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SkelRek

@skelrek / skelrek.tumblr.com

Creator of Sansbassador, and crafter of many unused concepts. Currently helping out a little bit with Inverted Fate as well! Big Papyrus fan.
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commission from @chaos-fantazy!! he wanted a comic about this lil idea where... well, read and find out

took roughly 14 months but good lord i'm pretty happy with how it is. also you can see i started this before i found the brushes i currently use (but i still think it looks good)

never did a huge comic like this before, but from what ive been told it's Really Good

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If you support disabled people, please stand with us against Discord’s redesign.

…and do more than reblog this post about it.

Chronic migraines. Dyslexia. ADHD. Autism. Vision impairment. Visual sensory processing disorder. Colorblind. & Neurotypical. Abled.

These are aspects of people that are affected by Discord’s new update to its color scheme and font, and there very well could be more I didn’t mention. Yes, you read it right, abled people and neurotypical people too. You are not immune to eyestrain.

What are the issues?

  1. A font which is both overly uniform and overly squished, with many letters that have essentially the same silhouette as others and could easily be flipped and look the same as another. ▻ This is dyslexic-unfriendly, as well as generally harder to read and an issue for people with visual impairments who may find that letters bleed together or that their eyes ‘skip’ over letters or words at times.
  2. A color scheme that is so highly saturated that it both immediately draws your attention and also makes you want to immediately look away. ▻ This is generally unfriendly, affecting people with sensory issues the most (ADHD/Autism, migraines, processing disorders), but it’s also colorblind-unfriendly. Due to the differences between the colors being exclusively the part that changes the named color (hue; “green” vs “blue”) instead of both that and the colors being different intensities (saturation; “neon green” vs “leaf green”), they look practically identical.

Aren’t there more? No. This is pretty much all that was changed.

Discord changed TWO THINGS and pretty much managed to land every single person possible to genuinely hurt with a visual design change that doesn’t add or remove any elements. Including abled and neurotypical people!!!

Discord is currently a good number of people’s lifeline and way to connect with others. And with this change, they just made using their app hurt. They know that we can’t leave their app without leaving our friends and communities behind. They know that if they can just sweep this under the rug, they won’t have to do a thing.

…So we can’t let them.

Why would Discord do this?

It’s actually fairly simple. Discord was hemorrhaging money from its very conception. Discord only exists because investors think it’ll make money in the future. If Discord doesn’t do as well, investors will push to make it “better” or they’ll drop their funding. Discord was probably forced into this situation, they probably knew exactly what would happen.

We have to show their investors that Discord was right.

What can we do to fix this?

DON’T:

  • Reply to Discord’s tweet about the design change. ▻ It gives Discord more attention, and if any complaints are acknowledged they are directed to Discord’s accessibility forums.
  • ONLY post on Discord’s accessibility forums. ▻ It gives Discord stats to work with, but it also means the outcry isn’t public. We need everyone to see this, not just Discord.

DO:

  • Reblog this post. ▻ Spreads the awareness, and all.
  • Retweet, reply to, and/or like this tweet: https://twitter.com/KarklesMarx/status/1393223369571586053This tweet is part of our and our friends’ initiative to get this big and get this public.
  • Make your own posts about it on different social medias. ▻ Tumblr, Twitter, Discord servers, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, whatever ground you have, use it. You can help make this change too.
  • Find other people doing the same thing. ▻ One initiative is never enough. Look for other people making posts like these and boost their posts too.
  • IF YOU KNOW ANOTHER LANGUAGE, MAKE POSTS OF YOUR OWN BOOSTING IT IN OTHER LANGUAGES. ▻ Please. There are probably a lot of people we haven’t reached because this is an all-English post.

Wait, don’t you have pictures of what’s going on?

We do. They’re under the cut, to prevent causing issues for people reading the post.

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I just want to add that there is a lot of ableism in response to the outcry. Please do not let that discourage you. Just because some people don’t think it matters doesn’t mean we should keep quiet. I have many friends affected by this, and Discord’s lack of concern is heartbreaking.

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Hey there! Chapter 11 of the fic is still being worked on, but in the meantime, I decided to pump out some content that’s a smidge different.

Introducing some matching PFPs for you and your friend! I may do more of these later, as this one was really fun to draw, despite taking a while. This one has Crystal Gem Papyrus himself, alongside Sansbassador! All I ask is that you make sure that people know I created these if someone asks. Anyways, hopefully you enjoy this little bit of extra stuff in the meantime!

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Hey! There’s gonna be a smidge of a delay on the newest main chapter. However, in the meantime, you can vote on the next Crystal Gem Papyrus Extra! Just follow the link and cast your vote for what you want to be seen next!

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After many months of hiatus, Inverted Fate returns with a nice breather chapter after all the high stakes action. We hope you enjoy this return! We have other cool things planned for today’s update, including new secret pages and a few other misc things on the site, so stay tuned! Reblogs greatly appreciated so that more people can see this update! Tumblr’s tagging system is really inconsistent w/ posts that have links.

Special thanks to @g0at0ad for chipping in with dialogue suggestions for the Bratty and Catty scene, and @superkirbylover for assisting w/ MTT’s sprite poses (she did the angled pose w/ the mic). Philiplol and Toadie also provided some cool music tracks I will post separately in a bit.

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Wowie! A Discord Server has appeared!

That’s right! The Crystal Gem Papyrus Discord has appeared! If you want a place to chat with me, or any other followers of the fic, this is the OFFICIAL place to go! Come hang out with us! Also, a small progress update; Chapter 11 production is going smoothly! Expect a chapter release soon.

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Inverted Fate’s 5th anniversary is tomorrow, so here’s a cute little banner! :) I plan to roll out some teasers/updates on where things are at right now. Hopefully we’ll have more stuff on the website added, too, though that depends on Norix’s schedule. But I just want to say that I’m grateful to everyone who’s stuck it out for this long and to all the new readers, too! To all the incredible artists, musicians, programmers, and friends who’ve helped this project reach new heights, and just… y’all are rad. Stay awesome! (MTT angled sprite provided by the awesome SKL. :O)

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Happy Inverted Fate Day!

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