#[ anyway ]

[luwha]

THIS ISN'T A ROAST. It's some thoughts and backgrounds on a thing that's been eating my brainworms for a bit.

haha ok so, the last few years I've been hearing a lot about how AI can be useful and a tool, which i refuse to believe it is (and if so, the damage it causes to artists FAR OUTWEIGHT any benefit).

So, there's this youtuber that covers, like, tech and stuff. When generative AI for images and text came up , they were rightfully poking at the ethical dilemma, and copyright infringement, but STILL made a soft argument about how useful it can be on pitch ideas, concepts, and other things that quick and cheap art could be used (also fuck whoever did this jobs before i guess lol)

BUT THEN an app finally did the same for music, generating indistinguishable quality music. The said youtuber makes music, usually vibe check music to hear on video's background and such.

but see

this time they were frustrated, and made a video about the ethical concern, how unfair it is, how it destroys the effort and passion of creating and all, and did NOT make an argument about how it could be useful, because now they knew that despite the benefit, if it goes off, their dreams is over.

A lot of people are quick to jump into "this can be useful" for generative tools, and very rarely i see artists, especially digital artists, agreeing with this. And most that do either have no stakes on their careers, aka they're already well off, or have no careers to begin with.

Serious artists KNOW how bad it is, no matter what. The youtuber had no stakes in visual art. They doesn't make them, they don't really profit or benefit from making them.

When it came to a thing they DO understand and make, now they've got to understand why it's bad. Why the benefits are not good enough to justify the disaster it makes on artist's life, on the humankind development as a whole.

idk what the point is here, i just really got pissed that at the point, they've been really kinda "this is bad but this exist, who knows, could be good if it's not unethical etc", to go fully into "this is bad. like, real bad for everyone here and music industry".

Wish that understanding came from their kindness, not AI coming with a baseball bat to their knees. Makes me real sad that it came for them too.

#not gonna tell who the youtuber is cuz idk man i don't see ill intent form them #and even so it's not that deep bro #it's like seeing someone go through the same bad thing you're going though #anyway #AI topic #“this tool kills AI” and it's a baseball bat with nails. I am wielding it. I'll swing it.

[nixxxiecat]

another beautiful day on the hairy dyke pits website and a jolly fuck you to fuckin like. I bet his name is Trent or something

[saturnlester]

they r watching the northern lights

#they look a lil whacky ok yes i am still getting the hang of this i didn't really have a ref image 4 this #anyway #phan #phanart #dnpdaily #dnp #daniel howell #phil lester #art #my art #diary

[icaruspendragon]

my alabama public school education having ass: *learns about the troubles and the partition of ireland and shares said newly acquired knowledge on tiktok so others who were unaware can also learn*

the men in my comments section: YOU DUMB STUPID BITCH. YOU ABSOLUTE IDIOT. LEAVE ALABAMA BECAUSE IT MADE YOU A BACKWARDS BACKWOODS BUMFUCK GO FUCK YOURSELF AND AFTER YOURE DONE GO FUCKING KILL YOURSELF

#i seldom to never put videos on private unless they get muted or aren’t getting views #but the vitriol in those comments forced my hand #i woke up to 385 new comments this morning #and very few were nice #even though i’d already explained over and over and over in the comments that i believed in a reunified ireland #i simply was unaware it needed to be reunified in the first place #god forbid women on the internet share their mistakes so others can learn too #anyway

[redmarqar]

monday shitposting

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #tf2 medic #tf2 engineer #this is not science party they hate eachother #anyway #science party

[gaypanicattackonlegs]

I think I'm funny (part 1)

#dbd #dead boy detectives #my stuff #not art #dbd memes #dead boy detectives memes #edwin payne #charles rowland #david the demon #niko sasaki #crystal palace #payneland #< is that the ship name? #anyway #niko my beloved <33 #text post meme

[screwpinecaprice]

World piercing alien laser beam vs the indomitable human spirit?

Commissioned by @jeshuamorbus-blog!

Part of Steven's skin is mildly holed out due to the laser beam, (the pink is melted off his body as it's literally him, but he is healing while taking damage.) Though you would have to zoom the image for those to be clear. I wanted it to look more violent but I do have to admit to my limits than deny+force it and delay this commission further. ( I am not joking when I say I draw slow, guys.😬) So thank you so much jeshuamorbus-blog for ordering and for the patience!

#Yes this is indeed Evangelion inspired if that's what you're thinking! 😁 #I'd like to think the indomitable human spirit is true and that gives us an ace because man we are pathetic as a species in the grand schem #of the entire universe lol #If we're not stubborn like that we're really REALLY pathetic. 😭 We are rare in the SU universe though. Like pandas. #Not trying to be edgy but I could see why the aliens would put us in a zoo. haha #connverse #Steven Quartz Universe #Connie Maheswaran #Pink Steven #my shiz #SU #steven universe #commissioned work #Oh gosh I'm trying so hard to form a thought lol #mild render commission #mild render commission + bg #Guys I'm thinking of the panda-esque analogy now. Like. White would see us as things that get in the way of real estate or smthng like that #Blue would feel pity for us and think we should just be put down. #Yellow would see the practicality as White and Blue. #Pink is the conservationist. #Eh never mind that was pretty obvious lol #anyway #This commission took me a while but the pay off is always awesome #P

[finemealprompt]

DP x DC Prompt #49

Stephanie would like it to be put on the record that she has always had great taste in romantic partners. Always. Never check, just believe her.

So it's a little irritating when her not-technically-family-but-also-family begins to dig deeper into her new boyfriend, Danny Fenton.

He's already warned her about his parents, what they do, and everything. So she'd know what she was getting into. It was sweet! She knows one day she'll tell him all about her past, too.

The point is, there were no secrets between them. At least, she thought there wasn't.

#finemeal prompt #dp x dc #stephanie brown #danny fenton #stephanie/danny #stephanie brown/danny fenton #they're both vigilante's #but danny's half-dead #is that the secret? #or is it something else? #who knows #anyway #thought it was a fun lil idea so i plopped it down here for y'all to enjoy

[ok-pop-1]

@sapphicseasapphire your mer time... he grabbed me by the throat...

#the legend of zelda #chain as cryptids au #cryptid time #mermay #i added a few minor alterations for my own mer hcs #and then jewelry because i could #and then dramatic shonen hair because i am simply a sucker for long hair #anyway #sapphire i adore ur art #and i hope u enjoy the absolute man

[tsin-datura]

Casanova

Ed likes him like a little pet. Like a little guy you find in a tree. Little does he know he's actually the one in the petri dish

#Why does the quality look like that #anyway #my art #the riddler #the scarecrow #riddler #dc scarecrow #edward nygma #jonathan crane #scriddler #riddlecrow

[orbitsab]

Kavetham for the soul

#I drew this for a friend’s birthday #but I fuck w it heavy #I know yall mainly follow me for pjo #but I miss drawing genshin stuff #anyway #my art #kavetham #kavehaitham #kaveh x alhaitham #kaveh #genshin kaveh #genshin impact #alhaitham #al haithem #genshin alhaitham #genshin fanart #sumeru #hoyoverse #haikaveh #kavehtham

[cinamun]

I get that y'all have friends here and that's great but if your friends are anti-Black or anti-Black adjacent (morrigan-sims who thinks George Washington > Black women), we can't be friends and I hate seeing them in your replies. I hate the way that they talk, I hate the way that they walk, I hate the way that they dress. Idk, maybe my time here is limited because simblr either has a short ass memory or doesn't gaf.

Good morning.

#and it upsets me and my ancestors #anyway

[rabbitsrants]

CONAN DIES WHEN RAN CRIES

i'll let shinichi explain:

chapter 71

when i first read this chapter, i thought that shinichi was sweet talking ran to avoid her wrath, but rereading the manga made me realize how misguided i was

"it hurts me when you cry" is shinichi admitting something deeply personal, it's him explaining why ran's tears always get a reaction out of him, regardless of the circumstances, regardless of the body he's in

chapter 9

ran: is struggling with shinichi's absence

shinichi: starts calling her on the phone as himself

chapter 48

ran: is emotionally overwhelmed after the karaoke bar case, thinking that shinichi is back and avoiding her, waits for him in the cold for three hours

shinichi: comes up with the idea of talking to her as himself by turning off the lights

i love this moment so much, cause he's using both ran's love language (physical touch) and his own (words of affirmation) to ground and reassure her and it works

chapter 95

shinichi: tells ran to stop crying and ignores heiji in the middle of a case to ask her to wait for him

chapter 143

shinichi: checks on ran after using her for his deduction, drops honorifics when he realizes what he's done and defeatedly endures her tears

also shinichi: never involves her in a case to this extent ever again, even 1000 chapters later

chapter 260

shinichi: involuntary flakes on ran during their date and has to face her as conan

also shinichi: forgets he's conan for a sec as he drops the most epic lines in the manga

chapter 334

ran: is heartbroken cause it's valentine's day and shinichi's still gone

shinichi:

puts the jacket on her when she falls alseep,

reaches out to her as himself

and eats her chocolate

just to get her to smile again.

chapter 479-483

ran: supsects conan's real identity again and feels like he's completely out of reach even though he's so close

also ran: stops suspecting him but still expresses feelings of emotional distance to shinichi

shinichi: gets a second phone just for ran

and carries it with him wherever he goes.

chapter 727 (white day)

ran: starts crying because she thinks shinichi didn't get her anything for white day

shinichi: goes out of his way to draw attention to his gift so she stops crying

(LMFAO, he's so extra)

chapter 743-752

ran: feels like her feelings for shinichi are one-sided, is absolutely devasted, runs off crying

shinichi: drops his current case, runs after her

and confesses his love for her, so she never doubts his feelings for her again.

chapter 884

ran: is frustrated by all the misfortune shinichi brings

shinichi:

in conclusion, shinichi only has two weaknesses: aptx 4869 and ran's tears. and the funniest part is that aptx didn't even kill him like it was supposed to. ran's tears on the other hand? i believe they possess great power. enough power to kill shinichi?

visit the shinran library for more

#siderant: everytime i work on a post #i promise myself not to talk about the valentine's case again #and then i talk about valentine's case again haha #it haunts me #anyway #done with the sub posts nows #time to get real #shinran #shinichi kudo #ran mouri #dcmk #detective conan #case closed #ship analysis

[lilislegacy]

no i am not dead but my phone is at the bottom of a river

#this is from my ipad #guys i should not be allowed to have… well anything #UGH #anyway #i’ll be back soon #my debit card is also gone #and my walmart sunglasses #yesterday was a day #it’s okay it’s a little funny #i was having too much fun

[messyhairdiaz]

"does this happen a lot?" and buddietommy please 👀

lighten the load

buddietommy - rated g - 1.3k words

“Does this happen a lot?” Tommy knows the answer to that question, but he asks it anyway. It’s something to do that’s not just pacing around the hospital room for the millionth time.

Eddie sighs. Tommy forces himself to turn around and take in the expression that goes with it. Tired, resigned, but calm, the minimal amount of anxious someone can be when they’re waiting for someone to wake up after surgery.

And Tommy gets it, when he can come at it logically. For starters, Eddie was right there at Evan’s side when the floor had fallen out from beneath them, and could hold his hand while they waited for the team to arrange extraction. He got to assess him for himself, he got to see him alert and talking, okay in all the ways that mattered, only hurt in a way easily fixed with the piece of metal now holding his clavicle back together.

It was Tommy’s bad luck that he’d been on his own shift, out on a call that had left him miles away, completely in the dark that his men were in danger until he’d gotten back to Harbor to find a handful of missed calls and don’t panic texts from Eddie. By then Evan was already halfway through surgery, and by the time Tommy had managed to get to the hospital it was over, and Evan was already in a deep, morphine-induced sleep in a room.

“Define a lot,” is what Eddie finally says, which does nothing but set off another round of pacing. Eddie sighs again. “Tommy, come here, I can’t stand you pacing like that anymore,” he hooks his foot in the leg of the empty chair at his side and pulls it closer.

read on ao3

#911 fic #buddietommy #eddietommy #bucktommy #buddie #my fic #prompt fills #I don’t remember the other buddietommy tag #Thought it was fire pilot but apparently that’s just bucktommy #Anyway #aringofsalt #Hope you enjoy!

[stardust-falling]

Having more thoughts about Shen Jiu because of course I am.

I don’t think he has the capacity for empathy or genuine selflessness.

He spent the entirety of his formative years deep in survival mode, and because of that, he evaluates people solely based off of how they might threaten or ensure his safety and/or comfort. As far as individual people themselves with their own perspectives… honestly I don’t think he even thinks of that.

Maybe a controversial opinion, but I don’t think even YQY is exempt.

Shen Jiu doesn’t have a moral code. When every day is spent on surviving, a moral code is a luxury.

And really, he just never got out of that mode. See, the thing is, once you’ve had enough adverse experiences it only takes a little bit to trigger you back into that mindset. Shen Jiu was used to being scolded and then beaten or abused, so for him, even a simple chiding is a precursor to abuse— even if he DOES recognize that nothing more will happen, his body and mental patterns will still go into that preparation time.

So of course he never left survival mode, because even if nothing is actively happening, your mind will keep reinforcing those patterns.

For someone with a normal upbringing, as far as I can tell, empathy is something you learn and develop from those around you. Many seem to think it’s something innate and natural and if you don’t have it then there’s something wrong with you from birth. I think Shen Jiu falls into exactly this category of thought— and so he doesn’t even consider that he could try to learn and develop it as a skill he can perform, even if it doesn’t come naturally.

Of course, would he even try? He hasn’t been given any incentive. Any time he has tried to do something good, he ends up getting hurt (saving Yue Qi leading to being taken by QJL) or misinterpreted and admonished (the well ghost incident, keep in mind my earlier point about scoldings perpetuating the same patterns).

So he stays in that same vicious cycle, perpetually in survival mode and unable to escape, even in a relatively secure position (see: his paranoia).

Now, this is all relevant to the discussions of SJ’s feminism, misogyny, and/or lack thereof. I feel like a lot of discussions aren’t really getting the full picture.

SJ sees people, no matter who they are, as solely how they can affect him. Just because this isn’t exclusive to women, or because if comes from a reasonable place, does that really mean it doesn’t play into misogyny?

Let’s take another angle.

I think his abuse of LBH and other talented disciples also is rooted, deep down, in this same issue. He’s not just hurting LBH only to hurt him, his aim is specifically to stunt his cultivation. There’s jealousy at play there of course, but there’s a bit more layers to it too— SJ doesn’t think he’s capable of goodness. So reasonably, he’ll be a bad teacher. He already knows what happens when someone becomes more powerful than their oppressor. LBH may be a child now, but a part of SJ whether he acknowledges it or not sees him as a future threat that needs to be treated as such.

It’s rooted in fear— because everything is with SJ.

So does that mean it’s not actually abuse?

No. The behaviors he shows are still abusive, the reasoning just gives a lens for understanding.

Now, with his views on women— I mentioned in the tags of my original post that I don’t think he views women as people. This is based in that earlier idea of how he interprets others based off their risk and benefit to him. For women specifically, though, there’s another layer.

Shen Jiu grew up in a society where women are inherently lesser— and he grew up in an extreme version of this. He saw women being treated as property firsthand(both as slaves, as well as QJL’s views on his sister). Your worldview is shaped by the world that you view during those early years. Whether he agreed or not, SJ would still take on the patterns of his environment. This, though, is just the same as general societal misogyny and ingrained bias. I don’t think he’s any different than anyone else in this way.

But where SJ’s particular flavor comes in is that to him, women are a source of comfort. For various reasons— positive past experiences, less threatening (or at least don’t carry the dangers men do). He craves comfort— needs it really, because he doesn’t get it and his cortisol levels are always so high they’re poisoning his body. Women are the best source of that comfort for him.

It’s not that he likes them— at least, not any more than someone would like drinking water, or a coat in the winter. They’re fulfilling a survival need for him.

That is what the objectification is where SJ is concerned.

So… is it misogyny?

I’d say yes, in a way it still is. It’s not violent, and it doesn’t come from some inherent sense of “superiority as a man” but at the core of it all, he’s still not viewing women as people, and he has no interest in changing the status quo, because it benefits him to be able to go purchase comfort at a pleasure house, even if it’s not what people usually do there. The picture is bigger than just misogyny, but the traits taken as themselves are misogynistic nonetheless.

I could go into his specific relationships with women and how that informs his character, but this post is already long enough. We know that he mentally divides people by sex, and that distinction has a lot of weight in his judgment of them. Even if it comes from a place of trauma, even if it comes from a general worldview that applies to everyone, he still views women as a commodity— so on some level, and from an outside perspective, he is misogynistic.

In the end, though, it still all comes from him being stuck in survival mode. His lack of empathy, his viewing others as risks and benefits— these things themselves aren’t moral failings— it’s just a consequence of his environment. He’s a bad person because he won’t confront this, develop a moral code, and act on it, not because he doesn’t experience empathy.

But in his circumstance, there’s not really a chance for him to choose to be good. Because he’s still trying to survive, and goodness is a luxury he doesn’t realize he can afford now.

He’s scum, but pitiful, you know?

#svsss #svsss meta #zhuixing meta #shen jiu #listen I’ve been through a lot of shit and I project on this dude a lot #so ymmv on how you interpret the character but this is just how I see him #and honestly that’s ok! characters aren’t people so everyone can interpret them differently and they CAN be different from person to person #but also… I think the ‘is sj misogynistic’ answer really comes down to what you consider misogyny #is it the motives or the actions 等等 #I think the way it affects those around him is most important and therefore yes he is #but others may say the source is too different and the motives are different #and tbh other views are valid #it’s a grey line area #anyway #none of the replies to my post really encapsulated the root to it as I see it #also before you come at me I literally AM the ‘no empathy and views people as risk vs benefit’ in the post #I just try really hard to have a moral code #and consciously think about not harming/helping others #sj is just someone who DOESNT do that