Vicky Tokio

They thought it was a sci-fi game but they also thought the monsters were going to be zombies.

Over a period of 2 hours they then proceeded to make EVERY Aliens movie cliche "mistake" known to man. Because at the time they all made sense.

The characters in a story don't know they're in a story or what kind of story it is.

Don’t ever hug a lobster when you see one on the street,

For decorum is essential when a lobster you must greet.

You may comment on the weather, compliment his choice of hat,

But crustaceans like their space if one should stop them for a chat.

Don’t ever hug a lobster when you’re strolling down the coast,

Simply nod and give a greeting, or a handshake at the most,

For a lobster’s first priority is formal social graces,

And one seemes over-familiar if a lobster one embraces.

Don’t ever hug a lobster when you meet one in the sea,

For a lobster’s spines and chitin make it difficult, you see,

And he might become self-conscious if you bring that fact to light,

"To the task!"

(I know. Please ignore the fact that I had to flip the source picture to make it work. 😖)

No AI used, because I don't need that shit.

I hate that we live in a world where there are douchebags out there who call themselves 'artists' and use AI.

And in only vaguely related matters, I hate that my one and only set of skills means people don't even notice how much work goes into my pictures.

left: source pic (Captain Flint in Black Sails) right: manip - broadened shoulders and slimmed hips to better suit Bradley James' physique + red shirt to better suit the Pendragon theme The differences are subtle, but they require efforts and mean the resulting manip works better as a whole.

I don't know why I wanted to show you this, but I just saw a great artist on the verge of quitting a fandom because of such hideous accusations, and it's made me angry and truly disheartened.

And, to be perfectly honest... when I see the number of notes my stuff gets, it makes me wonder why I continue to share out here. I'm still posting because of the few die hard friends who engage and interact and reblog, but I could get the same kick out of just sending them my stuff directly via DMs or Discord.

It's reached the point where the accusations are becoming more damaging than the ai itself.

I'm sorry you're feeling discouraged. I've done the shouting into the void thing before and know how much it sucks. No artist or writer is owed engagement...but people seem to forget sometimes that engagement is what keeps fandom active and thriving. You don’t HAVE to reblog art or comment on a fic, but eventually that artist or writer will stop posting. Most of us are sharing our work because we want to actively participate in the community; if we feel like the community's collective response is, 'So what?' to our work, it puts a bit of a damper on the sharing spirit.

The only boy he ever loved was Angel in drag.