#that's what likes on your art feel like on this site

[dapper-lil-arts]

So uh. My freelance work here is kind of dying.

I thought i'd keep my long-term followers on the know-how, so i might as well write about my current circumstances here, give y'all an update, so to speak.

So, for several reasons, most of them not even my fault, i've been getting less and less commissions, almost none, actually, and the ones i get are usualy on the cheaper side, which is bad concidering that this is my livelihood, commission money pays my bills, my groceries, and my taxes, and now i sure as hell am strugling to imagine this will sustain me for long. Twitter is a sinking ship ever since elon went over, Specificaly for people like me. I had just broken into 12k followers there, a huge milestone for me, and then i got shadowbanned, and for the last few months i've gotten *nothing*. It's completely dead, i'm stagnated there, all my arts are censored, and there's no way for me to undo it or fix it, and so i've gotten less and less comms out there, which sucks because its the only reason i was even on that stupid site. Here on tumblr, meanwhile, the CEO went on a massive transphobic streak, and a lot of lgbt folk (which composed a lot of my following,) decided to jump ship, and i sure as hell dont blame them, but sadly that's more potential costumers that bailed, and there's no proper website to go to. Anywhere i'd go, i'd be starting from scratch again, which would be utterly disheartening and frustrating, and there no website that is kind to artists, with no algorythim, that also have a messaging system (the latter being ESSENTIAL to the way i do comms) So i'm kind of stuck. I just. have nowhere to go, and nothing to do. And last but not least, my own fault, I've just been drawing and creating what *I* specificaly want, on an hedonistic streak this year. That's why theres so much pony bs on this blog now, and why i was straight up posting poetry a while back, and have written hundreds upon hundreds of fanfiction pages in the last few months; Which, unfortunately, is a terrible business decision if your intent is making money. Which I surely should have prioritized, but in the end, its not up to me, its up to the costumers... So now i'm a bit stuck. I've enjoyed the things ive drawn and written more than anything i've ever done, and yet, i've never been less successful on the actual business side. I'm still considering my venues, my possibilities, but there's not many. Trying to get a job would certainly pull me away from creation, and i'd hate it regardless of what it was, and on another venue, theres no guarantee that going back to furry titties would bring me money.

and that's whats heartbreaking about it too. no matter how much effort i put on my work, theres no guarantee of sucess, so why even spend time trying to craft a masterpiece? why not just follow trends and make a tiktok account or whatever the fuck makes money these days. I'd rather not, frankly. And i wont. Well, that's about it. Thanks for reading this update, that's how my life is goin atm. i'm going to continue doing as i am right now, but yknow... I'm not sure what i should do, if you want to give me suggestions, feel free.

#Also sorry for not streaming lately #my throats like. DESTROYED with a small cold #I sound like a chain smoker atm #Also this poll will not affect my decisions in the slightest #i just thought it was funny

[shakingparadigm]

Hello!! I don't have twitter or Patreon... it would be awesome if you could answer my question! You seem such a kind person in every response.

I saw here and there pictures of IvanTill (Au?) where they are on the seashore... What's the story behind it? I never had the chance to find it out even if I'm not new in this fandom...

Thank you so much and sorry for disturbing you! I love your page... 🍡

Hello!! I believe you mean these ones, yes?

I'm pretty sure they're drawn by one of the ALNST crew members! It was on their site, but the last time I checked, they locked it and now it can only be accessed with a password...

Unfortunately I wasn't part of the fandom when this first started circling around, so I'm not entirely sure of the context. Some people say these were scrapped storyboards for one of the rounds, and that it was initially supposed to center around Ivan and Till's relationship.

Personally I think otherwise, though. I feel like this could just be the crew artist experimenting with their dynamic, or drawing art for a normal highschool AU like many ALNST official arts tend to be set in. Their clothes seem to be very average school uniforms, and the whole vibe of the scene seems so carefree in the more mundane, realistic way. Or maybe these are actually the storyboards? I'm not new to the fandom either, but even I can't find a solid confirmation yet, haha....

These still make my heart hurt, though. The both of them playing in the water, Till's blushing face, Till on his tippy-toes. He's tip-toeing for the kiss. How I wish they could be happy in another universe.

Thank you for your kind words! Sorry I couldn't properly answer your question...

#alnst #alien stage #ivantill #asks

[kradeelav]

this is probably the singular post where i hope most to be wrong.

I hope I'm called alarmist, paranoid, and proven wrong - but privately, i am deeply concerned about pixiv's latest ToS change regarding kink work banned in the US/UK.

It's not *specifically* about pixiv or this *specific* TOS change. This is not about how easy it is to change region-lock or use a VPN. (There's always going to be higher-friction ways around.)

It's a strong bellwether for how jittery international companies feel about legal (if theoretically tasteless*) visual art in the US. Particularly kink work.

Personally?

I fully expect itch.io to have to ditch NSFW or fold within two years. I fully expect depiction of certian taboo kink art to be semi-illegal (whether in select states or de-facto illegal within five years; lolisho being the first one on the line as always).

I fully expect most major internet hosting services to start running similar kink detection software to tumblr, to deter the workaround of an indvidual site as hosting it. Much like the wild west internet where you used to find extremely graphic content, I am seeing kink art slowly being neutered from the "mainstream" sites to formerly "safe" sites to the infrastructure of the internet itself.

There's some changes to my site and shop I'm making some increased haste with in hopes of hardening and beating this like I did with the social media implosion a few years ago. If you haven't already mass-saved kink work from your favorite creatives, or ordered that r18 doujin, I would suggest you do it soonest.

This is the kind of post I'd post on my private journal, not here, because I'm flatly uninterested in getting into semantics debates. The sole reason I'm posting this here is as another gentle but insistent nudge to set up your own backup infrastructure, if you are a kink creative too.

I hope I'm proven wrong.

But personally I am treating this as a very critical canary in the coal mine.

* I use the word tasteless deliberately to remove the "moral" (and legal) aspect of the intent and to hammer home the subjective quality of judging and creating visual art. What could be tasteful to one person is tasteless to another is tasteful again (and perhaps both at the same time) and that's one of the many beauties of humanity.

#instinctive full body recoil at the “healthy expression” line. #not art

[jimercuryweek]

Welcome to Jimercury Week!!

The dates for the event are 21st-24th of June, 2024. In the weeks leading up to it, we will post and reblog things featuring our happy couple.

Where to post:

The main places to post will be here on Tumblr and on AO3! If you use other sites, post the link here on Tumblr and tag us here at @jimercuryweek and use the #jimercuryweek2024 tag to make sure we see it!

What we want:

Any fan media celebrating Jim and Freddie! Fic, art, phone wallpapers, playlists, anything! Just as long as it's focused on them!

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Day One: Friday - 21st June

Song: "Funny How Love Is" - Queen

AU: Missed Connection

Situation: My Cat is Stealing From My Neighbor

Day Two: Saturday - 22nd June

Song: "Man Made Paradise" - Freddie Mercury

AU: Drag Queen AU

Situation: Meet the Parents

Day Three: Sunday - 23rd June

Song: "You Take My Breath Away" - Queen

AU: Florist

Situation: Bad Rehearsal

Day Four: Monday - 24th June

Song: "Seven Seas of Rhye" - Queen

AU: Single Parent

Situation: DisneyLand

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Anything you'd like to write, draw, create- please make sure it's centred around the shipping of Freddie and Jim!

Make sure you tag your works appropriately! If it's NSFW, use the correct categories on AO3 and tag it as such here on Tumblr as well! We wanna make sure people know what they're getting into.

Prompts are just to give inspiration! If you have something else you wanna do, do it! Other AUs and situations are welcome and encouraged!

Please do not post or interact with the NSFW content if you are not 18+. Thank you.

Historical accuracy is not a requirement! That's the joy of events like these. Feel free to have fun with it all!

Please don't interact with hateful comments. Delete them as soon as you can.

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Feel free to reach out with any questions you may have!! Our inbox is open!

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#jimercuryweek2024 #jimercuryweek #jimercury #jim hutton #freddie mercury #queenfandomevent #queen fandom event

[nostalgicsneeze]

this is the only website i post art nowadays and i’ll keep doin it but DAMN…

#is there anywhere thats GOOD!! #and i just really dont like twitter anymore or anything with the same set up (bluesky) #its just so bad for art because there is basically no tagging system and everything is too fast paced for me #like im curious artists/writers where do u actually enjoy posting these days ? #tumblr is the only place where im actually happy to be and doesnt make me feel like my brain is rotting and YET… #but honestly what big site isnt selling your data #oh well i’ll be here unless it fully crumbles #i think i’ll start posting on youtube more this year too because im just sick of all these fast paced social medias i wanna take it sloww #and none of this AI shit pleaze #anyways ill be on here and youtube posting art whenever i have it ❤️👍 we’re taking it slow from now on forever and always #dont let all these places get to u. be human or whatever #give ur art a kiss

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

you know i was able to hold myself down quite calmly until you reminded me the website is updating, and now i'm struggling with myself it feels like i put myself in a straight jacket of sorts. BWAH

(i say thing jokingly, BUT I AM THERE WITH YOU I FEEL PHYSICALLY ILL FROM THE EXCITEMENT IM JUST. AUGH) god save us all for when it drops

im so normal.... im so sane.... auahhhhhahh

we're going to collectively lose our absolute marbles ouagh. actual image of us all rn:

#NO DUDE IK IK IK #i regret going to sleep so early last night bc it'll probably be hours yet #im holding off from pulling up the site on a tab until clown makes a post saying Hey Its Up #it feels... it feels like a horse race #we are all the horses stomping behind the gates waiting for our keeper to open them #personally i am going to charge out of my gate and then promptly break all of my flimsy horse legs #TODAY TODAY TODAY SOON SOON SOON!!!!!! #sorry for reminding you but also im lying. No Im Not Sorry At All <3 #we all lose our minds Together here!!!!! #if one of us is consumed by the unwellness! we all will be!!! #rambles from the bog #im quickly running out of distractions #i finished hannibal yesterday. i cant crochet bc that frees up Thinking Space #i watched the new puppet history. what else is there #cant read rn..... #i guess ill just sit here and atrophy until the Green Light is Given! #also hi!!!! your art is very cute!!! i dig your greaser au!!!

[neonbuck]

what bothers me about tumblr some times is how many of the posts on here are like, Nothing. often just memes that arent particularly funny or twitterbrained people wasting time arguing online (truly like. just looking for someone they feel they're allowed to be cruel to and suspiciously never selecting any of the of Zionists on here).

people can do whatever they want but i wish they would spend more time sharing art and helping others on here. i've said it before but i really do not vibe with this site's "culture"

#.txt #when im on bluesky i feel like way more of the 'content' is actually useful stuff like art or mutual aid #'so you think social media sites should be based around the needs of artists/creators and people who need help?' yes :) #if you disagree with me well i dont really care but i hope your day is nice #i cant tell people what to do though. i can just do my best to be an example of the type of behavior i'd like to see.

[oifaaa]

Before your art gained more traction, how did you deal with not having much interaction/many views of your art? I understand that art isn't just for an audience, but it can be frustrating when only a few people see something you've worked on!

Never really had that problem to be honest when I started posting my art to tumblr most of it was getting like 40 to 500 notes which I was ecstatic about bc it definitely didn't deserve that but it was also 2017/2018 and easier to get notes - if you want some advice tho on how to get more notes on your art - play to bigger fandoms and try to be funny/creative/funny and creative - your trying to get people to reblog your art which is way harder now then it used to be but from my experience people are more likely to reblog art if its funny or part of an interesting au

#ask #anon #also remember to try and be apart of the solution #like i said it used to be way easier to get reblogs #so if you see others art you like #reblog it #also dont feel bad that you want people to see your art #its normal that when we make something we're proud of we want others to see it and be excited with us #but yeah #it does feel disingenuous for me to give advice on this topic #like your dad giving you advice on how to buy a house #i was lucky as fuck #ive also been on this stupid website since 2012 #and i dont post my art on any other site bc i know it wont be good for my mental health #you know what my best advice for you is actually #find one amazing brilliant friend #with the patients of a saint #who will gush over your art no matter what #i didnt post any of my art for the first 6 years i was drawing #i just showed it to my one friend #and she alone made me feel like my art was amazing #get you a friend like that

[bananastarion]

*quietly deletes my art post and sulks*

#im being a total baby rn but its kind of a downer to share your art for the first time after a devastating 4 year artblock #only for it to be pretty much totally ignored #which is tumblr for 'its cringe and bad' like ive been on this site long enough to know that lol #no hard feelings to anyone who ignored it like i know its not personal #ah well... ill suck it up #ill leave the fanart to the actual artists #im being so immature rn but im drunk and sad and its my blog so mehhh ill whine if i want to #i wish i was good at anything #im good at being a whiny lil bitch at least #its what i expected given what my mom used to tell me about my art

[shuruzy]

body practice... decided to use Quin as my training partner since they've got Forger Muscles & i dont draw or talk about J:USTICE characters enough

#I'VE THOUGHT IT OVER 🚶 #i've already opted out but im not doing that minesweeper night glaze wombo combo shit on my stuff too bc 1 that'd blow up my laptop #& 2 i feel iffy about throwing my art into programs like that in the first place for various reasons. #so i'll just go with the ol reliable 'writing on my shit' that i should've been doing anyway. just in general. #like yeah yeah i get it no image is 'safe' once its on the internet but to me there's a big difference between #some mf grabbing people's stuff VS a website that loves having its creative users of the week shown around to just say #'yeah we're letting our partners grapple your shit and toss it into whatever they want by default.' #like how DA did iirc. idk how that site is doing these days but that was a nutty move from a site so driven by people's art #anyway as i always say on streams n shit WHAT HAPPENED TA SHAME #ocs #character: quin #game: seeking justice

[heartbeetz]

Decided to make a special page on my selfship neocities for whatever art people draw for me. Hanging your stuff on the digital fridge.

Posting my secret drawing box again in case anyone wants to contribute lol. Already put the Anton someone drew me on there so it's the only thing rn. His exclusive page...

#if you want your name associated with it when I put it on my site lmk what you drew #it's very fun for that to be that one anton drawing's exclusive page but I do wanna encourage folks to add on if they feel like it #I love images :) #eventually (when I have money/energy) I'll start getting comissions and doing art trades and then those will go there also #I'll share the site eventually!!!!!! just not until it's a little more set up #it's mostly empty pages rn #roz posts

[deus-ex-mona]

we are united in a common cause on this ✨#blessed✨ day

#hi bots why do you keep liking my lxl posts lmaooooo they aren’t even good mans #n o t that any of my posts are even good to begin with but… my lxl posts are the worst of the worst o k #i mean. they’re p much bot bait at this point.. well! at least the bots like ‘em fruity too~~~~~ #though. speaking of this hellsite.. does anyone else get annoyed when the dumb app makes you follow people you’ve never heard of? #like i can never tell if someone i’m following has changed their url or if they’re someone the ‘site possessed my account to follow #like… well… backstory time: i originally made this account to browse the ship tags for a c e r t a i n ship from a c e r t a i n fandom #back when the year was still somewhere in the 2010s i think.. then i lost interest in the ship and the fandom (rip 狛 x 日 y’all the ogs) #and then i deleted the app without having ever followed any accounts. but when i next logged in a few years later. m a n. #i was following some account that i’d never even heard of lmao. like whoaaaaa who you #the account seemed to have been abandoned though.. but they made some really pretty non-fandom art i think… #idk i just thought about it bc i keep seeing accounts i don’t recognise on my dash and i m just like w h o y o u 👁️🫦👁️ #i feel kinda bad when i see posts from the accounts that use this site like an actual blog y’know.. #like there you are; using the site like it was probably meant to be used. #while im just here making shitposts and the occasional tl for a small-ish fandom #hm. i think i could make t h e most boring blog ever if i ever tried to be a blogger lmao #like i once made a w o r d p r e s s jokeblog that had nothing but a post about kale chips on it… i think #i wonder if that site is still up though… can’t rem if i deleted it or something… o h w e l l #o h c o w. what point was i trying to make again? i forgor— #though. speaking of cows. ‘cow’ (in a c e r t a i n c h i n e s e d i a l e c t) was allegedly my brother’s first word as a kid #and yeah. it was directed at yours truly. (sadge) to think that my bro learned how to talk just to insult me.. #brothers amirite? (truly sadge……..) #it is suiyoubi my dudes

[the-judicial-assistants-notebook]

y'know, I've been seeing a lot more posts talking about how fanfic, specifically, puts characters into boxes and takes away the nuance of them, and while I think that's an important discussion to have, I also find it quite perplexing? Like, these posts seem to come from people who don't even, or maybe very rarely, consume fics in the first place, and I say that because, if you do consume fics semi-regularly, you kind of learn? how to gage what the stories and characterisation are going to be like based on the tags and summary? Sometimes, you do have to step into the fic to figure it out, but it hardly takes very long to realise if it gels with you or not. Idk, it's not anything serious or important, but it does give me... "girl, what were you doing at the devil's sacrament" vibes, you know?

#this gets posted here because my main has mutuals (whom i still love v much) who are part of the girls suspiciously at the sacrament #fanfiction #ao3 #i feel like the post doesnt properly address what i mean. i understand that these posts arent talking about fics exactly but rather how #mischaracterisation in fics permeates into how characters are portrayed in the fandom at large but even then it's a bit. like i dont think #you can put that all on the fics/writers (and these posts usually do) alone?? like yes the mischaracterisation is more prominent in fics #by virtue of their medium but if it's resonating with artists and other creators then that's clearly indicative of a general #cognisance issue in the fandom??? and like. maybe it's because tumblr is the only socmed site i use but i dont find it difficult to curate #my fandom experience. people generally know how to use tags and while the sudden influx of x reader stuff for every single character isnt #something im fond of either they're generally good at tagging their stuff. it's annoying but you can blacklist that. you can. #also fic isnt like art where you look at it and you've seen it. you have to engage with a fic to understand so then it /really/ feels like #girl what were you doing at the devil's sacrament to me. idk this post isnt complaining about fandom mischaracterisation in general #i complain about that all the time but more so the inclination to put it on fics & their writers. because if you know how to move through #fic spaces and read the summaries and tags #you can generally find works that are really really good. could you argue they're rare? sure. but saying all fics propogate #mischaracterisation is just... a lie? #this got so long. im not even really bothered or annoyed by it im just confused #these are also often the people who espouse rhetoric about being unafraid to post cringe and embracing your weirdness #and it's like. okay do you want people to post unabashedly or do you want them to shut up. #anyway. back to our regularly scheduled programme now

[perikiro]

I love posts joking about the “no mecha no furries” on most people’s commission info and how the artists who do draw one of those have to pick one or the other, as both a furry artist and a mecha artist it makes me feel powerful jdfgjsdg

#shout out to my fellow artist who also draw both (as well as humans) our power is limitless jfskdjsdjs #in truth I don't think I'm particularly great at ANY of these things.... but #as an artist I've always tried to prioritise aiming for range/variety over focusing on one specific thing and getting really good at it #and I feel insecure about my art a lot but when I think abt it this way I feel like I'm working towards my goal which is nice #I want my commissions site to convey that I'll draw your character regardless of what it is #jsjfjsds like I don't care if its an old man or a car or an insect monster I will do it 💪

[crossbackpoke-check]

hiii! just wanted to pop into your asks to say thank you so much for always leaving such lovely comments on my artwork! i just love reading through the tags you write for them, it makes my day. please never change! 💓 i loved seeing the ideas you had for the devil!nico/jack drawing i posted, they were SO adorable ( OH and the demon squishmallow is named dante, like dante’s inferno )! again, thank you for being so sweet!

no YOU thank you so much for creating such wonderful artwork!!! it’s an absolute joy to get to see it, i’m so glad you choose to share it with us 💕💕💕💕 thank you so so much and it makes me so happy to hear that you like my tags 🥺🥰☺️ ALSO!! that’s so cute 😭😭 i love that the devil squishmallow is named dante it’s alliteration and clever

#i can promise i will continue to be an enormous fan of you & your art #not even kidding!!! i can’t believe this!!! did you feel me working up the courage to talk to you!!!! #me about to come into your dms like ‘hi i just needed to say i literally HAVE NOT stopped thinking about your devil!nico i love him so much’ #‘it’s been a week & yesterday i went ‘ok but nico’s pointed nails r like. natural stilettos they r PERFECT for nail polish :) demon spa day’ #that’s cosmic FATE baybe 🥰🥰🥰 same brain same brain same brain (the brain is love & appreciation) #liv in the replies #anyway. guess who just looked up squishmallows & was like haha what if there’s a jack russell terrier one for jack and GUESS WHAT #there’s not but there IS a little black cat exclusive 500 edition squishmallow named jack who has the cutest little 😌 face & #‘can be a little feisty but he loves to cuddle’ i’m on the floor wheezing of all the squishmallows to be named jack. it’s a little black cat #(notably a *spooky* animal witch familiar which. jack summoned a demon) & it’s exclusive & has a pale pink nose/mouth he’s DELICATE & PRETTY #QUINN IS A KANGAROO I REPEAT QUINN IS A PEACH KANGAROO INTROVERT quinn eldest daughter kangaroo pouch thesis… macropods #luke is a little lamb 🥺 i would have said a puppy but he’s literally the baby the 8’’ version comes w/a rattle HE’S PART OF THE BABY SQUAD #have i devolved into looking up hockey players as squishmallows? YES BECAUSE THERE’S ONE NAMED JOELLE & IT’S BIGFOOT LIKE ARE YOU KIDDING ME #joelle is part of the sassy squad and i am slowly losing it because there is also a winter joelle AND an aus winter joelle #which is exclusive to australia & i did think about the line where joel goes ‘cool have you ever seen a koala’ to raff & wheeze laugh softly #laying my head down on my desk &weeping verbatim from the site connor the cow is at the finish line waiting 4u! connor is quite the athlete #plus serge(i) the skeleton bird… sid the snail… stevie the cactus… nathan gamer cat mackinnon… i’m having too much fun #i don’t NEED squishmallows but also the desire to buy dante just because of devil!nico has been slowly growing stronger #also me: but what if u reread the inferno so u can pick out a title for the fic u are(n’t) going to write & use that as the demon structure #oh editing also 2 say: if u didn’t want me to publish this i can take it down! i do Not know how to answer asks privately even after years

[neil-gaiman]

I'm sorry Neil, although I love your writing and agree with your opinions on most subjects I have to disagree with you on the writers' strike. No-one should have a more privileged life as a result of being clever and creative. I worked from the age of 15 to the age of 65 in low-paid jobs, taking 1 year off to go to drama school and 3 years off to get a fine art degree. I worked in terrible but necessary jobs, labouring, stacking boxes, unloading trucks, running errands, filing, going to work on a bicycle at all hours of the day and night on shift work in all kinds of weather. Even when I was a student I was still working in part-time cleani8ng jobs and even during periods of unemployment I worked in volunteer jobs for charities and social services.

According to Mensa I have an IQ of 160 and according to Plymouth University I have a BA hons in Fine Art but I cannot accept the idea that writers and other creative people should avoid normal jobs like driving an "Uber" or working in an office/shop/factory/construction site. To accept that idea would be to create a new aristocratic class when we should abolishing the old princes and aristocrats.

What we need, I feel sure, is a redistribution of labour so that everybody who can do so would spend some time each year in blue collar work and everybody who can would get higher education and a chance to make art of one sort or another.

The idea of doing other jobs to supplement writing or drawing shouldn't be seen as a terrible thing, a punishment or a suffering. Sharing the jobs around should be seen as normal.

I mean, I've done my half century of sweat labour and it didn't hurt me too much. I'm retired now and still making art of various kinds and I've never asked anyone to pay me for any art piece I've made. making art, writing, drawing etc. is the fun stuff which we get to do in exchange for the blue collar stuff which puts food on the table.

The worst pop song ever written was Sting/Dire Straits song "Money for Nothing" which ridicules the working class from a position of educational privilege.

So what's my question? My question is: What's wrong with a writer doing other jobs to make ends meet? Sounds perfectly fine to me.

Nothing's wrong with a writer doing other jobs to make ends meet. Writers and artists have been doing that since the dawn of time. Actors too.

But by the same token, there's nothing right about assuming that writing isn't a blue-collar job, or that writers and other people who make art can only make it for love and that thus they need other jobs to subsidise their craft.

I like living in a world in which the people who make the things that make the world worth living in get paid for their work. For me, that includes the people who make films and TV, books, art and music and comics.

Having spent a lot of time on film and TV sets, it's a blue-collar world on set, and everyone is working long and hard to make the shows you love. I'm never going to suggest that the riggers or the gaffers or the make-up team or the focus-pullers should drive ubers in order to have the privilege of being on the set and working there.

Or to put it another way, from the most blue-collar writer I ever knew...

#wga strike #wga strong