#Healthy work/life balance

[tomfowlerstuff]

Had a fun idea earlier today while I was working and flushed it out this evening (before going back to work).

[selvepnea]

Bleh

[still-a-morosexual-help]

Meanwhile, MC to Lucifer:

MC's the actual Daddy Dom of the series.

[thereweredragonshere]

The creature needs its morning coffee

[undead-moth]

I know I've been on about this for a while now and I'm being a hater but you're telling me SydCarmy was "always meant to be platonic" even though there are two seasons of writing making use of tried-and-true explicitly romantic tropes, themes and writing signals, and SydLuca is going to be romantic because...he was nice to her on screen for a few minutes?

I don't even care if people ship SydLuca, or if they just prefer it, but you can't honestly tell me that you believe Carmy was always meant to be a friend but Luca is an obvious love interest.

Just because Syd and Carmy haven't kissed or confessed their love to each other doesn't mean that isn't very obviously the direction this show is going. The Bear has already shown you who is endgame. It has shown you every episode of the show so far.

Honestly I really don't think The Bear fanbase understands this show or cares about these characters or the story being told here, which is unfortunate because this show is shockingly well-written in comparison to most shows right now, and we should be so grateful for it but all we're doing is complaining that the writers led us on by not making a ship canon fast enough. It's just. Sad.

[youngpettyqueen]

Julian's line of "I needed another womb for the baby, and the only two other people on board were Major Kira and me." is already very. That Man Is Trans. and listen yes you can interpret it as him saying Kira was the only choice, but then it's literally followed up by Sisko saying "I think you made the right choice, Doctor." which I know is supposed to be a joke but the implication IS there that there WAS a choice and basically Julian is trans

[michsmeesh]

gonna try to actually get enough sleep tonight so i dont spend the whole day napping again tomorrow hgjkdjfhgdjfg but umm heres a silly modern au jovier meme from a few days ago

[bobacupcake]

as of tonight i finally made it to the end of my little side project :) been working on it for like 4 months now and i can finally see the finish line... i just need a little bit of cleanup towards the end and some playtesting and i can finally share it with everyone

[square-enix]

weighing the pros/cons of listing a job that i intend to quit after ~2 months on my resume because it would allow me to list incredibly difficult senior responsibilities that would elevate my resume from like a solid B to an A but idk how many employers just write you off if you have experience that short in your most recent job. anyway i hate you resumes i hate you indeed i hate you linkedin i hate you soulless HR reps i hate you rejection emails i hate you 5-step interview processes ending in ghosting

[genericpuff]

I’m pretty sure you mentioned your day job is being a tattoo artist, which I think is so cool! Do you have any favorite tattoos you’ve done?

Ahh I have so many favorites! I'm actually working on compiling them for new books that we're printing for the shop (which is so wild omg), here are some of them!

(hit the jump to see them! CW: traces of blood can be seen in some of the following photos!!! nothing super crazy because they're just tattoos but it can still be seen in some spots esp with the colored pieces ~)

I love my job (´ ∀ ` *)

[creepyjirachi]

okay hear me out. i know i love science and i’m very good at chemistry and physics. but what if i became a fucking accountant

[mostremote]

the absolute power and freedom of turning on "out of office" autoreply

[decarabiandivorce]

Tbh the sheer magnitude of angst potential that decarabian has is untapped. Imagine thinking everyone loves you, that you know you’re taking care of them and they appreciate what you do for them, that people look up to you in respect. But in reality your kingdom is falling apart, everyone including your own wife hates you and your actions, simply because you’re blind to the world around you, trying and trying to protect everyone but nearly everyone else thinks you’re trying to hurt them. You have so much love in you for everyone you know that it system overflows into hatred, apathy, and obsession, and the two people who could ever have the potential to truly understand you and your motives are both plotting together to kill you

(he needs therapy)

😔 he needs both therapy and a divorce. Those who hated him realized they couldn't do anything about it just left. They would rather embrace the cold than defy him. No wonder why the only people left in his city were those who 'respected' him. Its survivorship bias. The naysayers are all outside his walls and so of course only the yes-men were in earshot.

Also yeah once Amos is like "you know what? I should leave him!". Decarabian starts to Spiral. Its not healthy at all, and it effects him a lot. Amos was completely justified in leaving him, and thats why i think Decarabian's winds get even worse. You know how there were tornadoes and such when Dvalin attacked the city? Yeah. Yeah.... Anemo guy gets abandonment issue 3.0 and acts like a dragon.

This just makes his citizen hate him even more, driving more people to the Nameless Bard's side. Oh once he realizes that all of them are on that bard's side he's going to blame the bard for everything. "Things were perfect until you came along!" Type of monologues. Its a mutual hatred, NB hates Deca for stuff that Deca didn't even do. They should stab each other :)

I can just imagine him at the top of his tower, the halls are as silent as they always been but its only now he can sense the *missingness* of it all. He knows something is wrong. He knows that he isn't happy. But he refuses to wake up. His throne glitters while the stone beneath him shatters. For the first time in a long time he feels emotions other than content. Anger. Despair. Bitterness. Guilt.

If he surrendered would he be able to see Amos again? See his citizens again.

Thats such a silly thought! He's trying to protect them! There is a war outside!

But Andrius's blizzards are weakening. When was the last time that wolf fought against his winds

When was the last time he went outside and talked to anyone

Everything is fine! Its perfect.

He misses her so much. He misses her so much. He misses her so much. Amos where did you go? Are you eating well? Are you cold? Your ring is right in my hand. Please come back. Please. You would do anything for her

Well, besides what she wanted.

Was happiness worth the lack of protection?

[only-one-brain-cell]

Spencer is acting like his therapist just asked him to jump off a cliff when she said don’t think about work “don’t think about work what do you mean?” 😭

[waterlogged-detective]

i wanna write lore about my characters but i am in the eternal struggle of how do i start

[breadandblankets]

i saw this lovely post and went, wait i know some quantum physics! so here is my attempt at some symbolism

☀☀☀☀

Light is both a wave and a particle. A dual nature that cannot be explained one way or the other only ever both.

A wave could not strike an electron and move it from its orbit, creating electricity. A particle could not pass through adjacent holes and create interference. Light is both a wave and a particle.

He is both Duke Thomas and the Signal. When he puts on the suit for the day, he becomes aware of the event horizon off in the distance.

Gravitational waves propagate outwards from a source of mass at the speed of light. Mass distorts the fabric of space time. Like a coin in a funnel, objects of lesser mass are drawn in towards the center. When an object with sufficient mass, such as a black hole, distorts the weave to such a degree, there is a point of no return. Not even light can escape.

For the cave dwellers of Gotham city, the center of gravity is not the sun nor the moon, but a very large Bat.

The man is both Bruce Wayne and Batman. A dual nature that cannot be explained one way or the other only ever both.

He is both Duke Thomas and the Signal. He is not Batman, he is not Bruce Wayne, he is better.

He sees the event horizon, the point of no return, where his light is swallowed up into the all consuming gravitational pull. 

He knows the consequences for orbiting too close. 

The most luminous star in the known universe is 10.9 billion light years away, with a solar luminosity 200 billion times that of the Sun. It lies in the Sunburst galaxy, and its name is Godzilla. 

Before he goes to bed for the night, Duke looks up at the smoggy, clouded, light polluted Gotham sky and thinks: Bet.