Nu 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 retweeted
Did you know that 2027 marks 25 years of AVCon? That's a whole quarter of a century! Silver is traditionally used for the 25th year milestone, so what better way to celebrate than with a Silver Anniversary theme for AVCon 2027!
For Switch's design this year, we wanted to give y 2000s gamer boy with the aesthetics of that period.
He's gone back to his mop of a haircut with longer side burns, he's more of a skinny awkward kid rather than bulky man. He has his traditional devil wings back as well as the mischievous grin that says he's probably up to something.
While Switch never had a specific traditional outfit, we used similar fits as he appeared in old art alongside Ayvee with her current look. Simple baggy jeans and button up shirt/tee combo. We wanted to remind everyone that Switch was the OG gamer of AVCon, so he's broken out the fan favourite Gamecube controller!
We hope you love his art as much as we do, and that you're getting excited to celebrate 25 years of AVCon with us in 2027!
That is the original duo covered, but we do have more mascots (even though their history is not quite as long). Next week we'll be looking at the art and history of the sweet strawberry that is Juliette
Art by - @jettienet
For Switch's design this year, we wanted to give y 2000s gamer boy with the aesthetics of that period.
He's gone back to his mop of a haircut with longer side burns, he's more of a skinny awkward kid rather than bulky man. He has his traditional devil wings back as well as the mischievous grin that says he's probably up to something.
While Switch never had a specific traditional outfit, we used similar fits as he appeared in old art alongside Ayvee with her current look. Simple baggy jeans and button up shirt/tee combo. We wanted to remind everyone that Switch was the OG gamer of AVCon, so he's broken out the fan favourite Gamecube controller!
We hope you love his art as much as we do, and that you're getting excited to celebrate 25 years of AVCon with us in 2027!
That is the original duo covered, but we do have more mascots (even though their history is not quite as long). Next week we'll be looking at the art and history of the sweet strawberry that is Juliette
Art by - @jettienet
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Nu 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 retweeted
Stay tuned tomorrow for the 2027 art!
Art by: faewisp, MangaXai, Mai, and ChaCha.
Art by: faewisp, MangaXai, Mai, and ChaCha.
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Nu 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 retweeted
Over the years Switch as gone from goofy gamer, to square jawed beef cake, to slender pretty boy.
Which Switch design to you remember? How did he look the first year you attended AVCon? Which design is your favourite or holds a special place in your heart?
Art by: Jamie Wearne, ris, Alana Plume.
Which Switch design to you remember? How did he look the first year you attended AVCon? Which design is your favourite or holds a special place in your heart?
Art by: Jamie Wearne, ris, Alana Plume.
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Nu 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 retweeted
Tumblr, FanFictionNet, Wattpad, Pixiv. Tiempo atrás, las comunidades y plataformas de fandoms vivian en armonía, pero todo cambió cuando Wattpad se monetizó.Solo #ao3, maestro de todos los fandoms, podía ser un hogar; pero cuando el mundo más lo necesitaba, cayó en mantenimiento
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Nu 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 retweeted
Over the years Switch as gone from goofy gamer, to square jawed beef cake, to slender pretty boy.
Which Switch design to you remember? How did he look the first year you attended AVCon? Which design is your favourite or holds a special place in your heart?
Stay tuned tomorrow f Switch's designs, with the 2027 art coming Friday!
Art by: Amy Longhurst, Erin McGregor, serio555, Rosie Coleman, StolenStars, and Tarale.
Which Switch design to you remember? How did he look the first year you attended AVCon? Which design is your favourite or holds a special place in your heart?
Stay tuned tomorrow f Switch's designs, with the 2027 art coming Friday!
Art by: Amy Longhurst, Erin McGregor, serio555, Rosie Coleman, StolenStars, and Tarale.
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Nu 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 retweeted
Calling all artists!
AVCon's Christmas Artist Market is back on for 2026! Held in Adelaide in Rundle Mall Plaza on the 11 and 12 of December, it is a great time to have your art and crafts available for Christmas shoppers looking for a one of a kind Christmas present.
We also oney for our own 'Games 4 Kids' charity to buy console and games for the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital!
If you want to be part of the market the application form can be found here forms.gle/s81jg9bz3mzWAr…
AVCon's Christmas Artist Market is back on for 2026! Held in Adelaide in Rundle Mall Plaza on the 11 and 12 of December, it is a great time to have your art and crafts available for Christmas shoppers looking for a one of a kind Christmas present.
We also oney for our own 'Games 4 Kids' charity to buy console and games for the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital!
If you want to be part of the market the application form can be found here forms.gle/s81jg9bz3mzWAr…
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Nu 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 retweeted
i think a lot of this is because when you're responding to the fic without thinking the author is watching, you're able to access a larger range of responses & thoughts (some of which may even be critical of certain aspects of the fic even if they liked the rest) & that vanishes
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Nu 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 retweeted
The Robins fanart ( •̀ ω •́ )✧
#Robin #dccomics #DCU #RedHood #DamianWayne #redrobin #Nightwing #art #artmootsᅠ
#Robin #dccomics #DCU #RedHood #DamianWayne #redrobin #Nightwing #art #artmootsᅠ
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There's my only claim to fame and my baby XD
Meet Switch, AVCon's off the wall gamer!
After a few years of anime inspired Ayvee being the sole face of the event, there was a worry that the perception was that AVCon was mainly dedicated to anime only.
To bring the video gaming to the forefront in 2005 a new mascot was uper into video games while being zany, as was the style at the time with gaming web comics like Penny Arcade and Ctrl + Alt + Delete.
Grey hair, red eyes, and devil wings to contrast Ayvee's angel wings, at first unnamed, a poll was created on the AVCon forums to suggest and select a moniker for this new character. No real good suggestion were made (the name Con came up to go with Ayvee to make Ayvee Con, but associating with a con man or Con the fruiterer poured cold water on this idea), and in the end he was named after a piece of networking equipment in a computer lab - Switch.
In the early years web comics were produced staring Ayvee and Switch that centred around current gaming trends or AVCon themes. These comics generally portrayed Switch as an over the top goofball with non sequiturs and one liners, while Ayvee played it straight faced and sarcastic, ever annoyed by her compatriot.
As time went on Switch became less of a goof ball. He got taller, his hair got shorter, and his shape became slightly more barrel chested. He became more of a traditionally handsome, squared jawed character before then gradually becoming skinnier, sleeker, and gaining more of a pretty boy aesthetic.
Stay tuned this week as we walk through Switch's many incarnations before finally seeing how he looks just in time for AVCon's 25th anniversary!
Art by: Connell Wood and Melissa Waterman.
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Nu 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 retweeted
“Why doesn’t Iron Man upgrade all the Avengers?”
HE DID. 😭
Tony Stark was basically the Avengers’ engineer, weapons manufacturer, landlord, and financial backer.
Here’s a list of things Tony Stark upgraded or provided:
-Captain America’s stealth suit in The Winter Soldier
etic shield in Age of Ultron
-Captain America’s new suit in Age of Ultron
-S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Helicarriers with repulsor technology
-Black Widow’s equipment
-Sam Wilson’s Redwing drone
-Bruce Banner’s stretchy pants 💀
-Spider-Man’s suits
-A new shield for Captain America in -Endgame
-The Avengers’ Quinjet
-Avengers Tower
-The Avengers Compound
-Vision’s clothes, probably. 😭
-Thor’s magical belt, Megingjörð—Tony was holding it, but we don’t actually know if he made it. 💀
HE DID. 😭
Tony Stark was basically the Avengers’ engineer, weapons manufacturer, landlord, and financial backer.
Here’s a list of things Tony Stark upgraded or provided:
-Captain America’s stealth suit in The Winter Soldier
etic shield in Age of Ultron
-Captain America’s new suit in Age of Ultron
-S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Helicarriers with repulsor technology
-Black Widow’s equipment
-Sam Wilson’s Redwing drone
-Bruce Banner’s stretchy pants 💀
-Spider-Man’s suits
-A new shield for Captain America in -Endgame
-The Avengers’ Quinjet
-Avengers Tower
-The Avengers Compound
-Vision’s clothes, probably. 😭
-Thor’s magical belt, Megingjörð—Tony was holding it, but we don’t actually know if he made it. 💀
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RT @_marokiya: I have never read a fanfic that I thought should be a published book. I *have* read fanfic by writers I think deserve a book…
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Nu 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 retweeted
dont upload in AO3
its kinda the whole point of the website, its not a social media with kudos algorithm nor does it boost fanfic "trending"
nobody is saying that wanting engagement is bad, but if your only drive to write is engagement then you are on the wrong website
its kinda the whole point of the website, its not a social media with kudos algorithm nor does it boost fanfic "trending"
nobody is saying that wanting engagement is bad, but if your only drive to write is engagement then you are on the wrong website
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Nu 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 retweeted
on tumblr, people are participating in a ao3 shutdown fest where ppl write as many things as possible to then post when the site is up and running, and on twt ppl are… well.
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Nu 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 retweeted
Hi my name is birb and this is my birb drake art
(This is probably my most self indulgent tim art I’ve ever made….)
(This is probably my most self indulgent tim art I’ve ever made….)
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Nu 🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 retweeted
I'm telling you the people threatening to delete their fics aren't going to. They're addicted to the attention and are trying to fleece money outta the hobby while they wait for the book deal that will never come
Also, apparently this person is using ao3 to make money, which is very much against the rules, explicitly 😐
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