#and it's really..... frustrating........... and disheartening

[lookingfts]

I'm sorry to see that AO3 writers are struggling because of AI scraping. It's so frustrating. AI is destroying my industry and will probably eliminate my job within the next few years, if not sooner. Maybe one day I'll do a longer post about that, but for now: yeah. AI (specifically generative AI) is fucking terrible for so many reasons.

And if it makes you feel like you don't want to create because things will just be stolen, I get that. You have to do what's best for your peace of mind. But if it helps - I'm so happy to see that so many people hate having AI shoved down their throats. Being pushed to use it at my job (essentially training my replacement) is disheartening, but there are still so many people that want real art done by real people. That appreciate the love and sweat and tears and don't just think of art as a consumable product.

I've pretty much accepted that my career as I know it is over, and I'm on borrowed time. But that's all the more reason for me to write for my own enjoyment. Maybe there's no market for me as a professional copywriter anymore because AI can write a brochure or whatever, but I write fics because I love writing. No one can take that away from me. Even if they steal my work, they can't take away the fulfillment I experienced from writing it, or the way it touched the people who read it.

So all of this is to say, if you feel depressed by AI, I 100% get it. But real art, made by humans, still has a place. And giving up creativity because we think there's no point only leaves our own personal lives emptier and less interesting. I don't know if we can fight the machine, I really don't. But it sure as fuck doesn't make what you do worthless. I don't think human creativity can ever be extinguished, because as long as we have feelings, we'll make art to express them. Whether it's on AO3 or somewhere else, please don't give up. What you create still matters to me and to a lot of other people like me.

[monster-noises]

I am experiencing... frustration.

[skitskatdacat63]

My favorite thing tumblr does is when it hides all of my most important art(and other posts) from my organizational tags. Like wow thank you. So glad I can easily find a random sketch I once posted, and not the art I spent hours on. Sick. Thank you.

[smile-files]

isn't lying to one's parents something most teenagers do? why do i feel like literal satan whenever i do it

[bonnieisaway]

WHY did I fuckin forget to upload this dear god help me . anyway someone let these fuckers be happy they make me so miserable (/pos) I know the song isnt 100% accurate but I Needed this you do not Understand

[getvalentined]

Thinking about finally throwing all my FF7 meta analysis and lore deep dive stuff onto a sideblog. It'd be reblogged from here, but I'd be able to organize it a little better, have a directory so people could find things more easily, and maybe it'd stop people from regurgitating things I say word-for-word for brownie points when they can just find and reblog the fucking original post(s).

[s0ckh3adstudios]

i feel like i can relate a lot to Kieran from the Pokemon SV DLC but i feel like NOBODY understands his character correctly

[lorelune]

biggest L of lorelune is for sure the diluc fic 😔 oh beloved one day i'll work on you again

[aparticularbandit]

So.

Washed the pants for the Monokuma cosplay.

Was concerned about bleed - even though that didn't happen the first time I washed them - so turned them inside out. Figured this would keep ink from the legs from bleeding on anything else.

Which. was true.

Did not think about where the black part would be up against the white part.

So.

The bleed isn't too much. The back...looks...less great than it did.

Threw them back in the washer rightside out to see if that will get it out.

...it might make it worse.

-sighs-

[lctibule]

tried to do some writing but i got all of like three sentences out before i got frustrated and gave up, so 🤷

[beatcroc]

did the old tumblr live toggle actually work for yall? mine literally never has lmao

[agathabridgerton]

“why did this set suddenly stop getting notes at a really low number” and then it’s because only 7.4% of the notes are reblogs.

[ivyloveheart]

Yeah idk I guess I’m just gonna go back to just reblogging things idk. Not really too in the UTMV fandom anymore and I still can’t get many interactions.

[roaringgheat]

God I so badly wish gay characters and relationships were just as normal in videogames as straight characters are. I just wanna see myself in a game and have it not be like a single NPC you may or may not run into

[sgiansporran]

Due to the massive scraping incident that happened on AO3, I have decided to make my current fic as well as all of my future fanfics available to registered users only.

It's very unfortunate that this happened, especially when the Still Wakes the Deep fandom is so small. I love writing for this game, and I especially love writing for its characters.

To the many guests who've visited, read and enjoyed my work so far, please know that I haven't deleted my fic but have instead simply restricted access to it in hopes of protecting my work in the event that another scraping incident happens.

To everyone who's had their work scraped, you have my condolences. I'm so sorry your hard work, your very passion, was so shamelessly stolen and unethically used without your consent. I hope you can still find the inspiration to continue doing what you love, despite this ongoing threat to creativity. Rise above it and roar as you do.

I might reverse this decision later (especially if protection improves) or, more likely, I might occasionally unlock my work for a limited time.