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    Af, Books, and Community: ti skerb Retweeted
 Shan AF RJ mesa 15 - AF SP mesa 71 @ShanaBRX Jun 14
 Fuck everyone who whines about ao3
 News
 All News
 May 2019 Newsletter, Volume 135
 Published: Thu 13 Jun 2019 01:03PM 03 Comments: 4
 Recently, the Archive of Our Own has received an influx of
 new Chinese users, a result of tightening content restrictions
 on other platforms. We would like to extend our warmest
 welcome to them, and remind everyone that our committees
 are working to make AO3 as accessible as possible in
 languages other than English
 Read more...
 20
 t 2.8K
 6.4K
 Show this thread
ao3tagoftheday:

zoe2213414:
eabevella:

naryrising:

You can read the post here for more info, but I wanted to just add a bit about what this entails from my POV, on the Support team.  Somewhere between ¼ to 1/3 of all our tickets last month were in Chinese (somewhere upwards of 300 out of 1200 or so), almost all from users just setting up their accounts or trying to find out how to get an invitation.  A lot of the tickets are what I’d characterize as “intro” tickets - they say hi, list favourite fandoms or pairings, or provide samples of fic they’ve written. Although this isn’t necessary on AO3, this is not uncommon in Chinese fandom sites that you have to prove your credentials to get in (in fact it wasn’t uncommon in English-language fandom sites 15-20 years ago).  We respond to all of these tickets, even the ones that just say hi.  We check whether the user has managed to receive their invite or get their account sent up, and if they haven’t, we help them do so.  This means taking every single ticket through our Chinese translation team twice, once so we make sure we understand the initial ticket, and then again to translate our reply. 
This is a challenging process, although we’ve found ways to streamline it and can normally get a reply out pretty quickly (like within a few days).  We do it because this is part of why AO3 exists in the first place - to provide a safe haven where users can post their works without worrying about censorship or sudden crackdowns on certain kinds of content.  We do it because this is important, and helping these users get their accounts and be able to share their works safely is why we’re here.  We hope that we’ll be able to help as many of them as possible.  
There have been a few (thankfully few, that I’ve seen) complaints about these new AO3 users not always knowing how things work - what language to tag with, or what fandom tags to use, for instance.  To this I would say:
1. Have patience and be considerate.  They are coming to a new site that they aren’t familiar with, and using it in a language they may not be expert in, and it might take a while to learn the ropes.  You can filter out works tagged in Chinese if you don’t want to see them.  Or just scroll past.  
2. You can report works tagged with the wrong language or the wrong fandom to our Policy and Abuse team using the link at the bottom of any page.  This will not cause the authors to “get in trouble” (a concern I’ve heard before, as people are reluctant to report for these reasons).  It means the Policy and Abuse team will contact them to ask them to change the language/fandom tag, and if the creator doesn’t, they can edit it directly. 
If you remember Strikethrough or the FF.net porn ban or similar purges, please keep them in mind and consider that these users are going through something similar or potentially worse.  This is why AO3 exists.  We are doing our best to try and help make the transition smooth.  

I am a Taiwanese and I’d like to put some context behind the recent influx of China based AO3 users.
China is tightening their freedom of speech in recent years after Xi has became the chairman (he even canceled the 10 years long term of service of chairman, meaning he can stay as the leader of China as long as he lives–he has became a dictator). 
They censor words that are deemed “sensitive”, you can’t type anything to criticize the chinise government. Big social media platform won’t even post the posts containing sensitive words. You don’t have the freedom of publish books without the books being approved by the government either.
To disguise this whole Ninety Eighty-Four nightmare, they started to pick on the easy target: the women and the minorities (China is getting more and more misogynistic as a result of the government trying to control their male population through encouraging them to control the female population through “chinese tradition family value” but that’s another story). 
Last year, the chinese government arrested a woman who is a famous yaoi/BL novel writer named 天一 and sentenced her 10 years in jail for “selling obscene publications” and “illegal publication” (she’s not the only BL writer who got arrested. Meanwhile, multiple cases where men raped women only get about 2 years of jail time in China). It’s a warning to anyone who want to publish anything that’s “not approved” by the government that they can literally ruin you.  
Just recently the chinese government “contacted” website owners of one of their largest romance/yaoi/slash fiction sites 
晉江

and announced that for now on, for the sake of a Clean Society, they can’t write anything that’s slightly “obscene”. No sex scene, no sexual interaction, they can’t even write any bodily interaction below neck (I’m not kidding here). 
But that’s not their actual goal. They also listed other restriction such as: can’t write anything that’s about the government, the military, the police, “sensitive history”, “race problems”, which is… you basically can’t write anything that might be used as a tool to criticize the government (as many novels did). 
This recent development really hurt the chinese fanfic writers. They can’t write anything without the fear of being put on the guillotine by the government to show their control. Most of them don’t even think that deep politically, they just want to write slash fictions. But there are no platform safe in China, that’s why the sudden influx of chinese users to AO3. 
I bet it won’t be long before AO3 got banned in China, but until then, be a little bit patient to them. As much as I hate the chinese government, I pity their people. 


I’m crying so loud…As a Chinese, you don’t know how your kindness meant to us. When I’m young, I read 1984, and I thought this story is so unrealistic, but now, it’s getting tougher and tougher for fanfic and the writer in China. Thank you ao3. Thank you for the people who care about Chinese people. (hope I didn’t spell anything wrong)


Hi everyone! As much as I poke fun at ao3 culture on this blog, I love the platform and the community and I’m glad that it can function as a refuge for Chinese fans, both writers and readers.So followers! I encourage you all to be welcoming and helpful to Chinese fans joining us on ao3 and to be patient as the platform figures out how to integrate them. If any of you are Chinese speakers and are inclined to volunteer with ao3, I’m sure that would be appreciated. As for the rest of us, let’s remember that ao3 exists as a sanctuary for our community, especially exactly those parts of it that are most at risk under Chinese censorship (lgbt+ content, explicit fics, etc.) and let’s take this opportunity to be grateful that our community has worked together so well for so long in order to create this sanctuary. I’m delighted that that effort can now be helpful to Chinese fans facing censorship, and I’m excited to see how Chinese fans and fan culture will interact and co-create with English speaking fandom.And with that, I’m off to slip ao3 an extra 10 dollars.
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Af, Books, and Community: ti skerb Retweeted
 Shan AF RJ mesa 15 - AF SP mesa 71 @ShanaBRX Jun 14
 Fuck everyone who whines about ao3
 News
 All News
 May 2019 Newsletter, Volume 135
 Published: Thu 13 Jun 2019 01:03PM 03 Comments: 4
 Recently, the Archive of Our Own has received an influx of
 new Chinese users, a result of tightening content restrictions
 on other platforms. We would like to extend our warmest
 welcome to them, and remind everyone that our committees
 are working to make AO3 as accessible as possible in
 languages other than English
 Read more...
 20
 t 2.8K
 6.4K
 Show this thread
ao3tagoftheday:

zoe2213414:
eabevella:

naryrising:

You can read the post here for more info, but I wanted to just add a bit about what this entails from my POV, on the Support team.  Somewhere between ¼ to 1/3 of all our tickets last month were in Chinese (somewhere upwards of 300 out of 1200 or so), almost all from users just setting up their accounts or trying to find out how to get an invitation.  A lot of the tickets are what I’d characterize as “intro” tickets - they say hi, list favourite fandoms or pairings, or provide samples of fic they’ve written. Although this isn’t necessary on AO3, this is not uncommon in Chinese fandom sites that you have to prove your credentials to get in (in fact it wasn’t uncommon in English-language fandom sites 15-20 years ago).  We respond to all of these tickets, even the ones that just say hi.  We check whether the user has managed to receive their invite or get their account sent up, and if they haven’t, we help them do so.  This means taking every single ticket through our Chinese translation team twice, once so we make sure we understand the initial ticket, and then again to translate our reply. 
This is a challenging process, although we’ve found ways to streamline it and can normally get a reply out pretty quickly (like within a few days).  We do it because this is part of why AO3 exists in the first place - to provide a safe haven where users can post their works without worrying about censorship or sudden crackdowns on certain kinds of content.  We do it because this is important, and helping these users get their accounts and be able to share their works safely is why we’re here.  We hope that we’ll be able to help as many of them as possible.  
There have been a few (thankfully few, that I’ve seen) complaints about these new AO3 users not always knowing how things work - what language to tag with, or what fandom tags to use, for instance.  To this I would say:
1. Have patience and be considerate.  They are coming to a new site that they aren’t familiar with, and using it in a language they may not be expert in, and it might take a while to learn the ropes.  You can filter out works tagged in Chinese if you don’t want to see them.  Or just scroll past.  
2. You can report works tagged with the wrong language or the wrong fandom to our Policy and Abuse team using the link at the bottom of any page.  This will not cause the authors to “get in trouble” (a concern I’ve heard before, as people are reluctant to report for these reasons).  It means the Policy and Abuse team will contact them to ask them to change the language/fandom tag, and if the creator doesn’t, they can edit it directly. 
If you remember Strikethrough or the FF.net porn ban or similar purges, please keep them in mind and consider that these users are going through something similar or potentially worse.  This is why AO3 exists.  We are doing our best to try and help make the transition smooth.  

I am a Taiwanese and I’d like to put some context behind the recent influx of China based AO3 users.
China is tightening their freedom of speech in recent years after Xi has became the chairman (he even canceled the 10 years long term of service of chairman, meaning he can stay as the leader of China as long as he lives–he has became a dictator). 
They censor words that are deemed “sensitive”, you can’t type anything to criticize the chinise government. Big social media platform won’t even post the posts containing sensitive words. You don’t have the freedom of publish books without the books being approved by the government either.
To disguise this whole Ninety Eighty-Four nightmare, they started to pick on the easy target: the women and the minorities (China is getting more and more misogynistic as a result of the government trying to control their male population through encouraging them to control the female population through “chinese tradition family value” but that’s another story). 
Last year, the chinese government arrested a woman who is a famous yaoi/BL novel writer named 天一 and sentenced her 10 years in jail for “selling obscene publications” and “illegal publication” (she’s not the only BL writer who got arrested. Meanwhile, multiple cases where men raped women only get about 2 years of jail time in China). It’s a warning to anyone who want to publish anything that’s “not approved” by the government that they can literally ruin you.  
Just recently the chinese government “contacted” website owners of one of their largest romance/yaoi/slash fiction sites 
晉江

and announced that for now on, for the sake of a Clean Society, they can’t write anything that’s slightly “obscene”. No sex scene, no sexual interaction, they can’t even write any bodily interaction below neck (I’m not kidding here). 
But that’s not their actual goal. They also listed other restriction such as: can’t write anything that’s about the government, the military, the police, “sensitive history”, “race problems”, which is… you basically can’t write anything that might be used as a tool to criticize the government (as many novels did). 
This recent development really hurt the chinese fanfic writers. They can’t write anything without the fear of being put on the guillotine by the government to show their control. Most of them don’t even think that deep politically, they just want to write slash fictions. But there are no platform safe in China, that’s why the sudden influx of chinese users to AO3. 
I bet it won’t be long before AO3 got banned in China, but until then, be a little bit patient to them. As much as I hate the chinese government, I pity their people. 


I’m crying so loud…As a Chinese, you don’t know how your kindness meant to us. When I’m young, I read 1984, and I thought this story is so unrealistic, but now, it’s getting tougher and tougher for fanfic and the writer in China. Thank you ao3. Thank you for the people who care about Chinese people. (hope I didn’t spell anything wrong)


Hi everyone! As much as I poke fun at ao3 culture on this blog, I love the platform and the community and I’m glad that it can function as a refuge for Chinese fans, both writers and readers.So followers! I encourage you all to be welcoming and helpful to Chinese fans joining us on ao3 and to be patient as the platform figures out how to integrate them. If any of you are Chinese speakers and are inclined to volunteer with ao3, I’m sure that would be appreciated. As for the rest of us, let’s remember that ao3 exists as a sanctuary for our community, especially exactly those parts of it that are most at risk under Chinese censorship (lgbt+ content, explicit fics, etc.) and let’s take this opportunity to be grateful that our community has worked together so well for so long in order to create this sanctuary. I’m delighted that that effort can now be helpful to Chinese fans facing censorship, and I’m excited to see how Chinese fans and fan culture will interact and co-create with English speaking fandom.And with that, I’m off to slip ao3 an extra 10 dollars.
                
            

            
            
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    Birthday, College, and Elf: r/AskReddit
 Posted by u/pijeN57.11Hh
 What's the weird way you met one of
 your now best friends?
 Discussion
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 Share
 BEST COMMENTS
 GarunixReborn 11h We were at year 7 camp, and he ran...
 MinerOfStarDust 9 . 8h . One of my best friends an I m…
 CarterMT099 10h We were both trying to get with the sa.
 DaPretzelBoi 11h I threw a rock. I wasn't aiming at him,
 Frugal_Midwestern 10h I went to her birthday party in ki...
 PixelLaurs 10h
 My therapist told me it would be a good idea to
 make a friend. I disagreed because I thoughtI
 was doing just fine by myself, but then again I was
 in therapy for an attachment disorder so I wasn't
 really the expert on that. She eventually convinced
 me to give it a try, which I did mostly just to get
 her to stop bothering me about it. I had seen a girl
 walking around my college campus a few times
 wearing elf ears, so I thought, if I have to have a
 friend, that's the one I want. I approached her one
 day at lunch and started a conversation about the
 ears. As it turns out, she told me one of the reas-
 ons she wore them was as a conversation starter
 to help her make friends. I told her it worked
 and asked her flat out if she wanted to be friends
 because social interaction is hard and I didn't
 know how else to go about it. Well, it turns out my
 therapist was right. The elf-ear girl was my maid of
 honor when I got married last August, but I had to
 ask her not to wear them during the ceremony. :)
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                Birthday, College, and Elf: r/AskReddit
 Posted by u/pijeN57.11Hh
 What's the weird way you met one of
 your now best friends?
 Discussion
 3.4k
 Share
 BEST COMMENTS
 GarunixReborn 11h We were at year 7 camp, and he ran...
 MinerOfStarDust 9 . 8h . One of my best friends an I m…
 CarterMT099 10h We were both trying to get with the sa.
 DaPretzelBoi 11h I threw a rock. I wasn't aiming at him,
 Frugal_Midwestern 10h I went to her birthday party in ki...
 PixelLaurs 10h
 My therapist told me it would be a good idea to
 make a friend. I disagreed because I thoughtI
 was doing just fine by myself, but then again I was
 in therapy for an attachment disorder so I wasn't
 really the expert on that. She eventually convinced
 me to give it a try, which I did mostly just to get
 her to stop bothering me about it. I had seen a girl
 walking around my college campus a few times
 wearing elf ears, so I thought, if I have to have a
 friend, that's the one I want. I approached her one
 day at lunch and started a conversation about the
 ears. As it turns out, she told me one of the reas-
 ons she wore them was as a conversation starter
 to help her make friends. I told her it worked
 and asked her flat out if she wanted to be friends
 because social interaction is hard and I didn't
 know how else to go about it. Well, it turns out my
 therapist was right. The elf-ear girl was my maid of
 honor when I got married last August, but I had to
 ask her not to wear them during the ceremony. :)
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    Bad, Cute, and Fucking: wittyusernamed
 My buddy read an article about octopus
 intelligence. It was feeding time, and the
 handler dumped some shrimp into an
 octopus' tank. Then he went into another
 room and sat at his desk.
 A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto
 his desk
 The octopus, upon finding one bad
 shrimp in the lot, had grabbed it,
 escaped its tank, crossed the hall, and
 threw the expired shrimp at its caretaker.
 Not only does this showcase their
 problem-solving capabilities, but also
 that it could have escaped at any time. It
 just broke out this time to chuck an off
 shrimp in indignation at its handler.
 That's not just intelligence, that's a
 human-like reaction. Kinda make you
 wonder exactly how smart these guys
 can be..
 queensjenn
 OH MY GOD
 roseweasley7
 I went to the aquarium once and we had
 a tour and we walked past the octopus
 tank and it was duct taped shut so l
 asked why and the guy was like. "Well,
 we had a problem before because these
 fish were disappearing randomly at night
 and we had no idea why. Turns out the
 octopus had memorised the night guards
 rounds and would creep out of its tank,
 crawl across the floor to the fish tank,
 have a little snack and be back in its own
 tank with the lid shut before the guard
 came back." they are super smart
 dominawritesthings
 I love octopuses so, so much.
 cassandrashipsit
 I am both delighted and FUCKING
 TERRIFIED.
 ze-witch-arteest
 Once I went to the aquarium where they
 had a baby pacific red octopus in a tank.
 I had gone there to work on a few real life
 sketches, obviously I wanted to do one of
 an octopus. So I kinda just kneeled in
 front of the tank, and started sketching
 The octopus didn't mind, he sat happily.
 Then, 5 minutes later, he started moving
 to the front of the tank, where I was. This
 tiny octopus faces me directly and starts
 posing. I don't know how other to explain
 it but he started curlung his tentacles in
 this really graceful way then wouldn't
 move for a few minutes. Then again, a
 new pose. That tiny cute motherfucker
 More laughs at FUNsubstance.com
Prankster Gangster
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Bad, Cute, and Fucking: wittyusernamed
 My buddy read an article about octopus
 intelligence. It was feeding time, and the
 handler dumped some shrimp into an
 octopus' tank. Then he went into another
 room and sat at his desk.
 A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto
 his desk
 The octopus, upon finding one bad
 shrimp in the lot, had grabbed it,
 escaped its tank, crossed the hall, and
 threw the expired shrimp at its caretaker.
 Not only does this showcase their
 problem-solving capabilities, but also
 that it could have escaped at any time. It
 just broke out this time to chuck an off
 shrimp in indignation at its handler.
 That's not just intelligence, that's a
 human-like reaction. Kinda make you
 wonder exactly how smart these guys
 can be..
 queensjenn
 OH MY GOD
 roseweasley7
 I went to the aquarium once and we had
 a tour and we walked past the octopus
 tank and it was duct taped shut so l
 asked why and the guy was like. "Well,
 we had a problem before because these
 fish were disappearing randomly at night
 and we had no idea why. Turns out the
 octopus had memorised the night guards
 rounds and would creep out of its tank,
 crawl across the floor to the fish tank,
 have a little snack and be back in its own
 tank with the lid shut before the guard
 came back." they are super smart
 dominawritesthings
 I love octopuses so, so much.
 cassandrashipsit
 I am both delighted and FUCKING
 TERRIFIED.
 ze-witch-arteest
 Once I went to the aquarium where they
 had a baby pacific red octopus in a tank.
 I had gone there to work on a few real life
 sketches, obviously I wanted to do one of
 an octopus. So I kinda just kneeled in
 front of the tank, and started sketching
 The octopus didn't mind, he sat happily.
 Then, 5 minutes later, he started moving
 to the front of the tank, where I was. This
 tiny octopus faces me directly and starts
 posing. I don't know how other to explain
 it but he started curlung his tentacles in
 this really graceful way then wouldn't
 move for a few minutes. Then again, a
 new pose. That tiny cute motherfucker
 More laughs at FUNsubstance.com
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    Bad, Cute, and Fucking: wittyusernamed
 y buddy read an article about octopu:s
 intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler
 dumped some shrimp into an octopus' tank.
 Then he went into another room and sat at his
 desk.
 A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
 he octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the
 t, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the
 hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its
 caretaker. Not only does this showcase thei
 problem-solving capabilities, but also that it
 could have escaped at any time. It just broke out
 this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at
 its handler. That's not just intelligence, that's a
 human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder
 exactly how smart these guys can be
 queensjenn
 OH MY GOD
 roseweasley7
 I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour
 and we walked past the octopus tank and it was
 duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was
 like. "Well, we had a problem before because
 these fish were disappearing randomly at night
 and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus
 had memorised the night guards rounds and
 would creep out of its tank, crawl across the
 floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be
 back in its own tank with the lid shut before the
 guard came back." they are super smart
 dominawritesthings
 love octopuses so, so much
 竭cassandrashipsit
 I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED.
 ze-witch-arteest
 ce I went to the aquarium where they had a
 baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone
 there to work on a few real life sketches
 obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So l
 kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and
 started sketching. The octopus didn't mind, he
 sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started
 moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This
 tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing
 I don't know how other to explain it but he
 started curlung his tentacles in this really
 graceful way then wouldn't move for a few
 minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute
 motherfucker knew I was drawing him.
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                Bad, Cute, and Fucking: wittyusernamed
 y buddy read an article about octopu:s
 intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler
 dumped some shrimp into an octopus' tank.
 Then he went into another room and sat at his
 desk.
 A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
 he octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the
 t, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the
 hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its
 caretaker. Not only does this showcase thei
 problem-solving capabilities, but also that it
 could have escaped at any time. It just broke out
 this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at
 its handler. That's not just intelligence, that's a
 human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder
 exactly how smart these guys can be
 queensjenn
 OH MY GOD
 roseweasley7
 I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour
 and we walked past the octopus tank and it was
 duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was
 like. "Well, we had a problem before because
 these fish were disappearing randomly at night
 and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus
 had memorised the night guards rounds and
 would creep out of its tank, crawl across the
 floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be
 back in its own tank with the lid shut before the
 guard came back." they are super smart
 dominawritesthings
 love octopuses so, so much
 竭cassandrashipsit
 I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED.
 ze-witch-arteest
 ce I went to the aquarium where they had a
 baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone
 there to work on a few real life sketches
 obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So l
 kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and
 started sketching. The octopus didn't mind, he
 sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started
 moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This
 tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing
 I don't know how other to explain it but he
 started curlung his tentacles in this really
 graceful way then wouldn't move for a few
 minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute
 motherfucker knew I was drawing him.
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    Bad, Cute, and Fucking: wittyusernamed
 y buddy read an article about octopu:s
 intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler
 dumped some shrimp into an octopus' tank.
 Then he went into another room and sat at his
 desk.
 A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
 he octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the
 lot, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the
 hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its
 caretaker. Not only does this showcase thei
 problem-solving capabilities, but also that it
 could have escaped at any time. It just broke out
 this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at
 its handler. That's not just intelligence, that's a
 human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder
 exactly how smart these guys can be
 ...
 queensjenn
 OH MY GOD
 roseweasley7
 I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour
 and we walked past the octopus tank and it was
 duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was
 like. "Well, we had a problem before because
 these fish were disappearing randomly at night
 and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus
 had memorised the night guards rounds and
 would creep out of its tank, crawl across the
 floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be
 back in its own tank with the lid shut before the
 guard came back." they are super smart
 dominawritesthings
 love octopuses so, so much
 cassandrashipsit
 I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED
 ze-witch-arteest
 ce l went to the aquarium where they had a
 baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone
 there to work on a few real life sketches
 obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So l
 kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and
 started sketching. The octopus didn't mind, he
 sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started
 moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This
 tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing
 I don't know how other to explain it but he
 started curlung his tentacles in this really
 graceful way then wouldn't move for a few
 minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute
 motherfucker knew I was drawing him.
Very intelligent. They only stay in their tanks because they like it there.
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Bad, Cute, and Fucking: wittyusernamed
 y buddy read an article about octopu:s
 intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler
 dumped some shrimp into an octopus' tank.
 Then he went into another room and sat at his
 desk.
 A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
 he octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the
 lot, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the
 hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its
 caretaker. Not only does this showcase thei
 problem-solving capabilities, but also that it
 could have escaped at any time. It just broke out
 this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at
 its handler. That's not just intelligence, that's a
 human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder
 exactly how smart these guys can be
 ...
 queensjenn
 OH MY GOD
 roseweasley7
 I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour
 and we walked past the octopus tank and it was
 duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was
 like. "Well, we had a problem before because
 these fish were disappearing randomly at night
 and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus
 had memorised the night guards rounds and
 would creep out of its tank, crawl across the
 floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be
 back in its own tank with the lid shut before the
 guard came back." they are super smart
 dominawritesthings
 love octopuses so, so much
 cassandrashipsit
 I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED
 ze-witch-arteest
 ce l went to the aquarium where they had a
 baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone
 there to work on a few real life sketches
 obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So l
 kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and
 started sketching. The octopus didn't mind, he
 sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started
 moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This
 tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing
 I don't know how other to explain it but he
 started curlung his tentacles in this really
 graceful way then wouldn't move for a few
 minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute
 motherfucker knew I was drawing him.
Very intelligent. They only stay in their tanks because they like it there.
                
            

            
            
Very intelligent. They only stay in their tanks because they like it there.

            
            
        

    



        

            
        
        

            




    Bad, Cute, and Fucking: wittyusernamed
 y buddy read an article about octopu:s
 intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler
 dumped some shrimp into an octopus' tank.
 Then he went into another room and sat at his
 desk.
 A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
 he octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the
 t, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the
 hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its
 caretaker. Not only does this showcase thei
 problem-solving capabilities, but also that it
 could have escaped at any time. It just broke out
 this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at
 its handler. That's not just intelligence, that's a
 human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder
 exactly how smart these guys can be
 queensjenn
 OH MY GOD
 roseweasley7
 I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour
 and we walked past the octopus tank and it was
 duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was
 like. "Well, we had a problem before because
 these fish were disappearing randomly at night
 and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus
 had memorised the night guards rounds and
 would creep out of its tank, crawl across the
 floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be
 back in its own tank with the lid shut before the
 guard came back." they are super smart
 dominawritesthings
 love octopuses so, so much
 竭cassandrashipsit
 I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED.
 ze-witch-arteest
 ce I went to the aquarium where they had a
 baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone
 there to work on a few real life sketches
 obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So l
 kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and
 started sketching. The octopus didn't mind, he
 sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started
 moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This
 tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing
 I don't know how other to explain it but he
 started curlung his tentacles in this really
 graceful way then wouldn't move for a few
 minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute
 motherfucker knew I was drawing him.
The more the days go by the closer they get to overthrowing us
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Bad, Cute, and Fucking: wittyusernamed
 y buddy read an article about octopu:s
 intelligence. It was feeding time, and the handler
 dumped some shrimp into an octopus' tank.
 Then he went into another room and sat at his
 desk.
 A while later, a shrimp was tossed onto his desk.
 he octopus, upon finding one bad shrimp in the
 t, had grabbed it, escaped its tank, crossed the
 hall, and threw the expired shrimp at its
 caretaker. Not only does this showcase thei
 problem-solving capabilities, but also that it
 could have escaped at any time. It just broke out
 this time to chuck an off shrimp in indignation at
 its handler. That's not just intelligence, that's a
 human-like reaction. Kinda make you wonder
 exactly how smart these guys can be
 queensjenn
 OH MY GOD
 roseweasley7
 I went to the aquarium once and we had a tour
 and we walked past the octopus tank and it was
 duct taped shut so I asked why and the guy was
 like. "Well, we had a problem before because
 these fish were disappearing randomly at night
 and we had no idea why. Turns out the octopus
 had memorised the night guards rounds and
 would creep out of its tank, crawl across the
 floor to the fish tank, have a little snack and be
 back in its own tank with the lid shut before the
 guard came back." they are super smart
 dominawritesthings
 love octopuses so, so much
 竭cassandrashipsit
 I am both delighted and FUCKING TERRIFIED.
 ze-witch-arteest
 ce I went to the aquarium where they had a
 baby pacific red octopus in a tank. I had gone
 there to work on a few real life sketches
 obviously I wanted to do one of an octopus. So l
 kinda just kneeled in front of the tank, and
 started sketching. The octopus didn't mind, he
 sat happily. Then, 5 minutes later, he started
 moving to the front of the tank, where I was. This
 tiny octopus faces me directly and starts posing
 I don't know how other to explain it but he
 started curlung his tentacles in this really
 graceful way then wouldn't move for a few
 minutes. Then again, a new pose. That tiny cute
 motherfucker knew I was drawing him.
The more the days go by the closer they get to overthrowing us
                
            

            
            
The more the days go by the closer they get to overthrowing us