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Genuine question, as someone who has characters of my own: how do I get over my embarrassment for having OC’s? I’d never make fun of someone for having them, but whenever it comes across my dash (especially if it’s ship art) I can’t help but… (for lack of a better word), cringe. I love people being creative but it feels like I can’t get over the backlash against things like that.
It's something you have to unlearn, and that's not always easy. I think as a whole, most fandoms are not OC friendly unless it's something like a videogame in which you create the main character from scratch. Most people will stick to already established characters, because that's easy to write. Very few are brave enough to make their own story.
Firstly, l'm going to discuss comics, this is a world of many worlds. DC as example has so many universes, and there's no way I could name them all. I think many of them are numbered, and fans who create their own usually make a numbered or named verse. Like, Codotverse! (if Codot can put his whole voice out there, you can do it too, btw)
Personally, I think the open ended-ness of comic worlds is a positive for fandom. It makes it so anyone can tell a story and despite it being fannon, it's really no less canon than what's in between the pages. Comic writers themselves can't get things straight half the time, heck I've been known to nit pick comics because they forget some fact about Jonathan that SHOULD be well known.
Now, lets talk OCs. The fact is, and this probably sounds mean, people would rather read about Scarecrow or Riddler then -insert Hench character for shipping here-
The reason is as stated above, it's easier to get into. They know what to expect. And unless this OC is someone you've been talking about for years and they have curated their own mini fandom within the fandom, most ARE gonna scroll by. That's sad, I know.
BUT that doesn't mean you should quit or be embarrassed about an OC. People can come to love them, but this usually takes effort and dedication on your part. You are the one and only author and content creator of this OC. Nobody else is gonna make content for them without insensitive. That means you gotta talk talk talk, and draw draw draw, then write write write. MAKE them care. People can very easily come to love and OC,. and i know this for a fact because I used to have my own and I always got asks, people wanted to draw them, or write stories, etc.
The thing is, you gotta embrace being potentiality embarrassing. If you don't take a step forward and put yourself out there, who will? This sounds very internal for you, and it's literally something that is taught to the youngins of fandom very quickly. Fandom, as a whole (think big here) will squash or despise anything that isn't palatable. And what is palatable? that changes often. Usually, fandom is a progressive space but that doesn't mean each and every sect doesn't have issues. Big issues that are spread between a lot of fandoms include misogyny and fetishization. This is why you sometimes see creators and fandom goers attacking canon female love interests and OCs. This is also why you see a huge influx of men being shipped together and any mention of either man loving or having a relationship with a woman is often erased. These two things go hand in hand quiiiite a lot actually. Just, a thing to watch out for and think critically about.
In the end, it boils down to making your audience care amongst a sea of easy to read and already palatable content. You gotta swim against the current. Make a space for yourself, provide something that doesn't exist yet. (for me, it was hi res comic scans)
Basically, don't let the haters win.
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i loeve you dai gyakuten saiban
#ace attorney#the great ace attorney#dai gyakuten saiban#dgs#tgaa#this is my valentines day post <3 i love you little game#the dancing men do spell something out but i won’t tell what#dgs 2 spoilers#tgaa 2 spoilers#just to b clear the hand reaching for stronghart is the professor#hopefully thats clear though lmao#well. the person who was in the professor’s grave anyhow#i tried to match these to the cases but i had to take liberties with some lol#like gina having Toby#and the legendary pair segment technically happens is 2-5 but they’re introduced in 2-4 so
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#my art#daycare attendant#dca fandom#moondrop#<- dca.. they're back in town ...#not tagging sun bc thats just their head :p#anywayyy hopefully this means something to someone. that's all i could ever wish for when it comes to my art#thats probably a bit too sentimental or something but sometimes it's hard to tell if the stuff you make is actually reaching people#or if you're just another person making content to satiate an insatiable crowd#is my art edible? is it a meal to you? is it a one time only thing? does it have any lasting effect on you?#is it just nutrients to sustain you? or is it something that will genuinely stick to you for at least longer than the first second?#i will stop talking now. you can eat my art as much as you'd like but can you at least savor it a little? compliment the chef a little bit?#for the ones who've read this far: this is actually for an AU i've been thinking about recently. i won't be sharing what it's about lol#but if you wanted some context for this... here you go. i'd like to think this has more meaning to it than just being an AU though#and maybe me not disclosing what the AU is will make you think about this post for a bit longer? it's a mystery now....#aaaand i just noticed i forgot the bells on the ribbon on their arm. great. excellent. perfect. whatever
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My page for @destinytriofanzine! I drew something about kids always dreaming of far off places
[id in alt!]
#kingdom hearts#kh#ahh this one was so hard to draw; i never know how to combine a bunch of scenes in one picture without it looking cheesy#just threw a bunch of waves and leaves and birds on top and called it a day haha. it might be a bit too busy though#the white line going up the center is supposed to be a trail left behind by the gummi ship! it connects to the ship in the bg at the top#it's kinda meant to evoke little kids dreaming of other places-> getting older and earnestly making the raft to try to reach the dream#->the gummi ship as a premonition of how they'd actually reach the dream in the future. i guess? idk how to explain#and i really wanted to have kairi's expressions be really similar but changing subtly from wonder to worry when she's older#the boys are just max enthusiasm the whole time#but yeah. something something Symbolism and hopefully it's at least kinda pretty if it doesn't make sense#i'm just super proud to have been part of this project! everyone's work is just amazing#the destiny kids give me this soft feeling of kinda lonely nostalgia. it's nice to have a book full of that#very wistful looking through it#fan art#my art#project stuff
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Chilchuck analysis speedrun: As a hardworking half-foot who grew up poor and discriminated against and had his gullibility taken advantage of multiple times in his early adventuring days, Chilchuck thinks optimism is a dangerous flaw. He’s stressed and strict all the time because his job is noticing details like traps that could get everyone killed before anyone knows it, he takes the lives of everyone to be on his shoulders, and with the way he speaks about it that probably partly reflects how he felt about taking it upon himself to provide for his family too. His life’s always been pretty centered around work and has become even moreso now that his wife left and everyone is independent, and due to past events he’s very iffy with bonding with coworkers. He thinks feelings and job are a disaster mix. Like with his wife or with parties hiring him as sacrifice, being open or having good faith is vulnerability which can get you hurt, so he processes and shows all his stress as anger instead of worry. Doing strict dieting probably isn’t helping the irritability what with hunger, and on top of being a hunger suppressant alcohol might be the main stress reliever he has.
His grey hairs are so earned
#Chilchuck tims#dungeon meshi#analysis#HAPPY CHILCHUCK DAY#You know what yeah understandable have a good day#Alcohol be a ticket straight to chilling out town I suppose#Spoilers#dungeon meshi manga spoilers#Thinking on if I should split my family masterpost into diff posts for max reach hmm#I’m def editing in the second page into that post that “I’ve got three people to think of here” sounds sooo much like that’s#how he’d think about it in a family setting as well. He works so hard for them 🥺#I could have put 100 pics on this post to justify everything I mentioned but this is a speedrun for a reason. I’m planning so many#compilations rn i need a break from rereading lol#He’s just here to do his work!! He just wanna do his work!!!#I’m always rotating him in my brain like rotisserie chicken :( Hopefully this doesn’t sound disjointed or insane to average readers#He’s always on his guard so he has a short fuse and his type of humor & liking for snarky remarks doesn’t help#Also bc he knows nothing lasts he has a very work hard play hard mentality where ‘dying doing something you love. Like drinking’#is nice in his opinion#This post makes it all sound so dry. Chilchuck is so messy thinking about him is thrilling I swear. This is concise but at what cost…#OH ALSO he has weird self-hate issues where he really values his skills but devalues himself on a personal level.#‘I am a coward. I only care about myself. I cheated on my wife (lying for no reason)’ etc etc#Can’t disappoint people and make them leave you if they already have no expectations and esteem of you 😏💡#Laws are important to him bc he knows how bad punishment is if you break them and how they’re the key to getting better rights
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Compiled some fundraisers for people in Gaza that have reached out to me. If you can spare even a few dollars, please, chip in and help them
🇵🇸 Ahmed's 4 children @ahmed79ss // Donate Here // $10,890 CAD raised of $50,000 // verified by @/90-ghost
🇵🇸 Waseem Abusafi and family @waseem4gaza // Donate Here // €2,098 raised of €15,000 // verified by @/mohammedalanqer
🇵🇸 Ahmed Jehad and his newborn @ahmad-syam-blog // Donate Here // $1,486 CAD raised of $40,000 // #171 on this verification document
🇵🇸 Dr. Husam Farhat and his family @drfarhatblog // Donate Here // $4,970 raised of $29,500 // #248 on this verification document
🇵🇸 Jad Al-Haq and her baby, Youssef @yousef-falestinef // Donate Here // $13,209 raised of $40,000 // verified by @/90-ghost
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Below I'm also adding 2 fundraisers that are not vetted yet, but are 'highly likely to be legit'. Donate are your own discretion but I wanted to include them as they are low on funds and asked for my help
🇵🇸 Ahmed and his family @save-ahmed-family1 // Donate Here // €892 raised of ���20,000
🇵🇸 Wijdan and her children @wejdan-32 // Donate Here // €695 raised of €20,000
#gaza fundraisers#palestine aid#gaza gfm#palestine gfm#vetted fundraisers#aside from the last 2 which hopefully will be vetted soon as well#i dont have a big reach on here but even a little is something
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I like to think that if you're in a fandom space posting AI art, it's because you just aren't aware of why that might be a problem.
So in case you aren't aware: the generative AI you might be using to create "fanart" is trained on a countless number of artworks created by artists whose permission was not asked. Or maybe it was, technically, intentionally buried in a terms of service document somewhere, or in an update which they could either accept or else delete an entire social media account with years of history. This "art" is only possible because of stolen art. When you post images created by generative AI, you are supporting that.
Also, fandom is about creation and community. Individuals and groups creating art of all sorts, and sharing it with each other. When you post AI art... you haven't really created anything. To me at least, that's kind of detracting from what fandom is about. I want to share and raise up works of art that my community has worked hard to create, not something generative AI spit out from a couple key word inputs.
I can't tell anybody here what to do. If you are posting AI art, I'm sure there are some people who will like it, who will share it, who will be happy to do so. But there will also be people who aren't happy about it. There will be people – and especially artists – who will be frustrated to see other people in their community who support this technology that has stolen directly from them. There will be people who will block you, who will refuse to interact with your posts, and it will make your community smaller.
I understand it's tempting, especially if you aren't an artist yourself. But if you want art that fits a specific prompt, there are other ways to get it that actually support the fandom community: submit your prompt to a fanartist who accepts prompts, or commission someone for a piece of art, or even give it a try yourself and start learning to actually make art!
I don't hate AI as a whole. I think there are a lot of really amazing things we can do with AI, if it's used correctly. But posting AI fanart is not one of them.
#there are a lot of arguments against generative ai which I'm not even touching#and honestly I'm not knowledgeable enough to comment on them#but I think that even if it was more ethical from an art standpoint it would still defeat the point of fandom#to be posting ai art when we're all here to be a community and support each other and share what we make#so anyway. yeah.#been seeing some ai fanart seeping into the fandom#I'm hesitant to reach out to anyone and say something directly because I feel like it's not my place#but I do have thoughts and I want to assume people aren't posting ai art in bad faith#so hopefully this perpective will help someone. idk#I will start blocking if I have to but I'd prefer not to#mine#personal#ai art#ai
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for tomorrow's livestream! 🇵🇸💖
share a screenshot of your donation ($5+) to the PCRF & you get to request a dnp doodle from me if you want 💗.
i believe dnp will be sharing another link for donations, but donating directly to the organization is good too, just share a valid receipt ($5+) with the date clearly shown as the 30th of jan (aka phils bday) 🫶🏼
at the end, i will match the total amount i receive & donate it to the same charity too.
free palestine! 🇵🇸
#phanart#i dont promise a fast delivery#but i will do my best to deliver 🫶🏼☺️#also as its *not* a raffle. every person donating will be getting one drawing. even if they donated two separate times 👍🏼#& @ other creators. feel free to do something similar 🥰#hopefully tomorrow's livestream will do well & we will reach a good amount 💖#doha draws#birthday
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DHJ's behavior still hasn't changed and people keep forgetting, so please help spread this info and read this thread (and this thread from 2021, see below) if you need more details
full threads for people who can't access twitter
#spn#honcon#<- tagging cause he'll be there too#she reached out to CE so hopefully that finally changes something#tw emotional abuse
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gentle reminder that percabeth’s status as the og great war couple is going to be confirmed this tuesday
#something something your hand was the one I reached for all throughout the great war#i trust rick#hopefully we get crusty’s#“it was a big bathtub”#and percy and annabeth holding hands#I know it’s gonna be a bangin episode no matter what combination of those things we get#percy jackson#percy jackson and the olympians#percy jackon and the olympians#pjo#pjo tv show#the lightning thief#annabeth chase#pjo tv series#percy and annabeth#percabeth#pjo tv adaptation
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A while ago a few people inquired about technique of the image in the top left so I decided to sit down and break down part of the process at least.
I know backgrounds can be quite scary for a lot of people but they really don't have to be once you learn a few tricks and rules! I LOVE backgrounds (my day job is working as a background supe) so I'd love to make it seem a little more approachable to people.
#tutorial#art tutorial#hopefully this is helpful and not gibberish but#i love motion blur...lasso tool them shapes then blur them and then just ctrl+t them into nice arrangements#water lightbeams character shadows pools of light its all done for you with motion blur#some old personal work from me on the last slide#I really like helping people so idk reach out if you want something and think i can answer
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Hello, friend!
I hereby invite you to think about how, one evening, you're watching Gale gesture his way through his day. It's a comforting ritual, but tonight, after you've endured a dismissive wave for the lazier apprentices whining about their marks, an aggravated finger shake for a catastrophically wrong Evocation professor, a framing of the entire universe, a picturing of possibilities when he talks about his research... you decide you've had enough.
Not of listening to him talk (the only time you prefer him silent is when he's putting his mouth to other, differently delightful uses, but even then). You've had enough of having those lovely, eloquent hands everywhere--in the air, on the desk, scrolls, books, his glass of wine--and not on you, not in your own hands, not against your skin.
Gale stops mid-narrative when you slide into his space, eyes widening as you take his wandering right hand in both of yours. Even now it's so easy to fluster him and knock him off that confident stride with the slightest touch. Granted, the touch you're offering him is more than slight: kisses across the bumps of his knuckles and down the length of his index finger. When you slide the tip into your mouth, the sound he makes is incoherent and poetic.
You kiss his palm, tasting salt and ink, and then his mouth, where you taste the wine and him. You continue lacing your fingers through his, finding the pressure points that make him sigh, and the soft skin along the inside of his wrist that makes him shiver. However briefly you have all that energy contained, held like galaxies cupped in your hands, and as he murmurs softly against your mouth, settling into the kiss, you've never felt so powerful.
Hello friend! I can’t tell you how ecstatic I am to receive one of your legendary asks! I am in love with your writing and feel so honoured to be invited to share in this. Thank you so much, and I hope this cuts it!
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It is intoxicating, that power. Almost dizzying, as his breath hitches at the tingle of your tongue against his.
But you have never been one to hoard power. Everything that you have, you share with him, just as he gives you everything freely and without reservation. Between you, there is always a steady stream of desire, a give and take of control. You feel it drift into his grasp now, as his right hand dances across your jawline, the curve of your neck, the small of your back. You are the one quivering now, as his left hand slides under your shirt like he is unwrapping a priceless gift. It is your breath that catches as his fingers circle the secret spot under your breast that he knows as well as his own flesh.
You are entranced by them - those slender hands that have doled out destruction as well as comfort, those lithe fingers that have brought forth explosions of pain and pleasure both. You watch your own hands running through the soft waves of his hair, grazing the bristles of his beard. Your hands look so small, so insubstantial, in comparison, until he slips your fingers into his mouth, and wraps your other hand around his hardness with an urgency that winds you. You echo his low moan as his fingers tighten your hold on his desire.
And as his touch becomes yours and you melt into each other, you have never felt stronger.
#dont know if i am any good at this but hopefully this is something?#intimidated by the dizzying heights reached by theletteraesc and hotnerdywizard#please forgive me if this is trash y'all#gale dekarios#gale of waterdeep#writing ask#bg3
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okay, I think I'm gonna try to stay away from tumblr for a few days, maybe till the weekend, I've been planning to take a break for months now anyway and I feel like it's the perfect time now, I'm tired, this fandom is exhausting
It's just gonna be a few days bc I don't trust myself to stay away for longer lol
love all of my bucktommy mutuals, y'all are the reason I'm not abandoning this fandom altogether lol, I have so much fun with y'all - and also I love this show and im not gonna let the insane and gross part of the fandom ruin it for me, hence why I need a break lol
see y'all in a few days <3
#and if for whatever reason anyone wants to reach me just to chat or whatever my discord is wikiangela_#I've been talking about a break for months and today it's just been so insane#I need to not be here for a minute bc lately I just get annoyed all the time#I'll focus on writing and hopefully will come back with something new haha#(if I break and you see me here for a minute or so before the weekend... no you didn't lol)
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rip fitz you would’ve loved it if i actually colored your hair pink like intended (i’ll probably do a colored version of this later. zoom for details)
#kotlc#keeper of the lost cities#fitz vacker#sophie foster#keefe sencen#sokeefitz#i tried so hard to come up with a clever caption for this and it was like watching a small child try to beat a mildly difficult mario level#and repeatedly die#anyway um sophie and fitz are holding hands behind keefe’s back because i did not have it in me to draw two more visible hands without a#ref. since i mostly drew this between surf sessions and also in the middle of the night respectively#also keefe canonically pressing his forehead against sophie’s in intimate moments got to me#if i wasn’t a coward he’d be wearing fitz’s jersey that he’s probably grown out of in canon by now#on the other hand i was brave enough for sophie to be buff and not have visible lashes like her boys so hopefully that counts for something#also keefe’s reaching for sophie’s waist off-page. nothing crazy#sokeefitz fanart#kotlc fanart#this started as side profile practice and then i was like fitz should be clingy as a treat and now we’re here
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Apparently. An incredibly old ass mine is being reopened to the public near pyrite town. Like maybe a century or two old I'm thinking I have no clue.I do not know how to feel about this nor do I know enough about abandoned mines to figure out if this is a good idea or not.
#pkmn irl#pokemon irl#hopefully this reaches someone who can actually say something useful on the matter .
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chat i fear im going to fail my exam on wednesday
#this is a cry for help#juliwrites#what the fuck is going on#i can’t remember anything#social psychology is not for the weak#help pls#playing 5SOS so i can retain something#hopefully?#i am so going to fail#not even prayers can reach me now
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