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sometiktoksarevalid · 8 months ago

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#cc #art #marketability #art advice #i feel like this can relate to writers too #there are niche markets for both writing and visual art #and “write/draw for yourself and you'll eventually find your audience” can be good advice #but that audience can take a while to find you #and if you don't have financial support (spouse or other family who can handle bills while you write/draw/paint)#you don't always have that time needed to find the audience for your passion projects #and even if you do find them it doesn't mean that audience will be big enough to support you enough to pay your bills #“we need more weird art!” artists need to be able to pay their bills first bcoz weird art doesn't always pay

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hadesknockedupintheunderworld · 4 months ago

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My favorite funny thing on occasion is to imagine sugar baby/daddy dynamics with Tails ships

Something so comical about the fact that Sonic the hedgehog (hedgehog without a home) would be sugar baby to Tails (fox who has so many labs. Like who needs to worry about money when your little buddy pays for stuff heroing doesn't and keeps his bases fully stocked with ingredients for your favorite food

Or like, Tails, who basically ended up being Sonic's sugar daddy, accidentally gaining more sugar babies by virtue of making sure certain characters don't inconvenience people (basically playing damage control)

While I think it's Rouge mainly who would probably suppliment the money for Omega and Shadow (if need be) and play this sort of role for them, it's still funny to imagine Tails insisting on setting them up in hotel rooms because Shadow was just about to sleep outside and saw no problem with that (and because Tails can't very well just let Shadow do that)

A friend of mine also moved that, under this framework, after the idw issues where the Chaotix took a job helping Knuckles get an artifact back, Tails would just silently patch them rent money as an apology for the whole thing.

Rich inventor Tails accidentally gaining bfs out of the main cast as his sugar babies because he's assumed responsibility for their antics and cares about them too much to just let them live life the way they have been. Do you see my vision?

#sonic the hedgehog #tails the fox #miles tails prower #sontails #unbreakable bond #knuxails #shadails #i just be ramblin #for the record it's not limited to these ships by any means #they were just examples #While this is largely funny thoughts or au stuff genuinely one of my favorite headcanons is that Tails is the sugar daddy to Sonic's sugar #baby. Since Tails has all the resources and the housing and the labs and the budget and pretty much canonically has his home set up to cater #to Sonic #While Sonic kind of just adventures and does whatever #but ultimately does drop by Tails' place often to take advantage of Tails' assistance and catering to him #and since they adventure/go places with each other pretty often it's pretty easy to imagine Tails paying all the bills😂#Not even to mention idw where it's all but implied that Sonic has been living with Tails at this point (crashing at his place much more #often than before at minimum)#As for the Rouge comment. While I don't personally ship Rouge with either Shadow or Omega you can take that comment about her playing the #same role to them (possibly) as Tails does for Sonic as ship if you so wish #And with that being said you can also interpret this post as implied omegails/tailsmega/taimega too. I only didn't tag it cause I didn't #really talk about those two much specifically

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josephtrohman · 3 months ago

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He looks good, glistening from the water, hair darkened where it’s damp, and skin so exposed—summer-tanned and pink and warm in the sunlight, the bridge of his nose a little rosy like he’s sunburnt. Or: A hot summer day and a dip in the pool turns a little sensual.

thought too much about the idea of shirtless dilf joe glistening wet and the fic wrote itself in a day <3

#i deleted first one cuz i got nervous sorry i always do this. im scared always i hate fic promo but something's gotta pay the bills #/j obvi #joetrick tag oversaturation continues #but i fear that rpf summer is coming to a close for me…so...taking advantage of it while i can #joetrick #my fic

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pfhwrittes · 6 months ago

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i'm just dropping my ko-fi link here and doing a runner.

#pfh personal #god this is awkward but uh #basically my universal credit hasn't come in because of some fuckery and unfortunately i have bills to pay #my housemate bee has paid what she can but she has her own bills to pay as well #and basically if every single one of my followers was to chuck £1 or £2 in my tip jar that would go a long way to helping pay the bills #while i look for work still #because i am looking for work

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yoohyeon · 5 months ago

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If you like my content and want to support me I have now a Ko-fi, thank you in advance of you help 🥺💖

#i wanted to make another post more clean ckbsjdj #more official #while I find a job it will help me a lot pay for Sowon’s food and litter my medication and my phone #also Puppy’s pills if my mom dosen’t have enough #with my dad changing job she will have to pay more for bus pass and it may put her in trouble #i need to go to the place where they can help you find a job cause I’m lost on where to go and what’s good for me….#I’m in trouble with money but I still live well thanks to my parents so you don’t have to but it would help a lot for now #and even if I do get a job the money I receive will go into puppy’s vet bills 💚#alex.txt #ok to reblog please do

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burningfaith · 2 months ago

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next month me and my grandma are going to visit my godfather who lives in Spain, but instead of being excited (it's gonna be my second time abroad in my life) I'm anxious af, because even though I'm an adult I live with my parents and I need to tell my father about it. normal parents would - y'know - be happy that their children have opportunity to visit another country, but instead he's gonna be insufferable about it, because it's my mom's side of family and he despises my uncle. but what is he gonna do? kick me out of the house even though he promised that as long as I'm studying or working I don't need to worry about such thing, humiliate me as usual, tell me that I'm childish and spoiled or make my mom's life a living hell again? I'm aware of the fact that the longer I'm putting it off the worse his reaction is gonna be, but I'm just not mentally able to tell him that, because I don't know how he will react. I don't need any money from him, I don't have to use my phone during this trip (I dunno how the roaming and stuff work), I just want to be sure he's gonna behave like a proper human being towards my mom and my siblings when I won't be at home and not act like a total asshole while talking with me about it.

#i know that at my age i should be more mature and handle such situations better but as long as he's the way he is it's impossible #why can't both my parents be normal #and the fact that i wasn't able to get any summer job this year isn't making it any better because i know it's gonna be one of his argument #(czaicie to że nawet do żabki mnie nie chcieli. dosłownie emotional i brain damage)#'you didn't work so from where do you get the money for that'#don't worry definitely not from you because you can't even pay for my monthly train ticket to college #and at the same time have the audacity to call me dumb for commuting there instead of living in that city #while knowing that neither me nor mom can afford renting anything without your help #(okay i'm a bit exaggerating in my mom's case but she earns much less than him and he still makes problems with literally anything #even buying food even though he's in a very good financial situation and there are times when my mom has to make everything work all alone #because he's getting mad at her out of nowhere and only pays the bills that fortunately aren't that bad in our case)#(and unfortunately the bills include my telephone subscribtion because all of our numbers are in some kind of special offer where you pay #much less for one number when they're registered for one person so it's another problem in this situation because when i offered paying for #mine he refused and probably it'll be his another argument for becoming mad that i dare to spend time with the part of family that cares #about me unlike majority of his relatives)#i hope that at least when academic year starts i'll be able to get any part-time job on the weekends so i can save up more money #although i'm not sure if i'm gonna move out in the nearest future. i mean he's fucking insufferable and toxic but i just can't leave my mom #and especially siblings there even though i can't even fucking protect them from literally anything. at this point i'm just powerless.#there are times when he tries to change for the better but then he starts creating problems on purpose and everything is coming full circle #and the sole thought that my little siblings would tell me that i just ran away from this problem is fucking killing me.#niedziela wieczór i humor niegituwa. zawsze kurwa kurwa coś.#chuj idę słuchać myslovitz #pau.txt

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hivepixels · 1 month ago

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being a sollux fan is suffering cant even check his tag w/o getting ersl as the first result😭😭 pissed me off so bad i actually blocked the artist sjdjsjjsjdsj

HELPPP i wish tumblr's filter content settings actually hid posts entirely instead of leaving it behind a wall. but i will say there were two fairly recent ersl interpretations that i found pree fresh, rlly gotta clown these charas for the funs

#ask #anon #mumblings #not sure if ive mentioned before but one of my earliest exposures to ersl was from a super old humanstuck slkt fic #its been 2yrs since i last read it so i may have misremembered the details and thereby fudge this description but #the premise had slkt being poor living together w karkat working his ASS off to the boneeee barely afloat providing for both him and sollux #they're dating but sollux was v mentally ill + extremely distraught and depressed after accidentally killing aradia in a car crash #he became confined to his room and when he wasnt bedridden he was physically and verbally lashing out at karkat. its heavy and upsetting #meanwhile karkat was churning multiple jobs just to sustain them - he's hurt stressed and in pain from losing the sollux he once knew #but he still insists on staying bc he cares abt sollux. then after a few months of this sollux's dad refused to keep paying for his meds ??#the bill was so expensive kaRKAT BROKE DOWN AND COULDNT TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!!!! i forgot what happened immediately afterwards but #they split and sollux gets kicked out (?) while karkat slowly recovers from the sheer survival mode trauma of the whole experience.#then ~Timeskip to the future~ where karkat finds out sollux's mental health improved significantly.... & that he's happily dating eridan :D #UGH. cant help but laugh just thinking about it.#bcs iirc sollux explains to karkat how eridan is loaded asf and can easily afford all the necessary medications sollux needed to get better #thats how the fic concludes btw. karkat still alone with eridan suddenly getting inserted as sol's uber lucky rich bf benefactor #like gawdd. this is THE funniest possible way of adapting the “slkt lowblood vs ersl high/lowblood” dynamic to its closest human equivalent #i hope i didnt just hallucinate this whole thing pls i cannot for the life of me remember much other than that twist ending #decade-old darkfic demonstrating relationship between class poverty mental illness and the american healthcare system! still relevant today

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letmetellyouaboutmyfeels · 1 year ago

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Hiiii.

So, not one but two jobs just fell through. I'm currently visiting friends (because of course I get this news while on vacation) but as soon as I get back home I'll start applying places, but let's be honest, even if I succeed in getting a second job (yes, I already have a job, no it doesn't pay all my bills, welcome to hell) I don't know if that'll be enough to cover everything. I was really depending on these jobs, I was promised them for months. Ask any of my close friends, they've been hearing me chant "I just have to make it until July" since January.

And yet, here we are. So.

A couple months ago I decided to take the plunge and start up a Patreon to share my original work and help support my writing career as I begin the journey of self publishing my novels. But I know that some people only want to read my fanfic (and that's okay!) so I made a special $3-a-month-tier just for you guys.

(I do also have a ko-fi, but honestly, a steady income on Patreon would benefit me a lot more.)

If ten percent of the average reader count on my fics were to sign up for the $3, I could pay half my bills every month and I wouldn't have to find a second job. Obviously I don't expect that many people to sign up, but I hope that expresses just how much every little bit helps me.

If you sign up for $3 you get no notifications, no emails, nothing, you do not get bothered by me. You would, however, probably get those fanfics you've all been waiting on because I would actually have time to write them (I'm seriously worried I won't get even my Halloween fics done in time because I've had no time or energy to write them, and I started working on these fics in January). You can sign up for a higher tier if you want of course, but if you're not interested in my original work or pictures of my cats you probably want to stick to $3.

(For free updates on my novels and such you can follow me @lincolnchristie - my A Masque of Shadows Ao3 updates will be posted there, for example).

I've had to ask for help from the tumblr community before, and I hated it, and I hate it now, but this time I do feel a little better about it because I'm not asking while giving nothing back. I truly do hate self-promotion but every little bit helps. The appreciation and enthusiasm I've gotten from people on tumblr and on Ao3 in response to my writing the last few years has been truly amazing, and so I hope that I've created stories you love enough that, if you have the spare change, you'll consider helping to support me as I embark on my professional writing career and try to keep the lights on.

It's been a tough year and a tough few months for me and I'm sure it has for everyone reading this, too. Please stay safe and take care of yourself, and thank you for taking the time to read this. Even if you can't sign on, reblogging also really helps. Thank you.

#about lincoln #lincoln writes stuff #literally getting this news when I won't even be home for a week is just #I learned about the one job last week and just got the email on this one #so it's been fun #but yes I am working on the fanfics I just haven't had time while trying to pay my bills #and also revise my novels #so if people have the spare money and like my fanfic and want more of it #and/or would like to help me have the time to get my novels publish-ready #it would mean the world to me #I'm going to go disappear now so I can full-body cringe over this post in peace

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peaches2217 · 2 months ago

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I’m gonna need some encouragement.

I’m telling my dad tonight that I’m trans.

#I’ve been making arrangements to convince him to let me remain where I’m at so long as I still keep paying my bills #otherwise I’ve got backup plans for if he kicks me out of the RV but not if he takes my car #I’ve got enough money I can rent a hotel for a couple of days at the absolute least #he’s assured me multiple times that he wouldn’t kick me out no matter what I told him but I know I can’t trust that #but it’s getting harder and harder to hide. he’s noticing things. it’s best to tell him up front #I can handle him not being happy if he really DOESN’T kick me out and cut me off! I don’t expect him to ever accept it #but if he changes his mind…#if I go radio silent for a while it’s because I’m homeless and trying to get my shit together 😅

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intramoon · 2 months ago

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I am vending at a gaming/anime/fandom convention in Nov. and I have to create a bunch of sticker designs for the event!! I need to make sure I can order them in time T-T

I'm trying to do a play on "God's Favorite" for BG3; the gold color on Shar's will be gold foil hot stamped and the white on Selune's will all be silver foil hot stamped. I'm trying to think of others to do? I'm thinking of Vlaakith and maybe Mizora and Raphel?

I am doing a bunch of Sanrio characters in metal logos, I have Cinnamoroll, Keroppi, and Pochacco on my to-do list. They'll all have a glitter finish on top when they are printed!

Been busy with these so haven't done much sims. (ʃᵕ̩̩ ᵕ̩̩)

#Non Sims #my eyes and ears are open if you #have suggestions!#I have a bunch of BG3 designs I want to do #trying to let myself make the stuff I like #and phase out the stuff I made to get my business #off the ground #oh and lil story time #while everyone was (and is) getting to know each other in our newsroom #one of the reporters asked what i do in my free time #my go to is like a like to design i run a little shop #and of course she was like omg show me #and i told her no i didnt really want it was little embarrassing #and she kept asking and was being pretty pushy so I #swallowed my pride and was like sure #showed her and the way she became do disinterested so fast #I was like #um why did you push me until I showed you #and then turned your nose up at it a little #idk the switch up was crazy #and i dont sell anything wild really #i told her it for things like anime/fandom events #but yeah IDK in my mind i was like this is why I don't show people #my etsy if i dont know them #but it pays my bills so people can be judgy if they'd like #and i enjoy it and doing events #but i already stand out in that news room as is #being the alty graphic designer with a bunch #of type-a personality reporters #even if we make a good team

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br4inmu1a · 4 days ago

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Cuz why tf do i have to do literally everything on my own without an ounce of any freaking help

#being independent is all fun n games #until you realize how freaking exhausting it is #explain to me how i as a college student #am supposed to come up with money #for a new car #& to move out #while also paying for my bills #putting gas in my death trap of a vehicle #as well as other things #WITH NO HELP #like fucc dude can i get a break #or like idk 2% of help #like what am i supposed to do here #i ask for help & nobody seems to freaking care #& i know the worlds not gonna stop spinning jus bc i want it to #but i rly dont think im asking for a lot here #like do i have to get into a rly bad accident #for anyone to take my car shit seriously?#i wanna ask for help but why ask when ive asked #a million other times #and it feels like ive received nothing #i know my feelings are not always the true reality #& i know people care #but fucc dude.#how many times do i have to complain about the same fucking thing before anything changes #why must i do EVERYTHING on my freaking own #& everyone else has parents or some form of fucking help.

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kavennnn · 2 months ago

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"bedrotting is a privilege because i dont have the time to bed rot. when i get home from work im excited that i get to bed rot" Do yall know what that word means