Done

Dear Readers, 

I'm done. No comebacks this time.

I had a scare tonight. A scare that is taking me offline if I can manage it. 

This was a Big Brother type scare. I tried to get help with emotional things and my paranoia got validated big time.

I'm going to try and go no internet for awhile. None. Nada. Zip. Zilch.

I'm not sure if it's going to work, but I don't like what happened tonight one bit. 

I'm not going to be back on here. 

I made a huge mistake. 

Sincerely,
Gensabi

Purge And March

Dear Readers,

Depending on how things develop I might put new ones up in March. Right now I have a couple done, and might make more to cope with things.

My depression is getting to me though, and pic hunting today actually triggered the negative thoughts.

That being said, I've watched a lot more videos about the end of Tumblr.

I've read more news articles as well.

Personally, I disliked Tumblr but it's still weird to see a purge get this much attention.

I also don't like it that Apple has this much power to censor the internet.

We all need to see what happens with this. Will this result in further censorship of the internet?

It's already been happening on YouTube and on Twitter. 

There's something else going on too.

I've recently been called out as being not inclusive just because I explained that Transgender means a guy becomes a woman and vice versa. The person who did it has no clue I'm Gensabi, but still...it's getting toxic out there.

See, if the view of TG is changing...well, I have no clue how to write the fiction other than traditional TG definitions. Well, I have written some weird stuff too. It's just...if the point isn't to become the opposite gender then what's the point?

I'm not changing the use of pronouns. He becomes she and she becomes he. I have no clue where ze fits in or goo or ga or lo or la, and I'm not doing the Knights Of Ni. 

I don't think that's what a Pythonsexual would be anyways. Sounds like snake sex to me. 

So. If the blog isn't purged by March, then we'll see what happens.

Sincerely,
Gensabi

The Tumblr Fall News

Dear Readers,

Still retired. 

Though I thought it was important to share this news.

Tumblr is phasing out all adult content on December 17, 2018.

It looks like the cappers from there are moving onto Blogger.

I just ran into a few new TG blogs discussing this. Some are just starting out on here and others are established blogs getting the word out about what's going on.

As a veteran of purges back in the early 2000s, here's my predictions as to what's going to happen.

01.) With a sudden influx of new blogs created in this vein it may draw attention to the TG community on Blogger. If that happens it could start a new purge on here.

Why do I say that? 

Back in the day TG websites were the thing. Free web hosting. A lot of those went down. When they did refuge was found on Lycos Groups.

That didn't last long. Then people split between Smart Groups and Yahoo Groups.

Smart fell first. Yahoo lasted until they made changes in 2014. Yahoo now owns Tumblr too.

Sanctuaries tend to fall when an influx happens.

02.) This backlash is completely content driven and is pretty much being done by Apple. 

Apple now has enough weight to literally alter what can and can't be seen online. That's bad. 

Google is the other big one. If they get on board with what's going on, well, then we're all screwed.

There's no place left to go. At least not without censorship and funky rules. 

This is why net neutrality is important.

03.) Everything might be fine. The fall of Tumblr might not spread. It might not be a domino effect of purges. 

But there's other factors at play. New laws governing the internet on the international level.

Also, I haven't heard much more about the distinction between fiction and non-fiction content. That's the biggest reason why I retired.

If the content producers that brought down Tumblr come to Blogger then it's possible there could be a new purge on here too.

Also, I think this is changing the way content is being sorted out.

The adult content warning for the blog may act as a safety net for now, but for how long? 

Also, this might bring down Deviant Art. That's the other thing to look at right now.

We need to see what happens online after December 17.

Sincerely,
Gensabi

OFFICIAL RETIREMENT!

Dear Readers,

First off, thanks for the comments on the last post. As of that post I still expected to be back.

Yes, this is my final complete retirement. I'm going to explain why very thoroughly.


01.) The rules have changed. What rules? That fiction is legal. 

You're probably saying "Huh?" right now. So, here's what happened...are any of you familiar with Tumblr? 

I don't use it myself, frankly I hate the place, but I know TG capped pics have been on there before. So, it's about to die.

Why? Because right now even fan art of underage characters that are explicit in nature is now being considered illegal. Despite being fictional. 

A lot of artists have lost their accounts over this because that content is what got the Tumblr app dropped by Apple. 

There used to be a line between fiction and non-fiction. With some caps I've written...that can be problematic. Especially if written fiction is now not exactly protected by the first amendment. A first amendment that's been under attack quite a lot lately.

02.) New laws. I've been hearing about a new law lately that takes copyright to insane levels. May affect a lot of YouTube people and get content brought down if not all copyright holders can be contacted and paid.

So, captioning pictures already stood on shaky ground for this already. My justification is creative fair use. That may not be enough anymore.

A lot of these new laws are on the international level. I actually have an international audience. It's funky.

03.) Anxiety. Look, numbers one and two are going to be sources of more anxiety if I continue. I don't need legal problems. It might be a matter of time before the blog gets purged anyways.

I've had my fill of purges, thank you.

The new standard seems to be whether or not content is "work appropriate" and you know what?

It was Yahoo purging Tumblr. Yeah. I bugged out from there to make this blog.

04.) I know you're all gonna argue I'm safe staying on as Gensabi.

I've heard the arguments for years. The justifications for certain capped pic themes and subjects being made.

It's not real, it's just fiction. Don't use ages in the captions. Only show the end result. 

Well, then creativity gets the best of me. Think I'm safe due to freedom of expression. Freedom of speech. More and more people are getting consequences for their speech usage.

Freedom of speech and expression hasn't prevented a purge where artists actually made art...drawings...of certain acts and things. 

I'm out. 

I'm done. 

That's it.

That's that.

I'm tempted to just delete the blog altogether. I'm not though.

I was willing to keep on going by working around my physical and mental health but with what's going on online?

I'm not gonna risk making and uploading any more.

This is post # 2472 signing off. I'll still check comments from time to time.

Sincerely,

Gensabi 

P. S . - I was gonna stop in 2021 anyways. That's 20 years I think. 

Update On No Updates

Dear Readers,

I'm probably not going to have any new ones for awhile.

My anxiety has been in full swing. It's currently taking all I got to even interact with other humans.

I've had ideas. Still pic hunting. Just no desire to be productive at all. 

I'm not suicidal though. It's more like I don't feel like dying or living. Just existing.

I want to wish everyone happy holidays. 

I'm probably not going to be back before March. The anxiety has hit me earlier than last year and I have barely been able to get through things.

Working on that in therapy. 

If new caps happen they do. Every day is different despite being mostly the same.

Sincerely,
Gensabi

Mask Task!

Uncontested Popularity!

Health Issues, Lack Of Ideas

Dear Readers,

I'm pretty much one big infection. All over. Not fun. Hurts like Hell. 

So,  I'm not doing much capping lately.

I have a lot of pics I'd like to cap but not a lot of ideas for them.


I mean, I'd like to do something new with them rather than retreading over old plot devices and cliches. 

There's something cooking in my head but I'm not sure how to go about it or do it.


Also, my anxiety is ratcheting up. The next few months might be extremely lacking in posts. Depression has been active a lot recently.

April might be when I'll be back the most. 

Sincerely,
Gensabi

New Ones, Bowsette, ETC

Dear Readers, 

Ok, so here's what's going on. 

New ones are on hold indefinitely. I'm working through some things mentally that have to be sorted before I can make new capped pics again.

So, Bowsette. Got a lot of comments asking about doing a caption on her. I'm not gonna do it.

Why?

01.) I already covered Bowser/Peach in "Just Peachy" back in 2012. See last post.

02.) The internet has already done the Peach Crown power up to death. Booette, Goombette, Bullette, Chompette, Waluigette, and so on. Even the flying mask from SMB 2 has been done! What else is there to do?

03.) I already did Mario and Luigi as part of Gender Crisis On Infinite Earths.

04.) Take the Peach Crown out of the game and into our world? See Level Up series 1 - 3. Did that. Plus numerous caps using VR as a way to switch. 

There's nothing new I can do with it. 

Now, maybe Donkey Kong into Pauline, but cappy might have to be used. I dunno. I mean, they even did Yoshi. And the squid thing. 

Sincerely,
Gensabi

Just Peachy!