Cross
@cain-toad.bsky.social
Putting fictional characters in situations since the late 1900s | 33 | he/they
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werner herzog on AI filmmaking (from here www.indiewire.com/features/int...)
![Q: A couple years ago at IDFA, I saw this movie "About a Hero," which is this partly Al-generated hybrid documentary that tries to recreate the atmosphere of your films.
A: The intention of this young filmmaker was never to remake any [of my films], but making something in the spirit. And I immediately said, "You will fail. It is such a stupid idea. It's phenomenally, abysmally stupid. I will not take part in it." He wanted me to explain things and have my voice in it.
I said, "You are alone. There's such a thing as free speech, which I respect. So go ahead and fail." And it is a failure, period.
It's so standardized that Al can step in because there's not real storytelling. It's mimicry of something that has happened before. And I welcome Al to replace all the idiots who are into nothing but repeating, repeating, repeating until it's ad nauseam.
When it's ad nauseam, please, please, please let Al step in and do the job.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v5vphilwcf6nunioeyrpxw6g/bafkreibeadpx66jtqlttglhgbgkew6g65haxqngz5yt6p3ybwyi5zney54)
September 8, 2026 at 8:17 PM
werner herzog on AI filmmaking (from here www.indiewire.com/features/int...)
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macabre = “muh-KAHB”
Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer”
omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt”
reticent = “RET-uh-sunt”
epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee”
myriad = "MEER-ee-ud"
Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word.
It means they learned it by reading.
Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer”
omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt”
reticent = “RET-uh-sunt”
epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee”
myriad = "MEER-ee-ud"
Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word.
It means they learned it by reading.
August 31, 2026 at 2:53 PM
macabre = “muh-KAHB”
Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer”
omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt”
reticent = “RET-uh-sunt”
epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee”
myriad = "MEER-ee-ud"
Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word.
It means they learned it by reading.
Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer”
omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt”
reticent = “RET-uh-sunt”
epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee”
myriad = "MEER-ee-ud"
Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word.
It means they learned it by reading.
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Ersatz cast model updates
June 11, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Ersatz cast model updates
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May 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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Yeah, you’re right. I AM calling you out, book hoarders!!
Um, I mean. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’ll get to those tomes someday. 📚✨
#OCsky
Um, I mean. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’ll get to those tomes someday. 📚✨
#OCsky
July 28, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Yeah, you’re right. I AM calling you out, book hoarders!!
Um, I mean. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’ll get to those tomes someday. 📚✨
#OCsky
Um, I mean. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’ll get to those tomes someday. 📚✨
#OCsky
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Do not speak to me of "barriers to entry". Every act of creation is slicing out a thin sliver of light from the existential darkness of the human condition. You not being able to pick up a fucking pencil and risk failing does not even register.
June 22, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Do not speak to me of "barriers to entry". Every act of creation is slicing out a thin sliver of light from the existential darkness of the human condition. You not being able to pick up a fucking pencil and risk failing does not even register.
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ok well this made something click in my head for some reason
May 13, 2026 at 12:24 PM
ok well this made something click in my head for some reason
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"i don't want to read a book about someone else's oc" hey quick question what do you think books are about
April 29, 2026 at 5:02 PM
"i don't want to read a book about someone else's oc" hey quick question what do you think books are about
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Remember to make art with your boner. It doesn't have to be a horny boner, it can be a brain boner or a heart boner. Make art that makes you happy and appeals to your own freakish sensibilities. This is imperative.
April 12, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Remember to make art with your boner. It doesn't have to be a horny boner, it can be a brain boner or a heart boner. Make art that makes you happy and appeals to your own freakish sensibilities. This is imperative.
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it do be like this sometimes
April 9, 2026 at 12:39 PM
it do be like this sometimes
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March 31, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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"bro is this fetish art 😭" anything and everything you will ever interact with is someone's fetish. someone wants to fuck clouds. someone's horniest thought is to be a branch on a tree. someone's going to fuck a salt shaker. someone wants to fuck math. someone did. his name was albert einstein
March 23, 2026 at 9:47 PM
"bro is this fetish art 😭" anything and everything you will ever interact with is someone's fetish. someone wants to fuck clouds. someone's horniest thought is to be a branch on a tree. someone's going to fuck a salt shaker. someone wants to fuck math. someone did. his name was albert einstein
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Survived sickness, survived that little surgery as well \o/
Commission I did for Shannon !
#digitalart #originalcharacter #artdigital #doodle #sketch #draw #artfight #illustration #art #digital #artist #drawing #artwork #doodling #artoftheday #commissionnedart #artcommisions #commissions
Commission I did for Shannon !
#digitalart #originalcharacter #artdigital #doodle #sketch #draw #artfight #illustration #art #digital #artist #drawing #artwork #doodling #artoftheday #commissionnedart #artcommisions #commissions
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Survived sickness, survived that little surgery as well \o/
Commission I did for Shannon !
#digitalart #originalcharacter #artdigital #doodle #sketch #draw #artfight #illustration #art #digital #artist #drawing #artwork #doodling #artoftheday #commissionnedart #artcommisions #commissions
Commission I did for Shannon !
#digitalart #originalcharacter #artdigital #doodle #sketch #draw #artfight #illustration #art #digital #artist #drawing #artwork #doodling #artoftheday #commissionnedart #artcommisions #commissions
May I offer you a WIP of some classic Gothic literature boys in distress in these trying times?
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 AM
May I offer you a WIP of some classic Gothic literature boys in distress in these trying times?
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November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually
October 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually
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DO NOT participate in #blueskyblackout2025
I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!
Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship
Silence is compliance!
I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!
Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship
Silence is compliance!
September 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
DO NOT participate in #blueskyblackout2025
I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!
Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship
Silence is compliance!
I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!
Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship
Silence is compliance!
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I can draw anything. I can make characters as abstract or grounded as I please. I can put them in peril or paradise at the flick of a wrist and the wisp of a whim. I can tear them to shreds and they'll be fine because I decide they're fine. Because it's all fake. You are trying to chain daydreams
September 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I can draw anything. I can make characters as abstract or grounded as I please. I can put them in peril or paradise at the flick of a wrist and the wisp of a whim. I can tear them to shreds and they'll be fine because I decide they're fine. Because it's all fake. You are trying to chain daydreams
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Every artist I’ve ever known has this itch to create that won’t go away until they create. They have to do it.
It’s why I know the “finally, someone like me can make art” AI users are full of shit. What they really mean is “finally, a way to get social media likes without hard work”.
It’s why I know the “finally, someone like me can make art” AI users are full of shit. What they really mean is “finally, a way to get social media likes without hard work”.
September 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Every artist I’ve ever known has this itch to create that won’t go away until they create. They have to do it.
It’s why I know the “finally, someone like me can make art” AI users are full of shit. What they really mean is “finally, a way to get social media likes without hard work”.
It’s why I know the “finally, someone like me can make art” AI users are full of shit. What they really mean is “finally, a way to get social media likes without hard work”.
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Begone puritan
August 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Begone puritan