#Circle of Profit

[kindredsoulsoftimesofold]

I think cancelling series that ended on cliffhangers should be banned, literally not allowed.

I am aware they sometimes don't know if they're gonna be cancelled until after the series is out, but so many goddamn series ended on cliffhangers only to be cancelled and I am sick and tired of it.

Esp if not based on anything (book, manga etc.), so you won't know the ending unless the creators decide to post it online (which never happens).

We need to normalize completing stories even if they're not the next BIG THING or at least giving the creators one more season to wrap things up. It's difficult to get invested in anything nowadays, because unless it explodes online you know you're pretty much screwed.

I'm actually more scared of liking something, then seeing its fandom even when small love it so much, and never see it through.

Yes, I am talking to Netflix directly actually.

[twilight-deviant]

Watcher fans sure are entitled and a little insane, ngl. "No one is going to sign up for your service! We're all poor! You've made the worst decision, and you'll be back in no time!" Saying this directly to the creators really reminds you of how low the respect for people you don't personally know has gone. I miss the forth wall between creator and audience.

I get and fully understand not having the money to support them, but... Watcher does have fans with money. A lot of them actually. They have merch sales. Their live tour sells out most venues. They have thousands of supporters on Patreon, where the cheapest tier is $5. They're able to gauge the rough finances of their staunchest supporters; that's how they landed on the subscription price. Yes, this move will reduce their viewership in sheer numbers, but to say all of their fans are broke and none will follow/support is factually incorrect.

It may not be a decision everyone agrees with, but severing the limitations of advertisers and youtube in favor of artistic freedom is a good thing. Yes, even if it comes with a loss of revenue. They understand that risk.

Also, I'm begging people to stop treating this like "another Netflix" or something and instead look at it as, "I am supporting a creator I like, similar to Patreon." They literally said in the video that they don't care if you share accounts. Get five friends, and you'll pay $1/mo.

I hate feeling compelled to rant in favor of their decision because I have my own reservations about whether it's the best move. However, I know it's not a choice they made lightly, and I like to think they understand that they'll need to branch out like crazy to entice subscribers.

[princehendir]

We need to figure out what's happening with the ao3 donation drives so that it can be replicated elsewhere. All else aside, the numbers they make are genuinely fucking impressive.

[mamanbou]

leopold's the sort of guy who catches feelings VERY quickly i think he was a little infatuated with jamie from the moment he thought of him beautiful, but didn't think much of it until he saw him again in ep 93. like the "...gwen's brother is cute....." to "oh no i like him as a person and even worse i'm going to spend the next several weeks painting him over and over" pipeline. he separated jamie (real person) from the pink demon (creature haunting his nightmares) very early on. but unlike with gwen he didn't pursue jamie in a dating capacity because he just sensed that wasn't where jamie's priorities were at, i think. also probably was scared of the brutality of rejection from ANOTHER pastel sibling in rhe space of 2 months or something. he was being respectful and channeling his crush in ways that are much more insane than simply asking jamie out (such as painting jamie 1 million times and turning his photobooth into a sting operation for jamie and crossing country borders to figure out why jamie ghosted him and lying to help jamie sneak into his employer's home without any context despite having just been ghosted). i think he would have stayed silent about it out of respect for god knows how long if jamie hadn't accused him of having no reason for doing all of these things. like leopold, point of pride, had to clarify that theres a very good reason he's spent months dropping everything to help at all costs whenever jamie stubbed his toe thank you very much!!!!

[larkthorne]

wow a post vaccine baby is no joke! Haha I'm in danger dot gif.....

[despertara]

Irene bro if you see this I want you to know I've been podcasting (talking loudly and emphatically to myself) abt that Grammy Gun post for Hours. I started ranting in the rb tags and then I got so mad I started a spreadsheet on my phone Yes I have the Excel app. No I did not finish my tags

[obessivedork]

TBH as a writer appreciating the set-up of a character I ADORE Vivienne but her lack of proper character arc & the inability to argue with her more is as infuriating as with most of your companions in DAI, if not more when you play a Mage because you CAN’T grab her by the shoulders and shake her and say Ma’am if you’d had worse luck and wound up literally anywhere other than the Circle you did wind up at you would be a fundamentally different person please for Maker’s sake admit out loud that you only like the Circles because you managed to etch yourself some limited social power out of the broken and corrupt system you might not otherwise have been able to get for yourself and therefore you have not suffered the true effects of it!!!!

[soryualeksi]

I'm not going to stop screaming about this as long as there is oxygen in my lungs.

Gaza is experiencing an attempt at genocide and the Western world, led by the US and its trusty lapdog Germany, is facilitating it.

[transxfiles]

if elon musk ever tried to put a chip in my brain i'd end up killing either him or myself. one of us has to die for that.

[ragnarssons]

boi am i glad for youtube, because the amount of people i saw on tumblr i saw being like “oooh favreau expects us to feel SORRY for pershing??!!” while literally everyone on youtube is like “nah fuck that guy, look at how he sucks on that episode, that eugenist bastard!” and i feel like i’m not the crazy one lmao. i see no moment in that episode where the writing tried to make us feel sorry for that weak bastard.

[hum--hallelujah]

Elliot man up and give me some bokehs. don't be afraid Elliot. this is what you need to do.

[swtorpadawan]

SWTORpadawan Writes - 2022: A Year In Review

Sorry this is more than a week late...

2022 was a busy year for me, and while that was probably good for my professional and financial well-being, it was a down year for me creatively. Even when I wasn't swamped with work, I was usually feeling mentally burned out to write as much as I wish I could. Still, there were a few gems.

Overall - 13 pieces of various size in 12 months. Boo. I rarely bother to count my word counts; I try to prize quality over quantity. On the plus side, none of my pieces felt like completes failures.

High points! Collaborating with @raven-of-domain-kwaad​ / @the-raven-of-highever​ on a couple of AU pieces where I 'rescued' Kelsa and Élise Kine to my Adas Legacy. It was a fresh change of pace where I got to to explore one of my most complicated characters, Teeanah Malvern.

Likewise - Raven got me to write a pair of stories about Bela and Tasiele, two of the characters from my "Future Halcyon Legacy". (I need a better name for that one.) Space vampires, am I right?

@grandninjamasterren​ got me to write about lesbian robots. (It seemed like a good idea at the time.)

In terms of my various series - I'm glad I got to revisit Nas'ash'dia and Ozibaumnu in "Survivors". I'm even happier I got to revisit Tyzen Pyne in "Incomplete". (I hope to finish his story this year.)

I don’t know if “Convergence” is one of my better pieces, but it is the story I’m most relieved to get done. I literally had more than a dozen post-it notes on this thing in my old writing journal. It was a monstrosity, and half of it felt like shotgun-blast philosophy. The final product is at least readable.

I'm also encouraged that I had a new piece drop this week. I spent a month focusing on "How We Came to This Point", and it had been in my WIP Journal for a long while.  

Anyway - a complete list of my posted 2022 works are down below.

Let's hope 2023 is a good one. Both fic-wise and else-wise.  

- SWTORpadawan

Profitable February 15th, 2022

I Believe In You February 22nd, 2022

Survivors March 2nd, 2022

Until Dawn March 9th, 2022

Incomplete April 7th, 2022

You're Okay May 9th, 2022

Full Circle May 16th, 2022

Trouble June 8th, 2022

Convergence July 4th, 2022

In the Garden July 25th, 2022

This Moment August 22nd, 2022

Scars November 17th, 2022

Consort December 5, 2022

[larkthorne]

wow a post vaccine baby is no joke! Haha I'm in danger dot gif.....

[jakeowen]

i mean like good thing to support amber heard obviously but like. did the american ‘feminist movement’ just wake up???

[heartdirt]

i sometimes feel so alone in my day to day forms of activism. even my loved ones who i know for a fact hold similarly “radical” beliefs as me still don’t always show up in ways they could and it makes me feel like i’m an insane person for holding so steadfast to these small actions that don’t provide me or those around me with instant gratification

[lordiavolo22]

no but really not to be silly or anything feederism (which does have its problems but thats not abt them rn) really does help u accept fat and not only accept it but praise it and love it and thats why i get kinda :/ when ppl are so quick to call it cringe