July 16, 2025

πŸ¦„ Copyright Spam and Your Friendly Neighborhood Nightmare, a.k.a. ME! -- ☒️ Be careful of the little bit I tacked onto the end.

In case you haven't heard, a creator by the name of "SpinningPlumbobs" had their fairy mod copyright claimed and removed.

From what I can see, they've been making fairy content since at least 2021, and the mod in question, "Fairies vs. Witches", has existed since... also 2021, so the idea that someone could copyright claim their mod on the basis that it was stolen from EA, is ludicrous.

From what I can also see, there's been no word on who is behind the copyright claim.

As much as I loathe EA and EAxis, I Want To Believeβ„’ that this isn't something they'd do. I don't put it past them, but until there's confirmation, let's not jump to conclusions.

EAxis just released literally two* of the worst (and most incompetent) game updates we've ever had, so there's more than enough to despise them for.

DuckDuckGo is having "outages" and the internet has been trash since last night, so I don't know anything more about the situation.

β˜† // ⋆ ME, ME, ME, ME, MMMEEEE:

I actively do and say things, and have done and said things that could result in negative consequences (like having all of my mods purged from MTS), or at least get me labeled as an "undesirable", e.g.:

  • Reviving TwistedMexi's "Expandable BuildBuy Catalog" without permission.

  • Relentlessly criticizing TwistedMexi for the "get some patience" environment they've been fostering without doing "the bare minimum" (at the time - some things have improved since I did and said all the things I did and said).

  • Indirectly criticizing the entire "Creator Musings" Discord group for that utterly ridiculous discussion I was a part of and the subject of, due to my "CAS Overrides" and "CAS Filters" projects, and my still not yet released "Custom Content CAS Overrides".

  • Directly criticizing the creator community at large, and I intend to do it again.

  • I haven't criticized Zero yet for their anti-trans bigotry, but one day it might happen! And don't nobody tell me they aren't anti-trans when they foster and encourage anti-trans sentiment with some of their mods. I don't care who you are in private, but the shit you say in public has real consequences for real people, and we're seeing the consequences of all those years of anti-LGBTQIA+ misinformation and fearmongering literally in real time, in our lifetime, right now.

  • And boy, oh boy, do I harshly criticize EA and EAxis on the regular for their perceived incompetence and their absolutely disgusting anti-consumer behavior.

  • Also, I tend to criticize Patreon too, on Patreon... because why not?!

I didn't really need to give you a list of my transgressions, but hey, now it's a party! 😹

Point is, if my whole entire Patreon ever goes poof, you can always find me Elsweyr.

I have a bunch of profiles specifically for my modding on different platforms, except Elon's Nazi Paradise and Mark's Misinformation Hub. I'm not always active on all of them and I might not keep them updated, but if something were to happen to my Patreon, I'd dust them off and get them in order.

I also have local backups of every mod I've shared (because I use almost everything I make).

This isn't the same as if I just randomly disappear and weeks turn into months.

If that happens, then my final destination probably found me. C'est la vie.

But don't fret, while I still haven't gotten to it yet, I will eventually schedule a bunch of posts explaining how to recreate and/or maintain my more "complicated" mods, similar to my now outdated D.I.Y. for my "FOMO Unlocks".

If I ever final destination, you'd just have to wait [X] amount of time to learn all of my juicy, juicy secrets.

πŸŽ™οΈπŸ”ž Wait 'til you see them from the back!

They're super easy! 😻

Barley an inconvenience! 🌾

There's literally a song for every occasion. 😹

☒️ // ⋆ I OMITTED A COUPLE TRANSGRESSIONS:

There's one in particular.

I didn't think of it at the time because I was thinking about my actions and behavior in relation to the community, but then I talked about Bruno a for just a little in the comments and it popped into my head.

I figure I might as well capitalize on the moment just a little more and address the only transgression that really matters, to me anyway.

Everything else that I mentioned above; everything I've said and done, pales in comparison to my "continued" use of a platform that financially supports a government and military that is actively killing children in the most brutal and horrific ways, while disguising it as a "war on terror".

Everything else pales in comparison to my "continued" use of CurseForge.

I feel like this is the thing that folks should really hold against me, at least anyone who values human life.

I assume that this is not a topic anyone wants to discuss.

It's even possible that some of you still don't know that CurseForge financially supports the IDF through their parent company, Overwolf.

Every download of every mod...

Every subscription to every mod creator...

At least some part of the money generated from those two things directly supports the IDF financially.

It's even possible that some of you might support Israel's actions.

I've read enough to understand that this is a "complicated issue". It's more complicated than some would have you believe, and much older than some would like to admit.

But if there's nothing else that we can agree on, we should at least be able to agree that butchering children is heinous, and making excuses and justifications for it, is evil.

So yeah, my "continued" use of CurseForge.

I stand by my reason for staying on the platform, but a lot has happened in the months since I stated that reason, and it hasn't stopped.

We could make another list... a real long and real disgusting list of all the things that has happened over the past few months since I stated my reason for staying on the platform.

Of my many transgressions, my "continued" use of CurseForge is the one that bothers me.

And in case you forgot, Electronic Arts endorses CurseForge as the hub for Sims mods.

πŸŽ™οΈ We don't talk about Bruno, no, no, no, no!

The Sims 4: Fairies vs. Witches Mod Walkthrough (YouTube)

Comments (4)

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Aarathiel Β· July 17, 2025

First of all - I'm stealing the names "Elon's Nazi Paradise" and "Mark's Misinformation Hub", they're wonderful 😹 ─ When I saw that my beloved fairy mod, which I have been using for over 3 years, was removed due to copyright claim, I literally lost the desire to play TS4. I don't care who reported it. SpiningPlumbobs is such a lovely guy who creates fantastic and very complex mods that I can't imagine playing without any of them πŸ˜­πŸ’” ─ And now, a look at the inclusiveness of EAxis from the perspective of someone whose language simply doesn't have such a thing as gender-neutral pronouns. We simply don't have them. I don't even know how to attempt to explain this in a simple way, because it's too complicated to explain quickly. But I'll try – imagine that every verb contains a built-in pronoun. We have three pronounsβ€”he, she, and it. And so on, in every tense: future, present, and past. Now try adding any neutral pronoun to such a language. We're still figuring out how to speak in a genderless way, is it even possible? (Yes, it is, but it takes some effort). Gods! What's more, we're just now introducing feminine forms of previously only "male words" (like job titles) into the language. And now EAxis is riding high, rolling out an update overnight that takes away the meaning of terms by requiring them to be written impersonally. Yes, "partner" is also a term for boyfriend/girlfriend, but it has a completely different connotation. A partner is someone with whom you already have future plans, a house on credit, and a child on the way. It's not the right word, but we don't have another. The game's pronoun system doesn't work at all in the Polish version; we're still using the old coding – man and woman. And on top of that, they're introducing impersonal forms for closest people. To say they've overdone it would be an understatement. Zero's mod gives us back linguistic correctness, because at the moment, it's simply impossible to implement this system in a way that makes sense in my native language. But then again, no one is interested in languages other than English, and certainly not EAxis. But gods forbid I even try to raise this topic anywhere online – I'll be labeled homophobic, transphobic, racist, and add the rest of the epithets, which automatically mean I'll be canceled and the discussion will end 😭 Such socially important topics shouldn't be approached from the backside, as it will only be met with opposition and resistance. The Polish language is a complete failure when it comes to inclusivity. And of course, I'm doing everything I can to change that – I always ask the other person how they prefer to be addressed, what pronouns to use, and I try to educate those unfamiliar with the topic about impersonal forms... But such massive changes in language take time and likely the extinction of several generations, who will never be able to grasp the need for an inclusive language (remember, we're at the stage where they laugh at the feminine forms of "masculine words"). I don't even know if my argument makes any sense, because I think I'm trying too hard to summarize several very important aspects in the shortest possible message... Anyway, my point is that EAxis has pulled a stunt, completely ignoring several countries (it's not just Polish language that has this problem) and not even giving us the freedom to choose the game language. Seriously, I only have Polish, Czech, and Russian as options. I can't even choose English without contacting EA support. And that's my starting level in this discussion. As you can see (from my example), I'm not interested in the inclusiveness here (and I think that was the goal of this whole thing), but in the fact that my native language is not adapted to modern times on a terribly abstract level. ─ Geeeeez... I always worry that because my initial message (the one in my head) is in Polish, I'll mess something up during the translation process into English and be understood in a way completely opposite to what I intended. Anyway, I wanted to add my two cents to the topic, because I don't feel safe enough to do so anywhere else πŸ₯Ή Thanks for being here, Seji πŸ«‚πŸ’• The community needs people who aren't afraid to speak up about Bruno and all the other things

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heresanameforyou Β· July 17, 2025

I forgot to add in my comment there is another creator who did make a mod to make it so it's only boyfriend girlfriend and whatnot. I don't use that mod from zero but I do use his other mods. If you want to try another one you can try this one https://www.curseforge.com/sims4/mods/ask-to-be-boy-girlfriend

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heresanameforyou Β· July 16, 2025

Funny you mention twisted mexi, I actually got into a huge debate with him and others on reddit. After our debate I still felt like he was the most arrogant cocky son a bitch who I will never personally. Steal all his mods idc lol him and his little minions are fkn wild god forbid they see you make a comment about him. As for zero, I'll stay out of that debate. I like his mods and I personally like having the ability to call my spouse my husband or wife and girlfriend etc and apparently others who don't even identify with a gender also still like using a gender. idk I'm all for trans people I think zero just really went the wrong way about it but I get it if others feel a way about him. Either way I genuinely respect you as a creator and I did start to delete some of the messages because I didn't want you to feel obligated plus I'm always having a new thought come to my mind. I also felt like I was annoying you lol. Anyways you're one of the few I respect. I also was recently blocked on Patreon by a fkn person I was subscribed too and paid for and lemme say Patreon does not give a fuck. I think it was more petty than anything so now I learned you can end up wasting your fkn money on creators and Patreon will not give a rats ass. Fuck Patreon they don't care about accessibility issues for people like myself nor does Tumblr, or Sims Resource. Honestly the community is not all that great lmao. Sorry you had a terrible experience with that creator's discord. That's run by lot 51 or Powluna? Idk they both seem rude lmao. I really am starting to have a list of people not to support or use their mods. Another creator kink shames so I'm also done supporting them and their minions can also sxx my clxt because I don't think it's right at all to do so. Anyways. Thank you for being one of the few that sees through a lot of these creator's bullshit and self entitlement. It's wild out here.

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Sejian Β· July 16, 2025

😹 "As for zero, I'll stay out of that debate. I like his mods and I personally like having the ability to call my spouse my husband or wife and girlfriend etc and apparently others who don't even identify with a gender also still like using a gender." The issue isn't really the mods for what they do, because I agree that removing those options were stupid. It literally feeds into the "inclusion by exclusion" narrative, but EAxis is a pandering company who only cares about money, and indulging and fueling the discussions that arise around mods like that without drawing a line in the sand, creates a problem that spirals out of control. I respect Zero. I had a lot of respect for Zero. He has a attitude like mine when it comes to EA and EAxis, but pretending our actions and the environments we foster don't have real world consequences, is a problem for me. I made a statement some time ago in one of my posts, and it was concerning Zero. I'm paraphrasing, but "is it thought policing before or after they strip you of your rights and black bag you for having a different opinion or a different view, and if it was before, then how the !@#$ was anyone able to say all the !@#$ they've been saying to get us here?" That nonsensical banner was the line for me. You don't need to agree with me. I'm surrounded by people like that, and my reaction to things like this is biased because of it. I see and have seen the apathy and the bigotry and the inhumanity in almost everyone I know or have met throughout the course of my life (I also used to see it in the in mirror), and I've seen how it quickly it escalates from "I don't mind gay folks existing as long as they stay away from children" to "just don't ask me to stand up for anyone's rights" to "I hope they all πŸ’€ horribly, including the children". People tend to mask off the moment they think they're surrounded by like-minded individuals, or when they desperately feel the need to defend their identity. I do it all the time! 😹 ─ "[...] and I did start to delete some of the messages because I didn't want you to feel obligated plus I'm always having a new thought come to my mind. I also felt like I was annoying you lol." HIT UN-DELETE RIGHT NOW! Seriously, you're not. I don't get annoyed over such things. I've just been swamped and kinda out of it since the move from one apartment to the next. I also had my computer crash (3) times in like (2) hours, which led me to finally stripping it apart, cleaning it, and putting it back together. I haven't even been on Discord since the move! I'm trying to get back into the groove of doing all of this. I will get to the questions and complete my PartFlags and TAGS posts eventually. Just gimme a little more time to catch up on the mods. I really need to update "CAS Filters". Lay the questions on me! If you want, you could also create separate comment threads in the Community Chat if it's a different topic or a slightly related but also kinda unrelated question.