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bittersweet-mojo · 2 years ago

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finally finished the first season of the vox machina show and god in a tv format i forgot how much that first campaign was just. cliche. percy is the only character who isnt just a dnd archetype and the whole first season is about him because hes literally the only person with anything particularly interesting going on. i think crit role’s both success and downfall is its just the most marketably DnD ass thing to exist. its kinda boring. theyre so entirely by the books at times it just starts to look like the capital P Product that it is. and yeah of course its successful. its appealing to like, the kind of nerd who likes marvel and collectables. the kind of nerd that makes you money. its just cliche enough to cross the bounds of being too weird for the average audience. god i hate that its the standard because its just that because its good at existing in the capitalist hellscape of media we’re in. theres nothing particularly interesting about it other than being well produced and above all, Lucky.

#about me #there are so many things that went into making this as successful as it is #and god is it frustrating #itll be interesting to see them try and bridge the same gap with the other campaigns #because they are much less marketable #but the whole reason they got to make them in the first place was all the concessions the first campaign made #it set up a really good wave and now they can coast #but i hate that people credit them as Firsts. when they arent. theyre just good at making money.#to be clear. i do not think they went in with the goal of Product but i do think the stars aligned for them to be in the perfect place #to do that #and They Did #on a lighter note im really stoked for worlds beyond number #i think they really deserve what theyre getting #and those are people i genuinely think are gonna use their financial success to make something interesting

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frogeyedape · 1 month ago

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I am so unbelievably pissed off. FUCK HOAs

Oh, my trash/recycling bin can't be visible except on pickup day? Ok whatever fine I hate you but I can deal with this

Weekly inspections?????? FU FU FU FU FU

SECOND NOTICE ALSO WE'RE CHARGING YOU MONEY TO SEND YOU CERTIFIED MAIL OF THIS TOTALLY LEGIT TOTALLY SECOND NOTICE OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY A VIOLATION cue me: checks notes. Hmm. My recycling bin was. on the curb. on recycling pickup day. You know. The day it has to be out. The day it is motherfucking ALLOWED TO BE FUCKING OUT AND VISIBLE.

so. 1) not a violation

I have sent them the trash AND recycling pickup schedules, which are DIFFERENT, btw

I have disputed the fact of the violation

I have disputed the linking of this "violation" to a previous violation MONTHS AGO--their "first notice" in this case was a "Courtesy Notice" LITERALLY 5 MONTHS AGO and they've done so many inspections since then and my bin CLEARLY WASN'T OUT IN THOSE INTERVENING MONTHS so WTMFH

So I am posting like a crazy person here instead of sending the absolutely deranged email I almost sent (I did send a slightly less deranged version with the disputes, and requesting a hearing)

OMG. It has been. Less than one hour since I learned this fun fun news. My bin was out YESTERDAY, y'all. YESTERDAY. I am going to blow a gasket

#it's a relatively privileged problem to have (omg i have a home truly i am grateful) but it's still a goddamned problem and i'm allowed #to fucking complain about it #in case it needs to be said #*rolling my eyes*#i advocate for free/actually affordable housing for everyone who needs it because we ALL deserve a safe secure stable home #whatever type of home that may be #it is absolutely goddamned ridiculous that megacorps can buy all the housing #rent it out at extortionate rates and evict people willy nilly #and we're talking about a “housing crisis” and not a “STOP LETTING CORPORATIONS AND BILLIONAIRES HOARD ALL THE HOUSING” crisis #goddamn.#ha elect me president (ahaha don't do this i am not a good public speaker) and I'll push congress to pass some really neat legislation #hey be more direct: elect me to congress (ahaha don't do this) and i'll WRITE some goddamn nifty legislation and yell about it as long and #as loud as i can until people start to just fucking say yes to make me shut the fuck up #(i know that's not how it works. again. don't actually elect me to a government position)#exemplia gratis:#No individual person shall own more than 6 homes UNLESS they pay a Housing Market Shrinkage Fee for removing viable housing from the market #why 6 and not 2? 2 is a lot! it's excessive! but having A vacation home shouldn't be a crime. Having 5 vacation homes is ridiculous and #awful and whatever but it's not likely to be the source of all our greatest “housing shortage” problems. no. I'm aiming for the absolutely #monstrously greedy and egregious motherfuckers who---ok #hang on. how many homes does the average min and max homeowner own? I would like to see data on that. but anyway #the next part of the legislation:#Homes owned >6 shall be charged X% Housing Market Shrinkage Fee UNLESS they are rented for affordable (15% or less than renter net income)#housing and are actively occupied by said renters. Rented out and charging more than 15% of renter's net? still gotta pay up.#EMPTY housing >6 shall be subject to an additional Y% Housing Market Shrinkage Fee (tax? should I call it a tax?) which increases with ever #month that the housing goes unoccupied. no one living in it? sell it rent it or pay the fuck up. and still pay the fuck up if you rent it #for way too goddamn much money #but like. less. we only REALLY hate you if you sit on empty houses that you don't even let anyone use #ok that's individuals. now onto BUSINESSES #ok so immediately it gets a little complicated cuz like presumably there's rental management businesses that don't own the rental propertie #that they manage BUT there are also companies that just outright own a shitfuckton of housing and THIS is the truly egregious monstrous sid

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padawansuggest · 4 months ago

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Okay so once more, I ask of assistance. Not like… required but I’m not gonna lie, this could improve my life to such a significant degree that I’m asking anyways.

So. I have a lot of disabilities that make it hard to get around, but what I’m asking for is help with getting a bike… not really, I need a trike… I know that’s to embarrassing to say as an adult but with my instability I don’t have the ability to keep upright on a bike. I need a trike.

I live in a VERY bike friendly town. It’s small (tho I’m still limited to very small parts of the town because I can only walk for so long and in this heat that’s a very short amount of time) and we actually have dedicated bike lanes here. We even have started construction on multiple bike lanes with center dividers to keep cars out of them, that’s how much this town is friendly to bikes.

And frankly the price isn’t that high either. Like 280$ or so, and I can order one on Amazon (no I cannot buy a trike in this town) and they have them with the giant baskets in the back for groceries and I can get a personal shopping basket for the front of the cart and that would bet. Awesome.

So. Ultimately, I would like a better quality of life and being restricted to a very small part of town because of mobility is kind of sad… I will accept any help you guys wanna give and drop into my PayPal in the bio.

#I can’t go to grocery stores across town or even regularly go to my pharmacy #there are a lot of places I can’t go #because I know it’ll take too long to walk there and it might make me sick to try #I want to go shopping with dad #I want to go to the farmers market #I want to go to random town events without planning weeks in advance #only for me to know that if I try I’ll be super sick when I get there #I can’t leave my house because I can only go so far #driving isn’t an option with my nerve tremors either #I went to the store entirely for some meds an a few snacks and it gave me so much anxiety cause I hadn’t planned it #I’ve actually started scheduling my doctors appointments less because I won’t be able to go as often #I’ve waited till the last day to get my meds and still had to ask dad to get them for me cause it was too much for me #it’s tough and i desperately want a live where I can just leave my house #that’s why I’m asking I’m so tired of being stuck in one room all my life

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belethlegwen · 7 months ago

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General li'l update

So, things have done anything but slow down for me in the real world. To keep it as vague as possible, there's a chance I'll be losing my job within the next month or so, though we're all currently working on possible solutions to this. Hoping for the best.

I've already done my panicking and preemptive grieving. 18 years in a single career is a hell of a run for someone my age, and if it has to come to an end then I've made at least some peace with that idea.

Still though, working every day to find solutions. To fix things. To keep surviving. It's exhausting, I will not lie. We're doing what we can over here.

There's so, so much good to look forward to this year. These are just bumpy patches of road. And some of the bumpiest roads I've driven on have taken me to the best places I've ever been. I'll be alright. I know I'll be alright. I'll be more than alright, by the time this is all said and done.

Been doing more reading of late, which I've been loving. You all are putting out such amazing work and I love bouncing in to read even if it takes me 3 attempts and a couple of hours to get through a posted chapter. Lovely escapes, all around.

My sister turned me onto a game ("game" kind of seems like an odd word for it but either way) on steam called Spirit City: Lofi Sessions. You customize a character, you have a little room, it plays lofi music at you and you can poke at a few playlists, build soundscapes around it (rain noises, thunder, wind, birds chirping, crackling fire etc etc) while your character mills about in spots doing things as just a beautiful little vibe-generator. You can collect spirit pals to vibe with you. It's just really cozy and nice, I love it. Highly recommend.

It has an optioning for in-app journaling, and I've been meaning to get back into journaling regularly just for the sake of my memory and everything else. That's been a huge boon over the last 2-3 days. It's got a productivity timer, to-do list, daily task/habits tracker.

Anyway, I've been making progress on writing but it's slow, staggered. Hit a bit of a wall last night with some of The Stranding where I wrote 8.5 pages of a scene and then just felt... unhappy with it. I had clearly lost the thread of why I started writing it, and needed to walk away to see if a fresher mind could find a place to rewind to and pivot so I can salvage it, or if I'm just gonna carve the whole thing out and set it in the Cut Scenes doc. The other 20 pages I've got waiting? Fine. Good, even. Proud of those. This one, I'm proud of what I'm writing but again... just feels more like floating aimlessly and bouncing. It was clear I wrote it while heavily distracted or with gaps between focus, so it jumps.

I'll see what I can salvage. Can't promise an update and am avoiding making it feel like I'm 'back on schedule' just to find something I can reduce pressure from in my life for the time being. But: I love you all. The Kudos, the views, the comments, the everything. It means a lot. You're all great.

If I do any generic vent/vibe writing, not necessarily attached to anything, I'll consider sharing it here for y'all. You guys deserve a bit of fun and sunshine <3

Have a great time everyone, love y'all to bits <3

~ Belle

#g/t author #gtauthor #author thoughts #just general rambling #irl update #life update #life is a mess and boy am I too tired to clean #Sometimes you just keep chuggin' until someone tells you aren't actually a train y'know what I mean?#If you do know what I mean please let me know #My brain is scrambled eggs because of all of this #I would like things to slow down plz #A friend of mine at the farmer's market this morning asked me 'what's new?' and I just moaned 'too much'.#I would like Less New #For a little while #Until the next big New Thing #The good one #the one where I get to see my fiancee and take them home with me forever #That's the good shit #Looking forward to that

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epickiya722 · 1 month ago

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Something that I learned about myself is that I will find characters that people deem "boring" and "not interesting" because there's not a lot of information or maybe involvement in a story from them a lot more interesting than those who do.

It's like when there's too much of a character, while I will still like them, they don't give me that excitement to want to see them as much as a character who there is little of.

A character with just little bit of facts about them actually gets me thinking and motivated to be creative in writing and analyzing about them because it's like "the endless possibilities I can conjure up". That character is like fresh clay to me compared to a character who is an already painted vase.

#this is gojo and yuji to me when it comes to jjk #i like gojo but i feel like because the fandom made it painfully clear they favor him more #of course there's more marketing and interviews about him compared to other characters #yuji though even for a mc there's not a lot to talk about #but i love that for him #the less there is the less there is for the fandom to mischaracterize #yuji's existence has made me think on levels i never would have imagined #miruko from bnha is also like this for me #you cannot give me another character to analyze that's like someone who's in the top ten (except izuku)#because instantly it's a done and done situation #but miruko? i will GLADLY spend hours thinking about her on a topic #don't get me wrong i love some of the other characters same with jjk #but there are some characters i feel are too much as in 'don't overfeed me'#just kiya's thoughts

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chibigaia-art · 2 years ago

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Laptop isn't working anymore so I had to buy a replacement, can't do digital art until the new one arrives here

#The good thing is. It's a gaming laptop so it's p powerful #The other good thing is that I paid it much less than it's on the market because the box it comes in is ruined (I love outlets)#The bad thing is I'm pissed off and sad abt my current laptop because it was fine until last week!!!! I hate technology #All the files are backed up tho so that's good I'm just. 😔 I'm gonna miss this guy #chibiblabbing

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bonefall · 2 years ago

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No Lionheart giving Bramble a life anymore, I presume. Would like to see most of the nine lives ceremonies to be redone cuz the amount of people nobody knows giving lives is annoying

Yeah no. Lionheart Did Not Know Him. If a cat is coming in to give you a life and you didn't know them, they better have a WHHHHACKY reason for it.

Like Onestar, whose mom and siblings died in childbirth, or Crookedstar, whose grandma is going to be Duskwater and Mapleshade drowned her on purpose. No more stupid ass "Hello I'm Cameostar. Read Dawn of the Clans!" lives.

I don't sit down and re-do 9 Life Ceremonies in advance, but yeah you can roughly estimate that 90% of the Bonefall Life Ceremonies are different somehow.

#StarClan's one of my favorite things about warrior cats #but MAN the Erins do not know how to work it #Like. They shot themselves in the foot by just using it for useless cameos all the time #You should greatly consider the cats who will come out of StarClan based on the arc of the LIVING cats they're interacting with imo #It's frustrating and annoying how much they rely on it to market popular characters #And quite frankly it makes those popular characters less special because they have nothing to actually do #And 9 lives ceremonies are so goddamn formulaic #Mix it up!#Make it mean something!

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thedreadvampy · 1 year ago

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every so often I discover new things I'm unhappy with about the Sandman adaptation and each one is pettier than the last

what do you MEAN the word battle is between Dream and Lucifer? no it's NOT. it's between Dream and Choronzon who's acting on Beelzebub's behalf it's about the petty politics of Hell which is in large part what Lucifer finds so tiresome.

also why does Dream have human eyes give that bitch some contacts or Something

#red said #i need to block the sandman tag i just have such a hateon for this show #that i have not and will not watch #even for understandable adaptional decisions!#like it's a LOT of story and not all of it is intuitive and i understand the need to simplify it and pare down the cast #it's entirely fair to say whittle out the triumvirate which frankly doesn't play THAT much part in the story #but also if you're not introducing Choronzon and Beelzebub here it does require shifting a big chunk of the endgame story of Seasons of Mist #cause who. is he bargaining with from hell who has a grudge against him. if the person he's clashed with in hell is Lucifer #who's the one giving up the key and initiating the plot #see this is why. you shouldn't adapt the story you should leave it alone :(#it's a story that is DESIGNED for the language and reading style of comics!!!!!!!!!!!#the visuals don't work onscreen cause the imagery is about panel to panel juxtaposition!!!!!#the plot doesn't work onscreen because the comic is reliant on the reader's expectation that they're reading part of an established world #cause it's marketed to superhero comics fans! so it can make broad gestures towards how the world works and expect you to extrapolate!#but tv and film don't work like that! we expect to have things much more fully explained in screen media!#even now that extended universe screen media is popular it still isn't the norm #it's not the foundation of the narrative language of film and tv the way it is with comics #tv already has less space than comics to tell the same story because it's timebound in a way comics are #it can't montage through scenes as fast or make as many jumps shot to shot as comics cause that would be overwhelming and confusing #and then WITHIN that if you have to stop and explain who people are you HAVE to shrink the cast #TV stories just don't have space for the kinds of huge-cast complex-interwoven-plot storytelling that comics do #especially if they want to have ANY time at ALL for slower character moments #so you gotta cut stuff down #like yeah your average floppy is what. 32 pages including covers and ads?#and your average episode of TV is 30-60 minutes #but a) that script is probably not much longer than the finished comic #and b) it needs to be way more focused because as i say comics language let's you jump around #in a way that screen language doesn't #you can't do the two important lines from a conversation then move onto the next thing #it feels jarring and rushed in film

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stabyou · 3 months ago

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been having so much fun making jewelry lately. i have so many pieces now that i can't feasibly wear all the things i've made in any kind of timely manner. got bracelets coming out of my ears

#i wanna sell my jewelry but i know that market is oversaturated #maybe i am dreaming too small. i have a knack for it because im creative inherently #its less tiring to me than hunching over a drawing for hours or writing #its a nice busy bee hobby. it requires just the right amount of concentration so that i dont get mentally fatigued #with long covid i get really bad mental fatigue when i concentrate + my eyes get tired easily so its nice that its something to do #that lacks a screen #im just rambling lmfao #i dont reach for my phone near as much lately with meds. i just find it can sour my mood a lot sometimes #so i have been very in tune with my creative side lately :3 its cathartic and makes me feel more like myself #especially because with jewelry it yields a wearable piece of your art #it rules. low effort high reward methinks #honey's words

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malaierba · 1 year ago

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Fic: Karamatsu is mean to Jyushi

Me: this infringes upon my beliefs >:-/

#TO BE FAIR karanatsu doesn't actually baby Jyushimatsu as much as the fandom leads you to believe #But that's because the fandom infantilizes Jyushi a lot lol #Kara is surprisingly transparent with Jyushi when it comes to showing some of his less marketable emotions???#like shaking him bcs he won't lie for him. telling him to get his ass back in bed during the midnight snack skit.#not being swayed by Jyushi when he asks him mentally to stop Choromatsu from going on a self discovery journey #(although again I think that's because he went on one himself in the PS Vita game and it worked fantastically for him lmao)#Going on that one rant in the pizza skit after Jyushi reproaches him for keeping himself away from his brothers sometimes.#They're truly close 😭 Even with Choro Karamatsu was lowkey denying that his siblings got on his nerves at first #okay I'm getting lost in the sauce but anyways Karamatsu being real with Jyushi =/= being cruel to him HE WOULD NEVER #when a fic implies that Kara doubts the genuinity of the bond between him and Jyushimatsu I WANT TO VANISH.... NO WAY.....theyre tight af..#rambles #muscle duo #im so normal about them #ososan rambles

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ladsofsorrow24 · 2 years ago

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book reviewer: you can't make this mistake and get published

the book they reviewed: is published

#i think its less about the grammatical or writing errors #and moreso on how much money and influence the creators had to publish their work and market it to the public #if the entire reason why a book won't get through is because of its mistakes #then there would be less books in the world than it already is now #so nope i think it's all about money and influence #if you got people supporting you it'll be easier to break through no matter how 'boring' people say your story is #tmi tag

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mejomonster · 1 year ago

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My biggest complaint about red white and blue is the cover ToT

(Don't take me too seriously dhdhf)

#red white and royal blue #lb #by this i mean: the novel? AMAZING. excellent superb. i am enjoying it phenomenally #the cover however reminds me more of the 200 page or less romance comedies that are very lighthearted with very little #depth of stress. which is fine. thats also a good kind of book.#but rwrb has like... alex being the biggest bitch in it. a workaholic out of touch emotionally (but very Emotionally acting) man #prince henry and the Actual Horrificly Fucked reality of life in the spotlight. political Weight and stress of calling out poljticial issues #By Name and risking alienating the reader audience by REQUIRING them to learn to sympathize with alex who may be unlike them #and who Feels unlike those in power and who Feels half his heritage hes being estranged from with his moms situation #and then Also asking you the reader to empathize with henry in a way you have provably never had to do in real life with Anyone like him #because in real life we simply never meet someone in henrys situation #its not the polish of prince charming. its the heartwrenching pain and fear and tragedy of Being #The Symbolic Prince Charming. it is a much HEAVIER novel than its cover implies #and i like the cover and think the Pop Bright Cover made romcom readers give it a chance and likely #expanded the readership and got readers to try a novel the would not otherwise have given a chance. so marketing wise its Excellent.#but i feel like... the core Reader who would go out specifically looking for a novel Like rwrb would #see this cover and assumr the story isnt as heavy as they were looking for.#likewise i saw caseys other book cover and i hate it lol ToT i would actively avoid reading it #but becausr its Casey writing? i bet it IS as heavy and complex emotionally and Specific as i want a novel to be #its just the cover of bright pop orange and pink was not designed for Me. it was designed to appeal to a broad audience

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happyendingsong · 1 year ago

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i keep hmming and hawing over if i wanna keep doing artist alleys but i see the backpacks of weeb teens these days and it's all REALLY professional looking. and i know it's specifically artist alley merch because it's all heart badges and bunnyboy charms and tsum tsum knockoffs

#o #the standard for production for artist alley stuff shot wayyyyy up during covid #and it's much stiffer competition getting in in the first place #so it'd be footing the bill for massive production costs upfront with no guarantee id get a table anywhere #most of the irish con scene now are artists who are travelling and tabling at events across europe #like it feels like you have to make it your Job job if youve a hope of recouping costs #there are still smaller artsy markets but theyre definitely pushing towards original art #although i did table at one last december and there was a lot more fanart than i was expecting. also loads of dnd merch lmao #can one single one of my interests be profitable. please.#anyway this is all so completely firmly hypothetical because i have not drawn vaguely solidly in at least a year #😑 grrrrr bark bark get less scared get less scared

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fgooooooo · 2 years ago

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A lil bit of both