Last night I posted two lovely icons that my sister made for me. They have both been taken down by the site because some loser reported that they were a violation because they contained photographs from Harry Potter.

And if that wasn't enough, this jackass not only got the two icons taken down, but went to my page and had all of my other stuff taken down as well. ALL of it. My gallery has been cleared out.

Honestly, was I hurting anyone by making wallpapers with images and quotes from films that I loved? Was I making any money off of them? Hell, no. I don't see how it's any different from fanfiction, yet no one cares about that. And how is it that if I make wallpapers or post icons I'm in violation of a copyright, yet if someone else takes the exact same image I used and changes the coloring on it and calls it a photo manipulation, that's perfectly fine? Do you have any idea how many deviations I see every damn day that could be considered in violation?

I worked hard on my stuff. I mentioned that the images were all found on the web and did not belong to me, just as I mention that the characters and such are not mine whenever I post fanfictions. How is this any different? I'm not getting anything out of it other than the pleasure of making things that I like and that other people seem to enjoy and I'm not taking anything from anyone, so what's the problem?

From now on, I stick to my photobucket account whenever I have the urge to post something. I doubt I'll be posting any images here again. If I do, it will be a long time from now. If I didn't know that some other jackass or the same one who ratted on me in the first place wouldn't just report me again, I'd repost.

I am truly sorry to the people who had faved anything I had up. I'm sorry to say that along with my deviations, the wonderful comments that were left were deleted. Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement.

As for the prick who squealed on me, may you get a terrible case of the runs and not be able to get your pants off, you fink.