Interesting article about how AI is warping fan culture and consent online. Stan accounts are using AI likenesses for engagement and monetization, even when artists object, and the result is a wave of deepfakes, harassment, and blurred boundaries.
Interesting article about how AI is warping fan culture and consent online. Stan accounts are using AI likenesses for engagement and monetization, even when artists object, and the result is a wave of deepfakes, harassment, and blurred boundaries.
The sky was blue-ish
The grass was still green
The Texans beat the Colts...
Life is getting better than my dreams!
@youronly.one These people are stupid. Cosplay what you want, draw what you want. It takes balls to cosplay or draw or any kind of art and share it with the world. More power to those who do.
#anime #fandom #fandomsucks
#Fandom isn't big in the open #SocialWeb and the current issue in siloed #SNS / #socialmedia is:
- A black person #cosplay of a white elf
- A #fanart of a white elf as black
The consensus is:
- Cosplay is fine
- Fanart is not: it is "blackwashing" & "cultural appropriation"
How about you?
#Fandom isn't big in the open #SocialWeb and the current issue in siloed #SNS / #socialmedia is: - A black person #cosplay of a white elf - A #fanart of a white elf as black The consensus is: - Cosplay is fine - Fanart is not: it is "blackwashing" & "cultural appropriation" How about you? #Anime
How a song turned a movie into a phenomenon: "This doesn't sound like it's going to be good" "No problem, we just want one of your songs"
Our #rec theme for December is Amnesty! This month you can post recs for any of our past themes. #fandom https://fancake.dreamwidth.org/2425269.html
RIP Leslie Fish, Filker Emeritus. May you reach Hope Eyrie.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IsUPk7moYg
RE: https://blorbo.social/@TheBookewyrme/115622968022991004
Definitely putting 3 variations (to cover all the genders!) of a new design in the shop this week. It’s not quite where I want it yet, gotta figure out what’s missing, but definitely gonna finish and upload this week!! Sign up to follow my shop to keep up to date! #svsss #tgcf #kpdh #fandom
Studio Ghibli publishes series of inspirational stamps featuring motivational phrases from Totoro. "These rubber ink stamps can be used time and time again to bring a dash of joy to all sorts of scenarios"
New sketch after finding my favorite sketchbook haha, my Gachiakuta oc Zephyr!
#gachiakuta #oc #fanart #drawing #wip #workinprogress #reference #fandom
I get that sports fandom is a complete waste of time...and yet, that doesn't deter me! 😂🏒🏈
"Wings, booze and heartbreak – what my research says about the hidden costs of sports fandom "
#AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #SciFiWriter #BookLovers #IndieAuthor #Bookish #society #sports #fandom
🧵 3/3 #Intro
I'm a librarian & a lifelong #fan. I love the communities, art, & #fic of #fandom. Come chat with me abt #GoodOmens #Murderbot #CeruleanChronicles #OFMD #SPN #XFiles
Cheers🥂
Doctor, Doctor I think I've hit Rock Bottom and have No Place to Run. It's UFO live from Rockpalast on the 29th of November, 1980
You'll join irc.slashnet.org, which might look different in different clients, but here's what it looks like in mine. Then you'll just type /join #fandom into the text box and be taken there!
For now, if you would like to discuss the concept or just get on IRC (again or for the first time), come discuss in the #fandom channel on slashnet!
Official Dates Announced For The 2026 Georgetown French Market
Credit: Georgetown BID/Georgetown French Market Save Every year, for over two decades, Georgetown’s streets transform into an open-air market that seems straight out of Paris for …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Frenchfood #charity #congress&fairs #Crepes #fandom #fleamarket #francais #france #French #frenchfood #shopping; #spring
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2403637/official-dates-announced-for-the-2026-georgetown-french-market/
SNIFF SNOOF! I smell a #fursuitfriday #furry #furries #photografur #photographer #dutchfur #netherlands #furryfandom #fandom #suiter #fursuiter
“Perhaps uniquely among the great #novelists of the #English language, #Austen lends herself to broad-based in-person #fandom. You don’t see people getting worked up like this over, say, #Dickens or #Twain.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/b... #JaneAusten #BookSky
Everyone Is Invited to Jane Au...