Reblog If You're Not Homophobic

Aaa, I am late!!! I slept in! I am sorry! I will be on as soon as I can :)

Why do you reblog your own fics so much?

Because someone might as well!? And look at this. Look. At. This.

Does this look right to you??

These are just the last three fics I wrote. I appreciate the likes, believe me I do, but you have to understand. Likes do nothing for content creators. It’s the reblogs. Because that’s how you find shit on your dashboard. Through reblogs. Not likes. This isn’t twitter or tiktok or instagram. This is a website that’s run by the reblog system.

Reblogging helps content creators put their stuff out there. Why do you think so many people stopped writing fanfic and creating beautiful fanart and edits? It’s because they put in hours of work and don’t get nearly enough notes for their masterpieces. Yes we do this because we enjoy it but like...some validation won’t hurt. A boost of confidence here and there might be all someone needs to finish whatever thing they started and left.

Anyway, I’m still going to reblog my shit...

Got into the silly cult game, Lamb deserves some fleecey friends methinks

Boundaries :)

Since I am making a "bigger" thing/project now, I figured I'd set some boundaries :)

First thing is first, I will make a (second) discord for this community separate from my original YT discord server and the only thing I really ask is be respectful please!!! If you don't like something, keep it to yourself please, no one likes negativity. I will link this server when it is up!!! :D

**FANWORK**:

I am more than happy with any fanwork!!! I would love to see your creations (fanart, animation, music, etc.), theories, and headcanons! But please do not make any NSFW content of my projects/characters. It tends to make people including myself uncomfortable and and some of my cast as of my writing this are minors, and so are a few of my characters (which will be specified on project release).

**COSPLAY**:

As someone who myself has cosplayed before, YES!!! >:D (but please keep in mind my other boundaries as well!!!) (I have also just now realized this kind of counts as fanwork)

**ORIGINAL CHARACTERS**:

Aaa this would be so cool! I am more than okay with OCs and self inserts, I think those would be very cool! :D

**SHIPPING**:

I don't mind this, I think it would be fun to see who you ship! :) NO PROSHIPPING >:C

**MERCHANDISE**:

Please don't! If it is of your OC or self insert, that is okay, but please do not make merchandise of my characters! Please also don't buy any merch you see of it unless it is from me (or unless I have okayed it, ask me, I don't bite!)! I do intend making merch of it when I can! You also may buy commissions of fanart for it from people as long as they are not directly advertising it as that (an artist's gotta survive somehow, yk?) :)

**USING MY WORK**:

I think this is okay, as long as there is also something else and/or I am credited! Basic copyright stuff, I think! 🙂

That is all, I think! I hope I worded this okay! I may update this in the future, feel free to ask me any questions you may have about it! :)

Welp, time for me to go cry!!! :D

I turned @bit-b into a Magolor

I found a big difference between Tumblr and Reddit.

Here, your silly statements and little slipups are responding to with “yeah same,” a completely unhinged reply, or maybe some healthy advice.

On Reddit, you get helpful answers and a guy saying “take a critical thinking class in college.” Yeah, sure. And I’ll also find a way to compensate for autism, ADHD, anxiety, and depression. One class will not fix the fact that I cannot read social cues over text without tone indicators and other in-text cues. Yes, I want to believe that someone wants to give me 40 grand. I also almost got scammed over an iPad and did get scammed over a ball of yarn all because of one thing.

Most people don’t look up every detail. Stuff isn’t as obvious as the porn bots here. My USPS scam got caught by a post office employee and got caught by me after I scrolled through the fake website they used to try and buy $100 of fried chicken. Critical thinking can’t always save you.

Sometimes you just have to go off pure vibes and hope for the best.

And so, if that idiot on Reddit sees this, I’d like you to know that I did not click that link or call the number because I wanted to check. I was suspicious of it. If I wasn’t, I wouldn’t have asked. So don’t shame people for asking for help. Especially if the person asking is disabled or otherwise unable to figure it all out (sheltered kids, the elderly, etc).

TL; DR Dear everyone, stop shaming or insulting people for asking for help.

EVERYONE

My orchestra teacher is rickrolling us

Never thought it would happen

Psst! Fellow writers!!! Thought I'd reblog to let more people know.

Fanfiction Authors: HEADS UP

(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)

An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:

(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)

I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:

IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.

You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:

HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:

First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.

Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.

Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.

In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.

In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:

I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.

In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.

Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.

Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!

NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!