#hate for profit

[sussex-sweetheart]

These psycho white women needs to wake up and realise they never had a chance with Harry. 🤢

#british royal family #brf #meghan markle #duchess of sussex #prince harry #duke of sussex #joanna weiss #hate for profit #fucking racists

[tippenfunkaport]

That viral post that's going around about how people who write "book quality" mlm fic are too "normal" to publish and have real jobs so only "weird" people publish their "shitty" fanfic is so completely out of touch with reality and I am giving a massive side eye to everyone reblogging it.

Not only is it completely, easily verifiably untrue (you cannot enter any professional writing space without tripping over a dozen grizzled scifi writers who got their start by filing off the serial numbers and publishing their Star Trek fanfic even going back decades ago??? it's a whole thing?? plus how can you look at the mlm category on Amazon right now and say with a straight face that people aren't publishing shitty Spirk and Stucky fanfic??? Oh, honey...) it's also the perfect example of this kind of sneering elitism that true artists would never sully themselves by seeking profit, they do it only for the purity of the thing that always somehow leads back to, "no one should be paid to make art, actually."

The only reason you're seeing more published fanfic right now has nothing to do with the idealistic purity of your hypothetical government employee written smut of the past vs the debased scribbles of those awful straights of today and everything to do with the fact that a) self-publishing has created a voracious readership that wants a ton of content so it's become a viable, flexible income stream for many, especially disabled people b) anyone can publish now with self-publishing tools so there are less gatekeepers and c) lockdown got a lot of people into fandom and therefore writing who never tried it before.

And if you really think there's no "shitty" published mlm and no "book-quality" m/f writing out there that started as fanfic, then you are clearly not a reader so why are you even talking about this?

#love how they manipulated people into spreading that post by making it seem like a cishet vs gay thing #when the real message is OP thinks trying to sell your writing is cringe and 'weird' and 'normal people' with jobs would never #which would of course never have flown on the fandom website #so they played into the queer shipping is purer than cishet shipping puriteen thing #and it worked! #because my god people are gullible #this is the direct pipeline that leads to AI thievery #''normal' people write for the joy of it anyway so why do you need pay? you are just greedy and 'weird'!' #'oh no this isn't about who we get to call cringe and who gets to profit from art it's about um... #(quick what's a hated m/f ship?).. oh uh 'shitty' REYLO #and not our super pure uh... (spirk is still popular right? lets throw in that avengers one too to make it seem timely) stucky!' #I'm sorry if I have no sense of humor about this but the year is 2024 and people are still way too ready to sneer #about writers trying to earn a fucking living in the shittiest timeline #and i need you to look deep into yourself and ask you why it's so important to you to tell yourself that only people writing what you like #are 'normal' with real jobs and to vilify everyone else as 'weird' and 'shitty' #for trying to make an income during a financial fucking crisis #i would say sorry for ranting about this but I'm not sorry because wtf #write whatever you want #publish whatever you want #there is no moral fucking purity in what the content is #and one thing certainly doesn't make you more 'weird' or 'normal' than the other #like there is soooo much shitty mlm that started as fanfic??? #that post is 100% OP made up some guys to get mad about and called them relyos for the clicks #writing #publishing #writblr #writeblr #i wasn't going to tag this anything but you know what fuck it I'm mad #i had like 5 more tags but tumblr cut me off which is fair 😅 #fan fiction

[blueskittlesart]

at a certain point i think we need to acknowledge that art is very rarely created accidentally. if you can see a theme in a work than that theme was, more likely than not, at least somewhat intentional on behalf of the creator. you don't put a piece of yourself out into the world without thinking about what it means at least a little bit.

#sigh. sorry got a comment like 'nintendo creates these accidentally heartbreaking scenarios and then fans add depth' and i just. #do you really think that not a single professional adult writer on the oot writing team thought about the implications of the scenario they #were writing. do you think that all of the ways in which the world is set up to reinforce the themes brought up by that scenario are also #accidental. do you think writing is just throwing shit at a wall and seeing what sticks without any more complex thought. #do you truly genuinely think that in a game so constrained by storage & software limitations ANYTHING about that story would be accidental #it just seems like such a sad and reductive way to view art. it's like you can't imagine that anything is done in earnest. #that people might really care about the things they create. that they might be truly meaningful. #the mcuification of story analysis. we just assume that nothing has substance anymore ig. our brains are so flooded with consumerist #garbage that we assume all art is made purely for consumption and profit. ok #WHATEVER. sorry. i have this disease where im obsessed with video games as art and i hate that no one sees it like i do #personal

[risaparadise]

#anti ai #fuck ai #all my homies hate ai #this is regarding features that a human could do much better. i realize it has some good uses. #but it keeps replacing perfectly good and functional things for shittier ones in the name of bigger profit numbers. #mine

[yourplayersaidwhat]

GM: "As you (bard) put Dolly Parton on the jukebox, one of the patrons sighs loudly and shakes his head."

Bard: "I shoot him a mean look."

Ranger: "I shoot him."

#shit my players say #rpg #submission #shareable #killing things for fun and profit #why npcs hate pcs

[chaiaurchaandni]

it is imp to remember that this is not about religion and the ethnic cleansing of artsakh proves this. all oppressive regimes are connected regardless of religion and that is why azerbaijan and israel have good relations. another example is saudi arabia having good relations with america and israel while also killing other muslims in yemen.

interestingly, like israel, saudi also uses religion to gain credibility (recently got holy mosque imam to give statement condemning boycotts and encouraging muslims to not be involved in the situation in palestine) and recruit muslim supporters from all over the world, while simultaneously killing/imprisoning muslim critics of the kingdom.

similarly, israel sells itself as a safe haven for jews and convinces jews around the world to migrate to israel while also simultaneously criminalizing antizionist jews all over the world, even suggesting that theyre not 'real jews' (reminiscent of takfirism which is a core part of saudi wahabi ideology) [ fun fact: the house of saud came into power in arabia with help from the british, just like the zionists in palestine! ]

oppressive regimes are directly connected and mirror each other in several ways. this is why liberation and resistance movements need to unite and work together across the world

#as long as u sell ur soul for capitalist profits and empire you will get the support of other colonialist and imperialist countries #regardless of religion #this is also a ksa hate acc btw lol fuck the saudis they should be deposed asap #there is no place for a king in any muslim state #the saudi kingdom has been illegitimate from the very beginning #free palestine #palestine #artsakh #armenian genocide is another example of a musslim ottoman empire committing a enocide against a christian minority #another thing that proves that religion doesnt matter in oppression: the muslim turkish state's treatement of the muslim kurdish minority #look it up!!! #and since all oppressive regimes r connected in one way or another - turkey also has relations with israel #gaza #death to israel #death to america #free kurdistan #uyghurs #kurds #armenians #free kashmir #india's treatment of kashmir and link that to india's support for israel #china may be somewhat opposed to israel or america but that does not absolve china's ethnic cleansing of uyghurs #east turkistan #east turkistan independence day is today btw!!

[fisheito]

(3) remaining

#OH NO THE IDOL BEAM HAS HIT EVERYONE EXCEPT THE MEANEST ONES IN THE CLAN 🤣 #can u imagine.... the absolute catty group energy coming out of these 3 if they had to sing together... #the idol beam bazooka is one of aster's fave weapons of ???profit #rei and kuya hate standing beside each other so dante always has to be in the middle #everyone who attends any of their shows will get their memory instantly wiped after the event #whether it's by illusory magic or fiery explosion (fire comas don't completely erase the memory but they'll certainly distract) #or father directly clawing someone's eyes out #actually i wouldn't put it past kuya to just make an entire illusion out of the thing #so he wouldn't have to move at all or put any effort into the silly song and dance. #he sittin backstage with the catering table while the audience screams for the fake show happening on stage #kuya the pioneer of IRL MMV projection magic. incredible #actually u kno what. aster hits them with the idol beam #and every show is just the three of them playing UNO #that would still bring in money #the drama. the intrigue. the competitive spirits flaring and tables being flipped. what a spectacle #nu carnival #nu carnival aster #nu carnival dante #nu carnival kuya #nu carnival rei

[kindredsoulsoftimesofold]

I think cancelling series that ended on cliffhangers should be banned, literally not allowed.

I am aware they sometimes don't know if they're gonna be cancelled until after the series is out, but so many goddamn series ended on cliffhangers only to be cancelled and I am sick and tired of it.

Esp if not based on anything (book, manga etc.), so you won't know the ending unless the creators decide to post it online (which never happens).

We need to normalize completing stories even if they're not the next BIG THING or at least giving the creators one more season to wrap things up. It's difficult to get invested in anything nowadays, because unless it explodes online you know you're pretty much screwed.

I'm actually more scared of liking something, then seeing its fandom even when small love it so much, and never see it through.

Yes, I am talking to Netflix directly actually.

#anime #series #blood of zeus #anne with an e #the secret circle #yes i am still bitter abt that one #lockwood and co #shadow and bone #six of crows #netflix #i hate how capitalists killed storytelling #no creator is ensured a completed story #corp don't trust anything that isn't hugely profitable

[kanansdume]

I've recently been watching these very interesting Star Wars video essays on YouTube (yeah I know, a rare breed) and it brings up these comments Lucas has made about how he views Star Wars as almost like a silent film in terms of how important the visuals are to him in comparison to the dialogue. But this essay also points out how important Lucas finds all of the "rhyming" moments in his trilogies and the way he utilizes them to remind you of something else for emotional or thematic reasons. And there's so many of them, both in visuals and in dialogue, and it's interesting to consider how important this is to him, the repetition for a purpose as well as the storytelling through visuals above everything else and then to look at Star Wars since the Prequels came out and realize how little has really been able to match up to those ideals since then.

The ONLY thing that's come out since the Prequels that I think really hits these two things the same way is, in fact, Andor. One of the things I noticed about the way people discussed Andor as it was airing in a way I haven't really seen for any of the other shows or films was the visual SYMBOLOGY. So many times I saw people noticing the Imperial cog everywhere, from the aerial shot of Narkina 5 as the prisoners escape to the architecture of Mon Mothma's house. There were people picking up on the use of items in Luthen's shop that are familiar from other things to give this idea that Luthen is from another time, he's attempting to preserve this world he lost, that if you're not looking closely enough you won't notice what he's really saying or doing with this shop. The color choices for the different locations and people got analyzed because the people involved spoke about how they intentionally utilized color to SEND A MESSAGE about the characters and the world. We know that the people who made the costumes and sets really worked hard to treat Star Wars almost like a period drama and study the history of the franchise as if it were a real place so that the things they came up with felt like they belonged in this world everyone knows so well even if it's completely new. And of course there were all of the myriad references to things from Rogue One, the constant repetition of "climb", the sunset on the beach, etc.

Nearly EVERY SHOT in this show was created with so much intention behind it in order to say something meaningful about the characters, the world, this specific story they're in, and the overall saga of Star Wars itself. It's insane how much greater impact this show was able to achieve through the incredibly careful usage of visual symbols and thematic repetitions, much like Lucas did before them. It feels like they didn't just study the history of the galaxy far far away, but they studied the history of STAR WARS and what Lucas was trying to do and say with this story. They peeled back his onion a bit more and were able to create something that really has that same visual feel even when it's not created for a child audience. It also is experimenting with its narrative style through its structure and through Cassian's character being allowed to be somewhat more reactive than proactive, and while that didn't work for everyone, it does feel like it's following in Lucas's footsteps of experimentation through Star Wars. Push the boundaries of what Star Wars is and can be and what you can say with it.

But this only works because they peeled the onion back enough to TRULY understand all of the messages Lucas was sending with it. They got the heart of Star Wars and despite its lack of space wizards, despite the lack of most major characters in the Saga, this was a show that honestly got the message more than just about anything else Star Wars has put out since the Prequels. The choices between selflessness and selfishness, the themes about how you always HAVE to make a choice even when it feels like you don't have any (sometimes ESPECIALLY when it feels like you don't have any), and how important it is to make sure to choose the path of compassion above everything else. The themes of connection to others, the symbiotic circle and the impact even the smallest person can have on world around them, it's RIGHT THERE and it's CENTRAL to Andor's storyline.

So yes, it experiments a little with narrative structure, but it's possibly the most Star Wars thing to exist Revenge of the Sith because it honestly truly GETS what Star Wars was about, both in its themes and in its filmmaking. A lot of people said that Andor didn't feel like Star Wars to them, usually because of the lack of space wizards and the fact that it's not a story aimed at children. But to me, Andor is EXACTLY what Star Wars is and has always been. They're stretching the boundaries of what Star Wars can be, but it's saying the exact same things Star Wars has always said, it's just saying it slightly differently. This doesn't feel like fanfiction to me, not really. Unlike things like the Mandoverse or the books, Andor isn't just taking some of the toys out of the sandbox and going to play with them somewhere else. Andor is IN that sandbox. It's building a slightly different sandcastle, but it's still within the sandbox, using the same sand that Lucas did.

#star wars #andor #star wars andor #i GET why some people feel like andor isn't star wars #but quite honestly that feels like not just a superficial reading of andor but a superficial reading of star wars as a whole #the only other show to come anywhere near andor's level was the obi-wan kenobi show #there's tons of visuals that are intended to link back to both the pt and the ot #from obi-wan and leia's costumes to things like the fire obi-wan is burned in and that flashback scene #i'm placing andor above owk still because i think andor takes it an extra level higher but owk is also in that sandbox #owk just got stuck with the fucking volume and the disadvantage of going from a movie to a miniseries #but it did far better with those disadvantages than just about anyone else and still told a VERY star wars style story #the fact that it feels like the prequels is exactly why everyone hated it #and it's exactly why i loved it and think it's the 2nd best thing to come out of star wars since rots #i'll give 3rd place to rebels since it tries once or twice to do some visual and dialogue repetition #but those kinds of things aren't something i see analyzed about rebels all that much tbh #everything else is just fanfic that made a profit #some of it is really BAD fanfic that thinks a cameo is the same as a visual motif. it's not. they suck. stop doing them.

[lispenardst]

sun bleached flies – ethel cain

yes i did make a 6 minute long ethel cain x ft edit

no i am not well

#fellow travelers #hawkins fuller #tim laughlin #tim x hawk #hawk x tim #ethel cain #my edits #OKAY FRIENDS at long last here it is #the sun bleached flies edit #this shit has haunted me for weeks #but also i really can’t bring myself to hate it #she’s my baby #we’ve been THROUGH IT together #i really put my whole ethel cainussy into this edit so any love for it will be very warmly received #but dudes… this shit is LONG #as deep in the trenches of an attention economy as we are this edit really said no profit please #if you actually watched all the way through you’re a real one #oh also #tumblr’s video size limit means that this looks like it was filmed on a nintendo ds #and even to get this quality i had to delete the outro #a crispy clear outro-included version will be coming to yt soon!

[sussex-sweetheart]

Joanna Weiss, who follows known Meghan troll and hate-for-profit accounts, has called Meghan and Harry narcissists in her latest article for Politico. Shocking. 😒

These idiots just keep proving Meghan right.

#meghan markle #british royal family #brf #duchess of sussex #prince harry #duke of sussex #hate for profit #this is not journalism #you cant support known hate accounts and expect to be taken seriously

[aurosoulart]

I actually always hated selling/advertising merch so much. 😭

telling people to buy a shitty overpriced $30 + shipping phone case so I could make like $4.39 off an artwork inspired by the fragile beauty of nature just felt so bad. >_< I’m really glad I don’t feel pressured to sell on those kinds of sites anymore.

#auropost #something something alienation of labor under capitalism #even the arts will be repackaged and sold back to you as shitty plastics #because under capitalism the only worth is that which can be generated for corporate profit…. like these companies that rely on artists #to upload their designs for a pittance of sales price in order to function #sorry for the rant it’s just 7am on a saturday morning and i just hate capitalism 🔥

[penofwildfire]

Anyone else a little insane about the Administration guys treating Zane like a piece of property when there was A NINDROID AGENT LITERALLY RIGHT BEHIND THEM

#like does that guy just hate himself? have they convinced him he's an object and a piece of property? #is it a metaphor for how we're all considered mindless drones that only exist to work and make a profit under capitalism? #/hj #ninjago #dragons rising #ninjago dr #ninjago spoilers #the administration #zane

[alwaysbewoke]

A federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s X that had targeted a watchdog group for its critical reports about hate speech on the social media platform. In a blistering 52-page order, the judge blasted X’s case as plainly punitive rather than about protecting the platform’s security and legal rights. “Sometimes it is unclear what is driving a litigation,” wrote District Judge Charles Breyer, of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, in the order’s opening lines. “Other times, a complaint is so unabashedly and vociferously about one thing that there can be no mistaking that purpose.” “This case represents the latter circumstance,” Breyer continued. “This case is about punishing the Defendants for their speech.” X’s lawsuit had accused the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) of violating the company’s terms of service when it studied, and then wrote about, hate speech on the platform following Musk’s takeover of Twitter in October 2022. X has blamed CCDH’s reports, which showcase the prevalence of hate speech on the platform, for amplifying brand safety concerns and driving advertisers away from the site. In the suit, X claimed that it had suffered tens of millions of dollars in damages from CCDH’s publications. CCDH is an international non-profit with offices in the UK and US. Because of its potential to destroy the watchdog group, the case has been widely viewed as a bellwether for research and accountability on X as Musk has welcomed back prominent white supremacists and others to the platform who had previously been suspended when the platform was still a publicly-traded company called Twitter.

#elon musk #lawsuit #x (social media platform) #watchdog group #hate speech #social media #district judge charles breyer #us district court #northern district of california #center for countering digital hate #ccdh #terms of service #twitter #brand safety concerns #advertisers #damages #non-profit #research #accountability #white supremacists #publicly-traded company #white supremacy #racism #social justice #equality #end hate #anti-racism #racial equality #stop racism #no to hate

[yourplayersaidwhat]

Noble: *looking out the window* Good, you’re here. What’s the statu- you’re not my men

My Sorcerer: Correct! *casts firebolt on him*

#shit my players say #dnd #rpg #submission #shareable #killing things for fun and profit #why npcs hate pcs

[vasito-de-leche]

Arcana is so trans to me but not the mtf trans but like eldritch horror being realized that she likes to be perceived as a mortal woman

nonnie we are holding hands, we share the same vision, the same dream, the same eldritch transgenderism <3

there was a tweet recently (I think it was a tweet?) about a very specific type of character design--non sexualized, nude humanoids presented as otherwordly and entirely alien, off kilter, merging monstruous characteristics and that's exactly what I love and think about when it comes to the thing Arcana summons, the Guiding One's Creation

Arcana is so transgender to me in a very specific way of using the feminine figure as a way of both luring and keeping everyone at bay <33333

#not a prompt #reverse 1999 #something something the use of the feminine figure in religon as both a holy AND unholy thing #the biggest contradiction ever. upholding the female body as a pure virginal and holy temple but also as a sinful cavern of temptation #the feelings of hatred and love. to reject and reclaim womanhood #something abouttttt. how do i put this into words #arcana choosing a female body as a way to represent both of these sides. or to profit from the preconceived notions that come with it #something to be hated something to be celebrated. also found in her identity as an arcanist #(the way she fights for arcanists rights while at the same time fighting any arcanist that doesnt fit her specific ideals) #shes eldritch transgender to me youre so right anon youre so so so right #constantine is playing 9D chess but arcana is playing dwarf fortress and i love thinking about how it permeates into smth like her identity