#but i desire learning

[notallbloodmages]

I Wanna Take a Class

So I've wanted to do some sort of accounting shit forever and...I finally am well enough that it wouldn't be hell to get through. I want to start out with something small that I already have experience in - tax filing! The course I've found goes through both individual and small business taxes, and includes physical textbooks in the tuition.

Ideally I'd like to volunteer my time to help others. I don't want to run a tax business or anything. Basically....I love filling out forms and looking at numbers, I love helping people, and I hate the USA system of scaring the public into paying big companies to file info that the gov't already has. Plus it would be relevant to my own existing small business as a bonus!

With all the stray cats we've helped survive the winter (if you're in MN and want a cat...), I'm pretty broke. So please take a look at some of my artwork that I have for sale! I also do custom work with no minimum quantity requirement, and I'm really flexible on pricing. I'll do trades, too, which wouldn't fulfill my tuition cost raising, but just in general it's a thing I accept.

If you don't need any embroidery or sewing done, I would also gratefully accept donations at my Ko-Fi OR you can buy a gift card on my site to use in the future.

Reblogs appreciated but I won't guilt trip anyone into them!

In addition for anyone trying to offer advice: -No, I can't get a loan. My bank knows I don't have much income right now so they won't give me a personal one. And it's not a college degree-related loan so they won't give me an education loan either. -My credit card isn't maxxed but I only have about a third of what I need for the course. -The course is less than $1k in case anyone wants to know. -Yes, I did look up reviews and how local colleges feel about the course in case I want to get a degree some day. That is why I chose the one that I have.

[gibbearish]

love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking

[imsosleepyofyourbull]

I firmly believe that Kabru is autistic but masks so hard that he’s convinced himself and (almost) everyone around him that he’s neurotypical.

That man’s special interest is people and how they work, but he just thinks it’s him Being So Good At Socializing — like he doesn’t spend 95% of his time people watching and adjusting his personality in response to the traits he witnesses and obsessing over the intricacies of human interaction while mapping an ever growing relationship chart in his head. For fun. He even admits it in the manga!

Like, look at him!!!

It’s such a shame that — because he’s the narrative foil to Laios and his interest is generally considered more “socially acceptable” in both their world and our own — more people don’t realize this about him. He’s constantly misinterpreted as a horribly manipulative person who only acts the way he does to use the people around him, when that’s explicitly shown to not be the case at all. Kabru is naturally empathetic and is almost always thinking about other people, regardless of whether or not they’re right there with him or a thousand miles away.

I mean, his most defining motivation is his desire to do everything he can to avoid another tragedy like the one at Utaya. Someone who doesn’t care wouldn’t have a goal like that, and they most certainly wouldn’t go about it the way he does. He’s constantly working to help people who can help everyone else and tries so hard to make sure that anyone who seems like a threat is actually someone he needs to worry about before doing anything about it. His supposed aversion to Laios is only because of the ridiculous trolley problem he’s set up in his own head.

Outside of that, he (rather justifiably) hates monsters but is desperate to understand Laios’ love for them and his apparently most selfish goal in getting close to the guy was literally just to become friends with him.

When he’s interacting with the canaries and they imply that they’re going to take him and all of his friends to the West, his first thought is of Rin and how much she’d hate to be stuck in the place that gave her so many bad memories.

He helps Kuro learn Common when Mickbell is asleep and firmly looks forward to the day that the half-foot and Kuro can communicate properly so that their relationship can get properly started without any miscommunication.

And he understands Mithrun with only a handful of weeks AT BEST interacting with him, getting enraged when the elf seems to give up and immediately trying to help him find a new motivation for life.

I’m excited just thinking about the day that Kabru starts unmasking more and more around his friends — both new and old — because if being with my current friend group has taught me anything, it’s that hanging out with anyone so unabashedly themselves is bound to make you more comfortable with yourself too. It’s part of the reason why I like Labru so much! There’s something nice about imagining them hanging out in the throne room or laying in the grass outside and talking for hours on end about their special interests. They might not strictly understand what the other finds so fascinating about monsters or people, but they can grasp that shared feeling of love.

They probably influence each other in really good ways too, with Kabru helping Laios figure out what people are thinking even when it doesn’t make sense or Laios helping Kabru understand that not everyone and everything needs to be analyzed a thousand times over. They both get to learn that there are people like them and people who will love them without them ever having to change a thing about themselves. They deserve to know that they’re fine the way they are.

[tagidearte]

I want to exorcise the demons from your past

I take it back, I'm embracing how suggestive this looks. Have a final lineart WIP in case the colouring and shading take ages. Pure lineart without the greys below.

If you want context, this illustration depicts a scene taking place towards the end of this story I'm working on. Unfortunately, i haven't had time to work on it the past two months... Which is a shame, because I want to have the three chapters lined up before sharing it, since each one will be quite long. We're 17k words in, so I believe the fic will be around 30k total. I wanna share it so badddd

[tomwambsgays]

SUGGESTION — The lieutenant looks like he needs a kiss.

[sainz100]

🩵🩵

[baejax-the-great]

If I were a writer at a big game company working on a sequel to a beloved series and the higher ups kept telling me to make the game shittier and kept sending my work back to me to be dumbed down even further somehow, and then once most of the writing was done they laid me and my coworkers off illegally without severance, I'd probably gleefully watch as people trashed the shitty game that shipped.

[mayasaura]

To be clear, I do ship Marcille and Falin!! I just ship them as.... complicated, you know? They have dyke drama. Marcille is deluding herself that Falin hasn't grown up and she's not going to age, and she's not going to die no matter what Marcille does, and Marcille isn't going to have to live most of her life having lost her. Meanwhile poor Falin would like a step by step written explanation of how to convince her very good elf friend that she is an adult, and has some potentially adult feelings about getting wet and naked and crawling into bed together

[zytes]

snow over cold wires / nerine sarniensis

[shalom-iamcominghome]

Person with no whimsy: Why are you trying to trick g-d with loopholes? 🙄🙄🙄🙄

[mindofserenity]

يجب على المرء أن يكون دائمًا على دراية بكل خطوة يتخذونها في رحلة الحياة هذه

One must always be soulfully aware for every step they take in this journey we call, life.

— mindofserenity

[hollowtones]

to some degree dumb forum arguments have been a core part of the Fallout series since the earliest days so im glad(?) to see it still. the long and beautiful continuity of humankind...

[turtleblogatlast]

Something I really like is that April’s constant stream of odd jobs she goes through is somewhat reflected in the boys as well. Like, you have April working at random pizza places or getting a crane license or being fully willing to apply for a job at a place clearly made out of cardboard. Then you have the boys as well who do anything from working as a basketball mascot, building a massive dog park, being waiters, getting a whole band gig at a theme park, etc, etc-

Main difference is that April actively applies for these jobs (and is hopefully paid for the short time she’s in them) whereas for the bros the jobs usually find them (and they practically never get paid.) It doesn’t even stop at jobs either, they just seem to casually amass skills in general.

I don’t know, I like how both April and the turtles are just so ready and willing to do things. Sure, they’re not always good at these things, but they do them readily! In a way, being heroes is just another job (well, more like volunteer work/vigilantism/another fun activity) that they initially took on because of their general sense of “why not?”

They’re very willing and open to trying out new things despite their tendency to revert back to what they enjoy (and how commonly trying new things ends up going wrong), and I think that adaptational interest of theirs really helps them be well rounded in multiple regards.

[ilmhist]

2025 is the year i embrace "be cringe be free" so i'm kicking that off by doing sketchy studies of old kiss paintings. but with blorbo prompt list | day 1 reference

[mochinomnoms]

MOCHI-- hi, welcome back, sorry I've been busy and haven't said hi yet BUT--

*Play fighting with the tweels.* Is the respective eel letting you win? Oh yes. Or play fighting as a flirting tactic. Play fighting as just a courting thing with them.

Oh, he loves to see how strong his little darling is-- feisty? Oh so great. They're having the best time.

Either tweel, honestly. Either of them. (Both?)

Anyway, got excited to share lol. Welcome back!

Hi babe! I'm happy to see you again it's been a while since I've seen a notif from you!!

The twins definitely like play fighting and they 100% consider it a courting method. Generally, the more predacious merfolk look for partners that will fight them, as a strong mate is someone who can protect you or it allows you to demonstrate that you'd be an excellent protector. It depends on what the merperson leans towards.

I think they especially like it as most people on land are relatively cautious around them and hesitant to fight. Even some of the Savanaclaw students are afraid, but when they see little old you ready to throwdown (like a dumbass)?

Oh they're in love. It's so funny! And cute! And they will most likely overpower you, but seeing you still try and throw fists is so fucking cute and funny they'll allow it.

[sandflakedraws]

fun fact corner ! i hated trolls one when it came out because i was a whimsyless middle schooler. you single handedly have made me go back and rewatch those movies because your love of them is sooooooo contagious, and they are so much fun ! i'm making a trollsona now because cringe is dead. (also i happen to have sent another anon ask months ago where this was mentioned, but coming out of the well has been going well !! it has been very fun to join nulo in the they/them club. we grantin our own wishes out here !) anyway, your art continues to create meaningful changes in the lives of strangers! Much love and many thanks !!

aaWWWWWW YEAHHHHHH!!!!

♥ what a touching ask ♥ welcome to the they/them club, enjoy your stay! this is all fanTASTIC news, i'm glad you gave it a second chance, left that well behind, and are havin fun!!!

Trolls, of all things, has given me the push for what i've been workin on lately; getting rid of those self-imposed invisible rules/barriers for joy. like! "maybe it's fine if i started talking in this server again." "maybe i could add this to my wardrobe." "maybe it's not too late to learn how to yodel."

to begin with, i haven't shied away from the fact that i'm a Silly Goose, but sharing the love for the Trolls movies has got me embracing it even harder.