#Industry Clashes

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[metropolisyaoi]

Everybody say hi to Toontown's #1 meatpacker, the Muckraker! Please be warned of food poisoning before purchasing her products.

[amid-fandoms]

dan and phil are like if olivia rodrigo and sabrina carpenter dated

[baejax-the-great]

Archive-locking the fics that YOU WROTE and are thus 100% yours to decide what to do with 'hurting people' is so silly tbh. Skill issue on their part. Wish those people could be normal about the amazing fics that writers like you put out & be understanding or at the very least respectful of the choices that writers make about how and where they make their fics available. Especially in light of recent ai training theft and nonsense & all that.

I hope this doesn't sour the fic writing & sharing experience for you too much. I love your writing & think you're very talented & skilled!

There seem to be dual attitudes I'm coming up against recently (and obviously these are not held by everyone, I don't even know that they are held by a majority, but they are certainly held by a plurality).

The first is that authors should be grateful that readers deign to read what they put out there. I think this stems from the "content creation" mentality and the idea that everyone who posts things wants as massive as an audience as possible (for monetization purposes which... isn't a thing in fanfic). I think this mindset also leads to readers demanding that people write specific tropes/pairings/whatever, or threatening basically to take their business elsewhere. "Nobody will read unless you do [X]." 1. Not true and 2. Okay, you weren't my audience.

(I also think authors circulating those posts about how badly they want comments/kudos feeds this mentality of readers doing authors a favor by even clicking on the fic. "Wow, if people are so desperate for attention, then mine must be worth an awful lot!")

Fanfic ain't a business, and I write for myself. Readers choosing to read my work isn't a privilege or an honor they are bestowing upon me (nor are comments for that matter), just as me posting my writing where they can see it isn't a privilege or an honor for them. We are both engaging in hobbies and a love of some media, and sometimes we will overlap and connect and sometimes we won't. Readers aren't reading out of altruism for attention-starved authors, and authors aren't writing out of altruism for content-hungry readers.

And there are those who will read these paragraphs above and think to themselves "wow, what an ungrateful author," and that's exactly the attitude I'm talking about. Don't get me wrong, it's delightful and rewarding to receive comments on fics and chat with people about Blorbo and the Situations. But it should be delightful from both sides of the exchange, or why the hell are we doing this? If I'm meant to be grateful for every commenter who jumps into my inbox, then every commenter in my inbox better be grateful for me, and I can tell you right now there is a population who is not. There is a population who sees me as a service provider for their entertainment, and whatever form I take in their brain, it is not shaped like a full person.

This attitude also leads to people thinking that things like lorefm are no big deal. Don't I want to get my work in front of more eyeballs (or ears)? Don't I want to broaden my audience? And once I put my work out there for readers to see, should I be shocked (or express any negative emotions at all) when someone plagiarizes/scrapes it for AI/demands updates rudely/reads it on a monetized youtube channel/binds it and sells it for profit?

The other idea I've been coming up against is almost the opposite of this--that because some readers form attachments to fic, deleting that fic (or even archive-locking it!) is actively harming those readers. Sure, they can't be bothered to hit the download button or get an AO3 account, but that's no reason not to think of these strangers first before doing what I want with my creative output.

Yall, life is ephemeral. There are things we will see and enjoy and never find again for one reason or another, and it's not harm being done to us, it's just the nature of existence. Having an emotional reaction to something does not give you any sort of ownership over that thing. Artists are allowed to change their minds about whether they want that art in the wild, particularly given that it's free. Maybe it's because I utilize the library a lot, but reading a book and then losing access to that book is not a crime against you, it's just a normal thing that happens. If you read something and it means that much to you, there are ways to avoid losing it (download it).

Seeing this particular attitude extend out to "not making your fic available for as many people to read as possible is harming them" is beyond bizarre. If I woke up tomorrow and deleted everything I have ever written, there would still be thousands upon thousands upon thousands of beautiful, emotional, meaningful fics out there for people to read. They would lack for nothing. Would some people be upset? Probably. Would I be hurting them? No, not really.

Sometimes people have negative emotions because of our actions, but that doesn't mean we did anything to them. This is one of those times.

Lastly, this AI and everything else bullshit really has taken a toll on my enthusiasm for posting my work. It's one thing for companies to try to pillage every thought, every word, every stroke of a pen or paintbrush to enrich themselves while actively making the planet an unbearable and inhospitable place to live, it's another when fellow fans are telling you that "Whelp that's just life, what did you expect, give us your content anyway or you're a bad person and if you complain, then I'll be taking my business elsewhere, you sensitive, entitled creative, lol."

[thebloodykarte]

went back and polished a corporate clash fan-character idea i had in march. meet the industry plant

[willowsfanarts]

see what's mine and take it - latest artwork

[xxdoubledaisyxx]

Clash of the Titans (1981) is one of the best movies ever made, and a personal favorite of mine when I was a wee lad under ten.

Just wondering if this is what is happening right now... I hadn't been thinking about it, but in the clouds of cosmic dust kicked up by Hermes on his godly business as he alighted by, there were reflections of the origin of this myth that could be seen. Myths like that of Perseus and Medusa were powerful and popular in ancient times because they tend to reoccur again and again in real life with new people as natural forces come into conflict with civilized forces and justice prevails one way or the other.

Just because the Greek gods (goddesses incl.) are not celebrated with temples and cults today, doesn't mean their cosmology isn't relevant or applicable. Gods do not need faith to exist or participate in worldly matters. Priests, priestesses, lay people, oracles, and believers of any sort are the ones who need faith to access divine power and revelation of the gods, and that is a big difference. Faith is for mortals to hold and the gods to acknowledge. Truth is for the gods to hold and mortals to acknowledge. For a priestess to perform a miracle of healing, the more faith in her cult and community, the better equipped she is to invoke the blessings of a deity.

Except if this is my story... I think I like Medusa enough to want to at least take her on a date first to see if we can be friends, instead of chopping her head off if I don't have to. That is of course if I won't turn to stone when I gaze upon her terrifying and fearsome beauty, crowned by vipers and rattlers as she is and killing with a single glance even the mightiest of warriors who think they will claim her as a prize. Maybe my eyes are already stone, replaced by special orbs crafted in the forge of Tartarus by Hephaestus after being born blind and learning how survive on my own anyway.

This was commanded to be done by Zeus as a boon after I helped tend his ailing, infirmed body when I met him in the form of a noble, calm, and dignified dog. He was a good dog, one who was not afraid to fight when the others did, the girls tearing at each other's throats over jealousy of who was loved more. Always most unwilling to be involved in such savagery, Zeus only evoked his mighty, thunderous bark and snarling the flash of his teeth if they tried to drag him into their vain and bloody struggle. That is why he was an indoor dog with a special bed like Croc, my own companion whose tireless patience, love, and wisdom has benefitted me more in life than I ever could have known as the blind boy I was in my youth. I was not there when he passed, but I am certain he passed with dignity and respect, loved like the good dog he was, wise beyond his mortal form.

Zeus in this myth was dying after a full and adventurous life that began long before we became acquainted. He enjoyed walks through the endless desert where he could roam free for a time while running with the others, swimming in the muddy waters of the Rio Grande with my brother and I as youth, and hiking the trails of the Sandia Mountains on the occasional expedition. At the end, he was suffering from a huge, cancerous tumor on his side like a softball stuck under his fur at the ribs after 100 years alive. When he gave up the ghost and passed on to return to Olympus on high above the veil of clouds that obscures the sight of men from seeing the divine affairs of the gods, I buried him under the yucca for the faithful mortal who was his keeper and caretaker to mourn his passing.

So... since I've got these fancy new eyes made by Hephaestus, I should be able to look at Medusa without needing to fear being turned to stone. Then, maybe, she will see me the way human beings do not.

[doerot]

I have such a mixed match hodge podge of aesthetics for the fashion in my book and I think I've finally gotten to a place where I'm pretty happy with the fits but like. Wtf am I supposed to do for color palettes hfjdmdk

[interiorlulus]

Everytime you think you are done finding the most infuriating people on the internet yet, the ig fyp works its magic.

[nctrnm]

#NowPlaying: "Bury The Witch" by Mr. Roswell's Neighborhood

[morninkim]

just remembered when I was planning a PokéRole campaign that took place in a version of Kanto that was 10 years after Gen 2, with a couple new towns and some map changes I thought were neat.

Cinnbar Island would have been rebuilt as New Cinnabar, a floating city utilizing thermoelectric power from the volcano and run by Blaine's daughter. She'd also be a new Steel-type Gym Leader and had a techy wheelchair that could also become an exoskeleton for her legs. Kinda a ItSV Doc Ock vibe to her, her ace was Magnezone.

A couple other fun locations were Russet City (North of Pewter), Patina Docks and Celeste Town (North of Lavender), while the Indigo Plateau was rebuilt, after a landslide took out Victory Road, as the Indigo Plaza with a massive Stadium in the vein of Wyndon in Galar.

Anyway. Found the map I made in SwSh-style that I still think came out so so sick. Here it is.

[rassilon-imprimatur]

Godzilla (1954) /// Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971)

[jet-bradley]

going to share here what's probably my most controversial theme park opinion and by that i mean "i've been blocked by people over this before" but. thoosies need to stop using GP as an insult not just because that's inane, but because there is no meaningful difference between a coaster enthusiast and another theme park guest. you're both members of the general public.

like, the interests of a theme park guest who isn't a ride enthusiast are not actually that fundamentally different than the interests of guests who are. ride enthusiasts like to frame themselves like because they know a lot about theme parks, ride systems, etc, and maybe they prefer more thrilling rides, that they're fundamentally a different type of guest than every other guest in a theme park. but that's just... incorrect for a lot of reasons?

like if your argument is that a coaster enthusiast is going to prioritize thrill coasters over other rides at the park, that's fine and it makes sense for some things, like, famously, the defunctland queue line video's analysis of wait times. but i don't think the venn diagram between "people who will prioritize thrilling rides over doing anything else in the park" and "coaster enthusiast" is as circular as ride enthusiasts think it is. growing up i definitely didn't consider myself a thrill ride enthusiast but i still prioritized thrill coasters visiting theme parks. working at thrill rides i'd say most of the guests i meet there fall into this category. they don't really identify as ride enthusiasts but they wait in line for big rides because other rides aren't fun for them at all.

there also are plenty of coaster enthusiasts who can't really handle high G forces like you'd expect, and have to take dramamine/etc just to ride anything, but they're still enthusiasts because they like the design. the fact that there are people who call themselves ride enthusiasts while refusing to ride anything at a non-disney park should be evidence enough that coaster enthusiasts aren't the monolith people think they are.

but i think the real root of this belief is--and this is the worrying part for me as an ex-op, and an engineering student with connections working in the A&A industry--that these people genuinely believe that the act of trying to learn a lot about rides makes you on a level similar to an industry insider. which is absolutely batshit to me. and this manifests itself in a lot of ways. even the regulars at my theme park that i liked working with the most, ended up crossing a lot of work-life barriers with ride operators that made ops uncomfortable. sometimes they would expect us to tell them insider knowledge about the parks that we couldn't tell anyone, just because they were regulars.

a more concerning facet of this is how many regulars will go out of their way to like, FOLLOW RIDE OPS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. some RO's love this and love the clout they get from working at a theme park, but when you work at a minor-to-medium size park, guests finding and following you on your socials can be terrifying. one of my friends had a regular message him about something random on his story that the guest took as an innocent question, but the answer to that question had identifying information that a customer just shouldn't know about an employee at a place they happen to visit a lot.

(side note: instagram in particular is really annoying about this! ops follow each other, so a guest who only follows the ops whose pages are About Being Ride Ops, will ultimately be recommended pages by ops who aren't open about it on their profiles. the app will recommend you to follow friends of friends and if you go to the park enough, you can definitely pick out ops just from their profile photos... it's super freaky! especially since my park employs minors in rides!)

and honestly? it also applies to the mess that happened at iaapa expo last year, where specific ride enthusiasts/channels that cater to them started harassing AMUSEMENT RIDE CONTRACTORS. because these people dont understand exactly how removed the average theme park guest is from any decision being made at the DESIGN LEVEL of amusement rides. im gonna level with you, that's a problem - it's how you get NEW COASTERS that aren't accomodating for larger guests (hi velocicoaster!) but like, fundamentally, paying money to attend a HUGE conference for industry insiders and trying to argue with people on camera isn't "putting pressure on them" in the way that you think it is. these companies are completely divorced from the reality of the people they build rides for. i'm a huge fan of b&m coasters, but like, they haven't even built a single ride in their own country. if you knew jack shit about the industry you'd know it's gonna take more than like, yelling at some sales reps about the problem to fix anything.

and even then, they weren't even mad about anything that's current inside the industry, or even real problems like the ones i mentioned above! they were just upset because they didnt like some companies' coasters very much. what's the fucking point?

tl;dr the only effective difference between a coaster/ride enthusiast and the rest of the GP is what exactly they were more likely to verbally abuse me for back when i worked as a ride op. the ONLY other difference i can think of is general entitlement, but plenty of other subsets of guests are entitled (such as first-time parents of small children).

also if you've never worked anywhere in the industry and you're insulted by the idea of being GP, dont try to argue with me lol.

[nando161mando]

[memoryerror404]

Error: “Now we must get in touch / if the night is to burn / someone out there in luck / lend me your star for a turn” - The Clash, Cool Confusion

October 29, 2014

[uncleasriel]

This is what pissed me off about the 2010 Clash of the Titans schlockbuster.

The entire theme of the movie is that the gods of Olympus are actively inhibiting the world, and the people of Argos are having None Of It. The Gods are gonna send the kraken unless Andromeda is gonna be sacrificed to it, and Perseus heads off to Do The Thing with Medusa.

Except 1. the plots makes explicitly clear that Medusa is as much a victim as Andromeda and 2. is a cute monster girl who shows a wide range human emotions, without any spoken dialog.

The writers had a perfect thematic moment for Perseus to confront the gorgon, make his case about they're all victims of the gods, and have a triumphant return where they kill the Kraken and defy the very violence that would seek them to grovel and debase themselves before tyranny.

But of course, they didn't so that! because we have to stick to the Mythic Heroes Journey Formula! How else will our target audience of teenaged boys be able to relate to it!

I want Medusa forming found family with her would-be killer, dammit!

If I may once again dip my toe into the discourse surrounding Greek Mythology, a lot of people like to rewrite or reframe the story of Medusa, and that’s great! Highly encourage it. But, DON’T YOU DARE GO AND DEMONIZE MY BOY PERSEUS!

Perseus isn’t some vile misogynist who hunts down and murders Medusa for the hell of it. He’s a scared kid who’s trying to save his mom from a forced marriage (whom herself has been a victim of terrible abuse from her father) to a creepy evil king and gets duped by the Gods into cleaning up their mess for them. He’s not the villain, he’s just another pawn. So if I see one more motherfucker trying to make him out to be the “real monster” I will throw hands.

You know what would be way more interesting?! Medusa sees Perseus rolling up to her crib and freaks out cause ‘holy shit this is a fucking kid. a fucking toddler with a sword and shield.’ and they hash it out and then TEAM UP to kill the evil kind trying to force marry Perseus’ mother! Think of the dynamics that you could write! The interactions that could occur. I mean, one of ‘em is gonna have to wear a blindfold but hey, minor problems.

What I’m saying is, gimme a buddy cop movie where Perseus and Medusa team up to fight evil in Ancient Greece.