What is the $10 Revolution?

notyourexrotic:

amyrlin:

preservedcucumbers:

10dollarrevolution:

The $10 Revolution is an idea to transform the relationship we have to online media. The idea is this:

Set aside $10 of your budget a month. Just $10.

Then use that $10 to directly support creators you enjoy in whatever way you see fit. Maybe that means donating $1 to 10 different creators’ Patreons. Maybe that means subscribing to someone on Twitch for $5 and using the rest as a direct donation. Maybe that means giving the entire $10 to your favorite creator, and letting everyone else go.

But imagine the change if everyone set aside $10 to support their favorite online creators. If everyone who watched that tiny YouTube channel supported with $1. If everyone who read your favorite webcomic gave $1 a month.

Suddenly, an artist who has 300 fans has a legitimate source of income.

A YouTube channel with only 1000 subscribers might be able to sustain itself.

And the reliance on the ad-free model of media, where creators have to make clickbait to even have a chance of being seen, starts to end.

The $10 Revolution is not an idea, but a call to action.

Set aside just $10 a month, and ask your friends to consider doing the same.

Let’s see what we can do.

#10DollarRevolution

I’m in a position where I might have to give up on freelance art and go get a full time job soon, which means losing the freedom to work on my books, comics, and other projects. If one tenth of my tumblr followers pledged $1 a month to my Patreon, I wouldn’t have to do this. So yeah, this is a good idea.

If one tenth of my tumblr followers pledged $1 a month to my Patreon, I’d be able to afford to live in my own place, rather than being stuck in a terrible situation… which would mean that I’d actually be able to dedicate more time and space to music.

One-tenth of my Tumblr followers subscribing to my Patreon with $10 a month could make up nearly my monthly budget/living expenses. Even a $1/month subscription can go a long way in aggregate.

One-tenth of my Tumblr followers giving me $1 on Paypal or $3 (the minimum amount) on Ko-Fi would also go a long way!

A third of my followers sending me 4 bucks a month would immediately allow me to make content full-time. For those who can afford to make them, little decisions like that transform content creators’ lives and the very face of the internet for the better. Every lil bit helps. Don’t underestimate your own power.

Force and Flow — Destroy and Create – optimisticDuelist – Medium

revolutionaryduelist:

Here’s the first of the Class essays, where we go over the most intense Active/Passive dichotomy, putting these Classes on the furthest ends of the spectrum.

The Key Verbs for these classes are Destroy and Create, covering
Princes and Bards & Maids and Sylphs, respectively.

Quick disclaimer so I don’t get anyone’s hope’s up: This essay doesn’t include much discussion of Jane Crocker! Not because she isn’t relevant, but because I actually ended up writing this entire series because I needed to lay out my thoughts on Maids so I could get around to writing my essay about her.

I’ll be linking to my Jane post at the end of this essay once it’s up, and this essay is pretty much required reading for it! So I think it’s worth checking out if you’re interested in her anyway.

As for the rest, I just hope you enjoy. The other two essays are already written, and I’ll be posting them over the next two weeks!

They are available in their entireties for my Patrons, so if you can spare me a buck a month you can get these early if you decide you like them enough. Higher reward tiers will let you invite friends to the Discord so they can read them too!

Feel free to @ me, reblog or send me an ask with your thoughts on these first two essays. There may be some things I can’t answer as they will be answered in later posts, but I might use those as inspiration for what teasers to release from sections of the next two essays over the course of the week.

You can also feel free to talk to me in the Hiveswap Discord where I moderate and cry about Homestuck. I’m very interested in seeing how my thoughts stand up to scrutiny, so don’t be shy!

[Youtube] [Patreon] [Hiveswap Discord]

[Active/Passive Masterpost] [Steal and Serve] [Know and Change]

Keep Rising.

Just wanted to reblog this to mention that I made some heavy revisions and added a bunch more stuff, particularly making the Unifying Myth of Fairies far more compelling!

There’s also some talk about Vriska, and I made some edits and added some graphics that should make it much easier to understand how I think the Class Active/Passive spectrum works as a whole. Finally, I also included Jane’s one reference to being a Fairy (that I’ve found so far).

Special thanks to @ymawgat for sending me the questions that made me reevaluate a couple things in the canon and dig all this extra stuff up! This argument is both way more compelling and far easier to read now, I think, and I appreciate it.

I also wanted to note that thanks to my financial situation improving, I’ve been able to lower my Patreon goals substantially! At this point, I’ve got something like 630 followers, so if less than half of them considered sending me three bucks a month, I’d be able to bring out new insights about Homestuck as a full-time job.

You’d also join a Homestuck analysis community that has already proven exceptionally awesome 😉

Of course, I appreciate anyone’s attention and thoughts in response to my writing most of all! I just wanted to keep everyone updated on what the state of this project is.

Force and Flow — Destroy and Create – optimisticDuelist – Medium

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I’m extremely excited to announce the launch of this fan-driven project aiming to make a critical reading of Homestuck accessible to a casual audience!

Whether you’re brand new to the comic or a longtime fan, or maybe an Earthbound or Undertale or incoming Hiveswap fan who only vaguely know about the comic, this video series will feature new thoughts and perspectives on Homestuck for you to enjoy.

You can watch the first episode right now by clicking here.

Click through for details on how this series will work–and how you can participate!

Here’s how this series will work: I have entire series outline for these videos–subject to revision and expansion–which you can view in it’s entirety here:

(In case Tumblr decides not to let it expand, here’s a clickable link version:)
http://i.imgur.com/MUUmsQ1.png

Pledging a dollar or more on Patreon will give you a participatory vote on every column of videos–meaning that, for example, you can vote on what order you want the videos on Jade, John, Rose and Dave done. Patrons will also get the opportunity to pitch or suggest videos down the line.

Besides this main series, you can also expect fun videos on Hiveswap’s lore, Homestuck’s relationship to works like Undertale and Earthbound, adaptations of written analysis essays on Homestuck I’ve already produced (links at the bottom of this post) and way more!

A dollar pledge will also let you join a moderated, friendly discord server to talk about fellow fans passionate about developing new thought and critique about the comic–including me! This means that your ideas, perspective, and the conversation we all shape together could feature in the videos themselves, making you a part of this project forever.

Higher reward tiers allow you to invite friends to the server who can’t afford Patreon themselves– and come with other bonuses like being listed in the credits or being able to commission me for a short story or essay on a subject of your choice, every three months.

One final note on legality, for those curious:

At its core, this is really no different than entertainment/education/criticism channels for gaming properties like Dark Souls or Undertale. Because Homestuck’s visuals–which are most of what I’ll be using in terms of video assets–are available for free, I feel uncomfortable monetizing these videos using ads. I think there are enough barriers to entry for those looking to get into Homestuck without them anyway.

What this means is that my ability to devote myself to this project directly corresponds with the amount of support I receive from Patreon, and nothing else. Whatever money I make from this will be because fans like my content and want to see more of it. My content falls entirely under fair use, and is perfectly legal.

However, Homestuck is an indie property, and I am doing this because I genuinely think it stands to become a net benefit both to the comic and to What Pumpkin. If What Pumpkin feels differently, however, I would defer to them.

As such, if I were to happen to be contacted with a request to cease this endeavor, or at least, monetizing it in this way–which is unlikely–I would immediately comply with full transparency and no ill will. I just want that as a matter of public record.

That said, here’s some links to samples of my writing, in case you’d like to see if it’s the kind of content you’d like to support:

Here’s a collection of my earlier Homestuck essays:

https://revolutionaryduelist.tumblr.com/post/156205190532/optimisticduelists-homestuck-analysis

And here’s a brand new one!

‘Et tu, Hussie? On Spades Slick & Bec Noir’

https://medium.com/@RoseOfNobility/et…

Hype About Hiveswap!:

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