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robbyykeene · 2 years

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Long rant about season 4, Johnny Lawrence, and the deterioration of the writing below so feel free to ignore this, but I just feel like I haven’t actually coherently expressed my main gripe with season 4 here.

In season 1 johnny is introduced and he’s racist, misogynistic, bullies kids based on their physical appearance, etc. etc. etc. And these are clearly his Bad Traits that are explicitly condemned by the narrative. When not portrayed as something that has explicit negative consequences (ie basically causing Hawk to go full incel), at the very least the story mocks and pokes fun at him for having such backwards ideals. And as the character grows through the story, so do his values. The show explicitly shows him moving past his racism in regards to Miguel, his sexism in regards to Aisha and then Tory. The story clearly articulates that these are all things Johnny learned from Kreese, and as he distances himself more from Kreese and his teachings, he learns and grows and leaves a lot of that ignorance behind.

And then season 4 comes along, and all of that just…goes away. And I don’t mean to say that Johnny necessarily regresses. But the way the narrative depicts him has completely changed. Johnny goes to Piper talking about how Karate can empower women, but it just turns into a joke about how he “learned feminism for this.” This is not meant to poke fun at Johnny, but to poke fun at feminism. The entire joke is as basic as “haha, of course Johnny’s not a feminist! Why would he be?” Later on, he makes a gendered statement to Sam and apologizes and corrects himself. But then the narrative literally undoes that by having Sam validate him! Tells him it’s fine, she understood what he meant and he didn’t need to change. Later this season we are even explicitly told that we should just accept Johnny as he is. Johnny’s ignorance has gone from being something explicitly condemned by the narrative to something they want us to love and accept him for.

And you know what? I don’t. Because Johnny Lawrence is not a real person. He’s a character in a story. I don’t have to accept the negative parts of him, because as an individual I don’t care about him at all. And that’s not to criticize him for being a flawed character, a flawed protagonist is fine—it’s great, actually! But when the show itself goes from criticizing those flaws to treating them as anything but, that’s where I take issue. Because I really don’t care about any of these characters as individuals. I care about the story that’s being told, a story I used to love about toxic masculinity and radicalization and cycles of abuse and how they all interplay with each other. A story that actually seemed like it was trying to say something important. But season 4 watered it all down so much to the point where I can’t even find a coherent central theme in the show anymore. At least not one the writers seem to have a solid stance on.

#so yeah theres a bunch of shit i didnt like season #but this is my main gripe bc it all ties back into this #the story has now decided it wants us to acfept johnny for who he is #and thats why characters felt so off and made decisions that seemed insane #because the central theme of the season may have been that johnny and daniel need to find a middle ground #but the actual narrative didnt even back up that perspective #whatever #this is why i wont watch season 5 #also you’re allowed to disagree w me obviously but this isnt smth i feel like debating bc these are just my thoughts and if you feel #differently thats fine but i dont care enough anymore to listen to other peoples perspectives on this #bc thats all ive been doing since s4 came out and ive really tried hard to see what some of yall are seeing #and i just dont see it #so lets agree to disagree and keep the commentary off this please #which is why im not tagging it as anything either #except #ck negativity #just to be safe #im just sick of getting messages everytime i post or rb smth critical of the show accusing me of hating johnny or daniel or robby or miguel #etc. etc. etc.#bc it literally isnt about that #I’m annoyed by all of those characters stroylines this season sure #but at the end of the day they’re characters. not people. i dont dislike the characters i dislike the writing #and how its all become so warped this season

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ikishima · 9 days

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#the amount of compassion you have to pour directly into a bad-faith asshole's mouth without knowing whether there's even a point #in order to get them to the point where they're willing to engage at a level where they actually take your feelings & words into account #the point where they even start hearing you and seeing you as a potential equal in conversation #the point where learning and growing becomes a possibility #is fucking exhausting. and i understand why a lot of people refuse to do it. i understand why some people dont practice what they preach #because sometimes the congregation in question is just there to throw tomatoes without any intent of listening #but idc! idc! im not gonna let a bunch of assholes close my heart off. id rather be naive but kind and get taken advantage of #if the alternative is leaving people behind or making a single person feel the way i have felt #having good intentions but being unable to express it w/o negative emotion or without the correct words or not being given a fighting chanc #to never be seen as a person or heard or listened to is so hurtful #i never want to do that to someone #and if i have parted ways with you or made you feel like that at any point please know it is only when i have no other options left #i know it's an autism thing to be so utterly gutted at being misunderstood and i'm most likely giving energy to people who don't deserve it #but i dont care! i dont care!#my compassion IS a renewable resource because i keep feeding it hope and humanity #i get mad sometimes but please know every angry word i've ever said has stuck on my mind like a glue trap #i remember every fight i have been slightly too aggressive and potentially awful in since the fifth grade and i continue to ruminate #on harm i have caused however big or small #i feel so surrounded by hate and anger and i just want to be that person who doesnt get caught up in it and can be compassionate no matter #lots to think about today ...#x

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floralovebot · 2 years

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oh are we talking about racism rn? cool cool i have thoughts

the defeminization of the other winx can definitely be rooted in misogyny however the defeminization of musa and aisha are 100% rooted in racism.

stop making musa a walking festival in your redesigns. her entire thing was prioritizing her comfort and dreams rather than her father's wishes. she literally only wears more traditional dresses during formal events and when she wants to dress up. her magic winx or any other transformation being traditional wear doesn't make sense and is usually racism from the fandom.

nabu is indian coded. him being dark skinned and dating aisha doesn't mean he's automatically black. it's cool if you're a black fan who thought he was black because of rep but 1. please recognize his coding and 2. if you're not black or asian please reassess why you immediately thought he was black and continue to ignore his blatant coding.

trans helia headcanons are still largely problematic, especially from cis fans. insisting he's a pacifist is still racist. making him extremely unemotional is also racist.

while nabu's death is problematic in its own right, aisha not moving on would make it worse. either keep him alive or let her move on. keeping her single is never good rep.

editors and gifmakers are still whitewashing. stop that.

and stop liking and reblogging content that's whitewashed. it's been years. we talk about it constantly. it takes one fucking second to double check that a character isn't bright white. stop giving excuses and do better. take the damn L and delete shit if you notice it later. confront the op and stop making us do the dirty work.

yes we notice when you leave out the entirety of asia except for china, south korea, and japan in your melody headcanons.

joking about galatea being white is still weird.

viewing musa as a tomboy is fine. completely removing any femininity she has (and canonically is okay with), making her violently reject her culture, and making her dad much worse than he ever was is still bad.

stop giving aisha extremely straight/vaguely wavy hair in your art and redesigns??? it's shitty animation from the early 2000s yeah but her hair is absolutely meant to be textured. she has defined curls and it holds shape. it's not fucking beach waves. (hint: it's anywhere in the 3 to 4 range. stop doing 1 and 2 hairstyles.)

if a poc tells you you're being racist, getting defensive and insisting we're the bullies is just proof that you are.

learn what whitewashing is and stop thinking it's just making someone's skin tone lighter.

yeah it's weird when you make flora specifically not latina in your redesigns. that's not rep or a fun headcanon. it's erasure.

yes, it's a little weird when you redesign riven to be dark-skinned. this highly depends on you and how you're portraying him. if you continue to portray him as hyper masculine and problematic or even downright abusive (an issue on its own), then yeah keep him white <3

white people: you do not get to decide what is and isn't racism and you sure as hell don't get to argue with us about it. you may not understand, you may disagree, but you don't get to come into our spaces and argue about how you think we're wrong about racism.

fans of color: don't feel bad about blocking racists. don't feel bad about soft or hard blocking mutuals because they crossed too many lines. don't give up your safe space and integrity in the hopes of changing their minds.

this.

#gonna turn off anon to avoid more racists in my inbox <3 #i love the winx fandom <3 #no no please tell me more about how racism isn't a real issue and how i'm being too negative <3 #please tell me to shut up and die again <3 #keep vagueing and blocking me <3 #fandom racism #i love going through random tags and blogs to see what i missed #its always either extremely silly or serious discussions of racism #both of which have white people acting like fools

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stephstars08 · 6 months

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I can’t stand when people reblog my posts just to say something negative about what I posted! Like please just keep on scrolling! It’s so childish! If you don’t like what I posted JUST KEEP SCROLLING! That’s what a mature person does!!!!

#so annoyed #so annoying #just keep scrolling #please be an adult #don’t just reblog my posts just to say negative shit #if you don’t like what I post than keep scrolling #if you don’t like what I post than why are you on my blog #this is a no hate blog #I can’t believe I have to say this #this is why I rarely post about football #this is why I’m so close to not wanting to post about football #if you don’t like Joe Burrow than stay the fuck off my blog #it’s always a chiefs fan

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our-inspire-verse · 8 months

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"That's not how systems work. You're taking this too far. You don't know what its like to feel so out of control, to have memory blackouts, to wake up years later, to have someone in your system grieve someone they didn't know was dead."

Bec. Becayse... hecause i didnt talk about experiencing it? Or. Because i said that i like my system or that i have a majority positive experiences over negative ones?

Because i did. I absolutely have been thru every single one of these things and I've had multiple people talk down to me as if I'm stupid and perpetuating false information, or just simply being super disrespectful. I never assume, i never make blanket statements, and i go forward knowing that everyone collectively is new to studying this stuff in a modern way, though its been around for a while.

All i want is to demedicalize a part of the community (because OBVIOUSLY some will have need for the medical part) and be honest about myself, and listen to others being honest about THEMSELVES.

Systems are. Extraordinary. Every single one of them, and every individual within them. Talk about your experiences, be annoying. Talk too much. Talk only about the good. Talk about how you adore them. Talk about the bad. Talk about any part of it you deem important even if others think its silly, or cringe, or wrong or bad or stupid or anything else. Whatever YOU think of it, it must be.

I promise you aren't the only system experiencing whatever it is you're experiencing and that there is a community for you. Find the people who will listen, and speak.

#system babbles #mild rant?#idk im vaguing again but like. fuck off this is literally my tumblr blog thats what we do here.#we diary post.#im angry still bc im literally going thru some of this system stuff rn like being a system is so fucking hard and their words are ringing in #my skull. from multiple people who decided i was toxic for being myself in this new age. my new way #anyway please goD god damn it like. just be nice fr like wht why why why stopppp splitting yhe community up so much #literally please god damn relax fuck we're all literally just surviving i had such a nice evening with my headmates #we're going the fuck through some stuff rn and we really need our community but we keep. being reminded. of things.#actually plural #osdd system #did #dissociative disorder #system positivity #kinda personal #kinda negative #idk posting bc ✌😚✌ im just really frustrated rn

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kyouka-supremacy · 1 year

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oh :( I'm so sorry you received hate 😭 you don't deserve it at all I really like your posts!

Aaaaawwwwwww thank you so much!!!!!! Admittedly it was kind of a moodkiller so this really helped make me cheer up (╥﹏╥) I really appreciate it, I'm happy to know there's people that can still enjoy my posts!!!!!!!!! Thank you tons for sending this and I hope you're having a sweet day / night (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*.✧

#Like. my blogs have always been for me‚ in theory #yet thinking something I posted was reason of so much negative feelings in someone was. idk.#yes the blog is for me firstly but I don't want it to end up putting more bad stuff in the world–#there's already enough of it you know? So I'm genuinely sorry anyone got distressed by it #(although rationally acknowledging it's an issue with them and that it's their responsibility to curate what they see.#It's still not nice ahah)#So your words came off as very reassuring‚ I'm glad to know there's people who can still enjoy what I do!!!!#Thank you!!! Love you 💕💕#people asks me stuff #Also I just know it must be from a Twitter user and like.#It was a joke to keep Twitter users out but I don't think it's a joke anymore 💔💔#(Not seriously‚ but just‚ please be polite (´；ω；｀)

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shinidamachu · 2 years

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(voices how I truly feel about toxic relationships): The series itself, Inuyasha would've remained better off without the likes of Kagome and Inuyasha's toxic relationship.

You've got some nerve talking about toxicity when you're the one spamming the inbox of an Inukag centered blog with your unwanted opinion about how toxic Inukag is.

I'm not sure what you expected to accomplish with this. Was it my attention? Well, congratulations then: you got it. Although I must say there are better ways to do it.

If your intention, however, was to get sympathy for your whole "Inukag is toxic" agenda or try to impose your views about the ship on me... Woof! I'm really not your audience.

You know, there are plenty of anti Inukag blogs in the sea (I personally blocked every single one of them), so why don't you take your whine over there? You're bumming out my whole area.

#I'm CRACKING this was SO RANDOM #Like I literally went back and combed through my blog to see if I have posted something controversial that might have set this off #But there's literally nothing LMAO #I don't know if you guys noticed but I haven't been to active here lately #Most of the posts are just innocent queue reblogs #And even if I HAD posted something it would have been properly tagged and also this is a personal blog #So I can post whatever I want #And I literally just want to vibe and enjoy my OTP in peace #Why did this person pick ME to be annoying with?#Like even when I make anti posts about ships I dislike is always on my own blog I don't go around hitting other people's inboxes about it #Please keep your negativity on a motherfucking box to the motherfucking right #Thank you #Sidmailing

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avvocarlo · 1 year

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like I'm not even sure what it is but across so many work industries it's always the grunt level worker who is to blame apparently. any excuse in the book to counter what you say or did. you feel like you're going nuts, I'm reasonably reflective and can see where something went wrong or where I can do better. does this make any sense?

#the main thing i keep getting pulled up on is my lateness or lack of communication with management #also that i tend to step over perceived boundaries according to managerial points of view/standards #idk it's hard to explain when you're hearing like #oh you're great but keep doing these things and we know you do it on purpose #also you don't know the secret old people cleaning code that only old people know #well why wasn't i told? why is it when i ask they say yes but there's actually something else they need #everyone is different i am giving you the option to express that need and if you say no how is this my fault for respecting that?#what is common sense?#which seems to be more in line with the like. can't please everyone thing TBH #maybe just want to take me down a peg and assert managerial dominance on the lowly barely above minimum wage (like fuckin $24 ph lol) staff #i don't intend to stay long or try ladder climb #also when i said that they said well you only work like part time why should you get more #i said then it'd be even more negative as I'd be getting underpaid doubly so for extra work #i try to say i hurt myself with all the cleaning but yeah nah other staff don't have this issue it must be you #i don't believe that #hell it even pissed me off when i said i wanted to do psychology/mental health #and maybe I'm wrong to say this but that mental game of saying ah well are you sure you could do that?#not to be twitter but it reminds me of abusive relationship power dynamics

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wollfling · 2 years

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My problematic trait is that when I see the ai art hashtag, i care about the artwork 100% less. The ai stealing from other artists is a whole conversation, but like I just watched a video about using ai to create thumbnail references for paintings/illustrations and it's so disheartening.. and apparently it's hard for artists to keep up with ai (competitively for views, sales, etc) so they turn to it to help speed their process... but then so much value of art has been lost... isn't it? Specifically in terms of conceptual pieces. Life drawings etc aren't really what I'm thinking abt here. And I've seen people talk about how like, ai isn't going to last long specifically because it "steals" images and would cause problems legally, but if artists are just using it to "do the thinking for them" for the foundational concept and composition it's a different story? Of course people are allowed to do whatever they want but it just feels so disheartening.. I feel it's just caused by the pressure to post and please algorithms etc to be able to actually make a living off of your art. I think ultimately I feel sad that artists are put in this position.

#i realize this is a complicated topic but right now personally i hate it #how many of us consider art as expression? what are we expressing if we get ai to mash a bunch of keywords into an image for #us to use as the thumbnail ref. like. and ofc it depends whatever type of art it is like i said #im doing my best bc i dont want to offend anyone or hurt their feelings o<-< but if im honest i hate it all. genuinely.#artists saying their using it bc they have to adapt #bc they cant keep up otherwise (and in compitition with ai art accounts) its just. this is so sad. i hate that this is where we are heading #i dont dislike anyone for using it im not trying to come off that way.#i dislike that artists are being pushed into a corner like this. its just sad no other word for it lol #anyways no more negative talk sorry i just wanted to rant about that #pls dont lose yourself and your art trying to please social media. try your best to set aside time to create art just for yourself too ;_;#theyre * not their... whateva lol

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rottingcompost · 2 years

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Anyways so I went to a staff meeting at work today because we all had to go, and we all found out that our work place is shutting down. We do have the chance to keep working at bk, but if we want to, we have to move to another city entirely or take the bus or train every single day for hours at a time. Now I dont know about you but I wouldnt move away from all my friends and family to work at a shitty fast food resturant, and I am currently looking for new jobs. Wish me luck. Life just keeps getting weirder and more shitty before it lets me have any sort of break i suppose

#ramblings #how the fuck did it take three years to realize the resturant that hasnt been successful since a month after it opened wouldnt be fixable #im not even mad i just dont get how you can look at a resturant going in the negatives every single month for over a year and has zero (0)#god damn visitors most of the day every single day and still think that you can fix it for three whole years #the resturant has never been successful why would they think they can turn it around after even like a full year of consistent it losing #money for even being open #also choosing to close the resturant during extremely shitty economic times is a choice.#wont affect a big corporation like bk but it will definitely affect the people working there #especially the people working there who DONT live with family or any roommates or anything like that #I thought it was hilarious that several of the people i told to guess what we found out at the staff meeting thought that i had been fired #like yeah. TECHNICALLY THAT HAPPENED. we all practically got fired. because unless we have the money to travel between work and home for #hours on end or we dont want to uproot pur entire lives and move in like a months time then yeah. we wont be able to keep the job lol #at least i can take some comfort in knowing that a majority of the people working there are under 18 and live with family so they wont be #dropped as hard as the older people who live on their own will be (like me lmao)#anyways if someone can either ship me off to england so i can live with my partner or idk find some place that could hire me that would be #nice. im just job hunting now and i will definitely go harder at it now lol #just all i ask for is one singular break for once life... im tired and stressed and in general have been kinda kicked around for a year #just one little break. please

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sheepskinnedgoat · 2 years

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If your only contribution to post saying something like, "being mentally ill doesn't = abuser" is to once again reinforce that "but you can be mentally ill and abusive" you're a fucking asshole at best. Yes, we know, the whole world loves to assume mental illness = abuse. Stop hijacking posts to make yourself feel better because you think we gotta make sure mentally ill people know what you really think.

#vague posting #im frustrated #i live in a world of feeling bad because i have to live with who i am #its nice to be told abuse isnt inherent and i can get better #but reminding ill and broken people that they can be both doesnt give hope or change them it just keeps them down #its hard to feel like you can change when the negative is reinforced #even if it's not meant to be like thay #a sick brain will frequently take it personally which makes it harder to do better #if you gonna advocate for the mentally ill you have to advocate for all of us #these tags are a little off the original point but like please think more deeply about this shit #make your own posts instead of ruining positivity posts for ppl who are often labeled as inherently harmful

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sophiamcdougall · 4 months

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You're a reasonably informed person on the internet. You've experienced things like no longer being able to get files off an old storage device, media you've downloaded suddenly going poof, sites and forums with troves full of people's thoughts and ideas vanishing forever. You've heard of cybercrime. You've read articles about lost media. You have at least a basic understanding that digital data is vulnerable, is what I'm saying. I'm guessing that you're also aware that history is, you know... important? And that it's an ongoing study, requiring ... data about how people live? And that it's not just about stanning celebrities that happen to be dead? Congratulations, you are significantly better-informed than the British government! So they're currently like "Oh hai can we destroy all these historical documents pls? To save money? Because we'll digitise them first so it's fine! That'll be easy, cheap and reliable -- right? These wills from the 1850s will totally be fine for another 170 years as a PNG or whatever, yeah? We didn't need to do an impact assesment about this because it's clearly win-win! We'd keep the physical wills of Famous People™ though because Famous People™ actually matter, unlike you plebs. We don't think there are any equalities implications about this, either! Also the only examples of Famous People™ we can think of are all white and rich, only one is a woman and she got famous because of the guy she married. Kisses!"

Yes, this is the same Government that's like "Oh no removing a statue of slave trader is erasing history :(" You have, however, until 23 February 2024 to politely inquire of them what the fuck they are smoking. And they will have to publish a summary of the responses they receive. And it will look kind of bad if the feedback is well-argued, informative and overwhelmingly negative and they go ahead and do it anyway. I currently edit documents including responses to consultations like (but significantly less insane) than this one. Responses do actually matter. I would particularly encourage British people/people based in the UK to do this, but as far as I can see it doesn't say you have to be either. If you are, say, a historian or an archivist, or someone who specialises in digital data do say so and draw on your expertise in your answers. This isn't a question of filling out a form. You have to manually compose an email answering the 12 questions in the consultation paper at the link above. I'll put my own answers under the fold. Note -- I never know if I'm being too rude in these sorts of things. You probably shouldn't be ruder than I have been.

Please do not copy and paste any of this: that would defeat the purpose. This isn't a petition, they need to see a range of individual responses. But it may give you a jumping-off point.

Question 1: Should the current law providing for the inspection of wills be preserved?

Yes. Our ability to understand our shared past is a fundamental aspect of our heritage. It is not possible for any authority to know in advance what future insights they are supporting or impeding by their treatment of material evidence. Safeguarding the historical record for future generations should be considered an extremely important duty.

Question 2: Are there any reforms you would suggest to the current law enabling wills to be inspected?

No.

Question 3: Are there any reasons why the High Court should store original paper will documents on a permanent basis, as opposed to just retaining a digitised copy of that material?

Yes. I am amazed that the recent cyber attack on the British Library, which has effectively paralysed it completely, not been sufficient to answer this question for you. I also refer you to the fate of the Domesday Project. Digital storage is useful and can help more people access information; however, it is also inherently fragile. Malice, accident, or eventual inevitable obsolescence not merely might occur, but absolutely should be expected. It is ludicrously naive and reflects a truly unpardonable ignorance to assume that information preserved only in digital form is somehow inviolable and safe, or that a physical document once digitised, never need be digitised again..At absolute minimum, it should be understood as certain that at least some of any digital-only archive will eventually be permanently lost. It is not remotely implausible that all of it would be. Preserving the physical documents provides a crucial failsafe. It also allows any errors in reproduction -- also inevitable-- to be, eventually, seen and corrected. Note that maintaining, upgrading and replacing digital infrastructure is not free, easy or reliable. Over the long term, risks to the data concerned can only accumulate.

"Unlike the methods for preserving analog documents that have been honed over millennia, there is no deep precedence to look to regarding the management of digital records. As such, the processing, long-term storage, and distribution potential of archival digital data are highly unresolved issues. [..] the more digital data is migrated, translated, and re-compressed into new formats, the more room there is for information to be lost, be it at the microbit-level of preservation. Any failure to contend with the instability of digital storage mediums, hardware obsolescence, and software obsolescence thus meets a terminal end—the definitive loss of information. The common belief that digital data is safe so long as it is backed up according to the 3-2-1 rule (3 copies on 2 different formats with 1 copy saved off site) belies the fact that it is fundamentally unclear how long digital information can or will remain intact. What is certain is that its unique vulnerabilities do become more pertinent with age." -- James Boyda, On Loss in the 21st Century: Digital Decay and the Archive, Introduction.

Question 4: Do you agree that after a certain time original paper documents (from 1858 onwards) may be destroyed (other than for famous individuals)? Are there any alternatives, involving the public or private sector, you can suggest to their being destroyed?

Absolutely not. And I would have hoped we were past the "great man" theory of history. Firstly, you do not know which figures will still be considered "famous" in the future and which currently obscure individuals may deserve and eventually receive greater attention. I note that of the three figures you mention here as notable enough to have their wills preserved, all are white, the majority are male (the one woman having achieved fame through marriage) and all were wealthy at the time of their death. Any such approach will certainly cull evidence of the lives of women, people of colour and the poor from the historical record, and send a clear message about whose lives you consider worth remembering.

Secondly, the famous and successsful are only a small part of our history. Understanding the realities that shaped our past and continue to mould our present requires evidence of the lives of so-called "ordinary people"!

Did you even speak to any historians before coming up with this idea?

Entrusting the documents to the private sector would be similarly disastrous. What happens when a private company goes bust or decides that preserving this material is no longer profitable? What reasonable person, confronted with our crumbling privatised water infrastructure, would willingly consign any part of our heritage to a similar fate?

Question 5: Do you agree that there is equivalence between paper and digital copies of wills so that the ECA 2000 can be used?

No. And it raises serious questions about the skill and knowledge base within HMCTS and the government that the very basic concepts of data loss and the digital dark age appear to be unknown to you. I also refer you to the Domesday Project.

Question 6: Are there any other matters directly related to the retention of digital or paper wills that are not covered by the proposed exercise of the powers in the ECA 2000 that you consider are necessary?

Destroying the physical documents will always be an unforgivable dereliction of legal and moral duty.

Question 7: If the Government pursues preserving permanently only a digital copy of a will document, should it seek to reform the primary legislation by introducing a Bill or do so under the ECA 2000?

Destroying the physical documents will always be an unforgivable dereliction of legal and moral duty.

Question 8: If the Government moves to digital only copies of original will documents, what do you think the retention period for the original paper wills should be? Please give reasons and state what you believe the minimum retention period should be and whether you consider the Government’s suggestion of 25 years to be reasonable.

There is no good version of this plan. The physical documents should be preserved.

Question 9: Do you agree with the principle that wills of famous people should be preserved in the original paper form for historic interest?

This question betrays deep ignorance of what "historic interest" actually is. The study of history is not simply glorified celebrity gossip. If anything, the physical wills of currently famous people could be considered more expendable as it is likely that their contents are so widely diffused as to be relatively "safe", whereas the wills of so-called "ordinary people" will, especially in aggregate, provide insights that have not yet been explored.

Question 10: Do you have any initial suggestions on the criteria which should be adopted for identifying famous/historic figures whose original paper will document should be preserved permanently?

Abandon this entire lamentable plan. As previously discussed, you do not and cannot know who will be considered "famous" in the future, and fame is a profoundly flawed criterion of historical significance.

Question 11: Do you agree that the Probate Registries should only permanently retain wills and codicils from the documents submitted in support of a probate application? Please explain, if setting out the case for retention of any other documents.

No, all the documents should be preserved indefinitely.

Question 12: Do you agree that we have correctly identified the range and extent of the equalities impacts under each of these proposals set out in this consultation? Please give reasons and supply evidence of further equalities impacts as appropriate.

No. You appear to have neglected equalities impacts entirely. As discussed, in your drive to prioritise "famous people", your plan will certainly prioritise the white, wealthy and mostly the male, as your "Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin and Princess Diana" examples amply indicate. This plan will create a two-tier system where evidence of the lives of the privileged is carefully preserved while information regarding people of colour, women, the working class and other disadvantaged groups is disproportionately abandoned to digital decay and eventual loss. Current and future historians from, or specialising in the history of minority groups will be especially impoverished by this.

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AO3 Etiquette -UPDATED

Based on both decent and not so decent replies, I have made some changes to my original post below.

It would seem a whole new kind of AO3 reader/writer is emerging and it is becoming clear not everyone quite understands how the website community works. Here is some basic guidance on how most people expect you to go about using AO3 to keep this a fun community archive that funtions correctly:

As well as likes, kudos is for when the story was interesting enough to make you finish reading. If it sucked or was badly written, you probably left. If you finished it, you liked it - so kudos.

If you really liked it, you should try to comment. It can be long and detailed or a literal keysmash. Writers don't care, we just love comments.

No critisism unless the author has specifically asked or agreed to hear it (so use your notes to say if you want some constructive feedback). Even constructive critisism is a no-no unless an author note tells you it's okay. No, posting it online is not an open invitation for that. Many people write as a fun hobby or a way to cope with, among other things, insecurity and just want to share. Don't ruin that for them. I've seen so many authors just stop writing coz they can't handle the negative emotions the critism brings, and it's only meant to be a fun thing shared for free (pointing out tagging errors is not included in this).

Do not comment to ask the author to write/update something else. It's tacky and off-putting and will probably have the opposite effect than the one you want.

There is no algorithm, it's an archive. Use the search and filter function to add/remove the pairings/characters/tropes etc. you want to read about and it will find you the fics that fit the bill.

For this to work, writers must tag and rate stories. This avoids readers finding the wrong things and missing the stuff they want. I don't care how cringy that trope is in your eyes - it gets tagged.

The tag exception is if you don't want to tag a million things or spoil your story, you can rate it as "chose not to use warnings," and maybe tag the bare minimum.

Don't censor tags. How can someone exclude a tag if the word isn't typed out correctly? There are no content bans for terms so don't censor them.

If the tags are mostly content/trigger warnings, especially if they are things considered very fucked up or graphic, you might want to use "dead dove - do not eat" to ensure people know that you're not messing around with tags and what they get is exactly what you've warned them about.

Character A/Character B means a ROMANTIC or SEXUAL relationship of some kind. Character A&Character B is PLATONIC, like friendship or family.

Nothing is banned. This is an rule because banning one thing is a slipperly slope to banning another and another, until nothing is allowed anymore. Do not expect anyone to censor for you. Because of the tags system, you are responsible for your own reading experience.

People can create new chapters and sequels/fic series any time after they "complete" a story. So it's considered perfectly normal to subscribe, even to a finished story. You can even subscribe to the author instead just to cover your bases.

Do not repost stories or change the publishing date without an extremely good reason (like a complete top to bottom rewrite or an exchange youve written for going public). It's an archive, not social media. No one cares what's the most recent, only what fits their tag needs.

Instead of deleting a story you wrote if you hate it - consider making it anonymous or orphaning it so others can still enjoy it, without it being connected to your name anymore. If you still want to delete it, fair enough.

It's come to my attention that metaworks ARE allowed on AO3, which is something I wasn't aware of. So if you do post an essay or theory, please tag it as such so others can choose to search for it or exclude it. Art is also allowed.

The only reason this archive works is because NON ONE PROFITS. Do not link to your ko-fi or patreon or mention monetary gain in any way or you violate the terms and risk having your account removed. If anyone does link, it leaves the archive open to people claiming it's for profit and having the whole thing removed.

I KNOW there's plenty more I missed but I'm trying to cover most of the basics that people seem to be struggling with.

I invite anyone to add to this, but please explain, don't berate.

#ao3 #using ao3 #archive of our own #fanfiction #fanworks

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