🏳️🌈⚧️♿️✡️ ; Not a girl. ADHD. Parent. BiAce, fat, disabled Jew. Health Ed Teacher. Writer of hella queer books & fic. Random tweets/RTs on all of the above
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Ames (they/them) 🩷💜💙 retweeted
i really hate this developing idea that you don't owe anybody anything and that all social contracts are ridiculous. you can't behave purely in self-interest and then expect generosity from others. if you want to be a part of a community, you have to value the people within it.
Ames (they/them) 🩷💜💙 retweeted
The AO3 situation is bringing to the surface a problem we’ve been sweeping under the rug for years: the double standards applied to fanfiction and fanart.
An artist can draw whatever they want and post it on social media, benefiting from algorithmic favoritism because their content is quick and easy to consume (because people scroll through social media in a matter of seconds. If something takes even one extra minute of their time, they won’t bother)
They can make money, to the point of building an actual career out of commissions (is that legal? Who knows… probably best not to look into it), and receive hundreds of comments or reposts because they deserve it and have worked hard to reach that level (absolutely true, and I agree. But so has anyone else who creates something. I didn’t learn how to sew cosplay costumes or write overnight. It took me just as much time and effort.)
A fanfiction writer doesn’t get that.
Social media platforms penalize:
- External links to websites like AO3.
- Walls of text (so no chapters published as posts)
- Certain words or phrases.
- Posts that don’t get immediately shared or commented on within the first few minutes after publication.
(I could go on, but you get the point.)
So, if we try to promote our work, we’re forced to commission artwork from artists (for a fee, see above) just to grab people’s attention with content that’s quick and easy to consume.
If we dare to ask for comments or any kind of feedback (completely free and anonymous), we get insulted because “well, I don’t want to be OBLIGED to say what I think, or to give a like/kudos/heart/smoke signal or crop circle to that idiot who spent sleepless nights in front of a computer.”
And if we ever dared to ask for even a single euro for our work (which nobody does, because we already know how that would end), just imagine the diplomatic incident that would cause.
So why bother? And don’t come at me with the joy of creating. I’ve been writing novels on my computer for 25 years, and I’m perfectly happy leaving them right where they are rather than sharing them for free with ungrateful people.
This whole situation is bringing one thing into focus: when all is said and done, AI isn’t really the problem.
Ames (they/them) 🩷💜💙 retweeted
yall are massive liars. writers are NOT mad for the vanity reasons that yall are desperate to claim (as it makes writers look bad so that yall can try to control the narrative). writers ARE mad about being excluded from communities & having their work reuploaded without consent.+
Ames (they/them) 🩷💜💙 retweeted
you guys know how when people download fan art and then post it on their own accounts even with credit to the og artist, the artist still doesnt like that? and everyone agrees with the artist because there's lack of consent? yeah, so why is that different for writers?
Ames (they/them) 🩷💜💙 retweeted
For non-Indians, Ganesh is an old fashioned named and next to no Gen Z kid is named that. And THAT person claimed they were 17, and the average 17 year old in India would be stressed as hell rn since BOARD exams are almost up and don't have any time to set up that AI bs.
Ames (they/them) 🩷💜💙 retweeted
Back in my day people shared links directly to the original author's work and their original websites and sent them emails and drew them fanart and asked to hang out with them
As OP correctly points out, y'all ain't historians: y'all are just common thieves
Ames (they/them) 🩷💜💙 retweeted
有人问艹小穴、屁眼、嘴、飞机杯是什么不同的感觉？其实确实差别挺大，下面按我的体感说一下：
小穴包裹感最强，里面又软又热有弹性，会自己分泌液体，所以比较湿滑顺畅。刚进去的时候会有一种被慢慢吃进去的感觉，越往里越紧又越软，漂亮女大的里面还有褶皱或会轻轻收缩。关键是它会随着女生高潮而夹紧、吸吮，运气好的话鸡巴会被“咬住”。
屁眼的话紧是第一感觉，尤其是刚开始，括约肌会有明显阻力，需要充分润滑和放松才进得去。进去之后会觉得特别紧、特别热，有一种被牢牢箍住的压迫感，比小穴更“硬”一点的紧。没有小穴那种自然的湿润和弹性，主要是括约肌的夹持力，少了小穴那种柔软包裹。
飞机杯纯粹是物理刺激，里面纹理、凸点、通道设计都是厂家算好的，所以刺激很直接。最大的差别是它完全不会动、不会夹、不会呼吸，全靠你自己抽插的力度和速度。优点是可以随便用力、随便角度、不用顾忌对方感受，刺激可以非常猛；缺点是少了温度变化、弹性反馈和心理互动，容易觉得“只是在用东西”。
嘴和上面三种完全不是一个路子。嘴主要是能感受被舔、被含、被吸的集中刺激，尤其集中在龟头和冠状沟。湿是足够湿，但包裹感弱很多，主要靠舌头的灵活和口腔的吸力。深度通常有限，除非对方很会深喉，否则很难有那种整根被吞进去的充实感。优点是舌头可以做很多手和套子做不到的细腻动作，心理刺激也强（看着美女的脸、眼神、喘息）。缺点是刺激比较集中在前端，后半段和根部的感觉相对弱，而且牙齿如果没控制好会很扫兴。
Ames (they/them) 🩷💜💙 retweeted
I’m taking this as an opportunity to educate and explain what archives in real life mean. As someone working in the GLAM sector. An archive doesn’t automatically mean unrestricted access. Some materials need permissions and others can be only viewed on-site. Some materials are
Ames (they/them) 🩷💜💙 retweeted
for anyone struggling with the whole “fanfic writers don’t own their works” concept, i strongly suggest reading this legal article, which explores the blurred lines between copyright infringement, derivative works, and the rights fanfiction writers may hold over their own original contributions.
there is a fundamental difference between owning the intellectual property your work is based on and holding rights to the original writing you’ve created.
fanfiction writers do not own the characters or worlds they borrow, but that does not automatically mean their own creative contributions are devoid of copyright protection.
the distinction matters.
digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cgi/v…
Ames (they/them) 🩷💜💙 retweeted
Thank you for all the support you've shared! We have no further updates beyond our earlier October 30 post, but keep an eye on official #OTW channels! While #AO3 is down, we wanted to share some internet safety reminders with all of you. Read more at: ao3-news.org/2z5ya9px
Ames (they/them) 🩷💜💙 retweeted
Bruh when someone asked about BL at Mr Midorikawa's panel and me + some other ppl snorted laughed in the front row
And he looked at us and said "I'm guessing the ppl giggling in the front are BL fans" 😭 him asking how many ppl in the room were BL fans and
Ames (they/them) 🩷💜💙 retweeted
All the times I’ve been “mean” have been bc I felt like I’d exhausted every gentler way of making myself understood. What always bothers me most afterward is realizing that ppl sometimes take you seriously only once you become someone you don't particularly like being
Ames (they/them) 🩷💜💙 retweeted
LMFAO THIS WAS SO FUNNY I RTED IT ONLY TO SEE I WAS THE ONE WHO TWEETED IT GDJSBD GREAT JOB MIKA
