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Hey I don’t know if this is being talked about on Tumblr but thankfully the AO3 subreddit has a conversation going about this app that just went live.

TikTok user unravel.me.now has just launch an app (lore.fm) she is calling “Audible for AO3”. It’s an app that uses AI voices to read out fics.

🚨She is requiring any authors who do not want their fics to be on this app to OPT OUT by emailing team@lore.fm 🚨 🚨She has not given an actual template or how you’re supposed to prove you’re the author or said how her team will process this or how she will keep these requests secure🚨

I do not have this app. I haven’t seen anyone use it yet. According to Reddit users, unravel.me.now’s earlier TikToks stated she envisions the app being able to create libraries stored on that app and to have version of “Spotify wrapped”. That implies that eventually data collection must happen, if it’s not happening currently.

I don’t know the actual capabilities of this app. I don’t know the legalities. I do know that it personally feels like this app is trying to turn AO3 into a content generation source and I haven’t heard of the app allowing you to leave a comment or kudos or interact with the original work.

I’m just sad about this.

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HWANG FUCKING HYUNJIN. I AM FERAL

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These. These are two of the most powerful moments in the X-Men movies. This is how you define Magneto. A man scarred and impacted by what he endured in the camps. A man who endured the unendurable. I never saw him as a villain. I never saw him as a monster. I saw him as a man who wanted to do everything - to move heaven and earth - to keep his people safe. [UPDATE: All credit to user @aces-away, for creating the first three gifs!]

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foams at mouf. oh We Are So Back

Logurt lust.

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I. wh.

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life is all about well-balanced friendships

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happy mother’s day to that mom who sold y/n to one direction

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for my fellow psychotics who struggle with thinking someone is in their house, a method I’ve found that really works are these guys:

i put them on my front door and anytime it opens they ring. that way if i think someone has broken in or i see someone who isn’t there i can think back to if the bells have rung, and if they haven’t i can assure myself it’s not real. obviously it’s not fool proof, like if you are prone to auditory hallucinations, but it has really helped me calm down in time to avoid major psychotic breaks. it’s a real lifesaver

nonpsychotics encouraged to rb

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Dracula (1931)

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Dracula, 1931, dir. Tod Browning

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Renfield

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Bela Lugosi putting on makeup for Dracula 1931

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Dracula 1931. My favorite horror movie

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I swear, working at a suit store has rotted my brain.

I've been staring at the suits for a week, admiring how they reproduced the 1931 suit, and added mended spots like on his knee or where it looks like the sleeve was torn open and resewn at the shoulder, and all the other threadbare places where it's worn through. I've seen how wool wears since I've got a blanket given to my grandparents in the 50s that's still useable, but patched. But then I just noticed.

The lapel shapes are different??? So, suit talk. The part where the collar meets the lapel, where the front turns back, is called the gorge point, and on both they sit lower down than on modern suits. Now the corners of that joint are different, the 2023 suit is what I'd call a notch wide, because it cuts in with a notch, whereas the 1931 flares back up to fill the space in a wide peak shape. This absolutely doesn't matter for story, and if it hadn't also been the one he's wearing in the flashback shots I'd say it could be an entirely different jacket. I just notice this stuff because I cosplay and these details are kiiiiinda important and I high-key wanna buy a vintage pattern for a similar suit, just to have it.

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The Renfield Smile