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May 24, 2013
skankazoidd: atheistangel: Because chemicals hurt you (and your pets) insides. Add orange peels (or any citrus peel) to a quart of white vinegar in a closed container and let it set for two weeks. Then you just strain it, add water to the solution until it’s about 50/50 and put it a seal-able bottle. It works great on floors, tiles, fixtures, kitchen and bath, etc. It’s antibacterial, smells good and it’s tough on dirt and grease. Best of all, there are no harmful chemicals And cheap. Yeah, I like the cheap part. And not having to worry about buying from corporations whose ethics are questionable. Yes, this will come in handy.

skankazoidd:

atheistangel:

Because chemicals hurt you (and your pets) insides.

Add orange peels (or any citrus peel) to a quart of white vinegar in a closed container and let it set for two weeks. Then you just strain it, add water to the solution until it’s about 50/50 and put it a seal-able bottle. It works great on floors, tiles, fixtures, kitchen and bath, etc. It’s antibacterial, smells good and it’s tough on dirt and grease. Best of all, there are no harmful chemicals

And cheap. Yeah, I like the cheap part. And not having to worry about buying from corporations whose ethics are questionable. Yes, this will come in handy.

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May 24, 2013
nekosmuse: Cats & Dogs Living Together: A Response to the Kindle Worlds Announcement

saathi1013:

Your fandom weather report for the day: The sky is not falling, but you’ll want an umbrella, because we’ve got a heavy shitstorm settling in for the duration.


Okay, so I woke up today to the news that Amazon is now launching Kindle Worlds. [ Press Release ] [ Kindle…

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Filed under: reblog amazon things not to do Nope 
May 23, 2013
nekosmuse: exfatalist: thedailywhat: Fandom News of the Day: Amazon Unveils a Fanfic Publishing Platform Beginning in June, fanfiction authors will be able to self-publish their works from selected partner franchises via Kindle Worlds. Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars are already on board with the project and more are expected to be announced the official launch. However, authors aren’t exactly jumping at the chance to turn their works into cash: by using the platform, authors give all rights to the work to Amazon, who can then license your elements to other authors with no compensation to the original poster. The platform also will not publish stories containing pornography, excessive use of brand names or crossovers, so your Superwholock mpreg (male pregnancy) stories will just have to stay on Tumblr. Saw someone pointing this out: basically, they’re mining for spec scripts from the fanfic community. If Amazon maintains the rights to “license elements” of published fanfic without compensation to the original authors, you’re looking at soon enough having these fanfic plots rolled out as episodes of the (still airing) shows that are already on board, plain and simple. Why else would they axe excessive pornography/violence right out of the gate? It has to be compliant for TV, of course. I can see this. For a very long time fic has been a tricky grey area for television/film/etc. because there has always been the worry of copyright infringement. What happens when a script writer borrows elements they read in an online fanfic? It does happen and can quickly become a legal nightmare. This removes that worry. Make no mistake, Amazon isn’t doing this for fandom. Amazon is doing this to make a profit, and the supporting franchises are doing this to mine ideas. Nowhere in this does the fic author benefit. You will make more money (and retain your work) changing the names of the characters and self-publishing your fic as an original work. Keep fanfiction free and accessible. Fic authors have rights too. Fanfiction is one of the greatest online social movements of our time. Countless people, from every corner of the world, coming together and claiming pop culture as their own through non-violent means. There are literally hundreds of thousands of minds seeking to engage with each other using the creative medium of a shared culture (popular media). It’s beautiful. And it doesn’t belong in the hands of corporate America.

nekosmuse:

exfatalist:

thedailywhat:

Fandom News of the Day: Amazon Unveils a Fanfic Publishing Platform

Beginning in June, fanfiction authors will be able to self-publish their works from selected partner franchises via Kindle Worlds. Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars are already on board with the project and more are expected to be announced the official launch. However, authors aren’t exactly jumping at the chance to turn their works into cash: by using the platform, authors give all rights to the work to Amazon, who can then license your elements to other authors with no compensation to the original poster. The platform also will not publish stories containing pornography, excessive use of brand names or crossovers, so your Superwholock mpreg (male pregnancy) stories will just have to stay on Tumblr.

Saw someone pointing this out: basically, they’re mining for spec scripts from the fanfic community.

If Amazon maintains the rights to “license elements” of published fanfic without compensation to the original authors, you’re looking at soon enough having these fanfic plots rolled out as episodes of the (still airing) shows that are already on board, plain and simple. Why else would they axe excessive pornography/violence right out of the gate? It has to be compliant for TV, of course.

I can see this. For a very long time fic has been a tricky grey area for television/film/etc. because there has always been the worry of copyright infringement. What happens when a script writer borrows elements they read in an online fanfic? It does happen and can quickly become a legal nightmare. This removes that worry. Make no mistake, Amazon isn’t doing this for fandom. Amazon is doing this to make a profit, and the supporting franchises are doing this to mine ideas. Nowhere in this does the fic author benefit. You will make more money (and retain your work) changing the names of the characters and self-publishing your fic as an original work.

Keep fanfiction free and accessible. Fic authors have rights too. Fanfiction is one of the greatest online social movements of our time. Countless people, from every corner of the world, coming together and claiming pop culture as their own through non-violent means. There are literally hundreds of thousands of minds seeking to engage with each other using the creative medium of a shared culture (popular media). It’s beautiful. And it doesn’t belong in the hands of corporate America.

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Filed under: reblog amazon Things not to do Don't do it fanfic 
May 23, 2013

crimson-sun:

Playing Pokemon Fusion and cheating a lot! I dunno about you guys, but most of the stuff that thing comes up with scare the crap out of me…

Done with a bunch of refs.

I officially a huge fan of pokefusions.

(via chaoticwaltz)

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Filed under: pokemon pokefusion awesome reblog art 
May 23, 2013
thisprettywren: I need a reminder today.

thisprettywren:

I need a reminder today.

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Filed under: Writing 
May 22, 2013

heartslogos:

myadamantiumheart:

imageanexorcist replied to your post: send me your au prompts

idk if this is what you’re asking for but Tim is a yakuza prince and Jason’s his high school teacher trying to get him to attend classes?

“You can’t just show up to the school three hours after school has ended, covered in blood, shot through the shoulder, and hand me your essay, Drake,” Jason says, exasperation clear in his face as he unlocks his door. He’d been so close to leaving- in fact, he’d been locking the door of his classroom when he heard the wet, quick, controlled footsteps echoing down the corridor towards him. His most absent student, Timothy Drake, prince of the well-respected and entirely feared Drake Family, stood there, tilted head, looking at him through narrowed eyes. Looking half dead, Jason might add. “It was, in fact, due this morning. At ten am. In class.”

“I had a prior engagement,” Tim says, limping stiffly into the dark classroom, leaning heavily against a desk while Jason flicks all the light switches on. “I’m sorry.”

“You miss upwards of three classes a week, these days,” Jason says, grabbing a red pen and taking the essay from his student. “You can’t just do that. No matter how rich you are? Participation points can’t be acquired unless you’re actually here to participate, Tim. You can’t buy your way out of missing the class debates every time. The world may run on money, Tim, but English class runs on something entirely different. Your words, Tim. Words I never seem to hear.” He glanced up at his student- Tim was listing to the side, his eyelids flickering a little too fast, and his jaw was gritted tightly. He was cute- honestly, Jason didn’t even feel bad about saying that. Tim was attractive, and Jason knew that- it was empirical fact. The kid had it going on.

But right now, between his frustration at the kid never showing up to actually demonstrate his brilliant brain and the fact that said brilliant brain appeared to need immediate medical attention, he really needed to shelve that thought and revisit it later.

Much later. Like, after graduation later. He looked down at the essay, covered in flecks of blood, and sighed, uncapping his pen to draw a huge 100% above the title.

“Let’s get you to a triage station, kid,” he shoved the essay into his bag, standing up and reaching out to brace Tim’s uninjured arm. “We can discuss your academic attendance issues later, when you’re not bleeding to death on Conner’s desk.”

(Jason almost regretted telling Tim that he had to participate in class debates, when, three weeks later, the kid skyped into class for the debate in the middle of what sounded like a firefight between his family and the Luthors, and still managed to win the debate.)

*SCREAMS*

HE STILL WON

AGH BABY FJKALS;DJFKLASD;JFKASLD

I CAN’T

I JUST

*SOB*

he still won, that’s the way to do it tim, make me proud, aw yeah, show those kiddies who’s boss  >:O

This is perfect in every way.

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Filed under: reblog fanfic Tim Drake Jason Todd AU 
May 22, 2013
Red Robin Plot Bunnies

kirinsaga:

This is my first post on tumblr, so I’m not quite sure if I’m doing it right. Anyways, here are some DC/DCU/Batman/Red Robin/whatever bunnies that are free for adoption. Just let me know you’re taking so I can keep an eye out for the fic.

1. Tim has always associated physical touch with pain. Kon tries to teach him otherwise.

2. From the moment Dick “fired” Tim from being Robin, until after he proved Bruce was still alive, Tim was, essentially, homeless.

3. When Tim was so insistent that Bruce was still alive, Dick forced him to see a doctor. The doctor concludes that Tim is indeed delusional and prescribes some medication. When Dick realizes he’ll have to force feed Tim those pills, and that he has to watch Tim constantly to prevent him from flushing the pills or running away… We’ll Dick just doesn’t have time and he doesn’t feel comfortable asking Alfred to do it. So, reluctantly, Dick has Tim committed. And now Tim is regularly getting dosed with medication he doesn’t need; and because he doesn’t need it, it’s really screwing with his brain chemistry. Months later, Bruce is discovered alive. Dick realizes his mistake and gets Tim out of the hospital… but the damage has been done.

3. Tim: “Kon, I need you to be my sugar daddy.”

4. Tim and Kon get sent to another reality during a battle with a sorcerer. A reality where superheroes only exist in the comic books. Eventually, they decide they want to stay. After all, after all they’ve been through, they deserve it. Possible crossover. Inspired by those pics of Tim wearing a Superman hoodie and Kon wearing a Batman one.

5. Kon has to take of a sick Tim.

6. Ra’s al Ghul keeps offering Tim eternity. He doesn’t know that Tim already has it.

7. Timothy Drake isn’t all that sane. His teammates try to hide this.

8. Sometimes the Titans and the League wondered about the Robins’ fondness for crossdressing.

9. Tim wasn’t completely honest about his parents. The Drakes weren’t his biological parents, not really, only on paper. Unable to have children and denied adoption rights (they weren’t home enough, and they traveled and partied too much), they decided to purchase a child on the black market (the price included the cost of falsifying records so Tim was shown to be their own flesh and blood). No one thought anything of it when the Drakes returned from a trip with a five year old child, and they believed them when they said they had left him with nannies until they thought he was old enough to travel.

10. Alpha&Omega dynamics. Tim is an Omega and is pregnant with Kon’s baby. Bruce disapproves. Bonus: Kon tries to avoid using the Command Voice with Tim, but instinct is instinct and if he has to Command Tim on occasion to keep him safe, then so be it.

I totally don’t have time to take on new projects, but some of these ideas are particularly excellent. I especially like 1, 2, the first 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9. They all have so much potential, but 9 seems like it could be a lot of fun. I have to wonder whose kid Tim really is. And…nope. I have three (four) projects that I’m working on. No time for any others. But hopefully someone else will take up these awesome ideas.

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Filed under: plot bunnies red robin DC 
May 22, 2013
"

“Amazon Publishing will acquire all rights to your new stories, including global publication rights, for the term of copyright.” What this means is that when you publish a story on Kindle Worlds, you’re giving Amazon the right to do whatever they want with your story, forever. They can sell it electronically, digitally, carve it into a rock, or give it away. It’s up to them, and you have no say. Ever.

“You will own the copyright to the original, copyrightable elements (such as characters, scenes, and events) that you create and include in your work, and the World Licensor will retain the copyright to all the original elements of the World.” Awesome! Exactly the kind of license I would want. Except …

“When you submit your story in a World, you are granting Amazon Publishing an exclusive license to the story and all the original elements you include in that story.” Want to publish your fan fiction on FanFiction.net? Tough. Amazon is the only entity legally allowed to publish your material. And if they decide that they want to stop publishing your material? Sucks for you. You have no other outlet.

“This means that your story and all the new elements must stay within the applicable World.” This is a huge, flashing warning sign, a big neon Danger, Will Robinson! When you submit a story to Kindle Worlds, you give Amazon all of the rights to your new ideas, even ideas that came solely from your head. Come up with a concept for an awesome new character who just happens to interact with a Salvatore Brother? You can never use that character anywhere except within a Kindle Worlds story.

“We will allow Kindle Worlds authors to build on each other’s ideas and elements.” This means that people get to write fan fiction about your fan fiction. Kindle Worlds is essentially a viral license. I don’t exactly have a problem with that. It would be cool if there was a way to be compensated when another author uses some or your original ideas, but I honestly don’t know how that would even be possible.

“We will also give the World Licensor a license to use your new elements and incorporate them into other works without further compensation to you.” One of the big issues authors have traditionally had with fan fiction is the possibility that a fan fiction writer would claim the original author stole the fan’s ideas and incorporated them into their work. This is why even authors who explicitly allow fan fiction almost never read fan fiction. This sentence does away with that fear entirely. If you submit a story to Kindle Worlds, the original creators can use it however they want. Just think! The next season of Vampire Diaries could be based on your story! Except you won’t be paid for it.

…

The exception is the license to new concepts developed within a Kindle Worlds story. That is uniquely the author’s own, and submitting to Kindle Worlds locks it up forever. Stories are an author’s lifeblood, and you should never give that kind of control over your ideas to someone else. Fifty Shades of Gray would have never happened under Kindle Worlds, because Amazon would own all of the rights to that story, not EL James. She wouldn’t have been allowed to change the character names, flush out the story, and publish on her own. Amazon would have owned that work, not her.

"

—

Pretty sure all the awesome fandom folks I know are smart enough to have realized what a steaming turd the new Amazon thing really is, but just in case you have to get into an argument over it with someone (yes, these are things I legitimately prep for) here are some clear talking points.

Also, no porn, graphic violence, crossovers or’excessive’ use of curse words. So, like, all the fun stuff about fanfic.

(via bewaretheides315)

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Filed under: Boy did I miss a lot this weekend amazon fanfic things not to do 
May 22, 2013

nonaraptor:

wolf and tiger bbs!

http://www.rarespeciesfund.org/news_cute_cubs.html

(via sablue)

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May 21, 2013
protagonistically: jhaernyl: Did anyone remember that to learn nerve strikes Tim Drake was trained in the healing arts? Because I sure did not and I don’t think I’ve seen it brought up again even though it’s an helpful thing and it’s damn well useful. Headcanon: expanded. Oh!  Nice reminder. Tim really was extraordinarily well trained.  Bruce wasn’t taking any chances with this kid.

protagonistically:

jhaernyl:

Did anyone remember that to learn nerve strikes Tim Drake was trained in the healing arts? Because I sure did not and I don’t think I’ve seen it brought up again even though it’s an helpful thing and it’s damn well useful.

Headcanon: expanded.

Oh!  Nice reminder.

Tim really was extraordinarily well trained.  Bruce wasn’t taking any chances with this kid.

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Filed under: reblog things I did not know Tim Drake 
May 20, 2013
xueyie: [Fakiru-week] Together [Forever] | Amako [pixiv] http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=30499924

xueyie:

[Fakiru-week] Together [Forever] | Amako [pixiv] http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=30499924

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Filed under: reblog cute princess tutu 
May 19, 2013

amako-chan:

Gorgeous pencil art by: Mi.Nono

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