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on feburary 8 of last year i posted a little nortalice fic called 'Not Guilty!'. as of june 6 of this year, it's finally done entirely.
70 freaking chapters. lots of words. im so blessed and joyful!!
many thanks to all of the readers who have checked out this crazy story. thank you to @fallereus my beta reader and constant supporter. thank you @sundae-nite and @tempestimes for always being such amazing friends, your talent is crazy and u guys are so inspirational. no thank you to the comment bots, though, but thank God for helping me to finally this thing.
please feel free to share your thoughts or send questions !! i love talking w ppl (and not the bots that usually come thru)!
link here: Not Guilty! - Chapter 1 - honkges - 第五人格 | Identity V (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own]
Synopsis:
[PARTIALLY INSPIRED BY CHICAGO THE MUSICAL]
Criminal journalist Alice DeRoss joins the prestigious Nightingale Publishing Company and is thrust into a life of wealth and popularity, enjoying the company of famous star Norton Campbell and other elites. But what happens when she herself is accused of murder— the very same crime she reports on?
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which sinner is the dancing queen? (ballroom dancing limbus hcs)
ok so we call know canto 3 features resident German boy busting it down but what if the sinners were invited to a ball? and had to dance even more(for business purposes obviously)?
Yi Sang
- honestly he probably knows how to waltz or do formal dances like that… like someone in the old league of 9 probably teased him about waltzing and then forced him to learn it
- but it’s either fancy dances or nothing with this guy (unless u count foot tapping with the beat while he awkwardly stands there)
- would probably somehow end up with an instrument in his hands and would demurely vibe out
Faust
- “faust knows all outcomes” Faust knows all dances too… does not mean she’s good at them
- would probably do some nice little waltzes with yi sang/other people in the room; could do ballet or colorguard (although that’s not ballroom stuff)
- very elegant and sharp with her dancing
- would often pull up beside dante to get intel constantly; prefers that over dancing
DON QUIXOTE
- always wants to get someone to join her, enough if they’re twice her size; pretty patient with someone if they’re not as experienced and adapts well
- great at salsa and square dancing for some reason; excellent endurance
- great singer too, she can be the whole orchestra at this point; would tell the orchestra to play more upbeat music
- not the biggest fan of slow dancing
- would be snatching food with another sinner (sinclair probably) and giggling about it
Ryōshū
- alright at dancing, more interested in seeing how others dance
- would double team with outis to give dancing advice in passing
- will dance with her weapons, looks very graceful while doing so
- great dancing instructor for kids
- do not step on her feet (she may step on yours)
Meursault
- will only dance if he’s ordered to (and if you tell him what kind)
- great dancing partner tho, would probably be ordered to by don or dante
- would probably rather be in the orchestra/looking for business related info than “having fun” as his coworkers say
- unfortunately he’ll probably have to deal with rich people trying to flirt with him
Hong Lu
- very awesome contender for dancing king
- extremely majestic in almost any form of dancing
- great dance partner as well; very patient and helpful for dancing tips; probably dancing with don
- probably networking half the time knowing he’s going to forget everyone the next day unless it’s someone important
- all dressed up for the event too
Heathcliff
- has to be forced into dancing. like literally dragged by his coworkers whining and grumbling in his fancy outfit.
- but when he dances he clocks it lowk
- like he’s super into it. he doesn’t really know what he’s doing but he’d probably catch a lot of eyes
- he knows a bit about formal dancing given Wuthering Heights too but he doesn’t really like it; will refuse to waltz with people
- occasionally thinks he sees Cathy in the distance and immediately straightens his posture, etc. rodion thinks he’s somewhat drunk
- inspecting food w/ rodya and don
Ishmael
- uncomfy dancing alone, will reluctantly do so if it’s with a coworker she trusts; will decline if it’s a random person
- sticks nearby dante and begins making up small talk to avoid dancing with people
- stunning dancing potential but she also doesn’t like messing up and embarasing herself esp in front of someone else
- tries to hide in the back, feels like she doesn’t really belong (although seeing some rowdy happy people reminds her of Queequeg and crew)
Rodya
- will bust a nice folk jig if no one’s really looking, otherwise she’ll just copy what the current dance is
- she’s lowk pulling things from her head because she didn’t learn formal dances; more so looking to enjoy what feels like a vacation
- would try to encourage the shy sinners to dance with her and would cheer them on as they dance
- not too bad of a dancing partner but may accidentally step on people’s shoes… other than that probably a party favorite
- snatching up food w/ don and heath, taking photos with yi sang
Outis
- surprisingly invested in all the dancing of her coworkers, probably encouraging them all to be “productive” by “making use of themselves” around the ballroom
- instructing others who can’t dance well w/ ryō; making sure they (yi sang) actually follow through and dance
- great at folk dancing, tap dance, and a bit of a ballet too
- “i used to attend balls with my regimen on occasion”
Sinclair
- go sinner go
- shy at first but like heathcliff, gets super into it
- will get on top of a table if he’s hyped up enough, will get instruments and use them while dancing
- extremely red while breakdancing and can’t tell until he’s all tuckered out after crowdsurfing
- don’s his hypewoman and it works very well (“do not stop thy vivid movements, inspirational and good Sinclair! as then youth say, ‘mog’ thine enemies!”)
- probably ends up collapsed in someone’s arms mumbling about “if only calw could see me now” and “am i disowned yet?”
Gregor
- too old for this bruh
- all decked out courtesy of hong lu and rodion
- creak creak creak “rodion I can’t dance my back hurts” after attempting the worm
- “i think i dislocated my left kneecap” (outis pops it back in for him)
- he decides to stay with dante, meur, and ish for most of the night but goes to dine with rodion and co.
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Hey fandom and fanficcers, heads up! While there's been an uptick in hate-bot comments on AO3, and a lot of it is just low-effort trolling, some of it may be connected to fic theft attempts.
What's Happening?
Bots or throwaway accounts leave repetitive, nasty comments ("this sucks," "delete this," "just stop writing," etc). Some of these are just harassment-for-harassment's-sake. But a smaller number seem designed to pressure authors into deleting their works.
Why?
Because once a fic is gone, thieves can swoop in, repost it elsewhere (Wattpad, Kindle Unlimited, shady fic-aggregation sites), and claim it as theirs.
How to Spot the Difference
Random Trolling Bots
Same insult repeated across lots of fics/fandoms.
Zero substance, no context, general-as-hell "you suck" copy-paste.
Accounts are brand-new, empty, and disposable - or, in the most recent wave, usernames stolen from other anonymous users to add legitimacy.
Theft-Driven Harassment
Laser-focused on your fic(s) only.
Repeated pressure to delete.
Harassment often escalates after your fic gains attention.
Sometimes framed as "legal" threats or copyright complaints.
Later, your fic (or a suspicious copy) turns up on Wattpad/Kindle/etc.
What You Can Do
Don't delete: If you don't want your name on it, use Orphaning (keeps fic archived, harder to steal).
Keep copies: Always save offline backups of your work.
Report: Use AO3's Abuse Report tools; the team will ban bots and sock accounts.
Search your own words: Google unique sentences in quotes to catch reposts.
Boost awareness: If you find stolen versions, warn your fandom and mass-report the plagiarist.
Bottom Line
Most bots = trolls, ignore & delete.
But if they're pushing you to delete your fic? That's a red flag for THEFT.
Protect your stories. Protect each other. AO3 is ours — don’t let bots or thieves scare us out of it.
I've been griping about the normalization of identity outing via social media for a while now. To put it simply, it's become almost some weird societal requirement that if you don't have every detail listed about yourself in your Twitter/FB/etc. bio, then it means you have "something to hide" or that you're not as "verifiable" because your account looks indistinct from that of a bot.
But that societal norm has really only benefited the people who profit off of that information in some way, whether it's through selling user data or through weaponizing details about a person against them.
I know that a lot of us love to use the fun little labels and acronyms in our bio that help others like us identify us as a 'safe person' or as someone who's in the same social/racial/identity groups as them. We're humans, we love to categorize things, it's in our nature (and it's fun!)
But if there's any time to start regulating that habit and challenging the norm that you're obligated to include all your personal info online - it's now.
There was a time when sock puppet accounts were expected and typical, not "suspicious".
There was a time when even age-sex-location was considered "too much information", but once it became the norm, we only EVER gave our personal information beyond generic ASL to people who we knew both online and in real life, or at the very least, people who we had known online for a significant enough amount of time that they had proved to be trustworthy (and even then, we didn't owe that information to anyone, ever; there are forum friends who I made online 10+ years ago and still talk to who do not know my personal information beyond broad strokes).
There was a time when simply being an avatar with a funny username was enough. And it still is enough, but massive platforms like Facebook and Twitter have been brainwashing us for years to believe that's not the case, under the guise of, "You wouldn't want to be dishonest, would you?" Through these same norms, we were led to believe that anime profile pictures are cringe, that having a fake online name is stupid, that the photos of you having fun at social events have to be taken JUST right otherwise you might imply to others that you're not actually having fun.
And considering how long these platforms have been around now, we have entire generations of children now who have been born and raised on that version of the ZuckMusk web, who have been taught that it "protects them" to express to everyone publicly their age, their school, their workplace, their family members, everything about themselves, because to not do so would be disingenuous.
None of this is to imply that the Internet was "safer" back in the day. I definitely should not have been on the Internet as much as I was when I was 13 in the late 2000's, it definitely did not benefit my brain development or my social skills. But the version of the Internet we currently exist in now is one that's been predicated on the false sense of security - the belief that if you're honest, everyone else has to be, too.
We've always had ways of identifying our safe people - by participating in the communities that we know are designed around our hobbies, our interests, our people. They might be small, they might not be as "cool" as the idea of netting yourself a big following of thousands of people, but they're also a lot safer and more genuine than that idealized following ever could be.
Don't feel pressured to include every bit of information about yourself in your bio. Even on Facebook, there's no rule that says you have to list your workplace, your school, your family members. There's no rule that says you have to list your personality type, queer labels, and neurodivergent disorders in your Twitter bio. There's no rule that you have to "prove" your life is real and fulfilled through the verification of photos, location tagging, and open-book sharing. If you share those photos, it should be because you genuinely want to share them, not because you feel some societal pressure to live up to others' expectations.
And I guarantee you, even your local mutuals on Facebook - your former classmates, family friends, distant relatives, coworkers, etc. - do not actually give that much of a damn about your personal life that they should be owed that much of a look into it on a daily basis. They've got their own shit going on, they literally do not need to know every detail about you.
I know it sounds scary. It also sounds kind of boring, when we've been used to a certain "way" of browsing and participating for years, that if we don't do so, it feels like being in the "out group" and that we're "breaking the rules". But I promise you, after spending over half my life online, those rules do not exist or benefit anyone who wouldn't profit off that information.
If you're wanting to learn how to branch off from major platforms like Facebook and Twitter and/or become more self-sufficient online, here are some guides to navigating the Internet like an old schooler that may help you!
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(also in addition to everything mentioned here ^^^ they neglect to also mention Tor Browser which is a light and free-to-use browser software that allows you to browse anonymously; note that it's similar to a VPN in that it helps hide your identity online, HOWEVER it won't mask you from your ISP quite as effectively as a VPN, and if you sign into personal accounts with Tor, that's still going to obviously out you online lmao but I love using Tor for the odd time when I need to make a sock puppet for something and don't want it linked to my IP! and unlike a VPN, it's free to use!)
Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.
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I hope this helps arm you with some new knowledge in how to navigate the Internet like a Certified Old Person™️(like meeee!) Make your secret alt blogs for besties! Make your formal Facebook accounts that are clean of personal information and present the most neutral, safe-for-work version of yourself and keep the fun stuff to the secret profiles and chat groups that are just for you and friends/family/etc!! It might be "inconvenient" to have multiple accounts for the same purpose, but it's also INCREDIBLY freeing and can make your online experience both safer and more enjoyable.
Being "less" of yourself online does not make you any less you. It is your identity - you do not owe any amount of it to anyone beyond yourself. And in times like these, your identity is your greatest asset. Protect it.
Do you ship Orpheus x Alice? I personally ship them 👉👈
Aw, thank you for the question! I actually don’t ship them. Apologies if that disappoints. Although I feel like I nearly did when I first started playing the game since I binged all of Ashes of Memory the very first night I downloaded the game and instantly took a liking to Alice.
I was really intrigued and invested in their relationship and so paid extra attention to them. I actually ended up on Ao3 like within the first week or so after getting the game and looked through OrphAlice fanfics but for some reason, none of them clicked with me.
But I do give a ton of props to you Orpheus x Alice shippers because even back then I realized, oh…you guys have it rough. Namely because I saw on Twitter (cause it’s always Twitter smh) of people who shipped them having the need to put in their bio a defense of shipping the two of them because a lot of the community treats them strictly as “siblings.”
I think it got a bit rougher recently with COA VIII and COA IX’s stories furthering that notion…
BUT BUT BUT! I personally believe it’s nonsense to tear people down for the ship. You ship them to your heart’s content (though I have no idea if you have seen or experienced what I just said but if not, good!)
Tbh I’m still surprised I didn’t end up shipping them but blame my good friend, @ficsbyvesper whose magnum opus I found on Ao3 which catapulted me into liking NortAlice (sorry Vesper, all in good fun! Love you).
Ngl though lately I have found myself comparing what it would be like for Alice with Orpheus, Norton, and even Florian (someone else I personally ship with her). She certainly has the…dangerous entourage if so. I have even seen her shipped with Hernando…and Richard only adding to that.
Poor woman has probably the most dangerous and sus harem in IDV *nervous laughter*
But anyways, getting back on track…thank you for the question! Apologies I’m not on the OrphAlice Train but continue to enjoy the ship! I’m actually really new to ships and shipping culture but have found the little joys and happiness found with them. So no matter what anyone says, please continue to enjoy your beloved novelist and journalist!
[Attention] Community Event for Artists, Writers, and Creatives!
A community backed collaboration by the Twitter account, idvfdartcollab is organizing an event to showcase and support each other as creatives in a time when NetEase's use of generative AI has caused backlash within the IDV community.
Anyone who creates content for IDV is encouraged to submit their works in order to promote themselves and find others to support. This is not just limited to fanart. Writers, cosplayers, and other creatives can join in and submit their works.
While it seems like it is easier to gain credit through Twitter, any social media that you have can be used as long as you can easily be contacted through it.
The link to the submission form is as follows: https://t.co/YKBu6pok7k. Be sure to be logged into a Google account before opening the form or you will not be able to access it.
This event runs from June 1st with the end date being indefinite as of right now. All submissions will be posted on the idvfdartcollab Twitter account found here.
I thought about it more and I may actually do this. Since I only really create fanfiction I’m really happy that it’s not just fanart (I originally thought it was 😅)
I think I can submit a fanfic or two. I was wondering if anyone who has read my works have one in particular they think I should send.
This is also an excuse to see what fanfics ppl like of mine. Though if no one answers I think I can figure it out on my own too.
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Just a little ramble (edit: it was NOT little, buckle up) but y'know after IDV's recent QnA, it really made me think about how much I appreciate how other gaming companies are more responsive and communicative to their players.
Don't get me wrong. I know big corpos are still money-driven and thus it's probably the main reason they do what they do but at least they spell it out.
Despite not playing it anymore, I still follow Dead by Daylight content (Jason came out today on test servers, a killer the community wanted for TEN years wowee). BHVR (Behaviour) is the company behind DBD and while they have messed up and had their own shortcomings, they usually communicate with the company their mistakes and how they have reflected and will go from there.
Take for example how they had perhaps their worst rift (think battlepass or kinda like the Logic Path for IDV-only people) which dropped late last year. It was absolutely SPURNED and disliked by the community.
This rift was also over 100 days which is quite long compared to the usually 70ish days for one. At least BHVR did respond to that one:
In addition, I still remember the time when they asked the community to help them find a winner of their annual cosmetic contest one year. This was because the one who submitted the cosmetic didn't put down contact info. Also, the character that won was Haddie, a character who rarely got cosmetics or love (I remember the community literally making up Love Haddie day and whatnot to bring more attention to her). Thankfully, the community pulled through and the cosmetic was allowed to be made for the game.
Haddie was also one of my girls when I played DBD so I was immensely happy. Too bad I stopped playing before the cosmetic even came to the game.
And while BHVR isn't perfect. Indeed, they had one of their worst years in 2025 due to messy and buggy servers, balancing decisions that made killer players want to...or straight up quit the game, and more, they've strove since then to be better.
Like, they now hold monthly community streams and actively engage with the community. It's real easy to contact one of the community managers (heck, I follow one on Twitter and she's lovely!) if you have issues or concerns. It's nice because you feel seen AND heard.
To be honest, it's been a rather exciting month for DBD. Next month is DBD's 10th anniversary so it's only up from here for them.
Another game I still do play actively is Overwatch developed by Blizzard/Activision though the ones working on specifically Overwatch tend to refer to themselves as Team 4 or The Overwatch Team.
Anyways, they've also had their fair share of shortcomings over the years. Actually, both DBD and OW are celebrating 10 years this year so congrats to them!
But moving on, the most recent example of this is OW's 10th year anniversary event which is...not great. Recolored base skins for select characters and an in-game anniversary event with challenges that may not appeal to everyone is a couple of the things that have upset a number of players in the community.
Aaron Keller, OW's Game Director and the face of their PR team apparently (no really, every time a mishap occurs, he's at the seen being shoved in front of the cameras for a statement).
Time will tell if they will actually improve further down the line on events like this as it was also said this whole year is serving as a celebration despite the anniversary event being this month.
But the fact that they at least addressed it says a lot.
Another rather recent instance of them listening to the community and making a change based on feedback is when a new character named Anran received backlash over her face being conformed to look like a couple or so other characters making her look generic and further making it seem she was just a character made to shill cosmetics (as the characters she ended up looking like are moneymakers).
This became a thing solely because she was teased months before in her brother's character story trailer where she looked quite different.
Anran in her brother, Wuyang's Trailer
Anran when she first arrived in the game.
So yeah...she looks quite different and the comparisons were brutally honest with one particular meme video hammering this fact in. While most people in the community hoped for a face change, there were some that thought the hate towards Anran's baby cute face was unnecessary.
Anyways, Aaron Keller once again stepped up and actually gave us two videos, one where he discusses hearing the community's thoughts on Anran's change and the second which came some time later talking about how they changed Anran and why they changed certain parts of her.
Some say she looks the same but even to my wee uncultured eyes when it comes to character design and whatnot, I sense the difference just from the posture alone, like Mr. Keller said. Though I do see other differences that are slight but surprisingly do help change her character a bit.
"But she still doesn't look like what she looks like in the video!" True. But many have pointed out that the designers more than likely were trying to align her design with what she looks like in OW's comics more than the video at this point.
On the left is her in OW's official webtoon comic on...WEBTOON (sorry about quality, I couldn't find her up front and center in any panel of the chapters I had access to).
On the right is Anran in her own specific character comic (still OW-official). Personally, she looks more like her in-game design in the webtoon.
If you still need help, some kind soul on Reddit who is actually getting into game character design created an informative visual you can view here.
While these examples aren't as grand as addressing the AI usage, of course. Though Blizzard has discussed AI before in their games.
For Overwatch specifically, Aaron Keller said in an interview he had back in February of this year:
“We don’t want to put AI-generated content out in front of players. That’s just not something that we’re comfortable doing. We want this to feel like a handcrafted universe, and it is a handcrafted universe,” Keller told GameSpot.
“It’s a moving space. I don’t know where player, or society’s perception of this is going to be five years or ten years from now. So it’s not like… I don’t think there is ever going to be a, ‘Hey, here’s a forever policy around it,’ but that’s just where we’re at right now,” he explained.
While the last statement could imply things could change at the very least they addressed it, leaving no room for lack of transparency.
As for Blizzard as a whole (since the company is in charge of other games like World of Warcraft, Diablo, etc.), this is what their president had to say:
"...she wants to enable the company’s development teams to “utilize or explore whatever new technology is out there,” including AI, but only “to the extent that they’re comfortable doing with it what we believe is responsible.”
She added that Blizzard has a “centralized governance team” focused solely on AI, with the directive of trying to determine the role AI “can or should play in our development cycles.”
All quotes are taken from this Gamespot article.
Another example of them actually addressing being accused of AI was this incident from last year in May. Believe them or not, at least they said something.
Regardless how you feel about their answer, it's just...I don't know...nice? Just simply nice to see a company transparent on their stance on AI. Granted, I know Blizzard isn't the best company out there. None really are.
But after reading the recent QnAs these type of questions:
It almost feels insulting to the player base, no?
Still, Western companies like Blizzard and BHVR tend to not only be transparent but are definitely aware of the general community's stance on AI. It's just good company decisions in knowing how to retain players...and their wallets let's be real.
And to be honest, I'm perfectly fine with that as they are a business at the end of the day and us players are just consumers.
On the other hand, NetEase is leaving me utterly exhausted. This whole song and dance could've been finished if they had just released a statement as fast as they are at saying they'll fix Joseph's old cracking back. Like, his Nymph fit isn't even out yet, what do you mean you're already getting questions about it???
But that's the price we pay for playing a game that truly feels like the international community is largely ignored for a country's home and its people. Interestingly, this seems less of a thing with NetEase's Marvel Rivals game but I just assume that is because the game is more universally loved than IDV which is way more popular in Asia where AI is more readily embraced especially in China.
Yet, lately Marvel Rivals is also being accused of Gen-AI more and more. Though NetEase still has said nothing about that even with Marvel Rivals.
While the GenAI usage in Marvel Rivals is a bit less blatant and honestly more vague than IDV (like I'm not so sure about the 2nd one with the gibberish words but the first one with the Christmas tree is a lil sus), I would not be surprised at all if they used it cause...it's NetEase.
A recent incident involving one new character featured in splash art for an in-game event is getting attention and this guy below sums it up:
What's a shame is that his sentiment at the end of the video is what I feel most players feel towards AI and even GenAI in general:
"Genuinely, I don't care, dude. Like they release so much content, cutting a couple corners here and there.
Only if you're a digital artist and you spend tons of hours making this, maybe you're the only person that cares, but someone who's just a consumer of the content.
I just want them to have balanced gameplay, balanced matchmaking with cool characters that they introduce every month with awesome skins."
This definitely applies to IDV players as well. The mention of all that he listed out including the "awesome skins" makes me think of all the MALTESE crossover skins I've seen.
For some reason, seeing Norton's especially makes me feel a little sick, like I've actually grown to dislike seeing it (Lily is weirdly fine though but maybe it's cause I've seen Norton's waaayy more. Go figure. Seeing how popular he is.).
The only thing different about IDV in comparison to Marvel Rivals is that art is generally more appreciated and respected. And while there is a lot to be said about the community at times, I love the fact that there is such a strong backlash towards GenAI in IDV because of how much people adore the art style and artworks we get in this game.
I can't say that for Marvel Rivals and I honestly can't rely on that game's player base to care enough to even want to provide some assistance in the GenAI backlash towards NetEase.
It's a shame because I watched a video just in the last month or so about this one guy who wanted to understand his wife's love for Marvel Rivals as he was shocked she would love such a game giving her gaming history. It was a very sweet and positive video in a gaming space that is usually overly negative but then the end of the video kinda got me. The guy states at the very end that no GenAI was used in the making of the video.
And I could only sit there and wonder if he knows that NetEase, the company behind Marvel Rivals, uses GenAI with shameless great abandon. Probably not because the casual consumer more than likely doesn't know.
Again, the AI use is not as blatant in Marvel Rivals, and even an article from last month about it claims there is no proof the game uses it. Though it does acknowledge NetEase does use AI and has been upfront about it.
Well, this post was way longer than I meant it to be. It was only supposed to be a little ramble on Tumblr but this seems website worthy so I may put it up there when I can.
At the end of the day, I can only helplessly wish Identity V was handled by a more transparent and communicative company. At this point, their AI usage having a lack of acknowledgement just serves to be a form of silent admission.
At the end of the day, it is what it is. That sounds defeatist but I'm still holding on hope I can open the game one of these days, free of mind and without the weight of vague unanswered and unaddressed questions filling up my every brain cell.
I just want to play again and not be regulated to hopping on just for birthdays and story events (may cover the Dreamweaver event since lore...and it's "Orpheus"-centered which is...rare. Like, I just wanna learn more about him, mannn).
The Pope addressing and actually acknowledging the harm AI could do was not in my 2026 Bingo card but golly…I have to say my faith in humanity and religion is restored quite a bit.
I don’t really talk about religion on here much lately at least since I did a series of posts on Christian influences on IDV some tome back but yes, I do identify of Christian.
I don’t have a denomination but I did grow up Catholic. Despite that when they brought in an American Pope I had my doubts considering the absolute state of the country but…huh. Ngl he actually was kinda cooking in his essay (and it’s pretty long. Like 25+ pages long)
Even if you don’t want to read all that (which you should), at least read the following two images:
Understandably, those who 100% despise everything AI may disagree with some takes here since the Pope is evidentially looking at all sides to this in a pragmatic way but also maintaining empathy and compassion for preserving the human condition and lived experience.
It’s a balance of acknowledging that yes, this technique is here to stay for now but don’t let that discourage you from realizing that it has flaws and a danger we can’t overlook even if it provides some good things.
I have yet to read all of it myself but I do want to. Especially given the current state of things with IDV it actually feels nice to receive some higher guidance as I was starting to feel a little lost all over again (granted that’s just me a Christian as I know a lot of people are non-religious).
What to actually do
If you get one of these, the answer is boring and it works every time:
Don't call the number. Don't reply. Don't click links in the email — not even the unsubscribe link. Open a fresh browser tab, type paypal.com yourself, and log into your account. Check your activity. You'll see either nothing, or a tiny incoming payment from a stranger that you can ignore.
Then forward the original email as an attachment to [email protected] and delete it. If you want to go a step further, report the phone number to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov — every report makes it slightly harder for these operations to keep running.
And if you've already called? Don't beat yourself up — these scams are designed by professionals to fool smart people. Hang up, run a malware scan if you installed anything they asked you to install, change your PayPal and bank passwords from a different device, and call your bank's real fraud line (the number on the back of your card) to flag your accounts. Move fast, but you don't need to panic.
from the above linked article. For the UK the email to forward phishing scams to is [email protected], texts can be forwarded on to 7726 (for free!) and as a victim of fraud you can report it here (or here for Scotland)
— If an email recently landed in your inbox with a subject line like "Pending charge of USD 987.90 for account activation. Questions? Call (855) 629-1161" — don't call that number. Don't click anything. And whatever you do, don't panic-dial to "stop the charge."
You're being targeted by one of the cleverest scams going right now, and the reason it works is uncomfortable: the email genuinely came from PayPal.
The trick is in the subject line, not the email
When most people think "phishing email," they picture sketchy senders, broken English, and links to weird domains. This scam is the opposite. The email passes every authenticity check — SPF, DKIM, DMARC, all green. It comes from PayPal's actual mail servers. The fonts are right. The footer is right. The unsubscribe link works. If you forwarded it to a security expert and asked "is this really from PayPal?" they'd have to say yes.
So how is it a scam?
Scammers have figured out that PayPal lets anyone send small amounts of money to anyone else, and that PayPal will dutifully email the recipient a notification. The scammer sends you a payout of, say, one Hungarian forint — about a quarter of a cent. PayPal's system then automatically generates and sends you a real, legitimate, fully-authenticated email confirming the transaction.
Here's the catch: the email's subject line is whatever the scammer typed when they set up the payout. PayPal doesn't sanitize it. So they write something terrifying like "Pending charge of USD 987.90 — call this number with questions" and PayPal's servers cheerfully deliver that subject line straight to your inbox, wrapped in a perfectly legitimate-looking notification.
The actual transaction in the email body is for 1 forint. There is no $987.90 charge. There never was. But by the time most people read carefully enough to notice that, they've already dialed the number. —
I woke this this morning to this comment left on one of my fics
I was half asleep so it took me a bit to realise that this is a scammer.
It seems that scammers have learn from their obvious tells in the past.
Previously, scammers would leave vague comments from guest accounts before asking if you’d like to commission some art from them.
Now, it seems like they are starting to create AO3 accounts and are feeding either fic or tags into an AI to pump out a summary before offering the commission.
Here’s the scammer’s profile. Note the description (which seems to be the same for every account posting these comments) and the recent join date.
I received another comment this evening for the exact same scam, just a different profile.
This is a reminder! These are scams preying on the desire to have your fic illustrated and will not deliver! They will either take your money and run or give you something AI generated and will not accept any refunds!
Remember to block and report these comments so the abuse team can stop these scammers in their tracks!
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unironically i think we need to bring back computer labs because APPARENTLY some people WERENT taught basic computer literacy and internet safety in school
things about computers/the internet i think kids should be formally taught in schools because theyre important to know and the amount of soon to be grown adults i know who know NOTHING about any of these is quite frankly almost all of them (and resources to learn if you dont know these things, because its never to late to get better with computers)
how to troubleshoot by yourself when you have a technical problem
what common file types are
some very basics on how to use ""developer tools"" on your computer (because i cant think of a better way to refer to them) like task manager and command prompt (and their mac equivalents, terminal and activity monitor ofc)
how to read and understand a privacy policy and what your personal data is, as well as what it being collected actually means and steps you can take to keep it private
how to understand terms of service
(hey. if you have trouble with reading legalese and worry about being able to understand these policies anyways, here's a site that gives basic summaries of privacy policies and ToS)
what a cookie actually is
internet privacy and your digital footprint!! seriously i dont know why we stopped teaching people that they shouldnt be putting their entire real identity online in a world where your online actions can ruin you irl
basic safety measures like antivirus software (and why you should use it or if the built in one on windows or mac is enough for you) and backing up your computer (also a mac guide)
common keyboard shortcuts (and on mac)
as an additional note: things i think everyone should know on computers and the internet but schools may bit hesitant to teach about for whatever moral/legal standards schools pretend to operate on
vpns and adblockers! (btw for most of these where you can pay for things im purposefully not recommending any specific software but seriously just use ublock origin for an adblocker)
how to not get a virus while pirating something
what a temporary email is and when to use one
red flags that you shouldn't trust a website (and how to quickly check the security of a site)
what javascript on a website does and how to disable it to get around paywalls
ok one last addition! if you want to take it one level higher, i think learning the very basics of at least one programming language is good for people. it makes computers less scary and it makes you feel very cool, and a lot of people get discouraged about it because it seems overly complicated and hard to learn outside a formal classroom setting, so heres some resources for learning the very basics of python (because i consider it the easiest language to learn and knowing one language will make it easier to learn others)
an online compiler so you dont need to download anything or worry about running code directly on your computer if that makes you nervous
a basic video guide to introduce you to python and walk you through beginner steps
a guide to some syntax and commands you should know (this was literally my lifeline in my first CS class)
some performance tasks to give you things to code to practice and assess yourself
tautlyeclecticenchanter, sentientlocketsong, and paleanomalysong are all the same scam. tautlyeclecticenchanter is using the paypal name Jackline Ngeja, and sentientlocketsong and paleanomalysong are both Najma maol
here is an archive of one of their many previous tumblr blogs linking to a paypal account under the name Virginia Adungo: https://archive.ph/2KnYU
here they are linking to a paypal account under the name Magwerl Onyango: https://archive.ph/dKhje
here they are linking to a paypal account under the name Eunice Eqira: https://archive.ph/6OmZl
here they are linking to a paypal account under the name Hyvonne Bosibori: https://archive.ph/pYNOL
here they are linking to a paypal account under the name eUnice'margwel’: https://archive.ph/jIRII
here is an archive of another tumblr account, greedilyhiddenandroid, running a completely different scam but linking to the same exact Jackline Ngeja paypal account that tautlyeclecticenchanter is using: https://archive.ph/PBlJx
tautlyeclecticenchanter, sentientlocketsong, and paleanomalysong are all the same scam. tautlyeclecticenchanter is using the paypal name Jackline Ngeja, and sentientlocketsong and paleanomalysong are both Najma maol
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here is an archive of one of their many previous tumblr blogs linking to a paypal account under the name Virginia Adungo: https://archive.ph/2KnYU
here they are linking to a paypal account under the name Magwerl Onyango: https://archive.ph/dKhje
here they are linking to a paypal account under the name Eunice Eqira: https://archive.ph/6OmZl
here they are linking to a paypal account under the name Hyvonne Bosibori: https://archive.ph/pYNOL
here they are linking to a paypal account under the name eUnice'margwel’: https://archive.ph/jIRII
here is an archive of another tumblr account, greedilyhiddenandroid, running a completely different scam but linking to the same exact Jackline Ngeja paypal account that tautlyeclecticenchanter is using: https://archive.ph/PBlJx
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