Maybe A Bit Overused Idea, But Is Your Otp Truly An Otp If Your Interpretation Of The Kiss Doesn’t

A little bit of abstraction, to be honest, it's so soothing. I just got a cold, (lol it's not a covid) and it's so distracting from the physical discomfort.

Fanfiction Authors: HEADS UP

(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)

An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:

(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)

I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:

IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.

You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:

HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:

First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.

Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.

Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.

In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.

In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:

I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.

In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.

Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.

Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!

NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!

Times when Skyrim’s writing actually hits hard:

None of that “Arrow in the knee” or “Sworn to carry your burdens” stuff.

“But I cannot celebrate his fall. Zu'u tiiraaz ahst ok mah. He was my brother once. This world will never be the same.” - Paarthurnax

“I was one of the few who escaped. For a long time, all I cared about was staying alive, and taking revenge on the Thalmor when I could.” - Delphine

“Look around you. Don’t you know what their little war is about? They want all non-Nords out of Skyrim. That means you and me.” - Ambarys Rendar

“Do you ever wonder if it hurts? To have one’s soul ripped out like that?“ - Miraak

“Child, my life ended long before you were born!” - Arch-Curate Vyrthur

“Whiterun’s walls are tall, but they are old and crumbling, like the Empire whose Legion lines them.” - Galmar Stone-Fist

“Tell me, Vignar. Was all this worth it? How many of those corpses lining our streets wear the faces of men who once called you friend? What about their families?“ - Jarl Balgruuf the Greater

“My father doesn’t know anything about me. But I know about him. And about the war. More than he might think.“ - Nelkir

“They live here too, my Jarl. That’s what I’m telling you.” - Raerek

“For I have dwelt among the rocks, My city carved from rugged stone. So in that burrow I will creep, And warm the soul which makes my home” - Yngvar the Singer 

“Well, well. Look at you. The Nords have turned you into an animal. A wild beast caged up and left to go mad. So, my fellow beast, what do you want?” - Madanach

“I swore I was going to just give up, for my child’s sake, but it’s like my father’s ghost is haunting me. Asking me ‘Why?’” - Eltrys

“I’ve been playing this game for almost 20 years. Sending the young to their deaths. All in the name of the Forsworn. And I’m tired. So tired.” - Nepos The Nose

“You and I have a date with destiny, it would seem. But so it is with assassins and emperors.” - Titus Mede II

“You killed my son! All of you! And now you’ll pay the price. Kill them. And make sure there’s nothing left to bury.“ - Commander Maro

“I’ll follow you ‘til I’m dust in the breeze. You do realize that?” - Nazir

“The Dark Brotherhood? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You think this is the first contract I’ve had on my life? I’m a pirate, sweetie.” - Safia

“The only anger I can justify is my own. But every family in the Reach has a story like mine. There are no innocent onlookers in this struggle. Just the guilty, and the dead.“ - Braig

“Sometimes you just do what needs to be done. You don’t have to hate a man to kill him. Though, admittedly… it helps.” - Captain Aldis

“Well look at us. Like two gray specks in the snow.“ - Mithorpa Nasyal

“I’m finished little cub, run for it.” - Torolf 

Feel free to add more lines that you think were really good. 

So.

The first one who opens our challenge is the flame atronaha.

A little lore on the subject of these loyal guardians, I think it wouldn't hurt.

An atronach is one of several species of Daedric creatures or golems, made up almost entirely of a single, pure substance. The name is sometimes applied to man-made constructs that resemble atronachs, but are not Daedra; these creatures are more properly called golems.

All Daedric atronachs share a few characteristics that distinguish them from other Daedra. They are made up of what would normally be inanimate material, and they often appear to be humanoid in form. However, they can be conjured into other shapes. Atronachs generally move by walking or hovering.

Atronachs are considered moderately intelligent, and are frequently used by powerful conjurers as guardians. All atronachs can use magic based on their base element, and are typically weak to opposing magic. Daedric atronachs are unique among the Daedra in that they claim no allegiance to any specific Daedric Prince. They are found nearly as often on Nirn as on any given plane of Oblivion. An exception to this is the storm atronach—as one of the most powerful Daedra species, they are often recruited by the Daedric Princes to protect their realm.

i. Trust the Vanguard.

ii. Blue Blade.

iii. Bastion.

iv. Wyvern’s Cut.

v. Endless Fight.

First batch of inktobers! Starting with knights this time around. Also a bit behind so hopefully I can catch up this weekend.

Click the heart if he deserves a hug. No heart - he's left unhugged 🥺

A little attention-starved mer 🥺

I have a theory that Talvas must have had really strict parents that would give him love on the condition he performed well.

Growing in such a family he became demanding towards himself in the later life. Only someone who never knew a warm place in the childhood would consider that living in Tel Mithryn is "not bad".

the thing about fallout new vegas is that you will see 3 enemy pins on your compass moving all jittery and you will be like aw man i hope its not cazadores but it will always be cazadores, every god damn time

A spicy meme in progress.

More random sketches!

CONCEPT YALL

Hok hears some whispers since their early life but nobody else hears them. They doesn't tell anyone because it's weird and a bit scary and wtf is going on. Nobody knows that they can hear in fact the nightmother making them a perfect candidate for a listener.

Then years later while the Oblivion crisis takes place, HoK kills someone innocent and Lucien Lachance appears on their doorstep, doing the usual "you sleep rather soundly for a murderer" shit, want to recruit them.

HoK then says something like "Oh man good you are here, I heard whispers all day after this murder" and tells him about their little problem without knowing what it is. Lucien then be like: