#i'm going without prompt again

[rillils]

One bright morning changes all things.

Hozier, First Light | @catws-anniversary

#CATWS10 #bucky barnes #stucky #stevebucky #it's always stucky where i'm concerned lol #i wasn't sure which of bucky's prompts this would fit most so i just #ehhhhhh #i'm going without prompt again #*weeps* #i just think every hozier song is their song somehow or other so #you know #it had to be done #i just wish it was less messy lol #consistency whomst #rillers has feels #please take this away from me 😭😭😭

[bumblingbabooshka]

In 'vis a vis' Janeway doesn't mention B'Elanna in the list of people who're worried about Tom which implies that B'Elanna didn't report the fact that "Tom" grabbed her arm, called her a disappointment and broke up with her (as Janeway definitely would have mentioned it as evidence of him acting strange if she knew about it) which makes sense on several different fronts but also makes me scream and cry loud enough to break glass.

#it reminds me of that time in 'Alice' (NOT related as vis a vis takes place seasons BEFORE 'Alice') but when B'Elanna says Tom: #'practically assaulted me' Janeway's not taking it seriously at all she says 'that doesn't sound like Tom' and I was like CAPTAIN??? DEATH? #but again that has no bearing on this in-universe bc that hasn't happened yet. REALLY I'm screaming and crying about B'Elanna's self esteem #issues which Steth literally manifested the worst case scenario of #Tom's little gesture when he gets back also goes over so well bc of this in MY mind. #Tom wanting her and Tom being with her is something B'Elanna wants regardless of how he actually acts in their relationship #(as long as it isn't abusive). He rarely puts her first without prompting or complaining BUT...he's a handsome human guy who wants her to b #his girlfriend. Ostensibly. And that's a prize you wanna hold onto. #God I love B'Elanna............ #did she tell ANYONE or did she just sit with that interaction alone??? #her not telling anyone implies that she DIDN'T go 'hey that's not like Tom! I should inform the captain of this incident!' #and that KILLS me dude...she's not like 'Something's terribly wrong with Tom or maybe that's an imposter!' she's like 'Tom said/did that to #me.' SCREAMING. SCREAMING. TOM. YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS /BAD/ WITH B'ELANNA.

[sisterdivinium]

Words escape them.

A golden ray of light falls upon a crucifix, upon naked, intertwined limbs. There is sensation — warmth — and there is memory — love — but there aren't words.

Jillian fears to move, fears a declaration of regret; Suzanne fears herself, the consequences, the punishment — and she fears the loss of the woman in her arms.

The night has gone and passion has left doubtful sobriety in its wake.

They watch. They wait.

Suzanne at last dares caress a cheek. Jillian smiles.

There is no return. Let damnation come, let judgement — a kiss seals their fate before the morning bell.

#doctor superion #warrior nun #mother superion #jillian salvius #i don't always write for prompts but this is... the first in quite a series of them. let's see how long i can make it last #then again there's only one more drabble ready for next week and then... #well to be entirely honest there's yet one more but i needed help from someone who speaks italian for a sentence in it #if you are italian and can spare a minute to deal with this author's lack of knowledge she would be very appreciative #as i really don't want to post anything without having it go through a native first. google translate is treacherous! #i did try translating the sentence from all the languages i speak and the results were similar but STILL. i'm not confident. #anyway this post's prompt was awakening. if that matters. #once more i write them as able to navigate their relationship without words #a funny thing for a woman who loves words so but i see the ship as i see it lol #warrior nun drabble #narratives and similar

[zevrans]

💀

#i haven't played bg3 for like 5 days or so because i am super busy and my brain decided that's ain't going to work and it NEEDS bg3 content #even if it is of its own production - saw bg3 related dream last night help 😭😭😭 #i don't remember much except that there was a cutscene (i am both in it AND out if it makes sense in weird dream logic) #and after the cutscene shadowheart?? i'm not even sure it was entirely her but it was a woman who without prompt kisses my character 👀 #i would have said it was a win if gale wasn't standing right there and saw that and just as i (not my character 🤡) walked over to him to #explain it was a misunderstanding and that i (or we?? idk man dream logic 😹) actually love HIM #he started running away from me 😭😭😭 because he was so upset (this was SO out of character for him i'm bfmffj) #and binch was running fast as hell too i barely maanged to catch up and start explaining WHEN #the dream rewinded (which was essentially a save reload before the scene im 😭💀) #and the kiss scene played out again but this time it was as if we were just friends with gale and he just stand there like 👁👄👁 #i still can't understand if it was shadowheart or like someone not even from bg3 😭 #ANYWAYS good morning eveyone 💀👋 #tbd

[01tsubomi]

i'm taking the jlpt this sunday and had a stress dream last night abt it bc it sort of snuck up on me and now it's kind of a question of how much my actual japanese abilities will carry me (versus if i should've been cramming on flashcards this past month) but the listening portion is far simpler conversation than my coworkers and i have so. i think that maybe instead of "damn i should've been studying japanese" my perspective should just be "i speak japanese"

#a key part of the dream though was that i failed because i went on a motorcycle joyride during the 40 minute break and didn't make it back #in time for the listening section. the prompt for the listening section btw was to write an essay in english about kirishima eijirou #so i was like damn i would've totally passed #anyway hashtag classic maya but idk #i think i have a bit of a complex abt it bc i was studying for n1 (highest level) in college #but w the switch to online learning we stopped studying the stuff i really needed to work on (vocab and kanji) #and whatever kanji i knew how to write went out the window bc i never had to turn in written homework again #so i really let myself go there for a good two years but since moving last summer i've not only been having japanese conversations every da #i've also actually been studying kanji in my downtime at work #so i have picked up most of the study guide-type information just really slowly over time #i read a ton of manga in japanese lately and most shows on netflix here don't have eng subtitles but i'm fine without them 95% of the time #with the genre of shows i watch at least #so i've been thinking a lot lately abt what my end goal is w japanese studies because 'be able to consume all the art i want' feels like #a good place to be #i do think in the end the only thing between me and n1 is a lot of genuine hard work studying vocab and kanji and reading serious articles #so i feel like all 'sekkaku da shi' i've made it this far why would i just stop working at this point #those are just my thoughts though aaaa i know reading/vocab/grammar section is way more hit or miss #personal

[swamp-world]

like i think that we really really really need to actually gain the social literacy and compassion to understand that. not tipping your server isn’t praxis, but the fact that it’s expected that the customer pay the wage of the server also doesn’t mean that the customer (often also stiffed and a victim of wage theft) isn’t obligated to do so, and that while this is within our own economic system a great injustice and act of violence that needs to be rectified, it is in fact not the greatest injustice in the world and seeing people comparing getting screamed at for war crimes to not being tipped demonstrates a drastic lack of any sense of proportion. this is me speaking as both a service worker and someone engaged in organizing. let me be absolutely clear that I am not saying that not tipping your server is praxis. if you are able to tip i think that you should. i also think that “it’s the social contract in america to tip your server” needs to be read as “the structure has been built so that resisting it is tantamount to being a class traitor, and there are no winners in this situation”. i make less than 1k a month. tipping at 15% is straight up not viable all of the time if i want to pay rent. that’s not praxis, that’s me trying to keep a roof over my head, same as the service worker who i can’t always tip. so much analysis of this matter on social media tends to boil down to brute utilitarianism that causes further fragementation among the working class, and not for unjust reasons.

but just as not tipping my server isn’t praxis, tipping my server also isn’t praxis. not because it doesn’t help the individual (it does) but because it functionally validates the extant system in which the customer directly pays the wages. especially in the digital age: whereas cash tips are often considered nontaxable income, digital tips are administered as directly taxable income by the employer. when tips are paid out as wages i think it’s a little unfair to consider them to be “gratuities”.

again: not tipping isn’t praxis, but i wonder often about how many people who parrot this point are engaged in labour organizing or support in any way other than tipping. everyone deserves to be paid for their labour. but likewise, putting the onus on the working class customer to do so doesn’t actually help anyone except for the employer.

if you’re getting pissed at other working-class people for not tipping high numbers, especially impoverished and/or marginalized people, i hope that you are also engaged in literally any form at all, no matter how intense or dedicated, to any kind of action or organization that supports increasing minimum wage and shifting this responsibility from the customer to the employer (i.e. working class to owning class).

#vent of sorts #i keep seeing that post about ''not tipping your server isn't praxis'' with the addition of #''i was a server who got yelled at by a european for being american at an american tourist memorial for 9/11 because of the iraq war'' #and again i say this in a sense that isn't meant to diminish the legitimate trauma of service work #trauma in a very genuine sense #(brief reminder that this is what the term ''emotional labour'' was coined to describe is being expected to regulate and perform emotions #for your job but only being paid minimum wage because the only ''labour'' you're doing is physical/mental and keeping a smile while being #berated isn't ''labour'') #but without directly comparing and weighing traumas and experiences in order to invalidate another #i'm so tired of seeing ''not tipping your server doesn't help anyone'' specifically being backed up by the idea #that tipping and paying into the tipping model (no pun intended) is a morally neutral or net-positive action #without actually considering the widespread consequences of tipping culture as a whole on labour wages and employee rights #of course not tipping isn't going to solve anything #nothing is solved on an individualist level #but the idea that NOT tipping is a non-solution that individuals take #being refuted by the idea that tipping as a buffer that individuals engage in #rather than it leading into any discussion about organizing #is absolutely fucking infuriating #because believe me i WANT to tip servers i WANT to make sure that everyone is paid #but if i walk into a local brewpub and buy a beer at the isolated beer shop next door by a till worker i am prompted to tip as if it were #a full service establishment and transaction #and i think that is evidence enough that tipping is not a ''thank you'' to your server but rather the employer offloading the expectation #of paying their employees proper wages onto the customer #anyways as ever the solution isn't individual action but collective organizing and community support #if you're going to tip then tip in cash and if you're not going to tip then be as kind as possible #and if you're acting as if tipping your server is the ONLY morally correct action in this situation then please #look around at your local community organizations and labour organizations and housing organizations instead of yelling online at people #who often are not being paid enough to be able to pay rent let alone pay another person's wages #mutual aid is great and important but i straight up don't consider it ''mutual aid'' if it's filtered through an employer's income

[eryanlainfa]

My brain is so empty nowadays.. What if I just scrolled through pinterest til I find a cool pose to draw whoever in..? Or what if I just drew over memes-? No thoughts just drawing.

#I spend so long just finding the 'perfect' idea so I can draw because if idk what I'm suppose to draw then I can't draw ! yknow?? #Even for silly doodles I can't just... Draw without thinking about every little stupid details #I don't wanna think :( #But if I ask for requests and prompts I'm afraid my brain will go 'nope' for those too and I will let down people again.. #Eryanbles #Vent ? #But when I go look for inspiration I feel bad for not coming up with the idea myself.. Like I'm stealing references somehow

[wereshrew-admirer]

:..)

#i requested a commission last month and the person just contacted me saying they were going to work on it #and i just sat and looked through their gallery because i actually wasn't super familiar with them and #and i'm like... so excited hahahahhaahahahhaa #we have the same taste in body types and weird dynamics #and one of the characters they draw a lot (idk if it's an OC or what) is already very similar to how i draw chine including covered-in-frec #kles #so i just... know they're going to fucking nail it #i cannot describe how exciting it is to be able to commission somebdoy every once in a while ;_____; #i'm so used to not even being able to afford gas to work and suddenly #every now and again #i can afford a little treat #a big treat really #so glad that i finally called my company's bluff and threatened to leave for real (and consequently got a significant raise) #hahahhahaha i can't believe i'm commissioning folks and not starving what a life!! #33 is going to be a good year #(i'm extra hyped up because there's a good chance they'll finish it right around my birthday and - what a gift! what a treat! <3) #and i didn't give them a prompt and they said they were fine without one so it's going to be a complete surprise! wonder what they'll do! #wow i love art and the way people can just... make things out of lines and colors isn't that wild? we are very fancy animals

[pierswife]

You see, the real April Fool's joke was Vash's placement on my F/O list.

This right here? A farce.

Now this? This is the truth.

#I have known him for a little bit more than a week but please know i love him very very much #I may call him mr cringefail loser wet napkin of a man but truly and honestly I love him very much #he's been through so much more than any one person should every have to go through and he is through and through a very gentle soul #he also very badly needs a hug and to be told that everything is gonna be okay #he's honestly what's been helping me get through the day because I'm going to be 100% honest #I have been so incredibly burned out with no time to rest and a lot of the things I enjoy were starting to feel dull cause of the burnout #but starting trigun and seeing this funny not so lil guy kinda brought a spark back to things? #tbh i think i just needed something new to get into #but still he makes me feel so many butterflies and brings new feeling of excitement to life because holy shit i have something new #and it's something that checks all the boxes for me #I very rarely will watch things on my own and I have been watching with friends #but I find myself going back to episodes that we've seen already and rewatching them because of how much I enjoy them #and the manga has been SUCH a fun read so far #and I'm ngl I haven't read a manga on my own without being prompted to in YEARS #so it... admittedly feels very nice #I feel like I'm 20 again and playing EO2U on my own and just enjoying myself #and 2020/2021 was a very low point for me that EO2U helped me cope with specifically #and not to say I'm as low as I was then and that I'm at a low now but I do feel super burnt out and having something that I enjoy #and don't feel bogged down while doing it? feels super nice #dhgfsd don't get me wrong I love all my other interests very very much #but imma be real with y'all whenever I go heavy into resident evil posting that's when I'm at my most mentally ill/lowest #and that's when I go and sit down and play that fdhjskgbfs(unless I'm asked to by a friend or once in a blue moon I just really wanna play) #which recently has been I want to play for enjoyment thank goodness #fbdhjsfvbsdjhi anyway vash the stampede my beloved thank you for bringing a new spark to life and help make things less dull for me <3 #sweet little bumblebee

[datastate]

i think the thing that gets to me most about nankidai’s writing is the lack of confidence in some aspects for his story/characterizations to shine through, to the extent he overcompensates. prior to the ministories, it’s shown most in how reko’s doll is overly emphasized as being out of place.

but usually, he’s really good about being subtle!!! with joe being more clever than he typically lets on (and in the death game, letting his cheery attitude drop once he’s out of sight of sara), the tension between alice and reko not being exaggerated and we can see where reko’s torn, with keiji’s slow appreciation for sara over the course of the game, etc.! and actually, speaking of ch2 + regarding the satous, their role in the story is intentionally in the background by nature of their role as the ‘in-between’ asunaro and casual life (most prominent with kai; though it also shows up with gashu who is - for the most part - more 'normal’ compared to the other floormasters while still maintaining his menacing role. this is something i deeply appreciate in contrast to the other floormasters - it presents a different, and arguably more terrifying, aspect)

but with the ministories in play... i do feel like sei would be better off if he were involved solely with kai, rather than directly with gashu. i’ve stated my issues with how sei’s existent feels redundant with the dichotomy of kai and ranger already in play, though he remains a deeply important character to kai himself and should not be removed entirely. (but that is not the point of the post atm)

see, it’s already heavily implied / outright stated that ranger and kai are meant to resemble and contrast one another.

- with ranger’s referring to gashu as “dad” (contrast to kai’s “father”) - shin’s wondering if rio was meant to be a successor (sara’s comment of “in place of a son?”) - rio’s inferiority despite fulfilling what kai states he never could; the two on opposite sides of what gashu wanted (kai’s unwavering commitment (unfortunately, to human life) versus ranger’s utter disregard for human life (with only gashu as the exception)) - and these are just listed off the top of my head, as i’m. very tired lol :P

we already had an established unknown dynamic between rio and kai - through gashu! as his creation/son respectively.

with sei’s involvement as gashu’s other apprentice, it seems to take away from the parallels we already had with gashu’s established children - specifically in kai’s case. there are no longer any messy strings left behind with kai and gashu under this lens, as gashu has completely moved over to the other apprentice he once took on instead. which honestly feels very unrealistic for how close they once were and how gashu justifies how he treated kai after being told only ‘one’ could survive after the assassin’s trial - out of a desire for kai’s survival, not only for his ‘potential’ but out of his own... clear ‘love’ for his family. this became a necessity.

sei physically resembling ranger could’ve simply been a case of being the next-best survivor of the assassin’s trial, who still met his end by another’s blade because of how much he cared for kai (who could’ve been training with him, where they earned their friendship; both were waiting on the instructors to report back to each house, rather than gashu specifically), and gashu saw that as the reason for both kai and sei’s failures. if kai was never a factor in sei’s life, would he be the assassin asunaro sought out...? <- that sort of thing

though, honestly, i don’t think sei needed to tie in with any current timeline-relevant character at all!! (esp as it was never implied in the main game). ranger’s design can stand on its own, and sei’s effect on kai wouldn’t be lessened if he didn’t resemble rio. tying ranger into the past seems to overcomplicate what was already implied beforehand regarding gashu’s difficult feelings toward his family (wishing to keep his child by his side, even in replica) versus asunaro (the intense faith he holds in its ideals, to the point of committing suicide to retain the purity of the death game) and how he both resents and wonders where he went wrong with kai for him to be unable to kill anyone else or complete asunaro’s objectives, where all other assassins would’ve in its name. he was searching out a replacement for kai - that is all we’re given in-game, and that’s honestly all we need to know for ranger’s existence to make sense and have a deeper meaning than just being a malicious floormaster! he is underdeveloped, and that is the intention of his character; he was always meant to be in the shadow of the child he was based upon, the one who gashu truly cared for.

...in any case, it’s an issue solely with the ministories in general! i feel like nankidai did wonderfully with enhancing dynamics we were already aware of and adding in characters that could have a lot of potential on how they influence the yttd cast’s lives (ie. ryuu, sei, and more solid characterization for ursheen/stronghold!) and i absolutely adored the alice & reko events!!! the subtle references to how much reko cared about alice to set up a ‘secret hideout’ just for the two of them, still taking the time to explain music things he didn’t quite understand (and in turn, also trying to pretend she didn’t know as much about piano as she did so she had more time to hang out with him), etc etc - it’s heartbreaking seeing how coldly they regard each other in present day by contrast! with that small set up of just how their personalities/desires began to clash and leaving the rest to be assumed from there. reko & alice’s is by far my favorite of the ministories, though i do appreciate what nankidai is trying to convey with the others... i just wish he weren’t so overt with kai’s :’]

#i feel like this goes without saying but all critiques i hold come from a place of loving the story given #i adore ytd and it really does hurt seeing this lack of confidence end up having a negative impact on the story #and on characters that he ends up undercutting even without meaning to!!! #i love writing and character studies and i'm working on my own game... i have my own experience and i'm just. ahhh!!! i can see #exactly what nankidai is going for and i wish he let it speak for itself rather than . this!!! #don't undersell your stuff!!! please!!!!! #jestersvaguely #yttdlb #yttdposting #long post #negative #okay that's . enough of that. i might edit this post later when i don't have an intense headache but i probably won't #post abt this subject again unless prompted lol i feel really bad doing all of this #i'm just sad at what could've been & how much this took away despite trying to add more honestly

[raveartts]

Aafhfdghh art block is trash

All I've drawn in the last two days was Cuttehoat in my economics book

#rave ramblees #raveartts #AGHFDDGH I WANT TO DRAW #but i don't want to draw #there's so many ideas in my head and i want to put them on paper #and the longer i go without drawing #the worse my art gets #so when i start drawing again i get discouraged bc it looks like shit #so it just creates a cycle #and I'm falling behind on goretober art #well...I guess I'm not OBLIGATED to draw for goretober #especially as this year I've done so much more than i have in any other year #i could just stop #i still have 6 more drawings scheduled for it :) #idk maybe I'll just stop with goretober seeing as I tend to get all demotivated when i feel like i HAVE to draw #go back to just drawing the things i want to draw :D #i can draw gorey stuff any time of the year without prompts i really shouldn't force myself #i think I'll go play goatlings and then just do some practice art instead

[ragnaroktheworld]

Funny how the only thing that brings me back here anymore is old hypefixations, isn't it?

#cas speaks #started watching the old supernatural again.... hopefully I get further than I did the first time #I've been in the spn fandom for over 12 years and have never watched past season 2. everything past that has been learned through osmosis. #I am resolved to make it through season 4 this time bc I wanna actually see an ep with cas in it. and I can't bring myself to skip ahead. #knowing the ending almost makes me turn away #but I owe it to my teen self to see this through. at 23 I'm going to finally do this #I used to never really relate to either of the boys but now..... I am Sam and Sam is me #well read but somewhat naive to how terrible things can be.... can't hold the liquor..... random nerd facts just pop out without prompt... #there are so many more. #but don't u doubt I am absolutely a dean girl even though I have already grazed in that pasture .. I'd do it again but better this time

[crimsongrimoire]

kaeluc prompt: they are f buddies, but then kaeya notices little changes about diluc like how he's less grumpy while tending in the tavern or that one time he saw diluc buying a ring. so kaeya calls off their arrangement and- 👀👀

ive sat on this for a few hours so ive had time to collect my thoughts and not have a bitch fit on the internet first thing in the morning bc I was cranky about waking up (and also work) so:

-please be mindful when interacting with strangers who make content you enjoy. we aren't like... wish fulfillment factories.

-please also remember im a person with a life on the other side of the screen, one who is very tired at that

-please be mindful that This Is Work, possibly more than you realize, and generally speaking yall get more out of it than I do. I enjoy writing this stuff and I love love love that yall enjoy the end results, but please remember most of what I gain from this is making other people happy, and it takes a lot of time and energy, especially lately

-i have other requests that have been sitting on for months, if I get to this it likely will not be in a timely manner, unfortunately my brain just kinda gets around to things when it wants to, which is frustrating bur it is what it is

-i honestly haven't really even been able to write my own ideas all that well for like. coming up on six months now, hence no new actual whole fics

-and please be mindful that if we haven't like. Spoken. before. as far as I can tell, at least. I would prefer people don't immediately approach and a) act overly familiar and b) make demands of me. I'm aware that this was very likely unintentional, but it's kinda how this came across, and I don't really want to open this avenue for people to do so when it's not behavior I really enjoy

I like this concept but I will say right now the number of ideas I could have for it would be limited, because unfortunately my brain just kinda Decides what it does and doesn't want to do when it comes to hobbies and such. don't love it, wish it was different, but thems the breaks I suppose

this is not at all to say don't send me ideas ever. it's more.. I would prefer you didn't approach me about it in such a demanding way, when I'm not obligated at all to do it. sorry if that sounds rude but it's the truth

im not mad or anything, however I would appreciate more.. uh. consideration, I guess

#id forgotten the part in my bio about requests/prompts was there ngl #im taking it out which again doesn't mean you can't come to me with ideas #but it means like. don't expect me to flesh this out soon or possibly ever #bc idk I can't particularly promise anything #less so than usual #and that annoys me. not because people are sharing ideas #because I generally enjoy that #but because I feel like I'm being asked to deliver and rn I just can't for some reason #which is... soooo irritating honestly. bc it's most certainly not for lack of wanting. #however my brain is just struggling rn and I'm not fully sure why #and there's not a ton I can do but endure it #there might have been more I meant to say #I can't remember it's just kinda Left my brain #funny that I've had to self advocate on both here and main in like less than 12 hrs but #i dont... want people to get overly comfortable just going Do This For Me #when I am not inherently obligated to expend my time and energy on it #again don't wanna sound rude or anything but #this IS the fact of the matter #cawing #at age 6 i was born without a face #also what are you from tiktok? we can say fuck here #i hope for your sake you arent a minor here lmao

[134340am]

HELP why do i get sleepy so early these days........ :*( m gonna go to sleep now goodnight pals 

#have fun without me #sobbles bobbles #work was so busy today i spent the first half of it fixing this stupid mistake that could have been avoided #the person who screwed up already left last week #so today i was just cleaning up her mess :*) #i have to go to the office again tomorrow... m hoping everything goes well #sorry for the delay in the 200 frens celebration requests i'm. not feeling very inspired lately #which is dumb because i wrote the prompts #but im struggling so hard T T booooooo #i enjoy taking requests and they're fun but i'm so sloOOOOoow #o my i just remembered #i have an ask i haven't answered #ok gonna answer that and shleep #good night frens :*) i hope today will b kind to u #hello yuna

[neverendingford]

.

#tag talk #had a new therapist appointment today. she seems nice and I think we'll probably get along. #I complained about growing up queer and christian and she complained about her bible thumping sister so I complained about my little brother #who is the same flavor of dogmatic religious and as long as it doesn't ever turn into her genuinely complaining about stuff to me we're good #I'm always bad at open ended questions like “tell me about yourself” but I can go off for an hour with a prompt like “do you have any kids?” #I woke up my laptop an hour ahead because it's so fuckin old it needs the time to wake up but my pc doesn't have a webcam so laptop it is. #I got a headset that connects with a bluetooth dongle because my pc network card doesn't have onboard bluetooth and it's nice #cause I don't have to worry about audio cords and I can walk around the house while still connected to call. #so many people I vc with have issues with headphones and mics unplugging all the time and I'm like hah I'm better than you. #anyway. we'll see how it goes. she was nice and wasn't sarcastic or passive aggressive so better than the first person I saw here. #and she actually responds to my comments and asks questions instead of just silently listening so better than my last actual therapist. #fourth time's the charm maybe. we'll see. I'm also in a place where I can get even more done myself with just a little external motivation #so even if she's not remarkably insightful I'm in a better place mentally so with a bit of external impetus I can get even more done now. #I picked weekly instead of biweekly because I will forget stuff so fucking fast if I pick biweekly and I can schedule it further away later #if I decide that's what I want/need/can handle. but yeah. new stuff #I still to call their dental department about a checkup cause it's been since 2019 since I got an actual checkup. #I brush and floss and mouthwash because I'm paranoid of having an issue without immediate dental care so I'm prolly fine #but it would be nice to be sure about it instead of just presuming and guessing. #once again thanks for socialized healthcare even if it is pretty garbage in the US it's absolutely better than nothing. #if/when I want gender surgery shit it'll probably be a whole-ass issue but for the entry-level shit it's very manageable. #anyway. I almost forgot about my scheduled appointment because when my brain is nervous about stuff it chooses to forget about it #which has cause problems in the past and certainly will again in the future but I remembered early enough that I didn't try and shower #cause deadass one time I had to hop out of the shower to take a scheduled Dr call cause I forgot about it #if my music hadn't paused I wouldn't have noticed. #no big deal just me talking about important medical treatment stuff buck ass nude full thang swangin #anyway. hopefully good things in the future perhaps. #I have to go shower for real now. byeeeeee

[were--ralph]

why exactly do you dislike generative art so much? i know its been misused by some folks, but like, why blame a tool because it gets used by shitty people? Why not just... blame the people who are shitty? I mean this in genuinely good faith, you seem like a pretty nice guy normally, but i guess it just makes me confused how... severe? your reactions are sometimes to it. There's a lot of nuance to conversation about it, and by folks a lot smarter than I (I suggest checking out the Are We Art Yet or "AWAY" group! They've got a lot on their page about the ethical use of Image generation software by individuals, and it really helped explain some things I was confused about). I know on my end, it made me think about why I personally was so reactive about Who was allowed to make art and How/Why. Again, all this in good faith, and I'm not asking you to like, Explain yourself or anything- If you just read this and decide to delete it instead of answering, all good! I just hope maybe you'll look into *why* some people advocate for generative software as strongly as they do, and listen to what they have to say about things -🦜

if Ai genuinely generated its own content I wouldn't have as much of a problem with it, however what Ai currently does is scrape other people's art, collect it, and then build something based off of others stolen works without crediting them. It's like. stealing other peoples art, mashing it together, then saying "this is mine i can not only profit of it but i can use it to cut costs in other industries.

this is more evident by people not "making" art but instead using prompts. Its like going to McDonalds and saying "Burger. Big, Juicy, etc, etc" then instead of a worker making the burger it uses an algorithm to build a burger based off of several restaurant's recepies.

example

the left is AI art, the right is one of the artists (Lindong) who it pulled the art style from. it's literally mass producing someone's artstyle by taking their art then using an algorithm to rebuild it in any context. this is even more apparent when you see ai art also tries to recreate artists watermarks and generally blends them together making it unintelligible.

Aside from that theres a lot of other ethical problems with it including generating pretty awful content, including but not limited to cp. It also uses a lot of processing power and apparently water? I haven't caught up on the newer developements i've been depressed about it tbh

Then aside from those, studios are leaning towards Ai generation to replace having to pay people. I've seen professional voice actors complain on twitter that they haven't gotten as much work since ai voice generation started, artists are being cut down and replaced by ai art then having the remaining artists fix any errors in the ai art.

Even beyond those things are the potential for misinformation. Here's an experiment: Which of these two are ai generated?

ready?

These two are both entirely ai generated. I have no idea if they're real people, but in a few months you could ai generate a Biden sex scandal, you could generate politics in whatever situation you want, you can generate popular streamers nude, whatever. and worse yet is ai generated video is already being developed and it doesn't look bad.

I posted on this already but as of right now it only needs one clear frame of a body and it can generate motion. yeah there are issues but it's been like two years since ai development started being taken seriously and we've gotten to this point already. within another two years it'll be close to perfected. There was even tests done with tiktokers and it works. it just fucking works.

There is genuinely not one upside to ai art. at all. it's theft, it's harming peoples lives, its harming the environment, its cutting jobs back and hurting the economy, it's invading peoples privacy, its making pedophilia accessible, and more. it's a plague and there's no vaccine for it. And all because people don't want to take a year to learn anatomy.