#submit your own!

[phatelephant]

My submission for 2024's NATO Alphabet:

A - Alf

B - Bussy

C - Chastity

D - DILF

E - E-Girl

F - Freestyle (Make up your own...or use Freestyle I guess)

G - Gogurt

H - Hay

I - I spy with my little eye

J - Jung (Pro. young or yoong)

K - K-Pop

L - Ligma

M - MILF

O - Oh no!

P - Phylactery

Q - Queen (Yass can be added at user's discretion)

R - Reaction Videos

S - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

T - Trans' rights are people's rights

U - User limit reached

V - VTuber

W - Wonder Woman

X - Xenomorph

Y - Y So Sewious? =UwU=

Z - Zed you Americans!

[moonpaw]

Kiddo stuff for The Overseer Files for Rejuvenation

You can check out the mod here :]

[skapediem]

hey the computer program created from my likeness saw you from across the bar and we really hate your vibe. we're gonna run an exposé on you to put an end to your unethical business practices

[genericpuff]

Webtoons Is Making Moves - So Should You.

We all saw it coming ages ago and now it's finally here. There's no more beating around the bush or doubting if anyone is "reading into it too much", Webtoons' use of AI in its more recent webtoons is not an accident, not an oversight, but by design, it always has been. And I guaran-fucking-tee you that the work that already exists on the platform won't be safe from Webtoons' upcoming AI integration through scraping and data mining. Sure, they can say they're not gonna replace human creators, but that doesn't change the fact that AI tools, in their current form, can't feasibly exist without stealing from pre-existing content.

Plus, as someone who's tested their AI coloring tools specifically... they're a long, LONG way away from actually being useful. Like, good luck using them for any comic style that isn't Korean manwha featuring predominantly white characters with small heads and comically long legs. And if they do manage to get their AI tools to incorporate more art styles and wider ranges of character identities... again, what do you think it's been trained on?

Also, as an added bit that I found very funny:

Um, I'm sorry, what fucking year is it? Because platforms like WT and Tapas have both been saying this for years but we're obviously seeing them backpedal on that now with the implementation of in-house publishing programs like Unscrolled which have reinvented the wheel of taking digital webtoons and going gasp physical! It's almost like the platform has learned that there's no sustainable profit to be had in digital comics alone without the help of supplementary streams of income and is now trying to act like they've invented physical book publishing!

"The future of comic publishing, including manga, will be digital"??? My brother in christ, Shonen Jump has been exclusively digital since 2012! What rock have the WT's staff been living under that they're trying to sell digital comics as the "future" to North Americans as if we haven't already been living in that future for over ten years now?? We've had an entire generation of children raised on that same digital media since then! This isn't the selling point you think it is LMAO If anything, the digital media market here in NA is dying thanks to the enshittification of digital content platorms like Netflix, Disney+, and mainstream social media platforms! That "future" is not only already both the past and present, but is swiftly on its way out! Pack it up and go home, you missed the bus!

Literally so much of WT's IPO pitch is just a deadass grift full of corporate buzzwords and empty promises. They're trying so hard to convince people that their business model is infinitely profitable... but if it were, why do they need the public's money? And where are all those profits for the creators who are being exploited day after day to fill their platform with content? Why are so many creators still struggling to pay their bills if the company has this much potential for profit?

Ultimately even their promised AI tools don't ensure profit, they ensure cutting expenses. The extra money they hope to make isn't gonna come from their content generating income, it's gonna come from normal people forking over their money in the hopes that it'll be turned around, and from Webtoons cheapening the medium even further until it's nothing but conveyer belt gruel. Sure, "making more than you spend" is the base definition of "profit", but can we really call it that when it's through the means of gutting features, retiring support programs, letting go editing staff, and limiting resources for their own hired freelancers who are the only reason they even have content to begin with? That's not sustainable profit or growth, that's fighting the tide which can and will carry them away at any moment.

I'm low key calling it now, a year or two from today we're gonna be seeing massive lawsuits and calls to action from the people who invested their money into WT and subsequently lost it into the black hole that is WT's "business model". This is a company that's been operating in the red for years, what about becoming an IPO is gonna make them "profitable"? Let alone profitable enough to pay back their investors in the spades they're expecting? The platform and its app are already shit and they're about to become even worse, we are literally watching this company circle the drain in the modern day's ever-ongoing race to the bottom, enshittification in motion, but they're trying to convince us all the same that they're "innovating".

Webtoons doesn't want to invest in its creators. We as creators need to stop investing in them.

[lilaccatholic]

I am once again thinking about the reluctant ruler whose arc justly and correctly includes assuming the throne and taking responsibility for the people set before them

[felassan]

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[septimusmoonlight]

You doing ok?

hi

[akutagawa-daily]

Today, the 1000th Akutagawa was posted!!!! 🥳🥳🥳 Thank you SO much for your support; your love for the character is what fuels this blog to keep going.

For the occasion, here's a new game: click the blog randomizer button, and draw the Akutagawa you get (if you land on posts tagged #fanwork friday or #aktgw bday, please roll again). Your artwork will be reblogged here for fanwork friday!! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*.✧

Thank you again for all your love!!!! Here's to many more Akutagawas (ㅅ´ ˘ )♡♡♡

[allpiesforourown]

Today's Bible verse 🙏

[reactionimagesdaily]

[thelordismylightandmysalvation]

Verse of the Day - Proverbs 3:5-6

[the-meme-monarch]

oh i want to say something mean. i want to say something so mean but it's certifiably stupid and i should not care

[thetudes]

langblr directory??

reviving this idea from pastelsandhazelnutcoffee --- i would love to see who's active on the langblr community and create a directory with all of us!

UPDATE AS OF JULY 2024: I have decided to change the name to directory because I personally no longer use the term masterpost. This should be updated through all links soon. Additionally it has been a little overwhelming to manage the directory, so to make it easier for me, if you would like to be added, please fill out this Google form. If there are any issues, do not hesitate to reach out either on the form or via Tumblr.

[ender-manly]

I've been very inspired by @poorly-drawn-mdzs lately, I think their style is just so charming and expressive!! This humble Lan Wangji is dedicated to them :)

[darthnell]

New THG Discord link !

We've updated the tumblr link for SYOT Verses Discord (the old one will not work anymore). Might as well make a new post too! If you're into The Hunger Games, especially OCs, this is the place for you :D

SYOT Verses is a pretty active thg fanfiction community for Submit Your Own Tribute stories and OC fics. While we welcome authors and readers of all kinds, our server and its programming are specifically geared towards Hunger Games SYOTs and OCs! If that sounds appealing to you, feel free to join ! We’re always looking to see some new faces (: