Green Eyes

Guys. Article 13 just got passed.

Article 13 just got passed.

Article 13 just got passed!!!!

Article 13 just got passed.

Article 13 just got passed.

Article 13 just got passed!

Article 13 just got passed.

Article 13 just got passed.

I don’t know if I’ve said it enough. So…

ARTICLE 13 JUST GOT PASSED!!!!

I have been on tumblr all morning and haven’t seen one post about it yet! I don’t understand how!

ARTICLE 13 JUST GOT PASSED!!!!

It was a 438 to 226 fucking landslide vote too. (https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/12/17849868/eu-internet-copyright-reform-article-11-13-approved)

They’re voting on it one last time in January 2019, but that’s barely any time to change anything!!!!

You still have time to call your MEPs so PLEASE!!! Do so.

If you’re outside of the EU, sign this petition: https://www.change.org/p/axel-voss-save-the-internet-reject-article-13-and-11?recruiter=839558037&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition

If you don’t know what this means, it’s basically then end of how the internet currently is in Europe. Memes? Nope. Youtubers? Bye!

You’d need a license for everything!!!!

And my fellow Americans my be all like, well, what’s the big deal for us? It’s a Europe deal.

No, because the Youtubers there that you love so much? This effects them too! I’m freaking out because Jack, the person who helps my depression go away, may no longer be able to do what he does!

Guys, we need to stop this somehow. Please.

Call your MEPs. Sign petitions. Protest (Peacefully please. Don’t get hurt).

I’m sorry for tagging you guys if you don’t want to be or already know, I just want as many people to know as possible!

I can’t tag everyone, but if you see this, please reblog it. Spread the news. Sign the petition. Call your MEPs. Do what you can to help stop this from passing in January.

You may have heard about the efforts in Europe to reform copyright law. The debate has been ongoing in the European Parliament for months. If approved next week, these new regulations would require us to automatically filter and block content that you upload without meaningful consideration of your right to free expression. 

We respect the copyrights and trademarks of others, and we take all reports seriously to ensure that your creative expression is protected. We make this clear in our Community Guidelines. There’s already a legal framework that works and is fair: Today we take down posts and media that contain allegedly infringing content when we receive a valid DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown request. We also provide clear-cut ways for people to fight back if they believe their removed content was not a true violation. These instances are monitored and reported and live in our biannual transparency report. 

The suggestion to use automated filters for issues of copyright is short-sighted at best and harmful at worst. Automated filters are unable to determine whether a use should be considered “fair use” under the law and are unable to determine whether a use is authorized by a license agreement. They are unable to distinguish legitimate parody, satire, or even your own personal pictures that could be matched with similar photographs that have been protected by someone else. We don’t believe that technology should replace human judgment. Tumblr is and always has been a place for creative expression, and these new regulations would only make it harder for you to express yourself with the freedom and clarity you do so now. 

If Article 13 is approved, European People might be basically banned from uploading any fan content. 

You won’t get new fanfics from people in Europe.

You won’t get new gifs from people in Europe.

You won’t get new fanart from people in Europe.

Because they’ll be automatically filtered and blocked!

We might leave Tumblr and other fandom pages.

And if we’re getting all our content blocked? 

You might lose some of your favourite followers/mutuals.

You might not get to read the rest of that fic you’re dying to read - simply because the writer lives in the wrong country.

So do whatever you can to help us stop this.

Reblog this.

The city of San Francisco currently has the worst air quality of anywhere in the world because of the wildfires. (This level of air quality, incidentally, is bad for people and kills them.) These once-in-a-lifetime wildfires will become more common in our lifetimes.

toby doesn’t want us selling unofficial undertale merch. art commissions are fine, but things like buttons, t-shirts, posters, etc are not.

please respect toby’s wishes. please don’t sell unofficial undertale merchandise. please don’t be that person.

Loki regarded the indicated figure with interest. Shepard didn’t look all that impressive to him from the outside but he had learned well enough that humans could surprise him, not least for their being so prolific. Once upon a time he had seen them as insects in their lifespans and abilities, but that had been an ignorant, childish excuse. More interesting though was the interface Ze’ev presented. The god preferred learning of monsters to heroes.

“A worthy threat it seems. How did Feros repel them?”

“I am under the impression it was due to their complete unity.” Ze’ev’s head tilted as they pondered the question. A few taps pulled up a display of Feros and a brief summary of the planet’s statistics: size, population, air composition, gravity, etc. “In my previous...career, there were whispers of a being exerting its influence on the human colonists. A ‘thorian’. Scientists on Ilum were approached for research into investigating spores the colonists were infected with. I never had cause before to fully delve into the situation.” Ze’ev shrugged as though to say and there you have it. “If you are looking to rebuild and survive, having a similar unity might serve your people well, Loki. I understand not wishing to face the Reapers, but...I hope you consider rebuilding in this galaxy despite the current turmoil. We as a whole could use more people in the fight and certainly one bearing the name of a human trickster god. I doubt your name is mere coincidence.”

So I don’t really do this all that often. But my friend has lost her home, and has two small children. If you can’t donate, please reblog so hopefully somebody can give even a little to help them out.

@cptharkness | OTP: two of a kind

Hey there, beautiful.

“Neither. There was a species, a long time ago, well, it actually hasn’t happened yet, but, anyway.  They were seekers of knowledge and they found this place where there was an entire planet made of nothing but water. Just an ocean, in space.  They wanted to make sure that it was preserved.  And they had the technology to make things that are bigger on the inside.  So they put the ocean into this gem.  And it’s just so happens that it was so well balanced, that the ocean has simply continued to exist inside the gem, and they never found a safe place to put it. I once met the very last member of that race, and he gave this to me. “ He put it Ze’ev’s hand.  “And now, it’s yours. Because I know you love the ocean, I know you miss it.“ 

Ze’ev knew better than to get flummoxed by the convoluted way Jack talked about time and events. He had an esoteric view of time and its contents. So the dancer simply nodded and cradled the softly swirling gem in their hands as they nestled in against Jack, now drawing their legs sideways over the captain’s lap.

                             I’ll have one of everything

Indie Captain John Hart RP

18+, Mature Content

Written by Jax

@cptharkness | OTP: two of a kind

Hey there, beautiful.

“They live only a minute.Like watching a star being born and live and nova.  At least here.  I’ve met some that believe they slip into subspace, or through time.  But, somewhere, in the nearest stellar nursery, a new star will be born, even if one wasn’t meant to.  “

He pulled out another box.  “And now, this is for you to keep.  It’s what was once second place, now third,” it was a small egg-shaped gemstone, about the size of Ze’ev’s palm.  Inside, it moved and swirled.  blue green, green blue.  Deeper and darker, then lighter. “This is a micro-ocean. An entire ocean, with it’s own life and life cycle.  If you use an imaging or magnification program on your omnitool, you’ll be able to scan it and see them, from whales to krill.”

A wistful smile crossed Ze’ev’s face at that news. “Hopefully they do indeed slip into subspace. I know there are sayings about beings burning twice as fast but twice as bright, but...I hope that little bird gets more out of life than simply...a brief song, even if its memory lives on with us.” Ze’ev would certainly never forget. Jack was unlikely to.

@cptharkness | OTP: two of a kind

Hey there, beautiful.

He followed them, enraptured.  They moved like water currents move. Light nebula clouds on solar winds. It was enthralling, and he was, as always, under their spell.  In the beautifully draped room, he grinned.  “Perfect.  Sit. “  He took something from his coat and sat down on the loveseat.

“A good friend of mine, my best friend at the time, once asked me what the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen was.  And, until rather recently, that answer hadn’t changed. And I thought, since you eclipsed it, and changed the answer entirely, it’s only fair that I show you what’s now the second most beautiful creature in all creation.”

He opened up a small box.  Inside was a very tiny egg.  The egg hatched and and a small bird, entirely made of fire, smaller than a humming bird took wing.  It blazed, brighter and brighter.  And it sang with such pure utterly pure music.  It blazed and lit up the room and it sang until it was so bright it couldn’t be looked at.  The after image would be on their eyes, but barely a minute past and the last notes died away. In a brilliant flash, like a sun going nova, it was gone.  Jack’s face was enraptured.  He opened his eyes. seeing the after images of the firebird floating there in his vision, and looked to the Drell for their reaction. 

Ze’ev was indeed quite curious as to what precisely Jack had brought. But as they sat on the loveseat next to Jack, pulling their legs up beside them, the captain opened the box to reveal a small egg. The dancer didn’t often see bird eggs, but this seemed small for...what, a bird? A reptile?

@cptharkness | OTP: two of a kind

Hey there, beautiful.

“Mmhmm!  Wouldn’t mind going somewhere a bit private. One of these gifts is a bit distracting for the public view.” He winked.  “Though nothing naughty about it.  Why don’t you lead the way?”

“You have aroused my curiosity...” Indeed, Ze’ev’s eyes sparkled as they searched Jack’s. Oh, but Jack wanted to go somewhere more private.

One hand swished the shimmering golden train of their outfit around behind them, the other held Jack’s hand to guide him across and up the various platforms of Purgatory into the darker, hidden passages leading towards the dressing rooms, until finally they came into Ze’ev’s.

@cptharkness | OTP: two of a kind

Hey there, beautiful.

They were the most beautiful thing that Jack had ever seen in his thousands of years.  And he’d been gone looking for something to show them beauty that was all that compared to them.  “I brought you two presents,” he smiled at them.  “I hope at least one of them will make you as happy as seeing those gorgeous eyes make me.”