It’s My Last Day At The Library And I’m Resting This Weekend, So I’m Dropping These Into The World

There’s probably more but these are the ones I can think of at the moment! Please be considerate and don’t play pranks at other people’s expenses!

Have fun everyone!

The final roster of SSB4, this is perfect.

Thanks a lot Sakurai!

クライヴ・ロズフィールド

“Let’s mosey”

Flight Rising transphobe blocklist

With all the transphobes coming out of the woodworks I’ve been posting when I’ve found transphobic bullshit and it’s come to my attention that a lot of people can’t block ‘em as easily on the forums since this is genuinely harmful to a lot of people, so here’s a list of transphobes on fr to look out for/block. 

TW for transphobia, homophobia and misgendering. Names will be in bold, reasons will be in regular text.

Ossium - has repeatedly defended misgendering in the past (including misgendering Scribbles), has called trans people sensitive for being upset about misgendering, claims that lgbtq people are “desperate” for representation and thinks it’s “yikes”

boggybuddy - claims that they do not agree with lgbtq+ view because they are Catholic, has admitted to misgendering irl trans people, uses the phrase “male who identifies as female” and “female who identifies as male”

aeonium - erased Fiona’s identity after it was confirmed, saying what if she was born with it like a “deformation”, claiming that Fiona being cis and born “deformed” is more interesting than her being trans

Of course these are not all of the people being disgusting in the forums, only ones that I’ve seen so far. Staff is also doing a pretty good job at shutting down transphobic comments in multiple threads so there are definitely ones that have been deleted and thus I haven’t seen.

If anyone knows of any more transphobes to block, please add them with a reason! The safety of trans people is incredibly important and while it’s great to see ourselves in Flight Rising, it’s even better if we all have a safe experience there too.

endless studio ghibli || 47/✿

A demonstration of the physics of inertia. (Source)

Commissions and Unprofessional Artist Behavior

Before I get started, a quick preface:

This post doesn’t apply to all artists.

This post doesn’t apply to all customers.

This may not be your experience, but your experience is not universal.

With that out of the way, let’s get started. This is going to be a very long post, so let me just give you the abstract:

Any artist who takes commissions has an obligation to behave in a professional manner and treat their customers’ time and money with respect. Just because art is a creative endeavor that does not excuse abusive business practices, and it’s wrong to take advantage of a customers’ good will. Doing so weakens trust in artists as a whole and harms the entire artistic community, especially new artists just getting started.

More under the cut because I’ve had this building in my head for a while and have a lot to say.

Keep reading

some very important info re: paid accounts~

I am not a lawyer, but I can decently interpret legalese and, being as I also suffer from tl;dr syndrome and assume others may as well, I took one for the team and went through the updated TOS for the post+ accounts and highlighted (what I understand to be) the most pertinent information, which ultimately comes down to this:

You cannot monetize copyrighted works (aka charge and earn money from fanfic, fanworks, etc) and if you do decide to put your fanworks behind a paywall via Tumblr, when you are inevitably sued, Tumblr will not protect you and will not defend you and you alone, personally, will be responsible for whatever monetary damages said lawsuit results in.

If anyone is a lawyer and knows I've gotten any of this wrong, please do not hesitate to correct me/this post.

Screenshots taken from Tumblr's TOS (updated 7-21-21), Stripe's Account Agreement, and the post+ FAQs.

1. Your paid account will not be hosted by tumblr; it is routed through a 3rd party.

2. By signing up for a paid account, you're entering into an agreement with Stripe, so in addition to Tumblr's TOS, you are also bound to Stripe's TOS.

3. Stripe, like Tumblr, will not defend you or protect you against any lawsuits.

4. Furthermore, you may end up owing Stripe money (indemnify = compensate)

5. Tumblr's TOS specifically states that you can't put any content on your post+ account that violates any laws, including laws that protect intellectual property rights of others. This is super important, because Tumblr's post+ FAQ also states that you can post anything that you would regularly post on tumblr, which I'm sure many will take to mean that gifsets, fanworks, etc are fair game, since all of that stuff can be posted on tumblr now. However, the difference is, you're not making money from the fanworks you're posting or reblogging now. Once money enters the equation, the game changes.

Tumblr is making it seem like any and all content goes for post+ accounts, knowing 90% of this site is fanworks. This is not true and you'll be opening yourself up for lawsuits if you charge for fanworks.

6. Tumblr further disclaims any and all liability in any legal issues.

tl;dr: Please do not make a post+ account, bc you will be opening yourself to lawsuits and if that happens, Tumblr's response will be not our problem, you agreed to all the terms which said you couldn't do that, sorry not sorry. Please protect yourself.

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