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does anyone know wtf word-stream.com is or where to send them a takedown request? i just found a bunch of fics, including my own, hosted on this AI slop site—apparently offering what I assume are AI-generated audiobook versions & (equally AI-generated) ratings and reviews. i can’t take a closer look without signing up, which, no thank you, but it looks like they’re hosting the full fics and are peddling a paid subscription for the trouble of hosting them. can someone more knowledgeable than me explain what our options are in this situation?

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Please return us to a world where Notp and squick are used for a ship you don’t like instead of just making up a load of bullshit about how immoral it is or w/e lol 

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in fucking Tears thinking about how disgusting a baby griffin would look

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solving that very mysterious case of the missing fish...

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Happy birthday to my best boy Dimitri

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i hate australian people they need a dumb fucking nickname for every single word. can’t even get in a car accident without some australian asshole coming up to you and saying “oh gotcha self in a carblammy there aintcha mate” kill yourself and go to hell

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They match each other’s freak, your honor.

(Addams family quote for anyone who may not be familiar with it)

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even in sleep felix doesn’t stop fighting

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Could you maybe reblog this post if you think respecting trans peoples' names and identities is a basic right and not a political opinion?

No pressure. Just seeking some validation of my sentiment. Due to some. people

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Resplendent timeskip Dimitri

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This is what I was referring to when joking about Isobel getting the "Florida man treatment" in the epilogue Baldur's Mouth Gazettes and it genuinely makes me feel bad for her.

Even after everything, will she ever escape being Ketheric Thorm's Daughter? Her whole arc of being the beacon of resistance against him, while keeping to herself and hiding her identity from her closest allies. Grappling with the undeserved guilt of all he did in her name and "for her". Mourning the man she knew as her father whom she calls wonderful, and having to reconcile that with the monster he became without her. This man who wanted to bring her back to "life" so badly that he twisted and tainted and violated and destroyed every single bit of her life in the process - her home, everyone she ever knew and loved - himself included, and the love of her life, and even the family dog. Along with, as we see Isobel fear, her own self, body and soul.

I'm also fascinated by this little compare-and-contrast:

Ketheric Thorm: She was always stubborn. She clung to Selûne even after her mother's death.

Isobel: He raised me to serve Selûne, as my mother, rest her soul, had wished. He was everything to me, all my life.

He says it with such disdain. Is this twisted hindsight after a century of bitter hatred, or were you slipping even then, Ketheric? Puts me in mind of the persecuted Selûnite masons theorising he only ever converted for Melodia's sake and showed his faith through very grand flashy gestures, such as, you know, building giant towers and temples. Ketheric, very much a capital P Paladin, changes gods and causes with such fervour and goes to such lengths every time, it's fascinating.

Meanwhile, Isobel with her quiet "task of steadfast faith" that she claims few can understand, her adherence to her beliefs and principles even when everything seems to have been taken from her (talk about loss!), even when she, too, is angry at her goddess for not interfering to stop a slide into greater evil, and when she fears herself corrupted and unworthy. Every time I think about Isobel for more than a minute I am absolutely stunned by the sheer strength and resilience she so subtly and quietly displays.

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BIRTHDAY BOAR

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Please support this campaign for Gaza's children and elderly! It's spearheaded by a father in Gaza who works hard on distributing aid within his camp. Getting a supply of diapers is especially critical because they're costing $65-$75 per pack and so parents are resorting to makeshift cloth diapers that are giving their babies rashes.

(Ignore the end of the video where I tell people to comment, that's for algorithmic platforms, here you can just reblog)

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FUCK YES TEAMSTERS!

This is as of December 19, 2024.

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Happy birthday, Duane.

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Gaby Soto is a gift