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879cdaee-8044-48d0-93f3-8e52b5097953 by BlackDragon-Studios

I got a Note from someone claiming to be on the DeviantArt team saying I won a $100 gift card. ...yeah I have several bits of evidence proving this false:

Bc6d0bc2-a383-43f4-8d54-acc2cc9a4566 by BlackDragon-Studios

-The DA logo is on the avatar. If this was legit it would be at the end of the username, like a Core membership badge. Only DA staff has the DA logo at the end of their username to show their legitimacy as a Staff member.

-They joined TODAY

-DA doesn’t do gift card raffles. If they did it would be more public and not sent via Notes. But that’s less well-known. They even tried seeming legit with “deviuser.com” Seriously?

I’m making this journal to make you all aware of this before they get to too many users. I’m sure most of you know a scam when you see one, but in case you don’t this is how you know. And for further advice, put any link or address into Google search to see where it sends you. Never click on the link itself.

Thank you for your time.
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I'm not sure how many people actually read these, but I'm here with an activity status update:

I'm sorry for being kind of inactive in the past few months. I've been on Tumblr most of my free time lately since I've found a community in it that is much more welcoming and outspoken (in a positive way) about certain interests of mine that I didn't see as strongly over here. However, I have some art that I'm really happy with and want to share...so I'm going to try posting on here again. I'll explain in my next post just what to expect from me for now.
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A closed RP with Ally-Kats we talked about since last year. It is for “Frosted Wings” (which is what I call that AU for now, better than Gaster’s Tale)

Synopsis: After making a deal with her in the dark emptiness of the Void, Frost now has the Soul fragment of Dr. Kishimori (this AU’s Shardie) attached to her already overcrowded Soul, becoming another voice in her head alongside Tabitha, her Soul twin. Together they will travel through the multiverse to find the rest of the Doc’s Soul and make her whole once more. 

This journey wont be an easy one, and they have a limited amount of time to do so. Can they succeed? 
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To not-so-shortly summarize the journal, though I advise you read that as well since it has photo proof:

Yep. It’s another one of those signal boost journals. Been a while. What makes this one so special, though? It’s very recent. Very. Recent.

What it is, is another sexual and cyber-bully harassment issue. This woman (if they are a woman, you never know until they’re caught...but by the way she talks in the links in the journal, I think it is a woman.) is preying on girls from the MLP:FiM fandom. First by spamming the victims with NSFW work (these are usually minors, making this illegal on and off DA), and coaxing them into roleplaying sexual scenarios with her on Discord.

It gets worse, however, I’m afraid. Eventually she asked the journal writer for pictures of the girl’s underwear. Photographs of underwear. ...Yep. How could it get worse from there? Oh, quite easily.

You see, once the victims start to catch on, becoming uncomfortable with her advances, she starts playing the blame game. You know, that thing cyber bullies do, playing to the kind, empathetic hearts of their victims. Her brand is to make passive-aggressive commentary about her ‘art’:

“I don’t actually care what people think of my art.

You didnt fave it after you saw it though.” (Translation: “I’m salty because you didn’t say anything about this GIFT I made for you, so be prepared for hell, bitch.”

Leading to the next step: Threats. Suicide threats, stealing characters threats, threats to spread rumors, the whole package. What I found most hilarious, however, was her claim in the screenshots of her victim “being in trouble with the law for not preventing my death”. Lady...that only applies to the person actively PUSHING the other person to suicide. Failing to prevent it isn’t a federal offense. Your harassment of these kids, however, IS.

Bottom line: It is ILLEGAL what she is doing. Not just on the internet, but in the real world as well. Do not be afraid to report her to the authorities. I know you may think you can handle it, and maybe you can. But that doesn’t mean everyone else can. So if this happens again, show them this: theblackdragonstudios.tumblr.c… (I know it’s through Tumblr...but the links are all helpful and informative.)

If they continue the offending action, have your screenshots ready and report them faster than they can say ‘it was just a joke!’. It could save a lot of innocent kids AND adults.
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On Tumblr I have seen a lot of stuff related to the LGBTQ community. It’s unavoidable since I Follow a few blogs that reblog everything they can that is  about it. Which is fine. But I want to ask:

What does it mean to be supportive, even if you yourself (me) are not any of the things listed (I am Straight, for example)? And what is YOUR definition of being “-phobic” on this topic?

I ask as someone that only knows second-hand, and what I have seen on Tumblr implies you must be open and loud to show support, and saying anything even remotely ‘against’ it like “I don’t want to hear about this anymore” is being “-phobic”. Is this true? Are people labeled “-phobic” if they don’t spread the messages? If they don’t want to hear or talk about it anymore because it’s become repetitive as “Let it go” from Frozen (kind of a bad example, if you don’t remember Frozen is still unironically loved by many)? Is that hate? To just want to move on and talk about and read/spread other things?

And lastly, is it hate for someone to not want to draw or write things with LGBTQ themes for other people? Even with money involved?

I am truly curious and would like to hear your thoughts. Please keep things professional. I am not trying to offend anyone. I am asking legitimate questions.
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