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Heya, so given some recent stuff I’ve been seeing, I wanted make a post for fan creators about some of the major red flags to watch out for in any kind of paid fandom work, be it commissions, paid zines or similar projects.

Not wanting to discuss payment up front, reducing payment from what they initially offered, or asking you to commit to a firm price/payment while not giving you enough information to accurately gauge the amount of work required.

Undermining you, trying to push your prices lower, asking you to do more work than you originally committed to, begging you for things, whining about how your work isn’t worth that much or that they don’t have that much money, acting as if your prices are insane/unreasonable.

Asking you for unpaid “trial work”.

Refusing to answer questions, deflecting questions, getting upset when you ask questions, giving you the run around or long-winded paragraphs that do not actually answer your questions.

Not clearly defining what they expect from you, or changing their expectations after you’ve committed without renegotiating over payment / giving you the option to refuse the change in expectations without repercussions / guilt.

Getting upset when you don’t meet expectations they didn’t communicate to you. (ie, telling you to figure something out/the you have freedom and then being upset that they don’t like how you did it, giving vague criticism, expecting you to know things you weren’t told)

Constantly changing the story, refusing to address concerns/complaints and deflecting instead.

Guilt tripping of any kind, including devaluing your work or (”this means a lot to me, so won’t you please…” “I really need you to do…” “You’re being selfish by not…” “But this is actually not that hard…” “It’s just one extra thing…”)

Refusing to respect work-life balance, constantly demanding attention/your full focus even when you’ve already clearly laid out the timeline for your work.

Talking down to you. Condescending tone, talking to you as if you’re a child, (“I’m just disappointed in you for…”), telling you what you experienced/felt (”You don’t really feel like that, you’re not really struggling, you don’t mean that, you may’ve read (something they said) but actually what I said was (a twisted version of what they said)”).

(For projects) Vague statements and hand waving. Any well run project should have clearly defined income, payments, stages of production, division of work, goals for the project, rules for participants, and chains of communication.

(For projects) The leader(s) of a project don’t list/share their normal social media info/contact. They have no / to very little follow, are a brand new or inactive account, or otherwise don’t have a strong presence outside of the project.

(For projects) Asking for lots of personal details, asking you to sign an NDA, asking for an address or ID (some 18+ zines may ask for an ID with everything but the DOB blocked out, if it’s a rather large/popular zine, this may be reasonable, but be careful). 

(For projects) Isolation of team members / hiding information. Staff on a project should all be able to talk to each other clearly and openly. Expectations/rules/criteria/payment should all be clearly laid out from the start before you agree to anything.

(For projects) Having very lofty expectations for the project, making big promises, but with no or minimal solid prior experience to justify said expectations and promises. Ask for specifics on projects they’ve been in charge of previously, and see how those turned out.

tl:dr

Be careful about paid fandom work, make sure that you feel treated with respect at all times, that you’re being paid for all of your work, and that you have clear expectations and communication at all times. If someone is being shifty, changing their story, not communicating expectations or making you uncomfortable, walk away politely. If a person gets angry at you for refusing to work with them or tries to pressure you after you said no, then know you absolutely made the right call to not work with them.

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shoutout to people with simultaneously great and terrible memories. like oh yeah i remember in perfect detail that random story you told about the banana costume from a year ago but all of novemeber? completely blank.

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jacob blake was shot seven times in the back by cops in kenosha, wisconsin, on 23 august 2020. he is currently in critical condition and fighting for his life. here are a few links to support him and aid the pursuit of justice:

gofundme for jacob blake and his family

petition to charge the cops who shot jacob blake

milwaukee freedom fund: bail funds for protesters in kenosha

call or email kenosha state officials, compiled by twitter user @ankita_71

split a donation to bail funds across the country

feel free to add updated information or other links!

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shigaraki said ight i'm back on x games mode

#the mans looks absolutely insane 😭 yall better gtf out the way #bnha spoilers #bnha 281 #that shit was kinda unexpected 😭😭😭 lmfao

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BnHA Chapter 280: I Am Red Riot

Previously on BnHA: The pro heroes over at Gunga Mountain struggled against Gigantomachia and the League until finally Midnight was all, “fuck it, let’s just put the kids in charge.” Momo immediately got to work organizing a sophisticated counteroffensive involving an exploding swamp, a bunch of sedative cans, and a massive coordinated team attack. I gotta tell you guys, it’s really something to watch a large-scale group attack in which all of the team members are actually competent. I don’t know what Japan put in the water when all these sixteen-year-olds were growing up, but that shit has paid off big time, and basically the only reason Machia hasn’t gone down yet is because he cheated and was all “sneeze” and the kids all got blown away because they are little and because he is really, really big. Anyway so then Dabi set the forest on fire because he loves doing that, and the chapter ended with Mina using her Acid Man attack to make herself FUCKIN’ FIREPROOF so she could charge through the woods ready to save the day and stuff!

Today on BnHA: Mina launches herself straight at Machia like the beautiful corrosive wild child she is, but then everything goes to shit when she recognizes him from that one time she almost got murdered while giving a strange man directions. Just when it’s looking like she might get killed for real this time, KIRISHIMA SHOWS UP TO SAVE THE DAY AND SHOVES HER TO SAFETY AND IS ALL “BOTTOMS UP” AND HEAVES A LITERAL CAN OF WHOOPASS RIGHT IN MACHIA’S MOUTH. At this point the grown-ups are all “oh wow look at that, time for us to take over for you kids now, don’t worry we’ve got it all under control” because Oh Those Wacky Pros and all that, but at least Majestic finally deigns to show his face so that’s a plus! The chapter ends with us cutting back to the Jakku battle, where Tomura is curled up in a little ball all “curse you heroes, how dare you [checks notes] save people all the time”, which is a real take and a half. Anyway so things are looking up, which can only mean everyone is about to die. That’s how it works, right. Shit.

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#fav chapter of the arc so far #i love these kids #bnha spoilers #also op my favorite recapper #u and i share a braincell somehow

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KIRISHIMAAAAAAAA

#HEAD EMPTY.......JUST HIM #bnha spoilers #bnha 280 #tytalks

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MINA RECOGNIZES GIGANTOMACHIA AKSKWLALAKAHNSKSKSL WAIT I DIDNT THINK IT WOULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN

#bnha spoilers #bnha 280 #HOLY SHIT #tytalks

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I like the villains I doubt any of them are going to get/deserve a redemption arc. They killed so many people and show no guilt. Yes they have tragic past but that can only justify so much. They're correct about the corruption but killing people over it? Shigaraki himself doesn't want to reform society after he crumbles it, he doesn't want the better for the people, he wants destruction. The villains aren't black or white but on the spectrum of gray they fall closer to black then they do white.

yea. i’ve seen so many takes that the villains should or deserve redemption if society/the system changes and it kinda leaves me dumbfounded because?? they don’t. they don’t deserve redemption. they don’t deserve to walk free, or to be seen as “good” people without guilt.

its unfortunate that they got put in that situation...but they don’t want to make japan, or the world, a better place. they want to remove the hero system for themselves, so they can do what they like, so they no longer have heroes looming over them. they aren’t going to stop committing crime once they do that. they aren’t going to stop being bad people.

also i would much prefer if especially like, shigaraki and dabi didn’t get redeemed, because for once. i would like a villain in a series i like to not go that route. villains don’t always have to become good for them to be good characters. u can like “problematic” villains

#yeah

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ur alignment based on how u rinse after brushing ur teeth

#lawful evil gang

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#posting this here too #i made this cus yall SUCK for making me think abt mina d*ing #i rebuke it! i rebuke it! #bnha spoilers #bnha 279 #tytalks

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SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 279!!!

#im falling to pieces #kids...KIDS...... #oh god. im literally so worried pls dont kill a kid #ill make an exception for m*neta. but still #bnha spoilers

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#HELPPPPP #OH NO #NOT U KAMI NOT U #bye i would scream. stop it #bnha spoilers #bnha 279

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aoyama...sero...tetsutetsu...ojirou...shouji...kaminari.........hori what's ur addy i'm about to send u a care package

#THEY ALL GET A CHANCE TO BE SEEN AND FIGHT THIS CHAPTER #IM SO HAPPY #INCREDIBLY HORRIFIED #BUT HAPPY #bnha spoilers #bnha 279

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ALSO!!!! SATOU!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!! YOU ARE STRONG!!!!

#A FUCKING SATOU FEATURE HORI U R SHOWING OUT #bnha spoilers #bnha 279

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MINAAA GETS A PANEL ON HER FUCKING BIRTHDAYYYYY PERIOD HORI! PERIODDD

#ITS ACID MANNNNN OMG OMG OMG #IM LITERALLY SO EXCITED I LOVE HER #bnha spoilers #bnha 279

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MINAAAAAAAAAA

#bnha spoilers #WAIT #bnha 279

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pov: nobody in ur house tests positive for covid but u, despite u being the only one wearing a mask and following the higher majority of social distancing protocols

#i have a slighty itchy throat and thats literally it. n i cant smell but who misses that #i personally believe life is a joke. im practicly snorting my humidifier #sigh. its been a long day toys n squirrels #the last thing i did outside was almost break a cops finger. but my mask was on :/ #tytalks #remember when i googled whether this was covid or a sinus infection? lil bit of both