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Shameless Self-Promo

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Y'all remember those chibi fox OCs I drew a while back, Walter and Roxy? No? Well, I've been drawing satirical one-off comics featuring them. Right now, I've only been uploading them to my Instagram (@carnelianfox_jp), but maybe I'll bring them here. Definitely check out my page! I'll link the comic pages below for all the people who want to look now.


  1. Media

  2. Bait

  3. The Pizza

  4. Stop Sign

  5. New Years Special


So those are on there now. A lot of artists from DeviantArt are doubling up on Instagram, if not being more active there entirely. A lot of people in the general populace say that Instagram is almost as toxic as Twitter, but it's really not if you plug yourself into the right places. It depends on the tags and people you follow. In short, I wouldn't shy away from IG just because it's one of the more mainstream social media platforms. You have a much better balance of freedom and control of your feed than other platforms provide. I want to wish everyone a happy New Year because I'm calling it early!

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New DeviantArt: Is It Good?

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By now, we've all had plenty of time to learn how to use the altered interface. It's definitely sleeker, but a few people I talked to about it said they didn't like it because it felt like everything had to be relearned. I know I don't use DA too much anymore, but I have had some review ideas on the brain that I think would make great journals. To start off, for better or worse, I'm going to review deviantart, it's new interface and whether or not it's actually useful. Please note I'm only doing this for the desktop interface, not the mobile one.


Now, most everyone who follows me and who I follow were around for the the lime green motif with simplistic and admittedly limited controls. This is mostly going to be my own experience with the interface, and I'll even be performing the basic functions of searching and browsing as I write.


First things first, I don't know about you, but I usually go straight to my watches to see what's new and what appeals to me. So you go to your watches on the top bar, off to the left. Handy shortcut. Then, instead of having the different categories for groups, individuals, journals, etc on the side, it's on the top. It gets better, since the options for the different categories follow along as you scroll, and with no lag. It sounds great. However, the part about it that isn't so user friendly is that the font is very simple, ordinary and it isn't even bolded or italicized to stand out as clickable options. You may not even notice or use the options bar and just scroll through your watches. By this point, you can only see the most recent handful, so you need to click view all. If you move your mouse far enough to the right, "view all" will fade into being. It's a very cool effect that makes you think "well that's neat", but aside from being stylistic, I can't fathom why view all has to pop up instead of just being there.


Now let's go and talk about the homepage. For the most part, it's similar to how your watches work in terms of how it functions. Bonus: you don't have to go looking for where view all will pop up because it's already there. Now, instead of just seeing the latest upload or what's popular on any given day, the first things you see on the homepage will be based on things you've added to your favorites and things you've searched in the past. It's handy and highly likely to find you something you like. You can even go to your watches from the homepage without even using the top bar. It seems redundant, but it's convenient. It does make it a little tougher to try something new, like if you got into a new fandom recently and want to explore the fan art. Thankfully, the option to explore different media is also on the home page and there to help represent the added diversity to your interests.


Notes. The way it looks has changed entirely, but little has changed functionally. If anything, there's just a little more scrolling involved, but it's not bad.


The profile page. If you liked stamps, they don't assimilate well into this new format. You used to be able to fit four on a line in your about section just be pasting in the thumbnail. Right now, I'm not even sure that's possible anymore. I've put some stamps on my profile page, but it was a little more tedious than I anticipated (mostly because I was trying to do the old way on a new system). Aesthetically, the profile layout is much less clunky, it's sleeker and the artwork on a person's page really stands out. Another little perk is that your stash is one step In my opinion, though, I saved the best for last. I'm happiest about the profile because they fixed some of the stupidest hangups there were. You know how, on the old interface, you could disable comments on every post, but not your profile page? Well, now you can disable the comments section on your profile page! Less spam, less headaches.


In all, if you're a veteran DA user by any stretch of time, there's a bit of a learning curve and some things will seem tedious, but it's not bad. New users could learn to use it pretty quickly. Other reviews from me will be a lot less wishy-washy.

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Lolcow Art Thief Strikes Again--Please Spread Word

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Much to the chagrin of my ever-tightening jaw, Draco K-night Blaze has stolen and [poorly] edited yet another person's work. It was another vector piece. This hyperlink here is the version most suited to his fantasy. Note the mind-control dark magic theme going on here. It's more than obvious that Draco, in all his text boxes and bland fonts, is using this vector as a base to make the StarTrix ship look bad, even evil, where Starlight is unwilling and abused in the relationship. The source for this vector, you ask? Where's the original version? Why, thanks to MorphiusX and NordenBrony, I got it right here. Check Draco's version of it. Does he give credit? The answer: no. There's a lack of evidence to show he even had permission.

Now, if you know my love of the Jewelpet franchise, you probably how my OC Carnelian is a Jewelpet OC I initially made to ship with the canon Jewelpet Larimar. Here's the difference between what I do and what Draco does. Carnelian is both a character and an identity for me. I ship Carnelian the character with Larimar. I don't ship myself with Larimar through my character, which is why I respect and even adore other ships with her. Draco is shipping himself with Starlight Glimmer through his ponysona and can't stand the idea of others being with "his mare".

His obsession shows in this latest escapade of stolen work. It shows in his other stolen and edited pieces (some of which is straight up StarTrix and Starburst NSFW content he edited to look like Sunburst/Trixie is forcing himself/herself onto Starlight). It shows in the comments he leaves everywhere.

I wish everything about this was a joke. I really do. I wish I didn't have to write this. However, there is behavior going on that can't be left unchecked. If I can raise awareness about this guy, who clearly isn't trying to change, to protect minors and artists, then I'm going to do it. He's trying to downplay the gravity of his actions as of late to make it look like a series of innocent mistakes.

"Gee, don't you just hate when you come across someone else's work and use it without permission to suit your own agenda? Isn't it crazy when you intentionally send NSFW material to a minor and think you have the right to educate minors about this stuff? Funny how when people who have nothing to do with me peddle a ship that I don't like, I get outright hostile. Innocent mistakes, am I right?" Yes, all that just now was sarcasm, and I think that sarcasm drives the point home. Some might call it a Shoe0nHead-esk take on Draco's warped view of reality.

Seek out informed opinions and protect yourselves. Don't be afraid to be skeptical, even of me. Find evidence and let it speak to you. I went into this initially with an unbiased eye and I gave him a level playing field. I gave him a chance to say his piece. When I presented him with evidence, he could not rebut or refute it. If I could boil down his responses to one answer, I'd present his argument to the evidence presented as "Well, I didn't mean to, so it doesn't matter". If he kept to himself, it wouldn't. However, his actions affect other people. It does matter. As such, even if you're skeptical of me, I'd also advise you be skeptical of him. Tell him goodbye if and when he crosses the line. If he asks for a second chance, tell him these words from a renowned Shinedown song:

Sometimes goodbye is a second chance.

Update #1: Draco has since deleted the post he edited without permission, though that does not excuse what he does. He seems to gravitate towards editing vector arts and, according to a friend and insider, he does not take the time to check his sources and simply Googles "MLP vectors" and whatever character he wants. I'm not a psychological expert by any stretch of the imagination, but it seems to me this guy wants his fantasy as close to canon as possible, even if he has to use others' work to make it happen. Vector artists especially should take steps to protect their work.

Update #2: He's done it again! His editing skills have gotten marginally better, but my friends and colleagues have found the vectors he's used. This next example is marked with a mature rating which may by accounted by the idea of a character being brainwashed into a relationship. Have a look at this. We have Trixie using black magic on Starlight in this picture, but don't focus on that. Take note of their poses instead. Now have a look at these vectors of Trixie and Starlight. The poses and expressions are exactly the same. Both of these artists show no indication of having given Draco permission to use their work. I reached out to both artists and the artist of the Trixie vector said that they reported him on Derpibooru because they're more responsive than the DA Help Desk. I have yet to hear from the other artist.

I know Draco will say it's not stealing because he got the vectors off Google Images. As innocent as that sounds, that's wrong. While it's true that content not hidden by restrictive means such as paywalls, etc, is content to be considered public domain, that does not mean that it is considered fair use. Draco, in no way, credits either artist and was probably too lazy to check the image links when he found the vectors on Google Images. Draco was, in extremely technical terms, criminally negligent. Bear in mind, I am not a certified expert in law and legal practices, so take this claim with a grain of salt. Also bear in mind that, as I have determined through criminal studies, Draco doesn't quite fit the "reasonable person" standard under which most criminal law is written.

I do stand by the hypothesis that he uses people's vectors and work similar to the art style of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic in an effort canonize his self-ship with Starlight, if not get as close to canonizing it as possible. There's a part of me that really feels for Draco. I think he grew up in an environment where, instead of being taught right from wrong, his parents used his disabilities as an excuse to give up on him. That being said, that doesn't excuse or justify him using other people's work, forcing his ship onto other people, sending Starlight porn to minors to "educate them" (which he's not even qualified to do even if it was the truth), changing the context of others' work to suit his own desires, nor implying that artists who don't work for free are selfish. These are all things he's done, and as much as I empathize with his situation, he needs help that he's not going to find online. My near year of keeping up with this guy's shenanigans has felt more like five years. Protect yourselves and do not enable him. No one will stand to benefit.

Update #3: Saw this. For personal reasons, I've never been much for philosophical studies. However, I think that there's something to be said about making your writing intelligible before trying to goad people to get some deep meaning out of your ramblings. I wasn't going to comment on this at first because a lot of what he's saying here resonates with my own depression experience and part of me thinks Draco suffers from depression. Then, I remembered when he said he wanted to die so he wouldn't have to live through the consequences of his actions. I'm trying not to see red. Regardless of his ailments, his crimes and immoral activity at others' expenses should not go unpunished. I don't think of myself as a retributivist; I think even Draco can use punishment as a learning experience.

I've been following up on this guy for about a year and, while the learning curve is shallow, even he can take a step back and read between lines. It takes a lot, but it's possible. What isn't helpful is when people like Corang15 enable him. His misdeeds against persons, criminal in nature or not, shouldn't be tolerated. He's not looking for new chances, he's looking for hug boxes and people to spoil him.

No big news on Draco as of this update, but I just wanted to share my thoughts on his status update, his actions and the disconnect in between. Is Draco a vampire? He doesn't seem capable of having any sort of reflection. There are people who've been hunting him down online just to mess with him and troll on him. Don't lump me or my friends in with those guys; we don't believe that'll actually do anything except make him look more like the victim he's pretending to be.
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ALERT!! Another Pedo Knight Blaze Journal (Ugh)

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Well, I hate to say it, but I gotta talk about Draco K-night Blaze again. Y'all remember him, right? Remember the guy who makes commissions he can't afford, who doesn't believe artists deserve to make money for their craft, and who sent porn to a girl he knew was only 15? The guy who pretended to be suicidal on a live stream when confronted with being told to face the consequences? Yeah. That guy...

Why am I doing this song and dance all over again? You'll see.

Now, I'm not very public with this tidbit, but it's one of those things about him that boils my blood; he most assuredly did fake being suicidal. He faked being suicidal! How do I know? He told Morphius and me. When we had Draco in a server to get his side of things, which was the underlying project behind this journal hyperlinked here, I had specifically asked him if he had had suicidal ideation before or since. He said no and that when life gets him down, he, and I quote, "bounces back like a rubber ball". He told us that he didn't want to face the consequences of what he did since he's sorry and he didn't mean to. He's just sort of demanding that life work that way even though he, and I cannot stress this enough, sent pornography to a minor.

Who wants some meat and potatoes? Well, follow along carefully if you do, because here's where the change begins in the situation. Now, if you look at Morphius's aforementioned journal, linked above, and scroll down to the comments, you will see a comment made by Corang15, a friend of Draco who does not believe he should face consequences or change his ways in spite of being faced with all the evidence we had. Now, on top of Corang essentially saying he's immune to the concept of proof, he has testified that he knows "the real Draco". He says that Draco's nice, if a little dense, and not a bad person. I'm willing to believe Corang has had a very different experience in dealing with Draco than Morphius and myself, because he was consistently rude, difficult and disrespectful with us.

Corang has since blocked me because I provided to him all the evidence found in Morphius's journal and the screenshots in this Google Drive and told him that it was important that he at least have an informed opinion. As such, the following paragraph is my personal message to Corang and his standpoint in this fiasco:

Corang, I WISH it was as simple as to whether or not he was nice. It's not, because he has not only broken the law, but he has adamantly refused to change his behavior. He's irresponsible with his parents' money, he harasses artists when he doesn't get his way, and he plays the victim when the reality is people don't feel safe around him. I don't think he meant any harm, but there's a saying about with what the road to hell is paved. He's just hiding from the consequences. If you were as good a friend to him as you think you are, you would try to convince him that he needs to change his ways. You would tell him to cut waaaay the hell back on his commissions and requests, that he needs to limit his time on the internet and that he needs to only interact with close friends until he can get his act together.

Corang, if you're reading this and not going to be a two-bit hack, HE NEEDS HELP AND TO FACE THE MUSIC! HE DOES NOT NEED A PAT ON THE BACK!

And this is either how Draco sees the world or how he's trying to brush it under the rug. None of what we've been covering is out of context. Morphius never--and I mean never--claimed to be Draco's friend, and he has gone out of his way to provide screenshots of everything Draco has said. Let the evidence speak to you, if anything. This isn't a witch hunt. This isn't about propaganda. This is about trying to protect as many people as possible from one person's destructive actions.

Draco's behaviors are destructive to himself, his family and everyone he comes across. People are angry, frustrated and terrified. He's been the source of so much strife and anguish, and he's been unapologetic through all of it. Y'all think I like having to write this? I've been trying to stay on top of this because I believe people deserve to know so they don't have to deal with this hurricane of a man. 

I know this is a huge 180 from my last journal and believe me, I went into this with an open mind. The evidence is appalling and it does not lie. The more into the weeds I got with this, the worse it became.

Remember to keep an open mind, seek info to protect yourselves and approach the world with compassionate intent tempered by confidence.

Huge thanks to MorphiusX and NordenBrony for working with me on this whole endeavor. Also huge thanks to skylandsonic, GracieCat96, Sonic1234567891 and ygor-toothless for spreading around my last journal and for remembering the importance of keeping their minds open and their hearts kind.

Edit:
So Corang15 saw this journal and responded with a status update. I'm going to drop this here. www.deviantart.com/corang15/st…

I was going to just let this slide as Corang being petty and trying to stand on the moral high ground at the same time. Then, I think back to all the things Corang has done to endorse Draco's utterly destructive behavior and threw that notion out the window. So here's my response to you and your claim, Corang, because you clearly read these journals.

I'm also going to cast heavy, heavy doubts on that. I'm not saying that you have to make hard choices to be a true friend to someone, but in this scenario, Corang, you're utterly failing to bring out the best in him while claiming that you see a lot of good in him. He's still running around, still harassing artists and still making commissions he knows he can't afford. How can you let that slide and think you're doing a good thing when he's trying to strong-arm artists and steal precious time that they could be using trying to make a living?
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Life Updates

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I think I'll play honorary news anchor today. Hello, everyone! I got a delightful surprise yesterday when my shift was changed to "on call", meaning I'll be called if it's necessary for me to be at work. Oh yeah, I finally got a new job a couple weeks ago. Heads and tails over where I was last summer.

The Pokemon for Pokemon Sword and Shield are looking to be pretty unique and interesting. I'm excited for more information to come. Though, I don't own a Switch, so I won't be able to play the games. I do intend to keep up with the information as it comes out. I'm sad, though not surprised, that Vileplume will not be making it through Dexit.

Since we're more than halfway through the last season of MLP:FiM, I'm in the final stages of something of an abstract sketch to commemorate the life-changing show that is Friendship is Magic. I know I'm relatively new to the fandom and the series, having only entered at the beginning of season 7 during a bad mix of depression and trauma, but I'm glad I got into it. It helped me get to my 20th birthday without committing suicide, and I'm glad to be here two years later. I guess you can be looking forward to what I'm putting out.

I know I've raved about Alexmaxwell before, but I'm happy to say that he's recently reached an epiphany and has put himself on a path of mental and spiritual healing. By recently, I mean within the past week or so. It is my hope that he stays on this path, grows from his experiences and triumphs over his life's personal chaos. Any Soul Eater fans out there? Do you remember the part where the demon says that hell is inside your head? Take my word for it, it's true. I'm sorry for the nasty things I've said to and about him up to this point of enlightenment, and I am hoping the best for him. I will stand in his way if he acts up again simply for the sake of mitigating damage on both sides and to brings facts into the light where needed. I presently do not anticipate that that will be an issue, though.

Onto some less lighthearted things going on in the world today, I recently was passed this journal while checking my notifications.

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While I don't know this person in any capacity and cannot measure the validity of the situation, it initially strikes me as very genuine. Plus, this is a type of situation where it is potentially dangerous to cast significant doubt. Please give this a look for yourselves, offer any incite to Vaynoo if you can and draw your own conclusions. Personally, I see it as both a plea for help and a reminder to me of how lucky I am to have such a kind and mellow stepdad.

Something warmed my heart last night. Toonami has publicly advertised the GoFundMe page to support Kyoto Animations after that tragic fire. Please give KyoAni your support, if you can.

Draco has been quiet, but I'm going to have to keep my eyes peeled. I don't agree with his actions and, contrary to what he says he has been trying to do, he has made no effort to correct or remedy the habits that put himself and other people in the way of harm and immense stress. He has even been making commissions that he himself has confessed to not being able to afford. For a guy who allegedly believes in second chances, he won't hesitate to block anyone who so much as puts his story into question. I'd advise you refer to the following journals with info that my friends and I have gathered if you need elaboration. If not for NordenBrony and MorphiusX , I wouldn't have even dreamed of getting this far into the case or gathering this much data. If you are watched by a guy by the username of longshotswiftshadow, block him immediately. If he tries to commission you, make sure he has the money and screenshot your interactions with him. If you are below the age of 18, steer clear of him. He is inept at social interaction and, whether intentionally or not, is capable of causing substantial harm to your developing psyche.

<da:thumb id="710212282"/> !!WARNING!! KID-GROOMING ART THIEF ON THE LOOSESorry to say, but I'm not back for happy times. Instead, I'm here to warn everyone and anyone I can about a special individual. This individual is most notorious for sending pornographic images to a 15-year-old girl while aware of the fact that she was 15. However, he has also harassed comic artists to meet his demands for ultimately no reason but to satisfy his personal tastes, threatened people, commissioned artists for work he knows he can't afford, taken artwork that is not his and edited to appeal to his headcanon, posting said edits of other people's work, spreading lies and distorting information to suit his own needs, disobeying rules and requests he doesn't agree with, and raging from a seemingly bottomless pool of fury at any Startrix and Starburst art.
If you hadn't guessed who I'm talking about yet, then this description probably isn't ringing any bells. If so, consider yourself one who's been blessed with ignorance of Draco K-night Blaze, also known as longshotswift

I recently wrote a story about Braeburn falling in love with a unicorn stallion named Riverdew, only to lose him and struggle to cope because he fears he would be ostracized from Appleloosa if he made his feelings known. Progress is not universal, but loss is. Feel free to give it a read if you want. It's called Mourning Smile. I had a lot of fun writing it, and I also included some Soarburn at the end. Since it's a one-shot, I had to really play with the characterization as to not mess with the pacing, so I hope Riverdew's character doesn't feel too bland.

Well, that's about everything noteworthy I can think of off the bat. Have a great rest of your day.
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