#and not promote terrible content by terrible creators

[bunny-heels]

if i didnt hate using and hearing a certain word i would use it towards people who actually deserve to have it thrown at them

[a-stone-slab]

Hey all, MatPat made a video on TADC, so I think it’s time to give a quick refresher on what a terrible person he is, so it doesn’t turn into his second FNaF-Cashcow for theories.

We all know how scummy of a person he is, with doxxing, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and more.

Not to mention his recent video where he talks about the hate towards his FNaF theories, where he spends the majority of the video explaining how him and his staff are smarter than the majority of the population due to a personality test that his staff has all taken.

He then ends the video by taking around 10 minutes to promote their new merch, and ties the merch plug-in into the main point of the video, trying to guilt the audience into giving him more money.

He’s not some “funny theorist man”, he’s a horrible, bigoted scumbag who doesn’t seem to care that his words have an impact on the world and actual, real life people.

So yeah. This was a post detailing the horrible actions of this man, and I hope it serves as a reminder of what a horrible type of person he is. Do not support his content, especially not now when he’s jumping ship from one fandom that hates him, and going to a new fandom thats getting more mainstream.

[powluna]

Hello, I absolutely adore the clothing you make for children, infants, toddlers, they are so cute!

However, I am aware of the fact that you do post your CC on Curseforge in addition to your own website and Patreon and given that the company that owns Curseforge, is them is an Israeli company that did a crowdfunding campaign for the IDF which supports the ongoing genocide against Palestinians, I want to ask if you could remove your downloads from Curseforge entirely. I hope this doesn't come off as demanding or aggressive in any way, but by divesting from Curseforge, we also divest from Israel's economy completely and perhaps it seems small in comparison, but it would be a small way to show support for Palestine. Thank you for listening, and again, I hope I don't come off as impolite in any way.

Hello to anon and everyone who might have been waiting for a response from me. I want to thank you for treating me with respect and that I have not (yet) received any threatening messages or similar. It is very difficult for me to write the following message in my native language, let alone post a translated version of it. Everything I write here comes from the heart and merely describes my personal situation.

First of all, I want to express that I, personally, and my internet persona "PowLuna" in no way stand for oppression, violence, exclusion, or worse. The situation has certainly not passed me by—quite the opposite. The discourse on the topic has caused me to engage deeply with the subject, keep myself regularly updated, and talk a lot about it in my personal environment, educating others. Due to experiences I had as a teenager, I no longer express my opinions regarding a lot of topics on the internet. However, I must do so now because it is very important to me and it currently affects my daily life significantly in terms of depression and existential fears.

I want to express my sorrow for all the suffering that people in Gaza and all Palastinians endure daily. The things one encounters on the internet are cruel and heartbreaking, and denying that something terrible is happening there is wrong. I feel the same about all atrocities happening anywhere in the world, whether far away or in my neighborhood. I hope every day for peace throughout the world. A utopian wish, I know.

Now to what might be controversial: I will not participate in the boycott against CurseForge. At least not as far as requested. I no longer actively promote the links for it; that was a kind of compromise I could make. You can judge me for this or not. But let me first describe my situation. I believe that pressuring individual small creators is not the right way in this situation, as you can never guess who is behind the internet personas and what stories they carry with them.

I come from a family that has always lived in poverty. After finishing school and completing an apprenticeship, I thought about studying so that I could do more with my potential. I moved away for my studies and had to stand completely on my own feet. I had saved a little money. For the rest of the support and because a part-time job would have hindered my ability to perform well, I applied for financial aid from the state. This is possible here in Germany. I can keep half of the money, and the other half I have to pay back after my studies. All well and good. While studying, I found a great interest in creating custom content and sharing it with others. I taught myself more and more skills and gradually shared them with others because I really enjoy to help people.

In 2022, I decided to make money with what I do. So, I had to register a business. That's mandatory here. I started with Patreon, where I gathered some subscribers who believed in my potential from the start, for which I am very grateful. I always appeal to the good in people, worked "hard," uploaded more and more stuff to convince people, and get more voluntary subscribers. This didn’t work out as expected. So, I switched to an early access model, which actually brought more subscribers, but I wasn't really happy with it, so I moved away from it a few months later. I lost more and more subs over time, while still giving the same effort as before.

Shortly after, I was invited to the CurseForge project, to which I confidently agreed because I already knew CurseForge and saw a lot of potential for the Sims area. I also find the platform really good and many changes I wished for were implemented. And yes, CurseForge has given me a steady income since then, sometimes more, sometimes less, but still far from what I made with voluntary subscribers on Patreon. I felt really proud because I suddenly earned good money with something I am passionate about. And I did it all by myself!

But this income brought new obligations: I have to pay taxes. Additionally, I no longer receive financial support from the state and won't be able to get it again.

The whole discourse has shown me that self-employment always carries a risk when you rely on a platform, so I switched back to the Patreon early access model for more security. However, I still can't live off that alone. Therefore, I continue to host my creations on CurseForge. Considering their statement from a few months ago and because I believe in the good in people, I don't see a problem with it. Of course, the economic aspect plays a role, but I am also not "clean" when I pay my taxes here in Germany, which are then used for the same purpose.

To demand that I delete all my stuff means taking away my livelihood and existence. I don't think that's fair. And yes, I know this is privileged, and my fears are not comparable to the fears of people in Gaza. Never.

All this does not mean that I am indifferent. As I said, I talk to other people about the topic, I inform myself, and as soon as I am able and have saved some money, I want to support the children in the region with donations. This has always been my approach to conflicts and crises around the world.

It is important to keep talking about the topic so that hopefully, one day, it will reach the people who can put an end to the horror.

Thank you for reading. If anything is unclear, please feel free to ask.

PowLuna

[freyjas-musings]

Things this fandom needs to learn :

1. There is a difference between disliking a ship and arguing about fictional nonsense including calling posts stupid ( the dramatics of some people) vs sending threats with intent to harm an individual or/and their family. When you can't tell the difference between the two ... it tells the world what you are...

2. Disliking a character is not the same as promoting harmful stereotypes regarding sensitive and relevant social issues such as SA. Keep it to disliking the character. This goes to all parties in this fandom.

3. It's extremely immature to say that every person's thoughts you dislike should succumb to something terrible. It screams high school mean girl whose brain hasn't developed since.

4. What you truly are is what you are when no one is watching. When no one knows who you are, you can lie and mask all you want .... it doesn't make you any less of a garbage human being who desperately needs mental health intervention ( This is specifically to the trolls ). Horrible genes will show at some point mate ... they will... Mask it all you want ...

5. To only take a stand when it serves an agenda is hypocrisy.

6. You might be the world's juiciest mango yet there will be someone who hates mangoes. Same goes for fictional characters ... people are allowed to dislike fictional characters without having labels slapped on them ( misogyny is the most misused word in this fandom)

7. When someone stirs the pot and causes chaos deliberately, all they are doing is showing themselves up as a narcissistic person .... and to the fandom, narcissistic people are better off ignored ... They thrive on attention. I don't think anyone with a decent upbringing and with a stable good life they are thriving at would ever be like that it just doesnt add up. It screams dissatisfaction with their own life and a severe identity crisis. I just pity people like that. It's easy to gauge the profile of losers .... in my field we pick out people like that as easy as breathing.

Why am I giving this free gyaan..... ? Diwali approaches and it's a time we truly reflect...

Good chance we won't get the ACOTAR book next year ... so imagine having to live through this current fandom phase for the next 18 months ... the fact remains being nasty isn't going to change whatever the author decides to do. So, why can't we all simply stick to our lanes ? If what I have written helps even one other person it's worth the effort .

Personally, I am going to be reflecting on the content I want to make .... I have a lot of exciting ideas that will need me to learn some new things.... I will be focusing on that ... I am co-hosting some events that I am excited for... I will be doing more collabs with other content creators... that's what gives me joy ... creating content that's positive ✨️ 💖

I am tagging all ships Canon and not Canon... because the points I have made isn't limited to ship wars ... its about the overall fandom etiquette. Take it or leave it ...

[secretsweetspeace]

Hello there! We've already suffered quite a lot of strange incidents, so let's talk about the Russian fandom of BTD/TPOF + leaks and other stuff.

1. Let's start with the game "gomenne gomenne" incident. Let's start with how it all began, according to one of the creators of the game, they read Gato's requirements - but believing their words, they failed to ask Gatobob for permission to use their characters. But they also claimed that Gato allegedly wrote that they could create fangames, but again they did not take into account what was written in Gato’s post: "You can create your own games inspired by my creativity" - I don't think that means "You can use my characters in your games".

In the process, when the game came out, naturally Gatobob found out about this game, she only said that “This is not my work and I have nothing in common with it”

- But one of the creators of the game spoke about Gato in a terribly disrespectful way, calling her "VomitGato" and saying that they infringed on her and she becomes more and more “crazy” every month.

Translation of a post about Gato from the developer Gomenne Gomenne:

"So, the prank was a success and we pinched Vomitgato! fucking REACHED. In general, every month I'm getting more and more excited

1) The behavior of this lady, like at first she allows you to make fan content about the game, but now she farts that something was violated.

2) With this post, she is only promoting us more (although the goal was apparently the opposite), aka the attackers of the Stupid Russian Kids (not literally, this is sarcasm)

3) Looking into the Russian screenshot, she took the picture from the Internet and didn’t even play. IMAGINE HOW BOMBED SHE WOULD BE IF SHE PLAYED THIS SHOW WITH TWO PEOPLE, SINCE SHE WAS SO OFFENSED BY THE VERY FACT OF HER EXISTENCE. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN SHE SEES THE CONTINUATION?"

[re-bee-key]

Just watched the Tumblr Live QnA Panel, and here's some of my thoughts:

* Had to toggle on Tumblr Live to watch and agree to the terms.

The stream itself was a little low quality visually, not terrible, but either they used a low quality camera or streaming isn't up to the same quality as other sites like Tiktok

* the gifting feature that mimics Tiktok was obnoxious. Users that seem to use Tumblr Live a lot where using gifts very often. The gift icons would take up most of the screen covering chat.

Some people in chat suggested that the gifters were Staff plants to make the site seem more popular than it is. There is no way to verify if they are or are not. But these individuals talked in the chat about how they use Tumblr Live all the time, and some dont even have blogs they only use Live. Which is????

I don't like the gifting emojis. But i dont like them on Twitch or tiktok either, so shrug emoji, i guess

Questions Answered (that i remember)

* The Chronological Dashboard will stay. They mentioned this several times that tumblr, while they are going to improve the For You algorithm, the main Chronological Dashboard will not change.

* Tumblr Live apparently isn't blocked in Europe and is just waiting for approval, which is soon. They said it being blocked was misinformation. (Which i have no way to verify.)

* LGBTQA+ and specifically Trans content getting flagged or censored is a bug, apparently. They said it happens from time to time, but reporting should fix it. Users in the chat were unhappy with this answer since the issue has lasted for such a long time and doesn't seem or feel random. But they did not comment further.

* Tumblr posts being collapsable was not super addressed. They sort of skimmed over this question and just said that they try lots of new features to see what works and what doesn't. Apparently, there will be a toggle to turn this feature on or off.

* Tumblr Groups was addressed. It was shut down because not enough users used the feature.

Apparently, not many users use Tumblr Live either, but they want to keep working on it to make it appealing.

* Another bit about Tumblr Live. CEO essentially said they will not give the option to permanently toggle off the feature.

One user had asked if Tumblr had investors. CEO said, "Of course."

CEO did mention they "might" add a way to permanently turn off tumblr live. But it if they did, it would be a paid option over $20.

* One user commented that they are epileptic and that certain ads trigger their seizures because of the flashing colors and wanted to know what they would do for this issue. Tumblr CEO said "Well you could pay for No Ads."

CEO talked about paying to go ad free a lot. Saying only 25 thousand users pay for it at the moment.

Personally, it seems really irresponsible to suggest that the only way to fix an accessibility issue is for a user to pay money. As if disabled people dont have to pay enough as it is.

* I had asked if they were willing to work with more artists for Merch and Badges. They said they are working on it and there is a feature called Creatr that is set up to uplift creators and work with them on merch ideas.

I've never heard of Creatr. He seemed like we should have known what it was? Maybe they should promote that more. I know we all want more ways to support artists.

* More Badges and Achievements are coming. Apparently, a Legacy Badge that shows how long you've been on tumblr is in the works. (Im personally very excited about Badges.)

* Tumblr is thinking bout doing more QnA and even meet ups at different conventions and some even at the headquarters themselves. (They did not acknowledge questions that asked for a Headquarters video tour.)

Anyways, that was about all I can remember. Staff didn't record the panel, so hopefully, one of the other users did.

They talked about other random stuff. Calling out gifters specifically and rambling about donuts and books.

Oh, also, they brought a ball pit. Which is, yeah. Lol

[kanmom51]

JM ‘FACE’ Music Show Promotions Sketch 

cr./to the creators of the media used in this post.

So yeah, yesterday just 4 days before JK's single Seven is about to land, after JK's concept photos and clip were released showing us a clear bias and after the BTS book pages about Jikook's Tokyo trip surfaced, surprisingly (or not so much) this BTB was released.

Cannot help but wonder if this was a scheduled release or one of those pieces of content they had waiting in the vault to release at some point, not necessarily yesterday.

Not that I am complaining that we get more JM content, not at all, it's just the timing that feels a little sus to me is all. You know, with the heavy on Yoonmin and little Jihope we got there.

And again, let me make myself clear here. I'm not complaining us getting the content. Both members did visit JM on set to support him and it's great to see this in the content. It's the timing, the editing and on top of that, what we didn't get in past BTB that has me a little on edge.

So, Suga, as we know, came to visit JM on set.

To support him on his first show.

But this.

What did Yoongi mean by this?

"And to build up a good reputation of us".

It's not about JM's performance, it comes straight after he says the reason he came was it was JM's first performance. This is another reason he came - build up good reputation...?

To show they are supporting each other?

Was this said seriously or jokingly?

I'm still not understanding it.

I do have thoughts as to what he meant by it, and I wouldn't put it by him to mean that too, but still hoping it's not that.

Someone else also knows that, I can assure you. Same someone that found his way, with or without the company's approval (let's be honest here, it's without their approval and his way of kicking back) of supporting and promoting JM as publicly and as loudly as he could.

Same person that made a point to comment and let us know on JM's live after his last performance that he did want to come and see JM while recording.

And then we have this:

Yes, this is me bitching. I decided to get all of the shit out of the way before I get to the positive.

"Suga who knows Jimin better than anyone when it comes to performing"? Really? Pushing the Yoonmin a little much aren't we?

He knows him better than Hobi when it comes to performing?

Actual dance leader.

He knows him better than JK when it comes to performing?

The man that literally said this:

But seriously, this is the person that spent hours on end practicing with JM. The person that seeks him out on stage. The person that knows his every move, knows when he's in pain, knows when he is struggling.

Yeah, no matter which what way you spin it, Yoongi is not the one "who knows Jimin better than anyone when it comes to performing".

Wait, be patient with me. I have one more little thing I have to vent about before moving on.

This:

I can only imagine the talk down his bf gave him at home after this. "We're all grown ups, what are you doing?..."

Just like here:

Start at 0:49 seconds. JK talking about JM's live, not listening to Unholy.

I'm with you on this JK.

The need to apologize or pre-warn fans about a little touchy choreography with a woman, god forbid (oh, and btw, in the Korean side of this choreo the men were not touching JM, cause that's way worse, right?).

This is something I would love JM to get over, grow out of, but to tell you the truth, not holding my breath.

Ok, now that all my complaining is done with, let's move on to the fun part.

Now is the time to appreciate the 2 hyungs who came to support him. Yoongi for his first recording and Hobi for the last show.

Hobi's letter. That man is the sweetest man ever. I love him so much and miss him terribly. Can't even imagine how much JM and JK are missing him (I'm gonna add Tae here too, their bond is really underestimated).

And JM's reaction to it all. Priceless. Man cannot allow himself to get emotional on camera. The level of deflecting going on, lol.

We don't see too much of the work process but it's clear that JM pushes himself, most likely too hard (time to mention once again the time restraints that had him over exerting himself). And by the end of it you can see that his chronic pain is playing up, with the visible taping on his arm and shoulder.

I actually think it was way worse. He was REALLY suffering.

Do you notice what he's doing there with his left arm?

😭😭

The level of dedication and work ethic...

Man is absolutely stunning.

And an angel to top it off.

I truly love this young man.

Whoever gets to be with him has won the lottery.

Oh wait, we already have a lottery winner.

[uraichievents]

Monday, June 26th, 2023 - Sunday, July 2nd, 2023

~

General Info

What is UraIchi Week?

It’s a week-long fanworks event to promote the Urahara Kisuke x Kurosaki Ichigo ship. There’s no sign-up, it’s just for fun, and everybody can participate. Completed works and wips are both acceptable, and any type of fanwork (fanfic, fanart, gifsets, etc.) is welcome. NSFW and/or potentially trigger-y content is allowed, although please remember to tag your works properly.

The ship itself can be written romantically or platonically so long as it stars these two characters together in some way. Poly ships are also fine so long as Ichigo and Kisuke are still the focus of the fanwork. And crossovers and fusions are also allowed even if it isn’t one of the given prompts for the event. Basically, anything goes, and the only criteria is that it has to be UraIchi-centric.

Posting:

For those of you with Tumblr, you can tag your stuff with #UraIchi Week 2023 in the first five tags of your post. I’ll be tracking that tag so I’ll see it and reblog it to this blog. (If it’s been a few days since you posted and I still haven’t reblogged it, something probably went wrong, Tumblr’s not always reliable, so just shoot me an ask about it and I’ll reblog it.)

For those of you with AO3, I will create a collection a day or two before the event starts, and you’ll be able to add your work to the collection when you post. (I’ll toss up a notice for everyone once the collection is up.)

And of course we have our Discord server (link is on the sidebar) so if you want to come and talk about what you’re working on or you just want to chat, feel free to join us there!

At this point, the UraIchi Server has definitely gotten a lot bigger than just UraIchi, but we do still have channels dedicated to UraIchi events.

~ Themes

The votes are in and tallied so here are the results that everyone’s been waiting for! It’s your choice whether or not you want to make a fanwork that includes all the themes of that day, or a fanwork for each theme, or a fanwork for just one. You can make something for each day of the week or just one or two days. And if your fanwork doesn’t fit any of the themes, there’s a Creator’s Choice option on the last day so feel free to bring your own ideas to this event. All prompts can be interpreted any way you want as well, it’s entirely up to you, any extra bits I’ve added is just to help get those inspiration bunnies hopping.

An extra note about the sentence prompts: feel free to change the tenses and pronouns as it suits you. If you’re inspired by a sentence prompt, then of course you should include it in your fic (as opposed to the quote prompts which are just inspiration in a general-theme-of-your-work sort of way), but if you need to change the tense from present to past, or if you’re doing a genderbend fic and need to change the pronoun, that’s perfectly fine.

And now here are the prompts:

June 26th, 2023 - Day 1: the passage of time is a game-changer, for better or for worse

Time Travel AU / Dimension Travel AU

"At this point, I've died so many times, once more isn't going to make a difference."

Post-Canon AU

"This isn't your responsibility." / "It isn't yours either."

June 27th, 2023 - Day 2: o if only the dead could speak— you would hear the stories they could tell, of the terrible things we did for love

Loyalty Kink

"Him or the world? That's easy."

Oaths / Vows

"Everything I've ever let go of has claw marks on it." - David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

June 28th, 2023 - Day 3: is there really so great a difference, between man and martyr and monster?

vs. Gotei 13 AU

"You could at least keep your pet killer on a leash."

Mafia AU

"Has anyone ever told you how beautiful you look when considering violence?" - Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

June 29th, 2023 - Day 4: i was never human to begin with (you made sure of that)

Feral

Eldritch/Horror/Supernatural Elements AU

Binding Contracts

"Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?" - Friedrich Nietzsche

June 30th, 2023 - Day 5: our love was forged across battlefields (we fought for every bit of it, every single day)

Soulmates AU

"I want you to stay. Am I still not being clear enough?"

Arranged Marriage AU

"We accept the love we think we deserve." - Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

July 1st, 2023 - Day 6: redemption or destruction— which one will you be to me?

Touch-Starved Character(s)

"I've forgotten how to be kind."

Mask

"I desire the things that will destroy me in the end." - Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

July 2nd, 2023 - Day 7:

Creator’s Choice!

[psyshockdeoxys]

i don’t know of a solution to this problem, but let me lay out what’s happening with the young men in the country right now

every single hobby you have is entirely dominated by right wing politics. you like gaming? full of anti-wokeism. you like working out? right-wing fitness influencers who will sell you snake oil supplements and anti-science bs abound. you like sports? infested with right-wingers since the dawn of time. you just like watching youtube videos or instagram reels or tiktoks or podcasts? every algorithim is designed to push you into right-wing rabbitholes because it makes both the platform and the creators a ridiculous amount of money, and every large creator who looks like and caters to folks like you (with the exception of only a few, like hasan and the kavernacle) is a right-wing grifter.

this is happening, yes because many people are majorly profiting from it, but also because you’re part of the demographic with the most societal power. meaning your allyship to the left and the various movements within would be a terrible blow to the status quo and possibly what finally abolishes it for good. this is why the government pours money into call of duty games. this is why the government pours money into the likes of tim pool and joe rogan. the government has been shoving anti-left sentiments down your throat since you were old enough to understand them because otherwise you would be a much more serious threat to it than almost any other group.

when you do actually venture outside of your right-wing bubble (which you’re encouraged by the people you’ve been taught to trust never to do), it’s a 50/50 chance you will see someone like hasan, and maybe you’ll be initially resistant to his ideas but over time become less and less radicalized and farther and farther left, or you’ll see some random internet stranger saying they hate all men or something and decide that the left truly does not want you, and the right is the only option you’ll ever have because they’re the only ones who are nice to you. this doesn’t mean that expressing the “hate all men” sentiment is bad or that it’s your fault men stay in the right- it isn’t- it just means there is a gap in the left-wing content market for young men. thankfully that’s shrinking now, you can find a good number of left-wing CCs who are themselves young white men, but the algorithims that promote right-wingers punish left-wingers for not grifting hard enough, so when you see their content it’s probably only because someone sends it to you directly or it’s mentioned by one of your right-wing figureheads who’s dunking on them.

it seems like the solution would be to put more leftist content out there that appeals to young men, but that doesn’t change the fact that the government has put millions into shaping their media for a long time to keep them in line with what it wants. if you actually look at polling data, young men are less right-wing than their fathers & men over 50, but there’s only so far they can go when society (their media, their lack of irl community meaning they’re reliant more and more on social media, their longest-standing cultures like sports culture being right-wing for several decades, their growing dissatisfaction with the state of the world being twisted to make them blame minority groups & women) is designed to make them this way.

[lebensmudewing]

Incels are not the (only) problem

They are males with low mate value, probably autistic or with terrible personalities. I don't buy for a single moment the idea that they are inherently ugly men, but more likely "mentalcels".

There are studies on them and they are most likely to have an external locus of control, mental illness, autism and obviously hostile misogyny and more prone to believe in rape myths. But they are not uniquely conservatives or alt-righters, nor fully "blackpilled", there are incels out there who don't believe in manosphere ideologies.

Blackpill is a set of beliefs around dating and women, it's often said that it is based on evolutionary psycology and biological determinism. But I disagree, there is evidence that these people can't read properly any study on the topic. Blackpill says that women are always looking for "Chad" and only tolerate regular males, that women are more superficial than men and that female choice is creating more incels.

Incels, in their communities, recognize that there are plently of men who are "fakecels". Men who are not virgins or even men who get laid on a regular basis, but support blackpill and manosphere ideologies. And also suggest that there are men who disagree with manosphere ideologies but are incels themselves.

What I see is that there are more men and people in general talking about incels as a male issue and using manosphere ideologies to explain inceldom than incel men promoting misogyny or blackpill ideology.

In that regard, the blackpill community who have more audience than incel content is MGTOW. And there is evidence that incel and MGTOW communities are growing and are more toxic and misogynistic than PUA and Redpill communities. Those are men who have experience with women, men who still sleep with women or hire prostituted women, men who have female co-workers, classmates or even daughters.

I see that what is happening is that, since regular people bought the "disbalance" in the dating market caused by women and accepted the term "incel", nowadays there are more men who are prone to identify with that label. I have seen 16 yo teens call themselves incels because this whole "male loneliness epidemic" and manosphere narrative includes early sexual experiences in the package, and since they are not having sex like "Chad", they see themselves as unsuccesful with women.

And also, they are more likely to be dragged to blackpill content. There are content creators who have been profiting from making blackpill youtube videos, and provide services of "objective rating inside the dating market". They re earning money by spreading harmful ideas about women and by sharing a kind of painful epistemology; the more inflammatory the idea is, the more truthful is.

The major displays of incel violence against women are not isolated, but they are also downplayed or excused within those communities and bystanders. It's seen like a feminist hysteria to call Elliot Rodger an incel who killed because of his misogyny and beliefs. Male surpremacism is not being met with instant censorship and banning on major social media plataforms, but it is subjected to a constant analysis, debate and support even from the most unexpected places,

Researchers have wasted time on it, multiple youtubers and social media content has been dedicated to this issue. And they usually call for empathy for "incel men". It's like most people are blind to incel misogyny, they are asking women to be empathetic with men who constantly express on the internet that women are inferior.

They are also victimized, it is said that is incredible that such innocent men with "complex feelings" are being labeled as terrorists and male supremacists, and it is taken as another proof of a "gynocentric society".

I see Rodger as a major piece in these scenario. It is assumed of him that he was just an isolated autistic kid, and sometimes, assumed that he believed in the blackpill. While I recognize that he held misogynistic and male supremacists ideas, in his manifesto there are observations about women who are not coherent with blackpill ideology.

He says that women he desired were dating men much more unfit than himself, something that according to blackpill ideology doesn't happen. Rodger also expressed that he wanted to date a blonde bombshell in order to obtain status among other men.

For me it seems like he wasn't interested in dating women for the sake of it, since he expressed to other men that he saw as something useless to try to talk to women and be kind in order to obtain a relationship. He was trying to compete with other men and feel validated and accepted by them.

The problem was not his desires of dating not being fullfilled, but his need of wanting to be in a higher position within men's hierarchy and men rejecting him for not achieving a major requirement. He grew resentful since his entitlement wasn't fulfilled. I also want to point out that he wasn't a real incel; he didn't try every single thing on the planet in oder to get laid and he was still young. There are plently of late bloomers in the world who lose the V card in their mid twenties.

My point is reinforced when I see incels talking about not wanting to pay for sex, because is not about sex, is not about being a virgin. Is about getting validation and being seen as a real man, a sexual being.

It's not women, it's not sex, it's nor virginity or celibacy. MGTOW ones preach that robots will replace women, but they don't offer sexdolls to incels even after performing empathy towards them. It is about being in a higher position, it is about their entitlement.

If all women were having sex with all men no matter what, I'm sure these men would find another reason to complain, another reason to compete each other, another reason to create and reinforce a hierarchy throught humilliation and labels.

I think that there are celibate men who have no problem with it, the same way I think there are men who are not virgins or celibates, but pursue their domination over women in order to feel better with themselves. They are the ones running the whole show with the excuse of feeling it for incels, they will pretend empathy and concern about society only to spread male supremacy rethoric.

It's not enough to understand incel men or recognize their more terrible acts, but the whole gearing around it.

[starjxsung]

Star? How do you feel about skz right now? Everyone is telling you how they feel what do you feel?

immediately starts crying my eyes out

I feel very disillusioned. And I keep throwing around that word, but it’s really the only thing that captures the sheer confusion, frustration, anger and just disappointment I feel.

It’s such a profound whiplash to go from consuming silly little dance challenge tik toks, be hit with 16 new magazine covers of them, see them attend the met gala and luxury fashion events that openly fund all of this, and even befriend somebody so terrible. I’ve been donating since November to the same foundation Felix is a part of, and I wake up every single day staring my Felix collection in the face just hoping he’s on the right side of history. But realistically, shouldn’t an honorary ambassador live up to that title? Is the activism only limited to what he’s comfortable supporting? Why are we even allowing people to be comfortable when children and families and entire lineages are being wiped out?

I’m frustrated with so many of the creators on here as well. Ones who are so comfortable saying “these are just smut blogs at the end of the day” or “I’m not talking about it for personal reasons”. Veiled statements for not taking a stance- or even maybe just supporting a genocide. Ones who aren’t openly holding their own friends- ones who THEY helped platform on here for months, accountable. It’s giving apologist on so many levels. When you put your kpop idols and little blurbs of what’s essentially just porn, above the lives of human beings- there’s a profound issue with that. It just screams privileged and uneducated. I’ve lost so many mutuals this week and I’m continuing to lose followers as I speak about it and I know many people would prefer if I said nothing. But as authors, we beg to be treated like humans on here and not robots- and that extends to my moral beliefs. I am 25 years old and I openly take stances and I’m very passionately vocal about the liberation of Palestine. I think you ought to check your privilege if you can sit back and say “I don’t want to talk about it for personal reasons” or “I’m not interested in what’s going on”. I have felt such a detachment to this blog for so long now and it just continues to worsen as all of this unfolds. Watching people support terrible creators on here and come into my inbox saying “we should all be allowed to have an opinion” I feel like I’m going crazy here. I just want to help out as much as I can, and the fact that people don’t feel the same empathy many of us do is so scary to me.

I am frustrated with skz and with kpop as a whole. I just wish it could be simpler to consume this form of escapism without having to wonder where they stand on all of this. Or at least to lessen these promotions by a little- but it doesn’t feel like a coincidence that we have new content by the MINUTE. They know the fans are talking. They know we aren’t happy.

Very realistically speaking, I don’t know how much longer I’ll be on tumblr. Not for all of this alone, but it’s certainly an added factor. I’m very tired and I just feel….. inadequate, as a creator, to put it simply. I continue to work on a fic I started months ago, among other things, and I do sincerely hope they can see the light of day on my blog. But stayblr has been tough to navigate for a little while now, at least on my corner of the internet.

I’m not going anywhere just yet, but I also don’t want to leave anybody in the dark about how I feel lately. I’m trying to prioritize my health again and I want to return to therapy and I’m just not the same person I was when I published any of my work previously. It’s all very taxing

So…. Yeah. Disillusioned, is the best way I can put it. I do really appreciate everyone who’s reached out and who’s facilitated healthy conversation on here. I think it helps to talk about these things and to know where people stand as it pertains to our community. I’m trying my best and I promise you guys I won’t leave if not with a formal goodbye first, if or when it comes to that.

Thank you for reaching out and thank you for asking, I appreciate you so much and I’m sending all my love ❤️🫶

[anticedfiaweek]

A while ago (months) I was doing a huge search on the Internet for official content involving Cedric, because he is a character very beloved by the fandom and who is quite forgotten in the STF merch... I was looking for books, stickers, toys, magazines, lots of stuff, you know? This list is in my pinned post btw. But anyway, unfortunately I ended up stumbling upon some C*dfia 18+ art... while deep searching for Cedric content on Google, yes. I was shocked at how a website could host this kind of thing and when I clicked on it, the website looked like a Twitter ripoff. The worst of all is that this artist drew a lot of STF proship, including C*dfia, inc*st, the children, the parents... It was disgusting. And there were other artists who were also in that mini community and who also made art of the same type. While browsing there, I found some "tweets" from that website made by the artist who made those artworks, and they were complaining about how the "internet police" took down their Twitter just because they "drew lolis getting love" or something like that, and several people agreed with them, talking about how the internet police sucked. It's not the first time I've come across this artist, the style is VERY recognizable, there are "harmless" drawings they made posted on Pinterest, but I know the arstyle. It's visible. I think I saw a video on Tiktok reporting this artist's Twitter too, before it was banned. In my searches for Cedric's content, I've already come across them and the websites they're in for around two or three times, and I remember that it was more than one website... posting adult content about C*dfia and Sofia x Amber, adult x child and that kind of stuff. I decided to stay away from it and not get involved because those things are terribly unhealthy for my mental health, I hate seeing that stuff. Some time later, I had even forgotten about it, but today I went to look for who was the artist that made a cute fanart of Cedric (it's a completely different artist! They have nothing to do with this situation), through Google's image search and Google recommended me another art made by that person, but from what it looks like, visually speaking, it was made recently and their art skills improved. And they're on Twitter again, active. These things upset me so much.

I'm really sorry you had to go through that. It’s incredibly frustrating and disturbing to come across such inappropriate content, especially when you're just searching for something as innocent as Cedric-related merchandise and fan art. Cedric is such a beloved character in the "Sofia the First" fandom, and it’s upsetting that there’s a subset of people who create and share content that is completely inappropriate, particularly when it involves children or family characters in such a disgusting way. It’s even worse that these artists are part of a community that seems to justify or encourage these kinds of harmful depictions, trying to normalize something that clearly crosses so many ethical and moral lines. It's concerning that this type of content exists at all, and even more alarming that these creators can just pop back up on different platforms after being banned, continuing to post the same harmful material. The fact that they not only draw such things but defend it by blaming the "internet police" shows a complete disregard for the serious nature of what they're promoting. The normalization of adult-child relationships or incest in any context is disturbing, and it’s understandable why encountering that would be deeply upsetting and harmful to your mental health.

You're absolutely right to distance yourself from it for your own well-being. Sometimes, the best thing we can do is avoid such toxic spaces and communities because engaging with them or giving them any kind of attention can be draining and harmful. However, it's also good to keep reporting such content whenever you come across it to help platforms crack down on this kind of material. These creators are clearly finding ways to return to these platforms, but the more they’re reported, the harder it will be for them to continue.

It’s especially unfortunate because it taints your search for genuine fan content. There’s so much wholesome, well-made fanart out there for Cedric and other "Sofia the First" characters, but coming across things like this can really make you want to step back from the community. I hope you can continue to find safe spaces in the fandom that focus on celebrating the characters in a positive, respectful way.

Again, I’m really sorry this happened to you. Stay strong, and it’s completely valid to prioritize your mental health in situations like this. Just know there are plenty of fans who feel the same way you do and would be just as appalled by what you’ve described. If you need anyone to talk to I'm here

[wickjump]

idk if you already talked about this but what are your opinions on dreammare? Or swadmare (Fontcest for example)

(ps- I don't ship any of these)

-🇩🇪 anon

IM SO SORRY i went on a tangent german anon… ik you don’t ship these im just rambling,, no harm to u

i think incest is bad and weird and even in fiction its still gross and when portrayed as another cutesy normal ship it desensitizes people, especially younger audiences, to those subjects and can in fact make them ship it as well.

if you post dreammare art religiously, some 11yo is gonna see it, think it’s cute and ship it themselves. and then bam your weird fetish became some child’s unknowing process into a community surrounding the normalization of being sexually aroused by the rape of characters or fictional children being assaulted by adult characters. that 11yo who entered the community, who make a lot of content of their new favorite ship, will become even more desensitized to pedophillia, incest, and rape in fiction.

believe it or not, this does in fact affect reality. if all that goddamn kid sees is grown adults talking about how sexy it would be if this character was raped by a relative, that child might not feel anything is wrong with the way their uncle grabs their waist because that’s sexy, right? they may even begin having a misplaced crush. or how their older brother asks to practice kissing with them. that’s what everyone online ships and thinks is cute, and that child thinks it’s cute in art, so they don’t think anything is wrong with this.

and this is probably the most simple way of explaining it. that’s not touching on how the proship community makes people angry by promoting an us vs them mentality. “people against proshippers are puritans!” “anyone against proship is an anti, and they’re terrible people who will dox and harass anyone!” (don’t believe me? i got an ask just like this ~1 week ago lmfao)

guess what? that kid will see that and believe it. if someone tries to say what they’re participating in is weird, they’ll register that person as an anti and refuse any help. that kid will be pushed further into the community and grow up on the internet alongside it.

this isn’t my exact story, but i know this because i was basically that kid. i started consuming frans content at age ~11 (a victim of SA btw), which then developed into shipping other unsavory things, which then developed into participating in the proship community (around 2020/2019? the time when it got an established and popular name for itself). and then im fifteen years old and willing to date adults on the internet LMFAOOOOO. not fun. I don’t think this kind of shit should even be given the time of day especially on my page but i also feel like someone sending this kind of question irks me as though there was a possibility i’d say yes to liking it or whatever. also:

“What about the adults in the pro community that say they don’t support that kind of stuff?” the creator of saw probably doesn’t condone murder but if a 7yo watched it every day of his life he’d probably react a lot less to gore. a warning (which is scarcely added, when’s the last time you saw someone clarify they didn’t support incest while posting dreammare?) won’t discourage anyone. it’s still sexualized, it’s still made to appeal to an audience. that goes in one ear out the other very easily.

“What about adult only spaces in the pro community?” ignoring the fact that the proship community is mostly public on all platforms and has no way to block out minors from seeing any of their shit, kids also lie about their age.

“Then it’s the kid’s fault for lying about their age!” that is a pre-pubescent child. they will do stupid things without realizing the gravity of it all especially when being influenced by older people

I wont answer any other asks regarding if i support/don’t support proship content or ships, bc i don’t and now that i’ve given it my most descriptive and detailed reasoning for why i don’t see a reason to give other things like this another detailed response lolll

sorry german anon i know you weren’t expecting this kind of a response 😭😭😭 i just get tired of stuff like this really quickly + people like to put words in my mouth it seems. when you include your trauma with the subject pros seem to quiet down real nicely when faced with the reality of what they’re doing, which is why ive not gotten many asks from them before and very very very few harassment ones. SORRY AGAIN THOUGH!!! have a good night 🙏

tldr:

no i don’t like incest.

[xhanisai]

Video

AO3

Pairing - Adrinette

Prompt - 'Video'

Summary -

Creating videos of what she makes and sharing them online whilst gaining a cult-like following from the content wasn't on her bingo card this year, but honestly, Marinette could care less as she rambled to her phone's camera. She was fuelled by nothing but pure spite and pettiness and rightful anger after being approached by an infamous brand that sold half-baked sewing machines at ridiculously high prices. Hah! They expected her to take the money and falsely advertise their sorry excuse of a machine? And deceive all the other budding creators online for a quick buck?

Too bad.

 Creating videos of what she makes and sharing them online whilst gaining a cult-like following from the content wasn't on her bingo card this year, but honestly, Marinette could care less as she rambled to her phone's camera. She was fuelled by nothing but pure spite and pettiness and rightful anger after being approached by an infamous brand that sold half-baked sewing machines at ridiculously high prices. Hah! They expected her to take the money and falsely advertise their sorry excuse of a machine? And deceive all the other budding creators online for a quick buck?

 Too bad.

 Instead, here she was, dismantling said terrible sewing machine (that they sent to her home without even asking if it was okay), pointing out to the camera all the faults in the machine's designs and how some of the important mechanisms were of piss-poor quality and would require constant maintenance after a couple of uses. She compared it to one of her older sewing machines to show her audience how the basic features should work and why and then swiftly put the other machine back together.

 After posting the video, she went to bed with an eased mind, knowing that her modest influence would help other aspiring designers out there save their money and invest in something better. Tikki could only shake her head at her wielder with a defeated exhale, knowing that this was going to cause Akuma troubles later because the greedy higher-ups from that infamous brand were not going to be very pleased with the video.

 Granted, Marinette was doing the right thing and was rather informative with her call-out; she didn’t resort to insulting or slamming the bad brand for trying to sell bad quality products at abysmal prices and the other machines she recommended were genuine (the girl even having no interest in getting financially compensated by the good brands for promoting their machines).

 But that’s not going to stop Le Papillon from sending an army of butterflies towards the people angered by her review, isn’t it?

 Meanwhile, at the Agreste mansion, one sleepy Adrien leapt for his phone just like his alter-ego’s namesake and a huge grin played on his lips when a notification showed that Marinette had posted a new video. Sure, he could have slept at his normal bedtime and watched the video tomorrow with a refreshed brain rather than staying up according to his beloved Marinette's terrible sleep schedule…

 But he loves, loves, loves, loves, LOVES watching her videos!!!

 And her voice is so just soothing and just so nice to listen to and it really helps him go to sleep—

 "Uh-oh. That's going to cause a nasty Akuma later on." Plagg suddenly bleated by his side after reading the video's title. Though, that didn’t stop the little God of destruction from nestling into Adrien’s hair so that he could watch along with his wielder.

 "I'll protect her from all the Akumas~ she should be able to make all the videos she wants without worrying about getting attacked for being right~!" Adrien mumbled under the covers, eyes already glazed two minutes into the video. "Hmm...I guess her fans have a point...her mind really works like my Lady's whenever she’s figuring out her lucky charms or a plan..." 

 And he conked out.

 .

 Plagg could only sweat with wide eyes, hoping that his too-smart-for-his-own-good kitten would keep that extra brain cell away for a little longer. At least until it was safe for the two teens to share their secrets with each other.

 ‘Dammit, Sugarcube. Your wielder SUCKS at hiding her identity sometimes!’

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~(x)~

[princesspiastri]

Hi tumblr friends, I just wanted to post this here because I cannot believe that no one in the F1 space is talking about how absolutely horrible it is that this terrible awful company is sponsoring an f1 team.

The company was created to give platforms to people who were banned from twitch, it was promoted as a less moderated platform allowing for gambling (Kick is owned by Stake which is a large online gambling site) however because of this lack of moderation it has grown to house some of the worst content creators on the internet. Adin Ross is the poster child for this website, he promotes people like Andrew Tate and associates with a lot of the people in this video.

This company not only elevates hateful voices against women, the LBGTQ+ community, and POC. But they also have pedos running freely on the site! Multiple Kick streamers have been going on Omegle clone sites to sexually harass young women and one of their creators was found to be running basically a cp ring by sharing videos and photos of young girls doing sexually explicit things to his paid subscribers on discord. He has since been banned, Kick claiming they had no idea what he was doing, but co-owners and members of Kick’s team were seen in his chat multiple times during his streams.

I know money talks more than morality in this world but the fact that Sauber is running under their name absolutely disgusts me and seeing as not a lot of people know how terrible this website is, I figured I’d do my part and try to enlighten people on the scummy activities happening on here.

I’ve attached another video for information regarding the cp ring streamer since the main YouTube video I posted doesn’t go too far into it.

PLEASE WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! Both of these videos go into graphic descriptions of the disgusting behavior of these kick streamers!

I’ve attached some links here at the bottom for more info about why Kick is a terrible platform, including a video from one of my favorite streamers about his interaction with Kick creators and streamers.

Hasan talks about how Kick has cultivated a culture of harassment and depravity.

Like I said before, I just wanted to post this here to enlighten people about this website since almost no large news sources have said anything about it’s content and consider how you support this team because of it.

[clairethecutepup]

An Apology to the CK64 Community...

I'd like to give the "Corn Kidz" community-- no, I owe you guys a big apology... To piss and moan like that, and do other babyish things like that? Absolutely unacceptable, especially for someone my age.

First of all, I should not be treating stuff as "clutter" to be deleted/hidden because, "Oh, wah, it ain't doing as hot as other stuff." Firstly, what indirect message does that send to others? "Oh, if you aren't posting things that are 'popular' enough, you shouldn't be posting such content at all nor keeping it up as the 'annoying clutter' it is." Wow, that's some indirect rudeness of me, promoting some idea that our community and others have this duty to “gatekeep,” more or less... The more direct rudeness: how's about spitting in the face of the people who actually liked my content by making it inaccessible and discontinued? Oh, and here we were, acting like it's just "needless clutter" to empty from community-based sites...Yeah, behold the reasons why the apology to you all is necessary: promoting a rude/bad message that could poison the minds of beginning artists/creators and so on, and generally giving a middle finger to the people who liked the fan content I made.

Yeah, my hidden CK64 posts are "unprivated" now and other community sites will see "failed" items reposted-- but reposted once a month or so, to avoid just flooding them with content that used to be on there! No one likes old items to be spammed as "new"... I'm talking, Steam, Reddit and so on. As for more "Gallery/Archiving" sites like Deviantart or Archive of Our Own, they're still maintaining the works, as per usual, so no fixing of things there. Well, at least you can give me that I didn't need to throw so big of a tantrum that I completely wiped everything from the face of the earth, even if stuff stayed on those places because: "It's a gallery/archiving site, so it's meant to be preserved and not just be something worth engagement-- plus, jerk move to completely eradicate things like fan art for others off the said face of the earth."

I know I also need to give an explanation for why I decided to revert from employed individual to immature kindergartener, as well as the discontinuation of things for now… I think it’s clear I had/have some underlying issues that are tying themselves to our favorite “corn kidz”: I don’t notice the same issue if things don’t seem to be doing well in the Ed Edd n’ Eddy community (I doubt it’s realizing that one as more active/vast) or other ones, and having a mental breakdown over something not “doing well” isn’t typically a common occurrence for me ‘cause otherwise I’d be constantly freaking out whenever I post anything– fan-related or original. I think it has to do with the fear of never being able to earn my own spot in entertainment history, so to speak: the dream of possibly being the next Walt Disney or Scott Cawthon, with my own work to entertain a vast audience.

I mean, firstly: I don’t think I’ll be able to dedicate myself to a family nor kids, even if just from personal fears of how I could treat my spouse and children– especially if they’re kids I adopted from terrible lives… Don’t even get me started on how it’s financially risky to support kids properly in this day and age. That’s actually one reason Seve and Alexis appeal so much to me: they somehow manage to appeal to whatever maternal side I have, in addition to just being a fun and comforting little duo. So yeah, so much for creating something like that as a life’s purpose…

Secondly, I feel the pressure to achieve something great, and make up for every last disturbing or terrible thing I’ve ever done– and I consider myself to have a lot of such moments to atone for and need to actually benefit people. Therefore, panic and mental breakdown when it seems like all that realistically would take less time and effort– not as in it being “terrible” nor “unenjoyable,” but it realistically taking less of a process and all to make –performs better than something that took a few days or so for me to make. Seriously, I promise I am not saying things need to take a long time or something to be good/enjoyable, I strictly am talking about my personal matter of “Time vs Results” here.

Thirdly, I made the mistake of being too quick to push away negative emotions, like disappointment or fears of failure. I mean, Ukrainians died and had to flee their country because of the ongoing war, Russian people who had nothing to do with their government’s decision were basically short of being lynched when not simply ostracized/hated… I’m sorry, you’re upset because you didn’t get as many “likes” or “faves” as you hoped, Me? Stop feeling sorry for yourself and act more like the stoic man you wish you were (or portray the “manliness” you want to obtain as a girl). Now I know why I was told to “let yourself feel– no matter how ‘privileged’ or otherwise it may seem,” ‘cause otherwise you end up bottling it all up into an eventual mental breakdown like you’re working as a self-checkout host during a pandemic all over again. Another reason to try and achieve the dream: to make surviving that with a learned fear and all of customer-based violence/etc. seem more worthwhile. Don’t worry, I’m safely in the factory business now.

Fourth and fifth: the concerns that fan content doing poorly means no hope for purely original content, and the need to redeem myself as a creative type and prove I can make good content that’s worth people’s attention. Let’s just say, we didn’t need TikTok to have people insulting the work of beginners and all back then: like giving thumbs-up to comments like, “Tell me why anyone would like this…” or “favorite” your things as the account “IFaveBadArt.” So, just know I’m not being a hypocrite who doesn’t understand other artists’/etc’s pain, whenever I say: “It’s on you if you entirely give up art/creating because people are mean about your work.” I don’t say it to “victim blame” nor be a general jerk, I speak from experience.

With that, I conclude my apology for immature and unfair actions earlier to this community, especially those who my work meant something to. I think it’s best to take a step back for now and withhold from further CK64 content, but I will be posting one final additional fan art piece for Billie and Seve’s Adventures because I still need to exude that unease about Alexis; as that one piece with her and Claire wasn’t enough… 

Tschüß.