#credit og source if you use

[mercedesaria]

#boy meets world #jonathan turner #shawn hunter #anthony tyler quinn #bmw #rider strong #mr turner #pod meets world #angela moore #will friedle #eric matthews #trina mcgee #don't strip the link and claim it as yours #instagram #credit og source if you use

[innielove]

this. this is why i love making gifs.

#sometimes you gotta give yourself some credit for what you do #i used sooooo many curves and gradient map layers for these gifs slkjdfkdl #these are not the best colorings i ever made for sure but i still want to post these here because im proud of what i did them lol #im very happy with how i managed to improve my coloring over the years #and idk these were a lot of fun to make <3 #i enjoy a good coloring nightmare challenge #also lowkey unrelated but i hope everyone who says ccs dont do shit and giffing is easy has a bad day today :)) #i linked the og post in the source and while you are there you can also find the link to this yt vid <3 #shut up vivien no one cares #not skz

[adulterate]

i lose a little more faith in humanity every time i see someone quote the fanon wiki in a fandom space as if it's an actual valid source of information

#look up the wiki contributors' sources i am begging you cuz people will just pull shit out of their ass #ik im guilty of crediting wikipedia for school projects but those dont actually matter.. plus i check multiple sources #and when the info comes from an official paper or textbook i literally cant check the og source without a lot of effort #but if u use wiki quotes as arguments when ur talking about a video game or show its like JUST CHECK #look for the episode/scene/whatever that supposedly contains the information. dont trust wiki editors i used to be one <- dumb as hell

[offtorivendell]

My thoughts on the Bryce, Azriel and Nesta HOFAS bonus chapter...

Disclaimer: as suggested by the title, the following discusses the Walmart HOFAS bonus chapter featuring Azriel, Bryce and Nesta. I haven't read the main text, so it won't feature anything related to that, but there are massive Maasverse and HOFAS spoilers ahead regardless. Please beware.

These are just my initial thoughts, not expanded upon in any substantial way and, as usual, I could always be way off the mark.

Also, yes, fair warning that I'll be mentioning the ACOTAR characters a lot. If that's not your jam, and you'd rather avoid any of the possible implications of the crossover, then I'd give this post a miss. On the other hand, if you're interested in how CC/HOFAS may affect Prythian going forward, please read on.

Music:

The Stone Mother song has me 👀 especially as the stone and water were "talking" at the start.

@cassianfanclub and @wingedblooms have already posted about the Stone Mother (here and here); @ladynightcourt3 has found the Phrygian goddess Cybele, also known as the "Mountain Mother," who sounds very relevant.

That being said, am I crazy to think Elain could have been listening in? Is Azriel stone and Elain water? His stone siphons - which Elain called beautiful, did she hear their song, as kin? - and Elain possibly as water? Was she using salt water to boost her powers, or a reflection pool to scry, and keep tabs on her sister and friend?

Or is it the space between linking worlds? Are the old gods talking?

Alternatively, could stone be referring to Nuala and Cerridwen, who are capable of manifesting stone around themselves and others (ACOTAR).

Is this what SJM meant when she said we'd see Elain in "some form" in the next book?

@psychee92 said she wished that SJM had somehow included Mr Brightside, and now I wish the same; even a mention of indie rock. 😭

Josie and Laurel - "He/god will add/increase" "(laurel) trees/victory"? Elain? Lol sorry, but it's either giving gardener, or Elain killing Hybern.

Wraith-like harmonies? After the description of Josie and Laurel's voices? It's crack, but is it a metaphor for Nuala and Cerridwen?

The musical similarities between what Juniper dances to and Prythian's music?!

Azriel's humming/singing made the shadows dance, once more suggesting that shadows dancing is a response to power, not mate bonds

The music Az liked was death metal. Could this link to any sort of metal artefact, like an iron crown for grounding? Or wyrdstone jewellery?

The glass coffin?

"Nineteenth century literature presents the glass coffin as a prison within which sleeping women are frequently mistaken for dead or vice versa." (Source). It's giving Sleeping Beauty (credit to @elriell for the OG SB theory), and a little Snow White.

Check out this tale from The Brothers Grimm, which sounds... suspiciously relevant to Elain.

@cassianfanclub also suggested that it's giving necromancer vibes, and I'd love that for Elain.

Feyre once said she could sleep for a hundred years after coming back from the Prison, right before going to the Hewn City in ACOWAR. After Elain had left the room, and before Feyre went to check in on her to find her "asleep—breathing."

Let's not forget Elain's assistance in rescuing the human COTB, Briar, from Hybern's camp.

Will Elain prick herself while weaving?

I was tired enough that I could barely summon the breath to ask, “Do you think the Cauldron made her insane?” “I think she went through something terrible,” Lucien countered carefully. “And it wouldn’t hurt to have your best healer do a thorough examination.” I rubbed my hand over my face. “All right.” My breath snagged on the words. “Tomorrow morning.” I managed a shallow nod, rallying my strength to rise from the chair. Heavy—there was an old heaviness in me. Like I could sleep for a hundred years and it wouldn’t be enough. “Please tell me,” Lucien said when I crossed the threshold into the foyer. “What the healer says. And if—if you need me for anything.” I gave him one final nod, speech suddenly beyond me. I knew Nesta still wasn’t asleep as I walked past her room. Knew she’d heard every word of our conversation thanks to that Fae hearing. And I knew she heard as I listened at Elain’s door, knocked once, and poked my head in to find her asleep—breathing. - ACOWAR, chapter 27

Azriel specifically said Nesta "beheaded" Hybern, after looking down at Truth-Teller.

This is not Azriel giving Nesta credit for the assassination. If anything he's hiding Elain's involvement.

I've said before, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who has done so, but I would expect Azriel to protect his LI with silence, whoever they are.

He had to have been thinking about Elain, who I've theorised could now/soon be known as "The Shadowsinger's Knife" after she became the "knife in the dark" in Azriel's place at the end of ACOWAR.

The young girl sitting on the mushroom:

I'm still looking into the carving of the young girl sitting on the toadstool with the hound sprawled on the ground beside her, as I find it really interesting. My initial thought was that it seemed like a convenient place to drop a mention of a garden-like fairy carving with a hound right after Bryce had quizzed Azriel about his hypothetical mate, or lack thereof (Elain being both heavily associated with plant life, thanks to her "little garden," as well as dogs, after Nesta called her one in ACOSF).

I also wonder if it has anything to do with the Czech tale that amanita muscaria - while psychoactive/toxic - are said to protect from lightning and other ill fortune. If this is correct, it reminds me a little of the markings - wyrdmarks - on the Archeron cottage.

I don't know where Bryce and co were walking, as I have only read this bonus chapter and the prologue, but given it was carved on an underground wall, and I suspect that there are underground portals in at least the Hewn City and the Prison, and maybe the waterways... could it have been for protection against the invading lightning Asteri? Or did the Asteri (Daglan?) put them there to protect against Thunderbirds, or whatever Hunt is?

Miscellany

Maybe Bryce hadn't been sent there by Urd? Who then? Was @silverlinedeyes right all along?

The mention of pleasure halls seems like a call back to Azriel's bonus chapter, but it's also likely that they aren't all brothels (see Rita's).

Azriel listening closely about Nesta now liking being Fae; he could extrapolate her responses to Elain. Maybe she's no longer miserable, and in need of their pity. And maybe she's changed her mind from ACOFAS, when she said to Feyre "I don't want a mate, I don't want a male."

Azriel said "no" to whether or not he has a mate rather quickly. Hmm... the shadowsinger doth protest too much?

It's also potentially important that Nesta said "yes, WE are" curious about Azriel's mate status. Her, Azriel and most of the fandom! 😂

"Okay, okay," Bryce said. "But it'd be cool to know something about your world. Or about you." They were both silent. Bryce asked Nesta, "You have a mate, right?" She nodded to Azriel. "Do you?" "No." Azriel said quickly, flatly. "A partner or spouse?" "No." Bryce sighed. "Okay, then." Azriel's wings twitched. "You're incurably nosy." "I think that's the nicest thing you've said about me." Bryce winked at him. "Look, I just... I'm curious. Aren't you?" Azriel didn't answer, but Nesta said, "Yes. We are." - HOFAS, Bryce, Azriel and Nesta bonus chapter

All in all, while there were no overt mentions of Elain - and really, why would SJM do that in a series that wasn't Elain's own - imo we got the Elain-shaped holes in the text that I was hoping for, and I can't wait to see if there are any more in the full book.

#hofas spoilers #hofas bonus chapter #bryce azriel nesta bonus chapter #crescent city spoilers #hofas #hosab spoilers #acotar cc tog crossover theory #bryce quinlan #azriel shadowsinger #nesta archeron #elain archeron

[tinytowns]

* ( ❀ ˆ꒳ˆ˵ ) ♡ Ꮺ 𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗬𝗧𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗦 — 𝖠𝖫𝖦𝖮𝖱𝖨𝖳𝖧𝖬 ੭

— introducing algorithm , the latest psd template from tinytowns ! in this mini - drop you will get the algorithm template, a duplicate of kpop girl group IT/ZY's graphic promos for their upcoming jpn release of the same name ❀ it looked relatively simple to create , so i went ahead and remade the graphic into a temp with a couple of personal changes ( mainly to the left window as it was just text & looked somewhat boring in an already text - heavy graphic , though the option to switch to that is still available ) ❀ experience in photoshop is recommended for this template in order to work comfortably with drop shadows & strokes ❀ download link is in the source code + below the read more is the fonts used & some necessary credits ❀ please consider a like + reblog if you found this useful ( ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈ ♡) ~

❀    CREDITS.

based on these promos - here

pngs of clothes + accessories taken from multiple pinterest sources

highlight overlays found here , which has a link to the og creator - here

❀    FONTS.

poppins - found on go/ogl/e fonts

dark larch - found on da/font

clarity city - taken from this pack here

any questions? feel free to send me an ask !

#supportcontentcreators #photoshop #free rpc #free rph #rph #rpc #photoshop templates #muse template #photoshop template #graphic template #ps template #template psd #template #resource #rph resources #rpc resource #free resource #free psd #rph template #rpc template #tinytowns #m: template #m: resources #not me JUST realizing they switched up the spelling to a stylised version .. man

[doctorskelegoats]

The OG lyctors give it the old college try. Mercymorn will walk down to the end, with Augustine, if he comes all the way down with her. Without a doubt the most alpha couple coded characters in fiction, particularly since "those eyes" both belonged to dead cavaliers. Art credit: @chillyweirdoinacoffin (edit: actual source, oops: https://alisandre7.tumblr.com!)

In the rough draft of this one I used Homestar Runner and Marzipan for the lyctors, let me know in the tags if you want to see it.

#the mountain goats #the locked tomb #tlt #harrow the ninth #augustine the first #mercymorn the first #Tallahassee (album) #old college try

[p1nk-matter]

(hxh) PHANTOM TROUPE // KURTA CLAN theory

...debunking PT did it

So let me preface this by saying this was 100% inspired by a tiktok comment in a hxh phantom troupe's religious symbolism video back in 2021 (:/). The person who commented made such an impact I screenshotted their comments which unfortunately are not in correct order and messaged them this year (i just know they think im weird) but they never responded. I'd give their @ but its their government name (I take it) so msg me for deets. All credit goes to them as I'm just polishing and tidying these thoughts.

First op talks about Meteor City, a junkyard city inhabited by outcasts. People who live there do not exist on any official records and are treated horribly from the outside, people are taken from Meteor City for crimes, prostitution, slavery and no one's doing a thing to stop it. People go outside and face racism, like the one guy accused of a crime he didnt commit and when the truth is shown no one does anything (think op meant The Bum Incident, vol 11, Chapter 102). These people get no justice, they're just used and this is where the duality of Chrollo comes in, he is a demon to the outside world because he is challenging the gods but also a Jesus figure for the underprivileged Meteor City. Even his reverse St Peters Cross on his jacket means that he feels unworthy to be crucified in the same manner as Jesus. Thats his way of saying he doesnt see himself as worthy of savior. His priority is the Troupe so they can together be seen to the outside world, they are literally a troupe of phantoms, trying to be recognized. This is why when he asks Neon if she believes in ghosts and she says no, she is the oppressor that doesn't understand the one hurt.

If you read the story with this idea in mind you start to observe that the Troupe only attacks people hazardous for the City (mafia, ants) or when they want revenge for one of them killed so its weird they are presented in a positive almost heroic light. Only exception that sticks out to the story? Kurta massacre.

The og commenter wondered why it was that the Troupe was always presented in a positive light. We've known the Phantom Troupe does acts of good alongside the bad but we also haven't seen anything entirely "evil" commited by any of them yet. Most of the legends surrounding them are hearsay. And though they could have easily killed Gon and Killua, they don't, twice. Also, Uvogin when taken by mafia/Kurapika says if freed, they wouldn't hurt them as they are not the target.

Op comments on how narrative should be filtered as its being commented via Gon- a non objective source, they claim that the 1st arc feels like a kid show whereas chimera arc feels dark, thats not to say it is actually like that but as Gon's perspective changes so does the narration. At first when innocent people die, he doesnt really care but in chimera we need a narrator to explain as Gon is too biased at that point. Regarding the massacre we only have Kurapika's word but what we are being told/shown about the Troupe is different. The characters talk about the Kurta massacre, how horrible and brutal it was but the narrative is keen and favors the Troupe, it paints them in a favorable light and why should the narrative do that, they don't become better people like the Ants after all.

From the moment they appear on screen, the narrative wants us to see them as underprivileged, both in York New and in the ship, even when they're fighting in Meteor City, they're fighting for injustice or when somebody hurts them. Then why justify their actions everytime they appear on screen if they massacred the Kurta Clan? If they are responsible for this why make them the underprivileged representation? Both Kurta and Troupe says the op are ostracized by the outside and seen less from people.

Say they did it. 3 ideas were proposed as to why.

1. for the eyes (Chrollo likes the eyes, like Hisoka said but Hisoka is a liar and also Chrollo has never shown interest in the show for them. For someone who steals things he likes, why make an exception and murder here?)

2. for money (that's not correct, we are told multiple times they don't care about it, neither money nor fame, they want to be recognized by the world but how would that work by killing a clan that's been hidden for 100 years, they dont get anything out of it.)

3. for revenge: Revenge for what? Kurta are a peaceful clan that hide for years. We know the Troupe left a note that is the motto of Meteor City (I'm adding here what op referred to: "we reject no one so take nothing from us"). Op says note means they serve justice to their city, when someone takes things away from them so what did Kurta take? From the thematic and narrative point they are not set up to have done it, op thinks thats 100% intentional.

Like said above, BOTH have the thematic of oppression from the outside world, they are a commodity for the rich and powerful (gods) but why is Phantom Troupe put in the light of both, the oppressor and the oppressed? Why would an oppressed group oppress another one for NO good reason? The Troupe doesn't kill innocent people if not necessary, they do NOT care about money or fame and the revenge aspect doesnt work because the Kurta were isolated from the outside.

If we look back at the York New Arc they never state the massacre, they simply suggest it and of course from a Kurapika POV they are guilty but if you look again you have to ask..are they really?

☆

this took ages for me to coherently formulate and ik it goes back and forth but bless op's heart because it changed my perspective completely (more than any yt analysis found online) !

#hunter x hunter #chrollo lucilfer #phantom troupe #kurapika kurta #kurta clan theory #hxh chrollo #hxh hisoka #hxh manga #hxh spoilers #el.rants

[argentinagp]

I hope you answer this. I have been part of the editing community on Instagram and twitter and I understand how it feels not getting credit for your work. You're right it requires effort to find clips, loop them and edit them with effects and texts. But the easier solution is to go for a watermark no one on that list ever claimed they were the one making the gifs and some private accounts and some people who do give credits are also added. It's just impossible to control the sharing of content if it's publicly uploaded once and sometimes people save it for later and don't remember the @ it doesn't mean they are intentionally stealing work.

Hi! I think that you are not getting what me and others are upset about. First things first, that list is old, it's like from mid 2023 or something, i dont know why it made a resurgence now and even if i dont quite agree with it, i dont think it was meant as a way of "look this are the criminals, death to them" and more of a "look your gifs may be in these twitter accounts, maybe u would like to reach out". I do think people can do better and learn.

I get that twitter as whole is difficult to find sources, specially if u find the gif in the automated search part, and even more if the OG poster of said gif didnt credit shit. And that's a problem that could be solved if u do give credit from the start. The excuse of "oh i don't remember where this is from" does not sit right with me bc then dont post it, look for it and if you dont find it dont post it. Bc we shouldn't have to watermark our gifs, and even then it would be really good if u could also link it. It is not difficult at all!

Ignoring all that I know it is difficult to control the sharing without credit specially when there are SO many social media apps! What bothers me (us) is that instead of saying "i will try to do better" or "oh i didn't realize people cared ab credit" f1twt goes and says "oh they are exaggerating" "oh this doesnt take any time" "oh no the tumblr hags" and it isn't kind, it isn't respectful, and isn't pretty. You are belittling work done by other people. Of course you can unintentionally steal things sure but you are still doing it, and if ur response to people being upset ab it is to say "they are exaggerating" my man you are not being respectful.

I'm GLAD that people in that list is giving credit, and I hope the ones that don't learn to give it too.

#ask #anonymous #i hope this makes sense english is not my 1st language and im not known to have good redaction

[chaoticmannamedoliver]

IM BACK WITH ANOTHER MECHS LOGO PNG

New Midgard Police Department

Disclaimer: i could for the life of me not find the og font- i don't know if it's a licensed one they used but i used one that was as close as i could get it without hours of scrolling. Another Disclaimer: The mech logo pngs are not perfect and one to one the same.

Credit is appreciated, and do @ me in whatever post you use it in! I'd love to see!!! :D

Source under cut

#the mechanisms #the mechs #@chaotic man named oliver #gay immortal space pirate band my beloved<3 #them🧡 #digital art #own art #the mechanisms art #the bifrost incident #tbi #the mechanisms tbi #New Midgard Police Department #the mechanisms logo #logo png

[beevean]

Speaking of vampirism and magical abilities, what do you think of the theory about Juste's magical affinity secretly not being from his Belnades blood, but Simon fathering children before he realized he was cursed?

I heard that there's possibly some supplementary material implying cursed Simon has seemingly vampiric qualities(I would like to know where this is specifically, to confirm). I can see how there would be serious reason to deny the Belmont bloodline might be "tainted" in such a way.

While I don't hold the idea too closely, I do think It has some compelling points in its corner, like Juste's infamous Alucard-like reaction to water. Or how he won the magic prowess lottery, despite not being very closely related to Sypha over other Belmonts. But I also like how it lines up with Hector's magic being seen as the result of a curse as well.

(This headcanon was not one I came up with, but I unfortunately couldn't find the og post to give proper credit. Lmk if you have already seen it and know who it is)

Ohh, I know that a Japanese guide for SCIV says that Simon is a dhampir! But I can't find it to check, and I doubt it's what you mean 😂

It's intriguing! And it would explain why Juste has that odd weakness to water. But I can't make other details mesh with it... most importantly, Juste's magic doesn't seem to be anything remotely "cursed": he can use holy weapons just fine and then some. Also, while the idea of Simon turning into a vampire due to the curse is very cool, IIRC it was meant to rot his body from the inside out: I can't see how that would give further magical power to his descendant.

While the source of Hector's curse is up to speculation, his powers are undoubtedly dark: he attracts nocturnal/dangerous animals and he can hear the voices of demons. So yeah, by comparison, Juste is very holy :P

My personal headcanon is that Juste made a deliberate effort to hone his magic. He was born an albino, very different from the imposing man that was his grandfather, and probably feared to be too frail for the VK: so he focused on his latent magical powers and his speed to still be a fearsome Belmont but in his own way.

#castlevania #akumajou dracula #juste belmont #i'll think about it! #i never heard this theory before but i would love to read something inspired by it

[lotusmi]

don't u think it's rude to summarize edward arts YouTube videos?? he ALRREADY summarized nevilles lectures & books & puts his own virw of the law to it. could everyone AT LEAST subscribe edward art instead of reading it from another source?? it's a lot of work to put ur thoughts into words n ion appreciate that were just summarizing everything without even supporting the og creator (edward bc he puts his own insights on top of nevilles lectures)

I support him it's been a while, I always recommended people to go there and read his posts. Most of people who post his teachings here don't even link his social media. I always and always link his reddit + youtube.

I did not summarized his videos, I summarized his series and included colours in it so that people who has adhd, anxiety and more can easily focus and learn too.

I got a comment from a person who is deaf and dyslexic that always wanted to learn through Edward but never could.

I am sure Edward is an amazing and lovely man that wanted to help people through love and I am just spreading out it!

That's why I always link the full post "read the full post here". And I always give the credits to him!

By summarizing I am sprending out his work, more people got to know him. When we only link his reddit, no one reads it. But since I have been linking and summarizing, lots of people send me comments and dms on how they now know who they are and understand now how to use their power. I never did this to steal his "shine", but to get people to understand the law and free theirselves.

I worked 2 years with dislexic, anxious, depressed, kids with ahdh and more. You propably don't have an ideia on how those kids had an hard work on studying and reading. When I separe the topics of the post in colours, sings such as [!!!] and [☆], also bigger and smaller fonts, they can understand "oh this is important💭". We are talking here about people who are not used to read, those people probably would'nt even read the full posts ever, but having those summaries, they have the chance to.

There are a lot of folks out there translating his posts and even monetizing it and I am here sprending this beautiful law and promoting his work FOR FREE. Look, this is not to promote MYSELF, is to help people. Which I am sure, is his goal too.

Everyone has the same right to have the chance to understand the law of assumption. Not everyone has enough time. Not everyone has habit of reading, not everyone is fluent in english, not everyone has the facility we have to focus.

✉ EDWART ART LINKS:

REDDIT | YOUTUBE ♡

that's all about sympathy, only.

#loa blog #law of assumption #manifesting #edward art #edwart art supply hands #edwardartsupplyhands

[obeymekarasu]

Can you reference where the canon material is from? This would help a lot, and you wouldn’t have to always reply to those who ask where this info is located.

An example would be the chapter lesson and number, chat room and name, the call title, or the devilgram.

// tldr: no, I like it this way and it works for me, limiting source requests to asks encourages ppl to interact with me, and prevents potential copycat OM lore accounts from stealing/benefitting too easily off my hard work. If you’d like to change the format then by all means create your own format.

Some rambling under the cut

//Answering this more completely , this account is supposed to be a “fun fact!” sort of account and not an encyclopedia. I only keep records because I claim everything I post is true and it is, so I have the receipts when asked.

Also let’s be real there are 600+ facts in the bot at the moment and counting, and although I have all of them in my own personal database, I would rather spend my energy adding new lore in the current format instead of having to go back and undertake the project of editing every single postable fact in the bot to the new format you’re suggesting. I haven’t even gotten to Nightbringer lore yet. I have SUCH a large backlog in OG alone and I have a bunch of events and DGs and etc still need to comb through.

The only thing I haven’t been keeping track of regarding location of lore is chat conversation names. But the conversation participants are in the screenshot. But otherwise I provide events, DGs, chapter location etc etc.

Also I *like* fetching facts for people. I’m the person who likes feeling useful and I get excited when people actually care about the lore enough to ask, even if I’ve pulled up the same lore piece for someone else before.

Dumping all my sources and hours of hard work into putting the source directly in the bot post is a waste of time for me, and it also allows people to copy and paste into a new bot too easily if they wanted to make another ObeyMe lore bot, therefore taking credit for my hard work and time invested. Which obviously would make me feel crappy.

So I don’t wanna.

And if you REALLY want to know lore facts you can still ask. People who are truly interested in the lore will go out of their way to ask me for sources, I won’t cater to people who don’t make at least minimum effort (demonstrating their active interest) since I’ve already put so much time and energy into this bot.

Hope you can understand where I’m coming from.

#obey me #karasu talk #Karasu proofs #Karasu rant

[quinloki]

"I think that's a great fic idea" good news, it is, or something very similar. Inspiration is very clearly taken from @/turtletaubwrites series Numbers Game. The reader is a financial advisor who worked for Buggy, who then ends up under Croc and Mihawk because Buggy gets in trouble for ignoring her advice and fucking up the financials. Not trying to start anything, I don't think it's stealing to riff on smth but people should maybe be a bit more up front abt where they take inspiration from. At least give the OG a shout out lol

This is one of those things where there’s not an easy cut and dry answer I can give you or agree with, and I’m going to do my best to lay out why that is.

Is it possible the idea came from the person you’re referencing, but looking at the interactions for the first chapter I don’t see Alexa anywhere, not in the likes or comments.

I don’t even see anyone I follow in there either - which is to say that fandoms are HUGE and we don’t actually all know one another. (And that’s not to say there isn’t overlap in moots, just not with that particular story.)

Now, it’s possible there’s proof somewhere, but my point is that it is statistically just as possible that it’s just a similar idea. I wrote Quicksand’s reader as being a good office worker and coordinator - they weren’t specifically the accountant, but that could also be where the idea came from.

Reader being a competent and useful person makes sense when you’re talking about the Cross Guild. Neither Crocodile nor Mihawk are particularly patient people, and Buggy is enough frustration/comedic relief on his own.

If I shouted out to everyone who had inspired every part of what I write I’d hit tumblr’s post character limit before I got to the story itself. There’s a balance in there somewhere but it can honestly be case by case.

Despite your claim of not trying to start something it very much feels like you are, and while I appreciate you wanting to see credit given where it’s due, inspiration is so interwoven and complex, it’s hard to say exactly where an idea comes from for someone. So I’m going to assume that the vibes are unintentional - I’m sure you very much mean well. (If clarification is needed I’m not experiencing any negative emotions as I say this. I’m worried the vibes are there, but I will believe they were not meant.)

Heck, I had a story idea for a Eustass kid story I was (still am) excited about and when I shared it with my friends someone mentioned it was similar to something Mombat on Wattpad had wrote. And they’re right! The setup of the reader was similar - but I didn’t scrap the story idea because the story itself is going to be different.

And I know it is gonna be different, cause I had read that story by Mombat with my own eyes! And honestly it’s very likely where the inspiration sparked, even though I didn’t consciously make the connection until someone said something.

But there’s bound to be a lot of similar ideas in a singular fandom, because we’re all working with the same source material.

Now, I appreciate the intent, cause we all wanna look out for one another and such, but calling out possible sources of inspiration is maybe a bit much. Though I will say if there’s a dozen points of commonality, then it’s probably worth the mention.

here’s a bit of food for thought - Eustass Kid calling the reader Mouse is something I’m fairly well known for, and it wasn’t even my idea - and the friend I picked it up from had picked it up from someone else. Kaku calls reader Filly in most my one-shots but that’s from another friend. Penguin and Shachi calling reader lil’ Shoal was all my idea, but also I wouldn’t be surprised if someone else thought it up too.

Now, my long and exhausting reply aside, I do want to thank you for putting turtleaub on my radar. Her writing looks wonderful and I love how organized the blog and posts are. I am delighted to have something new to read even if my to read list is painfully long already. And there’s a possibility of making a new friend somewhere in there too \o/

#quin answers #anon asks #this got longer than I meant #and I’m behind on making breakfast xD #things are complex though #almost always #those knee jerk reactions can be rough #stay kind out there #the key phrase in your ask that made me nervous was #Very Clearly #it’s a strong assumption to come in with #and then say you’re not trying to start anything ^^;

[ifellinlovewithpersona]

So I had sudden inspiration to try edit like that and made my custom Renbino Confidant Page inspired on my recent renbino fic

More info + sources/credits under the cut!

I decided on the World arcana for V-kun in this AU because at first, I hc V-kun to be a Universe arcana but unfortunately, P5 doesn't have a Universe card and I'm not artistically skilled enough to design my own card so the World arcana seemed to be closest one to my headcanon here haha

Naobi is the name for V-kun I'm personally using in this AU and I used it in my fic as well

I used this lovely template by u/yousachi to make this (+ links to font and background provided in the OG post), and this font (number 3 - Expose Regular) for the character's name :3 The V-kun portrait is just his official SMT V sprite edited in black and white effect on Picsart (where I edited most of this work) :P

I sacrificed my sleep and sanity to make this so I hope you like it and it makes you more interested in my insane rarepair haha

#persona 5 #smt v #ren amamiya #akira kurusu #v-kun #nahobino #renbino #joker x nahobino #p5 edit #my edits #protagshipping

[malwary]

a little while ago @neuro-typical sent me this post by @bye2k of a popup that appeared when trying to right-click images on a shadow the hedgehog fan forum, known as Wishes are Eternal (after the SA2 line). this version of the site appears to be an archived snapshot on the wayback machine, and I'm happy to confirm that it is indeed real. though i couldn't get the popup to work in my own browser, the javascript does exist in the source code of the site, so it's very real and very cool.

i had a lot of things to say about this, but i didn't want to blast the notes of the OG post into oblivion with my big funny wall of text, so I've made my own post. below the readmore I'll explain javascript popups on the internet, some malware that has utilized this, and some very interesting sonic fan community history.

first of all: what is this? how did the webmaster manage to create a popup window in your computer to stop you from downloading images?

well, that would be javascript. because JS is just a normal script language that can do whatever you want, creating a popup is no exception. now, whoever ran the site did not write this script themself, this much is evident by the credit you can see in the source code for the site.

this script is offered by a site called dynamicdrive.com, specifically for disabling right-clicks. you see how simple this is? javascript makes it possible to bother users in all sorts of creative ways. plenty of malware on the web utilizes javascript, and you're probably already aware of most good examples.

you're most likely familiar with offiz, better known by the colloquial name "You Are An Idiot". though its status as malware is somewhat debated, most people can agree that the sites it was on abused a javascript function that allowed it to create hundreds upon hundreds of bouncing windows, slowing the user computer to a crawl and forcing the user to restart their machine, meaning any unsaved work they had open was now lost. in that way it was destructive, though indirectly.

offiz is an example of javascript malware that is harmless on its own, but not all JS malware is that friendly. javascript can be used to force your machine to download software, steal user data, serve you all manner of popups, employ many kinds of malicious code through xss, and more. although these cases are rarer than they were, say, a decade ago, that doesn't mean they don't still happen. here is a fascinating little instance of javascript being used maliciously very recently. it's hard to suggest ways to avoid these without just telling you to use common sense, but there's no other way to put it. as is the case with all malware, your best bet when it comes to not getting it is thinking before you click.

browser malware is extremely common. you may have encountered it going to a suspicious website. there is certainly a necessary aspect of social engineering to this type of malware, you have to be paying less attention to where you're going and what you're doing to stumble upon a site so unsecured that it could infect you. users who get themselves into these situations are typically looking for either p_rn or pirated stuff, so they're more likely to act in irrational or desperate ways to get to their content. don't be a fool online and you won't get played for one.

so, why? why does this old, obscure sonic fan forum have javascript that prevents you from right clicking images? prevents you from downloading images?

this forum is very, very old. the last posts on the entire site were about 10 years ago, even to this day. it's no surprise to me that a lot of this site is a relic of its time. the photobucket watermark on the header image, the collecton of midis of shadow themes playable on the site, the use of the term "ripped off" (as opposed to ripped) to describe the action of taking sprites from a game. it's all there on the very first page, the only one in this archive. despite what youtube video slideshows with a single text scroll that says "no copyright intended, pictures found on google" may imply, reposting images was indeed taken seriously at this time. this was a time when it wasn't too uncommon to see a credit to the person who made an anime girl image transparent (a render, for those unaware) in a forum signature. this was a time when someone got caught tracing every 5 days.

that's not to say there were no issues, but people were still very defensive over what they deemed to be theirs. this was especially prevalent in fanart. fan works are hard and are always a labor of love, so it's no surprise nobody wanted their work reposted, especially not without credit. this was especially clear when looking into some parts of the sprite ripping community. making spritesheets was much harder then than it is now, and it was especially impressive if sprites were hand-edited or even made from scratch. this incredibly painstaking work combined with sonic fans reputation for... unwavering passion... could often culminate in a very serious attitude towards doing something as simple as saving an image. in fact, for some people, this mindset has never truly left.

in 2014, fangame creator Leemena Dan published Sonic Gather Battle on SAGE (the Sonic Amateur Games Expo) to mostly positive reception but ultimately little attention outside of sonic fans online. that is, until 2017, when after a seemingly inconspicuous update, players discovered what appeared to be an audaciously malicious form of DRM present in the game.

this malware had everything. all the bells and whistles. when a player would do any number of things from opening software made to decompile games to simply typing "sonic gather battle cheat" into their internet browser search bar, the payload would activate. (which, of course, means it tracks your keystrokes!)

it's difficult to find good footage of both layers of this DRM (or, rather, both payloads of this malware) that doesn't include a facecam of some gamer dude gawking and screaming at his computer screen. even so, I've found two decent ones. layer 1, and layer 2. this DRM also sends your IP address to a privately owned server, presumably so that the DRM would activate even when the game is uninstalled, and when trying to play it, a splash screen would show telling you to abide by the rules.

unsurprisingly, people did not consider this a proportionate way to respond to the threat of people ripping the sprites from a fangame, and the creator has since been banned from SAGE. to this very day, some people are simply so protective of their work that they'd be willing to go to any length to prevent you from saving it. as obnoxious as that can sometimes seem, it does make for some very interesting history.

#trojan #spyware #scareware #Offiz #Sonic Gather Battle #sonic

[brightnote]

Secret Invasion (Spoilers) and arguments for and against more Maria in the series

Hey Maria stans I know yesterday was brutal and if you are like me she was the only reason you are watching secret invasion and most anything in the MCU. I have some hope we will still see Cobie/Maria in more Secret Invasion and I convinced myself last night when I couldn’t sleep because of how dirty they did her that maybe she’s not totally gone. It’s very cruel how they had her do so much press and stuff but they did it to mess with us (DURING PRIDE)! And it’s such a cruel and unbelievable way for her to go from the universe that I just cannot believe it. 

While she’s probably definitely dead because she’s a woman in the OG MCU over 35… (great look marvel btw) and in my heart I feel like she’s really gone but here’s some arguments for both sides 

Definitely dead arguments 

same pan out as Gamora and Natasha RIP

Clearly she is dead

Maria was wearing two cuff ring earrings on her ear when she was at Talos house maybe representing her two full circles of life ? (Maria wearing jewelry is super rare!)

Cobie saying “most depth” she’s been able to do with her is about the emotional depth of the last scene since Maria almost never gets to show any emotion or feeling and I really think what she said was taken out of context, she said there as no backstory for her or really anything so this might be it!

All of the outfits Maria wears in the clips in trailers or photos have been used in the first episode but marvel is smart about that 

Maybe not dead or at least not done in the MCU/Secret Invasion

although probably a trick : she’s still credited for six episodes so far on IMDB

Entertainment Tonight reported a rumor that Maria might make an appearance in the Marvels!! 

Flash back scenes possible for the rest of Secret Invasion

Maria said “someone will get hurt” talking to Fury not “someone will get killed” and she’s usually right---maybe this is a hint?

Cobie said in an interview “she had a lot of scenes at the same time as Don [Cheadle]” but we didn’t see any scenes of her with Don Cheadle yet (although I guess he could be coming out to the funeral and that’s the scenes she’s talking about???? I would scream) SOURCE: https://twitter.com/OnTheRedCarpet/status/1671192142063210499?s=20

If anyone deserves to get the Coulson recovery treatment it’s Maria

Jackson and Smudlers both said “Maria has lost patience with Fury” but she seemed mostly happy to see him?

Fringe theories I have no support for but want: 

Maria has secretly been dating Dr. Helen Cho since Age of Ultron and she saves the day since she is also in Russia 

Dr. Strange magic ?? There is allegedly a cameo of someone we don’t know coming up in the series. Maybe  it’s Doctor Strange and he uses his magic that I don’t understand and Fury gets a redo and saves Maria? the episode is called resurrection and different lines were used in the teaser trailer than were in the episode? 

She just pretended to die since Gravik was gonna shoot her in the head but she is gonna just retire now and finally take a break because after all this isn’t the first time she’s died and come back. 

At the end of Secret Invasion she comes out of the shadows all Winter Soldier like “you just needed that extra push” and goes full Fury on Fury to get him back to normal--and she’s totally fine. Totally fine. 

Also no one I know watches Marvel and I need to discuss this with someone because my heart shattered into a million pieces! Let me know what you think! 

#maria hill #marvel #secret invasion #cobie smulders #cobie+smulders #maria+hill #nick fury #mcu #the marvels movie