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panstarry · 9 months

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will u still continue artfight? whats going on with af

hi! yes, i will still be continuing to participate in art fight. no, the event is not over.

just to start off: i joined art fight as a user in 2016, was hired as a chat & site mod on february 2018, and resigned in march 2022. my resignation was due to the fact that at the time, i could no longer keep up with mod responsibilities while juggling school, work, and extracurricular activities.

right now, there's been staff resignations across the server/site for multiple reasons. i'm erring on the side of caution at the moment and will let further announcements disclose exactly why. nobody, former or current, is calling for boycotts. and personally, i'm of the opinion that referring to what's happening right now as a "strike" is inaccurate. you can continue working on your attacks and participating in the current event. every one of us loves art fight and would like to see it continue and have also worked to make sure that users are able to enjoy it as well. i would advise against donating to the site until the dust settles.

there's a lot of misinformation and out-of-context messages going around right now. please take these with a grain of salt: i saw a couple docs and screenshots going around with outdated or straight up incorrect information (for some reason i saw mentions of a data breach going around? there is no data breach, i don't know where people are even getting that from. furthermore, there is no "ceo of artfight". art fight is not a corporation or a company, so this language, to me, does not properly describe what's happening rn)

i'm not sure what can be disclosed to the public aside from this ^ so please hang tight, be excellent to each other, so on & so forth. thank you <3

#answered #Anonymous #i considered turning off reblogs for this but i suppose it's fine either way.#please be respectful of former & current staff at this moment; we are getting what information we can and holding conversations as well #in the mean time please feel free to continue participating in the event. much love 2 everybody ^_^#last thing i'll say is that i genuinely want af to thrive & improve in a way that's better for all users & staff involved. i think this is #entirely possible & we have the potential to create smth that doesnt exacerbate the problems tht the site has been riddled with thus far #i'm hoping that we can make it there. i'm confident that it'll happen--it'll just take a lot of work & communication to get it.#i hope this answers your question. pre-emptively: i may not answer that many more (depending on what ends up in my inbox)

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d10nsaint · 1 year

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there is no such thing as a cis [person] its just a person who doesn’t identify as a part of the lgbtq community

#IF I GET CALLED CISGENDER AGAIN IM ENDING IT ALL #IDK HOW TO SAY THAT I DONT WANNA BE INVOLVED IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY WITHOUT BEING CALLED HOMOPHOBIC #BCS YOUR 7 YEAR OLD IS NOT TRANS JUST BECAUSE HE LIKES UNICORNS #UGHHHH

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throwawayaccount3482348873289 · 4 months

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Thank you to Jade/Lolthia @/edens-gemstone for replying to the previous post. I will make an exception in replying as yes, there was a part I forgot to add, which is additional evidence to prove that all your accusations in the comments below are completely false. Allow me to address them one by one.

At the end, I will include some follow-up questions to add additional context for other users.

THE ACCUSATIONS

“Also you literally stalked my tumblr after this, rb posts about Adam that I wasn’t comfy being rb and possibly sent me harassing anons (idk for sure)”

I do not have a Tumblr. This account is made by someone else, posting on my behalf. But if you really are confident that it’s me reblogging these posts and sending harassing anons, post the blog and the anons. If you don’t know for sure, why did you post this?

“You literally just… didn’t want me included because I wouldn't let you ship your OC with Ibara.”

As seen here, this claim is completely false. I explicitly mentioned that I had no problems with the pairing, but asked them to let me know prior next time to ensure the RP is consistent. I may have vaguely talked about an original story I was writing with my OC and Ibara outside of RP, but within the context of the RP, I have clearly stated that I was fine with the direction Lolthia wanted.

None of what they had mentioned was communicated to me at all before the start of the RP. They didn’t even acknowledge what I said, just responding with ‘well I figured it would be obvious’.

Lolthia’s behaviour here is consistent with their stated intention in the previous post: to RP not because they want to collaborate, but because they want other writers to expend time and effort to fulfil their self-ship fantasies, without giving as much in return. Therefore, they didn’t bother giving context, let alone asking if their RP partners were okay with it.

“You even stopped our RP after getting mad about me dating Ibara.”

Lolthia stopped the RP themselves after I confronted them for ranting on their public blog about a communication issue they were unhappy with in this server.

Someone alerted me that they were talking about their RP server on their blog. I was concerned about those in the server who were on Tumblr. As their RP partner, I requested that they delete it and talk to us first in the future. We then had the following conversation.

The conversation ended with this rude remark and Lolthia proceeded to be inactive for a long time before starting the argument in the previous post.

“I got tired of constant pings asking me for stuff”/ “I… asked to stop being pinged because I was going through enough”

I need you to understand that you are the admin of the server. We needed your help to create threads to hold our RPs in. Instead of not saying anything when we pinged you only to throw a tantrum about it, why didn’t you pass the permissions or moderator roles to someone else, or at least notify us that you’d be inactive for a certain amount of time?

In the post where we were planning an RP and pinged you - If your interpretation of ‘maybe they can come in later to keep the narrative consistent’ is us excluding you, that’s honestly a you problem, mate.

TO LOLTHIA/JADE

Only one of the claims you have made against me is correct. Yes - presently, I do not like you. But it’s not because you are whatever you identify as, or that you ship with a specific character.

I do not like you because you vagued your own server members, including myself, on your public blog. When I found out and asked you to edit out the mention of our server at minimum, you still had the gall to try to convince me it didn’t affect anyone but yourself.

I do not like you for insulting my friends and I as writers by saying we were ‘just an alternative to character.AI’ all along. And as people, by comparing us to the hate anons who had sent you death threats when we did nothing of the sort. Then, twisting the above into these accusations, without a shred of proof to go with them.

I am a ROLEPLAYER. Ibara to me is no more than a character and piece of intellectual property.

You:

Explicitly conveyed that your position was to use us to help you get validation for your alleged ‘relationships’ in a similar way to Character.AI.

Took out your jealousy towards other fandom members onto us, even getting emotional when we merely talked about and shared screenshots of characters you liked.

When we didn’t give you attention to your liking, accused us of ostracising you and wanting you dead.

Threw a tantrum at us for pinging you for basic admin duties as the server owner, because it wasn’t attention or praise.

The only irrational one here is not myself, but you, and the hard evidence in these two posts is overwhelming.

I won’t be entertaining any further responses. Please be reminded that any attempt to post my personal information publicly will be met with action by me.

TO OTHER USERS

Q: Did you make both these posts and the document?

No, these posts are follow-ups to the document containing evidence, made by a different person.

Q: Why did you feel the need to engage them rather than leave the server?

We had already talked only amongst ourselves, ignored any vents they had and began our own server long before these events.

Engaging them was at first a personal choice to defend my friends, who had done nothing wrong. At the time, I was not aware that this was common behaviour for them.

The comparison between us and the death threat anons, which could affect my friends’ reputations, was the most compelling reason for me to attempt straightening this out.

Q: Why has this post been made almost a year later?

Yes, I do agree that from the looks of it, Lolthia’s actions are old news. After I was informed, I personally did not want anything to do with them, and decided to let it go.

However, recently, my friends in the same fandom spaces have not had the luxury of curating their own online experiences because according to them, they are constantly remaking blogs. Furthermore, it was not easy for them to work up the courage to make this post, as being wrongfully accused of wanting someone’s death is not easy for anyone. So, I decided to back them up with the hard evidence they lacked.

Thank you for reading.

#ok to reblog #ok to rb #I may as well also say something in the tags (I am the one posting on someone else's behalf):#I myself hope this is the last post made on here as well. There is nothing more to add honestly.#This is honestly getting tiring. I know you will read this Jade one way or another. You will come across it.#If you have evidence for the contrary and can prove that you are in the right please do so (I already know you can't).#You will claim to be 'harrassed' but that is not our intention (anyone sending you harrassment or threats is not behavior we tolerate).#(Also no we are sending no one after you nor 'stalk your blog'. Don't act as if we don't have anything better to do... Because we do)#Let me tell you a secret Jade: You are NOT important. We only had enough of your behavior online since it does not change. At all.#It affects others - It affected us and it is affecting the communities you are in as well as a good portion of their members.#Please let it go already. But you can't. Because... As you said yourself 'Any attention is good attention'.#And some of your current mutuals will try to say 'it adds fuel to the fire'. This is not the intention in any way.#The only intention is to document Jade's online behavior and warn others. Because they have already gone too far.#This is to document and prove that they are no different no matter where they go. We only want to spread awareness.#It is not just me and the other person who are sick of it. Many others are sick of it as well. We want it to stop.#Their actions affect others nowadays as well. Only last month there was yet another incident heavily affecting another person.#Why? Because Jade thought it was necessary to make a 'callout post'. Even though the situation was long over.#This should have been long over and everyone involved is trying to move on. But you Jade make it impossible. This has gone on far enough.#Not to mention having been exposed to your drama and graphic vents (which at least sound suicide baity) have also stressed me out.#I kept out of the drama but it was affecting my mental state as well. All because you manage to land yourself into so many controversies.#I moved blogs because I had enough of your shit. Seeing it day in and out does a lot to a person.#'But no one cares about me' - We do not wish you ill (that is the truth) but this has to stop somehow. You are not the victim here.#It's always others but honestly... Given how much shit you got yourself into maybe you are to blame. This isn't normal after all.#Maybe ask yourself what you are doing wrong. But you won't. You never will. You will paint us as 'the bad ones' here.#That's the only thing you know how to do. You cannot owe up to anything and you are proving it time and time again. Even now.#Why do you get defensive now and not when the document dropped? Because there is solid evidence for your bullshit. That's why. You know it.#Deleting because you will throw a temper tantrum? No. Forget it. But again if you have proof for your claims come forward.#To me personally if you wish. But beware: This is not the first time I have dealt with this bullshit. I know this behavior all too well.#You are pulling bullshit I have already seen. My advice is to just log off already and sort your problems out.#This is not the first time I dealt with your type. You show the pattern I honestly expect and you will react as I expect.

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itslookingback · 8 months

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i hate gender apathy i have spent WAY too much time around my family and not enough time around trans people this year :(

#for context i do not mean the identity gender apathetic #i mean that feeling you get when you spend too much time closeted #and you start to not put any action into gender euphoria.. and you start to become very passive in your gender expression #i'm not explaining it right but it's like #when you just stop correcting people when they assume ur gender.#or when you start thinking 'oh maybe i should just stop trying with this'#and you HAVE TO SNAP OUT OF IT #AND GET INVOLVED IN A COMMUNITY #AND EXPERIENCE TRANS EMOTIONS AGAIN that aren't just :/#blue squawks

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napping-sapphic · 6 months

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dates in Wich you knit/sew your cuddle blanket that's a blanket made especially for you n your s.o. and then watch a movie together while cuddling n playing with each other's hair n outside it's raining n you feel that gently tapping outside the window... Falling asleep on your gf's arms feeling so safe n loved n cozy /having your beautiful gf asleep on your chest, feeling loved n cozy

Am I the only one that's gonna phisically self combust if I don't get a gf to do this with?

Sometimes it sucks not to have a gf n being a super romantic guy/girl/person. I want a gf please lesbian/bi/pan etc side of Tumblr notice mee

Also, hii! Like the date idea?

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Lmao hi! It’s a lovely idea! It’s been raining here for days which always makes me more sad I’m single since I absolutely love the rain lol I want to go sit in it with someone so badly😤

Also queer tumblr (which is probably most of tumblr if we’re being honest lol) are all really nice in my experience! And you’ve got a lot of lovely thoughts so I’m sure people would notice you and be happy to interact with you if you post them!

#asks #the little hi at the end like an afterthought is cracking me up #i love your lil scenario!! it’s very cute!!#also if you’re nervous about posting them you could always make a sideblog for it which is pretty much what i did with this one #turning off anonymous asks also helps prevent most mean people or so i’ve been told #but even with anon on i haven’t gotten too many rude things!#if i misread and you don’t want to be posting or interacting though that’s cool too!!#i love getting little things like this in my ask box🥰#it just seemed a bit like you might want to connect with people and get more involved with the community on tumblr #so i thought id share the way i do it but still stay comfortable! not that im THAT involved lol #either way i love your little ideas no matter where they get posted :) <3!!#💫

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kissedaconstellation · 5 months

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im a communist and everything but some of you guys are really annoying

#like girl all you do is post online #go get involved with your community #itll make you feel better i promise

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ptolemaeaea · 8 months

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just finished this one book and i have . thoughts.

#first off the author laid the astrology connections too thick #sorry . it's annoying #the sex scenes were good #and obv any book involving pegging will always have my heart #but also.#a. if your fmc is trying to get out of a bad abusive relationship with an egotist and he's not letting her #she's allowed to wish him dead lol. not everything abt her has to be ''healed''#b. you can't have an asshole egotistical abusive rich man as the villain and name drop j*ohnny depp in a positive light. even if #it was just a casual name drop #and listen. i love reading books with communicative characters that keep their relationship sorted but at some point #it stops becoming communication and starts becoming therapy speak #i think the only good romance novels i've read this year are the right move and flwl and kulti #oh and xeni how could i forget xeni #books

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princelythirsts · 10 months

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there’s gotta be a way for people who have trouble drawing their own f/o’s but can draw other characters to help each other out

I have the organizational skills of a bagel but I’m thinking rn would be cool to do a selfship art trade or two with people who are in a similar boat to me

I find my main f/o hard to draw at the moment but I want art and I can draw and write for other people, so…

I’m willing to talk about this with anyone who’s interested! priority to my mutuals and followers and people whose f/o’s have little to no merch tho

(minors DNI)

#thirsty ramblings #proship selfship #selfship Community #ideally was thinking like a big secret Santa thing lol where we match people up but like idk if that many people would be interested LOL #cause my preference rn is like art / drawings from people who can draw fat characters & fancy clothes #while others may prefer writing and people who can draw anthros or aliens or something #thinking tho. pls do hmu if you’d be interested #I’m leaning more towards writing now tho I’m still getting back into the flow of drawing #I realize my wording is weird I do not thinking being fat and being a furry is the same thing LMAO #I just meant like if your desired selfship involves a certain body type or something else you might want someone who’s more experienced #with drawing that

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compacflt · 9 months

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wow very cool. as a european i am learning a lot about the us navy and defense and everything from your blog haha! idk if you've answered this before but what made you wanna work in defense?

Russia invading ukraine on my birthday lol. though i was always interested in military history/military fiction even as a kid. that was just the watershed moment for me personally

i don’t want to work IN defense though. I want to write ABOUT defense. still not sure what that looks like exactly for me. move to DC definitely. maybe get a position at one of the twenty trillion trade publications there are around here. Or comms job, govt job, journalism job… not sure. hopefully i will figure it out ! would love to write fiction for a living but im realistic enough to know that’s an oxymoron

(Also, side note, i am very flattered, & i know i say this somewhat often but i feel the need to repeat it every once in a while… please don’t take anything i say on this blog / ESPECIALLY in my writing as fact. i misrepresent stuff and get stuff wrong all the time, sometimes on purpose for story reasons. I try my best but i simply lack experience & worldview and have spent functionally zero time being an Adult or having to deal with Adult topics [still do not know what a 401k is!]. for instance if you even mention the words “security clearance” or “congressional confirmation hearing” in the general vicinity of my fics, the plot, nay, the entire CONCEPT, goes up in flames, as i discuss in this post. i really appreciate this comment don’t get me wrong But there are definitely better/more accurate places to learn about these topics than a 20y.o. A&D intern who is only just beginning their career & is still confused about many of the basics of real life. I have a lot of growing up still left to do & you really don’t have to listen to me)

#saying this only bc I myself am trying to learn from those better sources #the whole concept of ‘Guy who is closeted even from himself’ doesn’t work when a core part of his job is specifically being asked #‘if an enemy government discovered your secret gay lover & threatened to expose it would you betray the US to keep it secret’#no idea what ice as i have written him would respond tbh #and just that alone is enough to deny his clearance LOL he’s cooked #anyway—ugh don’t get me started on how conflicted i am about my career #as of posting this i have finished my first aerospace & defense internship/job #would do it again #freaking out about what that means for my own personal politics #w/e i have 2 years left of college. not gonna worry about this now.#I have a lot of growing up still left to do.#thanks for the ask anon i think i know who you are. <3 love you.#i could talk about my experience with the nyc ukrainian community for a week straight tbh #getting involved with them was genuinely life-altering stuff #compacflt has finally figured out how to internally link to previous posts on mobile: hallelujah

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