as a fic writer, NO. there’s no such thing as freeloaders in fandom. this is a space for freaks not real estate stockbroker nerds. fandom can survive without the entitled wannabe influencers. fandom CANNOT survive without the FANS, or as you call them, “freeloaders.”
Travis Knight says that LAIKA will never use generative AI in their films.
“AI is theft. It’s the ingestion of years and years and years of human creativity and ingenuity, regurgitated back. It has no humanity. It has no spirit.”
(Source: https://t.co/mtlig84eaU)
Okay having binged it all and now marinated in thoughts—Liamralt has a fantastic softness to him that I found particularly lovely. Great dynamics with other characters, the affection between him and Jaskier (best friendism is alive!!), the chemistry with Yennefer… GOOD. SO GOOD.
You need a hobby that requires using your hands: baking, knitting, rock climbing, Lego building, whatever. And you also need an activity that stimulates your mind: reading, learning a new language, Soduku, word searches, the crossword
As this person says further down, the false promise of AI is that kids can learn and acquire skills without effort. But that's not how learning has ever worked, and the danger now is that the current generation of students will have no skills and know nothing.
do not fall for ai propaganda. go to the library and develop library skills. stay a researcher. learn how to find information and authenticate information. you do not need something to compile sources that you are most likely going to skim for you.
I need my fellow Pitt fandomers to put more effort into these ship names
Robby and Abbot? RABBOT
Mel and Langdon? KINGDON
Abbot and Mohan? MOHABBOT
Santos and anyone? GAY
C’mon people we gotta tighten up here
I love you costco. I love you $1.50 hot dog and soda. I love you big container of strawberries. I love you $35 mega pet bed. I love you DEI policies. I love you 5lb bag of lemons. I love you rotisserie chicken
I need people to understand that next time they find something "uncomfy" in a story and they want it to be censored, this is ultimately the end result of that mindset. There is never any middle ground and the only people being hurt are the creators who make said works.
I’m late to the game I know, but I watched all of Squid Game s2 in one sitting last night and honestly? Gong Yoo is bananas hot. I bought Train to Busan tonight so I could watch more of his work, the man is gorgeous