Ace's lair

ArtStation - Cyborg, YOUNG IL CHOI

The plan for the 17th, when the adult content ban comes in, is to protest.

To do that, we are making as much noise either side of the 17th as possible, and using the site as normal.

On the 17th, dead silence.

People are saying log off but what they really mean is don’t open the site or the app.

But, on the 17th make as much noise as possible on every other platform. Tweet about it and post on facebook and instagram and everywhere else.

What this does is causes a massive dip in ad revenue for one single day. That does not make staff think ‘oh everyone’s gone let’s shut down.’ What it actually makes them think is ‘oh shit people aren’t happy and if people don’t keep using our site we’re out of money and out of jobs.’

A boycott reminds a company that the users (consumers) have the power to make their site (business) worthless with one single coordinated decision.

If you want to join in, here’s what to do:

Do:

Close all open instances of the app and site on all your devices before the 17th

Make posts before and after the 17th on tumblr and other platforms, talking about why this ban is bad

Make posts on other sites during the 17th. Flood the official tumblr staff twitter and facebook with your anger and your opinion

Come back on the 18th and check in

Don’t:

Delete the app from your phone (this doesn’t affect their revenue and since it’s off the store at the moment it’ll be hard to get back)

Delete your account. I mean you can if you want to, but if you keep your account and don’t use it you’re saying to staff that there’s still time to save it. If you delete it’s hard work to come back.

Open the app or website (including specific blogs)

Make any posts (turn down/off your queue and make sure nothing is scheduled)

Go quiet elsewhere. Make it clear that this is just about tumblr, not a mass move away from all social media.

Remember: the execs don’t care about anything but money. Shutting down the site means there’s $0 further income from it. That’s their last possible course of action. If we make it clear we’re not happy, they’ll have to do something or we can do more and more until it becomes too expensive.

a full price commission for @tumblebuggo! This was a super fun piece to work on and I’m glad I’m the first to bring the character to life.

ArtStation - 인랑(Jin Roh), by Lee Yeong gyun

ArtStation - Okami, Lee Yeong gyun

The Order of the Last Prayer is the largest and oldest of all the knights orders of Hushabye Valley - their ranks constantly refilled by people who’s lost nearly everything and willing to give what’s left to make a difference.

With a single, tall, towering silver bell at the heart of the Chiming Mountains, the order has dug their keep through endless tunnels and chambers all-through its rocky body. Like its name suggests - kept alive by the anvils of the blacksmith’s guild - the entire mountain rings by the vibrations of the bell, keeping the threats of the mist far away and exposes any changeling inside as they slowly go insane from the agony of the unending chiming silver echoes.

With their names written down in the Book of Prayers - as psalms to the needs of the ailing world - they live selflessly for one another until the day they die in battle.

  To be truly selfless, for ones virtues to be pure, a knight of the Last Prayer is ready to have their existence erased once he or she has fulfilled their duty in death. Only their mark on the betterment of the world shall remain - their names forever struck from the Book of Prayers and their memory forgotten by their peers. For there is no honor in death, no pride in effort, no sacrifice in vain. Many who join the order find this promised release of the world a blessing.

While not out on crusades, each knight is a member of a trade guild. Everyone has to work and provide for the order in equal value as the guilds caucus chambers constantly bustle with life as things are kept organized and balanced for everyone’s needs. The bonds within each guild grow very strong, close to that of family.

Considered dangerously fervent in their aggressive attacks on the mist, the people of the valley are quite wary of their presence. The gloomy air about them tend to lower the spirit of any village they visit or pass by during their culling marches to a noticeable degree. They are paranoid and forgive no changeling or witch or the use of any mist knowledge - such as blue fire or marble shards.

One peculiar thing about the order is the sizeable proportion of giants. Though few manage to grow to the stature of the giants of the order of the Three Crowns and most carry debilitating mental conditions. One could guess it’s a growth stunting result of the claustrophobic mountain tunnels and the “curse of the blue blood” making them poor subjects for the selfless culture of the order of the Last Prayer. Despite this, no one can explain their prevalence, as giants in the wild are rare as they are and the royal giants behind the walls of Kamar keep to their own.

Though there are no heroes from this order, due to the nature of their culture, the most revered knight in Hushabye Valley’s history is, ironically, one from the order of the Last Prayer.

   100 years ago, after breaching the gates of Castle Hushabye in a non-sanctioned attack and slaying the last Great Horror residing within at the expense of her own life - ending the War of the Great Horrors - her remaining close friends at the blacksmith’s guild refused to let her name be forgotten.

  They left the order and founded their own in reverence of their dear lost friend and her heroic deed - forming the order of Sancta Klarabella.