#announcements

[ihopesocomic]

New Chapter Begins This Friday

You heard the poor cackler dude: our new chapter - No Good Deed - commences this Friday (the 13th)!

Thank you all for patience and support during this break. Remember that our Patreon offers early access to chapter pages, ranging from a week to a month ahead of public release depending on which tier you pick. Otherwise, be sure to tune in on Friday! 8D - RJ and Cat

[zukadiary]

Takarazuka roundup 2024.12.13

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Status: Performing Angelic Lie/Jubilee in the Tokyo theater

News: Magician's Misfortunes/Jubilee poster

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Status: Performing Golden Liberty/Phoenix Rising in the Takarazuka Grand Theater

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Status: Performing Crash Landing on You in Brillia Hall (Asami Jun, Yumeshiro Aya); Performing Formosa!! in Umeda Arts Theater (Agata Sen, Neiro Yui)

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Status: Rehearsing Anthem (Rei Makoto) and Moonrise Over the Sea at Nigitatsu (Kiwami Shin, Uta Chizuru)

News: Roles for Moonrise Over the Sea at Nigitatsu

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Status: Rehearsing 110 Years of Takarazuka Love Songs / Razzle Dazzle

[d20exchange]

Sign-ups close today! If you’d like to join D20 Exchange, you can learn more and sign up using the links below!

sign up || more info || discord

[mahkinarya]

Slots are now full! My waitlist for Jan-Feb is open. DM to reserve a slot!

Two slots open for the holidays! TAT is 4-6 weeks to accommodate my holiday plans. Samples below.

[mysticdragon3md3]

[staff]

A message from a few of the trans staff at Tumblr & Automattic:

We want trans people, and LGBTQ+ people broadly, to feel welcome on Tumblr, in part because we as trans people at Tumblr and Automattic want it to be a space where we ourselves feel included. We want to feel like this is a platform that supports us and fights for our safety. Tumblr is made brighter and more vibrant by your presence, and the LGBTQ+ folks who help run it are fighting all the time for this, for you, internally. 

A few days ago, Matt Mullenweg (the CEO of Automattic, Tumblr’s parent company) responded to a user’s ask about an account suspension in a way that negatively affected Tumblr’s LGBTQ+ community. We believe that Matt's response to this ask and his continued commentary has been unwarranted and harmful. Tumblr staff do not comment on moderation decisions as a matter of policy for a variety of reasons—including the privacy of those involved, and the practicalities of moderating thousands of reports a day. The downside of this policy is that it is very easy for rumors and incorrect information about actions taken by our Trust & Safety team to spread unchecked. Given this, we want to clarify a few different pieces of this situation:

The reality of predstrogen's suspension was not accurately conveyed, and made it seem like we were reaching for opportunities to ban trans feminine people on the platform. This is not the case. The example comment shared in the post linked above does not meet our definition of a realistic threat of violence, and was not the deciding factor in the account suspension.

Matt thereafter failed to recognize the harm to the community as a result of this suspension. Matt does not speak on behalf of the LGBTQ+ people who help run Tumblr or Automattic, and we were not consulted in the construction of a response to these events.

Last year, the "mature" and "sexual themes" community labels were erroneously applied to some users' posts. An outside team of contractors tasked with applying community labels to posts were responsible for this larger trend of mislabeling trans-related content. When our Trust & Safety team discovered this issue (thanks largely to reports from the community), we removed the contracted team’s ability to apply community labels and added more oversight to ensure it does not happen again. In the Staff post about this, LGBTQ+ staff pushed to be more transparent but were overruled by leadership. The termination of a contractor mentioned in the original ask response was for an unrelated incident which was incorrectly attributed to this case. We regret that the mislabeling ever happened, and the negative impact it has had on the trans community on Tumblr. 

Transition timelines are not against our community guidelines, and weren’t a factor considered by the moderation team when discussing suspensions and subsequent appeals. We do not take action against content that is related to transitioning or trans bodies unless it includes violations of the Community Guidelines.

When it comes to the experience of trans folks on Tumblr encountering transphobic content, and interacting with bigoted users, we understand and share your frustrations. Tumblr’s policies, and Automattic’s policies, are written to ensure freedom of speech and expression. We prohibit harassment as defined in our Community Guidelines, but we know that this policy falls short of protecting users from the wider scope of harmful speech often used against LGBTQ+ and other marginalized people.

Going forward, Tumblr is taking the following actions:

Prioritizing anti-harassment features that will empower users to more effectively protect themselves from harassment.

Building more internal tooling for us as Staff to proactively identify and mitigate instances of harassment.

Reviewing which of the tags frequently used by the trans community are blocked, and working to make them available next week.

We’re sorry for how this all transpired, and we’re actively fighting to make our voices heard more and prevent something like this from happening again in the future. We know firsthand that having to deal with situations like this as a Tumblr user is difficult, particularly as a member of an already frequently targeted and harassed community. We know it will take time to regain your trust, and we’re going to put in the work to rebuild it.

We appreciate the space we have been given to express our concerns and dissent, and we are thankful that Matt’s (and Automattic’s) strong commitment to freedom of expression has facilitated it.

We will continue to fight to make Tumblr safe for us all.

— This statement was authored by multiple trans employees of Tumblr and Automattic.

[magicomens]

First >> Prev

I could say that realizing every artist's dream of completing a project like this wasn't easy, and while it's true, I must thank you all once again for encouraging me with your sweet comments and messages. It's thanks to you that a one-part punchline became a full 202 pages (!!!) story.

Now that it's over and if you still aren't tired of my shenanigans, you can follow my main blog (and see my yearly Snowlin Halloween illustration soon!).

As for the Magic Omens AU, please give me a moment to catch my breath and I'll start preparing the digital release (with bonus drawings) that will be downloadable from kofi!

To the Merlin fans who are keeping the fandom alive, to the Good Omens fans (I'm sure the 90 minutes finale will be great, even if we won't get a full season! stay hopeful!!) and to the fans of both shows for constantly enabling my silly idea,

thank you! <3

[ficsforgaza]

Hello, all! This coming October, we will be hosting a Kinktober event featuring 62 animanga/video game Character x Reader fics. This will serve as the master post for the event; we will be linking all relevant information here, including our Google Forms and Excel Sheets! Please follow the links below and read the subsequent information thoroughly to discover how you can participate!

˗ˏˋ ALL SLOTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN ˎˊ˗

↳ Kinktober Masterlist

Schedule for the Kinktober collab.

↳ Kinktober FAQs

Answers to the questions we frequently receive.

↳ #FFG Kinktober

Our catchall tag for the event.

↳ Kinktober Graphics

Some kinktober themed banners and dividers for your use!

↳ Other Creators Doing Kinktober Fics for Gaza

@persicipen Genshin Impact & Honkai Star Rail

@goxjo JJK, Windbreaker, MHA, Haikyuu, Genshin Impact

[chrysanthemumgames]

Blood of the Living - Demo 1

Hello everyone!

As promised, today I have released the first public demo for Blood of the Living, sequel to Fields of Asphodel.

You can play here (moody.ink).

Or here (Dashingdon).

The demo contains the character creator from FoA, plus a basic 'save creation' system, so that at least some of the flavor text in BotL will reflect your FoA playthrough of choice.

Keep in mind, of course, that only playthroughs that resulted in the Underworld Ending (those where the PC chose to spend half time or more in the Underworld), will be carried into the sequel. The Olympus Ending is a complete story as-is, and the sequel will not continue from it.

Chapters One and Two of the game are both included in the demo, to a total of approximately 120,000 words.

Features:

Tone indicators are making a comeback. You'll have to turn them on from the stats screen, as they are off by default.

A new feature that allows you to more permanently set touch preferences is also available from the stats screen. By default, the game will still periodically inquire whether your inclinations or aversions regarding physical touch have changed, but if you'd rather just set this and forget it, the new option may be for you.

NPC initiative also returns, and is on by default. More information on all these settings can be found in the stats screen, if you're not sure what I'm talking about.

I sincerely hope you enjoy the demo!

[behindthecodes]

FNaF 3 gang celebrating 1k subscribers, as seen on the official Behind The Codes Youtube Channel community posts (Full Quality Image).

The channel has now over 3k subscribers. Thank you very much!

[punkitt-is-here]

HORSECOMIX LIVE AT EVERFREE NORTHWEST HAPPENING SOON!!! MARINA ROOM 6:15

[hermitcraftheadcanons]

Due to recent events, we will no longer be accepting headcanons about Iskall85 and Stressmonster101, as they have left the Hermitcraft server. Existing headcanons will not be deleted, for archival purposes.

I encourage everyone to remain civil, as not much information has been revealed on the situation as of now. The Hermits are handling this like responsible adults. We should too.

-Mod Mleem

[skeletoninthemelonland]

May 14th! I just turned 19 :D

[ecto-implosion]

SIGN-UPS ARE OPEN!!!

Welcome to the start of Ecto-Implosion 2024! This is our second year running the event, and we are so excited to have you!

If you haven't heard of us before, Ecto-Implsion is a collaborative event much like our more established sister event @invisobang, where artists and authors work together! But over here, the artists go first, and authors write short fics to go with those artworks!

Before you sign up, make sure to check out our rules and schedule.

⋆⭒˚.⋆ [SIGN UP HERE] ⋆⭒˚.⋆

When signing up choose your desired role. (You can choose multiple!)

⋆⭒˚.⋆ Artists ⋆⭒˚.⋆

Artist sign-ups will close September 13 at 11:59 pm CDT.

Artists will create a visual or auditory artwork over the course of 2 months - this can be a drawing (traditional or digital), painting, animation/animatic, music piece, and more.

Full requirements can be found in the official rules document.

Even though we ask for your art idea upon sign-up, you are still welcome to join if you don't have one yet! Just say so in the form.

For any art related quieries, feel free to contact @the-oaken-muse or @half-deadmagicperson, or send us an ask!

⋆⭒˚.⋆ Authors ⋆⭒˚.⋆

Author sign-ups will close September 16th at 11:59 pm CDT.

Authors will write a short (min. 1k - max. 50k) fic to accompany an artist's work.

Information about how claiming of artworks will work can be found in the official rules document.

For any writing related quieries, feel free to contact @underforeversgrace or @blobghost, or send us an ask!

⋆⭒˚.⋆ Betas ⋆⭒˚.⋆

Beta sign-ups will close September 16th at 11:59 pm CDT.

Betas will be available to help authors in editing and refining their fics. They will be requested as needed by authors.

⋆⭒˚.⋆ Pinch Hitters ⋆⭒˚.⋆

Pinch Hitter sign-ups will close September 16th at 11:59 pm CDT.

Pinch Hitters will be at the ready to hop in and write a replacement fic in the case of an author dropping out.

Pinch Hitters might end up with a very short deadline depending on when they're needed.

Once you have finished filling out the sign-up form, you will receive an invite link to the Discord server. You must be able to join the server in order to participate!! This is important for event communication and announcements. If the link does not work, please DM mods @probably-dead, @hannahmanderr, @half-deadmagicperson or @duchi-nesten for assistance.

Still have questions? Check out the Ecto-Implosion Rules Doc for a full list of the rules, guidelines, schedule, and an FAQ section. Feel free to send in an ask if you don't see the answer to your question there!

We're looking forward to a great event! Happy Imploding, Everyone!

[ihopesocomic]

Regarding the Wiki/Fandom site

Hello, all!

Unfortunately, we have to announce that the I Hope So Wiki/Fandom site will no longer be kept up-to-date and must not be treated as a reliable source of information.

To cut a long story short, we are unsatisfied with how Fandom is run and how we have very limited powers over the wiki itself in the event of vandalism and we therefore no longer feel comfortable being associated with Fandom and having the wiki be used as a resource.

The owner is planning to construct a new wiki with an alternative host and we will make an announcement when it is up and running. As of now, this blog and Toyhouse is the most reliable source for character info/lore. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you. - RJ and Cat