interesting fact i have titanium in my spine

There are currently ~2300 works in AO3 tagged with "Created Using Generative AI"

I'll be upfront with my opinion, which mirrors my opinion in regards to my field: using AI will only hasten your own obsolescence. The point of fanfiction is not to crank out fics, but rather to enjoy the hobby and communities of writing and fandom.

Israel has deployed auto-firing quadcopters that emit the sounds of crying babies.

https://xtwitter.com/jam_etc_art/status/1780038184828608975

There is no possible reality where this is in any way capable of being passed off as self-defense. It was never self-defense. It is, and always has been, a genocide.

Crying babies. Crying babies. This is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, meant to draw out and kill civilians while also making it far more difficult to locate and aid children who are trapped or alone.

If you have money to spare, please consider donating to some of the fundraisers on Operation Olive Branch to help people escape this genocide.

End the occupation. Free Palestine.

If sometimes the graves of heroes in Middle-Earth seem to have something, some fate, some enchantment, laid over them, like in any good legend -- that flowers or grass will ever grow over them, or they shall never be violated -- what happens if it's the resting place of an elf and the elf is reborn? Does it last? That grave is not really theirs anymore, cannot be; one can't have two bodies. There cannot be a corpse there anymore, but even as a symbol it falls apart -- there is no need for a grave for the living.

If Gondolin had not drowned, what would have happened with Glorfindel's cairn once he was returned? What about Finrod's?

Was it the earth itself showing its love? Do the flowers that grew where Glorfindel was buried now grow beneath his window in Rivendell?

you know i have never heard a convincing arguement as to why AO3 should not moderate the content that is posted to their website and i think a lot of the arguement against moderation on AO3 boils down to, terminally online people thinks community moderation is the same as government censorship and personally sending the cops to someone’s house to arrest them irl/

Artpiece for @thorinsspringforge 2024, in collaboration with Unendingwanderlust and their E rated fic The Red Book 📕 ✨

It’s such a good read! Go check it out!

I also encourage yall to take a snack and beverage of your choice and treat yourselves to some Thorin love browsing around the TSF collection here!

My fic for @thorinsspringforge is finally revealed! Aaand it comes with a lovely art piece from the wonderful @consultingpacha!

TITLE: The Red Book RATING: E WARNINGS: None RELATIONSHIPS: Thorin/Bilbo WORD COUNT: 4907

SUMMARY: With the Battle of Five Armies concluded and Erebor reclaimed, Thorin discovers Bilbo’s most heavily guarded, precious secret.

No, not the One Ring. Something far, far worse…

READ ON AO3

Half Goblin, half Hobbit.

Goblit.

can I have them all?

Aragorn and Arwen in Vietnamese traditional clothings

Using the bathroom in general is a human right and should be enshrined as such and I'm not joking. Too many groups of people are denied bathroom breaks or the use of bathrooms entirely--disabled people, blue-collar workers, children, homeless people, prisoners, students, the elderly. I'm surely missing other groups. Not using the bathroom when needed can cause serious, long-term damage, not to mention death. Free, clean, accessible bathrooms should be available everywhere. It's fucking cruel to deny someone the use of the bathroom, regardless of the reasoning. I'd rather every student in the world goof off and every homeless person make a mess and every worker "steal company time" than let one person suffer because they're denied the right to fucking pee in peace.

this is by far my favorite safety/warning sign btw. they really went off with this one

Farewell, cousin.