#really everyone

But.

What if Voltron was intended for a slightly older audience? What if Voltron was much more cynical at its core?

What if they lost?

(moderate to major angst warning under the cut!)

Okay, spending a while on YouTube has informed me that apparently this ban has a lot to do with child pornography on the site? Like JFC, I've been on this site for years and never once encountered that shit. I DO get endless follows by porn bots who are subsequently visited for a laugh that you thought I'd follow your straight porn blog, and then blocked with the quickness. But I never encountered anything that fucking heavy. What's worse is that people outside the app legitimately think most Tumblr users are just scum of the earth, emo, murder-condoning, butthurt SJW's however that works with no true goals or morals, and Tumblr effectively killing itself is exactly what we deserve.

Anywho. Tumblr is trying to hit a massive health recovery and put itself back on the Apple App Store as a result of this content by basically nixing the MAJORITY of its NSFW content. While this isn't bad in theory, whatever system is in place is clearly either in its infancy or incapable of performing its ONE job: filtering out NSFW content. It's flagging posts that aren't NSFW, and upsetting pretty much EVERYONE.

Now, idc about them removing pornography. I can get that on an actual porn site. It'd be amazing to stop getting these fake follows from bots.

However, as an artist, I DO have a problem with how this will affect art on Tumblr. Apparently some exceptions will be made, but every artist no matter the medium now will have to hinder themselves if they want to show nudity. Even if they do put it up, they might find themselves in a constant state of fear that, eventually, their work will be removed. Not to mention sexual intercourse is not allowed in art anymore, which sucks because IT IS A DAMN PART OF HUMAN NATURE AND SOME ARTISTS MIGHT WANT TO DEPICT THAT IN THEIR WORK. Child pornography has absolutely NO place anywhere. I don't think anyone I know, follow, follows me would disagree with that. But the suggested and newly implemented system for fixing this problem is CAUSING MORE ISSUES THAN IT IS FIXING.

I personally have been planning my own graphic novel series, and I've even posted my art on a different account; some of which features mild male nudity. In my series, there WILL BE sex every once in a while, and I'm damn proud of that. I do not appreciate the fact that the place where it would likely receive the most attention and build a fanbase is now somewhere I couldn't even put it. Certainly, placing all one's eggs in one basket isn't really a good option, but as I said before, it would likely get the most attention here though apparently this is no longer the case. So, yes, naturally imma be a salty ass bitch about it.

This is a future problem, though. The problem currently all around me is artists I follow are having their works erroneously flagged as inappropriate. Many of them have built substantial fanbases here that they are immediately expecting to lose and have worked damn hard to build over time. As someone at the beginning of such a task, I KNOW it's not easy or fun to wait for your art to pick up. Migration is an option, but this is just the result of y'all thinking your saving grace NSFW removal option will fix your underlying issues when, really it's just exposing how mismanaged this site is. Other users are constantly complaining about hate speech and malware links and bots and so forth, but this was apparently something y'all could let slide because it didn't get you removed from the Apple App Store. IDK how Google let you remain. But you need to actively work to solve these issues in a constructive manner, not destructive. Because that's all you're doing. It's like your ship is burning and instead of putting out the fire, you kill the whole of the damn crew 🙃

So, all in all, this new system is suffocating current users in anxiety, driving many of them to other sites, and alienating Tumblr from future use by a lot of its users—ESPECIALLY the artists. To make a move like this that doesn't fully account for the genuine people here makes this decision seem like the staff doesn't actually care about its content creators. I get that it's a business and being in the App Store to continue obtaining and maintaining the means in which you generate revenue is important, but even from a business standpoint, stressing out practically every user you have with this errenous flagging as you work at nixing NSFW content (which will drive more people away than bring in) is A PROBLEM, NOT a solution.

So, cakes are bakes and the party is tomorrow. Sadly, it looks like its going to be one of those late night parties, so I won't be able to get on the computer until Saturday morning at the earliest.

On the bright side, I have:

1. Gotten enough event points to get a copy of Cecil

2. Had enough pink gears in order to upgrade him

3. Unlocked both of his stories

4. Remembered my account on my iPad, so now I have more side stories that I didn't have before. YAY!

Saturday will be spent recording, translating, and auto-playing my way through the event. If you would like to be my friend, I'll put my Friend ID's after this paragraph. Just send me a message here to let me know that you've sent me a request!

IGN: LadyLancer Code: 231314216 (iPhone)

IGN: Luna Code: 331124521 (iPad)

As for the "Buy me a Coffee" link: (warning: text wall ahead. TLDR at end)

Tumblr has an video upload limit of 5 minutes a day, which translates into 4, maybe 5 videos, as an auto play side story is usually around 1 minute even with overzealous cropping. Also, you can only upload one video to a post at a time, meaning if I want to thread the posts I either have to

a) reblog the first post and add the next or

b) add a link to the original post, which doesn't change any posts that have been previously reblogged.

This was originally why I moved to wordpress, as any changes I made to a post would be mirrored wherever the post was shared to. However, I am not able to upload videos to wordpress without upgrading to a paid plan. I would like to continue uploading the videos along with the translations, as I feel the videos help convey the tone and feeling of the characters, which is something that gets lost in translation. Plus, when I start playing the main games again, it would be nice to upload the videos so people can "play along." This is where the KoFi link comes in.

I would like to ask for your help to purchase a Premium plan on wordpress for at least 1 year. Full disclosure: Premium is the cheapest plan that allows video upload at $9.99 a month. Since it is billed yearly, I would be paying ~$120, money that I cannot spend at the moment. I am in college and am lucky enough that my parent's are paying for it, and do not have a job because of my course load.

The goal I set on the KoFi page is the full $119.88, but if I can get even half of that, I can put up the rest of the money. I will not use the money that I get to purchase in-game items or for personal use. I will also not withhold translations for donations, though if you show proof you donated I might be persuaded to move faster on a requested translation as thanks. I am aware that many of my followers may be like me and are unable to donate. I will also post proof of payment of the plan here.

I am not demanding payment for the translations. I acknowledge that many people will be hesitant to donate because of my long absence. This blog nor my wordpress silent for longer than 2 weeks. It may not be a translation, but at least I won't go AWOL again. Also, all translations will be cross posted in some way by posting links to the new translations. This blog will not be deleted.

Again, even if you cannot donate, I still thank you for your support. Your likes and reblogs, tags and messages have helped me tremendously into getting back into translating. I was hesitant to start again after disappearing for so long, but your response has been incredible.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you! ありがとうございます‼︎

-Dom (LadyLancer)