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some victims and survivors use dark fiction to cope and heal from their trauma, because in their fics, they are in control of what happens. they can turn the table and turn what happens into something that’s not traumatizing. and they can do that because they don’t owe you anything.

it’s a kink to some people, even though they were never victims. people can enjoy it and find it hot because at the end of the day it’s just a fantasy. it’s not real. they don’t owe you anything.

it’s cathartic and/or therapeutic to some to see their favorite fictional characters suffer. that’s why whump is such a popular trope; people love putting their fictional little guys through hell. non-con is a part of whump. and these people don’t owe you anything.

fanfic writers can write whatever they want, however they want. they don’t owe you anything.

[image description: a 8 page comic starring saiki. he's sitting at a booth, eating coffee jelly.

saiki: this is great. no annoying friends, no annoying family. some silence, and my coffee jelly. something is wrong here. Multiple things, in fact.

saiki: there’s nothing beyond the booth I'm sitting at. It's all blank. the line work could be better. and is the lettering handwritten? Good grief. I do break the fourth wall, but isn't this too much? I'm going to be out of character. And would it kill this artist to use a straight edge? its no problem for me since I’m an esper, but other people could trip on these uneven panels. The coffee jelly's fine, thankfully.

An example is shown of kaidou tripping. Kaidou: woah!

Saiki, not seeing kaidou walking towards him: it’s a good thing the artist is too lazy to draw anyone else. I can handle this, but with other people it could get dangerous.

kaidou, tripping on the panel: hey saiki- woah!

kaidou knocks saikis coffee jelly off the table.

kaidou: sorry saiki!

he sees saikis expression. kaidou, nervous: haha... I'll talk to you later!

kaidou runs off. Saiki thinks: How come I didn't notice Kaidou was right there? I don't have the germanium ring on, so i should've heard- could this artist be so careless that they didn't bother to write his thoughts in?

saiki, holding the coffee jelly in its glass: like i said: dangerous. i just barely caught the coffee jelly with my telekinesis off page.

saiki, looking at how the table looks the same as the start of the comic: but all the other stuff should still be on the floor. how hard can it be to keep props consistent in an eight page comic.

he looks to the side, and sees that theres another coffee jelly on the table, since the table is as it was in the beginning.

saiki, eating the new coffee jelly: good grief. i need to do something before this gets out of hand. seems i should investigate further. End ID]

The creation period for Skkbb'26 has officially begun, and writers and artists are now hard at work on their fanworks! There were a few solo participants as well 👀

A huge thank you to everyone for your patience while we worked through the recent updates. We appreciate all of your understanding, and we're excited to finally have the event underway.

Please look forward to seeing what everyone creates this year! o7

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The next major event for Skkbb will be Pinch-Hit & Beta Reader/Art Beta Sign-Ups, which will open on July 9. If you're interested, be sure to keep an eye out for the announcement!

Here are some basic primers. If someone is wearing what look like Meta glasses, they usually have a small circular camera in the outer corners of the lenses, like the one on your phone.

I would also regularly check their own product pages so you're on top of what the models look like. They tend to have larger frames, but come in a variety of shapes and colors.

A new hobbyist developed app warns if people nearby may be wearing smart glasses, such as Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses, which stalkers and harassers have repeatedly used to film people without their knowledge or consent. The app scans for smart glasses’ distinctive Bluetooth signatures and sends a push alert if it detects a potential pair of glasses in the local area.

The American Foundation for the Blind has said that "The Ray-Ban Meta glasses are an accessibility tool only by coincidence. That makes them more affordable and, in many ways, unaware of the needs of users with reduced vision" although they do have seemingly positive views on Meta Glasses as a whole. (source 10). It also seems like their marketing push as accessibility devices began last year (source 11).

But to add even more into the nonsense, Meta is now toying around with adding a "limit" to the functionality of their glasses unless their users pay for more access (source 12). AND, as stated above, Meta has officially added facial recognition code in their glasses and only admitted it after being called out, which is basically the death of privacy as we know it (source 13, source 14, source 15). And oh look another lawsuit because of it (source 16) THAT THEY LOST (source 17)!

Long story short: I don't begrudge someone using them as a disability aid overall, but ultimately both their privacy and other people's privacy are being disregarded by Meta and that is not and should not be acceptable by any means.

I understand there is no ethical consumption under capitalism but there is a level of personal responsibility someone has to take when using them if they truly truly need them, such as opting out of sharing information, not filming strangers without permission, not posting footage of strangers online, opting out of facial recognition if possible, etc.

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