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we’re sorry it took too long for us to call back…

Hello and a happy new year to all of you who have stuck with us for so long! as many of you are aware, we have been working behind the scenes to revamp the network, bringing a more efficient, structured directory that will better provide our members’ resources to the community.  It has been six years since we first opened gif pack network in 2014, with a lofty goal to bring a network of gif creators together, along with a cohesive directory to showcase their work. Many of you have seen us grow over the years, and with this growth has come a learning curve when it comes to compiling and sharing the work the members have created. We found that the growing volume of packs was sometimes difficult to keep up with as admins, and that the process that once worked for our fledgling group was no longer efficient for the quickly growing network. We also found that the website itself had difficulty supporting the massive amount of data in the directory. So, we made the decision to create a better, smoother, more efficient directory! 

We are very proud to announce the grand reopening of gif pack network! Join us as we unveil the new structure, and take a look around! 

Below are a few important links and pieces of information that will help you navigate the new gif pack network! 

the directory: hosted on google sheets, we hope that our new directory is easier to navigate and provides followers with important information from each pack including gender, ethnicity, and the footage the packs are from. This is updated not only by the admins, but the members themselves, truly making the network member driven and supported

the members: this is where you can find all of our current members and which ones are available for requests. A huge thanks goes out to @luckycodes, who created this beautiful page for us and has been a great source of support. We are not currently accepting new members, but previous members are encouraged to reapply. Keep an eye out for upcoming announcements regarding new applicants in the near future!

the handbook: this is your guide to the network’s new structure, how to apply, and what being a member entails. it’s a more in depth view on our members responsibilities so you know what you’re getting into before you join

the faq: do you still have questions? please see our faq to answer some of those and find more clarification!

We are also introducing a brand new blog that will work alongside the network. @gpnsupport ! This blog will feature resources for creators, including how to create, color, and post your gifs! This will replace our current chatbox and allow members of the rpc to make gif pack suggestions.

We would also like to take this time to thank the people that make GPN - the many members that continue to provide resources to this community. We are so grateful to every member of the network that has worked alongside us to make the new GPN possible. Thank you for being patient with us as we worked to bring this new iteration of the network to fruition.

To our followers, we are grateful for the support you have shown the creators in this community, and for continuing to follow us through this journey. 

Thank you all for making this community a place we keep coming back to, one that is comforting, inclusive, and creative. Please enjoy the revamped Gif Pack Network, we made it just for you.

cut this the fuck out. 

THIS IS NOT STEPH

anyone who believes it is, please please let me know when steph ever referred to herself as “queen steph” or ever even referred to herself by name or in the third person? also, she doesn’t use default themes, ever. 

stop trying to drag her name through the mud because you think it’s fun

i know you hate me and just won’t rest until you know i am dead, but this is ridiculous. i’ve been driven to cut off people i believed were my friends, to leave my blog, to hide, to spend the weekend talking to people and explaining them how little i know about whatever the fuck you guys decided to do this weekend and apologize for the stuff people have been saying and the bullshit people would put in the tags and the hurt fellow victims had to experience AND for univolved people to be triggered/affected by all while people happily treated this situation as something the community could gossip about when me and other people involved repeatedly stated that we do not want to be associated with ANY of the people involved and to not bring up our names, especially in public spaces by answering anons and discussing sensitive stuff for everyone to see given how not only has this been extremely detrimental to our mental health, but there have been horrible irl consequences brought up by this. 

but no one cared. i know that i have a strong character, but things affect me as well. and i know people just believe woc must be strong all the time and we are only worth of something when we speak up on behalf of other (mainly white) people and then when we are damaged, when our wishes are disrespected, and when our pleads for people to not use our names are ignored for the sake of our mental health that just goes ignored way too often until it is too late. i know that the only people that will bat for my are the close friends i’ve acquired and mantained throughout the years, that’s fine. i know how the world works and how people will run to sympathize with the white person at all times.

obviously, this isn’t me. if you know me you know this isn’t me and know where to find me and how to contact me, which is how i found out how this was happening. i won’t discuss the ways to point out how this person is impersonating me so they cannot be used to perfect whatever little game they are playing, but if you know me i trust you should be able to see this is nothing but a pathetic individual trying to imitate the way i talk.

all i will say is that i am tired. i shouldn’t have to do the very same thing white people do by listing the multiple ways their mental health has been affected after people criticize them in order to beg for pity. i will not discuss what does and does not affect me mentally in public. if you know me, you know the ways i’ve privately struggled with this, of my irl experiences, and my own struggles with what i’ve been diagnosed with.

and if the person behind this is someone who know of this, i just hope you choke. 

i’m going on a walk to figure out what i will be doing next, but if you have any doubts i think people that have known me for years would be able to tell you what i’m about and why i don’t need to do something the things people done this weekend. i’ve said it before and i say it again, whenever i’ve felt the need to say something, i’ve always made sure i attached my name to it. please just keep that in mind.

By clicking the SOURCE LINK below, you will find #146 gifs of British actor, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, taken from various interviews. All gifs were made by me and are intended for roleplaying purposes only. Don’t repost or add to gif hunts, don’t use for edits/crackships, don’t remove my watermark, and please do not claim as your own. He is of African-Barbadian descent so please cast accordingly!  Also, please do not edit them in any capacity and do not turn them into gif icons unless you ask first and credit me when posted!!  Please like and/or reblog if you’re using any of the gifs included in the pack.

TW: flashing lights

Hey @callofthe-wyld! Knock this shit off!

You were kicked out of Corinth Bay for activity reasons! I personally didn’t want to interact with you bc you godmod like crazy and you tend to make people really uncomfortable, but god damn are my friends sick of you. This is one of at least three messages you’ve sent people in Corinth Bay following being kicked out, and the fact that you’re trying to slander the RP to current members is FUCKING SHITTY. I now also know you’re sending people discord messages with the same thing, trying to poach them from Corinth Bay. I know you did this after you got kicked out of empire-rp years ago and even threatened to sue them for slander?? Or??? idk??? Shane blocked you, my dude. He doesn’t want anything to do with you.

I’m also assuming you’re sending these sorts of messages to members of other supernatural rps, bc that was what you did after you got kicked out of empire. 

Hey @jayrpssometimes​ Doing this from an old abandoned RP account as I don’t possess a personal blog. Don’t even know who you are but ok. My recent message history. That aside. as I said, Don’t know who you are but I know you are quite ill informed on a lot of things. For he sake of my mental health and to save you from yourself I’ll give you the truth in a respectful and mature manner. As you’re bring up someone who is quite triggering to me now and it isn’t petty and immature like your post.

And that’s not even talking about her romanticizaton of mental illnesses that she doesn’t have!

Her former female friends have said Melanie has done very similar things to them when the victim’s story came out, and that’s what makes it very hard for me to believe it’s ‘fake’.

Also, her former makeup artist and the girl who played in one of her music videos I believe has said she is an absolute horror to work with.

Bad news is that because of corona virus, this year there are way less events

Good news is that a lot of events take place online and are thus more accessible to people who don’t live in bigger cities (check out the list of evens by country here) + there are going to be four new bi publications released!

All this said, Land Back means different things to different indigenous people and their tribes.

Some really do literally mean the return of U.S. land to tribal nations and ADOS is something that SHOULD happen, but we’re not a bunch of idiots. We understand that’s not a pragmatic or achievable solution (currently) and return of land =/= forcibly removing or committing mass genocide of people that don’t look like us. That’s something only savages do, and we have never been savages.

Other times it means protecting Turtle Island, all of us who live here, as a collective. Love the land and the land will love us back. Land back = the key to restoring ecosystems. Listen to indigenous people. We have always known these lands better than y’all.

It is also an empowering political statement from indigenous leaders to their people, to keep fighting for our treaties, for the right to self-govern, to continue the long process of de-colonizing ourselves, to harness our own power, to restore our cultures.

As far as literal repatriation of land goes, it’s not a far fetched or impossible idea. It has been done and is being done. It’s far from simple, but land stewardships, land trusts, and land transfers are all legal mechanisms to achieve this. And it doesn’t mean you (the donor) must leave the land. Oftentimes it means paying taxes to the tribe itself but still being able to live on/use the land; it just makes it so that the land has been returned to the tribe. In theory this would be the solution for indigenous people getting our land back without this big dramatic forced exodus of white people that racists pretend to be so worried about. It’s too complicated to really delve into here but this is a good link for a brief overview of the idea behind it.

As usual, white people following me can do their part by giving $30 each; shalomies and other spicy whites can pay anything from $10-$15 bc solidarity

paypal.me/marsinaries

we should be able to coexist in a world where people rightfully criticize RGB because whether liberals like it or not, she held archaic beliefs and helped pass discriminatory policies so telling poc (particularly black people, i see y’all!) to shut up and stop being disrespectful is not a good look! 

and! guess what! people can also be upset about her death and worried about their future given how republicans are the scum of the earth that look for every upcoming opportunity to make people’s lives miserable via politics so calling people dumb for caring and being upset is also bad! sadly this woman was one of the most “progressive” people out there in a land of conservative sharks. i think we can discuss that while also discussing her wrongs, but this needs to be done in a respectful manner.