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kth1 · 1 year

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2023 New Year Announcement!

Happy New Year everybody! I hope you all enjoyed yourself if you celebrated! I also hope that you have beautiful blessings when it comes to the year of 2023! Make it something to remember in a positive way! ♡

I am announcing a little (confusing) change to my blog this year! So, Surprise!

I am officially shifting my writing to another blog named KTH1FICS! (@kth1fics)

Due to me being a multi-content creator, I have realized over a time - and battled with debate - on how to help people find my works. As this blog (kth1) is my main bts blog for all of my works and reblogs of bts stuff, I have come to an executive decision on pulling all of my writings work to a secondary bts blog! ♡

I want it to be easier for readers, writers, and gif/gfx content creators to find my blog/works on their own without the hassle of how undoubtedly messy my blog kth1 is (as I hardly use the tag system but I'm trying to get better with it).

Over at kth1fics, I have recreated my official masterlist. Please like and share. The masterlist post on my kth1 blog will remain here because I have edited it to where it’s now linking to the new writing blog for all of my readers!

I will NOT be reuploading any of my fics to kth1 anymore, however the current existing fics with remain linked to their original post if applicable. This is where it may be confusing and I apologize.

For example, my fic The Sheets (kth) is posted on blog kth1 and will remain there. However, kth1gifs will be linking you to that post.

From here on out, as of 2023, I will be reblogging and uploading all current and future writing works and interactions for writing to kth1fics!

Wondering why am I doing this (besides what I have said above)? I got you. I know that there are some people who don’t like seeing gifs/gfxs and want to be here on tumblr for writing, and that’s ok! I also know there’s people who are here specifically for gifs/gfx and don’t like seeing writing, and that is also ok! I just want to 1) make it easier to navigate and 2) accommodate to those who strictly want to see either or. I’ve grown so much as a content creator and expanded so far, I want to keep things as simple as possible for anyone who visits my little crafty corner of bts! I am doing this for both you and me!

Basic run down of this post:

I know this is confusing considering I have works all tagged to the urls kimtaehyunq, kth1, and now kth1fics, but please bear with me as I expand my horizon. @kth1 will still be my main bts blog and gfx/gifs are located. @kth1fics from now on be where all my writings shall go.

Think of this as Maggie Chapter 4! ♡

#2023 New Year #kth1 blog update #mb #please share and reblog if you can #i will be heavily posting about this change and notifying my networks #if all my writer friends can help you girl out and spread the news i would appreciate it <3

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legofemme · 2 months

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Vani writing tips + personal thoughts that noone asked for but you will be hearing

1: longer is Not always better. If youre telling a story, then your audience doesnt need 3 pages worth of side material. If youre writing to genuinely draw in an audience and tell a story then you need to not treat it like a game where the goal is to get the highest wordcount possible. You should be treating yourself And your audience with respect and making sure the words you use make an impact rather than trying to fill empty space. Brevity is your friend

2: if you need to make a clarification that your work doesnt endorse what your protagonist is doing, or needs to clarify that the protagonist is a Bad Person, then youre not mature enough to be writing that material. At best it shows that you dont understand the nuances of writing villain protagonists, and at worst it looks like you think your audience is too stupid to understand that saying slurs is a bad thing.

3: you cannot attempt to break the rules of writing if you dont understand them in the first place. You arent douglas adams. You arent Mark Danielewski. You need to stop and learn how to use a semicolon and a hyphen and how different words help describe things before you try to make a thousand word 'stray from traditional storytelling' . At the very least learn the basics from a youtube video

4: YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO WRITE DIALOGUE EVEN IF ITS BAD. You cannot dodge around dialogue by just having back and forth phrases in quotation marks. And no marker you use to differentiate speakers is going to be anywhere close to just using "he said" or even "he yelled". Youre robbing yourself of crucial storytelling materials. Even if you dont want to learn every part of how to write you Need to learn how to do dialogue or your entire story is going to crumble

#vani verbals #reblogs turned off just cuz i dont feel like seeing this shared everywhere.#peoples opinions on what good writing tips are vary and i dont want someone adding onto or subtracting from my points #but these are just basic things that i notice early writers do. none of it is bad. and you get better with practice #but at the same time. as a reader some of these things really frustrate me. i dont like reading a 10k fic that couldve been 4k if it wasnt #full of random shit that doesnt belong there. i dont like struggling to read 'dialogue' because the person who wrote it doesnt know how #i dont like having a characters actions explained to me because the author assumes im a tiktok using 14 year old who doesnt know what #nuance or critical thinking are. new writers need to understand that even as a new writer there are things they need to do to make their #audience enjoy the work. again im all for new writers! i love it! but you need basic knowlege /with/ that practice yknow #AAANYWAY . just some of my thoughts #feel free 2 leave ur takes in the replies btw i want 2 hear what u guys think. just not in a reblog where it could explode and get annoying

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ghostoffuturespast · 9 months

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Being a writer is weird.

#it's tough fighting that human visual bias on a platform like this #my queue ran out and i haven't posted any vp because i was trying to crank out that last chapter for my long fic #and like i get it maybe most people aren't interested in reading it #different strokes for different folks #but like the discrepancy between how people interact with photo vs writing posts is wildly disheartening sometimes #and i've been see-sawing back and forth all day about this #riding high and wallowing in the mud #this is literally the creative project that i've been pouring myself into for the past month and a half every spare moment i have #and i've been doing this for the past year and a half #it's weird pouring so much love into something when the vast majority of people won't even give it two seconds #i love writing but it is also a mentally exhausting craft and people don't seem to acknowledge that for some reason #it's why i try to reblog stuff from my writing mutuals when i see it because it's usually the artwork that gets the least amount of love #anyway just felt like getting that off my chest #i'm sure my fellow writers can commiserate too #i'm not mad or anything i just had thoughts and perhaps voicing them is better then stewing on them i suppose #also i feel bad for not reading more stuff from other people but i've got like zero beans to give atm #no need to worry or anything i'm still gonna keep writing and posting my shit #more vp comin in over the weekend #also god the new tumblr ui for desktop is fucking ugly absolutely atrocious #man i really don't want to have to set up shop on another social media outlet it's tiresome #i don't want to keep up i just want to blog in peace

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chloecherrysip · 1 year

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Absolutely nothing can stop Mario now. He's fought his way through the airship, he's found Luigi in the middle of a jailbreak, and he's finally about to reunite with his brother. What could go wrong?

Bowser happens to be nearby, though. And he's just had an epiphany about his new foe's biggest weakness.

(Alternatively: A Hypothetical Version of Mario & Luigi's Reunion in the Mario Movie That Would Cause Me Irreparable Psychic Damage.)

(I decided to clean this up a little and post it on AO3 too! A slightly rougher version is still available here on tumblr, but if you'd prefer this format, here you go!)

#mario movie #super mario bros movie #mario and luigi #super mario bros #mario movie speculation #i am a pretty prolific fic writer in other fandoms but i made a brand-new AO3 account for this #because the venn diagram of the people who read my previous fic and the people who want to read this fic is probably just two circles lol #also i think it's EXTREMELY likely that i write more mario fic after the movie's out so let's just get this set up now!#anyway thank you to everyone who had something nice to say in the comments/reblogs of the last post!!!! YOU ARE TOO SWEET #and sorry for the pain i inflicted. i DID warn you ahead of time!!#i like angst (with the knowledge that it all ends well) a little too much :) :) :) :) :)#also if you already read the other version no big changes were made!!! i just cleaned up and tightened the writing in some places #for instance: i realized that i used the word 'little' like six times in the last couple of paragraphs so i cut some of those out lolol #cherrysip fic

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stilesssolo · 9 months

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Gonna pull my hair out at all the misinformation I’m seeing about supporting the strike on this website this morning 🙃

#reblogging prefilmed barbie promo does not make you a scab pls be real #as long as the studio isnt PAYING YOU to create content actors would normally do youre not crossing a picket line #the whole POINT is to NOT boycott new media to show the studios how much demand there is for it #and how valuable the creatives that make this stuff are #i have been seeing arguments over whether or not its ok to cosplay still on my sewing insta all week #the same thing stands #anyways support the writers and the actors on strike by showing the studios how important and in demand their creations are #boycotting movies and cancelling streaming services is the exact opposite of what SAG AFTRA has asked non union members to do #(this is all for non union members btw union members have different rules to follow that they understand much better than i do!!)

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whumpypepsigal · 1 year

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hello my dear friends! it’s been a minute

🎶gloooooorioussssss new whump posts coming in hot🎶

✨hurt✨comfort ✨found family✨

#promised to myself i won’t start a show especially a netflix one that isn’t renewed or has at least 3 seasons… i failed big time #ahhh supernatural fantasy shows are my weakness and they always ALWAYS have great whump i love it #the chemistry between these characters and the amazing found family trope in these shows is just *chefs kiss* im obsessed #working on gifs… !!!!#bear with me it’s gonna take sometime to finish hehe #oh i’ve missed you all so much #damn i have been busy… have a little breather at the moment so gonna catch up on what i missed #tons to catch up on tons to reblog and tons of gifs to make lol #and im already tired hahaha #but super pumped #giffing some darkly lit scenes pray for my eyes everyone 😩#my posts #my rants #p/s i caught up with tlovm and ep 3 DESTROYED me 😭😭😭💔💔💔 s02 is sooooo good already ahhhh #tlou episode 3 WRECKED ME! give all the awards to the cast and writers like wtf 😭😭😭😭#pp/s i hear the new teen wolf movie is horrible lmao why… just why? they should’ve just let it be and not make a movie

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thornsnvultures · 4 months

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I've missed so many fics in the 2-3 weeks that I haven't been on so I'm kindly asking for recs. it could be your own or someone else's, holiday themed or not, old or new I don't care I just want to get my grubby little hands on some good shit.

also happy new year

#k ty 💗#if no one sends any that's fine too im planning on just straight up going through peoples' masterlists and reblogging everything lol #it's gonna be a long time before i feel comfortable posting my own stuff again my braim is still broken #*brain #see #but i want to boost as many writers as i can #probably all month if i can #start the new year off right #eddie munson #eddie munson recs #bucky barnes #bucky barnes recs

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azuneekun · 2 years

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the reblogs to like ratio is so bad i could puke blood

#this isnt even discourse or a controversial opinion #tumblr has gotten WAY worse than it ever did #i genuinely thought i was just being a terrible artist but looking at my friends and other ppls notes. hell even the popular posts #theres like a 2:8 ratio of reblogs and tags #THATS HORRIBLE.#NONE of the posts from ppl are barely circulating #@ users who only like posts and never rb #you guys are KILLING US #genuinely. not even guilt tripping 100% serious. you. are. KILLING. US.#if you wonder where all the sdv artists went they LEFT.#yall murdered the old artists and are driving away NEW ones #its so unmotivating to post on a platform where theres no feedback or post circulation literally what would be the point #some of yall arent using this site right and its making all the users go quiet :|#i understand ppl who like and just reblog it for later but ppl who just like ???? this isnt tiktok or twitter #you HAVE to understand that #artists barely get any comments in their tags and writers barely get jack shit...girl youre gonna b losing all content on ur fave fandoms #vent #biting and killing and maiming and murdering and euthanizing

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ayyyez · 1 year

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CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE!

Masterlist Directory | Request Guide | Ask(&/or)Request | Ao3

Request Status: OPEN

Request types: Headcanon Requests

Fandoms for requests: Naruto & Haikyuu!!

Active Fics: Fire in Our Eyes—Tobirama/OC (ao3) update schedule irregular

Please read the Request Guide (linked above) before making a request! Pinned post, Masterlist and Request Guide will be updated regularly so always check before making a request. Otherwise, welcome! Pull up a chair.

Feel free to stay awhile~

Empty blog? Iconless blog? I’ll assume you’re a bot and block you, sorry it’s getting out of hand.

#new pinned post #ez speaks #tag directory #blog directory #link directory #welcome to my kitchen~#we have one chronically ill writer #writing about all the fictional characters she loves #feel free to stay awhile #spam away #love reblogs with comments #but likes are always appreciated #thank you for visiting #update april 2023

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just-miru · 2 years

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me when

me when my shit post i put absolutely no effort into is getting more notes than my silly doodles in which i do put some effort

#no but like-#i know it's a pretty common thing to happen nowadays on tumblr or whatever #but it still sucks #and it's not even the fact i have more followers here than on my art blog #most people who interacted with that post don't even follow me here in the first place #that post brought me some new followers here actually-#anyway-#it's not like i won't draw anymore because of this #of course i still will :D #i started drawing again after all those years and i am just so happy! i won't give up this silly hobby of mine so easy #not again #but i just think it would be neat if people interacted a bit with my sillies #it's nice knowing people appreciate your stuff ya know #hell- at this point even likes alone are somehow better than nothing - at least they let me know people have seen my posts #and don't get me started on reblogs - they are very slay #and idk i just-#i just wanna share my sillies with others to enjoy but it's kinda hard to do that when there's barely any interaction #same thing i did with my writing #writing on which i kinda gave up for now thanks to writer's block #but also because of (surprise surprise) this sudden lack of interaction with my works #yeah idk #i think i am done here #thanks for coming to my ted talk i guess :D #tw vent #i think-

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mr-iskender · 2 years

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Controversial opinion: shorten long posts is an excellent tumblr addition.

It's still really easy to view any post im even mildly interested in full. I also love you all, but by God you put 5 mile long posts on my dash on the daily and this feature makes me hate my mutuals so much less.

#like ppl put so many posts on my dash that are 10 rb long text posts #where literally the pt is fully made within the firet rb #or fics by writers who think the read more function is an island in the Caribbean #or worst of all tag games. tag games where instead of making a new post with a thank you X for the tag s/o #1000 people have reblogged the same chain with their own additions #i used to want to block people - even ppl who i o/w cherish daily - on the regular before #and now i don't! and it's great!#also do NOT at me with the j and k keys #OBVIOUSLY I know i just use tumblr mostly on my phone...

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usedtobecooler · 2 years

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i'm at work and my phone is blowing up right now omg. trying not to have a little freak out and dancey dance!!

#seriously some of my favourite fic writers have reblogged me and left the most wonderful comments im gonna cry #you're all being so nice!!!#and i have lots of new followers hi hello!!!!!#candy has thoughts

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televinita · 2 years

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The washed-out card indicates that this toy is “handcrafted from Persian lamb’s wool and velvet, 1958.”

I wanted very badly to take this sweet plush poodle home, despite its price tag of $30 (and that was with the final-day discount), but I have neither the space nor the proper skill to to keep her in nice shape, and oh I am going to be sorry about that for a while. I’m not sure if the photo does her justice, or if she’s only beautiful to me, but I think she would look so good on an old chair in a Victorian house, perhaps a Summit Avenue mansion. So I’m going to imagine that somehow, some way, a person who lives in one of those made their way out to this rinkydink split-level in the suburbs and swept her away after all.

#estate sale finds #she'd also look fine in one of those brownstones I just reblogged!#vintage toys #grabby hands #the wool was relatively soft but the VELVET my GOD!#indescribably soft and felt brand new #pup herself had a few tears that could have used repair but really not in bad shape at all #honestly if I were a plot-driven writer this is the kind of detail I would write into a story for family history #or perhaps a children's book about the toy itself #black velvet poodle #tagging so I can find it later #my stuff #(unfortunately not literally... only the photo is mine)

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kym-cruz · 2 years

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It seems to me like the only time I get to myself is the time I’m trying to run away from myself

Overthinking is torture

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jadevine · 3 months

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Preindustrial travel, and long explanations on why different distances are like that

Update March 1, 2024: Hey there folks, here's yet another update! I reposted Part 2a (the "medieval warhorses" tangent) to my writing blog, and I went down MORE of the horse-knowledge rabbit hole! https://www.tumblr.com/jadevine/741423906984951808/my-post-got-cut-off-so-i-added-the-rest-of-it Update Jan 30, 2024: Hey folks, I've posted the updated version of this post on my blog, so I don't have to keep frantically telling everyone "hey, that's the old version of this post!" https://thebalangay.wordpress.com/2024/01/29/preindustrial-travel-times-part-1/

I should get the posts about army travel times and camp followers reformatted and posted to my blog around the end of the week, so I'll filter through my extremely tangled thread for them.

Part 2 - Preindustrial ARMY travel times: https://www.tumblr.com/jadevine/739342239113871360/now-for-a-key-aspect-that-many-people-often-ask

Part 2a - How realistic warhorses look and act, because the myth of "all knights were mounted on huge clunky draft horses" just refuses to die: https://www.tumblr.com/jadevine/732043691180605440/helpful-things-for-action-writers-to-remember

Part 3 - Additional note about camp followers being regular workers AND sex-workers: https://www.tumblr.com/jadevine/740604203134828544/reblogging-the-time-looped-version-of-my

I saw a post on my main blog about how hiking groups need to keep pace with their slowest member, but many hikers mistakenly think that the point of hiking is "get from Point A to Point B as fast as possible" instead of "spending time outdoors in nature with friends," and then they complain that a new/less-experienced/sick/disabled hiker is spoiling their time-frame by constantly needing breaks, or huffing and puffing to catch up.

I run into a related question of "how long does it take to travel from Point A to Point B on horseback?" a lot, as a fantasy writer who wants to be SEMI-realistic; in the Western world at least, our post-industrial minds have largely forgotten what it's like to travel, both on our own feet and in groups.

People ask the new writer, "well, who in your cast is traveling? Is getting to Point B an emergency or not? What time of year is it?", and the newbies often get confused as to why they need so much information for "travel times." Maybe new writers see lists of "preindustrial travel times" like a primitive version of Google Maps, where all you need to do is plug in Point A and Point B.

But see, Google Maps DOES account for traveling delays, like different routes, constructions, accidents, and weather; you as the person will also need to figure in whether you're driving a car versus taking a bus/train, and so you'll need to figure out parking time or waiting time for the bus/train to actually GET THERE.

The difference between us and preindustrial travelers is that 1) we can outsource the calculations now, 2) we often travel for FUN instead of necessity.

The general rule of thumb for preindustrial times is that a healthy and prime-aged adult on foot, or a rider/horse pair of fit and prime-aged adults, can usually make 20-30 miles per day, in fair weather and on good terrain.

Why is this so specific? Because not everyone in preindustrial times was fit, not everyone was healthy, not everyone was between the ages of 20-35ish, and not everyone had nice clear skies and good terrain to travel on.

If you are too far below 18 years old or too far past 40, at best you will need either a slower pace or more frequent breaks to cover the same distance, and at worst you'll cut the travel distance in half to 10 or so miles. Too much walking is VERY BAD on too-young/old knees, and teenagers or very short adults may just have short legs even if they're fine with 8-10 hours of actual walking. Young children may get sick of walking and pitch a fit because THEY'RE TIREDDDDDDDDDD, and then you might need to stay put while they cry it out, or an adult may sigh and haul them over their shoulder (and therefore be weighed down by about 50lbs of Angry Child).

Heavy forests, wetlands and rocky hills/mountains are also going to be a much shorter "distance" per day. For forests or wetlands, you have to account for a lot of villagers going "who's gonna cut down acres of trees for one road? NOT ME," or "who's gonna drain acres of swamp for one road? NOT ME." Mountainous regions have their traveling time eaten by going UP, or finding a safer path that goes AROUND, so by the time you're done slogging through drier patches of wetlands or squeezing through trees, a deceptively short 10-15 miles in rough terrain might take you a whole day to walk instead of the usual half-day.

If you are traveling in freezing winters or during a rainstorm (and this inherently means you HAVE NO CHOICE, because nobody in preindustrial times would travel in bad weather if they could help it), you run the high risk of losing your way and then dying of exposure or slipping and breaking your neck, just a few miles out of the town/village.

Traveling in TOO-HOT weather is just as bad, because pushing yourself too hard and getting dehydrated at noon in the tropics will literally kill you. It's called heat-STROKE, not "heat-PARTY."

And now for the upper range of "traveling on horseback!"

Fully mounted groups can usually make 30-40 miles per day between Point A and Point B, but I find there are two unspoken requirements: "Point B must have enough food for all those people and horses," and "the mounted party DOESN'T need to keep pace with foot soldiers, camp followers, or supply wagons."

This means your mounted party would be traveling to 1) a rendezvous point like an ally's camp or a noble's castle, or 2) a town/city with plenty of inns. Maybe they're not literally going 30-40 miles in one trip, but they're scouting the area for 15-20 miles and then returning to their main group. Perhaps they'd be going to an allied village, but even a relatively small group of 10-20 warhorses will need 10-20 pounds of grain EACH and 20-30 pounds of hay EACH. 100-400 pounds of grain and 200-600 pounds of hay for the horses alone means that you need to stash supplies at the village beforehand, or the village needs to be a very large/prosperous one to have a guaranteed large surplus of food.

A dead sprint of 50-60 miles per day is possible for a preindustrial mounted pair, IF YOU REALLY, REALLY HAVE TO. Moreover, that is for ONE day. Many articles agree that 40 miles per day is already a hard ride, so 50-60 miles is REALLY pushing the envelope on horse and rider limits.

NOTE: While modern-day endurance rides routinely go for 50-100 miles in one day, remember that a preindustrial rider will not have the medical/logistical support that a modern endurance rider and their horse does.

If you say "they went fifty miles in a day" in most preindustrial times, the horse and rider's bodies will get wrecked. Either the person, their horse, or both, risk dying of exhaustion or getting disabled from the strain.

Whether you and your horse are fit enough to handle it and "only" have several days of defenselessness from severe pain/fatigue (and thus rely on family/friends to help you out), or you die as a heroic sacrifice, or you aren't QUITE fit enough and become disabled, or you get flat-out saved by magic or another rider who volunteers to go the other half, going past 40 miles in a day is a "Gondor Calls For Aid" level of emergency.

As a writer, I feel this kind of feat should be placed VERY carefully in a story: Either at the beginning to kick the plot off, at the climax to turn the tide, or at the end.

Preindustrial people were people--some treated their horses as tools/vehicles, and didn't care if they were killed or disabled by pushing them to their limits, but others very much cared for their horses. They needed to keep them in working condition for about 15-20 years, and they would not dream of doing this without a VERY good reason.

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UPDATE January 13: Several people have gotten curious and looked at maps, to find out how a lot of cities are indeed spread out at a nice distance of 20-30 miles apart! I love getting people interested in my hyperfixations, lol.

But remember that this is the space between CITIES AND TOWNS. There should never be a 20-mile stretch of empty wilderness between City A and Town B, unless your world explains why folks are able to build a city in the middle of nowhere, or if something has specifically gone wrong to wipe out its supporting villages!

Period pieces often portray a shining city rising from a sea of picturesque empty land, without a single grain field or cow pasture in sight, but that city would starve to death very quickly in preindustrial times.

Why? Because as Bret Devereaux mentions in his “Lonely Cities” article (https://acoup.blog/2019/07/12/collections-the-lonely-city-part-i-the-ideal-city/), preindustrial cities and towns must have nearby villages (and even smaller towns, if large and prosperous enough!) to grow their food for them.

The settlements around a city will usually be scattered a few miles apart from each other, usually clustered along the roads to the city gates. Those villages and towns at the halfway point between cities (say 10-15 miles) are going to be essential stops for older/sick folks, merchants with cargo, and large groups like noble’s retinues and army forces.

Preindustrial armies and large noble retinues usually can’t make it far past 10-12 miles per day, as denoted in my addition to this post. (https://www.tumblr.com/jadevine/739342239113871360/now-for-a-key-aspect-that-many-people-often-ask )

#writing #preindustrial #horse riding #horse care #writing advice #medieval

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nobodysuspectsthebutterfly · 2 months

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FYI artists and writers: some info regarding tumblr's new "third-party sharing" (aka selling your content to OpenAI and Midjourney)

You may have already seen the post by @staff regarding third-party sharing and how to opt out. You may have also already seen various news articles discussing the matter.

But here's a little further clarity re some questions I had, and you may too. Caveat: Not all of this is on official tumblr pages, so it's possible things may change.

(1) "I heard they already have access to my data and it doesn't really matter if I opt out"

From the 404 article:

A new FAQ section we reviewed is titled “What happens when you opt out?” states “If you opt out from the start, we will block crawlers from accessing your content by adding your site on a disallowed list. If you change your mind later, we also plan to update any partners about people who newly opt-out and ask that their content be removed from past sources and future training.”

So please, go click that opt-out button.

(2) Some future user: "I've been away from tumblr for months, and I just heard about all this. I didn't opt out before, so does it make a difference anymore?"

Another internal document shows that, on February 23, an employee asked in a staff-only thread, “Do we have assurances that if a user opts out of their data being shared with third parties that our existing data partners will be notified of such a change and remove their data?” Andrew Spittle, Automattic’s head of AI replied: “We will notify existing partners on a regular basis about anyone who's opted out since the last time we provided a list. I want this to be an ongoing process where we regularly advocate for past content to be excluded based on current preferences. We will ask that content be deleted and removed from any future training runs. I believe partners will honor this based on our conversations with them to this point. I don't think they gain much overall by retaining it.”

It should make a difference! Go click that button.

(3) "I opted out, but my art posts have been reblogged by so many people, and I don't know if they all opted out. What does that mean for my stuff?"

This answer is actually on the support page for the toggle:

This option will prevent your blog's content, even when reblogged, from being shared with our licensed network of content and research partners, including those that train AI models.

And some further clarification by the COO and a product manager:

zingring: A couple people from work have reached out to let me know that yes, it applies to reblogs of "don't scrape" content. If you opt out, your content is opted out, even in reblog form. cyle: yep, for reblogs, we're taking it so far as "if anybody in the reblog trail has opted out, all of the content in that reblog will be opted out", when a reblog could be scraped/shared.

So not only your reblogged posts, but anyone who contributed in a reblog (such as posts where someone has been inspired to draw fanart of the OP) will presumably be protected by your opt-out. (A good reason to opt out even if you yourself are not a creator.)

Furthermore, if you the OP were offline and didn't know about the opt-out, if someone contributed to a reblog and they are opted out, then your original work is also protected. (Which makes it very tempting to contribute "scrapeable content" now whenever I reblog from an abandoned/disused blog...)

(4) "What about deleted blogs? They can't opt out!"

I was told by someone (not official) that he read "deleted blogs are all opted-out by default". However, he didn't recall the source, and I can't find it, so I can't guarantee that info. If I get more details - like if/when tumblr puts up that FAQ as reported in the 404 article - I will add it here as soon as I can.

Edit, tumblr has updated their help page for the option to opt-out of third-party sharing! It now states:

The content which will not be shared with our licensed network of content and research partners, including those that train AI models, includes: • Posts and reblogs of posts from blogs who have enabled the "Prevent third-party sharing" option. • Posts and reblogs of posts from deleted blogs. • Posts and reblogs of posts from password-protected blogs. • Posts and reblogs of posts from explicit blogs. • Posts and reblogs of posts from suspended/deactivated blogs. • Private posts. • Drafts. • Messages. • Asks and submissions which have not been publicly posted. • Post+ subscriber-only posts. • Explicit posts.

So no need to worry about your old deleted blogs that still have reblogs floating around. *\o/*

But for your existing blogs, please use the opt out option. And a reminder of how to opt out, under the cut:

The opt-out toggle is in Blog Settings, and please note you need to do it for each one of your blogs / sideblogs.

On dashboard, the toggle is at https://www.tumblr.com/settings/blog/blogname [replace "blogname" as applicable] down by Visibility:

For mobile, you need the most recent update of the app. (Android version 33.4.1.100, iOs version 33.4.) Then go to your blog tab (the little person icon), and then the gear icon for Settings, then click Visibility.

Again, if you have a sideblog, go back to the blog tab, switch to it, and go to settings again. Repeat as necessary.

If you do not have access to the newest version of the app for whatever reason, you can also log into tumblr in your mobile browser. Same URL as per desktop above, same location.

Note you do not need to change settings in both desktop and the app, just one is fine.

I hope this helps!

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