#I'm sorry this is such a downer

[mollyjames]

The funny thing is I dont really read the Magic story. I hear about it second hand from other more invested players, often with a "huh, that's neat." I dont have any particular attachment to the Magic characters. I certainly dont care about the sanctity of any professed "Magic IP". But for some reason the UB announcement still felt bad, and it took me a few days to figure out why.

It's because to me, the cards are the story. Everything else is supplementary. It's in the art, the flavor text, and the mechanics. It's the kami being represented by enchantment creatures in Kamigawa. It's the fact that Repel Calamity destroys every Calamity Beast in Bloomburrow. It's the Guilds and the Khans and the Shards. It's the fact you can drain your opponent's life total with vampires or overwhelm them with rats or put every card from their library into their graveyard to win. Story and gameplay are not separate in Magic, and that's a big part of what made it so special to me. I care about these things because the game made me care. But now the game wants to be about something else, about other stories I already know and have heard before. It's not just a betrayal- it's boring. I'm not learning something new, I'm experiencing something old. Of course Wolverine has Regenerate. I'm already over it.

[f1shart]

tycutios i never posted …

i was gonna open comms today but ehh i'll hold off until friday/saturday. it just never seems like the right time tbh 😭. fuck i was gonna open them monday but simblr never fails to pull some shit on me when i think everything's finally settled down put it in the vent channel asher lmfaooo so i decided to wait it out.

uhh anyway more for the gay pixel collection

[hazbinbabbling4ever]

Spoilers below, beware! So, now that more than half of the season is out, I have to say that this last season so far has been... Kind of a bummer? The usual jokes fall flat, whatever made the show interesting (the dynamics between the main cast) has been dialed down noticeably, the whole Guillermo side story-line at the Canon offices is feeling like a filler with no direction just to close the season and I'm low key considering it a character assassination (he used to be so cool, wtf happened?), Nandor's "love plights" are the lamest yet and... I don't know. I feel like this show is going out with a fizzle and it kind of makes me sad, that they had no direction at all to make at least one entertaining and interesting last season.

[iamespecter]

Words can't summarize how absolutely, monumentally pissed and devastated I am right now. My mom's business was broken in to, and according to her the 'thief' stole most of the supplies, 2 cashboxes and presumably used the back window of the store to break in.

She suspects that the thief is the only boy staff we have, because of many things, but it's mostly because he's a convicted felon with 2 counts of murder, out for "good behavior".

Other reasons include: failure to act professionally in a professional setting, not dressing in proper work uniform, bad personal hygiene (refraining from taking a bath), refusal to perform daily tasks, taking and eating parts of the food he's supposed to ONLY cook, talking back against my mom --who is his employer-- when she talks to him about these things, misogynistic and predatory behavior against the female staff (and even to my mom, I witnessed this firsthand) and even trying to conspire with my brother to take money from the cashbox FOR CIGARETTES.

And before anyone points out why my mom couldn't just "fire him" on the spot, 1) My mom was forced to take him in because he was recommended to her by a relative of ours, thinking his good behavior was good enough to be hired in a proper job, 2) HE'S A CONVICTED FELON WHO'S ALREADY MURDERED 2 PEOPLE. MY FAMILY COULD BE NEXT so right now, we're walking on eggshells around this fucker.

Why am I fucking talking about this? BECAUSE NOT ONLY WAS OUR LIVELIHOOD COMPROMISED, I'M ON THE FUCKING RECEIVING END FROM ALL OF THIS. I HAVE TO GET MONEY TODAY TO IMPROVE THE SECURITY OF THE STORE, BECAUSE THE CASHBOX --WHICH CONTAINS MOST OF MY MOM'S MONEY-- WAS STOLEN BY THIS SHIT STAIN OF A HUMAN BEING. AL-FUCKING-LEGEDLY.

I'm at a fucking loss on what to do. Everytime something slightly good happens, a worse problem presents itself at my door and it's getting harder and harder to live positively. I know this is all private matter but how can I fucking keep this all to myself when I have to deal with all of this shit life keeps throwing at me? I'm just broken.

I don't know what to do. I don't fucking know what to do.

[dykephan]

i just heard about the fire alarm situation.... the fact that some people didn't take it seriously even while dan and phil themselves were trying to hear & follow the evacuation instructions is so fucked but not at all surprising. when i was in high school someone shot off a gun in the hall and even while we were on lockdown thinking there was an active shooter in the building, people were making jokes and being loud and my teacher did not care 😐 so i don't trust anyone in any emergency situation anymore, people will make a mockery out of anything. always pay attention to your surroundings and know where the emergency exits are because no one is going to look out for you except you

[mischievouslittlecreature]

Having one of those days where I wanna delete everything I've ever written and crawl into a hole to hide for forever.

Don't worry, I'm not actually gonna. My brain is just being stupid.

[jzargo]

i always knew it was a longshot for my dreams of romanced fenris showing up to throttle solas if hawke was left in the fade but. damn. 😔 that really was a decision that was just thrown into inquisition for shock value huh. like there's no repercussions at all for that. good to know.

[thelonelyshore-if]

I feel like if we stay at Jay's and we're doing their romance the hallway between our room and theirs is just going to become so charged with want one of us will break and knock on the other's door.

Like they're both going to have a lot of trouble sleeping once they're fully aware of each others attraction.

The fleeting looks the closer it gets to bedtime, the goodnight that also starts to become laced with an open invitation... pausing at the bedroom door and looking back at the other... delicious

Oh man Nonnie this is so tasty and delightful and I love it........but unfortunately I can't guarantee it'll happen in-story. For Reasons. I'd really love to explore the long term effects of staying with one of the ROs, especially with a shared attraction, because you're right it's so good.

But unfortunately, MC's residence with their host was only ever temporary. There are going to be some big changes for MC in this next chapter that I'm really quite excited about...but they mean that longing looks across the hall might not be possible for long 😔

MC is still going to get a few solid scenes with their host, though! Whether it be Jay/Ravi, or one of the new options c:

[lizziestudieshistory]

what are your honest opinions on your pgce experience and your subsequent teaching life?? i’m considering applying for a pgce but am unsure/terrified haha

I'm not going to be particularly encouraging here, sorry! I would highly recommend talking to other teachers before making a decision because I can only offer my perspective...

To be blunt, I don't think it was the right choice for me long term. I actually handed my notice in during the summer term and I'm not teaching anymore. I learnt a lot while in school and I found it a real privilege to work with some of the kids I met. However, the overwhelming experience was miserable for me, particularly when I was working as a fully qualified teacher.

I don't want to put you off because for the right person teaching is a wonderful job and most of my PGCE cohort absolutely love their jobs. However, it's not easy and it wasn't the right fit for me. When I was teaching properly it was amazing. I had some wonderful students and I will always be fond of my year 13s and year 10s because I saw them grow so much during the year I was teaching them.

But most of teaching isn't like that. It's hard work, pupils are less disciplined and have more complex needs than ever before. Teachers also have much less authority and are not respected. I spent most of last year firefighting significant problems in my pupil's education than actually teaching history. I'm talking about teaching GCSE pupils how to read, not they're a bit behind. This was huge developmental problems where these kids were systematically failed and I was left to pick up the pieces along with my colleagues. I actually gave up my free time to help a group of year 11s to work on phonics.

On top of this I've never been so poorly treated. I was verbally abused by pupils and their parents regularly with very little support from the schools. I even had a pupil throw a chair at me just because I asked them to move seats. I spent the evening in A&E with a sprained wrist because of it and the school refused to do anything about it other than given that pupil a warning, I was still expected to teach that pupil! (This school was rated "Good" by Ofsted, it wasn't like I was in a particularly rough area. It's just so normalised for some reason?)

I did have a particularly unfortunate teaching experience, but it's not exactly uncommon either. There's a huge number of people who quit teaching within 5 years of qualifying - I also saw 9 of the 12 people on my PGCE drop out before graduating. It's a hard job, it can be incredibly rewarding but it's not the career it used to be when my Dad was teaching. Teachers are expected to be much more than teachers without the respect or compensation they deserve.

[ceaseless-watchers-special-girl]

wait why are we so excited about the tape recorders what do we think it means

don't get me wrong i was just as excited as the rest of you i was acting like "tape recorder" was some kind of code item

it's not though. it's just another way for us to listen in on what the gays are doing. the reason we were using computers and electronic devices before was because the fears (or this universe's equivalent of them) have evolved to use something that is more readily available, which makes sense.

in the absence of any other electronic devices, such as in the burnt remains of the magnus institute, manchester, they went for any readily available device, the closest of which was probably a tape recorder. we know that there were tape recorders in the institute long before jon started using them for statements, perhaps even before the web started to use them (i'm kind of shaky on the lore, apologies) so as far as i can tell there's no obvious connection to be made here???

we're all well within our rights to go batshit about it, of course. but i'm not sure what it means, if anything at all. it seems like the perfect way for jonny and alex to get us excited and then go "ha! made you look!"

i have no doubt now that they are going to include some of tma into tmagp — they've included way too many references to write them all off as red herrings. but i'm not sure the tape recorder is as big a deal as we all think it is

[ageless-aislynn]

I legit thought my computer was going to explode a few minutes ago. The Nvidia card made a sound like it had been literally kicked in the nuts into high gear. Everything froze. Then all 3 sets of considerable fans in the case blasted on. Hard shutting down (holding the power button down) did not work for about 10 very long seconds, giving me plenty of time to wonder if this was how death was going to come for me. I honestly kinda wish it would have. This thing might as well kill me as a grand finale.

In other news, Dell removed their most current BIOS and the previous 3 versions. I'm sure there's nothing suspicious about that and that everything Dell is doing is really cool and awesome and will promote perfectly working computers.

I know it's not all Dell PCs but, God bless, it's more than just one or two, if my research proves anything. I wish I could get a refund so I could trade this off for something that actually works. I wish I'd never bought it. Maybe I can save towards some entry level PC that can't game or vid (which is no different from what I have right now) but might not make me feel like I'm taking my life in my hands just turning it on. I don't want to be scared of my own computer and I actually really am of this one.

If I disappear for good, just know I love you all and I died doing the thing I love the most: endless computer repairs. 😑

I'm joking... well, about loving endless computer repairs at least. ☠️

[cecils-dragons]

My brain is so bad right now so uh, if anyone has any fun ideas for me to draw/talk about please shoot it my way. Preferably about my characters or just fun dragon stuff but I'm so out of it I don't really care at this point.

[simplepotatofarmer]

also i just lost my cat i've had for 14 years. we adopted him and he was about 17/18 and i'm not really sure how to feel. like sad but i think we all knew it was going to happen soon.

[sigilmint]

deleted the third reblog of that art bc I've done a lot of good work over the years to get over the temptation to do comparison, temptation to agonize over notes, etc, but that post is really testing how far I've come with that and at this point a third reblog just felt embarrassing and sad

[parachutingkitten]

Man. I really thought we'd get some of our big questions answered.

Like, at the very least some answers about master wu and what caused the merge. Some sense of progress on Jay perhaps.

But nothing...

Nothing but more empty teases about the future.

They set up a whole mystery installment, and then invented brand new mysteries to solve instead of solving any of the mysteries we already have, like what-

[confusedhalfofthetime]

I haven't even watched season 2 of Loki but I saw a pic of the scene where Loki tells Mobius "If I don't make it back" and I started FUMING.

Like, do you know how many times I've seen scenes like that?

They keep making scenes where it seems like a love confession is on the brink of happening and then it never does. And then they end up with a girl.

Like the whole season they make the two male characters stare longingly at each other or say how much they care for the other or they literally make them ready to sacrifice themselves for the other but yeah they're just best pall!!1!!1

It's giving queerbaiting and I'm FULL of it.