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teaonastro · 1 month ago

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The case of Zelda: harassment, stalking, bullying from a certain Discord server and more.

This post was written after someone sent us screenshots of the server in 2025 where @aphrodicci and friends were bullying Zelda once again. And sharing screenshots of her dating life without her consent.

There are probably going to be multiple posts about this situation, so far, this is part 1.

HERE is the link to the original ask (also the same person who sent us screenshots). ( https://www.tumblr.com/teaonastro/785194968765661184/i-left-the-server-because-it-was-just-way-too?source=share )

As you can see from the ask, this is someone who was in the server not a long time ago (they said they left a month ago due to toxicity in our private conversation), she attested to the fact that @zeldasnotes and @a-d-nox keep getting bullied and harassed. We already had proof of that because of the asks that @spiritstalking published and condoned (disgusting behaviour, by the way). But now we also have screenshots to prove that @aphrodicci and others (apparently @sydneymykah is complicit too, ACCORDING TO THE ANON) are still mentioning Zelda's private life.

This post exists to clarify a situation that has been deliberately distorted and ignored over the past two years. What began as a disagreement within @aprhodicci's server was twisted into a moral panic, weaponized by popular creators, and used to justify ongoing harassment, classism, and digital stalking.

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In 2023, @aphrodicci and friends started a hate campaign against @zeldasnotes. They accused Zelda of racism, however, the real situation is far different from what they made it out to be.

@evangelinesbible (a Black creator) once self-described herself as being a "slave to white men" in a conversation on the server. Later, when group tensions escalated, Zelda lashed out and repeated what @evangelinesbible said to her. Here is the screenshot of this specific instance. We asked Zelda for more information too.

Now, let's be clear.

The language Zelda used was harsh and inflammatory, but we believe that it was meant to call out @evangelinesbible on her hypocrisy. Clearly it was not meant to target Black people as a group. As we always say, you are entitled to your own opinion about anything we post, including this situation. However, the people who weaponized Zelda's quote ignored the ongoing harassment that provoked her outburst, ignored the fact that Zelda was close to the server and that she thought they were her friends. This quote was misused to launch a smear campaign that is still ongoing in 2025, although they are far more focused on @zeldasnotes' private life.

If accountability was truly the goal, the context and the entire conversation would have been included. But they weren't because this wasn't about accountability or justice at all. This is the same pattern we kept talking about.

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Now, onto the main thing.

Regardless of how one feels about Zelda, everyone has a right to privacy. Zelda's personal relationships and info were leaked and mocked repeatedly for the last two years. What someone does in their private romantic life is not community business. It should have never been shared, especially considering the fact that this was shared by her so called "friends" who leaked very intimate aspects of her life without her consent. Imagine how you'd feel if you were her and somebody who you thought was a friend published screenshots you shared out of love and trust. There are NO excuses for this.

Another aspect of this that we'd like to mention is that this is also a clear case of elitism and xenophobia. Clearly, Zelda is not a native English speaker, twisting her words was easy enough for them.

They knew she couldn’t defend herself as sharply, and they exploited that. This is underlying prejudice.

They also knew that she wouldn't be able to defend herself against so many of them. This is something that keeps repeating over and over again with different creators. Weaponizing race while ignoring class, language, and ongoing harassment is not justice.

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The original post made against Zelda with those screenshots was deleted but we managed to retrieve some of them. Another point that was made is that some of those server members were genuinely mad over the fact that Zelda made her own Discord server, this was treated as theft, absurdly. Creating a safe space is not plagiarism, and this is frankly a reach. I wonder if they're aware of how many other Discord servers exist.

And as usual, @aphrodicci and friends deny being bullies by using the same tactics: deny, deny and deny while also mocking their victim and subjecting her to further harassment. It has been proven by different creators that @aphrodicci and friends send hate to those who defy them (Corvo, Selene and so many more).

What @aprhodicci and friends use can be called DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender). It's meant to gaslight and minimize harm, discredit the victim and reframe bullying as "harmless" jokes.

We will be adding screenshots from that deleted post.

"It was just jokes" is classic bully logic, those of us who have been through bullying can recognize this immediately. When you repeatedly target someone, mock them and their private life, and keep bringing them up MONTHS and YEARS later, those are not just jokes. It's targeted harassment. And you are confessing to bullying. You are all aggressors trying to hide behind plausible deniability (which you were granted simply because of your scheming in silencing whoever defied you).

"We didn't send anons" is also suspiciously defensive, and we know it's a lie. The same exact thing happened to others including Selene, Corvo, Adnox, Lexa, Tarotbyjam and more. The tone here screams damage control, if no one cared, no one would write paragraphs denying involvement, would they? "No one cares enough" was also a cute attempt at gaslighting their victim. If no one truly cared, you wouldn't have made an entire post about it and you wouldn't have been bullying her on your Discord server. Plus, the language used in anons Zelda and others received mirrored the same phrasing found in their private server and on their accounts.

Telling someone they're not a victim while openly admitting you have been mocking and stalking them is like punching someone then saying "you bruised wrong". If that's not bullying, then what is? To demand emotional composure from the same person you've been targeting, while giving yourself and others a free pass to joke, poke and instigate is madness. It's classic DARVO behaviour, to reverse roles and to make the victim look "volatile".

They kept attempting to downplay their actions, by admitting to bullying and mocking Zelda? Funny. Now we can see why the post got deleted.

-Venus and Neptune

#astro community #astro observations #astro notes #astroblr #tarot #astrology #daily tarot #tarot deck #gossip

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gaypleasantview · 9 months ago

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⋆˖⁺‧₊☆ no more days to waste. // Autumn Drop Day 1 ☆₊‧⁺˖⋆

Moocha's Rope recolor of MDP's Chino Shorts shoeswapped with SkittlesSims' conversion of Solistair's High Tops Edit

⋆ TM-EM, everyday bottom

⋆ polycount: 2k

⋆ 15 swatches, repositoried or standalone

⋆ compressed, tooltipped, come with morphs

Link, swatch, detailed credits and more info under the cut ♡

Hi all! Autumn has come, and this is a cc creation season for me, so I was very happy to find myself doing it again after a long pause. That's why I decided to dedicate some time this October to post random things I've made, edited or converted recently. Despite various setbacks, it's been lots of fun!

The first thing I wanna share is what made me wanna get into making cc again in the first place. Having a teenage boy as your sim story protagonist can be tough sometimes with how limited the wardrobe options get, and it made me realize that there really aren't very many casual jean shorts with a sporty type of shoe available for teens, to the point where I've tried multiple options but none of them were the specific type of outfit I was looking for. Despite my fear of clothing meshing, out of sheer rage and desperation I turned to shoeswapping, and apparently it's quite a simple task! That's how these babies were born. These include work of many talented creators, detailed information on which you can find down below. I hope these will be as useful to somebody as they are to me!

There turned out to be 15 shorts swatches and 15 shoe swatches that I could extract from the original creations, so I combined those to my taste. Those textures are separate in the files so if anyone with basic SimPE knowledge wants to swap some colors around, it's supposed to be quite easy.

Credits: @mdpthatsme for the original 4t2 Chino Shorts mesh, @rented-space for the age conversions, @moocha-muses for the recolors, @simsontherope for the textures; solistair for the original TS4 High Tops shoes edit, SkittlesSims for the 4t2 conversion of those and some of the recolors, @mossylane for some of the recolors; deedee-sims because I used their Vans shoeswap as the base for my files; wow this is a really long list but the shorts and shoes are just that good; anyway as always thanks to this source for the graphics in the post

♡ Download ♡

Please choose one version!

Download on simblr.cc

⋆ Standalone: SFS | Mediafire ⋆ Repositoried to AM: SFS | Mediafire

♡ Swatch ♡

#s2cc #my cc #sims 2 cc #ts2cc #4t2 conversion #4t2

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thomas-jefferson-miku-binder · 2 years ago

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Queer League of Legends Champions (with explanations) - Part II

Check out Part I

Confirmed Pansexuals – Twisted Fate

Twisted Fate was always speculated to be part of the LGBTQ+ community due to his, uh, flamboyancy. The sentiment that he felt something more for Graves was always there, portrayed in their stories through regret, friendship, and loyalty. The Boys and Bombolini color story officially confirmed him as queer, making TFGraves the faces of Pride 2022. This year, he was also seen with the pansexual flag in official pride art, with Riot finally labeling him. It's worth noticing a cute detail (that I doubt was intentional) where his card deck's colors form the colors of his flag!

Confirmed Queers – Ahri, Ekko, Evelynn, Ezreal, Kayn, Nidalee, Renata Glasc, Samira, Taric, Udyr

Ok, this is a long category. Here we have every champion we know for sure is queer, either through external confirmation (Ekko, Ezreal, Kayn, Renata Glasc, Taric), in-game dialogue (Nidalee, Samira, Udyr), or basic lore (Ahri, Evelynn). Let's start with the first group.

Throughout the first half of 2020, Riot released multiple chapters of a Pulsifire color story focused on Ezreal. It explored his relationships with numerous champions of the universe, but especially Ekko. The subtext was strong in this one, and the writer later took to Twitter to talk about how tough it was to have queer stories be censored when working for IPs, not so subtly mentioning Ezreal and Ekko after doing so. Even though Riot might not have agreed with making the Ezko relationship undeniably romantic, their love for one another is still an important part of the story, not to mention that it was the creator's intended vision to begin with.

Renata Glasc was confirmed as sapphic by one of her creators when sharing concept art of her design. Checking the link to the original post, they seem to have deleted the excerpt that mentions it, but people took screenshots before they edited it, most likely because of Riot. Taric, on the other hand, has been speculated to be queer since forever, although the motives are not that pure. Many people saw this hairless, beautiful man that likes jewels and was like, "Huh, that sounds kinda gay," which was the common dudebro mentality of the fandom at the time of his release that caused a lot of homophobia within the player base (more than usual). They weren't wrong, seeing as Riot did include Taric in official 2023 pride art, but he was not seen wearing or holding any flags. After all, it would make sense that he likes everything—and everyone—beautiful. But either way, both Taric and Renata are non-specified queers.

Shieda Kayn is a weirder case. I thought a lot about whether I should even include him in this category at all. There are many accounts of people affirming one of Kayn's writers pictured him as having fluid sexuality, but since then, wherever it was posted, it's gone now. I do believe it since we can still find Reddit threads on the subject, but the original source is nowhere to be found. I still decided to put him here, but take it with a grain of salt.

Moving on to our next category, we have Nidalee, Samira, and Udyr. Samira flirts more than once with Elegant Edge in Legends of Runeterra, and her attraction for her is not subtle. As far as I'm aware, she's never expressed interest in men, but we can't say for sure whether she's bi, pan, or gay. Nidalee and Udyr have had speculated romantic interests in other champions for a while now. Nidalee with Neeko, Udyr with Lee Sin. Nidalee and Neeko's story was first portrayed as one-sided, with Neeko rejected by her friend, prompting them to part ways. On the other hand, the addition of both champions to Legends of Runeterra explored their relationship once again, with the two reuniting and Nidalee finally realizing she did love Neeko and simply didn't know how to deal with it all those years ago. A love song, Shine On, even accompanied the update, which narrates their story beautifully. They have many romantic voice lines now, both in LoR and League.

With Udyr's rework, people started realizing he digs Lee Sin through voice lines expressing how he misses his "old friend" and that he's "loved twice, left twice" (which applies to his relationship with Lee Sin). Besides, his design includes memorabilia he exchanged with Lee Sin when they parted ways. It is also important to mention he's had a wife before, so he swings both ways. I think the context gives more than enough clues for us to safely say Udyr is queer.

Ahri and Evelynn are spirits/demons that prey on their victims (regardless of gender) through charm and seduction. Ahri is essentially a succubus, and Evelynn is the Demon of Agony, with desire and lust being important parts of their characters. It is also worth noting that Evelynn is genderfluid/agender, taking the form of anyone (or anything) that might lure her victims. So their lore essentially confirms them as not straight and not cis (on Evelynn's case, at least).

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eamour · 2 years ago

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edward art's "i am the creator" meditation

in this post, i wanted to share with you one of the meditations from edward art's spiritual series. this meditation is once again all about "feeling". now, edward distinguishes between "understanding something intellectually" and "feeling as a deep level of knowing" — and this meditation shall help you to realise that you are indeed the creator of life!

here is the link to the original source !

steps

1 ⋮ lay down or sit up on a chair. just relax.

2 ⋮ now for this meditation i want you to close your eyes. just sit with your eyes closed for a minute. just see the blackness. now i want you to pretend that the outer-world does not exist anymore. ALL you have is your awareness and this blackness. keep repeating something like this: "the outer-world no longer exist. i am just here now." this means there is nothing to achieve or get or be afraid of in the outer-world because it does not exist.

3 ⋮ now that you starting to feel yourself to only exist in your mind. start to tell yourself that this is your home. your mind is your home. home meaning it is SAFE. start to FEEL you are completely and entirely safe in your mind. there is absolutely NOTHING to fear, ONLY what fearful things you create. start to FEEL that you are the CREATOR in your mind. but just FEEL this and keep sitting in the blackness. FEEL and repeat this: "there is nothing to fear in here. i can have what i want in here." in here, simply meaning your mind.

4 ⋮ you by now, should start feeling safer and safer. you might want to fear the outside, but simply remind yourself it does not exist. now, start to FEEL the possibility of what you can be and have. IF IT WAS SIMPLY YOUR AWARENESS AND YOUR MIND, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? i hope you can by now see and feel where i am getting at. if the outer-world did not exist at all, and it was just you and your mind, wouldn't you feel free to do anything and have anything? you might start to feel excitement. maybe the fears are starting to melt away and are starting to be replaced with safety.

5 ⋮ now that you are starting to feel yourself to only exist in your mind. start to see yourself where you want to be. become a king, or have your desire. it does not matter, it is your creation. you have no rules here. there are no rules in your mind. no consequences because the only consequences you have are the ones your create! if you want to FEEL that nobody can hurt you, then they can't! if you want to feel that you no longer have to fear this or that, you don't have to! If you want to feel that everyone loves you, you can! it is all yours in your mind! the outer-world does not exist.

6 ⋮ now that the FEELING of safety, freedom and fulfillment of your desires start to stir up in you, INTENSIFY them! FEEL them and then raise up it. FEEL deeper. FEEL the safety deeper and deeper, and then the freedom deeper and deeper. keep intensifying it until it overcomes you. the key to do this is to remember there is NOTHING to fear if you intensify it! when you intensify it and start fearing, you will see how limiting and useless fear is. it stops you from FEELING deeper. you say you deserve the upmost love? then FEEL that you do on a DEEP DEEP level.

7 ⋮ this mediation is to show you that when you imagine, you should imagine as though the outer-world and all its limitations does not matter. YOU ARE THE CREATOR. you might struggle to feel these things but it is only because you are afraid to imagine what you truly want. once you let go that fear, then you will see what i am saying. you will feel the freedom that was there all along. this is what changes "self." neville would always "turn his back on the senses." he would completely ignore the world, as though is never even existed and he would fall sound asleep in his MIND.

with love, ella.

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shadowfoxsilver · 8 days ago

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Scammers pretending to be Palestinian v6

(Scammers pretending to be Palestinian v6)

This guide is meant to inform you on some ways to differentiate legitimate fundraisers from those created by scammers who have been impersonating Palestinians for several months now. While originally I tried to list the scam blogs in these posts, Im just making this now a general overall method to spot scams.

Disclaimer: This guide is not to say all Palestine based asks are from bots or a scammer. Rather, it is meant to explain the reasoning why something is legitimate or not. Do not use this guide as an excuse to claim every single Palestine fundraiser is a scam.

TL;DR: In the span of you saying someone’s bot, you could be using tumblr search instead of telling me your reporting every ask you get as a scam without looking at the account. Being listed as spam/bot on a list of vetted accounts does not automatically classify something as a scam either.

One of the first things to keep in mind is that most asks you get will come from accounts who check the notes of a post. Meaning they saw you and decided to send you the ask or DM to share their fundraising post. This is not bot behavior and often is done by those is unfortunate situations that desperately need funding and as a result is a common occurrence across the internet. If this bothers you, it is suggested to turn off your askbox or limit DMs to mutuals instead of the posting in the scam tag that every ask you get is from a scammer when it’s a gfm account that has been vetted by a well known blog that may even be on a list of verified fundraisers if you bothered to look it up.

Secondly, while originally a non-gfm fundraiser may have been suspicious (such as PayPal or gogetfunding) it has since been decided and clarified that such fundraisers are now used when a gfm is shut down unexpectedly and the original creator informs the donors that they will need to resend it their support to a new fundraiser. If you do not see any mention of a previous gfm in a PayPal/gogetfunding post there is a possibility that searching parts of the post may show that the content is from someone else and the source may still be active with no mention of tumblr itself indicating the tumblr post is impersonating the real gfm.

Thirdly, due to language barriers legitimate accounts may use asks from other vetted fundraiser blogs with only minor edits. While this isn’t something I’d suggest doing, it’s understandable the situation unfortunately relies on copying someone else’s words to ask for support. However, please don’t reuse the post content unless you were given permission or are related to the original fundraiser such as being a family member. Images may be borrowed from other accounts, though they may be stolen from offsite places. This is not full proof of a scam, as it’s suggested to search around for proof of who originally posted the images. Please understand not everyone is natively an English speaker and Google translate isn’t always accurate. Some may reuse someone else’s posts unaware that it’s suspicious behavior.

Fourthly, most scam accounts have reused a certain style of ask often mentioning needing insulin (Humalog) for a relative, having nose freezes due to asthma, being down to their last pen and asking for “nt much”, or referring to their family being in the ruins of a church. The frequency of these asks is so common searching them in tumblr search should bring up plenty of posts. Additionally, the names used by these accounts generally appear across multiple blogs that have been seen running different kinds of scams later on. A majority of their posts are almost always stolen off a real fundraiser they don’t link to.

Fifthly, in regards to verification it is very easy to search a username and see who vetted an account. Scammers will often say they’re verified but don’t list who or even paste a username that has never existed at all when you go to check. If asked about it, they generally will opt to block you without responding. There are people who will take time out of their day to ensure someone’s legitimate just be patient.

Lastly, don’t just assume every Palestinian gfm is a scam and stop acting like sharing a scam is fine because you don’t want to accidentally ignore someone in need. If you regularly see the posts from legitimate blogs and share them you would eventually be able to tell the day old private PayPal account asking for insulin funds is suspiciously asking for a low amount of funds compared to everyone else.

(This post is copied from @kyra45 , my blog where I explain scams and how to spot them.)

#mod talks #Palestine #long post is long

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midnight1nk · 28 days ago

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LEVELING UP (w/ your local reporter)

It’s pretty well-known that my blog always welcomes theories and ramblings, considering that I’m both myself as well as wanting to spread a bit of positivity out there. But months ago, I decided to take on the role as SMG4 Tumblr’s unofficial reporter, perhaps you might’ve seen a report or two from me tackling serious topics. Or you've been following along the #SMG4 news tag.

However, from what I’ve been thinking over for the last few days, two things really dawned on me: (1) while I may have appointed myself to be the community’s reporter unofficially, my words matter. Ofc I’m well aware what I signed up for and have been taking the role incredibly serious. The thing is: trust, accountability, and the truth is utmost important to me. Not only to spread awareness but to enforce the connection I have with my sources bc, at the end of the day, it impacts us all. The relationship between my sources, the community, and me — an actual example to game theory (thanks MatPat, a true icon).

Then, for (2), while is important to discuss the serious stuff, it’s starting to be emotionally overwhelming in my eyes. When I first started, it was simply posting the latest teasers for the SOTC arc leading up to movie. I’ve done polls and events (the real ones remember when I did bingo). Y’know fun stuff, I wanna bring that back somehow. After all, not all news is bad news.

It needs balance, and for that, I’ve came with a plan with simply this: by the people, for the people.

[ + more info below 'read more' + ]

INVESTIGATIONS

Usually, it would be my decision on what I should cover, it being serious or not. But I’ll allow suggestions be put into consideration if it fits the following:

if there is news going around in another social, and you believe it is something of value that could potentially impact SMG4 Tumblr, it'll be put into consideration.

However, if referred above has no complete story (like it has pieces here and there) and it still holds said value, it'll be put into consideration for a full-on investigation lead by yours truly. Though, based on previous experience, do note that this would take a while to do and it might lead to a dead-end. The investigations are NOT FOR THEORIES.

Changes happen on the official SMG4 socials, ranging from a teaser for the show or a serious hack. At times, it isn’t possible for me to keep track of them all. But if you happen to come across something, you can leave a tip!

This includes: show teasers, new Steam workshop items, changes to the Puzzles/WOTFI website, mentions of SMG4 in Glitch promo/posts, hacks (for both official SMG4 and our local community creators), discourse, etc.

PROMOTIONS

As said, I would like to encourage the fun news going around in the community, just to bring some positivity and engagement. This would has it’s own list unrelated to the ‘Investigations’ section with the following:

Unlike the ‘Investigation’ related posts, these would usually be a reblog. Think of it like an ad. So, it would be up to someone to make the post itself.

They must be COMMUNITY-INVOLVED! There is a difference between self-promoting your posts for personal gain/engagement, and wanting to welcome the community to an event. So, no, zero self-promotion (I’ve seen my fair share).

This includes: polls, character tournaments, bingo nights, ship weeks, project announcements, call for collabs, events, etc.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Regardless of the type (investigation or promo), suggestions can be submitted in my askbox. To be considered, here are the rules and other things that might answer some personal questions:

Please provide the necessary information — date of occurrence, the original poster, any docs or screenshots, etc. — if possible. Anything that can be useful for me to use. All media and links must be embedded. I will not be accepting hyperlinks for safety reasons, and yes, that includes Tumblr posts. Regardless, all asks will be reviewed.

When sending an ask, please put a magnifying glass emoji [ 🔎 ] in the ask!! That way, it's be easier for me separate it from the rest of the asks. Otherwise, it'll be up to my (theorist) intuition and context clues to figure it out myself.

The sent asks WILL NOT be posted in my blog or in the SMG4 tag. (1) Simply, they are suggestions and it would feel reductant to post about it twice. (2) There’s going to be at least one person who’s gonna leave an ask for a prank or something. But let this be clear, there’s zero tolerance for this kind of behavior in this blog and in my eyes. False leads could not only waste my time but time that could’ve been used for the news that truly matters. (3) I don’t want to risk spreading a potential virus or something with a link by accident, or for it to be a nothing burger at the end. That being said…

DO NOT spam in the askbox. As I’m not posting these asks, there won’t be any indication whether I saw your ask — that’s only logical. Unless I left an announcement in my blog for an absence, it’ll be likely that I have indeed seen your ask and I would get to it as soon as I possibly can. Please do be patient with me on that front. The best compromise I could give is that every week, I would post my status of the askbox (if I read it, if doing an investigation, etc.)

Feel free to use your account or drop your username, so I would know who’s who. As always, the anon option will still be available, bc it's only understandable that not everyone would be comfortable to come out for a tip, it's within the reporter's code to not betray this trust. HOWEVER, if due to certain circumstances you would like to speak with me, state it clearly in the ask and I'll contact you in DMs. (Just in case of technical difficulties, I’ll send out a codeword for you to use in another ask, it’ll be best to look out for it. Post will later be deleted afterwards)

To my moots, you can just let me know as per usual. You guys don't really need to do all this, simply send it over to me :)

This information will also be available on my intro post for future reference. Also fyi, I'm only on Tumblr under the 'midnight1nk' username, and I'm staying for personal reasons. If you have any questions that I didn't mention here, go ahead and leave a comment here!

Just as bringing the news to SMG4 Tumblr, I wanna invite yall to be part of it. Together united. And most of all, I would like to thank the people following along, to those who gave their trust in me. It's been a privilege to be your reporter. 💙

#smg4 #smg4 news #smg4 community #ink rambles #(sorta) blog update #info will also be posted in my intro post (as pinned)

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bizarrelittlemew · 11 months ago

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Hi. I’ve been following you for a while and I really appreciate all the OFMD gifs you make and how you add really good image descriptions. I’m pretty bad at social cues and I wanted to know if you have tips for how to thank gif makers? Do you have advice for how to word the thank you without accidentally sounding weird or rude? Is it OK for someone to thank a gif maker in their ask box if the asker doesn’t follow the gif maker? Any sort of advice like that would be appreciated, or sample scripts that are socially acceptable to send. I know gif makers work really hard and I want to say thanks without accidentally breaking unspoken social rules I don’t know about and I felt safest asking you. I hope that’s OK. Thank you very much.

hi anon 💗 first of all this is such a lovely message and sentiment, thank you 🥹 i'd say you're pretty well on your way already!

i think every gif maker i know would LOVE getting a thank you message! as you say it is hard work, and having that acknowledged will always be appreciated 💗 (no matter if you follow them or not)

here is my specific advice on how to thank gif makers:

reblog! we share the gifs we make because we want to share our love for the show/movie/actor/etc. with other people, and by reblogging, you help us do that. adding something nice in the tags, whether it's something like "this is gorgeous!" or "thank you for giffing this moment, op!", compliments on the coloring (like "love the coloring"/"wow you did such a good job brightening this dark scene!"/"these look so crisp/sharp!"), or commentary on what the gifs show (like "he looks so sad, i wanna give him a hug"/"this scene is so funny/heartbreaking/sweet"/"i never noticed this detail before"), or simply emojis (any combinations of 💖, 🫠, 🥹, 🥺, 😭, 😍 or whatever the gif makes you feel), any kind of reaction like that will be very much appreciated - for me, it's the highlight of making and sharing gifs!

as for sending an ask, i think any kind of thank you message would make gif makers extremely happy 🥹 here are some sample sentences - any variation and combination of these would be lovely to receive, i think (some ideas/options in [brackets]): "i love seeing your gifs on my dash" "thank you for [creating/posting/sharing] your gifs, they [bring so much joy/always make me happy to see]" "i love your coloring, it's so [warm/vibrant/gorgeous/bright and sharp/colorful]" "thank you for giffing [character/person/show], i really appreciate seeing gifs of [that/them]" "thank you for adding [alt text/image descriptions] to your gifs, it helps a lot!" "i really admire how [fast/talented/creative] you are at giffing" ok these are just a few ideas but i hope it's helpful! 💗

this is not a direct way of thanking gif makers (as it should be a given), but i wanna add it because it's important to me: give credit if you share our gifs in other ways than reblogging the original post. please please please do not repost/crosspost gifs without credit. if a gif maker doesn't want their gifs reposted/crossposted at all, please respect it. most, like me, will be fine with it if you credit properly. here are some ways to do that: if you want to use a gif in your own post on tumblr, you can use the Add GIF function, which automatically adds credit (and we get a lil notification), or tag the creator and/or link the original gifset in the post (e.g. "gif by @bizarrelittlemew"). if you want to post a gif to another platform, e.g. twitter, these are some examples on how to give credit: "gif by @/bizarrelittlemew on tumblr", "📸: @/bizarrelittlemew", "gif by @[twitter handle]", "gif source: [link]" and variations of these, written either in the post itself or in a reply right below. not only in the ALT text (as that is for, well, ALT text) and not by making a general note on your profile that "gifs are not my own"/"the gifs i post are from tumblr" or similar (as this won't be evident from the post itself and doesn't credit the gif maker). ok that got a bit long but hopefully it makes sense!

also, if a gifset inspires you to write meta or make your own post about what the gifset depicts, we'd also be very happy if you linked it (like "this gifset reminded me of... / made me think about...") OR simply add it in a reblog of the gifset! the exception (for me, others may feel differently) is if the meta/comment "disagrees" with the gifset, like if the gifset shows "[character] being considerate" and the comment is something like "actually, i don't think this is [character] being considerate, i think they're manipulative". then making a separate post would be more welcome (i'd personally still appreciate a link to the gifset if you were inspired by it).

something that would be rude (since you ask how to avoid that) would be somehow criticizing the gifset in the comments/tags/replies, like disagreeing with the composition (e.g. "i don't think gif number X fits with this theme"), or being negative about the editing/giving unsolicited advice (e.g. "wish these gifs were brighter/sharper" or "hey op you should make your gifs slower/faster"), or talking about how you dislike the show/movie/characters (because the gif maker will see your tags/comments and they probably made the gifs out of love for the thing). as long as you avoid that, you should be fine! 💖

once again thank you for this lovely ask and for wanting to show your appreciation for gif makers 💗

#asks #Anonymous #gifs #gif making #gif makers #sorry for the super long post but i wanted to be thorough for such a lovely ask!! <3

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sirfrogsworth · 1 year ago

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So in one post you’re ranting about people on Twitter stealing jokes and in another you’re reposting other people’s art….

I think you have a deep misunderstanding of the problem.

There is content creation... Someone makes a thing.

There is content curation... Someone shares a thing someone else made.

There is attribution... Someone credits the creator of the content.

There is theft... Someone takes credit for content they did not make.

I love content creation. Artists are great.

I love content curation. There is way too much content on the internet and without people sorting through it and finding the best stuff, we would all go nuts looking at all the bad stuff just to find a few hidden gems. When I was doing this as a job and when I wasn't creating content, I used to go through about a thousand images per day just to find 5 to post on my blog. It's actually a lot of work.

I love attribution. One of the main ways I grew my following was by content curators sharing my work and crediting me.

People like the thing. They see who made it. They follow that creator.

I do not like theft. Sometimes you can't find a source for something. I understand that happens and I struggle with that sometimes myself. But people sharing something they did not create and taking credit for its creation is super scummy. Especially if they are erasing watermarks and adding their own. This will give people the impression they made the thing, so they won't even try to find the creator of that content. The original content creator will never get the benefit of more followers.

So, whenever I curate content, I always try to find the source. Especially if it is a creative work that took a lot of time and effort to make. I also try to give people multiple ways to consume that creator's content.

If you look at the art you mentioned, you can see links to several places to follow the artist.

And if I cannot find a source, what I will absolutely not do, is give people the impression I am responsible for creating the content. And oftentimes someone will recognize the creator and I am able to add attribution after the fact.

As both a content creator and a content curator, these are the best practices I have developed over years of doing this. Some people accuse curators of being just "reposters" and being lazy for not creating their own content, but they are an extremely valuable asset to artists. We need ethical curators to share our work and attribute it properly so we can build audiences.

What we don't want are content thieves and those assholes who say, "credit goes to the artist who made this."

Hopefully you have a better understanding of the issue now.

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One Last Job---Chapter Six

A link to Chapter Five: https://www.tumblr.com/nexxen24/783835730808127488/one-last-job-chapter-five?source=share

WARNING: This chapter contains a brief mention of suicide, attempted suicide and suicidal ideation. Reader be warned.

6: Cross

Aachen, Germany, February 2025

3 Days Later

I kept pacing the length of the safe house’s living room as Mel looked over John and the proximity mine since something had to be wrong with it if I could read Mel’s mind fine and not his. It was blank, completely lost on me and it was starting to concern me as to why that could be. Mel was the expert on the mine, as its creator but I had to assume that Anton would’ve edited it when she left, made it worse and John's mind was slowly being destroyed by it.

“So…”

“Alex…are you gonna ask that every ten minutes?” Mel asked as John chuckled and I glared at the two of them.

“Sorry for being concerned,” I muttered and sat down on the couch with a loud hmph.

“I’m fine,” John said and I caught his eye.

I nodded in agreement and moved closer, wrapping my hand in his and squeezing it, wishing I could use my powers to assure him or even see what he was really thinking. I wanted to tell him that I cared about him, that he meant the world to me but I also knew that he maybe didn’t want Mel to know that being here like this had caused something to blossom. But people can also surprise you.

“It’s alright Mel, it’s normal for a partner to worry,” he said and my eyes widened a bit as a blush came over my face.

“Oh…look at that, I was correct,” she said and I sent her a glare as John cringed since she touched a part of the mine. “Okay…so…this isn’t great.”

“What?”

“It’s different from a regular mine,” Mel explained and grabbed John’s arm, sliding down a bit of his sweater to reveal a black line curling around his wrist. “Got any tattoos lately?”

“No…what is that?”

“It’s a connection,” she said and glanced at my arm which was covered in very similar marks from all those years of erasing memories. “He always said he wanted to make an easier way to get powers and I think he found it. This mine is a proximity mine, don’t walk away from her anytime soon but it’s also getting you guys to share powers.”

“Wait…” John began and eyed Mel and I had to assume that he was trying to read her mind, which shouldn't have worked. “You’re thinking about the information you found out about Anton.”

“What…did you?”

“Yeah, I think I did,” he said and smiled but it immediately faded and he grabbed his head, curling over in pain as I ran over and placed a hand on his arm. “God…Maybe I shouldn’t.”

“Before you went and were an idiot, I was going to warn you that the more you use it, the bigger the connection will get. You guys are the guinea pigs here, Anton did this to see if it works and if it doesn’t…you’re in trouble.”

“Is what he saw correct,” I asked and Mel nodded.

“Anton is in an old Dark Force compound, one of the originals. I don’t know why but I got wind from an old colleague who left when I did that he’s been calling out for help for some reason. He’s been telling them to meet him in Latvia, right outside Riga where the facility is. I can show you guys a satellite image.”

Mel dug in her bag before pulling out a laptop and typing away at it before turning the screen to reveal a large compound up in the mountains and to my surprise, the footage was live and there were guards wandering around outside. I had done a small amount of recon trying to figure out where Anton was in Munich a couple years back and I had to assume that John was brilliant at it thanks to his background. The safe house was also pretty well stocked with weapons thanks to a vault in the basement so we had all that we needed and I had a feeling we could do it.

“Does that look like something we could break into?” I asked and John nodded, grabbing the laptop from Mel and looking at it closer.

“Yeah, for sure. They have a vulnerable spot on the back side, the spot that really hugs the mountain, that would be the best approach. I’ve done missions like this before, heavy recon.”

“Good, that’s what I was hoping for,” I told him and he grinned at me before handing the laptop back and standing, wobbling a little so I steadied him. “Are you sure you can though, we can wait.”

“No…we need this thing out of my head and Anton might move, this is our best bet and we can be in Latvia in a few days if we hurry.”

“Good luck you two,” Mel said and I nodded in thanks, wrapping her in a tight hug since we had gotten a bit closer.

“We’ll let you know when he’s dealt with,” I assured and moved to turn back to John when she grabbed my arm.

“Promise me one thing,” Mel said and I nodded. “Make it hurt…for a very, very long time.”

“Oh…believe me, I’ll guarantee it.”

She nodded in thanks before gathering her stuff and saying one last good luck and a goodbye before heading and leaving the two of us to plan our next move and get ready for what would hopefully be the last mission. It felt weird…being so close yet so far and I knew that a part wouldn’t be able to leave him behind afterwards, we were connected and that was never going to change.

“So…after Latvia…”

“Yeah…this could be the last time.”

“Do you want it to be?” I asked and he looked at me, eyes softening before he stepped forward and wrapped me in a hug, resting his chin on top of my head.

“No…I don’t.”

“Good, neither do I,” I admitted and John stepped back, a wide grin on his face. “Show me New York, I said I’ve always wanted to go.”

“Oh, I’m going to show you all of it and more!” he said and leaned down, giving me a kiss as I smiled against his lips, knowing this was perfect.

After this hopefully very easy mission, we’d be fine to head back to the states and I could see New York and John and I could figure out what more we meant to each other and what this really was. Neither of us had defined it, since it really had only been a few months and we didn’t feel the need to. No one had asked and I was fine with just calling him special to me and labels didn’t connote that feeling, nor did it define it, it just gave you more clarity and I had more than enough. John meant the world to me, I was ready to tell anyone who asked and I knew, deep down, that I’d do anything and more for him.

Riga, Latvia, February 2025

I followed John's lead for most of the recon mission, since he was the guy that had been trained for this, he knew what he was doing. My few experiences had been mainly for information or with Meg and the others, seeking out other mutants to join us, even though they never did. I was out of my depth and didn't all the way trust the silencer on my Glock 17L but John assured me it'd be fine. Besides…we weren't in this to cause a massacre, we just needed to find Anton and my powers could deal with most people. Sure many of them would likely have a block but mind control tended to work anyways, and when you tell someone to sleep, they tend to listen. I was in the midst of doing just that since a guard was standing outside our door, only one, but he had a radio and could easily call for help.

“Alright, do you got this?” John asked and I nodded, not looking at him or else I'd be fawning over his damn suit.

He chose to wore the suit Valentina gave him, stupid looking helmet included and I hated to admit the whole ensemble made him look very hot. The suit itself was mildly stupid and very American with the obvious red and white stripes and A on his chest, but the rest worked very well. I was grateful she chose black as the accent and since it was built to protect it was also skin tight and showed off some unseen muscles in his arms and legs. My own suit was similar, a gift from Mel for being a good sport and wasn't as skin tight, more jumpsuit-like with some added protection everywhere. It also had a good amount of straps and belts, all outfitted with various weapons and tricks for the mission. I pulled out a small baton, getting it ready just in case things went south both moving a bit away from John.

Our connection would suffer the further I got and I could already see him cringing at the pain but the guard wasn't too far. He was just on the edge of that fifteen foot radius and I slipped into the shadows, turning nearly invisible, before slinking my way onto the catwalk he was standing on. Our door was in-between two buildings with a metal grated catwalk between them and John and I were below it. It didn't take that much effort to move to the edge and climb up, positioning myself right behind the guard who had turned to check the door. With his back to me, I jumped up and grabbed him, pulling the baton against his throat until he started choking.

“What the--”

“No talking,” I hissed and he nodded, clawing at the baton. “Grab your keys then sleep.”

He looked like he wasn't going to comply until I turned him around and locked eyes, making sure my powers were in full swing. I said it again and he dropped like a rock, barely having enough time to place a hand on the key ring at his waist. Sure it didn't go exactly as I wanted it to and I'd have to try close to every key but he was down and that's what I wanted.

“We got it,” I said and John nodded, climbing up and joining me on the catwalk as I got to work on the key ring.

“You didn’t ask him first?” he asked as the lock didn’t budge with the third key I tried.

“Didn’t get a chance,” I muttered and tried close to four more before the door finally popped open and I pocketed the keys before slowly making my way inside. “Okay…I can make you invisible via shadows but only for a few seconds, not forever…so we have to be careful.”

“Have you ever tried it on other people?” he asked and I sat there a second, not really wanting to lie.

“Sure, it worked fine,” I assured and moved forward, forcing him to follow before he could sit there and ask any more questions.

It worked and he didn’t but it also made me question if I could actually use my abilities on him and I really didn’t want to have to find out so I kept an ear out as we made our way further in. The facility was massive, bigger than the one I grew up in and we found ourselves above a very large room, on top of a similar catwalk to the one the guard was on. This one was up near the roof and I kept reminding myself to not look down and realise how far up I was since heights had never been my thing.

“Are you okay?” John asked, likely catching how nervous I looked.

“Just fine…I just, don’t like heights,” I muttered and ignored my heart pounding as I stepped between a gap in two catwalks.

“Hmmm…Interesting…I didn’t peg you for someone afraid of them.”

“Yeah, well, I can’t be afraid of the dark,” I muttered and a bit of smoke came off my fingertips for good measure as he rolled his eyes.

“Very true,” John said and looked down, his eyes narrowing as I followed his gaze.

Sure enough we weren’t alone and far down below us was a man in a white coat with a clipboard, walking past what looked like cages that upon further inspection held people…or at least mutants, knowing Anton. I had thought that Dark Force was finished with testing but they’d apparently continued on without me and the thought was making my blood boil. John caught the sudden angry look on my face and reached out, placing a hand on my arm in reassurance. I nodded in thanks but the gesture became a bit redundant when a guard walked out with a very familiar person with him.

“Oh God…that’s…”

“Mel,” I said and finished John’s thought before moving a bit closer so we could hear them better.

There was a catwalk a bit further down but high enough that they wouldn’t see us and I lowered myself onto it, ignoring how much my arms were shaking as John followed, perching beside me on the far end so we were right above the guy and Mel. He was regarding her with mild curiosity as a second guard entered and my eyes widened when I saw that in his arms was…another Mel.

“Sir,” he started and the man smiled, taking the second Mel from the guard and directing her into a cage as her form shifted into a small child, not older than 12.

“The Mel who made us come here…she was fake,” I said and cursed as John did the same.

“Mel, did you see your doppelganger?” the man asked and she struggled against the guard but to avail. “Beautiful isn’t she? Ruby is just 12 and yet…she can be so precise. I’m thinking we’ll do the G7 summit next month or the White House.”

“Why…”

“For Alex and the American of course. Our little friend let them know all about that special mine Anton used back in Berlin, about what it can and is doing to them. In less than a week we should hopefully have an American super soldier with a special blend of mind control, one we can control. We just needed Alex to guarantee it stuck, use her powers…but different.”

“Won’t that kill her?” Mel asked and I thanked her for reading my mind.

“Hopefully,” he said and smiled as I finally recognized who this guy was.

“God…I know who that guy is,” I said and John raised a brow. “Dr. Roland Schmidt. He worked with Anton in Siberia and helped to create the process that gave me powers. He was also the one that suggested shooting me to try out healing.”

“Really?”

“Yeah…I thought I killed him,” I said and remembered his dead and empty eyes, one of the few memories I hadn’t erased from my escape. “I guess he wasn’t all the way dead.”

“Alex isn’t here,” Mel pointed out and I shook my head at how wrong she was and how mad she was going to be that I fell for it.

“Really? Are you sure?” Roland asked and looked right at me as a spotlight began to shine on John and I, followed by a large group of guards entering the room with rifles, all trained on us.

I kept my eyes trained on one near the back that wasn’t moving as fast and sure enough when he finally got set up there was a rocket launcher on one shoulder.

“John! We gotta move!” I called and jumped to the next catwalk as the guy shot the one we were one, John just barely managing to hop to mine before the other one fell. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah, fine,” he muttered and rolled over, extending the shield as he went as the catwalk groaned. “Uh…is that?”

“It’s gonna fall,” I said and bolted towards the next as he followed, the supports keeping the back half of the catwalk up, failing and causing me to fall backward.

I barely had time to catch myself on the support rail but John wasn’t as lucky and missed by a mile since he was still trying to figure out the shield. My eyes widened in horror as he tumbled off the back and began to plummet to the ground, a fall he could survive thanks to the serum but the distance would kill him. We were at least thirty feet off the ground and John would be dead by the time he hit the floor if I didn’t think of something and fast. My one option that was coming to mind was to jump off myself, catch him in midair and teleport the two of us to safety but I could barely teleport myself. Though…he was dead regardless so I breathed out a ‘fuck it’ and ran forward, diving off the catwalk and slamming into him midair, activating my powers and praying they’d kick in.

To my complete and utter surprise, they did and I blinked to find us sprawled across the floor as I clung to John’s chest like he was some kind of lifeboat, eyes wide that that even worked in the first place. The two of us were a bit bruised thanks to the impact but alive and drenched in smoke so thick it was nearly choking me. I jumped up and got rid of it before grabbing his hand and pulling him up before wrapping him in a hug, just to make sure that he was really alive and my stupid plan hadn’t backfired.

“I’m okay,” John assured and pulled back, cupping my face in his hands with a smile.

I was about to assure him that I was also fine when he got tased and went down hard as I teleported a second time about five feet to my right, narrowly missing my own taser and pulling out my gun. I shot the guy nearest me as soon as I materialised and he went down hard as I trained the gun on the next, loading another round and making sure to shoot if he or anyone else moved.

I had to assume they were told to use non-lethal force but I had missed the memo and nailed a guy in the head when he stepped forward, a long electrified pole at the ready. Another swiped at me and I poofed off to the side, getting him in the leg when I came back as a second managed to slice me with a knife when I had my guard down. I cursed and turned, which was a mistake since another guy was ready and decked me in the face so hard I heard a crack from my nose and I went down hard. He kicked me in the ribs and I dropped the gun before letting out an oof and coughing up some blood in the process, looking at John who was being restrained. I tried to reach out and teleport to him but the same one that kicked me was quick to cuff my hands with not handcuffs per say, but a bracelet that shocked me when I even thought about using my powers.

I cursed and admitted defeat, letting the guy drag me over to Roland as the guard attending to John did the same but kept us further apart, about ten feet based on the look on his face. Roland looked very happy with the arrangement and stepped forward, smiling at me but he reached out and slapped me across the face, reigniting the pain from my already very broken nose that needed more time to heal. I spat some blood on the floor as John cussed him out, nearly breaking his own arms as he tried, desperately to get out of the hold and the cuffs they had him in.

“How are you alive?” I choked out and Roland smiled even bigger.

“You missed,” he said and pulled down the collar of his sweater to reveal a bullet hole scar just above his heart. “I managed to survive…barely but Anton patched me up, moved me to Latvia and I’ve been continuing his work ever since.”

“Experimenting on children,” I guessed and could spot quite a few in the cages around us.

“And others,” he agreed and I glared at him. “Don’t worry, they’ve been treated with respect and kindness, unlike you.”

“Is Anton here?”

“No…another lie. He is planning something much bigger than this little facility but I’m sure he’ll be pleased to know you are back in his custody.

“I was never in anyone’s custody,” I spat and Roland rolled his eyes.

“Oh…I hate it when experiments assume they’re human, it makes things complicated,” he chided and nodded to a guard who held me tight before stabbing something into my neck and the world went a bit fuzzy. “Don’t worry Alex…we have to keep the American alive and also you. But when the mine is finished, he gets to watch you die, how romantic.”

I tried to struggle against the restraint but it was no use and noticed John had suffered a similar fate since he was now unconscious and being held up by his guards. I knew that we could get out of this, go find Anton and rescue Mel before she got herself killed but as for Roland…I was going to shoot him a second time…and this time I wouldn’t miss.

***

I woke up in darkness and immediately knew that I was too far away from John…how…well the screaming was a pretty good indicator but our connection was also stronger and being far was making me sick as well. I flipped over on the small cot and grabbed a bucket that was probably put there deliberately before losing my lunch inside it and trying to keep myself from doing it again. It felt like my head was going to melt and a chuckle started from across from me before a light was flicked on and I spotted Roland, smiling at me.

“Interesting, the American was right.”

“How far are we?”

“Close to fourteen feet and you have been for a few hours. I’m assuming the headache is bad?” he guessed as I lost my lunch a second time and clutched my head, barely able to keep my eyes open. “I’d say yes.”

“We need to be closer,” I stuttered out, hating John’s screams even more than the pain in my head. “Please…”

“We like studying the distance,” Roland informed me and I glared, reaching out with my powers but I was in turn shocked and felt even worse.

There was a large black band on my ankle that I had assumed was the source of the shock and grabbed it, trying to prevent it from stinging as he wrote something down on his clipboard. I wanted to kill him so bad it hurt but I also cared more about John and I had to make sure he was okay before I did anything too stupid.

“Please…you’ll kill us both before your stupid experiment is complete and you know that Anton wouldn’t want that. Besides…I’ve threatened to escape before…and you need me alive.”

“You wouldn’t?” Roland asked, finally getting what I meant by escape.

“Anton will kill you if this fails, are you willing to bet your life on mine?” I asked and he stared at me for a long moment before letting out a loud sigh and leaving the room as I sat there, shaking.

It was true…I had tried it a few times but those memories were lost with all the others and I didn’t like to think about how far I was willing to go to stop Anton, to get out of being his test subject. What I needed right now was a chance to escape, with John, and never, ever get anywhere close to this stupid facility or any other ever again. I didn’t care about stopping Anton or whatever plan he was concocting, I just wanted to keep John safe and knew that meant escaping to the states and trying to live a normal life. I’d tell John my plan when they brought him in and to my relief they did, dropping him on the floor by the door since the guy was still out of it from the pain. I took one look at him before running over, sliding to a stop next to John and reaching out for Roland, grabbing onto his waist as a way of thanking him.

“Thank you.”

“Ugh…whatever,” he muttered and tried to knock me off but I held tight.

“I mean it. That mine has been a blessing, I’ve really fallen in love with him and I want to spend our last bit of time together, while I still can.”

“Yeah…sure…enjoy,” he muttered and shoved me off him as I fell back, moving to sit next to John with a hand on his leg as Roland rolled his eyes before leaving us.

“Did you mean that?” John muttered and I glanced at him as he slowly managed to sit up, bruised and with dark bags under his eyes.

“What?”

“That you’ve fallen in love,” he said and I rolled my eyes, helping him to his feet and over to a small cot up against the far wall as John sagged into the mattress, looking terribly tired.

“Yeah…I might’ve,” I muttered and laid back, feeling him pull me against him. “IT’s hard not to.”

“Really? I thought I was quite hard to get,” he shot back as I rolled over in his arms so I could look at him and run a hand through his dirty and bloodied blonde hair.

“Who’s fault was that?” I shot back and he chuckled before reaching over and giving me a kiss. “Eh…it’s fine, we’re here now.”

“That we are…are you still just falling?”

“Are you?” I asked and smiled when his cheeks started to turn red.

“No. I can’t be.”

“Me neither,” I muttered and leaned a bit forward, resting my head on his chest. “I think I love you, John Walker.”

“Right back at you, Alex Cross.”

I chuckled and moved back despite his protests, looking under the bed to see if my master plan had worked and to my complete and utter shock, it had. I pulled out a small black case and unzipped it to find a pen-like device inside with two small prongs that fit perfectly into the small holes on the cuff on my ankle. I went to town on the cuff and it released on the first try, freeing my ankle that was a bit blistered from the shock but my powers could at least function and I became vaguely aware of the minds outside the door.

“What is that?” John asked and I smiled, before holding up my foot.

“It was on Roland but I teleported it.”

“You can do that?”

“Nope. But it worked,” I said and smiled. “They didn’t block all my powers, teleportation is new, they wouldn’t have known about it so I thought I’d try and concentrate on the key for the cuffs and my powers did the rest.”

“So…we can get out of here?” he asked and I sighed, knowing it wouldn’t be easy and most of the guards outside the cell would have block or at least something like it.

“Sort of…” I muttered and paced, trying to think of a tactic that would work when my eyes focused on John and it was like a light bulb had gone off.

“Uh oh…I don’t like that look,” he muttered and I grinned before taking a seat next to him on the bed, a wide smile on my face.

“John…we’ve established I love you right?” I asked and he nodded. “Good…because…I want you to play dead.”

His eyes widened and I didn’t blame him, it was an odd ask of him and a thought that might not work, the guards could be smarter than I gave them credit for. But John was also the most important thing in the world to them, they needed him alive and if they thought he had died…maybe they’d send a few guards to come in and check and we could…steal their outfits and get Mel out like it was a cake walk.

Or we could die…but I had more hope for the first…at least I was pretty sure I did.

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equestrian-essentials · 4 months ago

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This topic needs to be talked about since people are having a hard time understanding what that actually means and how it relates to the custom content in all sims games. Multiple creators do retexture and convert, that is 100% allowed. You are not forced to follow people’s tou. “That is out of respect that you follow it” sure but it’s not a rule, it’s a choice. You cannot, I repeat cannot tell people they can’t edit, share, modify or upload content, then you as a creator, will be breaking the games tou. You do not have the power over people over video game assets. It is ridiculous that entire community of creators who know this before starting to create, that this is what we are dealing with and still cry over the fact that other people are actually not doing anything wrong. This is what scares new people, and previous members away from getting into communities, especially the equestrian part of sims. This is about the whole community of creators. It doesn’t matter what you do, you cannot win with some people. Many creators don’t look at the rules for modifying assets to the game, no one is forcing anyone to create or modify files for the sims, literally no one. If you can’t follow the game rules, then quit creating. It is that simple. None of the assets, you create or edit is your property, since it is linked to the game. Which means you would never be able to modify anything without their assets as a base, therefore none of the stuff you create is yours, and that also means that whatever tou you create, is a choice for users to follow. This needs to be addressed since I am kinda tired of people spreading misinformation, threatening personally and ruining something we all should be enjoying. I want to, for my personal sake, debunk rumors that has come to my attention from other people. No, I am not in other equestrian servers on discord except for my own. I got banned for stating my opinion and frankly I don’t have the energy or the desire to create alt accounts to look at peoples drama, it’s not worth it. I have friends who have been active parts of these communities who share files with me, which is less stressful for me. People ask me to convert, and I do it because I enjoy to do it, it helps me mentally. I do not have the time to “steal” creations (stealing is said very lighty since none of the cc is owned by the creators) files. I am very busy irl and use sims as a free space when I have time. Yes it is true, that me and a couple creators (3-4 others) have special permission from Sugars Legacy Stables to convert their stuff into the game for others to enjoy - no they didn’t take back the permission as some people say. They have been a friend of mine since the sims 3 and still are till this day. I only know what happens in other communities because I have friends who actually are mature enough to see this as it is - a freaking video game. All the bullying, harassment, backstabbing and lies is just plain wrong for video game assets. None of us can change the game rules, but we can make it more enjoyable by accepting that that’s how it is, and focus on our game as much as possible. DMCA threats are hilarious, since doing that means that you have the rights to the asset, it is not your property and will never be. Don’t believe in everything you see or hear online, go straight to the source.

I will continue as always, give credit to creators to the conversions, which is more than fair and brings people back to their original content (free advertisement) just because some creators are petty doesn’t mean we need to follow them. We are multiple creators who convert content, I am not the only one. None of us claim creations as stated. For us to give credit, we need to have somewhere to link (website perhaps) - those who I do not credit, are disrespectful creators who have done nothing but shown their true colors to the community and been absolutely terrible

You can read the EA TOU on my pinned post for those who would like

SSO CONVERSIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED BY EA AND SSO. Just for anyone who wants to try it, SSO is going to fine you for stealing (yes I said stealing) their meshes. Its not allowed to convert them into sims. EA doesn’t allow it as well, so you might end up in legal trouble if someone reports you. EA doesn’t allow other games meshes to be converted into their game, also SSO doesn’t want people stealing their meshes into other games, just a heads up. Dont do it its not worth it getting it on your record.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk 👋🏻

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olivetelfie · 5 months ago

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BHM 2025 - Black Fashion Figures: Patrick Kelly, Part 2

Kelly was, and still is, met with criticism in large part due to his willingness to lean into stereotypes and to incorporate racist iconography in his designs. Obvious examples include the Golliwog logo he sewed or screen printed all over garments, and his gifting of piccaninny dolls at fashion shows. Artists like Sequoia Barnes argue that Kelly was using fashion and engaging with the politically subversive nature of camp. To her, "the clothes were so over the top that it was obvious that it was a farce." She explains that artists in other mediums were met with less criticism, and questions whether the resistance Kelly's work is due to fashion still being seen as a consumerist artistic medium.

As mentioned previously, Kelly's designs were praised for their broad appeal and marketability to various audiences. Regardless of their chosen medium, for many black artists, this often results in attracting non-black audiences. In Kelly's case, his use of historically charged imagery adds another layer to the debate. In a 2022 panel, his long-term partner, explained that the imagery was not always obvious to non-Americans. In fact, he only began to engage with the political nature of the designs years later, coming up with the interpretation that Patrick was pulling these objects out of obscurity to recontextualize them.

Never having been one to talk much about the meaning behind his choice, we will never know the original intent behind his work. Patrick Kelly's run as a designer was interrupted in August 1989 as Kelly was diagnosed with AIDS, and he passed away from complications on January 1st 1990.

Thanks to all the CC creators: @serenity-cc, @madlensims, @gorillax3-cc and @helgatisha for the sick pose.

A short personal take, sources and more under the cut.

Sources:

Must read and/or watch:

Trigger Figure: Patrick Kelly’s Reclamation of Racist Iconography

Patrick Kelly: Reclaiming Racist Memorabilia

Others:

"So We Don’t Forget Each Other”: Patrick Kelly and the Politics of Gifting

Patrick Kelly: Reclaiming Racist Memorabilia

Patrick Kelly: Fashion, Life, and Legacy

From the Archives: Patrick Kelly – An American in Paris

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I feel like that meme about not reading all of this but researching Patrick Kelly made me think a lot. It's a tricky discussion, and while I am a black African who grew up in North America, I am not African-American. All this to say, this is just my interpretation.

It's very difficult to reconcile with the use of blackface or any similar symbolism, whether that be in the past, present, or future. I disagree with the idea that fashion is a lesser form of art because it is so intrinsically linked to consumerism, the fact remains that many people still consume it without limited thoughts on what designers are trying to say. This idea was proved by my research and the anecdote shared by his long-term partner. Also, Kelly presented his work as fun and playful which differentiated him from the "cerebral" Japanese designers. I'm not saying he is to blame, but I do think he might have appealed to an audience that was looking for edgy and fun clothes and not one that would've immediately made the connections with the imagery.

Black artists and designers, especially the ones who try to be subversive because of their art are in a tough position because it can land in the hands of an audience that does not have the cultural background or media literacy to fully dissect it. I mean, we've seen it play out all of last year and even this week-end. Best-case scenario, the audience understands part of the message but extends the artist's position to that of the entire black community. I think in the case of Kelly had the right to let his art speak for itself, but I can't help but feel that it was detrimental to his legacy. In one of the panels I listened to, the speaker explained that even art students, who had the cultural baggage to analyze his art, struggled to engage with it.

So all in all, I don't have a conclusion other than, personally? Not for me. I guess I can kind of see what he was trying to do?

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edenspoem · 1 year ago

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THESE ARE A FEW THINGS YOU CAN DO! Though I don't think they'd be helpful. Love you Aestraaa!!!

Emphasize Your Perspective: When sharing your fanfiction, you can make it clear that your work is a creative interpretation and doesn't necessarily reflect the views of the creator or their personal beliefs. (i.e always explain to not purchase the game, not interact with the creators, upcoming show, etc)

Engage with the Community: Connect with other fanfic writers who share your love for the characters and the game BUT ALSO SHARE YOUR VIEWWW! Focusing on the community aspect can help you find like-minded individuals who appreciate your creative work.

Create Original Characters or Alternate Universes: If you're uncomfortable with the association with the creator, you can explore original characters or alternate universes. This allows you to maintain your connection to the world while distancing yourself from specific elements of the gameplay?

yes, these are definitely going to be important when i do eventually post writing again. that won't be for a bit, as i've said. as long as i am not posting my writing, i will continue to speak about palestine— but when i do post a fic, i will definitely highlight these and include some sources that link to donations, articles, neil being a zionist, not to buy the game, etc. i already am exploring a complete alternative universe (knight!ellie) and the only unoriginal part is ellie, everything else has nothing to do with the tlou world. i don't feel comfortable posting it around this time, so after a while, it'll come out. but using my platform for palestine is what i'm choosing to do right now. still writing as always, but im not putting it over this.

#⤹𓍢ִ໋aestras asks #palestine #free palestine #free gaza #fuck israel #ellie williams #ellie williams x reader #from the river to the sea palestine will be free

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maya-chirps · 2 years ago

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Can you tell us more about Filipino mythology and moneters, cause there's no 1 official website and I almost always barely passed filipino? Can you also list like great sources for me to read? Thanks

I had a pretty busy week last week so it took a while to get to this ask but I'd love to give more info on the topic!