As we sit on the cusp of changes to the Internet, after your other activities to support Internet freedom, archive your
fandom stuff.
Save the electronic files of your favorite online fandom works. Consider print-outs of your favorite online
material. And save paper
ephemera from fandom events.
Why save? Because you put the effort into a fanwork. Because you may be surprised when a fandom stays alive for years, or gets revived, or when an academic asks to cite your work. Because it’s stupidly hard to find items on Tumblr. Because, lo, in ages past, many fandom archives have risen and fallen, taking favorite fics off the ‘Net. Because it made you happy, makes you remember. Because you never know.
What can
you save?
Fanart
Stories you wrote
Epic comments on stories you wrote
Stories you love that other people wrote
Meta and meta-related discussions
Translations others did of your works
Physical items: paper ephemera, clothing, accessories, art prints and drawings.
Behind the cut…saving from Tumblr and AO3, delving into lost web sites, how to save computer files for the long term, and why I’m glad I saved physical fandom items from 10+ years ago.
With the upcoming changes to Tumblr, I’m not really sure about what to do here anymore. Nothing too dramatic for the sfw part of my stuff, but I’ve been mostly active on the ( GAYYYYYYYY) nsfw side lately, and was planning to start a Patreon around that kind of content. It’s what I’ve been enjoying to work on the most in the past years. Again, this blog will mostly be unaffected, assuming Tumblr manages to fix their nudity paranoid bot, but I don’t know if it’s still really worth it for me splitting content on 2 accounts, if all I’m gonna post on the other one is pinup-y pictures, I’ve done that on this account in the past. I kinda wanted to change my username, been using Gerwell for years and I don’t really like it anymore, so idk if I’d be keeping this account or the other one.
Soooo, until I figure things out (might not change anything and post the usual same stuff) , you can also find the other part of my work here:
The father’s artistic talent is clearly on display here, but I’m actually really impressed with this kid’s wild imagination. Many of his drawings are both conceptually unique and coherent.
This will b my last post 2 tumblr from here on out. i cant say im all th@ surprised given wh@ ppl have told me abt the site from when i very 1st started way back in 2016 but its still sad all the same
im v grateful 2 every1 whose supported me these last 2.5 yrs ! w almost 20k followers across my 2 accts im nothing short of extremely thankful n happy i was able 2 share my works w every1 here while i could
im v upset w how tumblr is handling all this (female nipples lmao) but i suppose th@s how corporations work
i want 2 thank every1 again 4 all th@ u have supported me w n 4 giving me an honestly amazing time here
4 now i can only b found on twitter but th@ may change esp since i was planning on leaving th@ site in favor of this 1 lol
Moonlit Spires 