No Fucking WAYYYYYY YOUTUBE CHANGED THEIR TOS TO AVOID PUNISHING SSSNIPERWOLF FOR DOXXING

Hey you! Yeah, you!

The person about to leave a critical comment on someone else’s creation!

I have a question for you: Have you checked your MAPS?

“What’s MAPS you ask? Well it’s a simple little way to remember if the criticism you’re giving is worth posting! It’s as easy as M-A-P-S!

First, does it come from a place of Mutual Respect?

Do you know the author or artist? Do you know them outside of their work? Would you want to hear their opinion on your work? Do you have any work to compare?

Is it the Appropriate Forum?

Are you cold-messaging them via the comments section on AO3? Is this during another conversation you were already having? Will they get a notification and get all excited only to see it’s you picking apart their art?

Do you have Permission?

Did they ask you for input? Did you ask them if they wanted input? Remember, kids, there’s a word for people who give unwanted negative input: asshole!

Is it Specific?

Are you focusing on one or two aspects, or are you criticizing the entire vibe? If you dislike the piece as a whole, maybe it just isn’t for you!

If you answered “no” to any of these questions, put down the keyboard and do something else! Your criticism is probably bad!

And remember, criticism that doesn’t follow the MAPS is just SPAM!

Quick Important PSA

Fandom has been taking down those extremely intricate and helpful GameFAQs text guides because they're a terrible company run by rat bastards, so if you care about archiving those old guides for a smoother experience on the earliest generation of games, i've linked prograc's archive of just about every single one you can think of. make sure to download the whole 7z file (its ~2GB), as this is undoubtedly the most accurate and useful tool for anybody wanting to experience video game history.

Internet Archive

Gamespot TXT GameFAQs - Full Archive (3/23/20) : /u/prograc : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

More info here:https://web.archive.org/web/20200707075947/https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/ftsdbs/gamespot_txt_gamefaqs_full_ar

This is beautiful so far

Hmm...maybe mixed of both for the eyes?

finally drawing ghost again. feels v nice.

you guys should really try talking to older people sometimes. like anyone over the age of forty. it would cure you i swear

Are fedoras really that bad?

YES YES THEY ARE

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Happy belated birthday rata azul

Vent art