#i won't be replying to responses

[flightyquinn]

AI Haters, Please Read to the End

I see people celebrating every time something bad happens in the AI art world, and that makes me very sad. Because I am partially colorblind, and have ADHD, clinical depression, and other health issues that I'm less comfortable talking about. Because I can't work, and rely on family for housing and government assistance to afford essentials. For someone like me, the barrier to entry on art is high. I'm never going to own a drawing tablet, I can't get professional lessons, my focus sucks to the point where it's hard to follow tutorials no matter how much I want to, and even if all of that could be sorted, my own eyes are against me.

But I still have ideas. I still have pictures in my head that want to get out. Characters that want faces, scenes that want to be expressed, and the like. I'm still creative. I just can't properly express that creativity. Nor can I pay someone else to express it for me. However, I can tell an AI what I'm trying to depict. I can tweak the settings, make small changes, spend hours on end generating and re-generating, tweaking and re-tweaking, and making small edits that are within my power to do, until I have a picture that satisfies my need to bring the thing in my head to life. That's not "stealing". It's not pushing a button and letting the computer do the work for me. That's me having my own ideas, and trying to use the tools at my disposal to turn them into something that other people can see.

Plus, there's one other thing I can do. This is a picture I generated with AI that I'm actually quite proud of.

And do you know why? Because it started as this.

I fed my terrible MSPaint rough as hell doodle into an AI, and told it what the picture was supposed to be. And I tried again, and again, and again, until I was able to refine the result into something that I was happy with - which took a whole lot more than just pressing the button again, let me tell you.

This is my idea, from start to finish, and my shitty art became something that actually looks halfway decent. Yeah, I'm aware of the wonkiness and AI jank. I know the jawline's weird, his eyes don't match, and there's something up with his ear. It's not perfect, but it's a whole lot better than what I could do on my own.

Look, when it comes to stopping the commercialization of AI art, I'm right there with you guys. Fuck corporations that want to replace their whole art department. Fuck people who want to impersonate other artists, or take commissions to turn someone's description of what they want into a prompt. Hell, fuck the people who take the first result they're given without trying to refine it at all!

However, I don't want AI to die. AI is an accessibility option. AI is a tool that lets me go from saying for years, "I wish I could have art of my first D&D character, I have so many fond memories of him." to having that one picture. It lets me stop stealing every time I want a character portrait for a new TTRPG that I'm starting up. Because you know what? I don't have the ability to be a "real artist", and I never will. There's too many barriers for entry.

...and my situation is mild compared to what some people have to deal with. Sure, there are people who find ways to make traditional art despite disabilities, but that's an exception. It could be the rule. Why shouldn't it be?

As far as "theft" goes, I have yet to hear one explanation of why it's okay to use references, but not AI, that didn't boil down to "it's different when we do it". And what about collage? Is a collage art, or is it "theft?" What about sculptural works that use reclaimed objects? They didn't create that. They just decided how it would be arranged. Hell, what about pieces like "The Fountain" for that matter? That's a big problem I have with all this hate. If you applied the same standards to other things as to AI, then there's a lot of things that currently are art we'd have to say aren't any more.

If you have a problem with AI, why not work to make it better, instead of trying to deprive people who rely on it for self-expression of a creative outlet?

[stromuprisahat]

TW RAPE MENTION AND NAZI IMAGERY

What I would have done with Fjerda instead of Helnik(scornful): we start on a smiling blond-haired blue-eyed family man, let's call him Alfred, who kissed his wife and children good morning and was the picture of classic paterfamilias at the breakfast table. He leaves to his 'lumber mill' management job. He gathers his workers, has morning prayers, and enters his office where he reviews paperwork on today's fresh 'logs'. He goes to the collection room, picks out a young blond Grisha for himself before telling his men what to do with the rest.

After the deed is done he continues working, observing a room of emaciated Fabrikators working on a tank. We see one guard nudge a skeletal young woman slumped over her table, declare her dead and carts her away to the incinerator. He comes home, kisses his wife and hugs his children and goes to sleep soundly.

The horrific is routine.

That's too obviously Nazi. Better to keep it in hints and put a lovely romance that will miraculously fix him.

Or outright describe drugging breeding factory, and pretend killing some of their staff and showing the victims to inhabitants of nearby town will earn a wave or righteous indignation for their sake and turn the population into Jew Grisha worshippers of Living Saints.

A girl who couldn’t be more than sixteen was being walked up and down the length of the corridor by a Springmaiden. Her feet were bare and she wore a light gray gown that stretched over her jutting belly. “I can’t,” she moaned. She looked unspeakably frail, the thrust of her stomach at odds with the sharp knobs and angles of her bones. “You can,” said the Springmaiden, her voice firm as she led the girl by her elbow. “She needs to eat,” said another of the women from the convent. “Skipped her breakfast.” The Springmaiden tsked. “You know you aren’t to do that.” “I’m not hungry,” panted the girl between heavy breaths. “We can either walk to help the baby come or I can sit you down for some semla. The sugar will give you energy during the birth.” The girl began to cry. “I don’t need sugar. You know what I need.” A tremor passed through Nina as understanding came. She recognized that desperation, that deep hunger that sank its teeth into you until all you were was wanting. She knew the need that turned everything you’d ever cared for—friends, food, love—to ash, until all you could remember of yourself was the desire for the drug. The wasted body, the dark hollows beneath her eyes—this girl was addicted to parem. And that meant she must be Grisha. Nina peered down the row of beds at the women and girls. The youngest looked to be about fifteen, the oldest might have been in her thirties, but the ravages of the drug made it hard to tell. Some cradled small bumps beneath their thin blankets, others hunched over high, protruding stomachs. A few might not have been pregnant—or might not have been showing yet.

King of Scars- Chapter 18

Just don't kill the guy behind all this no matter how many chances you'll get, because he's your new LI's daddy, and he DOES love his child (as long as he doesn't know they're Grisha too).

Save some mercy for my people my ass. Dying wish or not, it shouldn't extend to the likes of Jarl Brum.

[gideonisms]

do you have any other tlt fic moments that haunt you? i read through all the ones you posted like a woodchipper

I do in fact! This list may not be as long as the previous one because things got kind of crazy there at the end of the semester BUT:

SEXY WRESTLING in ch 10 of this fic

Gideon and Nona go to the museum :) surely this will be heartwarming and won't rip me apart emotionally :)

mercy INSISTS on 69ing with augustine to save time in the cow wall fallout bunker. and john is There

Nona HATES Harrow's new girlfriend because she sat in nona's spot on the couch

look sometimes you want a sexy monster girl to absolutely destroy your pussy. relatable harrow moments. and this is that

harrow sets her apartment on fire to get the sexy firefighter to fuck her. camilla eats almost everything in pal and harrow's cupboards

gideon nav amnesia fic with a clever premise but if I say more, I'll just ruin it. do you want to see gideon get hugged? this is the fic for you

a griddlehark fucking on the altar classic. gideon gets dommed

speaking of gideon getting dommed. many a fic by Raxheim features this excellent premise but I'm especially fond of this one, in which gideon gets a nice break from the horrors and harrow gets her laundry done

I totally lied that was just as many as last time. I guess the writers of the fandom just put out too much quality work, what a problem to have!

[doctorwhozzat]

Awww they all look like beans!

a murder happen-💥💥💥💥

[steakout-05]

hey just a reminder because i keep seeing this garbage pile up in the lgbtq+ community: people are not inherently bad for being a man and being masc. it is not a bad thing to identify as a guy and do masculine stuff and present yourself in a masc way. the view that being a man somehow makes you bad/abusive/creepy/bigoted hurts so many men in our community (gay men, trans men, literally everyone actually) and it's just a ridiculous statement in itself. gender does not equal morality, belief or action. people are not predisposed to badness because of their gender. that is a silly idea and i thought we as a community progressed past this but apparently not.

[uncanny-tranny]

That whole reply, like your musings, was a mess.

This is me sending you to the shadow realm

[angelsdean]

what makes someone fundamentally a good or bad person? and what's the point of making that distinction? not being a hater, i don't think dean is a bad person, i just really don't get it. he's just a person with the capability for good and bad just like everyone else

i agree with you but i think the distinction IS important when you're dealing with fans who refuse to see that there's a difference between doing something from a place of good intentions VS believing they are willfully acting malicious and "abusive" because they secretly wanna control everyone and everything. i think dean is a generally good person who tries his best but like any other person is bound to get things wrong sometimes, make mistakes, act imperfectly. i think we all have the capacity to do both good and bad but like, it's not a tipping scale where X amount of wrong-doings equals You Are Now A Bad Person (often Regardless Of What Your Intentions Were) which is where a lot of "deancr*t" fans come from, and in this case i do think the intentions of a character are important when we're analyzing characters motivations and actions and why they may have made a certain choice.

also soo many fans will crucify dean for something that other characters have done too!! and they clearly don't view that other character as a Bad Person and they're able to give nuance and understanding for why that character did that thing and why it still doesn't make them bad, yet they don't offer the same grace to dean?? it's exhausting so yes, i will make posts saying "dean is fundamentally good to his core" to remind people that doing a bad thing or making a poor choice or acting imperfectly in response to trauma / stress / fear does not automatically make you a horrible irredeemable "abusive" person.

also it's very like this for me, a deangirl:

deangirls talking to other deangirls: acknowledge the intricacies of dean's issues, flaws, and behaviors, where they stem from and why, and also discuss the other characters' flaws and behaviors and how other characters have ALSO hurt dean. and those actions do not make them bad people either !!

deangirls talking to the world at large who keep acting like dean is the sole character who a has ever made a bad choice or hurt someone: dean is good !! dean has done Nothing wrong !! pls stop and look at every other character in this narrative and recognize that they are all deeply flawed and complex

[cienie-isengardu]

Do you think the New Lin Kuei are allowed to have pets? We don't have the whole 'affection is for the weak' being banged on the heads on every person in the clan.

I don’t see any reason for them to not be allowed. Although I suspect the preferred kind of pets would be something adapted to Lin Kuei living conditions and way of life. They are warriors first and foremost after all, bound to protect Earthream at any cost, while owning a pet, like cat or dog, is both time-consuming and requiring responsibility.

At the same time, maybe the members of the new Lin Kuei actually have some pets from other realms? 

Like… WHERE ARE THE LIN KUEI DRAGON RAIDERS, I’M ASKING?

[starlightxsvt]

OMG ANOTHER AMAZING WONWOO FIC COMING.

I loved bloodily safe that was all my toxic kinks in one fic it's now my favorite oneshot ever I need a whole series of it and now you're making another wonwoo masterpiece I LOVE YOU. toxic badboy real piece of shit wonwoo is my favorite wonwoo god that was so hot I read it only one special times because it's so hot.

I HAVEN'T EVEN WRITTEN HALF OF IT BUT THANKS FOR CALLING IT AMAZING lol

Bloodily Safe was really that fic, I agree with you, Wonwoo was insane there, literally and figuratively. He won't be quite like that in the upcoming fic, he'll be more like a teasing bad boy who loves to get on your nerves and is very very bad for your heart.

I will try my best to make it ✨spicy✨ for y'all, wink wonk

[giantkillerjack]

Your stance on the Dunmeshi queerbait stuff is a bit selfish. Wanting this one manga to go exactly the way you want is a dangerous path - the way you phrase it is so entitled, making it clear it's not about consuming media about lesbians, but making one specific work suit exactly what you want. So many yuri mangas are written by sapphic women. It's a shame your stance is how it is.

And bastardizing the term queerbaiting does no good, either. Neither does the japanese manga market. You should research more before making such hurtful posts.

Hope you have a great day anyway.

[Anon is referring to this post, I believe.]

I mean, one of us certainly IS acting very entitled and weird about the media they like, and it ain't me. Like, I think you just have associated this piece of media with your own identity in an unhealthy way that makes you react to criticism of it with intense defensiveness. You don't own Dungeon Meshi. You aren't Marcille. Dungeon Meshi is NOT a yuri manga; it's a beautiful manga with either sapphic queerbait or a woefully underdeveloped queer relationship at its center.

Maybe if you had an argument besides "it does no good" to criticize it, but you don't. So.

Smh, it's a "dangerous path" - I'm screenshotting that bc I know it'll make my wife laugh. Like, friendo, wanting a piece of media to be better isn't dangerous. But calling someone selfish and hurtful for criticizing media while offering no clarifications as to who I've hurt or how (any fellow sapphics bleeding out in here? Or is it just me with my bonkers-heavy period??)... it's overstepping a social boundary in a bizarre way.

Like, I'm sorry that I'm better at media analysis than you (not actually sorry - I am being petty! :D), but I actually have studied queerbaiting!! I am willing to bet I have done more research than you! (Are you from twitter? You have that vibe. - Again, pettiness.)

... and I spend every day with my wife (the best writer I know; I'm so honored to share stories with her), talking of nothing but our shared special interest all day - i.e. media analysis. (I honestly don't know what neurotypical couples talk about lol)

And I've done enough research to know that one of the side effects of queerbaiting is that fans are often in denial about it and then get REAL MAD when someone points it out. I was there for the Sherlock/Supernatural fandom. Shit was crazy. (Not saying Super-who-lock bc my man Russell Davies was like MAKE THOSE BOYS SMOOCH! 😎)

Also like, my apologies to Ryoko Kui - I really do love Dungeon Meshi - but like, I'm just better at writing and illustrating queer rep than she is. I make real gay protagonists who do gay shit and are gay, and I will never queerbait my audience. Womp womp.

Also, honestly, even if I turn out to be wrong about the queerbaiting by the end of the series, this message was still rude and entitled and weird. We have a lot of issues facing our queer community that endanger real people; someone calling a story queerbaiting mistakenly is not one of them.

[alphabetshipper]

As bucktommy shipper, how can you not enjoy the rest of the show????

Tbh I'm scared of the commitment, nonny. There are 8 seasons to this bad boy and so much story. But all the gifsets of basically everything make me want to watch so bad because it looks so good. But 8 season (and it's not even over yet)....

And my second problem is that I'm the kind of person who will either want to watch something from the very beginning or join the bandwagon 5 years after the show ended 🙃 so I'm trying to work through that issue 😂

[enypneon]

℻ @mindsmade ••• (*down these mean streets - accepting!)

⊵ smother. you clasp a hand over the sender's mouth to keep from being heard.

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬, drumming against the plastic of her coat in a soft rhythm. there is no direct way to leak the research biodyne has so carefully put together for high profit but it is not impossible to obtain. they plan to waste the nanites on the rich, while v and so mi prefer to share the knowledge with everyone who is able to fund the production. creating competition and alternatives to the original formula.

the meeting point is rather exposed despite the tall buildings narrowing in on them ─ not ideal for a rendezvous with someone they hardly know. so mi leans closer into v's vicinity, tilting her head towards the sky, illuminated by long strands of advertisement. what if they have walked right into a trap? a muffled metallic click erupts from the familiar sounds of night city's barking streets and in a sudden wave of all-consuming anxiety, so mi grabs v's arm and pulls him into the darkness of a small alley. however, before he can react, she extinguishes any grunts of wonder and surprise as she clasps her hand over v's mouth.

her eyes are locked on the spot where they have stood merely a minute ago. there are no signs of odd movement, yet she decides it is better when they remain tucked away between the concrete for at least a while. the mission failing is a small price to pay to ensure that v is unharmed. if anything were to happen to him...

hitches of damp heat pulse against her palm, right, her hand was still shutting v's lips. she cannot remember the last time life was slipping past her fingers in a tender caress as an excited tingle poured through her skin and body. v used to feel cold and hard beneath her touch but with the new layer of skin stretching over so mi's limbs, she could even feel the crisp prickle of v's beard. her hand slips to his shoulder, curious about what other areas can make her heart swell.

» sorry. thought i heard something. «

[just-some-guy-joust]

Tiebreaker Round

Please reblog/reply/send me an ask explaining why you think either Lovesick or Axolotl should get to move on. You have until the end of the day. Whichever side convinces me the best, their champion will get to move on. Good luck

[tattooedsiren]

it looks like because i reblogged one post where i added the tag ‘nsfw’ that now my entire blog has been marked as explicit??? can someone pls go to https://tattooedsiren.tumblr.com/ and confirm if you get the ‘This blog may contain potentially mature content’ message. thanks.

[ilikeyoshi]

fascinated by the number of replies on that poll that are just "no bc it's none of my business" like. ok???? extremely weird point to make. would it also be none of your business if that friend like. mugged somebody. hit their partner. tf does "it's not my business" have to do with anything they have displayed blatant disregard for the trust and love of others. it's GONNA be your business when they do some heinous shit behind your back.

[leestei]

I wish I could say this off anon, but I can't deal with potential Tumblr bs. I don't like HH, never have, only watched a bit cause I know someone who worked on it. Absolutely not a fan of your redesigns, but I guess you can put that on different tastes. However the one thing that bothers me is the fact that you call the original designs "boring". My brother in Christ. The designs are insane. Maybe you don't like the designs but they're anything but boring, objectively speaking. Considering you have to animate all the patterns and everything - the first thing I thought when I watched it was why tf they didn't simplify the designs. So much details with patterns and colours - I've even seen people complain about the amount of details in the show

Changing a characters colour/ethnicity/bodyshape is the laziest way I've seen to make a character less "boring" and it would be more insulting to me that you would view especially something like skin colour or making a character fat as an improvement when it doesn't take or adds anything.

And I promise you, if someone did the reverse thing with a character design, these get cancelled.

You make great art, that's why I follow you. You have all the freedom to make all the character designs you like. Yet essentially you take someone else's original characters, say the design sucks and change it. It's such a rude waste of time.