#in 2023

[sailorsally]

You are in a car with a beautiful boy and he cannot tell you he loves you because they edited his confession out of the fucking script!!!!!!!

#I AM GOING INSANE #in 2023 #destiel #spn #supernatural

[curryswirl]

yuri (classic)

#in 2023 #what do you know #homestuck #sollux captor #aradia megido

[shiftythrifting]

found and of course bought brand new limewire merch at the thriftstore today

#thrifting #shiftythrifting #submission #limeware #in 2023 #lmao #shifty swag

[tolicandco]

it really is 2023

#bbc merlin #I thought I was done with British queerbaiting shows #like that shit was in the past #but here we are #in 2023 #with me looking trough merlin tags

[bioluminesced]

its them the xmens

#embarassing #in 2023 #im cringe but im free #xmfc #xmen first class #charles xavier #professor x #xmen prequels #magneto #erik lensherr #x men first class #xmen #white man wednesday

[foxydodo]

Are you still a fan of ZaDr? Because I really like your drawing of them

I still like them but I don't forsee myself drawing them anymore. Thank you for enjoying my old stuff though, it was super fun back then! Just out of curiosity I did a lil doodle here to see how I'd draw them now. 5 seconds before kith

#zadr #in 2023 #i get the feeling i'd also draw them a lot more differently now and it might not be the same as the stuff you liked from years ago? hahaha #dib with the acne tho plsss

[streamsofstardust]

"maybe ryan ross's sweatshirt"

I'm gonna have a fucking aneurism peter

#he actually just said that #like #in 2023 #pete is talking about ryan #and I'm supposed to act normal #i won't #ryan ross #ryro #pete wentz #fob #not gvf at all sorry

[ted-dy-bear]

au where molly stops slapping their boyfriend

(based on a bit with my partner about that Forehead Kiss + headcanon that molly would call caleb the dumbest and silliest pet names)

#yes i know #critical role #in 2023 #but you see. i love them #art #artists on tumblr #procreate #digital art #mollymauk tealeaf #caleb widogast #widowmauk #widomauk #mollymauk x caleb

[ikarakie]

klance top gun au where keith is maverick and lance is goose but goose doesn’t fucking die because fuck that

#klance #in 2023 #voltron #vld #keith voltron #voltron keith #lance voltron #voltron lance #keith x lance #lance x keith #voltron legendary disappointment #voltron legendary defender #klance prompt #prompt #klance au #keith kogane #lance mcclain

[fahye]

#the last binding #guess I'm putting this one on ALL the social media #I just feel it's an important fact #for us all to know #in 2023 #the year of lord hawthorn

[sparkytheandroid]

ABOUT NEW 50% OFF CONTENT

Hey sorry to get your attention like that, kind of a scummy move but bare with me a few moments. I’m the other person who made 50% Off, Sparky the Android, I also voiced Haru and Rin and some other small things. People usually just call me PJ now cause I don’t really make content anymore. Speaking of content Alex, Octopimp, decided he was going to make some new 50% Off content this past week and I would just like to explain some things as to why this is a real legitimate slap in the face to me personally. I want to stress that I was not sexually abused, physically abused, or in any major danger in my long creative partnership with Alex, he was just a scumbag who acted like an asshole and treated me really poorly over the course of the show forcing me to eventually quit. I was willing to just walk away from this stuff. Close the door, yknow? Get some closure but Alex seems intent on opening it by posting new 50% off content without talking to me about it first in any capacity. I have not spoken to Alex in several years but I was and always have been an equal creative factor in 50% Off, so him releasing new content without me feels especially insulting.   Alex came to me ten years ago asking if I would be interested in making an abridged series at the time because I had a background writing comedy and went to school for film. This was under the pretense of an equal partnership. We’re both funny, I’m a good writer and a decent voice actor, Alex is a decent writer and a good voice actor. He bought me my first voice acting microphone and we set to work developing the show with me refining a lot of our ideas into actual scripts to read from. As the series progressed I started taking on the larger writing work and Alex the larger editing work. Episodes went from 4 minute goofs (the original concept) to more longform almost 20 minute episodes at a time where characters had their own throughlines and stories progressing. It was a large task for the two of us, especially the difficulty of editing for Alex specifically. I don’t want any of this to seem like I did all the work, or that I never fought with or insulted Alex because that’s far from my point. Both of us were supposed to be partners but Alex consistently treated the show as SOLELY his in increasing amounts. I had to ask him to stop saying things like “I sign your paychecks.” or to stop insulting me in videos when he would add in insults against me without talking to me about it first. I can take an insult! I wrote some content insults about Alex too! But I was always up front and he would slip his insults in, or little jokes that were not in my scripts, without ever talking to me about them I would see them in the video premiers. He consistently minimized my involvement, I had to argue with him to get my name on the end slate, I wrote the theme rap, I wrote 90% of the material, I wrote our dumb tshirt commercials, the show is unequivocally so much of MY VOICE and I was begging to get a little more limelight or recognition. Alex took guest appearances at cons without talking to me. We did a panel at anime expo where HE was the guest and when I asked him about a badge to get into the con he informed me that he was giving the other pass to his girlfriend at the time. And while he did end up purchasing me a new badge to try and make good, just the act of not thinking that that badge should have been mine was so insulting. When we went to funimation he consistently bore it down on me that i was LUCKY that he flew me out so we could go to Funimation even though he would not be going in the first place without my scripts and voice. He made content without talking to me. He kept me at arms length in an arrangement that was supposed to be equal and I never spoke about it publicly because even a small amount of internet fame warped my little idiot brain and I wanted to keep being famous and cool on the internet. 

I never saw our official earnings numbers or even had access to the channel and took it on blind faith that I was being fair. When I quit the show because it was seriously becoming a real detriment to my mental health I walked away from any earnings the show would make after. 

It sucked. It sucked because I wanted to make more of the show. I wanted to finish season one. I promised people I would. It sucked because for some of it I was having fun! I was going to voice actor parties and people were paying attention to me. Selfishly I thought I could right the ship and turn it into a real career but I know that was never really an option. And it sucked because Alex and I WERE friends. I did some of my best material with him. Times hanging out with him where he was a genuine person were great. And I tried so many things! I realized arguing with him wasn't working so I figured it must be my fault. I tried being more supportive of him, supporting his streams, cheering him on at game tournaments, etc. But he just kept using me and the people around him to further his career. I just couldn’t take it anymore and I took the only ownership I really could and I walked away. The show stopped and, I’m sorry to the people who loved it, I think it should have stayed stopped. Nagisa is a fuckin racist caricature, one I actively contributed too regardless of the actions I took to make Nagisa smarter, more artistic, less of a one note joke about drugs and crime. Hell his final speech about how he felt about fetishizing MLM content at the time was feelings I WAS HAVING as a person coming to real terms with their queer identity. Alex is not a queer person! I am! I gave that speech to Alex to perform. I gave him MY VOICE. But it's still a racist caricature rooted in the past that is my fault for perpetuating.  

And again I’m not an angel. I argued with Alex a lot and said a lot of mean things to his face. Some stuff I regret because I’ve spent the time after the show specifically not shoving myself down another pipeline of making online content. The attention makes me stupid and I act like a jerk! I made mistakes while doing 50% Off and I’m sure I’ve hurt people too. I’m sorry to anyone who crossed my path when I was hopped up on stupid internet fame. You met one of the worst versions of me and it was my own doing. I’m sorry to Alex even for some of the stuff I said. But Alex leveraged his position of power over me as an excuse to treat me like shit. I’m in a good place in my life and I just wanted to shut the door on all this but Alex is intent on opening it after all these years and STILL minimizing my contributions. Saying things like “I just don't have the time/resources to make full episodes anymore.” He can’t make full episodes anymore because he would have to replace my voice in them but more than that replace my entire writing style. I was willing to let him upload a short like w/e its 2023 like whatever right? Tell your joke dude I don’t care. Then he posted another acting like he was going to do even more new 50% Off stuff and a close friend spoke with him saying it wasn't a good idea and he agreed. Then he posted them on youtube! And is saying stuff like this to people in the comments.

Like implying that the only reason he can't continue to produce 50% Off in full is because he doesn’t have the energy or schedule. He can’t continue because it would be continuing without me and I know deep down he KNOWS he shouldn’t. I don’t want any fucking clout or want you to watch any of my content because I don’t MAKE any. I wasn't sexually assaulted or physically abused. Alex was just a huge dick to me and a lot of my friends and we all just let it slide for all of our own personal reasons. Hell I was content just walking away the way I did, making the split seem amicable so there wasn’t a bunch of drama, letting the show stay up, and still field questions for people curious about it. I took my gdrive with every script i ever wrote for the show and just closed the door. I’m just tired after all these years of this guy actively ignoring my involvement in the show that is partially responsible for his internet fame. Tired of him pulling this bullshit “uwu i would love to make more but i just can't!” attitude to lie about why he can't actually make more. Tired of him opening that fucking door. 

A few years ago Alex got in contact with me through a friend with an apology. At the time he sent it many streamers were facing backlash for how they treated people in the past, ones closer to Alex, so this seemed suspiciously timed. The apology I got sounded like every other apology Alex had given me over the years. A lot of avoiding his own culpability in his actions. I told him that if we were to resume being friends it would take a lot. I think anyone who makes the effort deserves the chance to be redeemed, but I had absolutely zero trust in him and thought it was unlikely that he really wanted to make an effort to be a real friend to me. After that we resumed not speaking and when people asked me about him I still tried to make our split seem at least somewhat amicable and I try to generally avoid projects he is involved in. 

Imagine my surprise when he walked out on that Jerma stream. 

I want to thank everybody who watched 50% Off honestly and truly. I think some of it still shines as some of my best work. I got to do a lot of cool things like have my voice in a real anime, and I met tons of people who cared about me and my role in the show specifically. Those people were like life preservers while I felt like I was sinking in Alex’s shadow. It’s undeniably cool to have people respond to your work so well and I know I wouldn't have seen that happen without Alex’s skills as an entertainer and producer. Alex has hurt me personally as a friend, as a business partner, and has hurt several of my other friends in various ways with his behavior. The way I felt on 50% Off became truly harmful to my mental state. I struggle personally with imposter syndrome and RSD and at the time of making the show I had gone through very little therapy to help me develop healthy coping mechanisms for those things. It was just like pouring gasoline into a fire. And I really wanted to put it all behind me for the sake of my own mental health and life because all things considered I’m happy where I am now. I’ve worked really hard on myself personally and have been so lucky to have emotionally intelligent friends help me and give me so many chances I should not have deserved. I’m fortunate to be able to support myself and my cat, and I get to make personal art I love without having to push myself into the internet game because if I’m being honest I had a bad addiction to social media. I apologize I don’t have a nice resolution for you, I’m not asking you to stop watching 50% Off, or watch anything I make, or hell even stop watching Alex’s personal content. I just felt like I had this intense pit in my stomach seeing him parade around in the other half of our two person horse costume and insist he’s wearing the whole thing. Yknow? After all these years I just wanted to say SOMETHING about the way I was really treated so I could finally get some closure for myself. Thank you for your time and again to all the people who DID support the show thank you sincerely. 

#also without my involvement alex is a white cishet man writing queer characters #one of which is a racist stereotype #in 2023 #like cmon #octopimp #50% off! #free! abridged

[crinkle-eyed-boo]

#WHAT A THING TO WAKE UP TO #the UMBRO SHIRT #in 2023 #😮😮😮😮😮😮

[pablothefrog]

My little sister just asked me if I remembered Voltron and when Lance and Keith chose each other in the feud episode

#LIKE #GIRL??? #SHE WANTS TO WATCH IT AGAIN WITH ME #SHE HASNT WATCHED IT SINCE SHE WAS 13 #SHE DOESNT REMEMBER THE PAIN #cant believe im voltron posting #in 2023 #voltron #klance #pablo croaks

[thepastelpeach]

#pastelart #homestuck #yeah i drew homestuck art #in 2023 #what of it #karkat #karkat vantas #homestuck art #homestuck karkat

[thegayassistant]

late game beronica might be one of the biggest curveballs that riverdale has ever given us and that is saying something considering it’s fucking riverdale. like never would i have expected canon beronica in 2023?????

#riverdale #beronica #like i literally cannot believe i am posting a bout beronica #in 2023 #i’ve wanted this since the first episode #where they showed that damn queerbait kiss in the promos

[andy-clutterbuck]

ANDY LINCOLN + 2022

#see you in 2023 my dude #Andrew Lincoln #* #andygifs #this year marked a decade for us clutterbuck wtf #if you don't want to bear hug the shit out of him i don't trust you #Mr Grimes and a new soft bespectacled nerd perfect #wonder if him and gael have got their gladrags on #old man #mayor of DILFingham #the smile in the sdcc top pic #STAB ME WITH A RAKE #*david attenborough voice* THE SUN #the mold broke....no it didn't you couldn't even make a mold #me continuing to be the old lady who all the neighborhood kids think is a witch because she's been around so long #in 2023 #it's me hi i'm the problem it's me