Good news for you, this August 23rd.

It’s that time of year again.

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I just had a discussion with my friend about fanfiction and how we tend to assume that women are the writers without any actual proof. Then I said, hey, I know fanfiction written by gay and trans dudes. But then I remembered, wait, I think I know one writer who just must be cis het based on his work. Anyway, all writers, be honest, who are you?

Please reblog if you're interested in the results.

Oh please answer this poll, it might be semi-representative if the number of responses is high enough

I’m just queer.

That’s it. My gender is queer, my sexual orientation is queer.

My mind wandered and I got curious... please reblog if you want to so it can get a bit further <3

The thing with me is that I am both simultaneously they/them and not, like yes that is what I am but that's not what I am

Also I'm very picky in formal situations, especially when it comes to work. It's always safer to go with binary pronouns

I’m sure all you Tumblr users have heard by now about the changes being made to Tumblr’s ecosystem so that the site can make more money. And I’m sure most of you are as uneasy as I am or, in fact, are angry about the proposed changes.

The reason they need to make more money is simple: Tumblr is $30 million USD in debt.

For this site to run and for them to pay employees, the site needs to generate revenue.

This place maybe a hellsite but it’s our hellsite. We are still here because we actually like it here. Besides, the other social media sites are crashing or will crash soon. Where else would we go?

Now, I did some research. There are at least 300 million users and over 500 million blogs. One of the cheapest things to buy on the Tumblr store is the crab package you can gift to another blog, which is $3 USD.

If each and everyone of us buys a crab package, we get to keep Tumblr alive and kicking. @oracleoutlook suggested that we make a holiday of it on July 29th. It seems to have resonated with people. Others have also asked for that to extend to August 5th, as some people don’t get paid til the beginning of the month.

Many people have already agreed to celebrate July 29th as Crab Day, a day of posting crab memes and gifting crabs to other users. And if you cannot afford to buy crabs, that is a-okay! Participate in the crab memes. Who would pass up the chance to make and reblog memes about crabs, after all?

This hellsite is ours. Let us remind them of that.

woke up today and realized that tumblr entirely killed fuck ya life bing bong so here ya go again

So the ao3 attack is supposed to upset fans. It seems to be more politically motivated (and using a name that points the blame at Muslims) than religiously motivated. Though the hacking does also seem to be coming from Russia who probably feels 2 birds one stone about the LGBT content, but like I said the primary goal is little to drum up Islamophobia.

Best course of action, be chill. Ao3 will be back up eventually, your fanfix can come from other sires, and hey glass half full the inaccessibility of fan works right now will probably lead to a boom of content not only from creator that aren't currently posting, but also from people who are spurred to make their own content to fill the gap.

I'm not saying dont feel your feelings, or post them on tumblr, or that this isn't something to be upset about, all I'm saying is losing your shit is what they want, so if you are able to shrug it off, find somewhere else to read and post for now, that's probably the most annoying thing you can do for the hackers regardless of what their motivations are

I am begging everyone on tumblr reading this right now. PLEASE wait a few hours before refreshing your tabs. Ao3 was not down because of maintenence, but a ddos attack and right now the last thing they need is thousands of people refreshing all their tabs.

As a fic author who rarely gets notes, commenting and sending kudos can wait. Reading can wait. Please, for the next few hours, just do something else until we are certain ao3 is no longer under attack.

The staff at ao3 need rest. Please.

AO3 going down in the middle of your fic? It's more likely then you think

WIAT ITS FROM A DDOS ATTACK? Oh fuck those guys, in ready to go to war over this site.

my fav quote by freud is definitely the one where hes writing to his fiancee and hes like im gonna make you eat so much you are just a little weak baby and im a big cokehead

FOUND IT

And they say romance is dead

You haven't had a Ser Davos Seawoof update recently. 💗

Please note that I'm talking specifically about saying you write fanfic, not the vague, "Oh, I write. Stuff. Ahem."

heartbreaking: local thing has to leave the house even though it is so tired and sleepy and full of joint pain