So much of pro-censorship fandom (so called “antiship”) culture seems to boil down to finding a reason for any ship with more spice than mayonnaise or more chemistry than distilled water to be considered morally reprehensible, and considering the people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
are you harassing people with “proship DNI” in their bio and going out of your way to interact with them instead of avoiding them? Try not doing that, and blocking people you don’t agree with instead. Being “proship” (which means[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
People who use the term “proship” to describe themselves use it to mean “ship and let ship.” People who use the term “proship” to describe themselves use it to mean “I ship what I want to ship, and I don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
we are happy to help! <3 we personally stopped using the terms “proship” and “antiship” entirely, exactly because no one can agree on what they mean and they only cause confusion and misunderstandings. I tend to use the terms “pro-censorship[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay friend, I see that you’re a little confused, so I’m going to help you the best that I can. “Proship” is not an objective term that you can use to describe a ship. It’s not actually *supposed* to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart was asked to describe his test for obscenity in 1964, he responded: “I know it when I see it.” Types of ships that pro-censorship fans have attempted to label as objectionable “proships”: characters who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You know, it occurs to me that I don’t actually even know what fanfictons pro-censorship fans are objecting to when they say “it’s okay to write about it but not okay to romantcize it.” Because in pretty much every minor[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
calling people “antis”: confusing, niche terminology not understood by anyone outside of extremely online shipping discourse. Call them what they are– Pro-censorship fans who attempt to exert control over other people in public fandom spaces through harassment, threats and bullying.
Why do you believe that people have such fragile morals they will be corrupted by a piece of fiction? Are your morals that fragile? Why do you believe that reading fiction about harm will cause the people who read it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“proship” is an ideology that means “ship and let ship”. It is the opposite of “antiship” which means “against shipping.” Normal fans sometimes use the term to refer to themselves, to make it clear that they do not harass other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey friend, I hope I can clear this up for you. “Proship” is a piece of fandom terminology that means that a person in not in favor of censoring the content of fanfiction, and is not in favor of harassing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Technically TECHNICALLY speaking, your attitude counts as “proship”– which means “other people can write what they want and I’ll avoid what I don’t like.” It’s people who identify as antis who use the term “proship” to mean “revels in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Turbulent OTP or Self Ship Prompts An ask game for your OTP or self ship. Answers can be as short or as long as you care to make them. Don’t feel bad about answering with a tiny snippet, and don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“but bioharzards sometimes it’s like you don’t like darkfic or dead dove tropes at all, what are you doing here??” 👉👈 i just like whump and forbidden romance tropes like age gaps and consensual incest and I want everybody in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
tell me Will, why do you imagine that adults creating fiction about underage characters necessitates exposing underage children to that fiction? Minors are already not supposed to look at sexual fictional content– why would they be looking at adult content[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Proship and anti are reductive words that let fandom mean girls bully artists and authors by obscuring their meaning behind niche terminology. I’m in favor of freedom of expression. I am in favor of art. I believe that banning topics[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah absolutely. But on the other hand– the poll is 60%+ in favor of that person being the asshole. It’s a vocal minority who believe this outlandish prudery. context link
Oh if only they’d ‘get it’. ^_^;; context link
even-more-pro-fiction-jellicle: antis-delete-your-blogs-pls-thx: beauspot: neil-gaiman: Here we are, 15 years on from that blog entry, and I still haven’t read any lolicon, I’m afraid, so I have no idea about its themes. The context was whether you should be sent to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay but this is the wildest take I’ve ever seen. Has this person ever even BEEN on AO3?
strawberry-crocodile: strawberry-crocodile: Apparently there’s like anti-ship arguments within the Our Flag Means Death fandom? Because one of the characters is a Problematic Abuser? Imagine thinking you hold the moral high ground because of who you ship with Historical Character Fucking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
huntinglove: Proshippers! On average, which kinds of villains do you usually fall for? Steals kids’ candies Beef with a specific hero Many enemies Criminal War criminal Plotting mass extinction of all life forms See Results We can’t vote in here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
profictionist: One thing (and trust me, theres more) i hate about antis is their hypocrisy towards different crimes “You can’t ship that! It’s illegal!!” Yeah and the guy who murders people is also illegal, but youre fine with shipping him[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hey aethy user here: most of aethy’s older users are very welcoming to paraphiles as long as you’re explicitly anti-contact/anti-abuse, and the admin definitely allows paraphiles. there was a brief bit of drama a while back about people CWing stuff[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
reminder that this blog does not believe in thoughtcrimes. Blanket statement, fullstop. blackheartxbiohazards
So here’s an interesting development in this saga. It turns out that the rules on harm to minors in the community guidelines have been unchanged since January of 2020. (wayback link) Which begs three questions. why did people think it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
just saw some fashion glamour shots that reminded me that asian people of all nationalities are going to be even more unfairly hit by the “appear under age” rules than everyone else. Please remember that it is extremely fucking racist[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Until only the good decent people are left” So they aren’t even trying to hide they have the same mindset of extremist christians anymore. Good to know, I wonder if they know the atrocities that mindset has created for some[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Forbidden romance is the most romantic for the same reason that the best horror is the stuff that shows the monster the least. The romance is in what is left unsaid. It’s in the longing It’s in the lingering. It’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Day 3 reminder that tumblr is now banning blogs that include posts with: victims discussing their experiences of child sexual abuse suggestive art of characters who are drawn in a soft, chibi, or kawaii style. suggestive art of characters who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
im glad tumblr is finally becoming a safe space for everyone. dont like it? leave! leave and take all your pals with you until only the good decent people are left The good people who are not sexual abuse survivors[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I need @normal-fandom-people to know that I got into an argument with someone and lost a mutual because that mutual felt that I was slandering Tox by describing Tox as “rumored to be a toxic or abusive person.” Meanwhile NFP[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thank you very much for believing me, saying I said my warnings about Tox out of extreme bias It’s not like there are blogs like this one https://ift.tt/dnNt91y Have documented the Map server I was talking about. Tox used to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
im honestly not surprised with tumblr. its easier to target proshippers than predators, as proshippers tend to use easily found tags. and just like they did with the og tumblr purge, they can claim that they’re “protecting children” without actually[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🐜s will 100% try to use Aethy. Minors as well because “it’s creepy they don’t want minors there” I have seen it so many times, an account with proship and problematic signs everywhere. Even if they don’t post it often,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Your anons really have gotten the point to going don’t blog on the blogging website. A blog is a personal space for you to talk about personal things Gasp trauma is a personal thing. And a social blogging sphere is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
then maybe dont talk about your trauma on tumblr? there are other places where you can talk about such shit. no one wanna hear bout that here blackheartxbiohazards
I’m fuckin tired of having everything needing to be as squeaky clean, sanitized and soulless as possible so some rich Republican fuck running the ad companies doesn’t frown. Tumblr said they weren’t gonna go after the written stuff when Pornmageddon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What if we all just went in and reported the antis for violating tumblr’s rules against harassment? you’ll get a nice message from tumblr explaining to you have they haven’t actually broken any of tumblr’s rules. we’ve gotten several of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Antis: “Just learn to follow the rules!” Try following the anti-harassment rules. to be strictly fair, tumblr doesn’t enforce those rules! they’re meaningless! 😹😹😹😹 Can’t talk about your sexual assault experiences but you can graphically tell someone how they should[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
bro you cant like minors and win 😭 blackheartxbiohazards
just saw an anti saying that proship self shippers aren’t real self shippers because, apparently, it’s hypocritical to say that we love our f/os while saying that “fictional characters don’t matter and aren’t real”. I legit don’t know where to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
pro violence antis. blackheartxbiohazards
Wow. Tumblr really did just say “fuck every anime/cartoon fandom in particular”. Are we gonna start having to literally post links to Wikipedia showing how old a character is?? I don’t even think I could post about the anime Mouse,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sorry for sending so many asks in a row ashbkav bkav m Question: Is sfw shipping of two m*nor characters illegal now on Tumblr as well? How are staff members going to be able to keep up with this if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I love AO3. All websites should be on that level of based. They set the bar way higher for what just enjoying fiction in peace is supposed to look like. –Satou We could only wish. 🙏 I fear we may[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From that post you made recently: “What if you’re an underage person self shipping with an adult character?” That isn’t proship, that is comship. (lighthearted) You;re support for people who are comshippers makes you proship, however. –Satou 😹😹😹😹 context link[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dreamwidth Studios Where can we learn more about dreamwidth?(if that’s the right name?)Sorry I just don’t really know much about anything. Dreamwidth Studios: A blog/journal system for people who create. What is Dreamwidth Studios? Dreamwidth is an online home for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ah, i know tox. i haven’t had any issues with him but i do follow. i guess i dont know much anyway because we’re not friends. ▪️ blackheartxbiohazards
Taullo 🏳️🌈 Nakey Gremlin ☮️ (@Taullo@aethy.com) If anyone’s curious who ACTUALLY runs aethy it’s this person: 3.7K Posts, 1.14K Following · Nudist hippie! :naturist: Posts contain lots of (usually nude) OCs, art boosts, pics I’ve commissioned, fando blackheartxbiohazards
I like that I’m receiving angry messages both from people who think I’m defending Tox, and from people who think I’m slandering Tox. I don’t even know who Tox is except “not the guy who runs aethy.” blackheartxbiohazards
I didn’t spread rumors about Tox I do admit i have wrongly assumed Tox is an admin on Aethy, but it also gives Aethy the implication that it won’t ban problematic users despite there being evidence of harmful behavior “Just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So with the new TOS does that include self ship posts for anime characters that are technically minors but don’t look it since a lot of my moots and I ship with characters from JJBA? They would still technically fall[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
i honestly hope this pro-censorship wave is just a really shitty era of tumblr and one day we can go back to before – advertisers and antis are fucking this place up 😭 *looks at the social and political climate[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Can tumblr go back to “go nuts show nuts” please? It will never happen again. At that time, tumblr was created and run by a single identifiable person, who had personal ideals and goals for the site. now the site[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This whole issue is insane!!! Watching people get purged left and right. Disgusting. I’m actually scared to lose my friends on here and :c I’m on aethy and a lot of my friends are there too luckily but it’s just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is a rumor spreading that a well known user called “Tox” is the one in charge of running Aethy, which may be uncomfortable to some people. I have investigated this, and while it appears that Tox does use Aethy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t want to be that guy but I checked aethy out and immediately found one of the (former?) founders of Fanexus, a social media website that was supposed to be anti censorship with similar rules like AO3 but then[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
found a tumblr acc that admits to being under the age minimum per the TOS (bad idea) and also has a DNI kink/ddlg/para banner on their pinned post. i was just baffled because i found them when they liked a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thinking of making a backup or two. It’s not like I post proship related things on my main (art acc) but I do like/ Follow profic blogs so just to be safe ig, idk. Also tumblrs banning system sucks so[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What if you’re an underage person self shipping with an adult character? Hmm? That sounds both proship AND against the current tumblr TOS…. blackheartxbiohazards
💫 Create and share whatever fiction and art that you want to. 💫 Even if you think no one else is interested. 💫 Even if you think it’s unmarketable. 💫 Even if you think people will call it self-indulgent. 💫[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My backup accounts have backup accounts. And those backup backup accounts also have backup accounts. >:3 blackheartxbiohazards
Potentially unpopular interpretation of the ban: Antis are going to assume Tumblr is doing this specifically for them when really it’s most likely just doing this for advertisers. Oh probably. They’ll change their tune when their own blogs start getting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Out of curiosity I want to ask, what made you change your mind and make a pillow fort account after all? we’ve had a pillowfort account since they were in closed beta– since before there were any rules against underage[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hey, i have a question – when your account is terminated, can you make another account with the same email address or do you have to use another one? You have to use another one as far as I know.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Reminder for those just joining us: the new development on tumblr is that it turns out they are strictly enforcing a ban on any depictions or discussions of underage people in sexual situations: including all fanart, fanfiction, and discussion of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another thing that worries me about this ban: We all know that for antis, 30 year old disabled people are the exact same as children, because “they have the mind of a child”. So if it goes as bad as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A shadow ban is not a termination of the blog but hiding it from search results Idk how it works on tumblr, but on twitter you could get un-shadowbanned if your blog ceased to be active for a while (few[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Puritanism took over online fandom — and then came for the rest of the internet well, this article is nothing if not timely. Although it seems to be unaware of the most recent development. Note: this article is by Aja,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just lost my account as well. Literally just now. I was in the middle of helping someone who asked what some terms meant… -Satou Holy shit. Yeah it’s an epidemic I am so sorry. blackheartxbiohazards
⭐ There’s nothing wrong with writing fiction with dark and awful themes and elements. ⭐ There’s nothing wrong with enjoying fiction with dark and awful themes and elements. ⭐ There’s nothing wrong with enjoying writing fiction with dark and awful[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gonna continue using the “#proship” tag for a little while in transition until our followers manage to find us again. Since mass reporting didn’t turn out to be the source of the fucking problem after all. blackheartxbiohazards
have yall tried gettin in contact with tumblr support over their reddit account? been told it goes a lot quicker. Yeah. That’s how we found out we’d been banned ON PURPOSE, rather than by accident. blackheartxbiohazards
We went ahead and updated the Fanlore page on tumblr and the fanlore page on the Timeline of Major Fandom Purges to reflect tumblr’s ban on underage fiction. If anyone wants to add more detail please feel free, otherwise we’ll[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What if we all just had fun and were nice to each other, and kindly and politely avoided people we didn’t want to interact with? No? That’s too much to ask, huh? :/ Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
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vaspider: asterosian: normal-fandom-people: Someone here on tumblr mentioned how adults in their early 20’s are being called “postminors” and stumbled on the conversation that prompted this Honestly this whole thing sounds like eugenics. Consent is a human right that shouldn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
LOL and she got shadowbanned for it! Here’s the link! Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
Good! 💖 Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
“creatures of low intelligence”– yeah sure buddy. Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
frostkittensfanfiction: So if y’all ever wonder why some proshippers refer to antis as a cult? This is why. This is the BITE model. The highlighted sections are things we’ve seen antis do with extreme frequency. If you’re an antishipper, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 Proshippers, you are amazing! 💞 Proshippers, you are wonderful! 💝 Proshippers, you are cool and nice!! Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
that’s usually how it works out, thankfully. Antis are the very vocal majority who shout the loudest, but the rest of us are the majority even if we don’t bother speaking up. context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
Imagine your villain F/O petting you and fawning over you whenever you want attention even if it’s bad for their evil image. 💞 Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
Obviously for shock absorption! 😹😹😹😹 💞💞💞 Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
So what I’m hearing is they’ve decided to finally burn furaffinity to the ground and it’s time to save our art off there before the servers shut down… Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
I really do not understand what planet these fancops are living on…. context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
Good for you mom!! context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
meow!! 😽😽😽😽 context link Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
You are SO right! Assumptions ask game Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
Yeah the “postminors” thing is so weird! They’re really desperate to take away people’s agency and freedom! Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
Yeah, being unable to filter stuff without a third party extension was crazy! It definitely was way worse without being able to block and filter things. I don’t know if “don’t tag your hate” really facilitated the modern anti movement[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What do you mean put in a group chat together– they are already in the same high school class! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
It’s a really typical abuser trait to call the victim of their abuse “abusive” for responding to their abuse with anger. It’s victim blaming. You’re allowed to be mad at people who hurt you. You don’t have to show respect[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
People need to understand that you can not tell someone’s age just by looking at them. There are no “adult traits” and no “child traits” that are hard and fast rules. Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
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