meeping meepingly 🪶

I'm Skeptic! | 21 | Professional #1 Perceptor fan | local artist and fanfic writer | Transformers kinda autism bros

[sea_fruitiger🌊🫧 @seallion1234567]

#jazzprowl #perceptor #misfire #maccadams

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[🍉 LICH - Voice Actor @LICH_REAPER]

There is never a reason to use ai because 100% of human history prior to 2020 was done without ai.

[🌺devourer𓆣 @Devourer_CV]

Censorship on social media has gotten fucking insane im so damn tired of these adult content labels being put on SFW ART

[Capitan Chillidoog💥 @buttsmacker2001]

They were working miracles up in that lab I’m telling you

[Juiceanart🚂 @Juicenart]

#brainstorm #transformers

[Under Where @und3rwh3re]

I accidentally hit the grok button
Global warming is my fault guys I’m so fucking sorry

[fern 🌌 @wiltingdecay]

"femdom and malesub" "nooooo maledom and femsub" how about femdom and femsub #hecangofuckhimself

[meeping meepingly 🪶 @SkepticsDarkDay]

@verdantvandal I CAN DRAW MEN, I JUST HAVE A PREFERENCE OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN WHEN I HAVE THE FREEDOM

[🩷🌸 velvet @velvetcloverss]

the bit will pay off in another 3 hours trust me

[⋆ 🩵🩷oughh🩷🩵⋆ @puffy_seal]

Iconic

[COWOKIE @Cowokie1]

The truth about every cool car I see

[mio 🐎 @miovier]

"i could never sexualize my favorite characters :(" I CAN. GET NAKED NOW!!!

[s. @fairybargain]

comments making the fact he was in the hospital the issue (bc they hate mentally ill people) and not the fact she dated a patient who ethically and legally could not consent.

[meeping meepingly 🪶 @SkepticsDarkDay]

Just got confirmation that i'm booked as an extra, and im stick with tonsillitis. Now I gotta get over it in 3 daysssss

[Violet @CosmicJester0w0]

I wanna make it clear to my Trans men/masc oomfs/non oomfs, you are my community just as much as other Trans women/fems are. I will never stop fighting for you guys and standing up for you to the shitty Trans people. We are all oppressed in different ways. It's not competition.

[Junliet🪸|Skts fic📌 @catjolras]

Missing ao3 like a mf but they're working so hard to bring the site back up and make it even more secure so everyone really needs more credit than they're getting!!🙏🙏

[Astra 💭✒️ @SignedAstra]

I want to hop in on this because, by all means, I am considered an "older gen writer."

First of all, Fanfic dot net and Wattpad authors used to literally hold chapters hostage until a certain "Like" or "Comment" threshold was met. People still make memes about it to this day, so don't try to play revisionist on this piece of history.

Second, a lot of this isn't about statistics. It's about acknowledgement. I wrote a couple decently well-received fanfics as a teen, then went on to pursue writing professionally in college. And I can pretty confidently say I only got this far *because* my fanfics were well-received and people engaged and encouraged me to keep going.

Yes, you should write for yourself. Yes, you shouldn't write for views or engagement. And as a writer, I've always written what *I* want to read. But people liking and/or commenting was literally what gave 15-16-year-old me the message that "Hey, I like reading this stuff too! Keep going!" Otherwise, I would've given up and kept my writing in the Google Drive for my own enjoyment and leisure. Besides, it's in our nature to seek approval and like-minded people who enjoy the same things we do. It's the exact same reason why people are sharing fics right now on drives when ao3 is down, is it not? Because we enjoyed these stories, and we want more people to be able to access them so we can talk about them.

Big production TV shows literally axe series that don't meet the projected numbers or ratings. It's so easy for fanfic authors to fall into the same trap of "why invest so many resources into something no one will interact with or consume?" Big productions ask for monetary support. All fanfiction authors ask for is a little time out of your day to leave a kudos or comment if you've enjoyed it. We talk all the time about "Supporting Real Artists." That doesn't just pertain to visual art. Literature is art too, even if it's fanfiction.

I've been reading fics from these drives/wayback machines during ao3's downtime too, but I have everything listed down so I can go back and properly kudos them when the site is back up to show my appreciation. Because I know I would've appreciated that too when I was a budding young writer.

[風鐸吟 @fengduoyin]

This post is a litmus test for basic reading comprehension, and a whole lot of people are failing it miserably.

Which explains a whole lot in this entire discourse.

(OP I'm sorry that you have to see all this in your notifications)

[min🌸🌙 @everblossomin]

yk what’s even worse? “wow ao3 writers are more worried about kudos and comments than the potential security breach and the massive ai scraping incident” = 30k likes, when literally every writer out there is LOUDLY freaking the fuck out🤠