#The mod speaks

[randomitemdrop]

your opinion on ai is so refreshing. god i am so tired of 'ai good' and 'ai bad'

I appreciate that! I've seen a lot of arguments for and against and I've seen both sides make good points and bad points. Like a lot of copyright stuff, I think it's just really hard to come up with a set of rules (ethical or legal) that can apply both to the smallest indie creator and to the biggest international legacy-IP corporation.

One BIG point I forgot to mention is that with some of the generators you can actually use a specific image set instead of letting it figure sources out for itself, which bypasses a lot of the worrisome aspects of it. Check out @therobotmonster's This Toy Should Not Exist series using nothing but photos of real action figures to generate randomized yet familiar-feeling retro toys, like this guy:

[psycho-net2000]

Some warm up/thumbnail sketches that ended up not being warm up/thumbnail sketches (that's why some little details are missing)

[asksgtnormallen]

Ah yes the banner... I forgot about this

Why in Fuckin hell is that the banner?

Erm don't worry about that Norm -Bryce (mod also uses just b)

[blood-and-pizza]

Hey, everyone. I haven't been feeling great lately, not just due to personal issues, but due to the results of the recent U.S. election. I am a genderfluid trans person living in a southern state. While I'm not currently seeking gender-affirming care, I know my life is in just as much danger as any other queer person living in this country. I'm terrified. But I'm not going to stop being myself.

I know there's others in the fandom who are like me, living in the U.S. and unsure of what to do now. The answer is simple: SURVIVE. STAY ALIVE AT ALL COSTS. Do it to spite people like Trump and his supporters. Do it to spite all people who use fear and hatred to control the masses. If you give up now, you are letting the bad guys, those literal fascists, win.

I have been alive for almost 40 years, and I've had many experiences that made me want to give up life entirely. Do you all wanna know why I'm still here? Because if I give up now, after all the fighting I did to stay alive, it would be a huge waste. And the same applies to ALL of you, you hear me!? DON'T GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE UP!

Also: PLEASE do not be afraid to help others who are affected by Trump and Project 2025. That means queer people (INCLUDING trans people), people of color, and people with uteruses (cis women, trans men, and anyone else who can get pregnant). Do not be afraid to reach out and help others... IF YOU CAN. Do not be hard on yourself if you can't; it's understandable if things are too tough. Just remember we're all in this together and unity against hatred is more important than anything else right now.

DO NOT GIVE UP HOPE. NEVER GIVE UP HOPE. And remember: you are always welcome here on this blog. Yes, it's a FNAF blog, but it's also a safe space for queer folks like me. And if anyone's got a problem with that, YOU CAN SUCK MY NUTS!

[iheartpeppino]

I said yes. And yes, that is a real engagement ring. I am the queen of cringe, but I have never been happier.

[god-is-queerer]

you are enough. just because they tried to bake a cake in a thimble doesn't make the ingredients wrong.

[probablyqueerrpgideas]

Friendly reminder that it's always morally correct to pirate D&D core books

[helluvaimagination]

sinners rejoice! requests are open!

good morning, afternoon, and evening to all you disgusting little sinners. finally, something to look forward to in your miserable lives: requests for imagines are open at @helluvaimagination! request headcanons, playlists, short fics, and whatever else your dark heart desires. tune on in...

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[floyd-leech-thing]

Watching everyone else getting through Twst while I’m back here barely hanging on to the end of chapter two because I suck at playing 😭

[randomitemdrop]

you've posted a few ai generated images as items lately, and i'm wondering if that's intentional or not?

Short answer: no, it wasn't. Aside from a few I made when the generators first became publicly available and all the images were gooey messes, they've all been reader-submitted, although I'll admit I didn't catch the snail-boots. Personally I think AI image generators are a more nuanced situation than a lot of opinions I've seen on Tumblr, but given that they can be used so evilly, I'm steering away from them, if only to avoid the Wrath of the Disk Horse.

Long answer, and this is just my take, if you want to really get into it you'll have a much more interesting conversation with the people with devoted AI art blogs instead of me occasionally sharing things people submit:

There have been some major cases of unethical uses for it, but I think it's important to remember why AI image generators are such an issue; data scraping and regurgitating uncredited indie art is bad, but in the case of the snail-boots, it was just a fusion of one dataset of "product photos of boots" and another of "nature photos of snails", which I would say is not depriving anyone of credit or recognition for their work (MAYBE photographers, if you're a professional nature photographer or really attached to a picture you took of a snail one time?) I get the potential misuses of it, but when Photoshop made it easy to manipulate photos, the response was "hmm let's try and use this ethically" instead of "let's ban photo editing software". Like, I'd feel pretty unethical prompting it with "[character name] as illustrated by [Tumblr illustrator desperate for commissions]" or even "[character name] in DeviantArt style", but I'd have a hard time feeling bad for prompting with "product photo of a Transformer toy that turns into the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile". I know there's the question of "normalizing" the services but I think that overestimates how much the techbros running these things care about how everyday consumers use their free products, preferring to put their effort towards convincing companies to hire them to generate images for them, and in that case they respond way better to "here are some ways to change your product so that I would be willing to use it" than to "I will never use your product". For example here's one I just made of "the holy relic department at Big Lots", fusing corporate retail photos and museum storage rooms.

TL/DR: on the one hand I understand the hate that AI gets and it's not something I'm planning on using for any of my creative projects, but on the other hand I think it's overly simplistic to say it's inherently bad and should never be used ever. On the third hand, I really hate participating in arguments over complex ethical philosophy, so I'm just gonna steer clear entirely.

[psycho-net2000]

Was starting to work on a height chart for some characters so I don't have to keep "eyeballing it" and Jesus christ- Raz is huge

[oprarepairweek]

And that’s a wrap!

Thank you all so SO much for participating in the first official One Piece Rarepair Week! We’ve seen a lot of wonderful content and I’m so grateful to everyone who contributed, through art, fics, or just interaction in general! 💕

Didn’t get your piece done in time? No worries! We’ll be checking the tag for the next few weeks to reblog any last minute entries! Make sure to tag the blog (@oprarepairweek) or just tag the event (#oprarepairweek) so we can see it.

If you’ve got any questions, or just want to chat about your favorite rarepairs, feel free to send an ask! We’ll be answering questions as well, so don’t be shy.

Again, thank you so much for joining, and we hope to see you next year! 💖

[blood-and-pizza]

At first I was like,

"I can't be a fan of the Daycare Attendant, Sun is kinda annoying, Moon is very creepy, why are so many people obsessed with this animatronic?"

But then I was like,

"Oh, that's actually pretty good fanfiction of them. Okay, I think I'm starting to see the appeal."

And then I was like,

"MUST SEARCH TWO DIFFERENT GAMESTOP LOCATIONS FOR SUN AND MOON PLUSHIES AND THEN END UP BUYING THEM FROM GAMESTOP'S WEBSITE ONLY FOR MY PACKAGE TO GET LOST AND CAUSE ME ANXIETY BECAUSE FED EX SUCKS!"

And now I'm like,

"Sun and Moon? Yeah, I'm a fan." *wears a shirt of the two of them from Hot Topic as pajamas* "Eclipse has my heart, though."

I'm still perplexed by how this pipeline went.

[iheartpeppino]

I think Peppino Spaghetti is very attractive. I like how big his nose is, it's strong-looking. I like how round his body is. I love how expressive his face is. I love his mustache. I don't care that he's old and bald. I'm practically middle-aged myself and I love how mature he looks. I also love how effortlessly he beats the shit out of his enemies, how strong and powerful he is. How manly and impressive he is. Peppino is a damn cutie.

Oh, but let me talk about Pizzahead for a minute! I think he's super-attractive too! I'm as much of a fan of silly men as I am the manly ones. He is shockingly handsome for someone who's supposed be a clown-like mascot made of pizza. I mean... that smile. Those blushy pepperoni cheeks. That cute tomato clown nose. Gosh! And he even has a dapper little bow tie. AND HE'S TALL. OMG! So cute! And his laugh makes me giggle like an idiot.

I am obsessed with these two. They are my pizza husbands and I love them horribly and terribly (that is to say, a lot)!

[incorrect-toriko-quotes]

it's come to my attention that today is the 16 year anniversary of the first release of toriko. which means (where i live) the kings are now OLD ENOUGH TO DRIVE