#please do not pirate their books

[acediscowlng]

it is always amusing when i see americans telling people in third world countries to go to a library instead of pirating books. brcause like. my city had a grand total of one library. and all it had were civil engineering books from the 90s that you could not take out of the library. that library is also closed now. and that's my city. the province my mom grew up in did not have a library and still does not have a library. what exactly do you expect me to do here. where is this nonexistent library that i am supposed to be reading books from.

[incogneat-oh]

Hey anon, thanks for the well-intentioned ask but I literally cannot express how against pirating I am. Please support authors.

[piratecaptainscaptainpirates]

I'm so sorry this is so random but you mentioned being a pirate historian once and I'm curious: what even IS the golden age of piracy? When did it end? Feel free to ignore, sorry again!

Okay you have to know that this question literally made my day! Yes, I'm a historian (PhD student right now 🤘🏾) and the golden age of piracy has always been a huge special interest of mine!

So, what the fuck even is the golden age of piracy? That's simply the name for the period during which the most pirates were active in European-controlled waters in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Thousands of pirates were active during the golden age and the sheer amount of valuable items being shipped to and from Europe made it a very lucrative profession for a hot minute. Piracy was still not an easy job; pirates typically lived for only a year or two in the business (the real Stede Bonnet and Blackbeard were not exceptions to this rule).

The golden age, depending on who you ask, is generally dated from 1650-1730, about 80 years. Again, though, that depends on who you ask; some historians only consider the "real" golden age to start around 1690. There's debate because it can be split into distinct sections based on pirate behaviors, but generally its agreed the last section, from around 1715-1726, was the most active because of many sailors being left unemployed as various naval wars began and ended and falling into piracy as a result.

The end of the golden age corresponds to the end of piracy itself as a major Thing in European-controlled waters. The golden age ended in little steps and stages between 1710-1730, and yes there's overlap with some of the most prominant pirate activity there, but that's because this was a very slow death. The golden age ended because imperial powers started to crack down very hard on piracy as colonial empires established stronger local governments which just made it harder to slip under the radar, privateering (legal piracy, essentially) was made illegal pretty much everywhere, piracy was slowly becoming less and less profitable as it was harder to capture ships thanks to a bigger naval presence, and offers such as the Act of Grace (which was a real thing!) were pretty common and allowed pirates to leave piracy and immediately get a job.

[lhazaar]

man wotc really hates money huh! why would you not print more than like 10% of your pre-orders for the giant new release you're hyping up!!

[softcenteregg]

Give him the jumpsuit, Oda.

[jade-jupiter]

to the guy who stole a copy of the book of bill from my job yesterday, i hope you know this is not what alex hirsch meant when he said “get your copy today”

[t-annuki]

The navy blue trinity 🇬🇧

Groves and Gillette fanarts? Where are you? Why!? They deserve more love,what do you think?

Tumbrl I hate your shitty quality

[911-on-abc]

please sir can I have a Batman/DCU fic written by someone who has actually read the comics

[howtodrawyourdragon]

This is another difference between Hiccup and Horrendous, I believe.

Here in the book, Horrendous (aged 10 still) believes the warning at the front and that's why he doesn't want the coffin to be opened. He believes in the curse to the point of panicking when his father opens a supposedly cursed coffin.

In the movies and shows, Hiccup is a firm sceptic. He's familiar with their rituals and their deities, but doesn't seem to believe in them. Certainly not as much as, say, Fishlegs who was ready to blame disappearing islands on the wrath of Odinn or Thor. Astrid, too, seems to believe when she recalls the tale of her aunt who had to sail off the edge of the world to satisfy Odinn or something.

The only moment we've seen Hiccup believe in any way is when he and his friends made that tribute for Thorr, hoping it would stop the thunderstorms above Berk, thereby keeping scrutiny off Toothless' back.

Even when bones rain down from the sky, he calls it "weird" and still doesn't believe in this Fog Monster that supposedly took Johann's boat in the Breakneck Bog episode in Riders of Berk. He needs hard proof before he believes in anything supernatural or paranormal. (That or Toothless needs to be at risk)

Even so, I still don't think he would've just opened a coffin. Not because he actually believes in curses, but rather out of respect for the person inside.

Maybe it's the difference in age- one is 10, the other 15- maybe it's because the books do hint at magic and the mystic being real. (Apparently, Httyd and TWOO take place in the same universe?) Either way, an interesting difference between the two, for sure.

[beans-in-your-socks]

TW: SA

so about the Neil Gaiman SA allegations

this is really really gross. i honestly cant believe this.

guys, please.

ALWAYS BELIEVE SA SURVIVORS.

like I mean come on, seriously? how are there people defending him? do you really think they would even come out and talk about this and report it if it wasn't true? this man has a MASSIVE following, and imagine all the repercussions it would have on them if they were lying. you wouldn't report this, when its regarding someone so famous, if it wasn't true.

my heart goes out to both of the survivors ❤️‍����❤️‍🩹

[arsenicflame]

shout out to this is how you lose the time war for being the only piece of media to never let me down <3

[arosnowflake]

It irks me so much when otherwise pro-piracy people draw the line at book piracy. Yes artists deserve to be paid for their work, and the money you pay for a book goes to the artist in a more direct way than in much of the video game/TV/movie industry. Having a book do badly absolutely can and does affect the author negatively, so if piracy seriously cuts into a book's sales then that's bad for the author. But also: it's not a lost sale if you couldn't afford to pay for it. That does not suddenly stop being true for book piracy. If the publishing industry makes books prohibitively expensive, you do not get to blame poor people for pirating them anymore than you get to blame poor people for pirating video games, movies, and TV shows.

"Just borrow it from your local library!" not always possible. Not everyone has a local library, can afford a membership to a local library, or can physically access a local library. Get okay with book piracy right now. Poor people have a right to experience art too. The publishing industry and capitalism is your enemy, not poor people pirating books because that's the only way they can afford to read. If you're an author who hates book piracy because you're worried about your bottom line may I direct your rage away from poor people and towards capitalism.

[magic-allity]

What sorts of things or aspects do you like to get to know about a character and their story? Like, if you were to make some sort of form or layout, what criteria or questions would you ask?

[north-wilkesboro-moonshine-cave]

girl HELP im thinking about horror movie archetypes and racecar drivers again

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

It's really funny writing a fantasy series because everyone else has maps that I will go absolutely batshit insane over because they're so gorgeous and detailed-

And this is my baby. Courtesy of Paint. Feast your eyes on my VERY DETAILED WIP map for my Seven Sanctuaries series:

[archgabrielangel]

unfriendly reminder that Dior Goodjohn is in fact a zionist! do not stream her music. also this is yet another reason not to stream PJO on Disney +!