...But I Think I'll Be Alright

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carmenalt: Shadows on the wall

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:22:47 -0400

carmenalt:

Shadows on the wall

khaoschilde: He’s so gentle in this scene. Poor baby.

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:03:54 -0400

khaoschilde:

He’s so gentle in this scene. Poor baby.

enigmaticagentalice: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Agatha Christie...

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:00:53 -0400

enigmaticagentalice:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Agatha Christie Murder Mystery AU

So guess what I spent my day doing? ^^

I didn’t bother with much in the way of fancy colouring because there were so many people to do just with what I would consider the core Scoobies. I’d love to do some other characters too, but I was just so exhausted by these that this is all you get for now!

By why doesn’t Giles have a murder weapon, you ask? Well there are three possible explanations to this, and you can choose whichever you prefer:

Giles is actually the detective in this AU

I ran out of murder weapon ideas

Giles is so badass he can use his librarian skills to just kill you with a large book

shewhohangsoutincemeteries: Top Twenty Buffyverse Characters...

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:47:23 -0400

shewhohangsoutincemeteries:

Top Twenty Buffyverse Characters (in no particular order) | Rupert Giles

“What am I? I’m an unemployed librarian with a tendency to get knocked on the head.”

amandaonwriting: Writing Advice on Writers’ Hands For Shared...

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:45:29 -0400

amandaonwriting:

Writing Advice on Writers’ Hands

For Shared Worlds 2013, some of speculative fiction’s finest artists, editors, and writers, were asked to write advice on their own hands and send in a picture.

Pictured here: Nnedi Okorafor, Lev Grossman, Neil Gaiman, Joe Haldeman, Garth Nix

Follow this link to see more.

eddietg: Big Meow

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:11:09 -0400

eddietg:

Big Meow

"We are the generation of nostalgia. We grew up in the age of transition. From hand-written letters..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:13:39 -0400

“We are the generation of nostalgia. We grew up in the age of transition. From hand-written letters to electronic mails. From film to digital. We were fascinated by new things, neglecting the way we spend our afternoons. Cupcakes and tea. Play-Doh and Polly Pockets. Young and naive. Technology completely changed the way we waited and we grew up too fast. The simple things in life seems more meaningful now. We grew up in the age of transition and have become the generation of nostalgia.”

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This is the best/truest thing I’ve read in so long (via thesleepingfawn)

But this explains the 90s kids

(via thebbcisslowlykillingme)

And the 80s kids.
(via noleftturnx)

shigeako-cosplay: You just have to believe in it (2013) Tardis:...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:49:11 -0400

shigeako-cosplay:

You just have to believe in it (2013)

Tardis: shigeako
Ten: kittenwelp

Photos: ireneadlerholmes
Retouch: me

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dailyotter: Otters Sunbathe and Nap Via Régis Leroy

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:25:35 -0400

dailyotter:

Otters Sunbathe and Nap

Via Régis Leroy

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Thu, 23 May 2013 08:28:35 -0400

liamdryden: tondalayo: foxes enjoying themselves (x) you’re...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:14:02 -0400

liamdryden:

tondalayo:

foxes enjoying themselves (x)

you’re welcome

i can’t deal with this

"“Amazon Publishing will acquire all rights to your new stories, including global publication rights,..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:27:54 -0400

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“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)

Amazon's Kindle Worlds: Instant Thoughts

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:24:26 -0400

Amazon's Kindle Worlds: Instant Thoughts:

neil-gaiman:

I’m with Scalzi on this.

Reblog if you post a lot of Buffy

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:47:52 -0400

slayer-of-the-vampyres:

I need more of it on my dash :)

allthingseurope: Palladian Bridge, Prior Park, Bath (by Roger...

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:19:47 -0400

allthingseurope:

Palladian Bridge, Prior Park, Bath (by Roger Nichol)

withmyheartwideopen: <3

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:28:45 -0400

withmyheartwideopen:

<3

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