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94-406: In May 2012, writer Cullen Bunn stated that the concept of the series came to him while scripting the fifth or sixth issue of Fear Itself: The Fearless , which also starred Valkyrie . Bunn said he was campaigning for the book following the conclusion of Fear Itself: The Fearless , when an editor pitched the idea of doing it as a Defenders title. However Bunn explained that beyond the name there

188-435: A heteronormative mainstream industry) seeking an outlet for their work, and those seeking a safe haven from "over-policed" platforms to share creative work with adult themes. Tumblr stated that it was using various algorithms to detect potential violations, in combination with manual reviews. Users quickly discovered a wide array of false positives . A large number of users scheduled protest actions on December 17. On

282-511: A British teenager, Tallulah Wilson, raised the issue of suicide and self-harm promotion on Tumblr as Wilson was reported to have maintained a self-harm blog on the site. A user on the site is reported to have sent Wilson an image of a noose accompanied by the message: "here is your new necklace, try it on." In response to the Wilson case, Maria Miller , the UK's minister for culture, media, and sport at

376-521: A Mobelux application in BlackBerry World . In June 2012, Tumblr released a new version of its iOS app, Tumblr 3.0, allowing support for Spotify integration, hi-res images and offline access. An app for Android is also available. A Windows Phone app was released on April 23, 2013. An app for Google Glass was released on May 16, 2013. Tumblr blogs have the option to allow users to submit questions, either as themselves or anonymously, to

470-823: A bar in order to convince them to disband. The fight reaches the bar and together with their partners, the Fearless Defenders defeat the Doom Maidens and the Pandemonium Axles. However, the women decide to stay together without any assistance from their mates. During the Infinity event, Ren Kimura, a dancer living in New York City, is exposed to the Terrigen Mist , causing the dormant Inhuman genes in her DNA to awaken. Meanwhile,

564-442: A book that's unabashedly fun and you're not reading this series... look at your life. Look at your choices." Meagan Damore of CBR gave issue #6 three stars writing, "For their sixth issue together, Bunn and Sliney provide a middle-of-the-road conclusion that neither wows nor disappoints. With Bunn's knack for character development, however, the book stays solid and maintains its potential." Zawisa gave issue #7 four stars, praising

658-543: A chain letter scam in May 2011 affected 130,000 users. On December 3, 2012, Tumblr was attacked by a cross-site scripting worm deployed by the internet troll group Gay Nigger Association of America . The message urged users to harm themselves and criticized blogging in general. In 2015, Tumblr faced criticism by users for changes to its reblog mechanisms. In July 2015, the system was modified so that users cannot remove or edit individual comments by other users when reblogging

752-612: A child. In Latveria , Caroline and Hippolyta discover that Doom has died and has been replaced by Ares , Hippolyta's father. Hippolyta defeats Ares and takes back command of the Amazons, who have been subdued by Ares. Valkyrie, Dani and Hippolyta lead the doom maidens to an Asgardian ruin in Descanso de Deus, Brazil. There, the three are outnumbered and near defeat before Misty and Annabelle arrive with reinforcements. Caroline reveals to Dani that Valkyrie intends to syphon Dani's powers at

846-406: A complete story, we're going to do a series of done-in-one stories with those issues. Each of those issues will be pretty good jumping-on points for anybody." Issue #6 also featured the death of Annabelle Riggs , who Newsarama called "one of Marvel's few prominent lesbian characters", which drew a strong reaction from fans. In response Bunn wrote, "the fact that she was a lesbian didn’t even enter

940-560: A connection to the Valkyrie. She was on the top of my list when I started putting together who I thought would be the core roster". Hippolyta , who died in The Incredible Hercules #121 (September 2008), returned in issue #2 under the moniker "Warrior Woman" and received an updated look and power set. Editor Ellie Pyle , who worked with artist Phil Jimenez on Hippolyta's design, said, "He [Phil Jimenez] wanted to use

1034-466: A copyright infringement complaint filed on legal archive Lumen and without checking the veracity of the source, Google delisted the Project Brazen article from its search results. Tumblr later confirmed that it had removed several accounts and posts from its platform following the alleged abuse of the site by Srivastava. Tumblr has been forced to manage spam and security problems. For example,

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1128-452: A descendent of Morgan, but I didn't decide that she would actually be her daughter until a little later down the line. My original plan was to drop clues to her heritage over time... Then Age of Ultron happened, and that changed everything! I wanted the tie-in issue to have impact on the main series, and revealing Caroline's origins seemed to fit the bill." Bunn also said he wrote two versions of Hippolyta's confrontation with her father Ares ;

1222-512: A distributor level, with a second printing commissioned by Dark Horse. In September 2014, Bunn's six-issue limited series Wolf Moon , with art by Jeremy Haun and covers by Jae Lee, was announced as the newest miniseries from Vertigo. The series, which sought to re-imagine the werewolf mythos, was released in December 2014. After Brian Wood, Bunn was announced as the new writer of Moon Knight for Marvel, teaming up with artist Ron Ackins for

1316-410: A feature on Tumblr that allows users to re-post content taken from another blog onto their own blog with attribution. In addition to these copyright infringements, Tumblr has at times been weaponised by individuals seeking to raise DMCA notices against other sites. Former Wall Street Journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bradley Hope and his investigative publication Project Brazen published

1410-574: A five-issue run beginning with issue #13 in March 2015. A new creator-owned limited series from Bunn and Terrible Lizard artist Drew Moss, titled Blood Feud , was announced by Oni Press in March 2015, with the first issue debuting in October of that same year and the last issue being released in February 2016 . For DC Comics' company-wide storyline "Divergence", which followed "Convergence", Bunn

1504-414: A flat view, and user avatars were also added. The change was intended to improve the legibility of reblogs, especially on mobile platforms, and complements the inability to edit existing comments. Although some users had requested such a change to combat posts made illegible by extremely large numbers of comments on a reblogged post, the majority of users (even those who had requested such a change) criticized

1598-836: A four-issue limited series written by Bunn that ties into the Marvel event Civil War 2 , was announced during the In-Store Convention Kick-Off 2016. Featuring art by Andrea Broccardo, the series would pit the teams behind Uncanny X-Men and Extraordinary X-Men against each other after a mutant takes action against the Inhumans. In 2017 and 2018, Cullen published several books with Aftershock comics , including Unholy Grail with art by Mirko Colak. Dark Ark, with art by Juan Doe Brothers Dracul, teaming up again with Mirko Colak, and Witch Hammer with art by Dalibor Talajic . While in college Bunn had lived in

1692-412: A little bit of Lethal Weapon , a little of The Da Vinci Code , and lots of Marvel charm, there are more than enough hooks to make this book worth your continued attention." Kelly Thompson of CBR gave issue #2 two-and-a-half stars writing, "So far, Fearless Defenders is filled with potential that can't quite realize itself and while this second issue by Cullen Bunn and Will Sliney is better than

1786-569: A lot of the Greek imagery. We wanted to update her look a little bit. Phil has a background in fashion, so he wanted to bring a bit of that modern aesthetic to her look." In April 2013, Marvel announced that the series would tie into the Age of Ultron crossover event with issue #4AU (May 2013). In the issue, it is revealed that the series villain, Caroline Le Fey is the daughter of Morgana le Fey and Dr. Doom . Bunn said, "I always knew Caroline would be

1880-481: A much longer story. I should know better, because there are no guarantees that the story will make it that long. But I just can’t help it when I’m excited about a book." In the North Atlantic Ocean, Misty Knight stops some mercenaries from smuggling ancient Asgardian artifacts, though they manage to get away with their primary target. Misty takes the recovered artifacts to Dr. Annabelle Riggs , who

1974-530: A new ongoing series launching in April 2016 that would follow the team from the classic Marvel series from the '80s. Marvel Comics announced Bunn as the writer of the new Uncanny X-Men series relaunching as part of their All-New All-Different publishing initiative, with art by Greg Land . Along with wrestler CM Punk , Bunn is also the co-writer of Drax , with art by Scott Hepburn, also for Marvel. Harrow County , written by Bunn with art by Tyler Crook,

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2068-494: A notable draw to the service). In May 2019, it was reported that Verizon was considering selling the site due to its continued struggles since the purchase (as it had done with another Yahoo property, Flickr , via its sale to SmugMug ). Following this news, Pornhub 's vice president publicly expressed interest in purchasing Tumblr, with a promise to reinstate the previous adult content policies. On August 12, 2019, Verizon Media announced that it would sell Tumblr to Automattic ,

2162-469: A post; existing comments can only be removed all at once. Tumblr staff argued that the change was intended to combat "misattribution", though this move was met by criticism from 'ask blogs' and "RP blogs', which often shortened long chains of reblogs between users to improve readability. In September 2015, Tumblr changed how threads of comments on reblogged posts are displayed; rather than a nested view with indentations for each post, all reblogs are now shown in

2256-573: A ritual to summon the Doommaidens. Once inside Caroline's chamber, the heroes discover that the Doommaidens have already arrived. During the subsequent battle, Annabelle manages to free Dani before the Doommaidens halt their fighting, recognizing Valkyrie as their "sister". The heroes retreat to Misty's safe house in New York City as the doom maidens give chase. There, Valkyrie has a vision from long ago of herself leading an attack against Odin . Valkyrie then decides to take Dani and Hippolyta and lead

2350-491: A short-form blog . Development of Tumblr began in 2006 during a two-week gap between contracts at David Karp 's software consulting company, Davidville. Karp had been interested in tumblelogs (short-form blogs, hence the name Tumblr) for some time and was waiting for one of the established blogging platforms to introduce their own tumblelogging platform. As none had done so after a year of waiting, Karp and developer Marco Arment began working on their own platform. Tumblr

2444-594: A story in which we were less emotionally invested." In June 2013, Marvel announced The Fearless Defenders #10 (October 2013) would tie into the Infinity crossover event. Bunn said, "The main Infinity crossover will be in Fearless Defenders #10. They're here on Earth facing the threat of Thanos’ forces trying to raze the city of New York... At the same time though, not only are they going to be dealing with Thanos’ forces, they're going to be dealing with

2538-566: A story on 10 October 2023 reporting that Indian businessman Gaurav Srivastava was fraudlently representing himself as an agent of the Central Intelligence Agency ( the Gaurav Srivastava Fake Spy Scam ). Shortly after, a fake blog was created on blogging site Tumblr that republished the content of their story and backdated it to 8 October 2023, two days before their article came out. Following

2632-410: A story that is both interesting and entertaining." Grey again gave it a 7.9 writing, "Now that the personalities of the Fearless Defenders are slotting into place and the shady force behind the rise of the Doom Maidens is amping up her villainy, The Fearless Defenders is shaping up to be one of the more unique and enjoyable titles in Marvel's monthly lineup." Zawisa gave issue #4AU four stars, praising

2726-891: A support office in Richmond, Virginia . As of June 1, 2017 , Tumblr had 411 employees. Tumblr (and Automattic) now has a mostly distributed workforce , with a small office in San Francisco. The company's logo is set in Bookman Old Style with some modifications. As of 2011 , Tumblr had received about $ 125 million of funding from investors. The company has raised funding from Union Square Ventures , Spark Capital , Martín Varsavsky , John Borthwick ( Betaworks ), Fred Seibert, Krum Capital, and Sequoia Capital (among other investors). In its first round of funding in October 2007, Tumblr raised $ 750,000 from Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures. In December 2008

2820-593: A trope from old Thor comics and applies it to Valkyrie in a way that is far more interesting than even the original was." Grey gave it a 9.3, writing, "There's an energy to the book's visuals that is equal parts elegant and exciting. Bunn and Hans make for a hell of a team and issue #7 proves to be one of the series' best yet." Grey gave issue #8 a 6.9, writing, "The title's overabundance of characters can sometimes feel like an embarrassment of riches, but this time, it feels more like an obstacle to coherence. Bunn does an impressive job juggling so many faces, old and new, but

2914-492: A user may add their comments in the tags, not changing the content or appearance of the original post in any way. Not all users choose to use tags this way, but those who do use tags for commentary may prefer it over adding a comment on the actual post. With Tumblr's 2009 acquisition of Tumblerette, an iOS application created by Jeff Rock and Garrett Ross, the service launched its official iPhone app. The site became available to BlackBerry smartphones on April 17, 2010, via

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3008-485: Is "quite little connection" to the Defenders. In November 2012, Marvel Comics teased the announcement of The Fearless Defenders by releasing an image of the word "Fearless" with the creative team of Bunn and artist Will Sliney . A week later, Marvel made the full announcement. Bunn said, "The basic idea of the book is that Valkyrie is choosing a new team of Valkyrior , and she's been asked to choose all these women from

3102-440: Is coming together nicely, " Fearless Defenders " #5 still has serious art problems to work out before this book can be considered a contender." Lima gave it three stars writing, "Although the appearance of so many characters in one book reads awkwardly, some of the dialogue was clever and funny and that at least redeemed the contents of this issue a little bit, at least for me." Grey gave issue it an 8.5 writing, "If you're looking for

3196-474: Is considerably better than issue #2. I for one am definitely looking forward to the continuation of this series." Grey gave it a 7.9 writing, "Cullen Bunn ties together more than a few loose plot threads in The Fearless Defenders #3." Ryan Lindsay of CBR gave issue #4 three stars writing, " The Fearless Defenders #4 is an entertaining issue chock full of story and solid moments. Bunn packs

3290-487: Is excavating a Viking burial site and inadvertently awakens the dead Vikings with one of the artifacts. Misty battles the Vikings and is soon joined by Valkyrie , who senses the commotion. When the fight is over, Valkyrie agrees to take Annabelle and Misty to Asgardia, to seek council on the matter. The mercenaries kidnap Dani Moonstar and bring her to Caroline le Fey, who wants to become a valkyrie like Dani. In Asgardia,

3384-477: Is in the post (e.g. #art, #sky). These are important for the original poster to use, so their post will be indexed and searchable by others wishing to view that subject of content. Tags used as a form of communication are unique to Tumblr, and are typically more personal, expressing opinions, reactions, meta-commentary, background information, and more. Instead of adding onto the reblogged post (with their comments becoming an addition to each subsequent reblog from them)

3478-549: Is not only permitted on Tumblr but actively encouraged." Wired cited multiple potential factors in the ban, including that the presence of adult content made the service unappealing to potential advertisers, the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (a U.S. federal law which makes websites liable for knowingly assisting or facilitating illegal sex trafficking ), as well as heavy restrictions on adult content imposed by Apple for software offered on

3572-523: Is now Valkyrie's host. Misty and Annabelle investigate a monster problem in New York's Chinatown and ask Elsa Bloodstone for assistance. They discover that the Ghost Boys gang have been using Brood hatchlings to carry out hits in the neighborhood. Valkyrie, Misty and Elsa track a hatchling to an underground lair, where H ai-Dai ninjas are bio-engineering Brood eggs. The three aided by No-Name of

3666-491: Is scheduled to be removed on June 1, 2024 due to low usage. Tumblr has been noted for the socially progressive views of its users. In 2011, the service was most popular with the teen and college-aged user segments with half of Tumblr's visitor base being under the age of 25. In April 2013, the website received more than 13 billion global page views. User activity, measured by the number of blog posts per quarter, peaked at over 100 million in early 2014 and declined in each of

3760-682: The Springfield, Missouri area. As of July 2015, he was living in Valley Park, Missouri . By December 2018 he was described in an interview with 417 Magazine as having returned to live in Springfield. He and his wife Cindy have a son. Tumblr Tumblr (pronounced "tumbler") is a microblogging and social networking website founded by David Karp in 2007 and currently owned by American company Automattic . The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to

3854-796: The iOS App Store (which similarly prompted several Reddit clients to heavily frustrate the ability for users to access forums on the site that contain adult content). In January 2022, Tumblr reached a settlement with New York City's Commission on Human Rights, which had claimed that the 2018 ban on adult content disproportionately affected LGBTQ+ users. The agreement required the company to review its algorithms, revise its appeals process and review closed cases, and train its human moderators on diversity and inclusion issues. In November 2022, Tumblr changed its rules to allow nudity, but not sexually explicit images. Tumblr's headquarters were at 770 Broadway in New York City . The company also maintains

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3948-607: The All-Mother explains to Valkyrie, Misty and Annabelle that the dead Vikings signal the return of the Doommaidens; corrupted valkyries, who come to fill the void left by Valkyrie's inability to assemble a new Valkyrior . Hela , aware of the Doommaidens' return, brings Hippolyta from the Underworld to help set things right. The All-Mother teleports Valkyrie, Misty, Annabelle and Hippolyta to Harrowpoint Island, Washington, where Caroline le Fey has taken Dani Moonstar to use in

4042-508: The Brood defeat the Hai-Dai and their master, Zheng Bao Yu . Afterwards, Bao Yu turns to Caroline for protection. In New York City, the Fearless Defenders attempt to stop the Doom Maidens from awakening the Pandemonium Axles, evil sculpture-like creatures that have remained dormant underground for sometime. Meanwhile, the significant others of each of the Fearless Defenders have invited them to

4136-467: The Fearless Defenders to New Amazonia for some rest and relaxation. There, Hippolyta explains that she has been charged by the Death-Lords to rebuild the ranks of the Amazons in exchange for her resurrection. The following morning, New Amazonia is attacked by Aradnea , Echidna , and Echidna's sea-monsters on-orders from Caroline Le Fey. After the monsters are defeated, Caroline reveals that the attack

4230-455: The Wardogs of Thanos comb through the city, exterminating newly formed Inhumans, but are stopped by Caroline and her Doom Maidens, who seek the new Inhumans for their own purposes. Ren is rescued by the Fearless Defenders, but are cornered by the Doom Maidens. When the fight is over, Ren joins the Fearless Defenders as they push through the city and search for Ren's parents. Hippolyta invites

4324-546: The announcement, Tumblr's Android app was patched to remove the ability to disable Safe Mode. The change faced wide criticism among Tumblr's community; in particular, it has been argued that the service should have focused on other major issues (such as controlling hate speech or the number of porn-related spambots on the service), and that the service's adult community provided a platform for sex education , independent adult performers (especially those representing LGBT communities who feel that they are under-represented by

4418-402: The average ad purchase on Tumblr to be nearly six figures. Tumblr also allows premium theme templates to be sold for use by blogs. In July 2016, advertisements were implemented by default across all blogs. Users may opt-out, and the service stated that a revenue sharing program would be implemented at a later date. In February 2022, Tumblr launched an ad-free subscription option that removes

4512-422: The blog for a response. Tumblr also previously offered a "fan mail" function, allowing users to send messages to blogs that they followed. On November 10, 2015, Tumblr introduced an integrated instant messaging function, allowing users to chat with other Tumblr users. The feature was rolled out in a "viral" manner; it was initially made available to a group of 1,500 users, and other users could receive access to

4606-526: The book from the beginning and this issue will definitely live up to that ideal." In October 2013, Bunn stated on Tumblr that the series will end with issue #12 (December 2013). Sales of the series steadily declined since its debut in February 2013 and reached its lowest point in September, selling 15,840 units. In contrast the first issue sold 53,688 units. Bunn said, "We’ll try to wrap up as many story elements as we can", but admitted, "I typically plan for

4700-552: The company raised $ 4.5 million in Series B funding and a further $ 5 million in April 2010. In December 2010, Tumblr raised $ 30 million in Series D funding. The company had an $ 800 million valuation in August 2011. In September 2011, the company raised $ 85 million in a round of funding led by Greylock Partners and Insight Venture Partners . In an interview with Nicole Lapin of Bloomberg West on September 7, 2012, David Karp said

4794-857: The content policy decisions made during Verizon ownership. In November 2022, Mullenweg stated that Tumblr will add support for the decentralized social networking protocol ActivityPub . In November 2023, most of Tumblr's product development and marketing teams were transferred to other groups within Automattic. Mullenweg stated that focus would shift to core functionality and streamlining existing features. In February 2024, Automattic announced that it would begin selling user data from Tumblr and WordPress.com to Midjourney and OpenAI . Tumblr users are opted-in by default, with an option to opt out. In August 2024, Automattic announced that it would migrate Tumblr's backend to an architecture derived from WordPress, in order to ease development and code sharing between

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4888-497: The day the ban took effect, Tumblr issued a new post clarifying the new policy, showcasing examples of adult images still allowed on the service, and stating that it "fully recognized" its "special obligation" to serving its LGBT userbase, and that "LGBTQ+ conversations, exploration of sexuality and gender, efforts to document the lives and challenges of those in the sex worker industry, and posts with pictures, videos, and GIFs of gender reassignment surgery are all examples of content that

4982-436: The deciding factor. He was replaced by writer Dan Abnett , who took over the series with issue 49 in February 2016. Bunn announced on his Tumblr account that Sinestro would end after issue 23, and that he would not be writing for DC after the company's Rebirth event for the foreseeable future. In New York Comic-Con 2015, IDW Publishing announced Bunn along with artist David Baldeon as the creative team behind Micronauts ,

5076-581: The distinctly male gaze-oriented sexiness of the characters while the writing focuses on their resourcefulness, tenacity, and courage." Zawisa of CBR gave issue #3 two-and-a-half stars writing, " Fearless Defenders #3 is a snippet from a longer arc and reads as such, but that doesn't stop it from providing some entertainment and solid character bits for future issues as the team continues to coagulate while Bunn tries to find appropriate voices for each of Valkyrie's new allies". Lima gave it four stars writing, "Bunn has put together an interesting team and this issue

5170-562: The doom maidens away from the city, while Misty and Annabelle call Heroes for Hire for help. During the Age of Ultron , Wolverine and the Invisible Woman travel back in time and assassinate Ultron 's creator, Henry Pym to prevent Ultron from taking over the world. In the divergent timelime created by Pym's death, Morgana le Fey and her husband Dr. Doom conquer half the planet. Morgana and Doom's daughter, Caroline recruits Hippolyta to seek revenge for abandoning Caroline as

5264-491: The end of the year. Jeff D'Onofrio, Tumblr's president and COO, took over leading the company. The site, along with the rest of the Oath division (renamed Verizon Media Group in 2019), continued to struggle under Verizon. In March 2019, SimilarWeb estimated Tumblr had lost 30% of its user traffic since December 2018, when the site had introduced a stricter content policy with heavier restrictions on adult content (which had been

5358-407: The equation for me, except that it was part of what made her who she was — just one part of many" with Pyle adding, "I feel very strongly that her sacrifice was very true to everything we love about her. As to whether the fact that she is a lesbian should have kept us from telling a story in which she died… in this particular case, not having this specific character sacrifice herself would have made for

5452-437: The ever-present Caroline Le Fay who's going to be up to no good during this event and it's all going to center around this new character who'll be surfacing in the issue, a new super-powered individual." Bunn also revealed that The Fearless Defenders #10 will be a dance issue explaining, "I’m not sure how many dance comic books are out there anyway, but definitely not dance super hero comics. I’ve tried to do different things with

5546-552: The first was darker and less action oriented but decided to go with the second as it better reflected the spirit of the series. The first story arc of The Fearless Defenders came to a close with issue #6 in July 2013. Bunn said, "The first arc has definitely been very Asgardian. That's just the nature of doing a story about Valkyrie. As we go into the next arc, I take the opportunity to show that there are stories for this team in any number of environments... Issues #7-#12, while they tell

5640-412: The first, it still feels like it needed more time in the oven to cook." Lima of Comic Vine gave it three stars writing, "Overall, this issue was not as solid as the first one. There were moments where the story felt slightly confusing and characters were just abruptly introduced into the story in a way that didn't really make sense." Grey of IGN gave it a 7.1 writing, "The art seems designed to emphasize

5734-458: The following July. In November 2019, Tumblr introduced "group chats"— ephemeral chat rooms surfaced via searches, designed to allow users to share content in real-time with users who share their interests. Posts would disappear after 24 hours and could not be edited. The group chat function was discontinued on September 22, 2021. On July 21, 2021, Tumblr launched Post+ for some beta users, allowing bloggers to monetize their content. Post+

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5828-538: The formation of a new Defenders , however the heroes rebuke Valkyrie's offer. Meanwhile, Caroline begins searching for new doom maidens amongst the villainesses of Earth. In Valhalla , Annabelle struggles to adjust to the afterlife, while Valkyrie searches for Clea . After fending off some trolls, Clea agrees to help Valkyrie bring Annabelle back to life in exchange for a sacrifice. Clea transports Annabelle to New York City, where she reunites with Misty and discovers that her lifeforce has been merged with Valkyrie's and she

5922-427: The full level." Sara Lima of Comic Vine gave it five out of five stars writing, "Sexy, smart and strong: if this series is anything like this first issue, then it might just be my new 'must-read.'" Melissa Grey of IGN gave it a 9.0 out of 10 writing, "The ladies of Fearless Defenders are a force to be reckoned with in this stellar first issue." George Marston of Newsarama gave it an 8 out of 10 writing, "With

6016-449: The heroes of Midgard (Earth), instead of from Asgard ". Bunn also said that Misty Knight co-stars in the series, "They're our co-leads, and the rest of the team will build around them. I think it'll be interesting to see how the two of them see things differently. You've got Misty, who's a very street-level character. And you've got Valkyrie, who's a goddess". Dani Moonstar was revealed as the third member of team. Bunn said, "She has such

6110-605: The marketing from microblogs for $ 5 per month, or $ 40 per year. During an AMA on 11 July 2023, the CEO said that Tumblr was financially in the red, losing $ 30 million a year. Tumblr has received criticism for copyright violations by participating bloggers; however, Tumblr accepts Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) take-down notices . Tumblr's visual appeal has made it ideal for photoblogs that often include copyrighted works from others that are re-published without payment. Tumblr users can post unoriginal content by "Reblogging",

6204-519: The messaging system if they were sent a message by any user that had received access to the system itself. The messaging platform replaces the fan mail system, which was deprecated. The ability to send posts to others via the Dashboard was added the following month. In May 2012, Tumblr launched Storyboard, a blog managed by an in-house editorial team which features stories and videos about noteworthy blogs and users on Tumblr. In April 2013, Storyboard

6298-500: The new format. The Verge was also critical of the changes, noting that it was cleaner, but made the site lose its "nostalgic charm". While Tumblr's userbase has generally been received as accommodating people from a wide range of ideologies and identities, a common point of criticism is that attitudes from users on the site stifle discussion and discourse. In 2015, members of the Steven Universe fandom drove an artist to

6392-446: The next three years, to approximately 30 million by October 2018. As of May 2019 , Tumblr hosted over 465 million blogs and more than 172 billion posts in total with over 21 million posts created on the site each day. According to then-CEO Jeff D’Onofrio, members of Generation Z made up 48% of active and 61% of new users, reflecting a resurgence in activity on the platform. Multiple researchers looking into Tumblr have found that

6486-427: The operator of blog service WordPress.com and corporate backer of the open source blog software of the same name . The sale was for an undisclosed amount, but Axios reported that the sale price was less than $ 3 million, less than 0.3% of Yahoo's original purchase price. Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg stated that the site will operate as a complementary service to WordPress.com, and that there were no plans to reverse

6580-417: The pages with dialogue, which can feel bulky at times, but it means he can chock in quite a lot of narrative for one issue." Lima also gave issue #4 four stars writing, "This issue is very balanced: it has everything from mystery to humor and the pacing is really good. Of the issues before it, this is certainly one of the best in the way that it showcases these characters individually whilst continuing to develop

6674-407: The platforms. The company stated that this migration would not impact the service's user experience and content, and that users "won't even notice a difference from the outside". The tagging system on the website operates on a hybrid tagging system, involving both self-tagging (user write their own tags on their posts) and an auto-manual function (the website will recommend popular tags and ones that

6768-525: The point of attempting suicide over their artwork, in which they drew characters thin that are typically seen as being 'fat' in the show. In 2018, Kotaku reporter Gita Jackson described the site as a 'joyless black hole', citing how the website's design and functionality led to 'fandoms spinning out of control', as well as an environment that inhibited discussion and discourse. In February 2012, Tumblr banned blogs that promote or advocate suicide, self-harm and eating disorders ( pro-ana ). The suicide of

6862-443: The ritual before Caroline can complete her transformation. However, Caroline still manages to succeed in the secondary ritual of restoring her mother, Morgana le Fey. Doug Zawisza of Comic Book Resources ( CBR ) gave the first issue three out of five stars writing, "Overall, Fearless Defenders #1 offers a coincidental threat to bring Misty Knight and Valkyrie together, but that threat isn't completely realized for readers to grasp

6956-453: The ruin. With Dani's powers, Valkyrie transforms into the berserker -like maiden of rage. Valkyrie, the maiden of rage, destroys the doom maidens and then turns on her allies, while Caroline escapes. After Valkyrie defeats the heroes, she sets her sights on a nearby village. Annabelle follows in pursuit and is able to quell Valkyrie's rage with her love, but Annabelle is killed in the process. Valkyrie returns with Annabelle's body and calls for

7050-462: The service. Exceptions are provided for illustrations or art that depict nudity, nudity related to "political or newsworthy speech", and depictions of "female-presenting" nipples in relation to medical events such as childbirth , breastfeeding , mastectomy and gender reassignment surgery . The rules do not apply to text content. All posts in violation of the policy are hidden from public view, and repeat offenders may be reprimanded. Shortly prior to

7144-414: The site was monetized by advertising. Their first advertising launch started in May 2012 after 16 experimental campaigns. Tumblr made $ 13 million in revenue in 2012 and hoped to make $ 100 million in 2013. Tumblr reportedly spent $ 25 million to fund operations in 2012. In 2013, Tumblr began allowing companies to pay to promote their own posts to a larger audience. Tumblr Head of Sales, Lee Brown, has quoted

7238-517: The site. In July 2013, Tumblr began to filter content in adult-tagged blogs from appearing in search results and tagged displays unless the user was logged in. In February 2018, Safe Mode (which filters "sensitive" content and blogs) became enabled by default for all users on an opt-out basis. On December 3, 2018, Tumblr announced that effective December 17, all images and videos depicting sex acts, and real-life images and videos depicting human genitalia or "female-presenting" nipples, would be banned from

7332-984: The story might be better served by slimming down the cast to more manageable proportions." Cullen Bunn Cullen Bunn is an American comics writer, novelist, and short story writer, best known for his work on comic books such as Uncanny X-Men , X-Men: Blue , Magneto and various Deadpool miniseries for Marvel Comics , and his creator-owned series The Damned and The Sixth Gun for Oni Press and Harrow County for Dark Horse Comics , as well as his middle reader horror novel Crooked Hills , and his short story work collection Creeping Stones & Other Stories . As of 2018, Bunn writes X-Men: Blue and Venomized for Marvel, PumpkinHead for Dynamite , Subspecies for Action Lab , Shadow Roads for Oni Press , Regression for Image , Unholy Grail , Brothers Dracul and Dark Ark for Aftershock Comics , and Harrow County for Dark Horse. Cullen Bunn grew up in rural North Carolina. He lived there until he

7426-508: The then-new ongoing Magneto , a series following the solo adventures of Magneto and penned by Bunn, with art by Gabriel Hernández Walta. The series debuted in March 2014 and ran for 21 issues, ending in August 2015. Bunn's Harrow County , an ongoing creator-owned horror series with art by Tyler Crook, published by Dark Horse Comics, was announced in San Diego Comic-Con 2014. The first issue debuted in May 2015 and sold out

7520-436: The user has used before.) Only the first 20 tags added to any post will be indexed by the site. The tags are prefaced by a hashtag and separated by commas, and spaces and special characters are allowed, but only up to 140 characters total per tag. There are two main types used by Tumblr users: descriptive tagging, and opinion or commentary tagging. Descriptive tags are usually introduced by the original poster, and describe what

7614-540: The website acceptable and safe. At the time of its acquisition by Yahoo, Tumblr was described by technology journalists as having a sizable amount of pornographic content . An analysis conducted by news and technology site TechCrunch on May 20, 2013, showed that over 22% of all traffic in and out of Tumblr was classified as pornography. In addition, a reported 16.45% of blogs on Tumblr exclusively contained pornographic material. Following July 2013 and its acquisition by Yahoo, Tumblr progressively restricted adult content on

7708-463: The website is often used as for community-building and a place to explore identity formation and gender expression for LGBT groups. Prior to the 2018 adult content ban, transgender users posted their personal gender transitioning experiences, including photos of post gender-confirming surgery and the healing process. Many users felt that the ability to be anonymous, or cultivate the identity they were transitioning to, made posting personal information to

7802-572: The work of artist Stephanie Hans, writing, " Fearless Defenders #7 takes what could, and maybe should, have been a breather issue for the characters and readers and emotionally amplifies it. Hans' beautiful artwork is perfect for a story of love and sacrifice. It will be interesting to see what visual approach this title takes next issue and beyond, but for now, this is one of the best-looking issues for this series." Corey Schroeder of Comic Vine gave it five stars writing, "Without going into TOO much detail, I will say that I love that this issue brings back

7896-407: The work of writer Cullen Bunn and artist Phil Jimenez , writing, "The story itself is independent enough to be enjoyable, but connected enough to add value to Age of Ultron . In short, this is what an event tie-in comic book should be like. I just hope [Phil] Jimenez comes back for more soon." Kelly Thompson of CBR gave issue #5 two-and-a-half stars writing, "While the writing and character work

7990-755: Was 19, when his parents moved to Thayer, Missouri to run a cattle farm. After a couple years, his parents moved back to North Carolina, but Bunn remained in Missouri. He attended Missouri State University . Bunn's noir/horror comic, and first collaboration with Brian Hurtt, The Damned , was published in 2007 by Oni Press. The sequel, The Damned: Prodigal Sons , was released in 2008. In 2010 Oni Press premiered Bunn's series, The Sixth Gun , which ran from May 2010 to June 2016. In 2011, Oni Press published Bunn's original hardcover graphic novel, The Tooth . That same year, Earwig Press/Evileye Books published Bunn's middle-reader horror prose series Crooked Hills . He also

8084-409: Was a test and offers to become the Amazons' queen. In Los Angeles, Misty recruits Frankie Raye for a mission to put an end to the Doom Maidens once-and-for-all. The Fearless Defenders find the Doom Maidens in the final stages of a ritual to grant Caroline the powers that she has been craving. In the subsequent battle, the Fearless Defenders defeat the Doom Maidens while Frankie siphons the energy from

8178-491: Was announced as the writer of Aquaman , with art by Trevor McCarthy , and Green Lantern : The Lost Army , with art by Jesús Saiz, launching in June, as well as continuing his work on Lobo and Sinestro . In September 2015, DC announced the cancellation of both Lobo , ending the series with issue 13, and Green Lantern: The Lost Army , after six issues. Bunn left Aquaman after eight issues, citing negative fan reaction as

8272-655: Was announced that Yahoo and Tumblr had reached an agreement for Yahoo! Inc. to acquire Tumblr for $ 1.1 billion in cash. Many of Tumblr's users were unhappy with the news, causing some to start a petition, achieving nearly 170,000 signatures. David Karp remained CEO and the deal was finalized on June 20, 2013. Advertising sales goals were not met and in 2016 Yahoo wrote down $ 712 million of Tumblr's value. Verizon Communications acquired Yahoo in June 2017, and placed Yahoo and Tumblr under its Oath subsidiary. Karp announced in November 2017 that he would be leaving Tumblr by

8366-486: Was launched in February 2007, and within two weeks had gained 75,000 users. Arment left the company in September 2010 to work on Instapaper . In June 2012, Tumblr featured its first major brand advertising campaign in collaboration with Adidas , who launched an official soccer Tumblr blog and bought ad placements on the user dashboard. This launch came only two months after Tumblr announced it would be moving towards paid advertising on its site. On May 20, 2013, it

8460-619: Was one of the writers in Marvel Comics ' crossover storyline that year, " Fear Itself ". He wrote the tie-in book Fear Itself: The Black Widow , which received mostly positive reviews, and later wrote two issues of The Fearless , a spinoff published after the conclusion of "Fear Itself" that also received positive reviews. In November of that year, Lion Forge Comics published Bunn's digital comic, Night Trap . In 2013 Bunn wrote Deadpool Kills Deadpool for Marvel, which received positive reviews. In December 2013, Marvel announced

8554-562: Was optioned by 20th Century Fox in February 2016. David Prior was attached to write and direct the film adaptation of the Boom! Studios comic. It was released in 2020. During the ComicsPRO 2016 annual meeting, Dark Horse Comics announced a new Conan comic book series titled Conan the Slayer, written by Bunn and illustrated by Sergio Dávila, launching in July 2016. Civil War 2: X-Men ,

8648-456: Was optioned by SyFy in December 2015 for development as a television series, with Becky Kirsch attached to write the adaptation. Dark Horse Comics announced Death Follows , a print collection of Bunn's and A. C. Zamudio's Monkey Brain limited series The Remains. The collection, featuring the original short story written by Bunn that inspired the series, was published in May 2016. Bunn's and Vannesa R. Del Rey's limited series The Empty Man

8742-507: Was removed in January 2024 due to low usage. At the end of 2022, Tumblr announced a livestreaming service called Tumblr Live. Tumblr Live was an adapted version of The Meet Group 's product Livebox. In 2024, Tumblr announced that they would be discontinuing Tumblr Live as of January 24, with options for users to migrate to MeetMe . A feature that allowed users to tip small amounts of money to other users, introduced in February 2022,

8836-406: Was shut down. In March 2018, Tumblr began to syndicate original video content from Verizon-owned video network go90 , as part of an ongoing integration of Oath properties, and reported plans to wind down go90 in favor of using Oath properties to distribute its content instead. This made the respective content available internationally, since go90 is a U.S.-only service. Go90 shut down at the end of

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