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arcofacatboy · 5 months

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Please read this whole post, there’s no meme or catch to this, I’m not staying quiet on this.

this is the first post I’m making about Neal Shusterman’s recent actions - the second is about AI art usage, but this is so, so much more important.

Neal being complicit in the genocide that is occurring currently in Palestine and Gaza. Neal seems to have just gotten back from a book tour promoting a graphic novel he wrote, called Courage to Dream, which is about the Holocaust. He sent an email to everyone subscribed to his online newsletter.

Neal took this as an opportunity to state that he saw how “both sides” - both Israel and Palestinians - were doing things he did not condone, and that he would be remaining neutral.

Obviously Neal isn’t wrong in some of his wording, but what he’s fundamentally trying to say here is wrong and harmful. It doesn’t take someone who has lived through genocide to recognize that a genocide is happening. Genocide is a complex topic, but not in a “both sides should be shown kindness” way. It is complex in the fact that this has been going on for years, that history is repeating itself, and that people in positions of power are so easily falling for Zionist and colonialist propaganda because of their own bigotry and bias against those living in Palestine. How did you just go on tour promoting a book about the stories of people who were being targeted and killed in a genocide, and your first statement upon returning from that tour is to email all the subscribers of your newsletter that you’re “not qualified” to talk about genocide, and that you’re refusing to support the people being eradicated? Why did you write a book about genocide in the first place if you didn’t think you were qualified to talk about it? How do you write a whole graphic novel detailing the stories of people in what is the most known genocide in modern history and not see that Israel is trying to wipe Palestinians off the map?

Being opposed to genocide isn’t a simplistic opinion. It’s fucking common sense.

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dvmbgvtz · 27 days

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guyss☹️

THEN THEY.

#CRIES CRIES CRIES SOBS #SOBS AND THROWS UP #I CANT DO THISSS #arc of a scythe #scythe #scythe book #aoas #scythe volta #rowan damisch #rowan scythe #rowan aoas

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meezimoo · 11 months

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Scythe Volta and Rowan fanart from a little bit ago that I forgot to post. I love arc of a scythe so, so much and I highly recommend reading it. I'm not even an avid reader, yet I've enjoyed these books to no end

#arc of a scythe #neal shusterman #rowan damisch #scythe volta #scythe book #meezimoos art

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moony2moon · 6 months

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Arc of a Scythe Incorrect quotes pt 3 Aka Me Seeing How Many Tags I Can Slap Onto a Single Post pt 3

Faraday: I have a new hoodie.

Curie: Wrong. WE have a new hoodie.

Citra: Why are your tongues purple?

Faraday: We had slushies. I had a blue one.

Curie: I had a red one.

Citra: Oh.

Citra: OH.

Rowan: You drank each other's slushies?

Citra: Ya'll always talk about E-boy this and E-girl that, but no one wants to talk about the E-conomy. Marican capitalism is a fundamentally flawed system-

Constantine: BEHOLD! The field in which I grow my f*cks! Lay thine eyes upon it and thou shalt see that it BARREN!

Mandela: If you got arrested, what would be the charges?

Citra: Theft.

Curie: Disturbing the peace.

Faraday: Aggravated assut.

Morrison: Arson

Rowan. All the above. In that order, probably.

Goddard: You know what? You're in timeout! GET ON TOP OF THE FRIDGE! GET UP THERE!!!

Rowan: *Climbing on top of the refrigerator* THIS HOUSE IS A F*CKING NIGHTMARE!!!!!

Greyson: *Alone in his room and talking to the Thunderhead* You are my da-ad! YOU'RE MY DAD! Boogy woogy-woogy!

Volta: Do not come over to my room. If the room is on fire, you may knock once, if I don't answer, assume I set the fire and I want to burn to death.

Greyson: No, this is not a mess. You know what I consider a mess?

Thunderhead: Your life?

Greyson: I- well, yes, but-

Scythe ocs Incorrect quotes!

Newton: Did you get the eggs like I asked?

Bly: Even better!

Newton: What the f*ck did you-

Bly: *Holds up chicken* Her name is Fluffy.

Bly: Honk.

Newton: WHAT?

Bly: HONK!

Newton: WHAT THE F*CK DOES HONK MEAN THIS TIME, YOU WHIMSICAL PIECE OF SH*T!!?

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sketzi · 5 months

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Scythe Volta

"Is there a reason you chose your robe to be the colour of piss?"

#arc of a scythe #scythe volta #neal shusterman #rowan discovers the colour yellow

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whotfelsewantedtobelynnyx · 1 year

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Scythe Characters As Weird Shit My Friends And I Say Because I Can

Curie, standing on a stepladder: You don't have to be straight, the clock has to be straight.

Citra: Well that's rude. The clock can be whatever it wants to be.

Rowan: Let the clock love who it wants to love!

Rand: I was just giving a detailed explanation of how you suck it.

Volta: I'm gonna crash this fucking car.

Chomsky: Sometimes you just gotta do it and see what happens.

Volta: You knew what would happen! It blew up!

Mentor! Faraday: She's attacking me!

Apprentice! Curie: I'm hugging you.

Rowan: Do-nut order donuts.

Citra: I hate you.

Goddard: My god, Xenocrates! There's a fuck you!

Tyger: Wow, my head really just flew across the room.

Rand: I'm taking your silence as a sign I should kill the child.

Rowan, to Citra: Did you die? Guess I'll die too.

Greyson, gesturing proudly at Jeri: Nonbinary noodle!

Faraday, in the middle of a thought: -ledge.

Munira: Ledge?

Faraday, nodding: Ledge.

#scythe #arc of a scythe #scythe curie #scythe faraday #curaday #citra terranova #rowan damisch #scythe goddard #scythe rand #scythe volta #scythe chomsky #greyson tolliver #jerico soberanis #munira atrushi #lynnyx does shit other than the owl house #yes #it's possible #incorrect quotes #weird shit my friends and I say

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someone7619 · 7 months

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Peak friendship is when you first meet and ask them "Why did you choose your robes to be the color of piss?" and then later engage in a deep conversation about your mentor after getting your shit nearly rocked twice.

If your friendship isn't like this then I don't wanna hear it.

#arc of a scythe #aoas #pre lobotomy shitpost #rowan damisch #scythe volta #my ideal friendship

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maggi3chas3 · 4 months

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Guess who's jamming to Will Wood and crying over Scythe Curie

Me

It's still me

#thunderhead #arc of a scythe #scythe curie #scythe lucifer #scythe faraday #scythe by neil shusterman #scythe #thunderhead by neil shusterman #greyson tolliver #slayd bridger #purity #scythe volta #scythe rand #scythe anastasia #citra terranova #scythe goddard #rowan damisch #will wood #neil shusterman

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air-of-the-waterfall · 5 months

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I think this is an unpopular opinion, but I didn't really feel bad for Scythe Volta? He chose to follow Goddard and continued with the mass gleanings despite knowing it was wrong. He gleaned an entire classroom full of children when he could have just... not done that.

He was under pressure from Goddard and it's incredibly hard to break away from an abuser (especially one so charismatic who presents themself as "reasonable") but Volta still made his choices as a scythe with immense power and responsibility in his hands.

He certainly didn't deserve the ending he got, but my feelings about him are pretty neutral. What is it that people love about him? /gen

I find him interesting as a case study about how pressure from society can drive people to do unspeakable things, because scythes are very forcefully taught that what they do is what's best for humanity. They have to justify it to themselves however they can in order to sleep at night, but right before Volta dies, he finally questions all that and realizes that Goddard's elegy aren't what scythes are supposed to be.

It's fantastic that a "volta" is the turning point in a poem, and Scythe Volta's death is the final straw towards Rowan killing Goddard and becoming Scythe Lucifer.

#arc of a scythe #aoas #scythe volta #scythe goddard #rowan damisch

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haljeexyee · 4 months

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HAVE YOU DRAWN SCYTHE VOLTA

I have! Not as much as I wish I did though, he’s such a good character! 🥹💛💛💛

#scythe faraday #scythe anastasia #scythe curie #scythe #gleanings #scythe book #scythe lucifer #greyson tolliver #munira atrushi #scythe goddard #scythe Volta #volta #arc of a scythe #aoas #aoas fanart #ask me anything #anon ask

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gayscytheblog · 4 months

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AOAS AS FURBIES BECAUSE I LOVE THEM

I love furb… and aoas…

Citra Terranova

Giraffe 1998/99 Furb or Tiger 1998/99 Furb

She wears her robe almost all the time bc it’s cool :3

Uuuh I forgot her eye color it was brown I think though

Black beak and turquoise tongue because it’s COOL

Sassy bitch

Ben Terranova

Seahorse 1999 Furby Baby

Idiot gay boy

Rowan Damisch

Witches Cat 1998/99 Furb

Brown eyes

Black beak and red tongue bc hes edgy

Idk what he would wear for clothes, maybe his robe??? Idk

Might revoke his eyelash rights. Might.

Scythe Faraday

Koala 1998/99 Furb

Black eyes bc IDK

Wears his robe all the time

No lashes because fuck you Faraday you don’t get pretty boy privileges (i love faraday though)

Grey beak and black tongue

Scythe Curie

Champagne 1998/99 Furb or Snowball 1998/99 Furb

Light grey eyes with a tint of purple at the bottoms

Always wears her robe

Light purple beak and dark purple tongue

Shitlord Goddard

This one

Faceplate would be dark blue or black though

Dark blue beak, light blue tongue

Scythe Volta

BUMBLE BEE 1998/99 FURB (one of my favs)

Yellow eyes. Not bc it’s canon but because they would be COOL.

Uuuuuuh brown or black beak with yellow tongue

Always wears his robe

Has some scars on his feet and sides (from s/h)

50/50 on the lashes, might look better without.

Scythe Rand

Peacock looking Furby Boom (2013) (or a green custom Furb Boom)

But her Furby faceplate thingy would be dark green instead

Black beak, dark green tongue

Black ears would look cool

Dark green feet would also look cool

Scythe Morrison

Dragon 1998/99 Furb

Wears his fucking jean robe everywhere

Jurby

Jerico Soberanis (as suggested by my boyfriend)

Gorilla 1998/99 Furb

Brown eyes (def has some cool gold accents though bc ITS COOL)

Wears gold jewelry and shirt

Gold beak, uuuuuuuh black tongue bc it looks cool

Greyson Tolliver

Wolf 1998/99 Furb or Church Mouse 1998/99 Furb

Grey feet though

Wears his weird The Toll shit because it makes him look less boring

Grey eyes

Grey beak

Purple tongue because it matches his outfit

The Thunderhead (if it was a Furb)

Thundy would be a Furby Connect (2016) and idk which one but it would be one.

Just less farting and more uh

Serious Thunderhead shit

EXTRAS:

Scythe Alighieri

This but different hair and eyes.

Gross.

Scythe Hypatia (bc shes silly)

Belongs to @sp1derbitez :3!!

Red Wolf 1998/99 Furb

Possibly silvery eyes? Idk it would look cool

Originally didn’t have eyelashes but she gave herself eyelashes bc she’s cool

Dark brown beak with a dark red tongue

Always wears robe

#arc of a scythe #citra terranova #ben terranova #rowan damisch #scythe faraday #scythe curie #scythe goddard #scythe volta #scythe rand #jerico soberanis #greyson tolliver #the thunderhead #scythe hypatia #scythe morrison

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arcofacatboy · 5 months

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also Neal shusterman or someone on his social media team is doing shady shit involving AI art

Separating this from the post about Neal taking a “neutral” (complicit) stance on genocide, since art thievery and falsely crediting an artist is much, much less harmful than encouraging people to stay silent about the genocide in Palestine.

On December 7th, 2023, Neal Shusterman made this post to his various social media accounts - I took the screenshot from his Twitter.

Neal does fanart promotion all the time, so this was nothing out of the ordinary for him, except that even though I’ve only read half of Gleanings, I could immediately tell that this wasn’t a character from Gleanings, with the obvious clue being that Rowan is the only character in the series to have ever worn a black robe, and this clearly isn’t supposed to be him.

You’ll notice I blurred the artist’s name here - I did that intentionally so they don’t face harassment from people who didn’t read my post closely enough, but if you want to support her work you can easily find this post on Neal’s socials and get her username (while it’s linked on all of his social medias, the username corresponds to an Instagram account).

To me, this post screamed AI generated artwork, and the more I looked into it, the worse it seemed to get. The cover of the copy of Gleanings in that “photo” is in German - the artist Neal credited does not seem to speak any German whatsoever. In that case, why would they pick a copy of Gleanings in a language they don’t speak to overlay this art? The artist Neal credited never posted this piece of artwork, although they had made a different piece of fanart for the series that was in a completely different style to this one. The style of the piece of AOAS fanart the artist posted THEMSELVES had a completely different art style from the art Neal credited them with.

I ended up reaching out to the artist and asked if they had actually drawn this art piece, or if they knew who did. They responded today.

(My message before I sent the screenshot to them was apologizing for confusing wording in my original messages, and the fact Instagram’s crappy messaging system never sent them the art piece I was asking about in the first place. This confused the artist, which is partially my fault since I used a translator app to translate my message into their native language, which I’m sure screwed up grammar somewhere. I wanted to make sure they knew I wasn’t accusing THEM of using AI, but rather suspecting someone was using AI and saying they drew the AI generated art.)

So, Neal, or someone who manages his social media, put this artist in a damn hard spot and told everyone that the artist made something that was made by AI. And again, absolutely no hate or disrespect to the artist, they didn’t know this was happening and they were very kind and understanding. If you do seek out their account, give them a follow!

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dvmbgvtz · 4 months

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Daily reminder that Goddard had the pain nanties off, Scythe Volta died in pain no one in that world was used to pain and it was the last thing he ever felt.

#puts this in your hand and runs away #but actually he makes me sad #the amount of times I’ve cried over this book #specifically his scene #scythe #scythe Volta #scythe book #thunderhead #scythe goddard #arc of a scythe

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the-lem0n-b0y · 7 months

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Volta: Go and ask Goddard for $10 or else I'll punch you in the head and maybe add a bit of cyber-bullying

Rowan: I'm on an overdraft with Goddard right now how about $5 and you drop the cyber-bullying

Volta: How about $7.50 and I don't add a noogie in as well

Rowan: Will you take dollar bills and quarters?

Goddard: Alessandro, just ask me for $10 why are you dragging him into this

Volta: Because he lets me

Rowan: I have an option?

Volta: You're getting a black eye

#rowan damisch #scythe lucifer #scythe volta #rip #arc of a scythe #scythe book #scythe #i miss him #aoas #scythe goddard #incorrect quotes #scythe incorrect quotes #arc of a scythe incorrect quotes

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moony2moon · 6 months

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Arc of a Scythe Incorrect Quotes pt 2 LETZ GOOOOOO

Greyson: What is love?

Sister Astrid: An emotional minefield.

Thunderhead: A neurochemical reaction.

Morrison: Baby don't hurt me.

Rowan: Is Goddard always like this when he loses

Volta: Oh yes. You should've been there for the great Jenga tantrum of the Year of the Gecko.

Goddard: YOU BUMPED THAT TABLE AND YOU KNOW IT!!!

Faraday: Rowan...

Rowan: I can tell by the tone of your voice that you are disappointed. Alas, I must further disappoint you by affirming how little I give a f*ck.

Goddard: *Standing in front of a baby changing station* Baby changing station, *puts hand over the letter C on the label* baby hanging station.

The rest of the New Order: *Starts cheering and clapping*

Goddard: ARE YOU READY TO F*CKING DIE!?!

Rowan: No! I'm a bad b*tch, you can't kill me!!!

Goddard: BIT-

Curate Mendoza: Alright flock, we're gonna play a little game called the name game, you can go first.

Greyson: *Lowers raised hand* My name is Shacka-Umph-Ka, and my dad knows god.

Curie: We did it! You're gonna be a father!

Faraday: I'm reading Harry Potter the Prisoner of Azkaban, what do you want???

Citra: *Holds up package* Faraday, look, it's the good kush!

Faraday: This is the dollar store, how good can it be?

Goddard: It's summer, I got my hat on backwards, and it's time to f*cking party- *Hits head on doorframe*

Xenocrates: Oh that was delicious, I am stuffed to the BRIM.

Constantine: Did anyone here say "room for dessert?"

Xenocrates: You bet your f*cking *ss-

Citra: I'm in Marie's car! Vroom! Vroom!

Curie: Get outta me car!

Citra: Aaaaawwww....

Like for part 3? Plz?

Do you want a cookie???

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moosha-mushroom · 9 months

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Scythe Art dump istg the fandom is dead and I intend to resurrect it. Greyson is so fucking amazing. I love him so goddamn much.

#arc of a scythe #rowan damisch #citra terranova #scythe volta #scythe chomsky #scythe rand #jerico soberanis #greyson tolliver #shit I love greyson #listen I know that chomsky’s robe is orange but the red looks better on him

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