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Dumping Ground for animation-related stuffs. Mostly Disney and Disney-like things, but a bit of anime and other stuff too.
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Falling for scams does hurt people, actually

TW: Human trafficking, SA, torture, discussion of scam farms

I see a whole bunch of people arguing that they would rather risk giving to a scammer than ignore someone's gofundme. I also see people saying things like "I can't believe some sick people are profiteering off genocide" and like, me neither, but I feel like you guys really don't understand who actually runs these kinds of scams and what they are.

Scams of noticeable scale-- like scam asks being sent from hundreds of accounts to every user on Tumblr!-- are typically related to organised crime in poor countries, not Susan from Milwaukee who wants a new coat and has no scruples. People get trafficked by gangs to scam farms in Asia and Africa where they're worked to the bone and tortured trying to get idiots in wealthy countries to part with their money. Genocide profiteering is pretty much the least evil thing these people do.

Here's a UN article on it. Obvious warnings for content related to human trafficking and SA.

Southeast Asia: Torture rooms and karaoke bars in gang-run ‘scam farms’
Transnational crime syndicates based in Southeast Asia are fuelling the trafficking of people, either forcing them to commit crimes or for s
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When you donate to a scammer, you fund these organisations and give them a reason to exist. It's possible some of the fundraisers are legit. I honestly find it unlikely given I'm not seeing any from any other countries where urgent fundraisers would seem to have great reason to exist but which haven't captured the same level of attention on Tumblr-- the number of Sudanese, Congolese, Ukrainian, Burmese or Uyghur fundraisers in my DMs is a fat 0. In any case, there are safer ways to help.

If you want to help (which is great!) you don't have to take the risk of paying for human trafficking. Donate to legitimate charities which have the resources to safely and effectively ensure the money and help is getting to the right people. Funding human trafficking rings in Myanmar is not a good risk to be taking while trying to help.

14 Trusted Charities Helping Civilians in Palestine
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has caused immense suffering, with countless individuals displaced, harmed, and killed over the years. Tens
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Gaza doesn't even have running water and electricity right now; how would Gazan civilians access the Internet? (Internet access normally imvolves electricity, doesn't it?)

Be careful when setting out to help others on the Internet. Make sure the damsel in distress isn't a giant squid in disguise.

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#the little mermaid#the little mermaid 1989#ursula#vanessa#mirror#disguise#seashell necklace#human#octomaid#octopus#squid#octopus mermaid#disney villains#animation#corset#bride#internet scams#gofundme scam
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Concept Art: Princess Odette (and Derek)

I've combed the Internet for "Swan Princess" concept art, and the only place I've been able to find anything was in a couple of behind-the-scenes videos, featured on this incredibly helpful YouTube channel. Sadly the videos are not of very good quality. The channel claims to be "the official Swan Princess channel on YouTube!" The lack of these videos posted anywhere else seems to support this claim.

I took screencaps from these featurette videos, and then tried my best to clean them up without losing any linework. They were very blurry to begin with; I did my best.

These first two come from this Behind the Scenes Featurette:

This Derek looks a lot like Disney's Phoebus. "Hunchback of Notre Dame" wouldn't come out until a couple of years later, but perhaps some of the same people worked on both films.

Here's an Odette that seems to resemble Ariel. It seems they fixed this copyright issue by stretching her out, and shrinking her sticking-out side-park to a smaller point. The corset-dress looks like the one Odette ends up wearing in the sequels.

These next two are actually storyboards, from a deleted song:

This outfit is interesting. I would guess they abandoned some of these details for being too complicated to hand-animate, and/or for being just a little too similar to Snow White (with the round sleeves and collar).

#swan princess#princess odette#prince derek#non disney concept art#story board#concept art#animation#swan lake#collar#sketch#behind the scenes#corset#deleted scene#song#forever in my heart
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