All In My Mind Right Now Is Writing My Stories, Creating A Moodboard, Or Just... Wanting To Interact

[ID: A tweet from Emily Gwen @/theemilygwen.

Did you know Disney sells lesbian flag pins? Bob Iger profits off the flag I designed for our community!

On another note, I can't afford to pay for my medication this month! Any help would be appreciated.

Donations: ko-fi.com/emilygwen

Store: emilygwen.threadless.com

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tumblr tuesday: Black excellence in art

Oh, hi, sorry, what's that? Bountiful amounts of beautiful art? By ridiculously talented Black artists? Yes, please. 

Sometimes, you just need to know where to go. In this case, that place is #Black artists on Tumblr. Click through to feast your eyes on more fodder and celebrate your wonderful local artists.

Are you a Black artist or creative on Tumblr? Join in by tagging your art #BlackExcellence365, and you might be in for a nice surprise!

@jonathansoren:

@dansoloart:

@lucidlymelanated:

@ndizzot:

@magz:

@artworkbyrese:

@eaudera:

@piinkiish-arts:

@british215:

@renlo:

@nyanzad:

@brianelstak:

@bazzarhippie:

@statikkling:

@lalasdreambox:

@lunaeregia:

people are so used to online content being curated for their consumption that they forget tumblr isn’t like that… this is my diary. I don’t post for other people. if you find the stuff I post depressing or annoying or too much or u don’t agree or whatever whatever…. that’s fine it’s not For You? it’s for me. there is no audience I’m performing for. feel free to unfollow me if u don’t like, I’m not a carefully crafted online persona I’m a real person

"You are a dream come true, a starlit night.. and if I didn't love you, well, it wouldn't be right."

You are like magic - eUë

🇵🇸 IMPORTANT 🇵🇸

from Lets Talk Palestine, 02/Feb/2024:

🇵🇸Misinformation alert ⏰ — while we wish for a ceasefire, it simply is not true that one has been reached. There are too many moving parts and unknowns regarding a potential deal — there is still much to be figured out to still. But we hope this means that we are close, so do not stop putting pressure on your governments and representatives so that we can can bring an end to this genocide.

Fanfiction Authors: HEADS UP

(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)

An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:

(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)

I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:

IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.

You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:

HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:

First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.

Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.

Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.

In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.

In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:

I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.

In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.

Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.

Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!

NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!

GUESS WHO'S BEING DICKED OVER BY HEALTHCARE AGAIN

THAT'S RIGHT IT'S MEEEEE

So obviously my income has not changed since the last time I did this but the price of my glucose monitors went up AND they went ahead and decided I can only get them in three month supplies. Which is about 210 dollaridoos I don't have. Thus, once again, I ask for help. Goal is set to 300 to cover any extra shenanigans insurance might toss at me. Please signal boost and reblog. Oh my god. 0/300

ko-fi paypal: kajichan AT gmail DOT com

What do you love about Prince Olympius from Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue? (I ask out of curiosity since you mentioned on here on your Tumblr that you find him hot and always thought he had a pretty face; I’m not saying this to be mean though, again, I’m just asking out of curiosity) 😈🐲❤️🔥😍🥰😘❤️‍🔥

Oh my God, that's a really nice question and a really long post.

So, first of all, I think he's hot and has a pretty face. He has a nice physique and his fins are really beautiful. And some nice green eyes actually. They're so beautiful to look at. I love those thunderbolts he has on his face. They give him the punk rock-ish look and he looks like he's wearing eyeliner for some reason but honestly, I don't give a shit cuz I love it.

He looks really hot here *nosebleed* (There is a reason why this image of him is my Twitter profile picture)

Anyway, he's entertaining and really fascinating as a character once you pay attention to him. I mean, think about it. Why is he so pissed at Diabolico for example? Is it because he tried to kill him when he was an infant or because he was threatened by his power? (I think the former is true and tbh, it makes sense. Of course you would be mad at someone trying to kill you because they felt threatened by your power despite the fact that you haven't done anything to them. He's probably traumatised by that. And honestly, can you blame him tho?) Another thing is the facial expressions he makes. They kind of contrast Vypra. As if Vypra trying to act like a human, it fails miserably but he doesn't have to try to act like a human, because well, he naturally acts like a human, despite being a demon. They really add up to his character. I also feel sorry for him because his life is crap if you think about it (no one respects him, he was forced to grow up and got aged up, his mom is abusive towards him, Diabolico tried to kill him etc.) I view him as an unintentionally sympathetic and unintentionally tragic.

Another thing I love is his voice. I love the metallic tone of his voice. It reminds me of G1 Soundwave for some reason. But in Trakeena's Revenge, it was very aesthetically pleasing too.

In conclusion, I love him. (I will make a long ass post about him and him alone, analysis and whatnot)

Week Plans End Results

Tackle some schoolwork for college

Draw my Sparkledog OC

Make a list of my F/Os to put on my F/O Tier List on TIERMAKER after being inspired by @candyheartedchy's f/o tier list post (WIP; I plan on finishing this during spring break)

Do some cleaning and tidying up in my room

Continue watching @rainbott's Welcome to Dreamworld series on YouTube + watch their other videos from before that I've been meaning to watch for a long time now

Work on bios for my OCs (ex. my Power Rangers OCs Luna Gwen, Lucy, Frederick, and Eleanora Sayara; AKA The Blazers)

Do some drawing and writing (including some other OC-related stuff)

Continue watching PokéTuber Electro Pikachu's What If I Wrote Pokémon Journeys? series on YouTube

Do some writing for both my Pokémon Journeys rewrite & my Pokémon OC Marcy Nightingale (both in my Journeys rewrite and in her unova journey backstory)

Additional Things That Happened Outside My Plans

Created a playlist of art videos to watch on YouTube for inspiration on my art

End Results: One crossed out, one WIP, and one additional thing. Eh, no big deal. I can do the other things on this list during spring break.

My Week Plans: 3/6 - 3/12

Inspired by @gritsandbrits' 9/9 - 9/15 week plans post from 2019

After doing some thinking, I've decided to limit my plans to make things easier for me. Maybe I can tackle some more plans since I have spring break next week. But who knows? I'll think about it and we'll see.

Tackle some schoolwork for college

Draw my Sparkledog OC

Make a list of my F/Os to put on my F/O Tier List on TIERMAKER after being inspired by @candyheartedchy's f/o tier list post

Do some cleaning and tidying up in my room

Continue watching @rainbott's Welcome to Dreamworld series on YouTube + watch their other videos from before that I've been meaning to watch for a long time now

Work on bios for my OCs (ex. my Power Rangers OCs Luna Gwen, Lucy, Frederick, and Eleanora Sayara; AKA The Blazers)

Do some drawing and writing (including some other OC-related stuff)

Continue watching PokéTuber Electro Pikachu's What If I Wrote Pokémon Journeys? series on YouTube

Do some writing for both my Pokémon Journeys rewrite & my Pokémon OC Marcy Nightingale (both in my Journeys rewrite and in her unova journey backstory)

I have a question uwu

Do you take requests ?

What kind of requests are you talking about?