#the fan meant it in a good way

[sunshineandlyrics]

Setlist for FITFWT Helsinki, 4 September 2023.

*The fan asked and Steve answered 😆

#Steve is funny #Steve Durham #the fan meant it in a good way #FITFWT Helsinki #4 September 2023 #Louis Tomlinson #setlist #mine

[incorrect-primarchs-quotes]

Can I be honest here,

I find highly ironic that people will harass new fans just because "ew you don't know all the 400 books and 200+ short stories, you're new and ignorant, ew", then will proceed to correct them and

*drum roll*

They are wrong or hold incomplete knowledge themselves.

#where is that graph showing 'how much you know ' and 'how secure ypu are about your knowledge ' #literally a good chunk of the fans here #someone should inform these people that books are meant to be read and that listening to podcasts is not the perfect way to get all the info #especially if you follow those big guys who literally read the wiki #ironically enough those who are really human libraries of the lore are actually chill and understanding

[lesbiancarat]

want to give my two cents on the AI usage in the maestro trailer--

i think seventeen doing a whole concept that is anti-AI is very cool, especially as creatives themselves i think it's good that they're speaking up against it and i hope it gets more ppl talking about the issue. i also understand on a surface level the artistic choice (whether it was made by the members, the mv director, or whoever else), to directly use AI in contrast to real, human-made visuals and music in order to criticize it. i also appreciate that they clearly stated the intention of the use of AI at the beginning of the video

however, although i understand it to an extent, i do not agree with the choice to use AI to critique AI. one of the main ethical concerns with generative AI is that it is trained on other artists' work without their knowledge, consent, or compensation. and even when AI generated images are being used to critique AI, it still does not negate this particular ethical concern

the use of AI to critique also does not negate the fact that this is work that could have been done by an actual artist. i have seen some people argue that it's okay in this context because it's a critique specifically about AI, and it is content that never would have been done by a real artist anyway because it doesn't make sense for the story they're trying to tell. but i disagree. i think you can still tell the exact same story without using AI

and in fact, i would argue that it would make the anti-AI message stronger if they HAD paid an artist to draw/animate the scenes that are supposed to represent AI generated images. wouldn't it just be proof that humans can create images that are just as bad and nonsensical and soulless as AI, but that AI can't replicate the creativity and beauty and basic fucking anatomy that's in human-made art?

it feels very obvious this was not just a way to cut corners and costs like a lot of scummy people are using AI for. ultimately it was a very intentional creative decision, i just personally think it was a very poor one. and even if some ethical considerations were taken into account before this decision, i certainly don't think all of them were. at the very least i feel like the decision undermines the message they want to convey

i would also like to recognize that i myself am not an artist, and i have seen some artists that are totally on board with the use of AI in this specific context, so clearly this is not a topic that is cut and dry. but generative AI is still new, and i think it's important to keep having these conversations

#melia.txt #also want to add that as musicians svt are more directly threatened by AI generated audio than they are by AI generated images #and yet AI generated images is what was used in the video #and i guess the MV director/production company are the ones directly responsible for putting that in there #whether it was their initial idea or not #and they work in a visual medium so perhaps that makes it more 'fair' but idk it just feels like #the commentary is around music. which makes sense. and using human produced music/sound #but then taking advantage of AI images #idk just feels weird #i mean i don't like it either way #like i said in the main post i understand the intention behind the creative decision #and i'm still happy svt are speaking against ai at all i do think overall they're doing a good thing here #i just don't agree with the creative decision they/the production company/whoever made #edit: deleted the part about not boycotting svt over this bc ppl were commenting about boycotting bc of the 🛴 stuff #i meant specifically /I/ am not calling for a boycott because of specifically the ai stuff #was just trying to make a general point that im not making this post bc i want to sabatoge svt or whatever #bc kpop fans love to pull that catd whenever u criticize anything #so yeah just removed that bit bc i dont want ppl getting confused what im talking about #respect ppl boycotting because of scooter/israel stuff but thats not what this post was intended to be about #edit 2: turning off reblogs bc im going to bed and having asomewhat controversial post up is not gonna help me sleep well lol #may or my not turn rb's back on in the morning

[goldpilot22]

what's it like?

#artists on tumblr #original character #sci fi #shipgirl #is that a tag #or is it just anime boat waifus #if it's the latter sorry boat waifu fans #psii.txt #my art #my ocs #Cadenza #Kai Strandt #Savannah Tillens #Messenger Ship Cadenza #I don't think I've posted much cadenza stuff oops #meant to do like a sort of. before and after the incident type thing. but I never finished the after. and then I changed half their names #oh also this is inspired by person918x's angel comic! #shipgirls in cadenzaverse are very angel coded (they're not all girls but. well they kind of are because ships get called she/her) #but in a like #angels as dehumanization of the dead way. a stripping them to a mindless force of so-called good way #the few who manage to stay conscious have to fight against the programming that prevents from communicating from being themselves still #if this is my first tumblr post where I've actually explained anything about cadenza. sorry. hope this explains anything. if not send me ask #I miss getting asks about my ocs. I know I'm not the best at answering them but I answer when I can #anyway heehee shipgirl autism go brrrr #kai is the most gender oc I've ever made

[sporeclan]

i know for sure if Dawnpelt was a tom everyone would want her dead and no one would bat an eye, but bc she is a lil messy girl it's 'mean spirited' and 'too intense'? okay lmao 👍

HUH??

#i think this is a good point to stop responding to asks about the dawnpelt situation!!!! #theres a response from the og anon clarifying what they meant which i'll be putting in the replies of the original post #and a really lovely character analysis i'll definitely be responding to #i dont want to clog up my blog too much with these asks so i'll stop responding to asks until after i post the next moon #if anyone wants to disagree with this person you can do so in the replies #chitchat #ask #for the record. i disagree with anon. first of all i think people generally think dawnpelt is being an ass. no one is defending her actions #secondly i think people are historically way harsher on female characters in media #for example think of ashfur's treatment by fans+authors compared to squilf's or dovewing or even canon dawnpelt

[brittie-frog]

Right here's what I hope happens since we're not getting a qsmp stream like Foolish and Tina said we would get this weekend.

- they reset the art in the museum on Monday doing a nepotism and putting Tina's art of Pomme in

- wait a few days for people to see it and those that don't know about it realise that it THE TinaKitten that drew it

- have a lore stream that's potentially just Tina (and Foolish) escaping because Bagera and Cellbit chose to stay while Tina and Foolish were running to the boat and wanted to escape

- Foolish and Leo reunion, Teaduo reunion

- Tina finally gets to meet Empanada and immediately hit it off then they go to the museum as a mini family

- Tina points out the Pomme drawing and how she got in because nepotism and Empanada asks her to draw her

- Tina immediately does it off stream and privately messages the admins to put it in the museum and then she'll post it on the next monday after they've seen it so it's not spoiled

- chat and Em both freak out at seeing Tina's adorable drawing and then all the other eggs keep asking Tina to draw them

#i literally had this dream last night #and either em is cheeky being like why didnt you draw me? since the museum isnt canon #or is super nervous asking to be drawn as well because shes a little sweetheart #please i need them to meet and tina immediately fall in love #also bagi needs to ask her to be her girlfriend the second they get a moment alone #i cant have tina keeping going around like 'shes my minecraft... crush???? she might not have meant anything that way!!' #after having gone on a date and bagi literally constantly flirting with her #while bagis just constantly refering to her as her girlfriend before adding that she hasnt actually asked yet #these gay disasters #teaduo #qsmp #qsmp tina #qsmp empanada #qsmp bagi #qsmp teaduo #it would be funny that if tina does decide to draw all the eggs that the space above the lecturn on the second floor is the place for them #then the rest is still the fans art but the eggs can see Tina's art of them without having to find them in the server #i just fucking love tinas art and her pomme and have done leo are so good #i want to jnow how she would design empanada

[faggyangel]

absolutely hilarious when people say 'you know neil gaiman wouldn't want you to do this" as if i, a lesbian, give any fucks about what a straight man would think of me

#SHARE YOURS SPOILERS TALK ABOUT THE LEAK ENJOY THIS MEDIA IN THE WAY THAT YOU WANT TO NOT THE WAY THE CREATOR TELLS YOU TO #POWER TO THE PEOPLE MAKE THOSE BITCHES GAY #i would shoot myself in front of you if it meant you never said that to me again #normal ppl dont live their lives based off of what random men think please grow up #i do not live by cishet men's rules #good omens critical #he isnt trying to throw you a surprise party he's trying to prevent spoilers the way shows creators always do #which is fine thats his role but we as fans dont have to listen some ppl enjoy them #you have the option not to see them and we should have the option to see them #christ alive #“you are not what neil gaiman would want” well he's not what i would want either but look at that i just unfollow him its that easy

[statementlou]

why do you think louis said this might be the only time he plays at the hollywood bowl? do you reckon it might be because his tickets sales aren’t going well and he was told that it won’t be possible to book venues like these next tour? that made me kinda sad :((

every day I get asks being like "do you think [random thing that happened in the last 24 hours] is because Louis' ticket sales are so bad?" and it's obviously just annoying harries with nothing better to do than try to make people unhappy (TPWK!!!) and maybe they're just getting cleverer here and have tricked me, but this sounds like it might actually be a person who they are getting to with this garbage and have made unhappy so fine, I'll bite-

Louis' ticket sales are going FINE!!!! He is playing great shows every night and is on target for the tour he has booked and everything he's doing is completely sustainable and if nothing changes (which it will, for the bigger; he has been picking up more fans every year) he can keep touring like this (and playing these venues) indefinitely! The idea that every show that doesn't sell out is a failure is made up and makes no sense- if every show sold out there would be people who wanted to give them money but were unable to do so. That is not how capitalism (and growing your fanbase) work for any working musicians outside the top .00001% biggest in the world! If your venues sell out, then next time you book bigger ones, and you keep doing that until you hit a size where it doesn't sell out so everyone can buy buy buy those tickets. I can't know for sure why Louis said what he said; but he is constantly in disbelief that things are going as well as they are for him and while this album and tour especially he seems to have finally started to believe we really do like what he does and aren't going anywhere, I think that's still there and that's what I heard with that. I mean also it could be next time he plays LA he ends up in an equal size but less iconic venue and booking never lines up with that space again or something, for all I know it's really hard to get on their schedule. Hollywood Bowl is a historic and renowned venue and Louis was excited to play on a stage that has hosted so many famous people and moments and was trying to be in the moment and appreciate it (as he has been focused on making an effort to do lately) because the future is a mystery and anything that is ever happening might never come around again, but I don't think it's cause for concern.

#I've been a fan of Louis for a long time and there were definitely times when that meant being sad and worried #and it wasn't just fun and good times. #so I wouldn't tell someone who was having these stresses oh if you're unhappy just go! or anything like that #I get it #but also these days for me it's just JOY for him things are going SO WELL and it makes me sad #to see people missing out on that because they're listening to the gloom and doom squad #what do people get out of catastrophizing everything? always finding something to worry about and then telling other people #they should also worry about it? let alone making them feel guilty if they don't #it seems like a terrible way to live #and I'm sorry for the fans who are being negatively effected by these sour people #blah blah blah

[kasumikoujou]

everyday i see tieria love and any other innovade hate from the same person, my hate for tieria grows stronger and my love for all other innovades goes off the charts btw

#the sumi rambles #i need to draw them all again!!!!!! not tieria #edit this happens way too often also 😭😭😭😭 this is very personal but i feel like its much easier to like some other innovades- #-compared to tieria so i honestly dont really get it. nena has a fanbase so where's hilings. why doesnt anew have more fans #did revive being the longest lived bar ribbons in s2 mean nothing to you. did ribbons besides as oh hes a good villain mean nothing to you #did bring and divines sympathy for their species and each other (tieria lacking both up until literally s2 end) mean nothing to you #and this is even only regarding the anime. laetitias meant to be the brand new meister and i see people drawing graham in his meister- #-position but not laetitia 😭 i only ever see ppl draw him if other 0988s are there too #while i get it its nice to draw them all together #i dont even think i saw anyone draw laetitia not with another 0988 except for my own drawings and.one (2) more people 😭 #edit edit i cant type in last tag i meant two (2) im stupid and i woke up not long agp its 8am 🙏🙏🙏

[monards]

i know i joke about it a lot. but i want to make sure its known i dont hate people who want to say rhine is still a good person in some capacity. i feel like im notvery clear on it but it is okay to interpret her howver you want (as long as its like. something you can rationalize. even then go crazy!!!!) >> (also. as long as it isn't *completely* erasing her character. )

#sorry #i feel like i havent ever clarified this #all interpretations of rhine are okay because shes clearly structured to be that way (as of now)!!!!!!! #the contrast between her being a completely heartless sinner vs mother is meant. to be interpreted and thought about!!!! #and i love hearing everybody talk about how they see her!!!!!! #obv im not a huge fan of people completely erasing her evil #but none of my mutuals have done that so thts not an issue #i think its very lovely to see her humanized. and not completely taken at the face value that she's presented as by teyvat #because not to be that guy. but that is PROPAGANDA!!!!!!! #no human is entirely evil #because to be human is to be MORE than that #its okay for rhine to be cruel and evil while still having some good intent and fostering love #god this pist is so random but ive felt so bad over this #guys i promise i love evrybodys interpreations and it is OKAY to like her a certain way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #rhine hcs #crepe/monards psa’s

[puppyvenom]

feeling totally normal about these images nothing to see here

#sludge speaks #usedposting #the used #bert mccracken #dear fucking lord i am so horrifically gay #bert gimme one chance i’m begging i’m screaming i’m crying #i’m ur biggest fag #sorry i meant fan #A R M S !!!!! good lord #the … the fuckin mic in his #…. #i need church #jepha howard #quinn allman #dan whitesides #branden steineckert #yeah … #emo #gerard way u absolutely fumbled im sorry

[lokisflame]

Genuinely, how are the Alastor takes from the finale SO. BAD.???

media literacy is truly dead y'all

#even saw someone say a line clearly meant one thing and ppl were bad at interpretating but but GURL #UR THE ONE ADDING STUFF THAT ISN'T STATED #ALSO MORALLY GREY/UNDECIDED BC THE CHARACTER ITSELF DOESN'T TRULY UNDERSTAND OR IS SURE IF THEIR IS CHANGE IN THEM IS A THING!!!! #not saying it's Al's case #but for the sake of argument just good/evil or being secretly good/evil inside is .... just not the only options guys #ESPECIALLY IN HAZBIN HOTEL #like of all shows lmao #my personal pov is that he realized that he COULD care but isn't at that point yet and NOWHERE does it clearly show or state in ANY way that #the deal is him being at the hotel #FFS ppl fan theories ARE NOT CANON #the only clear thing he says is that he WILL NOT die for someone else and be altruistic AS IN SELF-LESS GOOD DOER PER DEFINITION #he could still slowly care for charlie etc AND NOT BE ALTRUISTIC JFC #also how about the fact that he doesn't want OTHERS to define his story??? #the takes and comments I've seen about the finale revelations concerning Alastor ARE SO BAD AND WILD #*BIGGEST SIGH* #i need to stop reading comments on YT for real.... #hazbin hotel #hazbin alastor

[dragonlordofmiddleearth]

I wish the Merlin 6: kingdom come people would be more upfront about their script being fanfic and not official because I am sick and tired of seeing people bitch about the bbc "scrapping" the supposed sixth season. There was no sixth season. Merlin did not get cancelled, it just ended. Afaik the kingdom come peeps have no affiliation whatsoever with the original merlin team, other than their contacting some of them to be like "hey would you want to make our script?" and the representative being like "appreciate the offer but no thanks". The script is no more canon than any fanfic you or I might write, it just so happens that they did it in script form which seems to have confused a lot of people, and no-one seems to have corrected the massive misunderstanding for some reason

#bbc merlin #merlin 6: kingdom come #merlin #to be clear this is not hate or meant aggressively in any way #im just tired of the years-old misunderstanding #ive actually been a fan of theirs for years without realising lmao bc afaik theyre the 3 rings left gals behind it #i stumbled upon their finale reaction vid shirtly after it aired #and then a while later stumbled onto their fan songs which are very very good and captured the characters pretty well imo #i just wish they would clear up that theyre not actually the merlin writers or w/e ppl seem to believe #bc ive seen so many people actually like ANGRY at the script being 'scrapped' #and thats just not the truth of the situation at all #i assume its bc they put smthn like 'this is not just fanfiction' in the blog description for some reason #when. It Is. #you might have sent it off for serious consideration but unless it is actually produced by the same people #it is not official material for the actual show #i swear im not trying to be a dick im just tired of ppl complaining over it #ill shut up now ive said my piece

[caruliaa]

one of the worst phenomena in fandom is when theres a character that everyone loves so much and thinks is the greatest guy ever who only ever does nice good things and then some other people start to point out examples of that not being true and then their narrative starts being that that character sucks forever so much and is only ever awful and the worst and we cant have any nuance about literally anything ever yayyy yipee !!!

#atla fans acknowledge that iroh is both textually a neaunced character and at times written in a shitty way / to do shitty things while #still being potrayed as in the right instead of either just uncritically hating him or uncritically loving him challenge !! (impossible) #extra hard challenge mode! thin atla fans acknowledge that part of the shitty ways that iroh is written includes the amnt of #fatphobic jokes tht r made at his experience that arent portrayed as being particularly wrong/the audience is meant to find funny #(extra impossible !!! theyll rb posts making fun of someone pointing that out instead 🤩🤩🤩🤩 !!!) #<- ill include that in the text of this post in a rb too but also i think there shld be just a fandom neutral version of this #i dont evne care that much abt iroh omggg like hes fine good presence in zukos life kinda shitty at times w how hes written w/e #its just that you guys literally dont even know how to be normal about anything . ever . !! #flappy rambles #like can we have some nuance please for once. and if ur gonna have the negative side of the black of white view of a character #AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THE FATPHOBIA SURROUNDING HOW THEYRE WRITTEN ??? MAYBE ?? FOR ONCE ??

[dont-offend-the-bees]

I call this one Fuck It, Let's Go To Hell!

Hell in this case being the arduous process of making a fucking collage what a needlessly fiddly way to create art, not for me sorry

(I.D in alt text)

#the sandman #the sandman fanart #the sandman netflix #dream of the endless #matthew the raven #my art #It's A5 size btw #Probably would have made life less fiddly for myself if it was bigger #But I legit didn't think I'd have enough magazines to cover the surface lmao #I think it came out p good considering I hated nearly every second of making it #Using sandman was a way to trick myself into having sort of fun while doing an assignment I very much didn't care for #This was meant to be like #A landscape #And I TRIED that #But it made a method of image making I don't care for both tricky AND boring #So nah #Fan art it is

[summerfrwrks]

lowkey felt guilty for my slow progress cause i'm feeling a lil burn out recently so i haven't really written anything in months, then i shared i got 20 fics online now and my friend got all excited for my progress cause she remembered a time i only had 8 fics up on ao3

#we're not close but it meant a lot :')) #and a friend-moot shared this really good post about how making fics isn't supposed to be a fan's rent in the fandom and like #i didn't felt that way but it did help me feel better about myself not posting as much fics as i used to #which technically isn't a lot but the progress i did was niceeee #ANYWAYS #yeah don't be so hard on yourself #inspo will come when it comes #the will to write it down will be there when you need to let it all out #yeah <33 #summer.txt