#taff

Like.

Full on shouting and screaming..

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It was about how I've interacted with a experiment-- Taff-- Via internet- BUT HOW IS THAT EVEN MY FAULT?? SHE INTERACTED WITH ME FIRST..?? WHY DOES SHE EVEN HAVE A SMARTPHONE?!

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It's whatever,, I'm still going to go looking for her and that.. Other one..?? Anyway's. . . Might as well carry it out tomorrow when most of the staff are off work..

week 20 of posting my art every week this year

i actually got alot done this week, i was in a bit of an art rut and tma got me out of it lmao

first off, i doodled my oc x canon splatoon yuri again

i adore themmmm

then i added more doodles of my eridian oc

teehee

i also made a siffrin kinsona, sylph is some sort of magician

also was an excuse to make a magic system

its based on isat and avatar the last air bender

there are 3 magic types, blunt, pierce, and create, and three physical forms they take, hydro, pyre, and geo

also made a new spidersona!

shes a villian with power over matter, she can exist in multiple places at once :3

i also drew grace

i love that white boy

then heres the fun part

i drew my tma yuri

and also a flesh oc

and also categorized all the fears

then also made a web oc :3

did alot of tma this week

teehee

i also drew sif and loop this morning

i kin sif so much its not even funny at this point

(what's TAFF?)

TAFF is the Trans Atlantic Fan Fund, a fan-run fund that every year helps cover the costs to send someone from Europe to North America to attend the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), or vice versa.

It's been running for 70 years now, with many TAFF delegates writing trip reports so you can read about intercontinental fannish friendships across the decades right here.

Anyone can be a candidate for the funds of TAFF, as long as they've been active in fandom for at least a couple of years and can find five people who'll support their nomination (sorry lurkers), and similarly anyone can vote in the TAFF race as long as they're an active member of the fannish community and donate a small amount to support the fan fund. (sorry again, lurkers). Fannish activity can include going to traditional sci fi conventions, but it also includes vidding, and fanfic writing, and doing podcasts and reviews about the fannish stuff you care about, and running community events like exchanges, and putting out zines.

(why are you telling me this?)

Well, partly, because it's very cool and I think you should know about it, and I think you should have the opportunity to run in future years. I think it's important to keep these cultural ties, and to have a chance to meet new people and go places you might never otherwise have gone. I think this kind of intergenerational friendship support across the decades is an important part of our history as fan communities. I think you should run, and I might even be able to nominate and support you.

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but also because I'm a candidate this year, and would like you to spend the cost of a small coffee to support the fan fund and vote for me.

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