*sparkle sounds*

read this thread. this is by far the most concise explanation of a lot of different issues that i’ve seen in fandom spaces in a while. cosigning both the linked thread and the thread about aus/uk/can law that’s linked in-thread.

If someone has never taken a class that includes copyright law, they may not know this stuff, so I don’t necessarily blame random people for not knowing what copyright is, but like… maybe just maybe it’s something that should be taught????

Just another reminder, because this always drives me crazy, but even if monetizing your fic was 100% unambiguously legal and protected, AO3 would still not let you do it because AO3 was founded and is supported by people like me who want a fandom community that is completely divested from making money off of fic.

If you want to make money off your fics, you can instead post them somewhere like royal Road. “Oh, but Royal Road’s culture is so much more negative and stressful and lacks the supportive norms of AO3!” Yeah, because people are trying to make money there. Half the userbase is treating it as a storefront and hustling is the natural social consequence of that. AO3’s culture can only exist because it’s not commercial.

my humours have balanced. I have become mentally normal again

Ah lads they fucking rotated him

Best post I've seen all day

LEAVE ME FOKIN’ X-AXIS ALONE

"Cokes from"

holy shit Silvally Zooble kicks ass

a book should be $5 a little drink should be $2 and museum access should be free and all hours

Uhhhh, is anyone going to get him down?

@skyward-floored I FOUND IT

This is wonderful

That’s it, I found it. The best post in the entire fandom.

Puts the product on tumblr for all to share it

My what a guy, that Gaston.