#idk just a psa I guess

[bee-a-ts]

this is such a niche, usa-based rant but I work at a credit union and I keep encountering people who have taken out a loan, have issues with what they purchased with that loan (in my case, usually solar panels), then decide they will not be paying the loan back because the product they purchased doesn't work. and it's like

I get it!! capitalism is hell and our financial landscape is broken!!! unfortunately you borrowing money from the bank has nothing to do with what you purchased not working and that does suck but you still have to pay your loan!!

i'm talking to these people who are six months past due not because they can't pay but bc they're mad at the solar company and i'm trying to explain if they don't make payments, the loan will have to be charged off and sent to collections and legal action will be taken at that time and they're like fine! take me to court! my product doesn't work! and I am on my knees begging to work with them because I know they have no legal standing and they are about to be ~very unhappy~ when they lose that court case because borrowing money has nothing to do with how you spent that money!!!!!

[ruby-red-inky-blue]

one of my favourite things about AO3 tags is their dedication to canon accuracy, even when that means it devolves into complete mayhem like

Percy was not named with a fan following in mind, this was clearly a running gag but it's his name so they have to use all of it

[by-ilmater]

i don't wanna give anyone grief, i'm sure it's just an honest mistake. but i see it often enough that i figure maybe people didn't realize?

it's spelled haarlep, not harleep, because it's an anagram of raphael. and raphael only has 1 e.

[phoenixtakaramono]

New Threadfic Announcement + Sugar Baby AU Threadfic Update Status

(TNotG’s prologue can be read here)

The one addition I forgot to mention, I probably may or may not drag the Truce universe’s Supe!Butcher & Homelander into the threadfic’s multiverse shenanigans, because why not? It adds a bit of extra danger & incentivizes TNotG Billy to want all of his parallel universe selves to gtfo back to their worlds.

If you want more context details about the threadfics, you can read about them here that I organized for easy reference.

Tl;dr let’s cross our fingers that Twt doesn’t shadowban me because this’ll be a lotta tweets that’ll be tweeted within a span of a few days (I’ll of course screenshot them and crosspost those tweets over here on tumblr for y’all). I’m hoping they do not mistake my account as a spambot when these updates come out 😬

And regarding the next update for Operation Babylon (the Sugar Baby AU) which’ll be posted first:

[isogenderskitty]

we will build a portal just for we will build a portal just for we will build a portal just for ALBUS DUMBLEDORE!! aaaaaaaaAAAAA—

[sableeira]

next part of the “nikolai makes the meursault girlies wear matching porcelain corset outfits” series

this time fyodor ft. fyolai

[designedparadigm]

Also the more I think about it, the more I realize I really don't want to lean into anything fluff/gentle/fix-it with Ghost. It's just not inherently his character to me and I just? Don't fuckin care for it. I lose my interest in it so fast and I can't pin why I just know it's not up my alley for him. His journey is not one that gets a happy ending. He's damaged, broken beyond repair, and it's about acknowledging that and learning to live with it. Some things are too late to be repaired. There are other ways to live and still live up to the fullest. There are people with jagged edges that fit his jagged edges. It's bloody and it's rough and that's what he needs. He lives and breathes a bloody and violent existence, he needs someone to slot that back in with.

There are like one or two exceptions I've had to the rule but... I mostly find myself struggling to connect if it goes too mushy with him. Wherein Ghost himself would pull back and push against it. Not want it. Because it's foreign. It's? Disgusting to him in a way. It's not him, it feels like a perversion of what he is. To think he wants that in any way has him curling up his lips, sneering. It's not him.

So I think I might? Lean more into going through that arc and journey with him. His was never a healing story. And it never will be. It's coming to terms. Finding your way around that. Flaws that are cemented, flaws that someone else can work with.

[circus-k]

YOU DONT NEED EMPATHY TO BE NICE!!!! YOU DONT NEED EMPATHY TO HAVE FRIENDS!!!!!!! YOU DONT NEED EMPATHY TO BE "LESS DANGEROUS"!!! YOU DONT NEED EMPATHY FOR JACK SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

^ took that one empathy test and was joking around about how low the score was (6 out of 80. single digit) and was told either "omg you're literally a serial killer" and "no i've seen you be nice i'm sure you have empathy"

[dragonfyre-creations]

Ok I can't actually believe I have to say this

A STOP SIGN IS A STOP SIGN REGARDLESS IF IT IS CONNECTED TO A HUMAN OR NOT, and DO NOT fucking yell at the people who have those stop signs because they are there for YOUR and the construction workers' safety!! There's a reason they are standing there! Most of the time it's a reason YOU cannot see from your vehicle!

Y'know the people who stand with the stop signs at construction zones or closed roads? The technical term for that is a flagger, that's my job! That's what I do, I'm a flagger! There is a reason why we are there and why we are COVERED IN FUCKING BRIGHT ORANGE AND YELLOW REFLECTIVE SAFETY REGALIA FOR YOUR VIEWING CONVENIENCE AND TO BE EASY TO SEE. THERE IS A REASON WHY THERE ARE SEVERAL LARGE, ORANGE ROAD SIGNS MAKING YOU AWARE OF OUR EXISTENCE PLACED BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE. I've been at this job for 10 months. TEN MONTHS. And the sheer amount of stupidity from people swerving onto the sidewalk to go around me or my crewmate(s), speeding up rather than slowing down so I'm forced to jump out of the way to avoid being ran over, cussing us out or even throwing garbage at us just for doing our job is appalling. JUST BECAUSE YOU DONT WANT TO STOP DOESN'T MEAN IT IS SAFE FOR YOU TO DRIVE THROUGH!! A lot of the time there's heavy equipment in the road, or steel plates weighing upwards of a ton being swung around, or people in the road, or even holes or trees that you can get hurt from and your car can get damaged on if you hit it. We don't like holding up traffic either, we don't like having you sit there for 20+ minutes either, we don't like having unseen hazards in the road either. As much as we would LIKE to keep traffic moving and have everything be sunshine and rainbows and glitter, sometimes we have to stop traffic. Sometimes you have to sit there for a few minutes longer than you'd like to in order for us to make sure you can get to the other side of the zone safely and not fucking DIE.

So PLEASE for those of you out there that get impatient every time you need to stop for 20 minutes because of construction or otherwise, please remember we are quite literally there to prevent an accident from happening, and prevent you from being that accident.

[diospore]

Hey a heads up. If you're going to be doing that "putting a screenshot underwater" filter to make fun of someone's post. You should probably censor the username so that the person doesn't get hate. If the post blows up, you may have opened them up to harassment.

[forget-me-nights]

TIL that some ppl, when they say “it’s all in your head” they don’t mean “it’s just a figment of your imagination, get over it” or a variation of that… they mean “it’s caused by emotional stress and overthinking, which in turn can lead to physical stress aka pain”

Wild I know

[meatriarch]

overview cont. i guess lmao. no one asked but its been something in the back of my mind for a while now & i got an anon tonight telling me i come off intimidating and i feel the need to just. make note of some things so that hopefully if anyone feels a certain way with how i run this blog then like. know and understand both my side as well as that my dms / disc is open for anyone to pop into -- just obv depends on the headspace at the time.

i know this is long & am sorry if it doesnt make sense but. just setting it gently out there.

but, again, my disc ( same as my url ) is open for any mutual. its open to shoot the shit. open for plotting. open for memes. what have you. i may not always get to every message. i may not be in the headspace for certain things or certain energies. but its open for anyone as long as we are mutuals & if handles are different between here & disc then i just get a heads-up abt who you are so i know lmao

likewise, i am fairly fucking slow writing-wise and alot of that is because of offsite issues chipping into me but also because most, if not all, of the things i DO have in the inbox or drafts are from my affiliates at this time ( tho i do have some more from the archive i need to move over from a couple people ). alot of my spoons and drive to write and post is because of the dynamics and plotting built between our muses. im not a blog centered on plotting but, it does help to have a better idea on how to navigate between muses c: esp for those technically outside of my kiddos' texas canon obviously. that being said, anyone is welcome to like any inbox calls i put out there. and my inbox is always open and accepting, even if i havent reblogged prompts in a while -- i have my tag linked on my pinned and its available always & for whomever. it just comes with the understanding that i may take a while to respond to them & they may not get as expansive as some of my posts can get with my affiliates; which again, is just simply from how much we've been building together that helps with that!

on that note. my connections with my texas pals are very dear to me. both ic & ooc. as i noted in my overview post, i talk about the dynamics we've built openly and freely here because theyre so integral to my portrayals. they & their kiddos have my entire heart and i unapologetically love having fun with them and going on tangents with them and bouncing thoughts off of each others posts on the dash.

my experiences in other corners of tumby rp have not been particularly kind. and its been a long time since ive felt comfortable especially ooc with writing partners. and i understand if i may come across closed off or intimidating or unapproachable. i understand if i also come across partial to them / play favorites because frankly... i am. i do. thats because they've built bonds not just between characters but also with me. ill be very transparent and say that i am very particular in who i get close with and that translates into here too. but thats also just something that easily can also happen with literally anyone. again i do understand if i come across closed off in any sense but genuinely? im not scary and i have options open for continuing to grow more connections with people c: theyre open always. what im not going to do, however, purely out of personal experience is chase after interactions. the last fandoms i wrote in i did so and it wore me down into my last hiatus. i will show equal enthusiasm to whats given. but i wont fish for it, either. its just not my cup of tea.

i like to think im fairly patient and understanding in a lot, probably moreso than i should in some cases -- sincerely though if theres issues know that im fine with it being brought up. but im also not going to be welcoming nor tolerate my boundaries being disregarded or disrespected, im already dealing with that with an offsite friend. not dealing with it here. i do not like feeling so uncomfortable existing on my own blog or in my own disc. and i get that already with my personal disc & this offsite friend in particular. im not dealing with it here too.

which on that note, i also wont be receptive with issues regarding what i post, what i talk about, who i write with, who i choose as affiliates or mains or w/e. my blog & my dash are my safe & comfort zones and these muses often help me alot with navigating when my headspace is at a fucked up level. if any of that is a concern yes youre welcome to come to me and talk it over but end of the day? my comfort & mental state is a priority to me. if thats ever an issue i truly would just recommend you do what you feel is best for you. everyone existing on this hell-plane are entitled on curating their space in whatever manner they see fit.

again. i promise im not scary. im not an ass. but i do curate my space to be in my best interest and at my age & experience across the 10+ yrs ive been rping on and off here, ive seen alot, heard alot, experienced alot. i do apologize however if i do come across unapproachable or intimidating. i do apologize if i seem closed off to only a select few. i dont mind if you follow / we're mutuals solely just to keep up with what i write! thats completely okay too and i thank those who are <3 but if i seem unapproachable i literally just gently gesture again to my disc or prompts tag etc! i welcome any to get to know myself or my muses. regardless of how much time has passed since following one another. just again, comes with the understanding that my social battery & headspace often does work against me. and thats not personal against anyone, ever.

[kowaindar0u]

//

i swear omg.

PLEASE it does not bother me to ask about a thread if i haven't replied when it seems i replied to everything else cause honestly i might need a fickong reminder to look in my DRAFTS!!!!!!

or sometimes i just forget, or i think i got it all, or ?? idk

ofc sometimes i'm just stumped or not feeling a particular thread/muse at a given time i'll just say that but it rly never hurts or bothers me to ask cause it's usually not intentional LOL @_@

[will-you-pick-me]

Hey so. I just wanted to write up something really quickly, because it's something that effects me quite a lot.

If you don't like the kind of content that someone is creating, and they're very clearly excited and happy to be creating it... Maybe don't diss it right in front of them? This goes for any creator at all, of course, but it's something that effects us quite personally, as we're AutDHD.

It's very easy to just... not comment. Not engage. If it's not for you, that fine! But... expressing distaste for the work that someone is clearly passionate about right in front of them is never ok, whether or not they experience RSD. That's how you kill creators and their projects before they can ever take flight.

People really need to remember YKINMKATO* / "kink tomato", and to just move on if something is not for them. I'm honestly a little bit shocked that people seem to have forgotten that golden rule of the creative community already. It's something that has kept communities civil and afloat for as long as fandom has been online, and as someone who's only 24, I feel horror at how I sound just like the 30-year-olds who were talking about this back when I was 17/18. There's no way we've really forgotten this rule again, have we? Please tell me it isn't so. If it is, I'm honestly a bit afraid the greater community will eventually collapse, due to infighting, and that's not something I ever want to see happen.

(* - "your kink is not my kink, and that's ok")

[dreamspiked]

so full disclosure, i'm still kind of struggling with exactly what direction i want to see gallagher (at least mine specifically, anyway) to go in, considering how many variables are on the table now and i'm a sucker for trying to make all the pieces fit. but we just don't have all the pieces right now, so it's kind of like working with sand. as far as full threads and plotting go, i might be slow or hesitant with certain things because i'm still just not sure what direction we're moving in.

that being said, i'm most likely going to limit shipping on this blog considering how much grey area gallagher has. and i will not ship with other sunday's outside of @wingspiked. there's a lot of potential for that ship specifically to get volatile and i don't want to chance it, you know?

i'll probably jot down some general rules sometime today if i don't loose what little spoons i have before then.

thank y'all for entertaining/listening to my rambling about this shady old dog. y'all are great.

smooch smooch kiss kiss xoxo

[jasper-crow]

Hey I know I cook and post about canning on here. But please don't reblog any of my stuff and tag it "cottage core"

Me making food for my family and having a hobby isn't an aesthetic to be co-opted by people who think it looks like a fun ghibli film.

No issues with y'all enjoying your aesthetic and you don't need to unfollow or not reblog. Just don't add those tags. Thanks.