“thirty year olds writing fanfic is weird…” I hate to be the one to break this to you friend. but your favourite manga was literally written by a forty year old man

i'll let phie-san say it:

i am a big believer in letting music (and other media) come to you when you're ready for it. you may only know vaguely of an acclaimed beloved artist and suspect that you'd be into them but just... not ever get around to it. and then in 15 years one of their songs just hits you the right way and what a gift to suddenly have all of their works to explore! there is no hurry; what is good is always good.

Today’s aesthetic: people who are like “this anime could have been good if it weren’t for one specific detail that totally ruins it”, and then that one specific detail is, like, the thematic foundation of the show’s core premise.

Like, I'm not gonna argue that AI art in its present form doesn't have numerous ethical issues, but it strikes me that a big chunk of the debate about it seems to be drifting further and further toward an argument against procedurally generated art in general, which probably isn't a productive approach, if only because it's vulnerable to having its legs kicked out from under it any time anybody thinks to point out how broad that brush is. If the criteria you're setting forth for the ethical use of procedurally generated art would, when applied with an even hand, establish that the existence of Dwarf Fortress is unethical, you probably need to rethink your premises!

i don’t know how to explain the grief of watching Jewish creators slowly leave online spaces. I finally had the spoons to go on tiktok and realize that 1/3 of the Jewish creators I followed are gone.

There’s something so devastating in watching us leave online spaces, let alone physical spaces. So I just want to say I see you all. I see you.

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@aglet-ampersand

I’ll enjoy any media I want, thanks. There is no rule that says you gotta stop liking things when you reach a certain age!

(Side note: The book the lady takes off the shelf technically isn’t manga, but the semi-autobiographical graphic novel The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen. Gorgeous illustrations! A lovely coming-of-age story about a second-generation American Vietnamese teen who is trying to figure out how to tell his mother about his sexuality while also helping her learn English by reading books of fairy tales with her. Please read it if you get the chance!)

Well it is now!

sigh. I'll add it to the list

spent SEVERAL hours on stream about this but lo:

Republicans say ‘fcuk your feelings’ then whine that they are unlikable.

Archive your fandom stuff

As we sit on the cusp of changes to the Internet, after your other activities to support Internet freedom, archive your fandom stuff.

Save the electronic files of your favorite online fandom works. Consider print-outs of your favorite online material. And save paper ephemera from fandom events.

Why save? Because you put the effort into a fanwork. Because you may be surprised when a fandom stays alive for years, or gets revived, or when an academic asks to cite your work. Because it’s stupidly hard to find items on Tumblr. Because, lo, in ages past, many fandom archives have risen and fallen, taking favorite fics off the ‘Net. Because it made you happy, makes you remember. Because you never know.

What can you save?

Behind the cut…saving from Tumblr and AO3, delving into lost web sites, how to save computer files for the long term, and why I’m glad I saved physical fandom items from 10+ years ago.

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So I am going to add onto this because there is, in fact, a professional archival interest in preserving fandom as well.  I’ve spoken with some people about this before, but here’s the bottom line: PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVISTS WANT TO PRESERVE YOUR STUFF!  HELP THEM DO THIS!

There are pre-existing fandom archives.  Where are they?

These are the big institutions doing collecting, but the archival profession and fandom need to start talking more.  Born digital material is always at risk, and at present, it is mostly Western fandoms being preserved!   Moreover, some facets like cosplay are currently overlooked, and that is something that needs better documentation!

If you’re interested in archiving of fannish material, especially in relation to the OTW and it’s Open Doors project, I highly recommend reading this transcript from 2016.

The transcript is from a chat between Peter Balestrieri (mentioned above, curator for the Science Fiction and Popular Culture Collections at U of I), Jeremy Brett (curator of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Collection at TAMU), and Nancy Down (head of the Browne Popular Culture Library at Bowling Green). It’s a really interesting read and they give a lot of information (and links!) about their archival work, how fans can get involved, pop culture and fannish history, and more.

To quote Jeremy Brett:

Archive all the things!

Hetalia World ☆ Stars - Chapter 486 Original

Translation: spaghettifelice // donamoeba Scanlation: lysandre // nekotalian // jammerlea

less talk about "he wouldn't fucking say that" and more talk about "he would absolutely fucking say that if the producers would let him"

reading the notes on this post is just

Stop going to cons during a fucking plague. Omicron has literally, factually, VERIFIABLY been helped along by people being careless and going to cons. Even the fully-vaccinated. No con is worth this shit. [Source]