I’m Going To Try This!

Where’s Metallica when you need them?

There’s a protest going on against AI art over on artstation, so I feel like now is the time for me to make a statement on this issue! 

I wholeheartedly support the ongoing protest against AI art. Why? Because my artwork is included in the datasets used to train these image generators without my consent. I get zero compensation for the use of my art, even though these image generators cost money to use, and are a commercial product. 

Musicians are not being treated the same way. Stability has a music generator that only uses royalty free music in their dataset. Their words: “Because diffusion models are prone to memorization and overfitting, releasing a model trained on copyrighted data could potentially result in legal issues.” Why is the work of visual artists being treated differently?

Many have compared image generators to human artists seeking out inspiration. Those two are not the same. My art is literally being fed into these generators through the datasets, and spat back out of a program that has no inherent sense of what is respectful to artists. As long as my art is literally integrated into the system used to create the images, it is commercial use of my art without my consent.

Until there is an ethically sourced database that compensates artists for the use of their images, I am against AI art. I also think platforms should do everything they can to prevent scraping of their content for these databases. 

Artists, speak out against this predatory practice! Our art should not be exploited without our consent, and we deserve to be compensated when our art is exploited for commercial use. 

Day fifty-one

of @the-wip-project‘s challenge

I’m actually very curious to read the other answers to this question.

Q51: Do you use tools for plotting and what are they?

A51: It’s not a tool, per se, but a method:

“Katytastic's 3 Act/ 9 Block/ 27 Chapter Outling Method!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe3eodLF_Uo

Day Thirty-nine

of @the-wip-project‘s challenge

Q39: What kind of traits make a character interesting?

A39: A character who is trying to be better ethically than how they had been brought up/ trained.

Amazing!

we know they wont do it or they wont do it right. so if you were doing it this year how would you bring lexa back permanently alive?

A complete do-over of this season utilizing what they’ve brought? Same opening, introductions, up to Octavia being abandoned by BeIIamy. And we break from there.

(This is looong)

1. I would have presented the original Sanctumites as having arrived on the planet in nothing but their “mind drives.”

 2. I would have had a pre-ALIE AI running their ship while they “slept” and being in charge of 3-D printing them bodies from existing DNA kept in frozen storage for when they arrived on a viable planet. 

 3. I would have had Gabriel and the AI sabotage the DNA printers so no new bodies could be printed up. He learns what kind of eugenic-fueled monsters the Lightbourne’s are and their “ultimate plans” for Sanctum.

 4. This led to his banishment and to Josephine coming up with the extreme and horrifying idea of using other people’s bodies. All the extra “embryos” on board were for colonization purposes, but wound up being the Primes source of extra bodies. 

 5. Gabriel’s revolutionaries despise him somewhat because they know he has the tech to stop the Primes from using other bodies. He just wanted them all dead. No 3-d printed bodies, nothing. But they’ve never seen him, just interacted with the AI.  

 See where this is going?  

 6. No Dark Commander storyline, just Madi not wanting to be Commander. What’s the point? But she does feel responsible for giving those who live on the Flame a voice. She knows they suffer in their digital existence, but doesn’t know how to help them, beyond destroying the Flame itself. She becomes convinced this might be the best idea.  She doesn’t tell Clarke or Gaia about her “plan.” 

 7.  Russell does not discover Clarke is a nightblood, he learns Madi is and plans on using her to bring Josephine back.

 8. After Delilah is taken, Jordan recruits Clarke to investigate what happened to her. They discover Sanctum’s horrific past and speculate that Madi is in danger since everyone has seen her black blood (playground accident, whatever).

 9. Clarke plays Russell by warning him if he takes Madi, he won’t have access to the other nightbloods on the E4 (big lie). She tells him they are just prisoners of no value to them and they can have the bodies once they help them build their own community away from Sanctum. 

 10. Octavia and Diyoza meet old Gabriel, his life extended thanks to the temporal anomaly.  Diyoza recognizes some of the tech he has, including the DNA printer. So many lives taken because he stole the tech, but he points out if he hadn’t, the Lightbournes were planning on enslaving all the “embryos” anyway and building their own “master race” that, once fully developed, would return to Earth to take over. But Gabriel screwed them a second time: he crashed the E3 and the remains are mostly underground (and still active, along with the pre-ALIE AI. They would never get home).

 11. Russell and the other Primes plot against Clarke’s offer, they want the “nightbloods” as well as the ship. Their initial attempt at takeover (by the Lees) didn’t work out so well.  Russell wants Josephine back very badly: she was the brains of the operation and they need her.  He and Simone contemplate taking “Delilah” and removing Priya’s mind drive so Josephine can have her body, even if it angers the other Primes. Priya actually agrees to be put on ice again…for the greater good.

 12. Madi’s nightmares and headaches are growing worse. She tells Gaia that the Commanders do not “sleep” and they “fed” her dreams while she slept on the E4. One of the worst nightmares she has is over Costia, something Echo is suspiciously guilty about.  She admits to Gaia she wants to remove the Flame. Maybe it’s time to set the Commanders free. She describes some of them as totally insane and doesn’t want to go mad herself. Gaia reminds her of the responsibility, of what the Flame can do. Madi says there is only one Commander who “protects” her in her sleep, but she is losing her sanity, too.  

 13. Clarke needs to get a message to the E4, to have Niylah wake wonkru and get them ready to defend themselves just in case. In order to do that, she has to go outside the radiation shield to find an area that isn’t being blocked. Madi refuses to leave her side and along with Gaia and Echo, goes with her. 

 14. They are confronted by CoGs who know Madi is a nightblood. Madi’s Flame tells her to trust them a little and to not fight. They surrender and are taken to Gabriel.

 15. Down in Gabriel’s “sanctuary” in the remains of the Eligius III, Clarke and the others learn more of Sanctum’s horrible past, and how the Sanctumites really don’t know how to “live” on the planet, they just know how to hide and have isolated themselves (with the early help of the AI, before Gabriel took it).  They are a dying culture and Gabriel intends to live to see it…but his plans also seem to revolve around something unique to the planet itself. Clarke isn’t interested in their horrible history, though, they’ve got their own, but Gabriel or the AI will likely know more about the other planets that the other Eligius ships were supposed to visit and colonize. Did any of them make it? Have they heard from them? Were they all part of Lightbourne’s plan?  Gabriel allows them to talk to the AI.

 16. In Sanctum, Jordan is disgusted that Delilah’s body has been abused again, now inhabited by the unapologetically evil Josephine. Josephine decides they’re not messing around with Clarke’s offer, they’ll just take everything, even though Russell disagrees. All the Earthers in Sanctum are rounded up and they learn Clarke and the others, including Madi, are gone, but they still have the drop ship to take the E4.  They prepare. 

 17. Clarke is suspicious of the E3 AI, she is much like ALIE, but more restricted. She helps them communicate with the E4 so Niylah can wake everyone. Gabriel and the AI explain how the colony was supposed to work, about the DNA printer, the embryos…and Madi (and the Commanders in her head) are particularly intrigued. The AI registers an unknown tech (the Flame) and Madi feels but doesn’t know what it is.

 18. The Sanctumites foolishly believe they won’t need large numbers to take the E4; they have Jordan and Raven to take them back to the ship where they follow through on the rest of Clarke’s plan: Wonkru and the surviving prisoners are awake and led by Indra and they easily overpower the Sanctumites.  Indra is pissed no one woke her up sooner. They return to the surface.

 19. Some tension whether this AI is influencing Madi (via wifi ofc), as Madi has become morose and distant.  Gaia is worried. Clarke and the others are busy making new arrangements with the CoGs who will show them how to survive the planet and free the Sanctumites from their servitude. 

 20. With Indra and the others now basically in charge of Sanctum, Russell bargains for their lives by telling them that the CoGs are no better, they’re a death cult ready to sacrifice everyone to the planet they worship.  And they have more people than Wonkru does.  Russell will give them all the help they need if they leave them alone and do not let the CoGs past their barrier.

 21. Madi wants to talk to Clarke about the new deal with the CoGs, but there’s no time: Clarke wants to get back to Sanctum with the others and sort out the rest later.  Madi keeps Gaia and Diyoza behind, tells them she needs their help.  

 22. Russell is desperate, now that Sanctum has “fallen.” He says Clarke is leading the CoGs there and they will kill them all. Indra is like, shut up Jason we can handle this and Clarke won’t betray us. Sideeyes everyone in the room.  

23. Clarke gets Gabriel and his group through the barrier and the attack happens: more CoGs appear and charge through the barrier with Clarke and the others being captured. Gabriel confirms they are going to raze Sanctum and sacrifice everyone to the planet…so they can be reborn within the planet’s “spirit.”

 24. In the E3, Madi tells Gaia and Diyoza she and the AI agree she has to remove the Flame before it degrades further and takes Madi with it. But some data on the Flame is still intact: the most recent Commander, Lexa…but they need a DNA sample to help print a new body. Gaia reveals she helped prepare Lexa’s body for her funeral…and kept a lock of her hair that she carries with her always. Diyoza is like, Cool, let’s print this chick and get out of here. The AI lets them know that the Flame’s “AI” is so thoroughly integrated with the Commander-data that it cannot be separated. Once Lexa is “uploaded” to her new body, she will basically be “Lexa+AI.”  Madi removes the Flame for it to sync with the DNA printer.

 25. Sentries watching out for Clarke and the CoGs rush back to Sanctum and tell them a huge army is on its way. Russell wasn’t lying. They’re setting fire to the crops as they go along. Russell tells them about their secret cave they need to hide in. Indra isn’t happy with this, but they need another plan and to protect the children (she’s not leaving till they get all their people, including Madi, back). They follow him.

 26. Printing Lexa’s new body doesn’t take that long, thankfully Dioyza is familiar with the equipment and the AI helps, of course. Lexa isn’t quite herself once the upload is complete, but the AI informs them it has been “monitoring” the situation in Sanctum and the CoGs are on their way to “sacrifice” everyone to the planet. Diyoza wants to know more about what that means, but there is no time. The AI shows them a secret route that leads to Sanctum’s underground caves. Gaia and Madi speak trig to Lexa, who does not appear to understand English.

 27. Finally reaching Sanctum, Clarke begs Gabriel not to go through with his plan, it’s insane. He tells her the planet is special, they will all be reborn in a better, higher form, there is nothing to be afraid of. Death is not the end. Clarke realizes Madi is not with them. Clarke warns Gabriel she’s the Commander of Death and if she makes it so, they’ll never come back as anything but dust. Gabriel orders his people to find the Sanctumites. 

 28. Diyoza, Gaia, Madi and Lexa reach the Sanctum caves, but Lexa has been silent the entire time, processing what is going on around her. Before they approach the caves, Gaia is concerned Lexa’s appearance will cause chaos for their people. Madi is still the Commander. Diyoza argues that Lexa “rising from the grave” might be what they need in lieu of greater numbers.  Gaia isn’t so sure. She’s worried about Lexa’s state of mind, that she really has no idea what is going on.  While they argue, Lexa takes Madi aside.

 29. Clarke, with Octavia and Echo (and a few of the less faithful CoGs) escape their captors and head toward the dropship, even though none of them are pilots. They are surprised to find Raven there; she gets the up to speed about Indra/Sanctum. Clarke tells her that they have to go to the E3 to get Madi and makes Raven fly the ship there.  Once they arrive, though, all but the AI are gone; she tells them where they went and how to follow; because the location is underground, they can’t use the ship and Raven decides to stay at the E3 to investigate the tech and be on standby. Octavia stays to protect her while Clarke and Echo take off for the Sanctum caves.

 30. Scouring above and through the elaborate cave systems, CoGs have set fire to one of Sanctum’s settlements and are heading on to the others. Gabriel finds Josephine’s “lab” and burns it down.

 31. In the caves, the Sanctumites are terrified, they can hear explosions above and they know their homes are being burned. There is a lot of anger directed at Russell for not protecting them, but Indra doesn’t allow him to be harmed. Most of the Sanctumites do not know that “Delilah” is no longer Priya, but Josephine, and she is in no rush to disrupt that belief. Simone and Russell confer that if they give Josephine to Gabriel, he might let everyone live. His real anger is for her and what she made him do. Russell is torn. Then Josephine approaches and tells them they will be fine and they’ll get the 3d tech back and not to worry. Russell and Simone are confused. One of Indra’s people comes back that the Commander has returned.

 32. At the E3, Raven and the AI talk about the history of the colony and the other colonies that were setup, but they lost contact with them a long time ago. Raven wants to know if this AI knew about ALIE (and if they share any values). They discuss the temporal anomaly and how did it give Gabriel extended life. The AI tells her it didn’t. It killed him.

 33. Indra goes to greet Madi and Gaia and is shocked by who they have with them. Lexa greets her in trig and tells her the planet is unstable and they must leave. Madi is all, how do you know that?  Lexa tells her the Flame interacted with the E3 AI and she basically knows everything going on. Then she asks where Clarke is. No one knows.  

 34. On board the E4, Jordan is surprised by communication from Raven and a huge data dump being uploaded to their system. She tells him to make sure everything is ready to depart because the planet is about to have a temporal hole ripped through it within the next 12 hours and they need to get the hell out of there.  Jordan tells her the drop ship will only carry so many, so it’s going to take more than one trip.

 35. Clarke and Echo are narrowly avoiding capture and fighting off CoGs scouring the cave system; there are also numerous tremors that knock them around. Earthquakes? A cavern collapses dropping heavy rocks and Echo is hurt, tells Clarke to leave her and find the others. In spite of everything, and worried sick about Madi, Clarke won’t leave her behind and struggles to free her from the rubble.

 36. Wonkru (and the prisoners) are restless and nervous with all the tremors and are ready to fight and want to hear from The Commander. They look to Madi who tells them she is not their Commander. Lexa reveals herself to everyone’s shock; she tells them they must leave this place and will they follow her? Wonkru are ecstatic (while Abby, Murphy, Emori, Bellamy et al are just in shock), and Diyoza convinces her people to follow as well.

 37. Josephine tells Russell and Simone and the other Primes to stay, that this is their home and she has a plan. Not to worry. Just let the others go, she says. They’ll die anyway.

 38. The AI gives Raven coordinates for a pickup spot that she says she is also sending to the Commander. Raven thinks the AI can communicate with Madi. Octavia and Raven return to the dropship with something from the E3, and take off to coordinates to start picking everyone up.  

 39. Lexa and Indra lead Wonkru and the prisoners into the fight as cover for Diyoza, Abby et al to help escort the families of Sanctum to the rescue coordinates. There is still no sign of Clarke or Echo.  

 40. After everyone else has left, Josephine takes the other Primes though another cavern where they encounter Gabriel and some of his minions. Gabriel threatens to kill her, but Josephine tells him he won’t. She’s the last one. There are no more Josephines. She says they’ll take their people together through the anomaly and start over, like they always have.  The tremors are getting worse.

 41. Outside the caves, the fighting is a fierce clash of guns and swords and many from both sides fall. Bellamy, Murphy and Emori are on their own mission to find Echo and Clarke and they do, freeing Echo and leading them out toward the rescue spot while the others are fighting back. Murphy warns Bellamy not to tell Clarke about Lexa: what if she dies again? Clarke doesn’t need that a third time. They agree to tell her when they’re all safely back on the ship.

 42. Raven and Octavia arrive at the pickup spot and start herding everyone onboard, though Raven asks where the Primes are…making sure they aren’t taking any with them. The ship is full so they have to take them to the E4 and return. It will be two hours at least and a nerve-wracking wait as the planet is clearly starting to fall apart with storms and earthquakes every few minutes. Abby insists that Gaia take Madi back to the ship. Without the Flame, Madi seems more unsure, but doesn’t want to leave without Clarke. Abby promises they won’t leave without her. Madi goes with the others back to the E4.

 43. The planet makes fighting even more difficult, and it’s clear the CoGs are completely programmed to go down fighting, no mercy, and no surrender. Lexa and the others see the dropship returning to the E4, relieved at least some are getting away. Bursts of temporal lightning are striking randomly and one nearly catches Indra and Lexa.

 44. Clarke and the others are reunited at the rescue site and told they will have to wait for the ship to return. Bellamy and Octavia are reunited and he apologizes for being so small-minded while she decks him good for not only abandoning her, but thinking he could be her judge (especially after all the shit he’s done). Abby admits her role in influencing Octavia, that it was the only way for the majority to survive. Clarke is surprised at the confession, but not shocked, that’s how her mother is and she tells Bellamy everyone has had to pay for their mistakes but him and he needs to start by earning Octavia’s forgiveness. A massive tremor hits and they realize their rescue site is comprised. There is no way for the dropship to land there. They will have to find a clear area and the best idea is to head back to Sanctum so Raven doesn’t have to go hunting them down, but they can still send a signal.

 45. The dropship docks with the E4 and the Sanctumites are in awe of the ship and the children are excited to be “going home.”  Niylah takes charge of shepherding everyone to the mess hall to wait. Jordan informs Raven that the storms across the planet are getting worse; she has to get back down there.

 46. With most or all of the CoGs dead or no longer able to fight, Lexa and Indra round up the remains of their forces to return to the others, but the storms are so bad they know they can’t make it. The ground is collapsing, trees are falling, fires, etc. They see Abby’s group heading toward them and know their escape site has to be gone. Lexa has noticed that the area nearest the lake isn’t as badly affected and orders Indra and some of the others to gather Abby’s group and lead them there while Lexa and her people make a path for them.

 47. Raven circles Sanctum seeing the devastation, then sees the “path” that has been made and Abby’s group heading toward it. She flies to the lake and sets down to wait.  

 48. Abby, Clarke et al arrive at the lake and everyone starts boarding the dropship. Lexa is far behind with the last group and they are not to be seen. Clarke says they could be lost; they can’t wait much longer. Indra tells her they are not leaving without the Commander. Clarke is angry that Madi is out there and wants to go find her when Lexa’s group appears with Lexa taking up the rear. Clarke does not recognize, since she is wearing clothes from the E3 and her hair has not fully grown (and she’s dirty to boot). She looks around for Madi, demanding to know where she is. Abby tells her she’s already on the E4. Then Clarke sees her. A familiar voice: “Hello, Clarke.” The exhaustion and shock finally get to her and Clarke collapses.

 49. Clarke wakes in the medbay of the E4, her mother looking relieved. She tells her that they have broke orbit from Alpha and are en route to the next colony. Raven took some tech from the E3 that has helped their engines and with all the losses on Sanctum, they still have enough cryobeds for everyone. Diyoza’s baby is going to have to wait a few more years to be born. Madi comes in and hugs her, telling her all about what the AI knew of the other colonies and the next one is a much better bet, but Clarke is distracted. There is someone in the doorway. “Lexa?”  

 50. Later, in the mess, Raven and Jordan are laying out all the information on the next leg of their journey. Some of the Sanctumites are still in shock; this is a new life for them, free of being slaves to the Primes. They’re unsure of being “put to sleep” for this journey, but Jordan assures them they will be fine. With the assist for the engines, this trip should only take 50 – 60 years. Diyoza is resigned to being pregnant in perpetuity. Madi is annoyed that she hasn’t seen Clarke (or Lexa) for the entire day. Abby tells her to try and understand a little: Lexa had been “dead” for 136 years and she and Clarke had been very much in love. They need a little time together before everyone goes for a long nap. She goes to check on Kane. Jordan listens, sad over Delilah’s loss. Raven touches his shoulder. She knows.

 51. In one of the private cabins, Clarke and Lexa are in bed, gazing at one another, in quiet joy and wonder. Lexa asks her if she thinks they still owe something to their people. Clarke shakes her head. “This is our time.”  

 52. Inside the Eligius 3, the AI is still online, watching a screen.  “Temporal corridor 3,437. Collapse complete.  Temporal corridor 3,438…open.”  

  53. Everyone is getting ready for bed; Clarke and Lexa put Madi in her cryobed, but she’s upset she can’t stay up with them. They tell her it is only a year and then they will join everyone else. When she wakes up, it will only seem like a day later. She makes them promise that they will wake her, no one else. With the ship fully programmed for the next journey, and Monty’s algae recipe on tap, everyone but Clarke and Lexa go to sleep. Before she goes, Abby asks them if they’ll be able to stand being alone together for a year. Raven rolls her eyes so hard they almost fall out.

 54. Later, in their cabin, Clarke puts on some music she has found and wants Lexa to dance with her. They are awkward at first, but the music is slow and they easily fall in sync. Clarke asks her if “melding” with the AI has made a big difference for her. Lexa tells her she can see the future. Clarke asks what it is.  “Us.”  

 End

From Odette Annable’s instagram. Her friend Arielle’s sister JULIA KEBBEL is MISSING from the LOS ANGELES area.

I’m sharing this partly because Odette did and also because I knew Arielle a little bit before she was an actress. We went to middle school together, and although we weren’t exactly friends, she is a human person I had classes with and now her sister’s missing… so I feel compelled to share the info.

Please reblog or repost, I don’t care. Just get the info out there!!!

From the mouth of a One Percenter -

Abigail Disney

Pi

Check TurboVote please

!!!IMPORTANT FOR BLACK US VOTERS!!!

I saw this on Facebook and went to check my registration status, sure it was fine because I voted recently, but I put in the info and it said I’m not registered

PLEASE, especially if you’re a Black voter, check your registration status at vote.org

Clexaweek2019 Basics

Okay kru, Clexaweek2019 officially begins tomorrow so here’s a refresher on the Clexaweek basics!

THEMES:  Monday 02/25 - Useless Lesbian Tuesday 02/26 - No Strings Attached Wednesday 02/27 - Only One Bed Thursday 02/28 - Nipples Friday 03/01 - Tinder AU & Nerd/Popular Trope Saturday 03/02 - Enemies to Lovers Sunday 03/03 - Free Day

Use the tags #Clexaweek2019, #Day (_), and #(prompt). Make sure you put those first three tags in first because as we all know, tags and searching can be finicky. Feel free to use whatever other tags you want (#Clexa, #Clexa fic, #Clexa fanart, what have you), but just make sure to definitely list those three at the beginning. You can submit a link to me here, either directly to the work or to your tumblr post, and I will reblog it. If you post on ao3, add the work to the collection Clexaweek2019.

Please remember to leave a comment on a fic you read. Even something as simple as “ajfkdsajlfdk;sa” is very much appreciated. Kudos are nice, but comments are the real validation. Please, please, please leave a comment! Please remember to reblog and not just like posts on Tumblr. When people make art and moodboards etc, reblogging is how the post is spread and showed to more people. And feel free to comment on those too (and creators love stalking the tags to see what people say as well!). Letting a creator know what’s awesome about their work is what encourages them to continue creating, so please keep that in mind! We all support each other here! That being said, usually every year there’s at least one troll who posts a stupid (and terribly written) fic on purpose to try to get attention. If that happens, IGNORE it. Don’t give it hits, don’t comment on it, nothing. Report it if the tags are incorrect, but otherwise ao3 can’t do much, so don’t give the troll any attention. Our fandom is so big and awesome that new works will flood the tag anyway so yeah, just let those terrible works fade into obscurity. 

At the end of Clexaweek, I will make a masterlist of all the content created. My fandom wife @clexabookmarks also makes lists of the new fics. If you notice we’ve missed a work just let us know! It can be so chaotic running this while working full time so it’s easy for some works to slip through the cracks. Just hit us up and we’ll add it in!

If you have any questions about Clexaweek, ask here. If you want me to give you some prompts, you can hit up my ask box or you can peruse my tagged list of Clexa prompts. If you would like to view previous Clexaweek Events, they can be found here: Clexaweek2017, Clexaweek2018. There are also Clexaweek collections on ao3.

HAVE FUN! :D Can’t wait to see what you all come up with! I’ve missed you all, kru. Welcome home.

Clexa Pride Week

Here are our days!!

Remember!! June 23-29

Feel free to do some of the days or all of the days!! I just want to flood our feeds here and flood AO3 with Clexa Love!!

(Or Ranya if that’s your thing!)

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Sunday: Enemies to Lovers (bonus if there’s Zombies)

Monday: Military AU

Tuesday: Arranged or Accidental Marriage

Wednesday: Popular/Nerd AU

Thursday: Airport AU

Friday: First Pride

Saturday: Free Day

I’ll share the posts I can find. Or you can send them to me!! I hope we all have some fun with this 😁😁