#sm(e) propaganda

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VOTE FOR SM(E) IN THE @tmntaucompetition BECAUSE:

Directly supporting a CSA survivor (me) emotionally (winning at an internet competition) is good 👍

You guys like divorce right? We have divorce eventually! It's gonna be great!

Plus, if I get into the actual competition, I will:

1. Open a day-long QNA where I must be honest about everything the asker desires and

2. Begin working on an animatic to "once shattered, now whole" from Centaurworld. Yes, you will be allowed to bully me into finishing it instead of taking literally ten million years

3. The further I get in the comp, the more spoilers you get!

Also I'll kill Meatsweats onscreen and it won't even traumatize Mikey that much if I win the whole competition!!

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"Uh- I- good one! I should probably go- with him, uh, he's my soulmate- I kinda gotta-" He'd dropped the cookies. He'd dropped the fucking cookies. Gods, Rupert would be so angry, he should've been more careful-

Oh. Okay, he was being dragged away. This was fine. He was fine.

"Can we at least bring Rupert, too?" He asked softly. It would be wrong to leave him behind, they were soulmates, they should be doing everything together!

But maybe it'd be safer not to. Because the other turtles would hurt him. Yeah, that... That was it. Nothing else.

A totally normal AU appears, offering cookies!

Two’s lip curled in a snarl, baring sharp teeth at the unfamiliar humans. A hiss rattled inside his throat, and the large man took a step back, his face twisting in what Two could only assume must be some strange mix of disgust and fear. He’d never been very good at guessing emotions, and even if he was, they came across differently on human faces. The smaller human didn’t move, but he frowned, not like he was afraid but like he was disappointed. The expression was eerily familiar, even if the features were not. 

“Let’s get out of here,” the big man grunted, taking another step back, eyes lingering in ways that made Two’s scales crawl. 

“If you really think we should, then I guess…” the small human mumbled, and Two’s eyes went wide. That voice!

He surged forward, and the small human startled back. Before he could get far, Two grabbed him, pulling them closer, hands cradling his squishy human face, mindful not to break the fragile skin with his claws. He searched his features for a hint of familiarity. Eyes darted over the curve of his cheeks, the shape and color of his eyes, the expressions he wore as he stared back like he wasn’t sure whether to be concerned or amused. 

“You’re another version of Four,” the mutant turtle murmured, eyes going wide with horror before they narrowed. He bared his teeth again and hissed, “What did they do to you?”

Mikey laughed awkwardly and tried to wave him off. Behind him, the larger human was raising his voice, booming with an anger that had Mikey trying to hide winces with every word. Two shook with barely repressed rage at the sight of a version of his brother twisted like this, shrinking into himself and broken in a way not even Draxum had managed yet. He cast a glare at the man behind it, jaw aching with the urge to sink teeth into a vulnerable throat; to tear and rend and destroy a human threat, just as he’d been designed for. 

But he tamped it back. 

“You’re coming with me,” Two announced firmly, and without paying any mind to the protests, he turned and left, hand holding tightly onto the strange human version of his brother’s hand.  @error-core-animations

@tmntstorycomp

[klimtjardin]

Inconsistências & incoerências na marca NCT

Olá, meus caros NCTzens! Hoje, estou aqui para escrever sobre um fato que me causa certa indignação, principalmente como NCTzen, mas também como artista e como alguém que aprecia as artes num todo.

Analisando, nesses quase 10 anos que acompanho o NCT, consigo pontuar certas coisas que o fizeram se tornar uma marca com potencial desperdiçado {para não dizer, uma marca fraca}. Por mais que eu ame esse grupo, não posso fingir que isso não acontece.

Nesse texto, pretendo falar sobre porque a SM só dá tiro no pé quando o assunto é o grupo. Tudo isso poderia ser resumido a uma única palavra: branding.

Não vou entrar em detalhes de polêmicas envolvendo o nome dos membros e da empresa, mas saibam que isso também contribui para esses ruídos na imagem do NCT. Essa é uma continuação desse post sobre a identidade visual do grupo.

A primeira inconsistência maior que gostaria de pontuar, é de que o NCT foi vendido como um grupo inovador e isso consta em seu próprio nome: Neo Culture Technology. Dito isso, seu marketing foi maiormente feito em cima do conceito de um sistema ilimitado de membros, de um sistema de graduação de uma das unidades, e também do fato de que cada unidade representaria algo diferente, além de uma região. Essa foi a propaganda que sustentou o NCT por anos. Porém, a longo prazo não foi possível sustentar.

Quando houve esse rompimento, seria necessário ter feito um rebranding do NCT, pois, quando uma marca perde um pilar importante é fácil para ela se tornar irreconhecível no mercado em seguida. Imagine esse exemplo prático: se a Apple deixasse de usar a maçã para representá-la, a credibilidade da marca seria duramente afetada, pois foram anos e anos sustentando aquela imagem como peça fundamental.

Segundo ponto: o NCT não possui uma logomarca forte. Sei que eles debutaram em uma época em que o design se tornava bastante minimalista, mas para mim é um erro amador vindo de uma empresa do porte da SM. Pode até ser que na época fosse visto como um movimento datado, mas infelizmente uma logomarca é um ponto importante para reconhecer uma marca antes de ela se apresentar propriamente.

Dentro de sua logo, ao menos um singelo símbolo, o NCT precisaria ter... Pois uma marca é principalmente construída a partir de conceitos visuais e estéticos. O público a quem uma marca atende, precisa sentir que faz parte de algo, quase como se fosse um clubinho.

Outro ponto: resistência no uso da cor verde nos materiais relacionados ao grupo. O NCT 127, por exemplo, começou a utilizar o "verde neo" em Regular; já era o terceiro comeback do grupo. Hoje em dia, venhamos e convenhamos, o verde do NCT é a única coisa que os identifica. Imagine se esse artifício fosse bem aproveitado desde o início do grupo? O verde neo, além de identificar o grupo, não é uma cor tão comum, é uma cor geralmente associada a extraterrestres, então chama a atenção para esse lado dos caras serem "diferentes", algo novo posto à mesa.

Próximo ponto: resistência a conceitos fixos. Sei que esse ponto é o que mais vai gerar discordâncias, mas é minha opinião pessoal. Vejo que grupos de empresas não tão conhecidas acabaram fazendo seu nome no meio dessa forma. Repetindo conceitos para o público entender a proposta, e depois de terem se estabelecido, puderam começar a ousar. Para um público se identificar com um artista, é essencial ter algo com o que se identificar. Se você tenta se identificar com todo mundo, então você não se identifica com ninguém. O conteúdo se torna genérico.

Por último, mas não menos importante, e como mencionei não vou adentrar em polêmicas, mas a associação a marcas que não tem tanto a ver com o NCT, nem com os membros. Para um nome ser crível no mercado, tudo aquilo que se associa a ele também precisa seguir a mesma linha. Dificilmente essa narrativa será construída com marcas e feats com artistas desconhecidos para quem consome Kpop, ou que nenhuma relação tem com o que o grupo produz. Acaba se criando aquele efeito de quando vemos a Fátima Bernardes fazendo publicidade para a Seara. Sabemos que ela não come Seara, nem a pau.

Quais seriam as soluções?

O NCT precisa urgentemente de um rebranding, alguém que pense isoladamente em soluções para erguer esse nome que está sempre à beira de se tornar algo, mas continua somente a tocar a superfície.

A peça fundamental seria a repetição de conceitos até que o grupo se tornasse uma marca identificável novamente. Se antes reconhecíamos o NCT pelo seu conceito de número ilimitado de membros, que não existe mais, agora iremos conhecê-lo por suas unidades focadas em públicos diferentes, de verdade.

A unidade que melhor tem feito isso é o Wish, pois eles pegaram um nicho de conceitos fantasiosos e estão trabalhando muito bem em cima deles, tal qual o Dream no início da carreira. O 127 e o Wayv nunca tiveram esse tipo de cuidado sobre eles. Alguns comebacks são bem melhor trabalhados que outros, o que cria um desequilíbrio em sua imagem. A unidade para comebacks aleatórios sempre foi o NCT U, então, não entendo a necessidade que a SM tem de querer agradar todos os públicos utilizando as demais unidades, contribuindo apenas para a perda da identidade dos seus grupos.

Não acho que seja por acaso o fato de Kick It ter sido um grande sucesso {o maior do NCT até agora}, sendo esse o primeiro comeback construído em torno de um conceito e um universo próprio, com a primeira logomarca com um símbolo. O mesmo podendo ser dito a respeito dos grandes projetos do NCT. A primeira música realmente estourada do grupo, Boss, fazia parte de um grande projeto conceitual. E falando nisso, ao meu ver, esses projetos deveriam ser o carro chefe do grupo, para reforçar o seu diferencial, que são suas unidades diversas. Ainda nessa vibe, poderia citar Glitch Mode. Poderíamos ainda fazer vários comebacks usando somente a cor verde como principal, criarmos uma ou algumas logomarcas para cada unidade, um mascote e um lightstick que fizesse sentido com toda essa história.

A próxima sugestão tem a ver com suas associações. Publicidade que tenha relação com os membros e/ou o grupo, para atender o público que já o consome. Por exemplo, ao invés de investir numa colaboração com uma marca de café genérica, porque não usar o Jaemin ou o Johnny e criar uma linha de café para eles? Nem que seja limitada, vendida somente pela loja da SM. Não apenas atrairia lucro, como ajudaria a criar um universo de marca mais crível. Vale lembrar que o melhor marketing ainda é aquele feito boca a boca, então, a partir do momento em que a marca atinge um público fiel, ele mesmo irá se encarregar de atrair mais público, e público que queira consumir constantemente. Porque não aproveitar a exposição de fotos do Jaemin e fazer uma colaboração com a Kodak ou a Fujifilm? Isso traria mais coerência para marca NCT do que um patrocínio da Prada traz, por exemplo.

Algumas publicidades que a SM acertou foram o jogo de celular NCT Zone, porque combina com o conceito tecnológico, além de que os kpopers geralmente estão inseridos no mundo Geek e acabam se interessando por esse universo. Da mesma forma com a Sanrio e agora Pokemon. É mais fácil ver um kpoper consumindo algo da Hello Kitty do que da Ferragamo, por exemplo. Associações não condizentes prejudicam a imagem da marca. Carregam uma ilusão de visibilidade e lucro, que na verdade tem pouca duração e termina de enterrar a credibilidade tanto do NCT quanto da SM como empresa.

Do que uma marca de sucesso é feita? Eu respondo: um universo de símbolos críveis. A ideia de que você precisa consumir aquele produto para fazer parte de algo. E essa ideia é sustentada por símbolos e ações que identificam seu público alvo. Para um fandom isso é muito mais do que necessário, isso é imprescindível. Então, até o Wish {essa unidade tem uma identidade visual forte} chegar, o NCT não tinha nenhum tipo de símbolo visual, nenhum tipo de logomarca ou mascote, algo que ajudasse a identificar o grupo e as pessoas que o acompanham. O fato das fãs terem criado esses símbolos, como por exemplo, os bichinhos de pelúcia que identificam os membros e, em seguida, a empresa ter copiado a ideia, demonstra amadorismo. Como pode um fã pensar numa necessidade do público, antes de uma empresa que está há anos no mercado?

O que ocorre é que, a longo prazo, é cada vez mais difícil se identificar com algo genérico e feito somente no intuito de vender. Por mais fútil que seja o motivo para agregar, ele deve existir. É terrível concluir que o início do fim do NCT como marca, infelizmente, começou logo após seu debut, com os caminhos tortos que a empresa decidiu tomar demonstrando amadorismo muitas vezes, além de falta de planejamento e posicionamento. Salva de vaias para uma empresa que, a cada ano que passa, demonstra cada vez mais desconexão com a maioria do público que ainda busca seus produtos, num misto de desinteresse a falta de autoridade.

Penso em fazer outros posts nessa mesma linha, analisando antigos comebacks do grupo, bem como alterando aqueles que não são do meu agrado. Comente se você gostaria de ver alguma análise específica envolvendo o NCT!

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Group E, Round 3, Poll 2:

Propaganda under the cut

Aaravos

He can't lie according to some curse or sm so he just manipulates thoughts and feelings to the point where basically eveybody dies bc of him plus he's hot

Aaravos gaslight gatekeep girlbossed his way into having a baby homunculus with another man in a different dimension from him. I feel that is import to note.

Jason "J.D." Dean

Jason Dean embodies all the components of being a girlboss- he gaslights with a passion and he gatekeeps to no end. His romance with Veronica showcases his completely insane and obsessive nature. He gaslights her on the daily, and accuses her of being the one who wanted all of their murders to take place. When they break up, he goes to her house to attempt to gatekeep her from living, only to be disappointed by the fact that she tricked him into believing that she beat him to it. This does an excellent job of demonstrating just how much of a gatekeeper he is- he cant fathom anyone Veronica even implies disliking, to the slightest extent, being an individual who deserves to live. His murders are a very girlboss move, in my humble opinion. Those who dont like him and are enemies of Veronica are targets- take Heather Chandler, their first victim, as an example. Veronica and her had a complex relationship- specifically one in which they were best frenemies. However, he chooses to gatekeep Veronica and her friendship with Chandler by killing her, and gaslights her by convincing her that she wanted her dead. He deserves to be girlboss number one (or at the very least an honorary girlboss) because he gatekeeps, gaslights, and girlbosses for the entirety of the movie. In summary Gatekeep- kills people to gatekeep Veronica as a person Gaslight- lies to and manipulates Veronica Girlboss- kills people for funsies

[xolilith]

Eu acho muito irônico exigirem algo deles, sendo que a única culpada disso tudo é a maldita da SM. Esperam o que? Que escrevam desculpas em um papel e poste? Todo mundo sabe o lixo que a SM é e tudo isso é culpa da própria. Claro, eles foram GRANDÕES se manifestando contra isso. Mas também não é justo atacarem os outros quando claramente a empresa tem muito controle sobre os idols. Estou muito chateada com essa situação e a visão que alguns fãs estão tendo sobre eles de uma coisa que eles infelizmente não tem controle.

Olha eu acho que todos eles como um todo representam a marca NCT e eu tenho certeza que essa propaganda chegou pra eles e foi aprovada muito antes de se tornar público. E é muita ingenuidade acreditar que a SM detém 100% de controle sobre os idols, essa conversa só torna todos eles passivos, sendo que não é assim que a gente vê que funciona (tanto que 3 deles, bem ou mal, deram posicionamentos).

Eu, ou qualquer outra fã, tem direito de fazer juízo quando não existe nada além do silêncio. A situação por si só é feia demais, eles tão associados com uma empresa que tem apoiado um genocídio. Você só pode estar louca em achar que isso só tem dedo da SM, se tem a marca e o nome deles associados, eles TAMBÉM estão lucrando com isso

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New Introduction Post

Hi, I'm Mon :]

I'm a writer and artist. I'm MonMonniMon on ao3 & I currently have:

1 E rated The Magnus Archives fic (Peter Lukas/Tadeas Dahl) under the Monni Pseud

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1 E rated Call Of Duty (GhostSoap) fic under the Monni Pseud

COD sideblog = @fishermon

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Sorry, It's Locked: A (200k word) series of fics called Sorry, It's Locked. S,IL follows Jay's unhealthy past relationship with Alex, & his new (healthier but still not ideal) relationship with Tim. It has plenty of angst, smut & a good bit of fluff to make up for it. All my posts about S,IL are under #mh sorry its locked. General postcanon stuff (including a lot of "everyone lives" au's of S,IL) is under #pretty girl propaganda au. it's mostly various au's full of propaganda for why Jay should live & transition into the woman she was always meant to be (Lark, my beloved), as well as usually including Birdie, (Tim & Jay's daughter), & Jesse, (Tim & Brian's son)! The #Tim & Tyler tag contains posts about Masky in the S,IL universe (Tyler is S,IL Masky, a little in Tim's system). I have a few playlists of music that goes alongside different fics in the series. I'm always open for suggestions of songs to add to my S,IL playlists so feel free to send me asks if you feel like it. Asks about S,IL in general are highly encouraged. Please let me yell at you about this series.

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ROUND ONE, MATCH FOURTEEN: SASHA WAYBRIGHT VS. PROFESSOR E. GADD

Sasha Waybright from Amphibia meets Professor E. Gadd from Luigi's Mansion in combat. One of them will not leave this fight.

Sasha Propaganda:

"she's just like, so amazing. like she's so just UGH and I love her sm."

Gadd Propaganda:

"SILLY OLD MAN."

[gcorvetti]

Venti di guerra.

Con l'innesco di Hamas sembra che la guerra sia diventata l'unica notizia esistente al mondo, che sia in medio oriente o in Europa non importa, l'importante è scatenare paura. Ieri ha mio figlio gli è arrivato la famosa "cartolina" della leva, in realtà è un sms, a breve vestirà una divisa come tanti ragazzi della sua età un pò in tutto il mondo. A tal proposito ieri sera la mia compagna mi ha chiesto "Se ci invadono dove andiamo?", intendeva i russi, "in Italia, pensi che mia madre non ci viene a prendere lei con l'auto direttamente?". Si lo so che fare battute a una cosa così seria non è il massimo, ma non penso che ci invaderanno, almeno lo spero, per il fatto che se lo facessero si tirerebbero dietro tutti i paesi della NATO, anzi, i cari alleati non vedono l'ora che i cattivoni di turno invadano uno dei paesi membri in modo da cercare di finirli definitivamente. Oggi leggo che un paio di giorni fa c'è stato un sabotaggio alle condotte del gas tra Finlandia ed Estonia, nessuna esplosione e perdita di gas come per il nordstream, e il tubo è stato chiuso per evitare casini, sembra che lo stiano riparando o comunque controllando, l'articolo del Postimees (giornale estone) dice che l'erogazione del gas non subirà conseguenze perché c'è un altro tubo che viene dalla Lettonia, ma a me che me frega io non ce l'ho il gas a casa. Sicuramente c'è dell'apprensione e in questa situazione la propaganda occidentale crea ancora più paura e tensione. Da noi si dice "paura e soldi non ne ho mai avuti", che poi a differenza dell'Ucraina qua in Estonia non c'è un cazzo, nessun giacimento minerario, qualcuno dice che gli servirebbe come porto, ma perché se hanno San Pietroburgo, qualcuno mi disse tempo fa (quel coglione uruguaiano) "ma li il mare si ghiaccia di più", guardando la mappa è più o meno sono alla stessa altezza di Tallinn quindi non so quanto si ghiaccia di più e poi mi volete dire che la russia che ha parte del territorio nel circolo polare non ha delle navi spacca ghiaccio? Non sono filo putinano o simpatizzante russo, ma questi ragionamenti non solo aumentano la tensione e la paura ma sono assurdi e poco logici, anche se fosse, ricorderei a questi disfattisti e pessimisti che il governo ha accettato di infilarsi nella NATO così facendo si è automaticamente messo sulla punta del naso del dittatore di mosca. Io penso, questa è una mia opinione, che si poteva fare un cordone di paesi cuscinetto tra nato e russia, con la specifica scritta a caratteri cubitali, che se i russi avessero invaso uno dei cuscinetti i paesi nato fossero autorizzati a difenderli, poi naturalmente questo è il pensiero di un musicista, un pacifista. Se non scrivo più vuol dire che ci hanno bombardato.

[nerdle-turdle]

Drama ranting bc this is actually kind of insane. (Also, warning, mentioned attempted suicide and mental hospitals (no details, just mentioned in passing), bad mental states, Trump stuff)

Let's set the scene. It's my sophomore year of high school. I join the soccer team. I don't expect to become best friends with anyone because I'm a weird kid and pretty much everyone is popular.

This one girl, I'm calling her E, is nice to me. Not nice as in we're gonna be friends nice, and I'm slightly wary because of the general vibe she gives off (kinda pick-me popular), but I ignore that bc I am pretty lonely.

A month in, we're doing a scrimmage, and I'm being aggressive, as one is supposed to be in soccer, and was fighting her for the ball. I steal the ball and accidentally step on the front of her foot as I'm doing so. She falls down and freaks out. The next few minutes is kinda muddled together, but the long and short of it is our coaches helped her, the rest of the team kind of gave her space. Apparently, her foot had been hurting for a while now, and my stepping on it messed it up. Obviously, this was completely an accident, and I felt terrible (was crying). Everyone told me that these things just happen, but I still felt horrible. I apologized a million times and she said it was absolutely fine, and I tried my best to make it up to her, and after that I wasn't aggressive in scrimmages because I was worried I'd hurt someone. She couldn't play at two games and and a few practices, but after that she was fine.

Now, you may be thinking, surely this was resolved.

False.

She has a personal vendetta against me the rest of the season, and she is not subtle about it.

She talked trash about me when I was within listening distance and especially when she was in groups of large people, she'd go from being nice to completely ignoring me or being outright rude/getting upset with me at how I would play, would guilt trip me months after the injury occured, ect. We always had to give eachother nice notes before the game that were picked randomly. One time, she got me, and while sitting directly in front of me on the bus, she said really loudly and sarcastically, "WOW, I just LOVE this person." She then proceeded to hand it to me while we were still on the bus. She made fun of my homecoming dress that I made myself, pattern and all, and put literal blood, sweat, and tears into.

This resulted in me being really insecure about my friendships for the entire remainder of the school year, isolation from most of the soccer team, made me constantly worried people hated me no matter how kind they were to me, and resulted in me crying almost every day. So. Safe to say, not the best for my mental health.

She also would constantly post Bible verses about being kind, things about "why are people so fake </3", and Trump propaganda on her Snapchat story.

She also bodyshamed and talked crap about her best friend (who is one of the nicest people I have interacted with ever).

One night, when I was leaving rehearsal with my wife /p, I was explaining to her how I told my friends if I ever died in highschool that they had to fight the school if they tried to sell merch of me (like they did when a kid died last year), then my friends had to make merch of me and make bank off of it, and also that I didn't want anyone who disliked me or who I disliked to make posts about me or act all sad.

I specified this was specifically because of E.

I explained the entire backstory on the way home.

The next day, I realize I left out some stuff, so I tell her in lunch. A guy who sits with us goes "ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT E??" and I go "YES." and then he was like "I HATE HER SM."

I talk with my other friend about it, and she says that E did a very similar thing to her, and for a long time she thought she was the problem and it really messed with her.

So, during rehearsal in our free time, me and the formerly mentioned friend get to talking about her. He told me freshman year he had attempted, and got sent to a mental hospital, and that later she told him she wished he had never gotten let out of the mental hospital. Which. Insane thing to say. He also told me that she later switched up and said, "Oh yeah....I tried to get ahold of you...I kept calling you and trying to get in touch with you... :(" He did not tell anyone that he was in a facility until the very end of the school year. No one but him and his family knew.

There was some more stuff about that, but same general stuff.

For legal reasons, we do NOT talk about toilet papering and egging her house, and putting glitter in her car. However, through one way or another, I learned she owned a black jeep. And I go, OH. MY. GOD. and immediately text my dad.

My dad has been complaining about this one jeep someone in our school owns for ages because it has absolutely blinding headlights and he has labeled it "the jeep jerk." He does so regularly, detests whoever owns it, cannot emphasize this enough. And apparently it is E. Full circle moment, felt like something out of a novel.

The very next day at rehearsal, we have five minutes and a girl I haven't interacted with is advertising soccer and says, "Guys, please join soccer next year. We need players desperately and we are all super nice except for this one girl."

And so I go "E???????"

And she goes "YES."

Apparently, pretty much the whole team is trying to get her removed. I volunteered to testify to the coach if needed. A different girl, who was in soccer with me last year was like, "Yeah, didn't she fake an injury and blame it on you last year?"

I clarify she did not fake it, but I am noting this because it shows the reputation she has.

Next day, I'm videocalling with my best friend, updating her, and she tells me that her sister and E are both in basketball, and her sister hates E's guts.

So yeah. That's what happened.

Honorable mentions:

Apparently, one time, her boyfriend and her were having trouble, and she pulls up to the lunch table and goes "Guyyyyyyysssssssss........ I think I'm a lesbian..................." She has only dated guys ever. She immediately dated him again. She supports Trump. I would bet hundreds on it that if she had known I was bi, she would have made fun of me or claimed I had a crush on her.

Second of all, she's in my AP Lang (and has a mix between the most abhorrent and the most that-is-literally-what-the-text-says-and-i-will-act-like-its-very-controversial takes on what we read) and my teacher is so done. She will go "Mrs. S....my legs hurt so much :(....I did SO much running......................" and our teacher is polite but there's undertones of "if I wasn't your teacher and dedicated to being professional I'd tell you to shut the fuck up."

That is my word blurb. Hello, anyone who actually read it, I do not think you exist, but I needed to talk.

[b2bcybersecurity]

Die Cybersecurity befindet sich derzeit in einem dramatischen Wandel. Während Cyberkriminelle zunehmend KI-gestützte Angriffsmethoden entwickeln und ihre Taktiken verfeinern, stehen Unternehmen vor der Herausforderung, mit der wachsenden Komplexität von Multi-Cloud-Umgebungen und strengeren Datenschutzbestimmungen Schritt zu halten. Was bedeutet das für die Cybersicherheit im kommmenden Jahr? 2024 hat gezeigt, dass staatlich gelenkte Cyberspionageoperationen eng mit geopolitischen Dynamiken verknüpft sind. Auch 2025 werden APT-Operationen globale und regionale Konflikte widerspiegeln. Die Cyberspionagekampagnen, die diesen Konflikten vorausgehen, werden sich nicht auf große Nationen beschränken, die in der Vergangenheit als wichtigste Cyberakteure galten, sondern auf eine Vielzahl von Akteuren ausweiten, die sich auf regionale Konflikte konzentrieren und über das Internet einen asymmetrischen Vorteil erzielen wollen. Darüber hinaus werden staatlich unterstützte Gruppen Cyber-Operationen ausführen, um andere nationale Ziele wie Propaganda oder die Generierung von Einnahmen zu erreichen. Täter werden wahrscheinlich die fortschreitende Balkanisierung des Internets nutzen, um zu versuchen, ihre gefährlichen Payloads zu verbreiten. (Joshua Miller, Staff Threat Researcher bei Proofpoint) Cyberkriminelle werden sich KI zunutze machen Wir sind aktuell Zeugen einer faszinierenden Entwicklung im Bereich der KI: Die Modelle werden immer leistungsfähiger und halbautonome KI-Agenten werden in automatisierte Arbeitsabläufe integriert. Dieser Fortschritt eröffnet Cyberkriminellen viele Möglichkeiten zur Manipulation privater Daten, die von LLMs (Large Language Models) verwendet werden. Weil KI-Agenten zunehmend auf private Daten in E-Mails, SaaS-Dokumentenspeichern und ähnlichen Quellen angewiesen sind, um Kontext zu generieren, werden diese zu Bedrohungsvektoren, die es zu schützen gilt. 2025 werden wir die ersten Versuche von Cyberkriminellen sehen, private Datenquellen zu manipulieren. Beispielsweise können Täter KI absichtlich täuschen, indem sie private Daten, die von LLMs verwendet werden, verunreinigen – z. B. in Form absichtlicher Manipulation von E-Mails oder Dokumenten mit falschen oder irreführenden Informationen –, um die KI zu verwirren oder zu schädlichen Handlungen zu verleiten. Diese Entwicklung erfordert erhöhte Wachsamkeit und fortschrittliche Sicherheitsmaßnahmen, um sicherzustellen, dass KI nicht durch falsche Informationen getäuscht wird. (Daniel Rapp, Chief AI and Data Officer bei Proofpoint) MMS-basierte Cyberangriffe MMS-basierte Angriffe (Multimedia Messaging Service), bei denen Nachrichten mit Bildern und/oder Grafiken verwendet werden, um Benutzer von Mobilgeräten dazu zu verleiten, vertrauliche Informationen preiszugeben oder auf Betrugsversuche hereinzufallen, sind ein aufkommender Angriffsvektor, der sich 2025 rasch ausbreiten wird. MMS basiert auf dem gleichen Prinzip wie SMS und ermöglicht das Versenden von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien, was es für Angreifer zu einem mächtigen Werkzeug macht. Cyberkriminelle betten bösartige Links in Nachrichten ein, die Bilder oder Videos enthalten, um sich als seriöse Unternehmen oder Dienste auszugeben und die Nutzer zur Preisgabe sensibler Daten zu verleiten. Mobilfunknutzer sind sich oft nicht bewusst, dass sie MMS verwenden, da diese nahtlos in herkömmliche SMS integriert sind, was einen idealen Nährboden für Angriffe bietet. (Stuart Jones, Director, Cloudmark Division bei Proofpoint) KI und die Geschäftsprozesse Vor einigen Jahren waren Cloud Computing, Mobile und Zero-Trust nur Schlagworte, heute sind sie fester Bestandteil der Geschäftsprozesse von Unternehmen. KI-Technologien, insbesondere generative KI, werden aus der Perspektive des Käufers genauer unter die Lupe genommen, und viele sehen darin ein Risiko für Dritte. Informationssicherheitsbeauftragte stehen nun vor der Aufgabe, das Verhältnis zwischen Risiko und Nutzen sowie die Auswirkungen des Risikos von KI-Tools zu bewerten. CISOs fragen genau nach, wie Mitarbeiter KI nutzen, um zu verstehen, wo sie möglicherweise sensible Informationen einem Risiko aussetzen. Infolgedessen wird die Art und Weise, wie KI-Tools LLMs nutzen, genauer unter die Lupe genommen werden. So wie die Etiketten auf Lebensmittelverpackungen (die erstmals in den 60er und 70er Jahren aufkamen) Auskunft darüber geben, welche Zutaten bei der Herstellung eines Lebensmittels verwendet wurden, werden CISOs heute zunehmend fragen: Was ist in diesem KI-Tool enthalten und woher wissen wir, dass es korrekt hergestellt und abgesichert wurde? (Patrick Joyce, Global Resident Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) bei Proofpoint) Verbraucher als Versuchskaninchen In den Anfängen des Online-Betrugs waren einzelne Verbraucher das Ziel; heute, nach zwei Jahrzehnten der Entwicklung des Cybercrime-Ökosystems, sehen wir Ransomware-Betreiber, die Dutzende Millionen Dollar von Unternehmen erpressen. Im Laufe der Zeit haben mehrschichtige Abwehrmaßnahmen und ein erhöhtes Sicherheitsbewusstsein die Unternehmen vor vielen der alltäglichen Bedrohungen geschützt. Infolgedessen konnten wir eine Zunahme von Akteuren beobachten, die sich wieder auf einzelne Verbraucher konzentrieren, um an Geld zu kommen. Pig Butchering und ausgeklügelter Jobbetrug sind zwei Beispiele, die sich auf Social Engineering außerhalb des Unternehmensumfeldes konzentrieren. Die Zahl der weniger raffinierten Tätergruppen, die alternative Kommunikationskanäle wie soziale Medien und verschlüsselte Messaging-Apps nutzen, um Privatpersonen auszunehmen, wird wieder zunehmen. (Selena Larson, Staff Threat Researcher bei Proofpoint) Das „Wie“ der Bedrohungslandschaft verändert sich Die Ziele der Cyberkriminellen haben sich in den letzten Jahren kaum verändert. Ihre Angriffe sind nach wie vor finanziell motiviert, wobei Business Email Compromise (BEC) auf betrügerische Überweisungen oder den Kauf von Geschenkkarten abzielt. Angriffe mit Ransomware folgen nach wie vor einer anfänglichen Kompromittierung durch Malware oder mittels eines legitimen Remote-Management-Tools. Während sich also das eigentliche Ziel, Geld zu verdienen, nicht geändert hat, entwickelt sich die Art und Weise, wie die Angriffe durchgeführt werden, um an dieses Geld zu gelangen, in rasantem Tempo weiter. Die Schritte und Methoden, die Cyberkriminelle anwenden, um ein Opfer zum Herunterladen von Malware oder zur Zahlung an einen gefälschten Anbieter zu verleiten, umfassen inzwischen sehr ausgefeilte und komplexe Taktiken und Techniken. Im vergangenen Jahr haben finanziell motivierte Täter Social Engineering in E-Mail-Threads mehrerer kompromittierter oder gefälschter Konten genutzt, um Antworten zu manipulieren, „ClickFix“-Techniken eingesetzt, um Opfer zur Ausführung von Powershell-Code zu bewegen, und legitime Dienste – wie Cloudflare – missbraucht, um ihre Angriffsketten komplexer und vielfältiger zu gestalten. Wir gehen davon aus, dass der Weg vom ersten Klick (oder die Antwort auf die Payload der ersten Stufe) in nächsten Jahr immer zielgerichteter und komplizierter wird, um Verteidiger und insbesondere automatisierte Lösungen auf die falsche Fährte zu locken. (Daniel Blackford, Head of Threat Research bei Proofpoint) Die Rolle des CISO wird sich wandeln Im Jahr 2025 wird sich die Rolle des CISO sowohl erweitern als auch verkleinern. Einige CISOs werden mehr Verantwortung in ihrem Aufgabenbereich bzw. ihrer Rolle übernehmen müssen, während es bei anderen zu einer Fragmentierung kommen kann. CISOs sind in den meisten Vorstandsetagen bereits eine feste Größe. Viele von ihnen werden nun die Aufgabe haben, Diskussionen zu führen und die Bedeutung von Cyberrisiken auf Vorstandsebene zu erläutern, was eine Erweiterung der traditionellen Verantwortlichkeiten von CISOs darstellt. Auf der anderen Seite hören wir immer häufiger von Fällen, in denen die (ohnehin schon wichtige) Rolle des CISO aufgeteilt wird – mit der Begründung, dass die Arbeit „zu viel für eine Person ist“. Ich glaube nicht, dass dies ein allgemeiner Trend ist oder sein wird, aber zuweilen wird damit begonnen, die Rolle zwischen Cyberarchitektur, Bedrohungsabwehr und Incident Response auf der einen Seite und Cyber-Governance, Risiko und Compliance (GRC) auf der anderen Seite aufzuteilen. Wenn sich dieser Trend fortsetzt, werden wir es mit einer Schlange mit zwei Köpfen zu tun haben, und es wird schwieriger werden zu erkennen, wer am Ende des Tages die Verantwortung trägt. (Patrick Joyce, Global Resident Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) bei Proofpoint)     Passende Artikel zum Thema   Read the full article

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Happy birthday to ME it's time for more turtle angst

@tmntstorycomp propaganda: the fic AND transgender mutant ninja turtles

[diariodigitalcristiano]

Todas las naciones se verán envueltas en el nuevo sistema digital globalizado

Todas las naciones ricas y pobres se verán envueltas en el nuevo sistema digital globalizado promovido por la ONU y el FEM: "Nadie se quedará atrás"

La nación de Kazajstán, uno de los vecinos del sur de Rusia, se ha asociado con el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo para implementar una nueva identificación digital que ofrece programas de bienestar social llamados "Tarjeta Familiar Digital".

Este es solo un ejemplo de cómo la identificación digital vendrá a usted, independientemente de dónde viva en el planeta Tierra en el siglo 21.

La identificación digital vendrá en muchas formas tentadoras adaptadas a diferentes tipos de personas en los estratos sociales. El de Kazajstán está destinado a atraer a los pobres y dependientes, ya sean madres solteras que dependen de cupones de alimentos o cuidado de niños, o ancianos que dependen de su cheque de Seguridad Social y atención médica subsidiada por el gobierno. El resultado final ¿Una red masiva de espionaje del gobierno capaz de penetrar hasta el nivel del hogar de cada familia que se inscriba?

Si bien el esquema de "Tarjeta Familiar Digital" se introdujo por primera vez en 2022, se dio a conocer al mundo la semana pasada antes de la Cumbre de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de la ONU en la ciudad de Nueva York. Esto significa que es un programa modelo de la ONU diseñado para ser implementado en todas las naciones.

La Tarjeta Familiar Digital se está promoviendo para lograr el ODS # 10 "Reducción de las desigualdades", según el Representante Residente Adjunto del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo en Kazajstán.

Una hoja informativa publicada el 13 de febrero de 2023, titulada "Digitalización para el desarrollo sostenible y el bienestar social de la sociedad", explica cómo funciona la Tarjeta Familiar Digital.

Según explica la ONU, la Tarjeta Familiar Digital es la siguiente:

La Tarjeta Familiar Digital es única en el sentido de que proporciona un único punto de interacción entre las agencias gubernamentales para apoyar a la población en áreas como educación y protección social, finanzas, justicia y apoyo médico y social, etc. Después de recibir los datos con la evaluación de vulnerabilidad familiar, la Tarjeta Familiar Digital inicia automáticamente las medidas de apoyo estatal, identifica a la autoridad pública responsable y, a través del gobierno electrónico ('e-gobierno') proporciona el servicio en modo proactivo. Ahora los ciudadanos no tienen que acudir a cada uno de los servicios públicos para solicitarlo. El principio de la Tarjeta Familiar Digital es tan simple como puede ser: al destinatario potencial del apoyo estatal se le envía una notificación por SMS para dar su consentimiento para la prestación de un servicio público. Si el beneficiario está de acuerdo, se otorga un beneficio social, pago u otro tipo de apoyo y luego se acredita en su cuenta bancaria.

Aquí está el video promocional de la ONU sobre su nueva asociación con el gobierno de Kazajstán.

A juzgar por el video anterior, este proyecto suena como un ejercicio masivo de minería de datos destinado a atrapar a las familias y hacerlas dependientes del estado para todas sus necesidades.

La idea es hacer que la gente se enganche a estos marcos digitalizados, atrayéndolos promocionando todos los "beneficios", la facilidad de uso, la conveniencia, los folletos gratuitos, y solo después de que las masas estén completamente comprometidas y adictas, se les informará sobre el lado oscuro de la esclavitud digital.

Como la posibilidad de ser penalizado por un puntaje bajo de crédito social. Este es el mismo sistema ya implementado en China y que ahora se está introduciendo en una nación tras otra. Pero vendrá en muchas formas, utilizando propaganda especializada dirigida a muchas culturas étnicas y demografías diferentes.

Esto es parte de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible de la Agenda 2030 de las Naciones Unidas, que es el plan global para controlar todos los recursos del mundo, tanto vivos como no vivos. El mantra de la Agenda 2030 de la ONU es "Que nadie se quede atrás".

Este programa en particular estaba vinculado al Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible Número 10, "Reducción de la desigualdad". También promueve el Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible 16.9, que exige a los gobiernos que "registren" a todos los ciudadanos del mundo con una identificación digital.

El 17 de septiembre, en la reunión de la Asamblea General de la ONU en Nueva York, Bagdat Mussin, ministro de Desarrollo Digital, Innovación e Industria Aeroespacial de Kazajstán, presentó la tarjeta familiar digital a la asamblea.

Su presentación fue enterrada dentro de una sesión de más de seis horas de discursos denominados "SDG Digital".

Mussin se jactó de cómo el gobierno creó un "lago de datos" compuesto por 18 puntos de datos diferentes y documentación de sus millones de familias, que incluyen cosas como sus pensiones, impuestos, registro de bienes raíces, registros de salud, etc.; que permite al gobierno adquirir y actualizar retroactivamente la Tarjeta Familiar Digital.

"Podemos monitorear las condiciones sociales y económicas, las condiciones del hogar, la atención médica, la educación y otros. [...] Ahora podemos identificar los problemas familiares que deben abordarse", dijo.

Steve Quayle publicó un artículo sobre esta asociación entre la ONU y Kazajstán en su sitio web hoy, 21 de septiembre, de The Winepress News y dijo que cualquier nación que se asocie con la ONU está entrando en un "pacto con la muerte".

Llámalo como quieras, este es el 1984 de Orwell con esteroides. Y pronto llegará a una ciudad/estado/país cerca de ti. Ahora es el momento de hacer planes y preparativos sobre cómo vivirás fuera de este floreciente sistema de bestias.

y que ninguno pudiese comprar ni vender, sino el que tuviese la marca o el nombre de la bestia, o el número de su nombre. Apocalipsis 13:17

[tay6119]

Beach Episode BEACH EPISODE

ALRIGHT, it is time.

Finally off work and I have my snacks and way too much energy so here’s your tales of the SMP recap even thought I’m probably the last person to watch it at this point.

I hope it’s better than the last one :,)

I’m sorry this is so so long, I couldn’t help myself...

- Just wanna start by saying Karl is a real one for putting these together and putting in so much work. Great way to include less lore affiliated people

- I LOVE THEIR SKINS THEY’RE REALLY CUTE ESPECIALLY BBH

- Sapnap’s skin went from cute to like lowkey hot

- d r e a m’s skin... at least he dressed up this time

- Gog being sad to get those pity points as usual /lh

- “we’re supposed to be having fun Dream leave me alone” “I am having fun”

- basically a manhunt, but it’s off brand

- KARL’S SKIN IS SO CUTE OMG

- “wHaT cOuLd iT PoSsIbLy mEaN” more great acting from Dream

- all of them saying woah at once was really cute to me idk why-

- Dream just wants to kill everyone, staying on brand for C!Dream

- treasure hunt treasure hunt treasure hunt

- Anti-Gogy propaganda

- Karl really thought they would all work together no questions asked

- These are always so chaotic but i love it sm, nice break from everything in regular lore

- “now that George is gone”

- “I always hate you Dream”

- “George and Dream stop fighting”

- Karl is trying so hard to continue the story but everyone is just-

- “from the top you’re going to make it drop” “why does that sound familiar” BBH PLEASE

- George and dream can’t leave each other alone oml

- “there’s a prize for people rping” “what if my character is a serial killer” DREAM PLEASE

- They all fell to their deaths trying to jump off the lighthouse and into the water

- “get maximum... air”

- GEORGE that’s a volleyball

- Ranboo just straight up being drowned out by everyone else :,)

- “Ranboo read it” KARL U READ MY MIND EVEN THO IM WATCHING THIS ACTOR THE FACT

- Ranboo getting into it and like lowkey doing a voice

- “dream we’re walking together” George sounds so whiny lmfao /lh

- SAPNAP’S PIRATE VOICE

- BAD’S PIRATE VOICE

- Manifesting a gogy pirate voice even tho it won’t happen

- Dream leaving the area halfway through bad leaving shows his speedrun genes

- Chat participation :00

- THE TWITCH PRIME PROMO

- “none, we get zero” DREAM PLEASE

- “Ranboo do you think they love you enough” “no” RANBOO HAD NO HESITATION

- “It says, Sapnap is a nimrod” GEORGE PLEASE

- ALSO GEORGE’S PIRATE VOICE LETS GOOOOO

- Ranboo coming in clutch

- “Why is Dream killing everyone” “I’m not killing everyone” yeah George, he’s just killing you

- My two favs George and Ranboo boating away together <33

- I braved chat and someone said “GO MEMORY BOY GO”

- Now every time George fake cries/goes all sad boi I can’t stop thinking about Dream saying he does it to get pity and it always works lmfao

- “log off if you’re not up for it” Dream, George, and Sapnap all leave guys dteam ship is canon now 

- Bad dies in lava “don’t worry I saved the book”

- George being all giggly and not paying attention while him and Dream fight ahh I’m soft

- Dream in a boat what will he do

- Dream is muted and didn’t realize

- George yells for Dream to come back to take him with ahhhhhh

- Sapnap screaming “arggggg”

- “did he fail rp??”

- “Oh my arggg”

- “me and dream, me and dream are gonna win”

- “Dream and George forever for a hundred years” GOG I CANT TAKE IT STOP

- Chat spamming DNF omg

- “Dream woke up and chose violence”

- Dream tries to kill George and then Sapnap hits him and Dream dies instead

- “ALL MY BOATS”

- KARL COVERED THE CHEST WITH SAND

- Sapnap and Ranboo duo is something we needed

- SAPNAP AND RANBOO HAVE ME SCREAMING THEYRE EVERYTHING

- “you know saying muffinhead really throws off the pirate vibe yee got going”

- Gogy gets all hype cause he find it and makes happy noises I LOVE HIM

- George is an attention whore /lh

- George becomes scottish

- “when we get back to the mainland we kill George” surprising not Dream, but BBH

- George has less of a sense of direction than I do,,, and that’s saying a lot

- Ranboo woke up and chose violence

- Dream why u so obsessed with Gog

- Sapnap and Ranboo continue to be iconic

- Dream stop speedrunning this is rp

- Audience chooses who wins lmfaooo if Ranboo doesn’t win I’ll be so upset, him or Sapnap, but RANBOO

- “it would be really funny if I won” SHUT UP DREAM

- SAPNAP CALLED RANBOO HIS PARTNER IN CRIME LET’S GOOOO

- george and dream using console to kill each other

- DREAM SOUNDS SO WHIPPED WHEN HE SAYS “George I’ll give you one more chance”

- George mimicking Dream ujhytgrfed

- THEY REALLY STOLE THE THING AS SOON AS KARL LEFT

- CORINNA GIFTED SUBS BRUH

- Dream you don’t have the right to be calling anyone a simp

- “how many subs for a whitelist” RANBOO PLEASE

- “you cannot stab my partner with yee fist”

- “I am duck beard”

- RANBOO WON WITH 73% LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

- “piggy mcpiggy foot” GEORGE PLEASE

- “everybody’s less violent now” yeah ok

- KARLNAP KISS

- RANBOO GETS 50 GIFTED SUBS WOOOOO, HE ALSO GETS THE SWORD WOOOOO it’s hella op lmao, 

- 20 subs for everyone there, i love u Karl u are blessed

- “he has the sword don’t kill him RUN”

- Ranboo is literally the best i love him T_T

- Ranboo gets banned LMFAO “reason: oof”

if you actually read that all... wow

[gaslightgatekeepgirlbosscombat]

Group E, Round 2, Poll 3:

Propaganda under the cut

Aaravos

He can't lie according to some curse or sm so he just manipulates thoughts and feelings to the point where basically eveybody dies bc of him plus he's hot

Will Graham

His whole bit is righteous anger and well. We can say that withholding pertinent medical information and believing his lying about being framed for a string of murders, including that he supposedly killed his surrogate daughter, can make him a little pissed off.

[heathneycanon]

incomplete list of the best things td artists do (plus some little shoutouts lmao)

when they draw heather with. arm muscles. i would like to personally thank u

when they draw trent looking extremely tired

the many interpretations of duncan’s hair

yes the above point is abt @unironicduncanstan

long haired tyler. everyone thank @tylerthirst for the propaganda

also @bubandkirbrbrbrb the way u draw tyler is just... *chefs kiss*

when they draw any of the characters in clothes that actually look good

when they draw any of the characters in ugly clothes, but in a way that is distinctly very gay

the way @totallyblurreddrama draws half mutant dakota.... actually no literally all of ur art. all of it. it’s so good

the trend of drawing noah in owen’s shirt. i love it

the really warm coloring most ppl use when they draw trody. it feels so nostalgic and sweet and i love it

on that note just the way @lesbiandawn draws cody’s hair... thank u so much i owe u my life. also on that note ur zawn redesign/rewrite slaps SO much

@alecodys‘s swap au art!! it’s such a good au and ur drawings are so cute

literally everything abt @paltrypal‘s art. u draw all of the characters SO well and i love ur art sm

when they draw courtney a lil chubby

all of the gwen and zoey redesigns

@alenoah‘s art style but ESPECIALLY the way u draw shawn. i love it.

@slsyams‘s dj art... also ur lightning and jo friendship art... it’s all so cute and i love it

when they draw alejandro in a wheelchair/with burn scars

actually, when they draw any of the characters with the lasting physical trauma they realistically would have

@realitytvpros and @shot-by-a-cowboy for doing literally. SO many requests for all of us. ur art styles are both so pleasing to look at, like lar ur style is like. td style but UPGRADED. and wolfgang not only does ur art slap but ur coloring is literally so nice and i love when u draw the characters’ rooms bc u always put the best details in the background. also im in awe of the amount of requests u have both done lmao

on that note @transtrent ur art is amazing. i literally love the little character interactions u come up with, ur series of td characters playing games is so sweet... just. i appreciate ur art sm

when they draw characters just being friends.... im soft

when they draw nowen. just... literally everything abt every nowen drawing. but especially the domestic ones where they’re just... together. it’s so cute

i would also like to draw special attention to @doglover502‘s nowen art. u have done so much for this fandom. also the way u draw tyler is fantastic

when they draw any tall character with cody on their shoulders lmfao

@antlercody‘s art!! but especially that one picture of cody with the boyfriend lyrics on it. it looks so good and also every time i see it the song gets stuck in my head

when they draw noah with his dog!!!!

when they draw trent playing guitar for any of the 37 ppl folks typically ship him with lmao

@totalzwen‘s roti art.... ESPECIALLY ur jock art. i keep saying this but u have done so much for us.

when they draw eva carrying izzy or izzy climbing on eva or any variation of that

the way @heterophobicnoah draw’s trent’s hair.... also their team e-scope art.... and their lesheather art.... actually hold up everything they’ve ever drawn.

@totalhoedrama‘s heathney art...... i owe u my entire life

when they draw the characters as lgbt+.... like i KNOW it’s canon that every character is gay and trans but like it’s nice to see that we’re all acknowledging it

slightly related but special shoutout to @bi-alejandro for bi duncan hair. that is. my favorite thing ever.

@j0ss-4rt‘s stuff. like hello ur art always looks like it’s glowing a lil?? it’s so cute????

when they draw lesharold. literally just... any drawing of leshawna and harold is automatically amazing.

OH MY GOD i forgot @total-shipper your art and comics are so cute!! i love your zombie comics, as well as the coloring on your digital art

ANOTHER ADDITION @nowarin i literally love the way u draw the td characters, but ESPECIALLY brick u draw him so pretty!!

feel free to add on (both things td artists do and artists themselves) i just think the td artists are all so talented and creative and i wanted to appreciate them. also i’m definitely forgetting some artists i absolutely love, i just made this off the top of my head so im sorry if i left u out!!

[madamhatter]

hi soar i just wanted to drop in and say 1. TUNGLR U BINCH HOW HAVE U NOT NOTIFIED ME OF TWO (2) POSTS WITH MY URL ON EM!!!!! SMH!!! and 2. i already say this a lot but I NEED TO SAY IT AGAIN!!! I LOVE YOUR SOPHIE SO MUCHHH AAAAAAAAA like!! i never read the book but you made me love sophie so so much... she's so fleshed out and multilayered and i love reading more abt her and how her magic -cough- curses😳⁉️ -cough- works and her internal thoughts and just how she views herself and and!!!! I JUST LOVE HER SM OKOK 😭😭❤❤ your sophie has such a special place in my heart and gotdamn do i admire your sophie so much bc you have?? given her sooo much life and seeing all the great verses and ideas you have for her is just so cool and inspiring! and your writing?? ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS i feel like i'm snuggling up in a bunch of blankets + a warm cup of chamomile in front of a fireplace when i read ur writing.. it's such a nice vibes that's so sweet and comforting to me 🥺 like u!!! AND I'VE YET TO EVEN MENTION HOW GREAT OF A FRIEND YOU ARE!!! HOW I LOVE TALKING AND JUST SCREAMING AT UUUU ugh!!! point is!!! i care u sm soar and sophie and i hope u know that 💞💞 also yes i was stalking ur blog a lil bit hehe sowwyyy!

TOO MUCH LOVE----! O.H.K.O. !!!

Joking aside, Lynn, why do you spoil me so with such kind and sweet words?! I've been writing this girl for almost seven years since she was among the first five muses on I had on this platform. The little sprouting Sophie has grown a lot throughout the years, but a lot of the past continues with her.

It really much means the world to me that Sophie is able to leave some impact/impression on people. Really, as a writer, that is all we really want: something that causes reaction and helps bridge the understanding of written intent/emotion/etc. between writer and reader. In spite of all the chaos she unintentionally attracts, and even with her slips of somberness, Sophie is a lovely lady and I'm glad you see that! ;A;

As for YOU, thank you for being an equally, if not more, supportive and wonderful friend that screams back at me with all the ideas we have!! We have been able to bounce off so many ideas for these two MC losers and draw some many comparisons/contrasts that the planner in me goes "heehoo." ESPECIALLY when we consider F/E with Hakuno and Alter Ego!Sophie and the subsequent tragedy of wanting to live. . . . :^)

I stated it before but I have been often lost in the side games in the Fate-verse and after being exposed to Ha.kuno for so long, she has now infested a big brainworms for Miss Kish.inami. And I already have plans for playing F/ER whenever there is a blasted release date announced for it!!

SPEAKING OF BRAINWORMS--

I cannot WAIT for Hak.uno to get thrown into TWST that way I can continue the Ka.lim/Ha.kuno propaganda that literally started last night and has not left my brain. I rub my little grubby hands like I am a fly.