#nothing – absolutely nothing – can stop a gifmaker

[whitedarkmoonflower]

Can you gut a fish? // The Musketeers (2014) // S1E9

[alinaastarkov]

2022 End of Year Gifmaker/Creator Tag Game

Cut this into what works for you. Want to do only one instead of five? Do it. Tag 2 people? Do it. But there are a couple of rules:

RULE 1: Review your creations over 2022. Tag some gifmakers/creators, friends and strangers to get them to do the same.

RULE 2: Link to the content, commentary optional.

5 (or more!) creations from others that made you smash the reblog button hard, closely followed by your ‘insp’ tag or ‘fave tag’. Link to sets that started conversations, outstanding composition, coloring, etc.

4 creations of which you’re proud. These are goals you scored. Nothing to do with notes.

3 creations others loved. Include the one that got most notes, great comments, or the classic ‘how dare you!’

2 creations that stretched you as a creator: style, coloring, blending, text, etc. include the one that should have got more notes.

1 creation of yours that you find most aesthetically pleasing to the eye and self AND 1 creation that broke and (maybe remade you) as a creator – we all have that one.

0 the creation that never was because nothing was working that day.

i was tagged by @yenvengerberg​ thank you lovely!! it’s so fun to reflect on the year like this :)

tagging anyone i tagged throughout this and anyone who would like to do it!

(placing under the cut because i tend to go on a bit)

5 (or more) creations that made you smash the reblog button:

there are so many incredible creations (and creators!) who have blown me away this year. unfortunately my brain is a sieve so this will probably be only five but if i’ve left any nice tags on a set just know i thought it was absolutely beautiful!!

i have to start with becca @yenvengerberg​ who (and i don’t know how she does it) has managed to take my breath away and up her game every single time. i truly have no words for the creativity and skill she possesses and i would link every set of hers here if i could. for now though i will mention this jaskier: a bard’s tale set because it has been months and i have no stopped thinking about it. the stunning purple, the number of ways she can make a torn paper effect unique, and just the incredible creativity and composition in making it a cd set?? ingenious.

avia @lamberts​​​ never fails to stun me with her witcher gifsets, the mastery of colours and blending to emotionally destroy us every time blows me away. i fall in love with geraskier as a ship more every time she posts and i think this geraskier + the amazing devil set truly stood out. the blending of purple and orange is striking yet soft, i could honestly stare at it for hours. making something so gorgeous look effortless is such a talent.

jagoda, my talented hoe @ughmerlin​, has been so on top of her game this whole year it is auch a struggle to pick only one. there are so many amazing sets showcasing her creativity and talent that it’s almost impossible to pick one favourite. but this merthur + bigger than the whole sky is honestly so incredible it blew me away seeing it. the orange is so soft, combined with the b&w and the myriad of text effects and overlays you used, honestly made me tear up seeing it. the cassette tapes were genius and i can’t wait to see them become the new thing™️

maria, my merthur genius @arthurpendragonns​, has again blown me away with the talent and creativity this year, i have not been able to rest!! but this 10th merlin anniversary set was such a massive expression of your creativity and genius. the red to orange gradient combo is YOURS and you made it your bitch once again. everything about this stunned me, how you achieved the effects with the wings and the skull and the transitions between each gif??? you’re a master!!

elsbeth, my talented wife @laylakeating​ you never cease to stun me every time i see a set of yours and this weyler + haunted set is so exception. you know how much i love purple and you always deliver, i know how much effort you put into the frame by frame colouring and it shows!! how you made every lyric match every scene and blend them all so flawlessly! you’re an inspiration to us all

4 creations of which you’re proud:

i just did my list of my favourite creations for every month so i will link some sets that didn’t make that list (again mostly sourceblog ones)

these two becoming elizabeth sets (one & two) were fun for me to do after a bit of a break to get back into colouring and blending. there was no pressure cause it’s a smaller fandom, and finally having a show for my historical otp was super nice and making angsty sets is my love language <3

this arya stark + identities one was a real stretch of how much i could colour consistently over multiple shows because i think (and i did count lmao) i used around 13 fancasts/movies/shows to make it and was one of the sets that took me the longest just with the composition

this arya stark and jon snow set, though i know it could be better, was my first real try at the glitch effect. i still need to improve on it but i’m still pretty proud of it for my first attempt, plus their relationship in the books is my favourite so any excuse to gif it is gonna be a fave for me. arya month as a whole was great for stretching me and getting me to think outside the box

3 creations others loved: 

i think i mentioned most of them in my creations per month post, but i have noticed that after the show my rhaenyra in every episode sets seem to keep picking up more notes which is lovely to see!! this is a series i need to finish next year :)

2 creations that stretched you as a creator: 

i do this to myself all the time lmao, and is probably the reason i post so inconsistently. i’m copping out a bit i know but everything i made for jon snow appreciation month and arya appreciation month this year pushed me as a creator and made me think, especially as i was using multiple shows/films to fancast with and keep consistent. overall appreciation months are so fun and allow some flexibility with posting that weeks don’t which makes them excellent for creators imo

1 creation that broke you:

sadly the creations that broke me are the ones that i have yet to perfect and post :/ one day tho hopefully... soon :)

0 creation that never was:

i have... SO many of these lmao. probably dozens of sets in the drafts and half finished (a yennefer set that has been sat there for maybe a year and a half?? comes to mind) and it is my goal this next year to clear them all out (we’ll see how that goes lol). if i had to pick tho i have this shadow and bone + greek gods set (very much inspired by @ughmerlin​’s stunning zodiacs set) that has/is taking me forever to perfect and hopefully (maybe) with s2 it can see the light of day

[zackmartin]

Please ignore my banner, I got lazy and didn’t want to spend the time to make it actually look like. decent alskdjf.

I met and started talking to some really cool new people this year and I’d love to include you, but I have this weird anxiety of coming across as overzealous and clingy but just know if we had at least one conversation, I consider us friends and I hope we become even better friends in the new year and if it wouldn’t be like, weird to you, you can definitely include yourself in this alsdkfj 💗

If I forget anyone please understand that I have really extreme Brain Fog right now but it obviously has no bearing on my love for you, y’all know who you are 💕

Even though I can’t say it to each of you this year, I still want to say how much I love you all. This past year and the year before have been two of the most difficult years I’ve ever been through, both because of stuff happening in the world and just everything going on in my personal life/health wise, and I don’t think I would’ve made it through had it not been for this website bringing me to some of the most incredible people. 

To the ones that let me dump 6,000+ word essays in your DMs on a random idea I came up with, to letting me brainstorm and talk things out even though we all know it probably won’t turn into anything, to getting into something I adore and live-blogging in my inbox, to just random check-ins/asks, it all means the absolute world to me. And on that note, I want to thank you all for continuing to indulge me; I know i wouldn’t have seventeen different AUs for one random crossover I came up with almost three (!!!) years ago, nor would I have written 2k words today of my latest one if y’all didn’t at least pretend to care jsfjsj 😅😅 and I know Izzy and Felix wouldn’t exist and I wouldn’t be contemplating adding yet another sibling if you guys hadn’t been so supportive. 🥺 I also know I definitely would’ve quit gifmaking if you guys didn’t reblog all my stuff (even some of you when you aren’t in the fandom?? 🥺🥺 idk how to thank you for that) and leave little nice tags ����💕 And I want to thank a lot of you for the opposite, to the ones that let me in on their ideas, and their universes and their OCs, I love it all so much, like just getting a glimpse into all that is a great source of joy for me, and I hope you all know that you can always come to me with ideas, you don’t even have to ask, because I want to hear it all 💖 

and honestly I just want to thank y’all for being you. I feel like I know some of the best the world has to offer. I know I sound like a broken record, but it really does give me so much joy to see y’all excitedly gushing about something on my dash, even if it’s something I know nothing about. And I love getting into new things through all of you, and I definitely plan to continue that in the new year. I love watching you all grow and change and experience new things. 2022 better be kind to you all of you, and that’s a threat.🔪😤 Anyway, my brain is getting cloudy so it’s gonna start getting difficult to form coherent sentences so I gotta stop here alsdfkj but just know that I love y’all with my whole heart and I feel so honored to know each and every one of you, and I feel so beyond thankful to call you friends 💕

If I forget anyone please know that has all to do with the Brain Fog, and nothing to do with my love for you.

Also, honorable mention to Ryker; even though you don’t have an account for me to tag anymore, you’re definitely included in this 💗

@taylorswiftrulestheworld @willexs @harts-on-friar @sunsetcurve @legendaryjohnmarston @bitchmilsky @neshatriumphs @perhapspearl @dashingmoonlight @symphonic-concert @mistyskiesrambles @owenjoyners @youngbloodthekilljoy @the-nerdy-fangirl @ciara-knightly @unsaid-emily @hoovii @cactus-con

[seoschangbin]

Hi hi, it’s ya gal Rachel! To start off, this isn't really a follow forever but more of a mushy love fest. I was going to do this back in October when my blog hit 2 years but then with everything that happened... 😞✌ figured it wasn’t the best time! But since it’s the new year, I just wanted to spread some love to start off the decade, especially towards all the lovely people who have made my 2019 a little bit happier ♡ Thank you to everyone for making this such a fun & amazing year; thank you for supporting my gifs & graphics and interacting with me; overall, thank you for making Tumblr fun again! So to all my moots and followers, I’m wishing you all a very happy and wonderful 2020! 

I wanted to take some time as well to write some messages to all my mutuals - seeing you guys on my dash + all your work (if you’re a cc) is such a joy and I admire all of you very very much! Thank you for putting in the time to making gifs/graphics/fic/etc. and I hope you won’t mind if I gush about you a little, even if we’ve never spoken hehe! Under the cut in alphabetic order.. she’s a long one sorry!

@00hj | karen!! angel!! first of all, everything u make is just the cleanest cutest thing ever, i truly want your brain!.. u are such an incredibly talented gfx creator and i get heart palpitations every time i see ur work!! i adore u so much n ur tags are also so full of sweetness n purity and 😞💕 i just want to give u a hug!! + the way u always say hi to ccs in ur tags when u rb their stuff. cute!! pure!! 

@01degree | joanna!! first of all... thank u for filling my dash with so many groups, some of which i almost never get to see 😌💕 ur brain being multi af like me.. chefs kiss! also! you make such clean and nice gifs please don’t ever doubt that laskjd!! 2020 joanna stops saying her gifs suck! idk how u make them so clean but legends only! bls remember to be kind to yourself this year! 💕

@1095 | nicolle!! i haven’t seen you around recently but i hope everything is okay and you’re doing well! i have to say that your graphics are absolutely INSANE i don’t know how you do it!! the colours.. how it all comes together.. amazing! ur career as a graphic designer will be a good one 😌👍 secondly your urls are always so cute nd nice!! and thirdly back to number 1.. i just love everything you make so so much bls come back to us 😖

@3noracha |  falak.. ur the fandom’s gem.. the sharpening on ur gifs takes my breath away everytime + the colouring.. omg chef’s kiss!! i didn’t know you before you came back earlier this year but i’m so so glad you did come back bc u are so full of love 😳💗 you make the cutest graphics as well and are just radiate so much positivity 💞

@bamgchan | henri! still my confident car selfie king!! so glad i found you through sagey.. i love all your content (ur graphics.. always so well put together!) and the way you interact with people is so full of energy and positivity and i adore that! i hope 2020 treats you well 🥰

@banghans | ollie!! all of ur content.. ur gifs! amazing.. wonderful.. iconic thank you for providing so much hq content for the rest of us peasants 😌💕 your love for chan and jisung is also so pure n cute when u rave abt it 💞 bls stop being so hard on yourself and i love reading about how you’re always striving to be better to yourself! i hope 2020 is a good year for you 💖

@binnieseason | emily.. a loss for binnie stans that you’re gone 😔 anyways i hope to see you back sometime because you make such nice gifs + the colouring on them.. so pretty and clean.. how to be you! i hope things are okay with you and that you’ve been well!

@cb-97s | miss li! y/a novel protagonist herself!! li you’re a burst of sunshine in my day and i love chatting w u! your love for chan.. too pure 😭 every time i talk to you i’m like.. dang.. she’s real.. ppl get to see her for real! might force u to meet me irl 🤷‍♀️ also queen of gfx.. always so clean.. 😍 i know it’s been a stressful year for you but i hope 2020 brings you happiness and love 💞 love u! 

@changbeanie | hi ruby! ur graphics are always so intricate n pretty + the colouring on ur gifs.. so pretty 😭💖 thank you for providing like 90% of the changbin content nd keeping me well-fed 🥰 ur always so sweet to ur anons as well and are just a lil ray of sunshine ☀️

@changbinie​ | jo.. what even is there to say abt u.. still can’t believe i got u into skz.. CAN’T!!! thanks for suffering w me and dealin w me wakin u to talk abt middies.. + changbin arms.. i love u a little i think (?) 

@channie | hi fishy! ur one of the very first skz blogs i ever followed back in 2017.. we ancient 😌🤙 i know you’re not too active anymore but all of your gifs have like. the prettiest colouring ever idk how you do it! i hope you’ll come back to us 

@elfminho | min! i love the way u tag skz in your tags.. so cute 😭 star boy!!! cute 😭 ur gifs are also lovely as well 🥰 i think ur one of the first skz blogs i followed when i starting using this blog again n i’m glad i found ur blog bc i adore u 💞

@glowsvt | grace.. my little baby! i wish i could just !! get into ur brain how lovely nd wonderful of a human you are.. have more confidence in yourself! 😣 you make wonderful graphics.. ur style! cute! and you have such a sweet and good heart!! i love when you ramble about things and always appreciate how you take the time to reach out to me despite how busy you are 💕 thank you for being a real-life angel, i hope 2020 is good and kind to you 🙇‍♀️💞

@hanjisungz | britt!!! nerd squad let’s go!! you’re such an angel, the way you treat everyone who talks to you with so much kindness and positivity makes me want to cry!! ur truly just the cutest sunbeam and just such lovely lovely human!! thank u for puttin up with my late replies and how boring i am 😭 i also adore your gifs and icons.. which you know.. but always.. chefs kiss to them!

@huiracha | marie... first of all skz AND ptg? great, amazing, fantastic combination... galaxy brain 💞 secondly, u make such SUCH nice gifs 😭 ur prob one of my fav skz ccs and all ur pretty chan comp sets.. always look forward to them! thank u for also bringing me ptg content i never see enough of them 💕

@hwang-hyunjin | agnes!! ur topaz settings r always insane and they make your gifs look amazing!! + the colouring u do is always so beautiful!! the combo rly makes ur gifs so distinctive nd pretty💞 ur edits too!! just lovely 🥰 also the fact that we’re also moots on our mx blogs.. amazing.. i love a staybebe!! 

@hyunjins​ | godleigh???? still one of my fav gifmakers ever!! perfect colouring.. sharpening.. best brain! 💞 rmbr ur skz x prince series... still think abt it sometimes.. wish i could be half as brilliant as u!  i’m so glad we started talking bc u are incredibly funny and fun to talk to and i love witnessing ur breakdowns even though they’re probably way funnier to me than they should be 😭 love that u vibe w me and we can be mean together 😭 thank u for giving me this url 😭 thank u for being my friend, u truly are like. half the reason i enjoy being on this blog 😭 you’re wonderful and i love u a lot! sorry for clowning u sometimes! i hope everything sorts itself out soon bc u deserve some peace nd happiness 😩 and i wish u nothing but the best for this year and hope that the next year will be filled with good things 💖

@ifbin | mikaela.... u know i could talk abt you forever right???? ur graphics.. bro 😭 literally my fav gfx ever on this site.. u have such a vibrant + clean style it’s so sexy 😭 literally am in love with everything u make.. every time i see it i’m like 😳💖 also you’re such a sweetheart in your tags i can’t with you... spare friendship miss 💍

@jeonginz | bri! honestly.. i think you’re my oldest mutual from when we first started our blogs during survival era #ogs? 😳 when i found out you were nctmark... mind blown... anyways all your content is AMAZING even though u dont make as much for skz anymore msdg but ur dedication to all ur sideblogs.. galaxy brain 😌

@jinlix | kelly...!! still gazing at u across the river i love love love u!! how to purchase friendship? ur just the purest snowflake and a wonderful person with the cutest tags... ur love for hyunjin.. CUTE 💞 all your graphics are so pretty and clean as well.. dragonlix gfx never forgotten.. 😳 and you’re rly just a little angel!! 💞

@kim-woojins​ | emma, i know that you’re gone and closed pretty much but if you come back to this! just wanted to let you know that you were my fav woojin cc and i hope you’ll consider coming back someday 💖 your gifs.. always amazing! plus, you’re such a kind person and i hope everything is okay with you and things have settled a bit! sending you lots of love 💕

@kittylixie | moon.. honestly one day i just started seeing ur content everywhere.. ur gifs are so clean and pretty and just! mwah! you’re always so quick to gif as well i don’t know how you to do it! all the stuff you choose to gif as well.. best moments 💖

@kmwoojins | sagey.... still don’t really know how i came to be following you! 😩 but i’m so happy i am because you are so pure and sweet and i adore adore adore you!! 💞 love how welcoming and lovely you are as a human and still laugh every time i think about how shocked you are about jo and i... 😌 anyways i adore your graphics and you, thank you for just being such a lovely human, you were a wonderful part of my year 💖

@leeminho-s | hi lia! i know we only became moots recently but all your gifs.. so pretty 😳 and we never have enough minho content.. thank you for providing 😫 i’m sorry i don’t know much about you yet but i just wanted to say i admire your gifs so much and hope you have a wonderful start to the new year!

@minknows | hi thien! first of all.. your name.. so lovely 😳 secondly.. the colouring on your gifs is always so pretty and good 😭❤ the sharpening too.. 😔 just!! chefs kiss to it all, would take a class on how to gif from you 🙇‍♀️

@nochous | dez!! we haven’t interacted much on this sb of mine but hehe i loved our convo on my sf9 blog.. still always thinkin abt you calling kun daddy 😭 you’re such a fun person to talk to and i hope everything is okay with you since you’ve gone on a semi-hiatus! i hope we’ll have another chance to talk soon, sending you some good energy for 2020 💗

@prodskz | hi neha! i feel like you took a hiatus sometime this year (??) where i didn’t see you on much but i’m happy to see you a little more active on here now!! u provide such nice content + for some reason i rly rly love your icon 😭💗

@realstraykids | miss em.. secret santa FATED us 😔💕 anyways i adore you, we are the core of fantastay culture and this will forever unite us 😌 i’m vibrating at the thought of their comeback 😖 ANYWAYS you are such a friendly and lovely person and i enjoyed getting to talk with u so much over the past couple of weeks 💖 you’re one of my fav gifmakers honestly your mv aesthetics swap.. as i said.. 😭 amazing iconic showstopping! + the colouring on all your gifs.. so pretty 😭

@seungminhos |  to quote you. you are far too funny to be a gifmaker 😣 but then who would provide all the good seungmin content.. 😞 you’re such a force of nature on my dash and i love reading all your thoughts bc you are Funny.. and your love for seungmin + how you always want the best for him is pure!! our sporadic interactions too.. always enjoy them 💕 even though i know you’re stressed about being on here sometimes, i want you to know that you’re wonderful and i appreciate all you do to bring more seungmin on our dashes 💗 pls stop threatening to delete your blog, i would be devastated 😫

@seungminsmile | aurora!! the one time i was about to have a seungmin breakdown and went to you... hehe you’re such a cutie and very grounded person (imo!!) and you make the cutest little graphics.. the little doodles.. how do you do that!! 😳 and now that you’re making gifs.. Queen! i hope your first semester went well! 💕

@seunie | hello nia!! i know we are still new moots but you are such a pure soul.. just ur blog title.. angel! you radiate so much love and sweetness 💞 your gifs are always so vibrant + colourful as well and bring a bit of colour onto my dash just like you! hopefully we can speak in the coming year, i wish you the very best! 🥰

@skzbffie | rayana... all ur gifs... bro.... how to start a rayana religion... amazing 😍 ur gifs are always so clean + i can recognize them by the subtitle font you use.. u always choose the best moments to gif honestly how to be u! honestly ur tags are fun to read too don’t judge me i am just an admirer and fan of u 😭

@skznta | miss sierra! idk how to put it into words but you... goddess of goodness? you truly radiate so much positivity and happiness and it makes me so.. uwu (for lack of better words).. you’re so so cute over all your love for science and i’m glad we got to bond over that! the way you’re always striving to learn more + improve yourself.. u inspire me 😳 you are also an incredible cc and thank you for bringing so much joy into the fandom and my life!! i feel very grateful to have gotten to know you a little this year 💞

@thechanboys | jem.. u are a GEM... 😭 the way i got u for secret santa i’ll never get over it!! you are just such sunshine and so fun to talk to and 😳💞 if u ever wanna abandon bin for me.. 😌 my fav number one chan/bin stan..! i’m so happy you got into skz this year and i’m gonna try my hardest to get you into some other groups hehe 🤧 anyways, you are incredible, lovely, wonderful, amazing i love u jem!! 💖

@tinyjisung | bea! honestly.. we are moots on like 3(?) blogs our multi selves.. galaxy brain...  i know ur more active on ur ateez blog but i wanted to write abt you here anyways because I CAN! 😌 but i love all that good san content you provide + you just seem like a very calm n fun person 💕

@virgolix | nina. you’re such a cute person filled with love and you just spread so much positivity and good energy! you treat everyone with so much kindness and it’s so nice to see 💖 and if i can rave about your gifs for a minute... they are unreal 😫 the sharpening.. colouring.. always so amazingly clean + pretty + vibrant! 

@wonstal | hi hi! okay.. i adore all your content, you have the cutest colouring ever!! + topaz settings.. so pretty 😖💞 even though we started off as moots on my mx blog, i’m so glad you got into skz and ateez + will be on your sweet merry way to sf9 soon 🤞 i’m glad we’ve just started chatting a bit because you seem super fun and i’m excited to get to know you better! i hope 2020 treats you well darling 💖

@yongbells | iana.. hope everything is okay with you always and sending you lots of love! i miss seeing you on here but i hope you’re taking good care of yourself 💗 also.. gfx queen... 😖 you’re SUCH a ray of sunshine.. the way you always tell people how much you love their creations is so kind and all of your own gfx are some of the most beautiful things ever 💖 we are so blessed to have you in this fandom 😩 

[wintersongstress]

end of the year positivity

Thank you for the tag, @a-shakespearean-in-paris ! I think this is a great way to reflect and put forth positive vibes towards 2020. I’m grateful for what this year has taught me, but I’m so ready to move on from this decade. 

Name one thing you did this year that you are proud of.

I’m proud of myself for quitting a job that I had for 4 years. I had a lot of anxiety because I felt trapped there and like I couldn’t find a better one, like I needed to stay and even thought I was suffering. I’m proud that I reached a threshold where I wasn’t going to put up with it anymore, and once I crossed it I realized I wasn’t meant to be unhappy and that there ARE opportunities out there. Now I’m really happy with the job that I have, and I haven’t had a panic attack in months. I’m glad that 2019 was the year that I left that awful place. 

Tell us about an experience you enjoyed this year.

I went up in a hot air balloon when I was in Myanmar! It’s such a beautiful country, and to see it up above as the sun rose...absolutely breathtaking and unforgettable. The morning mist still clung to the trees and the temples and stupas of the Old Bagan kingdom were honeyed in the orange light breaking over the mountains. Everyone waved from below; the monks in the monasteries, the farmers in their fields on their ox-drawn carts. There came a point where I stopped taking pictures and just soaked it all in instead. 

Talk about something that has improved for you this year, however large or small.

I know it sounds silly, but I think I’ve gotten a lot better at making gifs. I love creating, but sometimes writing is really difficult for me. Gifmaking is nice because it’s more visual and doesn’t require thought articulation. 

What are you looking forward to?

Improving my mental health. It’s going to be a slow, steady process but I hope I can get to a point where I can go back to school again. There’s also some cool-looking games coming out next year😂.

Anything else you would like to say?

I sincerely wish everyone a happy new year! Seriously, I want you all to prosper and for life to be kind to you. I hope nothing but good things come your way♥♥♥

tagging, no pressure! : @shadows-echoes // @little-box-of-flower-pots // @shallow-gravy // @porkchop-ao3 // @the-darklings // @nordic-breeze // @dicax-asina // @hindarsfjall // @pandemoniumambassador

[anthony-kate]

PSA:

Yesterday, I made a post that someone in the SH fandom very obviously is stealing gifs from various gifmakers, mine included, resized/re-cropped them, added text, only to put them together into new sets and then claiming these as their own.

I didn’t want to make a callout post because netiquette and I am probably too nice but enough is enough. Especially after seeing that even after a mutual of mine and other Anons called them out, absolutely nothing has changed and they are still trying to play the victim here.

So yes, I am talking about user saramoonwolf.

For months now they have taken (read: stole) gifs from various gifmakers such as malecshappiness, lutavero, shumbane, violetsquagmire, daeneryskairipa, alecmagnu, lghtwood-bane or mine, and those are just the people whose gifs I could identify or who have reached out to me after I made them aware of this issue. 

As stated above, the user saramoonwolf stole gifs, added text and put these “new” gifs together in new posts. Which would not even be that shocking because if you are a gifmaker you have to deal with people stealing and reposting your stuff without credit literally every other day. But the gall to put under every post “my gifs/my edits” when they just took the work from others AND then even tagging the big daily blogs so that these posts ended up getting more notes. Wow, the audacity?!

A few examples?

(x) >> Magnus gifs, Alec gifs

(x) >> stolen from here

og | stolen

(x) >> first row: malecshappiness, 2nd row: lghtwood-bane (basically this example showcases everything you need to know!)

(x) >> first: alecmagnu, 2nd: mine

(x) >> 2nd gif: mine, just combined these 5 gifs into 1 gif

(x) >> half of these are from malecshappiness again

(x) >> profile gifs from here

(x) >> the last 3 are mine again

og | stolen

....

Like I said, stealing those gifs for months is one thing but what really leaves me speechless in this situation is the absolute impudence of doing that in the first place and not show any sign of a sense of guilt after very obviously getting called out.

Because even after Anons called them out and wanted an explanation why the gifs have so fucked up dimensions and look so weird, they still pretended that they made these gifs. There was a reply just yesterday that said that the Anon was wrong. Or this post. Instead of coming clean and admitting that they stole gifs, they played the victim card and acted as if everyone was in the wrong. When there were already receipts!

And even now, after a mutual of mine contacted them, there is NO post with an apology. No sign of regret. No explanation. In fact, from what I have been told and seen so far, they only feel sorry that they got caught. Not feel sorry for what they did. 

That’s why I decided to go public now. 

This is too big and too important. Let alone that this not just concerns like two gifs of mine that have been stolen but literally every gifmaker in this fandom can look for their stolen gifs and probably easily find them. This is huge and I believe staying silent in this case is definitely not the answer. Especially when seeing that they probably would continue this in a few days again. And without even coming clean.

Besides, the lack of a genuine apology aside for a second, but the posts with the hundreds of stolen gifs are still there. They haven’t been deleted!!! So, if you are “feeling sorry” which very obviously you don’t, why didn’t you delete these posts immediately? Because they still give you notes most likely? Yeah, I thought so.

So please, for the love of God: STOP REBLOGGING FROM THIS USER!!!

And for the future: If you see a gif or a whole post where it is very obvious that the gifs have been stolen because the dimensions are fucked up, there are different and weird looking fonts, the colorings do not match and the gifs have different sizes----basically, it is obvious that these gifs are stolen: DO NOT REBLOG!!! If you make the connection who the og gifmaker is, contact them. 

Just... please reblog with open eyes in the future!!! It is often very easy to see what post have stolen gifs. Thank you.

[homodnp]

creator tag

rules: It’s time to love yourselves! choose your 5 favourite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world in 2019. tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works!

thank you to the lovely @judearaya @outphan and @alittledizzy for tagging me!!

1. life is but a dream (fic)

an underrated lil baby of a fic, at least in my biased opinion. i’ve always found most comfort in understanding and using natural imagery, so although those lads never go outside i wanted to write a fic about what might happen on such an occasion. at the time it also didn’t help that i’d asked a friend of mine (whom i’ve liked for years) to go rowing together cus it was late summer and why the fuck not. we were making arrangements, but then she just stopped texting at all for two weeks and nothing came of it. it was rough, so i vented my heartbreak by imagining a universe where at least someone else could get the rowing date they wanted.

2. the king (fic)

again, this was a result of my own personal life - you guessed it: heartbreak! i was driving into town, healing over someone who had recently rejected me, listening to this fic’s song, and then i realised “this is like how i imagine phil felt in 2009 before oct 19.” because pining for someone who is sending mixed signals, pining for someone who seems confused even though in your eye there is no clearer answer? that is some relatable shit. writing this was largely therapeutic and helped me come to terms with my own situation, through exploring fic!phil’s feelings. because this fic was more than just surface pining: it is about all the insecurities, all the anger, all the panicking which comes with it. the key to it was that anyone reading it knows that things do turn out for the better and dan does choose phil, even if neither can see it now. so for myself, it was reassurance that when life hits rock bottom there’s only one way up, that the present does not reflect the future. but at the same time, even if things are destined to improve, it is beyond your knowledge and your feelings now are still valid. you are allowed your anger and your sadness, but do not take it as the end.

3. ‘talk abt dnp love languages and the way they express them pleasee’ (meta)

back in days of old when i got anons, sometimes i did a bunch of interpretation/analysis stuff, and this was probably my favourite to write. i don’t have much to say about it here other than that it’s something i’ve seen people discuss at length and i hopped on the opportunity to give my two cents on it lol

4. ‘you are the drum!’ (gifset)

my first ever gifs, the day i got photoshop completely legally *cough*. are they good quality, rich in technique? fuck no! was i, and am i still, pleased with them? fuck yes! especially because if every phannie were to have a ‘niche’ in what phandom stuff they like to indulge in, phil being a fond guy is definitely mine. :’)

5. first impressions (gifset)

for what is probably one of my favourite gaming vids of theirs ever, my second of two gifsets i’ve done so far - i would have done more but i have legit no idea what i’m doing wrong that makes them so low-definition. each gif was also more saturated than the one before, which i did not intend. oh well, i am not a good gifmaker and i own it! (but send me all your tutorials please, i need ‘em!)

overall?

the reason i only included two fics in this list is because they are my only two so far. i want to do a lot more fic-posting - you will not believe the number of wips i have in my fic GD folder right now. my 2019 has been absolutely chaotic which is why i haven’t posted much, in many ways i’m surprised i’ve got anything done at all lol. but it’s been a good year for me, definitely a brilliant one for the overall phandom. may 2020 be kind to us all. happy new year!

i am so sorry if i miss anyone, it’s just off the top of my head that i am tagging: @karcathy @elisethephangirl @phlanetary @toxicnebulaae-deactivated201912 @imdyingriprip @autumn-in-phandom @calvinahobbes @itsaravetree @throwing-roses-into-the-abyss @owodnp @incognitovampiregoblin

[jlf23tumble]

Recap: Kiss Kiss 2012

THE CATEGORY IS...PUBLIC EDGING, and you have two options, read this recap or binge "Pose" (you can do both, it's a long weekend, but I heavily favor Billy Porter and Mj Rodriguez and everyone else on that show, they’re god-tier, the end, GO WATCH).

If you’re down for some public edging on this bullshit holiday, though, nobody does it better than Louis Tomlinson jacking off a plant purely to make Harry Styles uncomfortable. We've all seen the gifs, but I recommend watching this one in full because it actually has a shit-ton of other things happening in it, too, plus, if you need a break from fireworks (or if "Pose" has hit you hard in the feels), these 16 minutes can be a tiny breath of fresh air. Allez cuisine!

Here's the link to the full interview, and if you speak Italian, BOY, ARE YOU IN LUCK because you'll actually understand the (exceedingly lengthy) questions instead of relying on the (somewhat hungover) answers for context (the questions are literally never translated). I know a smattering of Italian, so all the comments are thisclose to something I sorta get, enough to make me wanna fire up Duolingo, anyway, but here are some things to keep an eye out for:

This was filmed on November 1, 2012, the day after Halloween, which is presumably why both Louis and Zayn haven't quite removed all their eye makeup, but they're clearly followed around by a squad of people, and yet nobody has the time or inclination to hand over a makeup wipe

Louis is ON FIRE, presumably because all of them are low-energy and hungover, so he’s pulling the entire weight, and it is exhausting, he’s shot out of a canon from the introductions with a dance that I wish I had the power to gif:

Take a drink every time he and Zayn squirm around and end up sitting like this:

WMYB plays in a constant loop in the background--at least five times consecutively over the course of this talk--and why does that always happen in every interview they do, WE GET IT

They're already world famous at this point, but Louis says not to worry, they all have their own private homes, and "actually no one knows where we live...ha. ha. ha.”

Who wore the maroon scooped-neck shirt of fic lore better?

I love that there's a question about disguises that works on two levels (I definitely recognized "barba" [beard in Italian] in one of those questions, lmao)

During a lengthy question about flash mobs, Louis and Niall both mime boobs/shirt lifting before getting around to answering the question, and I'm so into Louis saying he wants to know when the next one is, "So we can show up DRESSED AS WOMEN," the last bit directed at Harry, who when the camera pulls back, is looking at the ceiling

Louis makes move no. 1 for the plant, but the interviewers step in to hand over an ipad (to prove the flash mob numbers??? Louis: "I have to confess, I'm an absolute tech geek" Me: “uh, okay?”)

There's some talk about them being in the wax museum, then they all sort of shake themselves awake to pose as wax figures, which is just...yeah (Louis's the last one to break his pose, and it's as awkward as you think it could be):

The fan questions are just as challenging as the host ones, but thankfully, much shorter, and we DO learn a few things, like, these five watched a lot of films about the Beatles together as a group, and I stared at the wall for a long time wondering why: Were they told to, in some sort of push to get them to emulate that cheeky band camaraderie? Did they opt to do so on their own, to see what a similar group went through and dealt with? Was this what pushed them to take over some song-writing control, etc.? Of all the things they could sit around and watch together, why was it films about the Beatles (not even Beatles films)???? I have questions!!!!

Let’s just appreciate this gorgeous hand AND Zayn’s incredible face (if, like me, you’ve actually read the bullshit of “Who We Are,” you know the bullshit story “straight from his mouth” about the bleach streak, lmao:

But the real gold is at 7:30, jerk-off-o'clock, and this entire segment is incredible because Louis's being a little shit (up until now, he's been on the ipad looking at fanart (my guess), but Harry's not playing along when Louis starts trying to edge him mid-interview (looks down uncomfortably after he sees it), and OF COURSE, after fruitlessly wanking this plant, Louis looks to the right (to the team, presumably), his face drops slightly, and he stops abruptly:

During all of this, they’re still going on and on about the Beatles, but Louis has moved on to do a complicated dance move to get Harry's attention (no dice, he gets it for a second, then Harry's looking down again), gifmakers, assemble!!

Louis grabs the ipad again, and as Liam drones on about the Beatles some more, he shows him something distracting, and we soon learn it's a big page of boobs (straight guys, amirite??)

The interviewers finally get into the makeup traces, and we learn that Liam, Louis, and Zayn went full-on with face makeup this year (whither narry??), and that "it was a good night, we did crazy dancing, not many people recognized us"

Louis grows bored of the next fan question, so it's on to chance no. 3 to jack off a plant:

There's a lot of chatter about learning Italian, how much fun they're having, the crazy year they've had with the Olympics, their sloppy-ass video shoots, etc.

Louis and Harry finally get on the same page and start doing that telepathic language twins speak before Harry praises a bunch of randos currently on the charts who are good to write with (Ed Sheerhands, McFly, you know the type--white, male, nonthreatening, chart-topping):

There's a really weird segue into having them sign some shit for charity and take a look at some fan mail, and these are the faces of people who have seen some shit, Euphoria was a goddamned cake walk:

But BY FAR, the best part is at the end, when the interviewers need to jack themselves off and ask if this was a good experience or not, and Liam (!!) says, "I think this could have been the best interview ever," Harry deadpans, "It's the top three for sure," and Louis slamdunks it with, "This is potentially the best moment of my life.” I PROMISE YOU, if you watch nothing else here, tune into those last ten seconds, and you can die happy

[babblingblondegenius]

Someone Save Felicity Megan Smoak-Queen

I’m kinda speechless right now at the utter incompetency of the Arrow writers room but let’s give it a shot.  EPISODE 7X21 SPOILERS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Season 8 is increasingly seeming like a very bad idea since the writers are clearly out of fresh ideas already.  Only two episodes left with their leading lady and the Arrow writers focus on Oliver hallucinating a long-dead Tommy Merlyn.  I’m in the same boat that I was last week with Roy; I like Tommy but now is not the time.  There is a huge problem when the emotional crux of the episode is between Oliver and Tommy rather than Oliver and Felicity because Oliver is spending more time having in-depth conversations with a character who isn’t even on the show than he is with his pregnant wife.  

Especially given the topic of conversation.  After weeks of trying to ‘redeem’ Emiko by giving her the benefit of the doubt because she’s ‘family,’ Oliver has finally decided that she must be stopped, no matter what.  Hallucination Tommy wants to counterpoint, telling Oliver that killing Emiko makes Oliver just like his father and is only ensuring that the cycle of violence will continue.  

Here’s where I am with that:  #1  Oliver Queen is not Robert Queen!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Let me copy and paste from my review last week:   Robert is dead.  Oliver can’t change the past or what Robert did.  Oliver isn’t responsible for his father’s actions.  Oliver didn’t even know Emiko existed and since he found out, all he’s done is try to be a good brother to her.  Oliver proved he had nothing to do with her mother’s death and figured out who did for her.

#2  Oliver Queen is a non-super-powered, not-a-metahuman vigilante with badass archery skills and a big heart.  Sometimes in the field when facing a baddie, it is kill or be killed.  If the choice is between the bad guy or Oliver getting to live, I’m picking Oliver every day of the week and twice on Sunday without a second thought and zero remorse.  #sorrynotsorry

#3.  Oliver has changed and grown from the man who let the hood consume him and his need for vengeance in season 1.  Oliver has accounted for his mistakes, atoned for his sins, admitted his moral failings, tried to make a difference in the light, and served his penance at Slabside.  Oliver is already a hero, whether the city chooses to acknowledge that or not.  He shouldn’t have to die, or sacrifice 20 years with his family, or try to redeem someone who is going to harm an entire city for the 5,468,439 time, to prove himself a true hero.

#4  The flash-forwards have shown us that the cycle of violence continues in spite of Oliver, not because of him.  Star City has fallen into ruin in the absence of Oliver Queen.  The cycle of violence is perpetuated by the bad guys, NOT Oliver.  If Oliver Queen had his way, Star City would be an uncorrupted, safe and peaceful place to live and Oliver would be a stay-at-home dad raising William, Mia, Lucas, 5 rescue puppies, a stray cat, and two hamsters named Frick and Frack while Felicity runs her company and creates innovative and affordable tech to help the masses and make the world a better place in general.

Speaking of the flash-forwards, the writers are also wasting a lot of time with present-day peril because we already know these characters are alive in the future so there is absolutely no suspense or emotional investment.  The only time I freaked out was over Dig and then 5 seconds later, I remembered that he is alive in the future even though we haven’t seen him yet.  5 seconds after that, it turns out Dig wasn’t injured at all and it was just another part of Oliver’s dream.

Same Oliver.  That was me watching this episode.  In part because the flash-forwards continue to be inconsistent, this week with Felicity and William.  Cause plot, William is now mad at Felicity again for abandoning him.  Listen kiddo, you said you wanted a normal life and you chose to go live with your grandparents.  Mia may have been raised by Felicity but she didn’t get a ‘normal’ life.  They lived in isolation as Felicity did the best she could.  This is the woman who took on a psychopath with nothing but a fireplace poker to give you the chance to run. She would have gladly taken a bullet for you.  Can she get a break already?

Also, to the shock of no one, we find out that Alena sold Archer to Galaxy One.  The real shocker would have been if they actually let Felicity have a real friend.  

The best part of the episode was Felicity outsmarting the Keystone Kops SCPD when they tried to arrest her.  We been knew they are useless but it worked in our favor this time.  Felicity and Alena escape to the bunker so they can help the team find Oliver.  Things are going okay until Emiko shows up at the bunker (do they even have any type of security anymore or nah?) and shoots an arrow at Felicity.  Felicity pleads with Emiko not to kill her because she’s pregnant.  Uh, Felicity, I love you with the force of a thousand suns, but why tf would you share that information with the evil bitch who just dropped a whole ass building on your husband?  Do you really think Emiko cares about your child, other than to use it as a means to hurt you or Oliver?  

Whatevs, Emiko left and went back to the demolished building.   She and Oliver must have passed each other on the street because Oliver and the team come back to the bunker and we got an awkward Olicity reunion where they literally seemed to stop short of each other while asking if the other is okay.  Emily at least tries to infuse some emotion into the scene with tentative touches and by touching her belly when Oliver almost asks about the baby.  Both of them almost died and there was no hug, no kiss, and not a lot of emotion.  Not sure if SA used up all his emotional reserves in the scenes with CD or if it was a director’s choice or the writing or a combination of all three but it once again showed that the heart of this show is already gone.  Even with an injured arm, Oliver can and should still hug his wife.  

Injuries have never gotten in the way of hugs before.....

And I miss this Olicity more than words can say.  Oliver and company went back to the building to face off with Emiko but Oliver let her go so they could continue to focus on everything except the dynamics that matter most next week too. For Emily’s final episode, she wasn’t shown in the promo at all.  Obviously I know she will have scenes next week but I don’t see how they will have enough time to do her story line justice and have any type of emotionally satisfying ending.

I hope I’m wrong.  Felicity Megan Smoak Queen changed the course of this show seven years ago and she deserves to go out on a high note.

Thanks to all the amazing gifmakers. :)  Felicity/Dig gif credit to fanforum.com; Oliver / Thea gif credit to fangirlish.com; Felicity confused gif credit to tenor.com.

[panda013]

on shipping

Contains spoilers for Voltron: Legendary Defender, season 2.

If you don’t want to see them, don’t read, but I’m not putting this under a cut because it’s important. And if you’re going to read what I say, read it all, not just the start, even if you don’t like the beginning.

On shipping (or not shipping) Sheith:

Stop pointing out the brother’s line in S2E08 as a way to gloat about the “death” of a ship.

I don’t care who you are. I don’t care what you ship. But I do care about the fact that you’re trying to shove your beliefs and interpretations down everyone’s throats when there are, in fact, still other ways to look at the situation.

I’m going to clarify this with: I do not ship Sheith. I never have, and I probably never will. But I can see why people do, and I understand that part of being a fandom is respecting everyone and their own ships.

Now, that said, let’s move on to discuss why I say this, why I would defend something I can’t ship (gasp, is this tolerance?!) and why I urge you to stop attacking each other and arguing when this is a show that isn’t focused on romance and a show in which there are no current canon pairings, except for Sam and Colleen Holt and subtle hints at Hunk and Shay.

1. Respect how Keith feels.

What do you think I mean by that?

It means that I 100%, wholeheartedly accept that he truly feels that Shiro is his brother. Keith Kogane is not the kind of person that would say something he didn’t mean, and in the moment when he tells Fake-Shiro that he’s like a brother, Keith believes it with all his heart, and it’s hard for him to say.

Respect how he feels.

In that instant, Keith believes that Shiro is like a brother to him, yes. 

But this doesn’t mean it can’t lead to more later.

Keith thinks of Shiro as his brother, but he also seems to have little experience with family that stays, so he’s afraid of being attached because he’s afraid that Shiro will just leave, like his mother and ultimately, like I think his father did. He’s scared to acknowledge how much Shiro really means to him.

So, from a Sheith fan’s perspective, this isn’t the death of the ship. From my perspective, it’s still not the death of a ship. What it is, however, is a tantalizing taste of something more. It’s acknowledgement that, at this point in time, Shiro is the closest person to Keith. And it’s absolutely true. 

It’s how Keith feels in that moment; he’s pure, he’s vulnerable, and he’s afraid of being left alone again.

Respect that he feels this way - this is for antis and fans of the ship alike.

2. Think about the possibilities.

After talking about how Keith feels, you have to consider what comes next.

Some people are blatantly throwing that scene around and declaring it as the end. Celebrating it. And this is what I hate about fandom. This is both an absolutely disgusting display of entitlement and an incredibly rude attitude towards anyone whose views do not align with theirs.

But consider the numerous possibilities.

Consider the slow realization that Shiro means more to him than a brother. The realization that Shiro is his family, but not just because they’re close. Consider Keith coming to terms with the fact that his feelings are more than platonic or familial, and learning to accept the idea of romantic love into his life for the first time.

Consider that.

I don’t care if you’re not a Sheith shipper. Consider it from and outsider’s point of view if you must. Consider how it may have happened in other series or stories you’ve watched or read. Consider just the misinterpretation of brotherly affection, how Keith didn’t realize how much he really loved Shiro until faced with, say, his disappearance?

Do not blame or attack or shame when you haven’t even considered the natural progression, the idea of love, the blossoming of warmth and hope and affection in his chest when he realizes that there’s something more.

Shiro is a brother to him now, but feelings wax and wane and there is nothing stopping a fan creator, whether they are an artist or a writer or a gifmaker, from exploring those varying factors.

3. Remember that a fandom is a community, and hatred divides us all.

I am not stopping you. I am not stopping them. They are not stopping me. So what right do you have to try to stop them?

This ship hate is divisive. It eats away at the fandom from the inside, creating something grotesque and vile, sending tendrils of poison into even the most inconspicuous corners of the fandom.

This needs to stop.

You are not better than anyone here.

I don’t care what you think, but your ships are not better than mine. My ships are not better than yours. Someone who ships your notp is not in the wrong. Your opinions do not trump theirs, and it is wrong on every level to try forcing your ships on people.

Stop gloating.

I don’t care how many “moments” your ship got. Don’t rub it in someone’s face just because you think it directly contradicts their beliefs, or their ship.

If you’re doing this, you are what’s wrong with fandom.

Practice tolerance. Use blacklisting. Try to have civil conversations about why or why not you like what you do, and why they don’t.

Do whatever makes the fandom a comfortable place for you, within reason. This does NOT include making rude comments about other ships, or other people who like them.

4. Discourse.

Discourse.

This fandom has so much of it, it’s sickening. But it happens with every fandom at some point or another, when so many people with differing opinions come into the picture. Especially when we have younger generations, who feel so entitled to their opinions and who were raised to believe that they can say or do whatever they want, mixed in with older generations who have been here since the original, who think they’re schooling the younger kids when they’re only making it worse.

But my remarks on the discourse are simple:

AGES:

For months, all official sources still said five teens, even after that video fiasco and a few interviews. I choose to believe the official printed sources over things that may have been said in the moment or under duress. Which is why I also do not take the rough ages given by the voice actors recently as fact. 

And I will write them at whichever ages I please, because THIS IS WHAT FANFICTION IS FOR.

SHIPS:

I don’t care which ones you ship and which you don’t. You’re free to them, because it’s your decision.

But stop spreading hate to those who don’t ship what you ship.

I ship Shidge. Have you seen me blaspheming and hating on everyone who doesn’t agree? But because of fandom mentality, and the disgusting pack approach of some antis, I haven’t publicized it very much. In fact, I tricked myself into believing that I shipped Klance more because of how much hatred I had seen.

Someone shouldn’t be afraid to tell someone about a ship they like, or to admit that they don’t like a ship.

Stop making this an environment where people feel safer to keep their ships to themselves. 

Stop the hate. 

Stop the fighting. 

Stop trying to shove your beliefs and ships into everyone’s faces.

Stop.

This is our fandom.

We are all trying to show our love for the series in our own ways.

TOGETHER.

We may not always agree, we may not see eye to eye, but the key to progress is patience and tolerance and above all, the ability to see that there really is a person behind the profile you’re attacking. 

They have feelings. They have beliefs. They have a story that you know nothing about. And all of these make up who they are and how they view the world. 

They’re going to be different from you. Everyone is. 

In order to become a better person, a better member of fandom society as a whole, you have to be able to see that

And a final note: Don’t make Space Dad sad. Wherever he is, he would want us all to get along.