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Reblogged elenothar
Mutuals agreeing with your headcanons is how you gain immortality btw. ascending to godhood as we speak
Reblogged anticipatingeverybaddream
a court of thorns and roses. ballad of songbirds and snakes. bowl of macaroni and cheese
Reblogged lacommunarde
The rest of the thread is here.
tl;dr: Don’t monetize AO3, kids. You won’t like what happens next.
read this thread. this is by far the most concise explanation of a lot of different issues that i’ve seen in fandom spaces in a while. cosigning both the linked thread and the thread about aus/uk/can law that’s linked in-thread.
AHDHXHEBSG TWITTER WRITERS DID WHAT NOW???? AND PEOPLE PAID THEM????
hadeantaiga
If someone has never taken a class that includes copyright law, they may not know this stuff, so I don’t necessarily blame random people for not knowing what copyright is, but like… maybe just maybe it’s something that should be taught????
proship-carmen
Just another reminder, because this always drives me crazy, but even if monetizing your fic was 100% unambiguously legal and protected, AO3 would still not let you do it because AO3 was founded and is supported by people like me who want a fandom community that is completely divested from making money off of fic.
Yes, this. Lots of fanworks on AO3 are unambiguously legal. Fics based on Shakespeare plays and fairy tales and Greek mythology and The Great Gatsby and your original character from your D&D game are not violations of copyright, because no copyright applies to those things.
AO3 still doesn’t let you monetize those things on the site, because we don’t want the site to be commercial! Because that’s not what it’s for!
It’s not there for you (generic you) to make money off the efforts of the people who build and maintain the site for free! We aren’t getting paid for the work we do to give you a nice site to use, just like you aren’t getting paid for the work you do to create whatever art you share there. Because fandom is supposed to be a community where we share with each other, and therefore we all benefit.
The deal is, we give you a free, stable, safe platform to host your works. In exchange, you get a site that isn’t covered in ads and tip jars and links to gofundme and “read the next chapter at my patreon”. You get one goddamn place on the internet that isn’t trying to make money off you. And we will defend that space and keep it non-commercial.
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Wank Wednesday: The Johnlock Conspiracy
This Wank Wednesday, we’re diving into The Johnlock Conspiracy, or TJLC for short. This is a fan theory that claims how writers of the BBC Sherlock series have always intended to make John/Sherlock the canon endgame pairing. This theory is often used as an argument against accusations of queerbaiting the show received from both fans and the mainstream media.
TJLC and its proponents have been at the heart of much controversy and wank over the years, many of which concerns their alleged harassment of other fans both on and-offline.
After the series ended with season four in 2017 without Johnlock being officially confirmed, some TJLCers argued that there was a secret fourth episode that would prove their theory, and many are still waiting for it to be released.
Curious? Learn more about the extensive discourses behind TJLC on Fanlore!
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#i love how this is written#just completely straight-faced#with everyone in the tags all “no but this was batshit insane”#those of us who remember#[touches ground] like#in s2 it was all sure why not! it's gatiss after all#but then#shit got weird#and the tags became uninhabitable#anyway never forget#tjlc and the Great Conspiracy#and sorry to everyone who still has battle scars#bbc sherlock
Reblogged alxina
So has someone found how to move on from dmbj ?
there's no escape, anyone that tries to move on gets chased down by npss
I've learned it's useless to fight back. you might as well accept your fate while you still have half a mind.
Reblogged alxina
okay i understand now 🧎♀️