr #the 10 years 1 day kismet #the robin4ever #</3 #<3 #james wolk #hamish linklater #the crazy ones #i'm jealous he has a therapist still doing sessions irl #mine's switching to telehealth and it is not the Same #as demonstrated here #sometimes the process of walking back out into the world afterwards is part of the therapy Experience™

[nimmo-tube-cheese]

Noo! My lucky charm!

#neopets #i will have little items that i like in my inventory #just for the hell of it #i call them my lucky charms #even if they aren't very lucky #as demonstrated here #i have other lucky charms that I also like #they make me happy to look at so I keep them on me

[muffinlance]

I'm barely to the massacre and I can already tell I'm going to be screaming at every this-makes-no-sense decision made by the writers (your temple is under violent attack, and you evacuate the kids... to a barely enclosed corner in a prominent temple room? Instead of to the hundreds of sky bison that were highlighted as flying in earlier? Why?) (And Aang left to clear his head and think instead of to run from his duties? That's such a less compelling plot arc?) (And the show had him briefly monologue about being a goofy kid who loves pies and his friends instead of using the extended temple scene to show any of that? Didn't want to pay more child actors, did you, Netflix?)

Yeah I'm just. Going to be screaming at the screen instead of enjoying this. Different decisions aren't necessarily bad, but when those decisions seem to be in the direction of "show a man burning alive before we even get to the on-screen massacre" this is just... not the show for me.

#The original show emphasized the horror and sadness of the massacre by putting it in the context of people and culture lost #This one is going the Show People We Don't Know Burning Alive Clearly That Will Make More Of An Impression route #Gyatso's bones will always be the epitome of heart break #get out of here with your on-screen immolations just to demonstrate literally flashy cgi #Anyway someone tell me if the Omashu episode is worth watching in isolation I've seen gifs of Zuko getting brow-beat by Random Market Lady #And that DOES sound hilarious #But is the rest of the episode worth it or should I stick to gifs #This is like trying to decide if a barely-canon-divergent fanfic is worth slogging through #For its five fun new scenes #When the rest is just The Same As The Original But Worse #avatar the last airbender #atla #natla #netflix atla

[ohhgingersnaps]

I'm seeing some frustration over fandom creatives expressing anger or distress over people feeding their work into ChatGPT. I'm not responding to OP directly because I don't want to derail their post (their intent was to provide perspective on how these models actually work, and reduce undue panic, which is all coming from a good place!), but reassurances that the addition of our work will have a negligible impact on the model (which is true at this point) does kind of miss the point? Speaking for myself, my distress is less about the practical ramifications of feeding my fic into ChatGPT, and more about the principle of someone taking my work and deliberately adding it to the dataset.

Like, I fully realize that my work is a drop in the bucket of ChatGPT's several-billion-token training set! It will not make a demonstrable practical difference in the output of the model! That doesn't change the fact that I do not want my work to be part of the set of data that the ChatGPT devs use for training.

According to their FAQ, ChatGPT can and will use user input to train itself. The terms and conditions explicitly state that they save your chats to help train and improve their models. (You can opt-out, but sharing is the default.) So if you're feeding a fic into ChatGPT, unless you've explicitly opted out, you are handing it to the ChatGPT team and giving them permission to use it for training, whether or not that was your intent.

Now, will one fic make a demonstrable difference in the output of the model? No! But as the person who spent a year and a handful of months laboring over my fic, it makes a difference to me whether my fic, specifically, is being used in the dataset. If authors are allowed to have a problem with the ChatGPT devs for scraping millions of fics without permission, they're also allowed to have a problem with folks handing their individual fics over via the chat interface.

I do want to add that if you've done this to a fic, please don't take this as me being upset with you personally! Folks are still learning new information and puzzling out what "good" vs. "bad" use is, from an ethical standpoint. (Heck, my own perspective on this is deeply based on my own subjective feelings!) And we certainly shouldn't act like one person feeding a fic into ChatGPT has the same practical negative impact, on a broad societal scale, as a team using a web crawler to scrape five billion pieces of artwork for Stable Diffusion.

The point is that fundamentally, an ethical dataset should be obtained with the consent of those providing the data. Just because it's normalized for our data to be scraped without consent doesn't make it ethical, and this is why ChatGPT gives users the option to not share data— there is actually a standardized way (robots.txt) for website servers to set policies for how bots/crawlers can interact with them, for exactly this reason— and I think fandom artists and authors are well within their rights to express a desire for opting out to be the socially-respected default within the fandom community.

#maybe this is an ice cold take but i've been meaning to go off about datasets for a while so here we are i guess #i can respect what op's frustrations were and what they were trying to get at! but also i do not want my fic in chatgpt's dataset #regardless of whether it will make a practical difference #and again i don't think the people doing this are necessarily bad actors or having a huge negative social impact #chatgpt #chat gpt #ai #fandom #negative #(possibly! i'm trying not to be!! especially because this is very feelings-based and there are many things i am not considering) #the model may not demonstrably change because of your fic. but it does have your fic now and that does matter maybe idk

[cosmicquilt]

Ready...Start...Fight!

#bsd #bsd dazai #bungou stray dogs #soukoku #bsd chuuya #I needed to practice my side profiles anyways so. here's a demonstration. Any advice or tips appreciated

[mmelolabelle]

look I don’t know what award-winning journalist and author daniel molloy said to make louis look like a kicked puppy and armand to huff like a 1950s housewife whose appetisers were just insulted —

but he was absolutely right and they deserved it

#iwtv trailer!!!!! #if old man daniel has no fans it’s because i’m dead #louis looking SUPER happy and well adjusted here #meanwhile i need no dialogue to know that armand is probably demonstrating that while he may be physically older than his canon counterpart #he still doesn’t have a fully developed pre-frontal cortex and it’s everyone’s problem #armand #daniel molloy #the vampire armand #louis de pointe du lac #armandaniel #danlou #interview with the vampire #amc iwtv

[gynoidgearhead]

tradwife is a neogender for mostly cis people. change my mind

#i am not sure how serious i am about this but it's also just like. extremely funny that cis people are trying to earn #like prestige classes of cisgender heteronormative genders. #why yes tell me how you're an alpha sigma sigma male. tell me about your greek letters and your wolves and your hot take on masculinity #why yes tell me about how you're not like all the other girls but only in a way that only bolsters and sanctifies your femininity especiall #like i'm not being mean here it's just. extremely funny and really demonstrates to me that they are not that far from getting trans people #like. i think a lot of modern transphobia is cognitive dissonance because so many of them are so close to getting it. yet so far. #it's like. cis rebound. #gender #shitposting

[formulaonedirection]

World's most irritating man vs his Australian team mate

Bonus: Australians React

#lando norris #oscar piastri #daniel ricciardo #the way my photoshop crashed in the middle of making this... #anyway i think this is clear demonstration of 2022 lando vs 2023 lando #very obsessed with this new lando character of sticking with the most annoying Bit #that's a great one i use it as a weapon against my little brother all the time #vs stupid and also stupid last year just doing dumber 2 dumbest communication #some lovely team dynamics here #nadia's things #this is for amanda <3

[zukkaoru]

i do think there's a fascinating parallel between teruko and fukuzawa here. fukuzawa can't do what needs to be done because of his love for fukuchi; teruko does what she has to despite her love for fukuchi.

fukuzawa doesn't have the military mindset that teruko does. his one wish was to be able to protect those he cared about. fukuzawa is a good person, but there are certain people he values above the rest of the world, and when he's forced to make the choice between saving someone he cares about and saving the world, he can't do it. there's a reason he doesn't like organizations and a reason he refused to join the army with fukuchi; he's literally not cut out for it. and because of this, he really isn't cut out to lead the army of mankind either. if he can't kill fukuchi, who nearly destroyed the world, why should he be given the one order?

teruko, on the other hand, can put her feelings aside and make the hard choice and do what has to be done. arguably, she would be far more suited to lead the army of mankind because of this. fukuchi needed fukuzawa to kill him to fully prove himself capable of using the one order and leading the world's army. but he didn't. he didn't want that anyway, and it's not a role he's cut out for, even though fukuchi so desperately wanted him to be. fukuchi was banking on the fact that fukuzawa would be worthy of the role he gave him. and teruko knows that. teruko knows fukuzawa needed to be the one to kill fukuchi. and she knew that he couldn't do it, but she could, and she could give him the credit so they are the only two who know the truth. so the rest of the world will follow fukuchi's plan out after his death and decide fukuzawa is capable and worthy of a role he never wanted, and a role he shouldn't have

#bsd 113 #bsd spoilers #fukuzawa yukichi #teruko okura #bungou stray dogs #bsd #grace reads bsd #hello grace here #ummmm yeah i just think this is a really interesting parallel between these two here #and demonstrates how different teruko (someone from the military) deals with feelings coming in the way of justice #vs how fukuzawa (someone who never wanted to be part of the military) deals with it #fukuzawa IS best suited for leading the ada #fukuchi couldn't see that bc he was too busy imagining fukuzawa as the person he wanted him to be #instead of the person he actually is

[etoilesombre]

[id: a set of eight images from Black Sails. The first image shows Mrs. Hudson speaking to Woodes Rogers, with the text "She said you should trust that her commitment to you remains inviolable." The second image shows Flint and Silver together in Madi's house after her presumed death. The third image shows Eleanor in the fort firing on Rogers' ship, with the text "and that this is no betrayal..." The fourth image shows Flint taking the cache ashore on Skeleton Island, viewed through a spyglass. The fifth image shows Eleanor and Rogers talking in bed, with the text "...but an act of love." The sixth image shows Flint's face during the Dragons speech. The seventh image shows Eleanor lying dead in Flint's arms, with the text "An act she is determined to see through to its end." The eighth image shows Silver pointing a pistol at Flint on Skeleton Island. /end id]

#this parallel absolutely fucking destroyed me on the last rewatch #i dont usually pay much attention to eleanor and rogers #because well #i'd rather not #but the way eleanor and flint are both so desperate in the last season #and act in ways that to them demonstrate love and commitment #but the people around them cant see and accept that #for their own reasons #and its not enough #love isn't enough #i'm having a time over here #the way they still feel an affinity for each other even when they're on different sides of the war #there's no hatred there #oh yeah by the way #if anybody makes this about saying silver is the same as rogers i'm fucking coming for you #its not that simple #parallels exist to show contrast as well as similarity #and motivations matter in this show #black sails #james flint #john silver #eleanor guthrie

[pridoo]

this blog started as an Obito/Kakashi blog twelve years ago (yeah……) and since we've been re-watching our high school era animes with the guy I slid down the memory lane just this once!

(back to star wars tomorrow lol)

#obikaka #kakaobi #kakashi x obito #my art #naruto #everyone who is losing their shit thinking I suddenly turned back into a naruto blog: I'm cringe but I'm free #…I'm seeing a pattern in my otps hmm. masked guy and a guy with a dark heritage. #my first ever completed fan comic was an obikaka thingy #it's still on deviantart lol #and I think it's not that bad! #anyway here they are demonstrating what they would prefer to go into their a #Kakashi #Obito

[tinyq]

My contribution to the D/Hr Advent 2023 fest this year! (If you haven't already, go check out all the pretty art and lovely stories!!) Again, thank you to everyone who nominated me!

Happy Holidays!!

#dramione #dramione fanart #dramione art #draco/hermione #draco and hermione #dhr art #hermione/draco #crookshanks #Christmas snuggles #Prompt: eggnog and mittens #Hermione did not bake those cookies. #She's a menace in the kitchen #Draco has warded the stove/oven so she cannot cause any more damage #If you think you recognize that Crooks you're wrong #I spent like 5 hours making a gif #its too big #so I gave up #maybe next year I'll get it figured out? #Here's to 2024 being less of a dumpster fire than 2023 #Though if the trend since 2016 has demonstrated anything... #This is fine. 🔥 #procreate #tiny q #a touch of photoshop #I forgot how many wips I have on my iPad... #Maybe 2024 I'll feel like finishing them instead of crocheting

[daily-hanamura]

#persona 4 #p4 #persona 4 golden #p4g #hanamura yosuke #souyo #this scene revealed so much of their relationship in one go #yosuke has already long been established as yu's confidant at this point but this moment really drove it home! #yosuke anticipates each of yu's behaviour #but even though he disagrees with it he doesn't judge yu for it #even going so far as to help yu hide it from the rest of the team #its debatable whether thats necessarily a good thing #but it demonstrates yosuke's unwavering loyalty to yu while also making clear his disappointment #and of course yosuke has much to feel sad and disappointment over - one the one hand it felt like yu didnt trust him/them enough #he phrased it as a matter of “you should trust us more” as opposed to “you should trust ME more” because talking about trust in the singula #would hit too close to home and risk making too many demands of yu. demands that yosuke didnt feel he was allowed to make #afterall why would yu trust him but not the others? but the team is made up of other more reliable people than he was #and bringing up the team gives yosuke a defensive cover #so as usual it's part of yosuke's self doubt creeping in #but theres also honesty here - yosuke wasnt here to accost him or be angry at him; he really showed up just to make sure that yu was safe #and once hes confirmed it yosuke falls back to his usual habits of cracking a joke to lighten the mood #to end the conversation on a joke feels like its as much a service for yu as it is for himself #we know yosuke tends to joke to make the people around him feel better and i think in this instance he was also trying to cheer yu up #whether it was to make up for yosuke approaching him or to alleviate any guilt yu might feel #or even to manage whatever it was that adachi might have said to yu (which yosuke undoubtedly picked up on) #yosuke doesn't let his disagreement with yu get in the way of supporting his partner #to some extent i also wonder if this loyalty was also coloured by their previous interaction with namatame and Yosuke's anger #it's been less than a week since that incident after all and i think theres this contradiction for yosuke #and i think there was probably a contradiction in Yosuke's heart in that moment: he doesn't trust himself to make good judgements #but as much as he'd rather take yu's lead in this instance he also feels like his leader was wrong here

[arctixout]

same nace, same

#joker out #kris guštin #nace jordan #i invoke my right to remain silent #anyway here we see nace jordan demonstrating how kris girlies reacted seeing. uh. that. #*my gifs #source: not google drive google drive

[prismartist]

everyone @ elquackity: he would not fucking say that

#ive barely been here ten minutes and i can definitely tell thats not q he's so bad at this lmfao #“it's jsut a demonstration” girl you are so a government plant #mcyt #qsmp #unintelligible rants #prismblogging #cursing

[neversetyoufree]

[Image Description: A panel from The Case Study of Vanitas. The Chasseur Ogier waves and says "Your clothes say you're dham information brokers. Is that correct?" End Description.]

Y'know I always thought that Dante and co's little matching suits were really cute, but now that we know it's a dictated uniform rather than a choice the trio made to match each other, it's honestly a little unsettling.

I know lots of jobs have uniforms, but given the power dynamics involved, something about it is just. hm.

#as demonstrated here. it makes them so visible as ~Machina's dhams~ #which I suppose is both a blessing (under protection) and a curse (draws attention) #plus again. the power dynamics. ugh #vnc #vanitas no carte #the case study of vanitas #vnc spoilers #vnc 62.5 #noé arqueueviste