Month / August 2013

by crowfooted

inchells: thisisfartoosilly: Mutha Fuckin’ SOPA Is Back! (Aug. 23,…

thisisfartoosilly:

Mutha Fuckin’ SOPA Is Back! (Aug. 23, 2013)

twistedsouzou:

cannibalcoalition:

allthingshyper:

jawshfuckerson:

wevegotadamhole:

nameless-traveler:

The Obama administration announced that it will be bringing back a piece of SOPA legislation that would make streaming copyrighted material a felony.

Can you believe this shit? When we finally get one off our backs, they try and bring up another bill AGAIN. We already said no to the first one, so why do they think that this is any better? For those of you who don’t know what SOPA is, it was a bill back in 2011 that the govn’t tried to pass that said that posting any copyrighted music or even COVERS of said music would be considered a felony. A. FELONY.

Sign the petition below, and let’s keep our internet the way we like it.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-sopa-2013/LMzMVrQF

not only the action of posting covers would be a felony, but also making fanart and writing fanfiction. Please, guys. It only takes a moment to make an account and click a button. If you’ve ever made a cover, drawn fanart, or written fanfic, or enjoyed any of the above, PLEASE go sign this petition.
signal boost this shit
So if you’re in a fandom, you’re basically screwed. I don’t know how Tumblr hasn’t imploded because of this.
Some times I think that the stereotype of young people being apathetic is directly related to the fact that no one listens when we say ‘knock it off.’ Times like this, I think I’m pretty damn certain.

Actually, I forgot to comment about this.

The reason why Tumblr hasn’t imploded about this is because, well kids, people really ARE as stupid and apathetic as you think they are.

It takes some REAL coaxing to get people to care about things other than penises and cats and other trifling, unnecessary things that can survive perfectly capable without their gawking and cooing.

People in the masses are dumbasses.

Because not one person will take the time to sit down and think and actually READ what’s awfully important.

Let me break it down, followers for I feel most of you are perfectly capable, free thinking folks that actually has some life in the gray mater in your calcium husk.

  1. 1.All that OTP, OT3, BFFships, shipping/armadas that you have accumulated over the years of really enjoying something and being a fan, it’s going to fucking disappear. All. Of. Your. Precious. Websites (some questionable, some popular, some obscure). That cater. To your kinks. About your favorite pairing. Will. FUCKING. D-I-S-A-P-P-E-A-R. Yes, fanfiction.net will go down. Adultfanfiction.net will go down (painfully). AO3 (archive of our own, for those who don’t know) will go down. ANY. AND. ALL. FANFICTION. WILL. D-I-S-A-P-P-E-A-R. And not only that, kids. The authors, probably totally innocent human beings (I use “innocent” very loosely), fans JUST LIKE YOU are now felons. That means, kids… FANFICTION AUTHORS. WILL BE GRADED. THE SAME WAY. A FELON WOULD. BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY ENJOYED SOMETHING SO MUCH THAT IT STIMULATED THEIR CREATIVE SPIRIT TO TAKE THE TIME AND BUILD UP THAT RESUME TO GAIN CARPAL TUNNEL BECAUSE THEY LOVE SOMETHING TO ACTUALLY EITHER TYPE IT OR PEN-TO-PAPER IT OR DO FUCKING BOTH.
  2. You know those… beautiful webcomics that sometimes caters to and blends in all of your favorite things? The one that immediately pops in my mind is Grim Tales From Down Below and PPG:D (all Snafu content). KISS THOSE GOOD-BYE. It’s going in the incinerator.
  3. Oh, also… I know most of you have favorite artists from around the art WWW world. I fucking love Blackstorm and I REALLY fucking love EarlGreyxx. Blackstorm makes by far the sexiest gotdamn IchiGrimm art I’ve ever seen in my life. EarlyGreyxx is a surgeon with Pokemon gijinkas (gijinkas = the humanization of animals/things). THEY TOO. WILL BE. LABELED. AS FELONS. FOR SIMPLY DOING SOMETHING THEY LOVE. WHICH IS CATER TO YOU (for they’re sharing this art for the world to see) AND CATER TO THEMSELVES (‘cause let’s face it, art is very selfish and self-fulfilling). IT. WILL. BE. I-L-L–E-G-A-L. Kiss all those art sites you believe to your heart of hearts to be better than deviantart INCLUDING deviantart that last kiss goodnight ‘cause they’re all gonna get fuckin’ buried. That includes e-shuushuu.net simply because it CARRIES the fanart.
  4. Take the time to watch this balloon, think how far this will balloon. You may think it won’t effect you. What about those MLP:FIM figurines you love so much made by somebody other than the folks who own MLP:FIM? IT’S GONE. Those gorge art pieces featuring you with somebody of fiction that you took the time and money to pay for? IT’S GONE (by the way, you’re probably gonna be considered a felon for simply promoting this art by buying it from the artist who is also now a felon). Those awesome cross-over pieces that circulate around Tumblr? Disney meets Pokemon? Digimon meets Attack On Titan? Pokemon meets EVERYTHING UNDER THE FUCKING BLACK SUN (and the glow cloud)? You will… never… see it… again… Plain and simple.
  5. DO NOT. EVEN. GET. ME. STARTED. ON. FUCKING. ROLEPLAYING WEBSITES.

Think of all those times when a simple fucking picture of your favorite thing brightened an otherwise shitty day.

Think of all those times fanfiction probably saved you from going to a deep and dark place that you felt you couldn’t escape, remember that little window of light making you smile through your tears.

Think of all those times role-playing simply in the same UNIVERSE as your favorite thing made you feel like you could fly if only for a moment.

But then again, since this won’t get nearly as much attention as a picture of a kitten or a vulture or a penis or vagina or whatever, I guess you don’t give a fuck.

And the government is gonna continuously prey on that fact: You don’t give a fuck.

Keep in mind kids, the ones who give less than a fuck than you is forever gonna be the gotdamn government.

Stay stupid, kids.

Love ya.

inchells: thisisfartoosilly: Mutha Fuckin’ SOPA Is Back! (Aug. 23,…

by crowfooted

Things Used in Fanfiction as Lube & Condoms That Should Never Be Used as Lube or Condoms

songlinwrites:

professorfangirl:

netherworldvineyard:

wtffanfiction:

Please feel free to send in all the different examples of lube you’ve seen in fanfiction that… really should not be used as lube.

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… natural oils of a horse. 

A JELLYFISH.

what the fuck ARE “natural oils of a horse”

102. Seal oil (from boiling seal fat)

^ First Sherlock fanfic I ever read, lol.

by crowfooted

~@3@~: Tentacle Fics

chuuface:

On my main blog I responded to an ask wanting tentacle fic and I got a lot of links and a few people wrote new ones @w@!!! So I wanted to share them if anyone wanted more tentacle ficss

READ ALL THE WARNINGS OKAY THIS IS TENTACLE FIC IT GETS WEIRD

My Master by Dirty_Corza

T is for… by pamdizzle

Eating at the Table of Another by peevee

Aphelion by marlowe_tops

Squeeze by misanthropyray

Untitled by etothepii

Something’s Wrong with John by Irrlich

Complexity by argyle4eva

+++++ for A Tentative Affair (the series that Squeeze is from). It is officially my favorite tentacle story EVER.

~@3@~: Tentacle Fics

by crowfooted

It’s contagious.: Russia’s “anti-gay propaganda law,” and how it affects the 2014 Winter Olympics.

alwaysanoriginal:

I think the 2014 Winter Olympics should be moved out of Russia and take place in the Vancouver facilities use in 2010. Confused? Think that’s kind of random? Cool, let me explain.

For those who may somehow be unaware… The cliffnotes version of what’s been happening in Russia for a couple of months now is that Russian President Vladimir Putin has instilled an “anti-gay propaganda law.” On the surface, this means anyone publicly demonstrating support for LGBT individuals in any way is to be arrested. It’s become not only that, but anyone SUSPECTED OR ACCUSED of such behavior is being detained immediately; public beatings and lashings are taking place in the streets; and everyday people are torturing, raping (for “correction”), beating, kidnapping, and murdering their peers. Google it and prepare to be horrified. Most are getting away with their actions, because the government and police condone their evil and are turning a blind eye. The issue is snowballing.

Here’s where the Olympics part comes in: At first, people were suggesting the Winter Olympics be banned COMPLETELY to make a stance against Russia. Yet that’s both incredibly unfair to the athletes and in reality would ultimately be unsuccessful. But something needs to be done, not only because these movements need to be clearly condemned by the world over but also because of recent developments. Russia’s Sports Minister has confirmed that these laws will be enforced against LGBT Olympic athletes and supporters who are in Russia for the Games. It is not only about the Russians’ safety any longer (though that’s reason enough by itself, as I’ll explain below), but now the safety of people the world over will be in jeopardy at the Games.

-> George Takei proposes that the games be moved from Russia to the still-available Vancouver facilities, where they were held in 2010. Please read his post here to understand his thought-out reasoning. It’s very well explained and will go even farther to help you understand.

-> Stephen Fry also strongly suggests the same movement in “An Open Letter to David Cameron and the IOC,” and likens this situation to that of the 1936 Berlin Games. The world and those involved in the Olympics paid no heed to Hitler’s beginning movements against Jews during that time; as a result, he became more confident and it increased his status as Führer. Much, much more can be found on Stephen Fry’s post, and I STRONGLY suggest you read it.

After considering all of this… If you agree that the International Olympic Committee should move the 2014 Winter Games to Vancouver—- not only to make a clear statement against the evil happening in Russia, but also to protect the safety of everyone involved in the Games—- SIGN THE PETITION. As always, every signature counts!

Lastly… On MSNBC tonight, George Takei quoted Edmund Burke in saying “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” I think that’s pretty spot-on, and I hope it’s what everyone ultimately comes to realize in everything, but particularly in regards to this issue at the moment.

SIGN, REBLOG, AND SPREAD THE WORD. LET’S GET EVERYONE TO KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON, AND DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

It’s contagious.: Russia’s “anti-gay propaganda law,” and how it affects the 2014 Winter Olympics.

by crowfooted

Writing In The Daylight ~ Dancing In The Night: roane72: If it hurts, you’re probably doing it wrong. :) That said,…

beautifulfic:

roane72:

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If it hurts, you’re probably doing it wrong. 🙂

That said, I’m assuming you’re referring to this post, and now you’ve made me want to get on my soapbox. See what you’ve done? 🙂

One of the more frustrating things to me about slash fandom is the focus on which character  in the pairing is the penetrative partner and which one is the receptive partner, and the general preoccupation with anal sex as the One True Sex Act. I mean, people have ship wars over this! “John couldn’t POSSIBLY take it up the ass, look how forceful and manly he is.” It’s problematic and gross for so many reasons.

  1. It’s misogynistic. It makes the assumption that the person being penetrated (the ‘woman’) is the lesser, more submissive partner, the more feminine partner. 
  2. It’s homophobic. Yeah, I know, we’re talking about gay sex here, but the top vs. bottom debate assumes that the receptive partner is somehow ‘more gay’ than the penetrating partner. Where ‘more gay’ as stated above, means ‘more feminine’. 
  3. It’s heterocentric. In all sexual pairings, somebody’s got to be penetrating somebody, right? Someone’s the ‘man’, and someone’s the ‘woman’, or else how does it count as ‘real sex’?
  4. It’s reductive. There are so many other ways people have sex, regardless of gender or genitalia. Assuming that every sexual encounter has to end with a penetrative act is dull, frankly. 

Having a preference in fic or art is fine! I personally prefer when John tops because that’s hotter to me. (I could get into the reasons for this but they basically all boil down to me turning Sherlock into a wish-fulfillment character. 😉 ) It becomes problematic when you define and defend your preferences by saying character X isn’t ‘the type’ who tops, or ‘the type’ who bottoms, because you’re assigning outdated and icky gender roles to a single sexual act.

When people complain that slash fans fetishize gay men, this is the sort of thing they’re talking about.

This is exactly why it vexes and saddens me when people complain that Electric Pink has no penetrative sex and is therefore somehow unconsumated, or indicates in some way that the “wrong” person is topping during a penetrative act.

Writing In The Daylight ~ Dancing In The Night: roane72: If it hurts, you’re probably doing it wrong. 🙂 That said,…

by crowfooted


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jenimalmorrison:

Day 43: One of Your Favorite Songs From the 80’s

we are far too young and clever,

too ra loo ra, too ra loo rye aye

and you’ll hum this tune forever.

by crowfooted

catsbeaversandducks:

10 Signs Your Kitty Actually Loves You

Ever wondered if your kitty really loves you? From finicky to feisty, our feline friends aren’t always the easiest to read. Unlike dogs who make their affection for us loud and clear, cats have far less obvious ways of communicating how they feel. If you want to discover just how much your cat cares about you, then check out these 10 signs of true love.

1. Head butting. If a person were to do it to you, then you’d have a pretty good idea of what they were trying to tell you, but with a cat it’s a whole different story. To be on the receiving end of what is actually known in the cat world as ‘head bunting‘ is a very special privilege indeed. During this exchange your cat deposits facial pheromones that represent their feelings of trust and safety they have with you.

2. Powerful purrs. Cats purr for all sorts of reasons, but there is one unique full bodied rumble that your kitty saves exclusively for their true love. Purring also lowers your kitty’s heart rate and helps them to relax and exhibit feelings of contentment.

3. Love bites. If your cat is a chronic nibbler, then chances are they’ve got a thing for you. It’s pretty easy to tell the difference between a love bite and a regular cat bite, one hurts and the other tickles! Nibbling isn’t a common sign of love, but when a cat employs it, they’re trying to say “you’re awesome.”

4. Tail twitching. You can tell a lot by looking at a cat’s tail. Just as their tails puff out when they get scared or agitated, their tail will twitch at the very tip when they are feeling bliss. If you notice this action when your cat approaches you, then you can be sure that they think you rock their world.

5. Tummy up. When your cat throws itself on the floor and starts rolling around, they are trying to get your attention. Cats only show their tummies voluntarily to those they can trust. Feeling safe means a lot to a cat, so when they sprawl out in front of you, this is a sign that they feel loved and protected.

6. Licking your hair or ears. It’s not often that humans are deemed worthy of these very special grooming sessions, but if your cat has chosen to bestow you with hair or ear licking, rest assured you have been welcomed into the inner circle. Grooming is one of the most obvious signs of the friendship and trust you have with your furry companion.

7. Kneading. Kittens knead against their mothers to stimulate milk production, which is why experts believe that kneading behaviour in cats is nostalgic of kittenhood and acts as a way of reliving the happy moments they experienced as little ones. So next time your kitty starts moving its paws up and down on you, remember that they are not just trying to soften you up before taking a nap, but that they’re expressing their adoration for you.

8. Slow blinking. It is said that cats kiss with their eyes, so don’t expect to share this sign of affection with any old cat. Cats save eye contact for people they know and trust. If that eye contact is coupled with slow blinking then you’ve just received a kitty kiss. Return the love by mimicking the behavior.

9. Nap time. Kitties crave warm safe places to sleep, so if your fluffy feline decides to snuggle down beside you or better yet, on your lap, then you should feel especially honored. Cats are most vulnerable when they are sleeping, and there is no greater compliment than when they choose you as their snooze spot.

10. Gifting. There is no denying that a small dead something is not at the top of our wishlist, but a kitty that presents you with this bounty deserves to be praised. Despite our domestication, cats still have the inner hunter and sharing their prizes with you is a sign of true friendship.

If you’ve been fortunate enough to share your life with a cat, then you’ll understand that they are consciously connecting with us. Whether it’s via grooming, purring or snuggling up, cats are loving and affectionate individuals that form very special bonds with their favorite people.

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