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đ Day 3.5 is now available! đ
For the last couple of months, only Server Boosters had access to the 3.5 update... Buuuuut now it's available for everyone to play in the 14DWY Discord â and soon itch.io once I'm happy with the QA and state of the game â so please don't feel pressured to join unless you want to!!
The full devlog + even more screenshots are under the cut ^^

What's been added to the 3.5 version?
đș Streamer Mode!
I've been told that it's difficult to stream and monetise age-restricted videos on YouTube and Twitch, so I added an option to remove the sexual content and strong language used in the demo.
Now y'all can invite Ren into your bed for cuddles without putting your streamer career on the line /silly /lh
This won't affect the 18+ rating or dark themes/elements of the game, however! Although Streamer Mode will prevent you from seeing any "gruesome" CGs in the future, most of the core elements of the game will still be tied to the choices and decisions you make. So you won't miss out on the overall experience by using streamer mode!!
âïž Custom Pronouns!
It only took me one entire year to get around to it, but you can finally choose your own preferred pronouns (or use a set of pronouns instead)... At the cost of being able to change them mid-game ^^;
Since the original pronoun screen wouldn't update until a new scene was displayed, I temporarily disabled the feature. But once I find a workaround, I'll bring it back!
đ Choose how others perceive you!
You can now choose how the cast and narration perceive you! Originally, the narration was kept strictly gender-neutral (outside of pronouns and genitalia picked by the player), but this will soon change in future updates.
For more clarity: you don't get to choose the words specifically, but you can choose between masculine, feminine, and androgynous terms!
đ Separate top and bottom genitalia!
You can now choose your tatas and pps separately! >:3
Alongside that, you can also choose your preferred body type!
I removed the "both" genitalia option because a few players still assumed it was an obscure version of "intersex". That wasn't my intention and I don't want to mislead anyone, so I took it out for now ^^;
I also didn't want to include a screenshot of the new genitalia choices in action (because it's NSFW), so y'all get the same character menu screen for the nth time instead lmao
đ± Relationship Screen Overhaul!
You can now change your own status for more immersion, and long-term Server Boosters will eventually be able to submit and use their own icon within the game as well!
Stalking finding your friends has now become easier by using "Buddy Maps"; a new app that allows you to see the location of all the cast members!
I want to offer players more incentive to check the relationship screen since they tend to miss the status updates, so hopefully this might help ;v;
It also says it "updates every few hours" so folks don't go overboard and check every 5 seconds to see where Ren is gdsghf (also keep in mind that he's a hacker lol)
đ€ Additional Scenes Update!
Day 2 received a brand new CG!!!!! Originally, I planned on only adding a few CGs sporadically throughout the game, but it didn't feel right to leave Day 2 so... empty... so I added a brand new CG to (hopefully) make things feel more balanced and natural!
If you decline Teo's offer on Day 3, Leon will now call and try to convince you to reconsider. However, players are still allowed to decline, and if they do, they'll reach a dead end.
After listening to feedback on itch, I changed some of the dialogue during Days 1-3 to make it seem more consistent! They're only small changes though, so it's honestly not worth looking for sdgjssga
đ¶ Updated BGM and SFX!
I wanted to try out a different style of music to see if it fits the vibe of 14DWY more! The BGM features more acoustics to suit the "beachy" theme of Corland Bay, though I made a conscious effort to include piano elements as well to stay true to the original!!
I figured it'd be better to give players a live example before I make a poll (to see if they prefer the change or not) and publish it to Itch.
Some new SFX have also been added, though it's very minimal and honestly not that noticeable.
How to download and play the update?
(warning: clicking on the following links will open Discord!!) To download the Day 3.5 update, simply join the 14DWY Discord server, verify your age, and visit the "14dwy-updates" channel!
Alternatively, you can also wait until the update is publicly released on Itch to play it as well!! (It normally gets released shortly after a round of QA testing/getting feedback from the server, though I may release it earlier if I feel like it hehe ^^)
Enjoy!!
#14 days with you#14dwy#đ â 14 days with queue.#đ€ â updates.#đ€ â spoilers.#I'm not gonna say much about my current doxxing situation because I've got it under control now + it's being handled privately#Plus I don't wanna give it/the people involved any unnecessary attention. I just wanna announce the update and Get Back To Itâąïž#(''it'' bein the grind đȘ It never stops lmao /silly)#OG followers will also know that these topics aren't the vibe I normally have on this blog (or any of my accounts); so I don't think I'llâ#âmake ANOTHER public post about the situation and bring more attention to it (when I just want everything to be over and put to rest ^^;)#However I also don't want people to think that I'm... ignoring?? the situation entirely (because gettin doxxed is a very endangering thing)#So I DO want to quickly acknowledge it here and say that it's all currently handled + I'm safe and okay + this won't stop me fromâ#âcontinuing to work on 14DWY (and other future projects). I also don't want to give these awful people more power and incentive to continue#âthis kind of pathetic behaviour; so the less attention and encouragement being shown will ultimately be better in the long run :3#Aaaaaanways!! đźâđš#My other accounts will be restored shortly and my askbox will be opened once I feel comfortable. I'll get around to following folksâ#âagain in my own time; so please don't feel offended if I unfollowed you during a moment of vulnerability and anxiety!!#This is all EXTREMELY overwhelming and scary for someone with SAD/AvPD; and I /gen can't handle seeing it all over my timeline ;v;#Sorry this got ranty and personal again hjdsgjsdh T_T I said I wouldn't say much; so I'll shut up now hehe#đ€ â shut up sai.
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ANSWER THIS AND YOU GET A FUNNY BURNING CHEESE COMIC
Hear me out
The ancients giving themselves up to the beasts as sacrifices if they agreed to leave earthbread alone and never wreck terror or show their faces again
I'd say everyone besides Flour would go:
Say less Babygirl*hops into a pumpkin carriage and rides off into the sunset*
Maybe Salt would need a lot of convincing because... Holy shit it could be this easy, Milk you seeing this, quick Spice snap a photo this is a moment in history
Flour is just in massive denial but would find a way to agree to mke it seem like it isn't about love or anything
Unknown3doors, don't tempt me like that đ don't tempt me like that, unknown3doors đ you're playing with fire, unknown3doors đđ„
Pure Vanilla surrendering to Shadow Milk would be the happiest day of Shadow's life. He makes Vanilla repeat himself multiple times, makes him announce it through a megaphone, they do a radio broadcast, Shadow makes a TV special out of it, Shadow writes poems and essays gloating and taunting... And then he eventually agrees to Vanilla's terms (although, he DOES try to haggle for permission to continue annoying people). Pure Vanilla is HIS!!! HE'S FINALLY HIS!!! FOREVER AND EVER!!!!!!! (And the Soul Jam, technically. But WHATEVER!!! HIS SILLY VANILLY!!!). Now Vanilla must endure having to spend EVERY SINGLE MINUTE of his life within 10 feet of Shadow AT ALL TIMES, or else the deal is off and Shadow will commit genocide in retaliation. Why the long face, though? You agreed to this! You knew this would happen! Maybe if Vanilla behaves well enough, like a good little doll, Shadow will allow himself to be HIS doll for a time. Tit for tat. It's only fair. They can be each other's playmate for eternity now...
Eternal Sugar would be 100% awake for the first time in forever if Hollyberry offered herself to her - in exchange for anything at all, it never had to have been for keeping innocents safe. Typical of Holly, in her estimate; she's not necessarily surprised by this. Maybe she'll feign a bit of surprise just because, maybe she'll tease Holly about it... But all in all, she's quite pleased. Now she can keep those pesky subjects of Holly's away from her much easier (as well as her friends... Including that ridiculous dragon...). Holly will learn to see things her way eventually. Appreciate the little things. Like a nice, long nap in a warm bed, in the arms of a loved one... Pleasant, sugary sweet dreams that are too comforting to wake up from... No one ever bothering them about anything ever again. Free from their responsibilities, free from the burden of the shield and the crown. Just the two of them in their own little world, pursuing their own happiness. Won't that be nice?
Mystic Flour would struggle to even entertain Dark Cacao's presence, never mind his... proposal (oh gods, not that word). She would refuse, and refuse, and refuse again. But Cacao does not give up, stubborn fool that he is. Curse his Light of Resolution... Eventually, in lieu of plainly refusing, she tries to appeal to reason. What about his kingdom? His people? What would they say, think, do? Will he leave them behind just to keep her pacified? What about his friends? His son? Who will rule in his absence? Unfortunately, Cacao has an answer for every single one of her questions... and, with an even greater undertone of misfortune... she likes them. That part of her that likes HIM also likes this. That he always has an answer for everything she says. That he won't bend the knee to her, no matter what. His self-sacrificing nature, bordering on martyrdom... just like hers once was. In truth, every word out of her mouth is only serving to delay her inevitable acceptance of his offer. A feeble attempt at shooing him away, one final shot at denying her feelings towards him, for having him around her constantly would be too much to bear, and she might... She... She'll break. She knows she will. And she can't have it. She won't stand for it.
... Dark Cacao, stubborn, handsome, selfless fool that he is. He has undone everything she ever worked for. Her apathy meant nothing the moment they locked eyes. It means nothing now, as they go back and forth about this foolish deal of his. And it won't mean anything when she eventually says yes.
(But she'll try to pretend otherwise, for as long as she can. Neither of them could handle the truth...)
Golden Cheese: Burning Spice, if you leave everyone else alone, I'll give myself to-
Burning Spice: DEAL!!!!!!!!! *pounces on her before she can actually finish or explain herself any further... What he does next, I'll let you imagine/decide đ*
Silent Salt... wouldn't even believe it at first. He'd be astounded. Dumbfounded, really, that White Lily would say such a thing... Is this really her? Is someone forcing her to do this? What is the catch? Enough reassurance from her would convince him that she's being real and sincere and every other word that can be used to describe her deal, and... he accepts it. No other ifs, ands or buts. His White Lily... now, she really IS his White Lily. Forever and ever... He doesn't mind having to keep away from society; that's hardly a punishment. It costs him nothing. And if his White Lily is there with him, he won't even notice the difference...
#can you tell I liked writing the MysticCacao one the most lol. I love toying with their dynamic it's fun#seriously though. there actually would be a fair bit of discussion/negotiation between PV/SM and DC/MF. Ironing out terms and conditions#ES wouldn't care too much about it in the moment. Too much work. They can talk about it later if Holly really wants to#BS really is the âsay less babygirlâ one lmao. Bird Wife mine forever? Yes! Me happy! Life good now#We fight! We kiss! We hug! We make babies! Many babies. And then we fight more! FOREVER!!! MY BIRD WIIIIFFFEEE#SS has always been the calmest one to me outside of MF. Also the most simple and straightforward one. No noise or fanfare or mockery#just... âyou're giving yourself to me? you're serious? anything extra to add that I need to know? ok. deal.â the end#SS and BS just want their wives more than anything else tbh... they don't need much incentive#i can rant more abt this later if y'all want lol#cookie run kingdom#burningcheese#goldenspice#mysticcacao#hollysugar#silentlily#pureshadow#shadowvanilla
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Flight Attendant Training Exposed: I Wanted Free Flights, Not a Lifestyle Cult
My First Week of Training Showed Me I Shouldâve Stayed a Nanny
You ever walk into a situation and immediately think, âYeah⊠this ainât itâ?
That was me, day one of flight attendant training in Las Vegas.
I walked into that orientation room thinking I was entering my jet-set baddie era. You know heels clacking, lip gloss popping, ready to secure my wings and a whole new life. But the moment I sat down next to someone who was already highlighting her manual like it was the Bible and whispering flight codes under her breath like she was summoning a demon from Gate 42B⊠I knew. I had entered the cult of the sky.
I wasn't surrounded by other fun girls who just wanted free flights and international sneaky links. No, maâam. These people were serious. Like âI was born to push a beverage cart and quote FAA regulations in my sleepâ serious.
Meanwhile, I was sitting there wondering how soon Iâd get my buddy passes and how I could finesse them for a weekend trip to Tulum.
Letâs be clear I was doing the work. I was studying. I was passing exams. But my heart? Not in it. My soul? Absolutely not. My spirit? It was on a beach somewhere sipping a mojito, wondering why my body was stuck in this beige conference room learning how to properly stow a life vest.
But one thing I will say I met some dope people. Real ones. My training besties: Francesca, Will, and eventually, Lea. Let me paint the picture:
Francesca, my roommate, and a literal angel. Ironically, we had met a year before, drunk in a nightclub bathroom, where she told me I was beautiful and gave me a tampon. (Fate? Maybe. Girl code? Definitely.)
Will, the ultimate class clown and sarcastic king. We bonded over talking sh*t about literally everyone else and making fun of the âthis is my life purposeâ crew. I knew he was my people when he side-eyed the instructor mid-safety demo like, âSir, relax. It's not a TED Talk.â
And then there was Lea mysterious, quiet, vibes immaculate. She was the type who didnât say much, but when she did, it hit. She kept to herself at first, but eventually we adopted her into our little misfit family. And thank God, because Lea brought the chill we needed to balance our chaos.
Together, we made training tolerable. We studied together, gossiped in the hallway, and trauma bonded over the cafeteria food (why did everything taste like wet cardboard?). But still⊠something felt off.
I started realizing I was not like the others. They cried during the safety videos. They screamed âteamwork makes the dream workâ unironically. They wanted coworker barbecues. ME? I wanted a flexible schedule and to go ghost on my off days.
Then⊠Enter the Villain: Karen, the training team leader from hell. (No, her real name wasnât Karen, but letâs be real she gave big Karen energy.)
She did not like me. From the jump. I could feel it in my bones. I wasnât rah rah enough, didnât pretend to be obsessed with the training manual, didnât cry when we watched the âinspirationâ video about how this job was âmore than just peanuts and seatbelts.â (Spoiler alert: itâs not.)
I wasnât trying to be fake. I just wasnât trying to pretend that this was my lifelong calling when it really wasnât. I just wanted to make it through training, collect my wings, and start collecting travel points and travel stories. But sis made it her mission to make my life miserable. It was like I didnât drink the KoolAid, so she started side eying my cup.
Every little thing I did, she picked at. Didnât smile enough. Didnât raise my hand enough. Didnât clap enthusiastically when they showed us how to evacuate a fake plane.
Maâam, I am trying to survive on five hours of sleep and hotel eggs. Give me a break.
But regardless of her cult leader vibes, I kept pushing. I wasnât about to let Flight School Barbie take me down. I studied, I practiced, I nodded politely, I even pretended to be excited about the beverage service module (barely).
And still⊠I could feel it coming. Something was off. The energy was weird. The universe was whispering, âGirl, this isnât your destiny.â
Little did I know what was coming next in Blog 4⊠aka the moment Liz the Human Avalanche entered the chat and made it her lifeâs mission to get me out of the skies and back on the ground.
Stay tuned itâs about to get messy.
Source: Flight Attendant Training Exposed: I Wanted Free Flights, Not a Lifestyle Cult
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Okay. Since we're going over all the takes on Mr. X at this point.. What if his powers really don't have a backside. What if (the state of) his normal life is the backside.
What if his normal life is akin to that of heroes where he has to pretend to be something he's not and follow rules that the people who control his life came up with to further their own goals. What if he can only be free of other people's beliefs and expectations when he's a hero.
What if in reality he truly is like everyone else. The other heroes. The ordinary people. All those who work themselves to the bone, who are tired and overworked and sick of all the exploitation...
What if when he's in the form of the number one hero.. when he becomes the most sought after product on the hero market..
Is when he gains the freedom to truly be himself
#to be hero x#tbhx#hero x#considering one of the first things they revealed to us in the trailers was that he's a white-collar worker...#we definitely need to think about that if we wanna try to predict / guess what he's actually like#this thing feels very lin ling coded but lin ling is tbhx coded (introduction to the main themes of the show)#so I feel like my best prediction rn is that he's actually the other side of the same damn coin#(cue the coin flip clip from the opening *coughs*)#I think from a writing perspective the whole downside thing is based on a characters perception#so if the writers make us think that X is an omnipresent all powerful god#then it just makes sense to reverse it by revealing that the opposite is equally as true#and then he'd have an even stronger incentive to want to break the system cuz both of his lives would've been defined by exploitation#maybe not the bright side of X (at least not after he became No. 1) but I don't think being the best product makes him no longer a product#ACTUALLY#âbright sideâ was supposed to refer to his hero identity bc of the black & white switch he has going on but#yeah calling his normal self the âdark side of Xâ would definitely reinforce the idea that it's the not so good parts he hides#and we've not much of normal X yet (other than his sugar stealing. you go boy exploit the company back for sugar. I believe in you) but!#we all know there's darker times coming. right.#I don't think they're gonna reveal his normal life to have a sad backstory or Idk (there's gonna be enough of that elsewhere anyways haha)#but we've definitely only seen the top of the iceberg for now#btw yes I do think capitalism & the CEOs are gonna be the real villains#and X is probably playing their game to win#yes all along you were reading my âX is actually anti-capitalistâ propaganda#we're gonna go free heroes (at a cost) :))#ice demon talks#tbhx theories#tbhx analysis
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Oh right. Virgil with a muzzle, everyone
KtS(aWtG)!AU by @greenninjagal-blog :)
#sigh. i love being an artist#drawing#art#digital#sanders sides#ktsawtg#cw suggestive#not safe for sanders#yeah that one's not making it on a sfw reblog#virgil sanders#ts virgil#it's supposed to be anx.ceit but im not tagging it#greenninjagal#wip#hey maybe i'll color that one. eventually. don't count on it too much though#maybe if i'm given an incentive. i do aim to please. obviously this shit's targeted
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MiqoMarch Day 7 - Favourite Job - Ninja
Tragedy stuck when she hit the shore of Tuliyollal: Her beloved pinwheel stolen by a strangely familiar face.
#ffxiv#ffxiv gpose#arsay nun#miqomarch#miqomarch2025#this is just a for fun goofy one because pinwheel I still miss you i really do not like kazematoi all that much even now#i still do love ninja though#even though i was sure I was going to become a viper main im one of those few people who is plagued with skill issues trying to play viper#idk i just dont get what im doing with that class lol#which really funny to me because people tell me ninja is hard#the only hard part about ninja is trying to keep your dps ranking after your opener đ€Ș#but the dt upgrades to ninja skills was pretty great!! I do like that they gave more incentive to do an aoe burst during mob pulls
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Hey there friends
I wanted to hold off making any donation posts until I knew how much it would cost but the situation got a lot more dire.
Mom's had a heart attack, my grandpa died, and my uncles are coming after our house.
My grandfather died just before Christmas, it was a shock to all of us as he seemed to be doing fine. His final wishes were to be cremated and spread over the beaches with my grandma, everyone has known this, but because he didn't write a will before getting sick with Alzheimer's and dementia all of his children have to agree on what to do with his body. If they don't he gets turned over to the state and disposed of, and we never get him back.
Yesterday my mom had a mild heart attack, she's still in the hospital now (though she seems to be doing better) because we found out my uncles are refusing to cooperate. I'll explain the full story under the cut but they haven't been around for over twelve years and are now coming after our house.
The funeral is at minimum going to be 4k not including any lawyers we need to get to get control of his body and fight my uncles. If you can spare anything at all, please I'm begging more now than ever before, donate if you can or just reblog.
Thank you all, so much, for everything you do and have done.
My uncles have never been around, the last time was after a settlement from my grandmothers wrongful death where they took almost all the money. We got enough to buy our current house and that was it. My mom and grandpa specifically put on the deed that they both owned it so my uncles couldn't steal it once my grandpa passed away.
Well, we found out it is considered an asset, until we are able to get a death certificate to get his name off the house and give my mom full ownership, my uncles can technically try and get a part of his assets (even though we have no other money).
We haven't seen them in 15 years. They weren't around when we had to take care of my grandpa after his surgery in 2016 and his decline in mental health after. We couldn't afford to put him in a home so we did what we could.
They weren't there during the outbursts and anger of my grandpa not knowing who we were, having to give him baths, change his diapers, taking him to the hospital, making sure his food was soft enough he could eat it. But now they think there's money on the line and they want to bleed us dry when all we have is our house.
We were told all of this yesterday at the funeral home, told that if we don't go to court or they don't all agree on what to do with his body then he gets turned over to the state and disposed of. We would never get him back.
The stress caused my mom to have a minor heart attack, she was transferred to a bigger hospital and is currently having a cath test done because she already has an autoimmune disease.
I can't do much else to help other than come on here and ask for help, I have so many of my own illnesses that prevent me from working and the government is giving me a tough time trying to get on disability.
It's a lot and I'm just so lost and I'm sorry to ask again, I'm sorry to make another donation post, but please, we need this so much, every bit helps.
#im notgood at it but maybe if you donate i could draw your pet if thats any incentive?#i feel bad asking so much of everyone#its just been such a year and im just so tired#i just want to make everything okay again#but i feel so helpless#donate#donations#donate if you can#kofi#ko fi support#please help#bills#signal boost#boost#don't mind me
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I did these illustrations for @beholdingthegaytimes 's fic 'It's Only Forever, Not Long At All' which is a part of The Endless Big Bang 2023.
#please don't forget to check out the fic! :D#huge thanks goes to my partner for this event! Ari you're an amazing writer and working with you on this project was so much fun! đđđđ#painting a vampire masquerade ball is something that I knew I would enjoy but I would never do it without the incentive (because it seemed#too complex and time consuming to do it without any context) so thank you for giving me the perfect reason to paint this XD#the endless big bang#the endless big bang 2023#the sandman#dream of the endless#hob gadling#dreamling#beholdingthegaytimes#mayhem art
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Chapitre 221 - Remaining Laws of Nature
Iâm fully in love with the bottom panels - how the Syaorans and Sakuras are transposed over each other. Especially when itâs a glimpse of horrified empathy over the suffering that other versions of themselves have gone through - on top of all the suffering that they themselves have already gone through.Â
It feels like such an emotional win that Yuuko says thatâs enough. There wonât be any more suffering for them. Theyâve all gone through so much that they donât need any more - more wonât achieve anything. Itâs very nice that the suffering-wish-cost-balance-maths also agrees on this front.Â
On a different meta level itâs so fascinating that Clamp wrote it this way. It's another moment where you can really see the way their storytelling changed over the years, especially when you compare this moment to something like RG Veda or X/1999, where there is rampant suffering in endlessly horrible ways. Here in Tsubasa Clamp establish a limit - they have Yuuko directly address Syaoran and Sakura and tell them that theyâve gone through enough and they deserve to just live now. Itâs a huge shift in emotional focus, in a similar way to how Fai and Kurogane both survived Seresu - another arc that would have ended differently had it been an earlier CLAMP work rather than a later one.Â
I just really enjoy their changing priorities over time and how here in their most climactic work the note they keep going back to is, âActually, thatâs enough suffering. You have earned peace.â
#Especially in a world where suffering can be a Price#You can do suffering On Purpose to pay for things#Whereas in other works it was at times needless or pointless or cruel#Here it has a REASON or a CAUSE#And even with that incentive theyâre like hey#Youâre reaching your suffering limit weâre closing this down#Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle#Tsubasa#Vol 221#Sakura#Not!Sakura#Syaoran#Lava Lamp Guy#Yuuko Ichihara#Thereâs just something about the limits of suffering#How you can only go through so much#Before the universe itself is like hey stop that#Maybe dial it back a bit
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oh that's just my bird don't mind him anyways-
#hermitcraft#hermitblr#mumbo jumbo#mumbo fanart#hermitcraft mumbo#grian#grian hermitcraft#grian fanart#hermitcraft fanart#hermitcraft smp#fanart#grumbo#kind of#if you want#bitter content#hcs10#im on a roll here#the roll is not wanting to do my finals#very good incentive that is#first mumbo art and i nailed it hes adorable look at this little mouse man#i still havent like. thought much about the logistics of the non human hermit art ive been doing#but mumbo gets round mousy ears. everyone else has longer ones but not him.#very rat vs mouse dichotomy and what have you
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*cracks knuckles* Well time to annoy the absolute crap out of Netflix about The Dragon Prince: Season 8-10 even more than before
#theyre gonna hate me. and i dont care#they should know after the arc2 hiatus that we as a fandom are hard to stop and have a tendency to be desperate#tdp#the dragon prince#the dragon prince s8#the dragon prince s9#the dragon prince s10#tdp s8#tdp s9#tdp s10#maybe if we start tagging those seasons when applicable itll give em even more incentive to greenlight em to make us stfu lol#the creators said they literally already have plans. netlfix come on we wanna see those plans#I BEG#continue the saga#continuethesaga#give us the saga#giveusthesaga#dragon lady letters#netflix again i literally only have my own personal netflix subscription so i can watch tdp without issue PLEASE give us arc3.#i dont beg for much. but this? i do
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american comics suck bc every once in a while youâll pick up one of your favorite titles and genuinely have no idea what your favorite character will look like
#saw a ââââbatfamââââ comic screenshot and legitimately could not tell who was bruce#also with a FF comic that made reed look like an anime teenager#itâs SO much worse than it used to be#interior artists get paid so little they donât have time or incentive to get good at their style#or their specific stylization for a character. same face syndrome times one million#i donât get this with pkna (cartoonists TRAINED as cartoonists and thus very skilled with recognizable stylization)
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fuuuuck your point about fjorjester fans who constantly compare them to Travis+Laura is something Iâve been trying to articulate why it bothers me for ages. Like yes, they are a very sweet couple and I love the behind-the-scenes shenanigans and discussions around the gradual development, but thatâs pretty much confetti to Fjord and Jester themselves
sorry for the delay in responding to this, anon! i frequently forget that this inbox exists and this apps inconsistency w/ actually giving me notifications means itâs an uphill battle but ANYWAY. yeah no itâs truly like, itâs a similar phenomenon to some of the defences of cr3 where the parasocial aspects of cr fandom leads people to make claims about how itâs just a group of friends around a table â or in this case, just a married couple falling in love again. both of which completely dismiss the actual skills, talent, and effort which denote the successes of crâs storytelling. because obviously the real people inform the characters in a unique way in actual play â i always think of brennanâs metaphor that characters in ttrpgs are like a kind of stained glass over the real person, a completely different and separate entity but an entity nonetheless made compelling and beautiful by the thing behind it â but to say that the success of fjord and jester comes down to the pre-existing relationship that exists between travis and laura, even when used as some kind of compliment or reason to enjoy the relationship rather than the dismissal it is often used as by fjorester dislikers, that (in addition to just, not being plausible) completely undersells how much character work both of them do to create characters who fall for each other in ways that Mean Something for the development of their characters â for example, the fact that jester spends the early campaign hard crushing on fjord but then doesnât actually realize she capital L loves him until theyâre in a relationship and she realizes that rather than the romance novel, huge sweeping romantic gestures (though fjord also gives her those) sheâs learned growing up, love is being completely comfortable with the person sheâs with is an excellent expression of jesterâs ongoing character development with lessening her naivety while maintaining her love and whimsy. similarly, the fact that itâs two sets of Is It Too Late?s that prompt fjord into beginning to realize his feelings and then act on them; where as travis has mentioned at panels & in no longer available talks machinaâs (whose number i could find for citations sake it so needed) fjord realized he might be losing something he hadnât realized was really there during the jellyfish convo & that he was prompted to finally confess to jester and ask to kiss her because her life was at risk and that after vandran, fjord wasnât about to let another person leave him without ensuring he told them what they mean to him, thatâs all extremely important for fjords development as someone who cares for and takes notice of those around him in his role as the groups leader/diplomat/protector as well as his development towards being able to actually go and seek vandran out instead of just accepting that it might simply be the case that heâll never get to tell him what he meant to him. none of the power of those character choices comes from the fact that laura and travis are actually married. and itâs consistently infuriating to see what is genuinely one of my favourite narrative love stories be reduced to a relationship that, aside from providing context for a crush that is also narratively grounded from the start of the campaign and (as both travis and laura have mentioned) provided travis with a lower barrier to entry re: romance in dnd, really has very little to do with the story that unfolds
anyway sorry for the word vomit op. it is early in the morning & im procrastinating grading at any and all cost. but yeah tldr: real fucking stupid to look at a story as good as fjord & jesters, as characters who develop in such a way that begets an extremely compelling relationship, and think that saying itâs bc of the real marriage of their creators is in any way a compliment.
#critical role#cr2#jester lavorre#fjord stone#fjord#fjord + jester#fjorester#laura bailey#travis willingham#laura + travis#asks#anonymous#my post#also i really do have a draft that is in the works re: why i love fjorester so much and it has an entire section currently dedicated to#Laura and Travisâ Relationship Is The Least Urgent Part of What Makes Fjorester Compelling#so maybe (begging myself) getting to word vomit here will give me incentive to not make that as significant in that essay
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you know the hyperfixation is bad when you get the most amount of work done if you tell yourself you have to finish all your homework before you can watch a sfth video
#this isnt even a joke#shoot from the hip videos are the incentive keeping me pushing through the last 3 weeks of school#i have gotten so much math done solely based on the fact that i refuse to let myself watch anything sfth related until its done#its wild#sfth#shoot from the hip#sfthposting
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wishing everyone a Very Merry 'pls wake up and realize that charity donations by the ultra wealthy are a tax write off that at best is a tiny band-aid on the deeply flawed and iniquitous system that would even allow there to be billionaires (wealth hoarders) in the first place'
and a happy new year
#also the reason most everyone who is under wealthy status takes a standard deduction#is that you don't make enough to make a donation that would give you leverage or incentives on your finances#it's literally a wealthy person only thing#and that's not because they just Care So Much#lmao#anti taylor swift
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The MCU using AI art really shouldnât have been a surprise all things considered. They have been very explicit about how they like to recreate comic panels and covers in the shows/movies and in their advertising, but have never credited the artists nor payed them (David Aja confirmed as much). Same goes for the people who wrote the stories theyâre adapting, Ed Brubaker gets more residuals for an 8 second cameo in the Winter Soldier movie than he gets from Marvel Studios for writing the story the movie heavily relies on. For creating the version of a character they have profited off of for years now. Marvel Studios has never valued artists of any variety and the bigger the MCU gets the more glaring this problem is becoming in its output.
#The people who work on these films are talented but I wouldnât feel much incentive to do my best work under any of the MCUâs conditions#marvel#mcu
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what kind of favour do you require in exchange for an equineswap jiang yanli
I will fight god if that's what it takes.
No favour required! These guys were in the original doodle dump!
#mdzs#equineswap au#wei wuxian#jiang yanli#jiang cheng#There were a lot more horses that were supposed to go into that first equineswap post...but I got short on time to clean them up#All the siblings have winding cutie marks! Maybe its a yunmeng thing or maybe its just a representation of their bond#the little cutie mark stamp is cute but lets have some variation! lets play around with it!#that sais...the temptation to make JYL's mark soup was very strong. But too silly and too much of a disservice to her character.#Even though her main usage of powers in this au is probably just to make soup#They are a little horse posse...trotting around together was the real magic all along....#Oh god if this follows canon wwx gives up his horn in illegal horn transplant surgery#do you think wen qing carves and dyes it so it looks similar to JC's original horn? She *has* to...right?#Anyways! Thank you beloved mutual Stackedbirds for giving me an excuse to post this!#PS: I would do anything u asked without incentive btw. Just putting that out there
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Flight Attendant Training Exposed: I Wanted Free Flights, Not a Lifestyle Cult
My First Week of Training Showed Me I Shouldâve Stayed a Nanny
You ever walk into a situation and immediately think, âYeah⊠this ainât itâ?
That was me, day one of flight attendant training in Las Vegas.
I walked into that orientation room thinking I was entering my jet-set baddie era. You know heels clacking, lip gloss popping, ready to secure my wings and a whole new life. But the moment I sat down next to someone who was already highlighting her manual like it was the Bible and whispering flight codes under her breath like she was summoning a demon from Gate 42B⊠I knew. I had entered the cult of the sky.
I wasn't surrounded by other fun girls who just wanted free flights and international sneaky links. No, maâam. These people were serious. Like âI was born to push a beverage cart and quote FAA regulations in my sleepâ serious.
Meanwhile, I was sitting there wondering how soon Iâd get my buddy passes and how I could finesse them for a weekend trip to Tulum.
Letâs be clear I was doing the work. I was studying. I was passing exams. But my heart? Not in it. My soul? Absolutely not. My spirit? It was on a beach somewhere sipping a mojito, wondering why my body was stuck in this beige conference room learning how to properly stow a life vest.
But one thing I will say I met some dope people. Real ones. My training besties: Francesca, Will, and eventually, Lea. Let me paint the picture:
Francesca, my roommate, and a literal angel. Ironically, we had met a year before, drunk in a nightclub bathroom, where she told me I was beautiful and gave me a tampon. (Fate? Maybe. Girl code? Definitely.)
Will, the ultimate class clown and sarcastic king. We bonded over talking sh*t about literally everyone else and making fun of the âthis is my life purposeâ crew. I knew he was my people when he side-eyed the instructor mid-safety demo like, âSir, relax. It's not a TED Talk.â
And then there was Lea mysterious, quiet, vibes immaculate. She was the type who didnât say much, but when she did, it hit. She kept to herself at first, but eventually we adopted her into our little misfit family. And thank God, because Lea brought the chill we needed to balance our chaos.
Together, we made training tolerable. We studied together, gossiped in the hallway, and trauma bonded over the cafeteria food (why did everything taste like wet cardboard?). But still⊠something felt off.
I started realizing I was not like the others. They cried during the safety videos. They screamed âteamwork makes the dream workâ unironically. They wanted coworker barbecues. ME? I wanted a flexible schedule and to go ghost on my off days.
Then⊠Enter the Villain: Karen, the training team leader from hell. (No, her real name wasnât Karen, but letâs be real she gave big Karen energy.)
She did not like me. From the jump. I could feel it in my bones. I wasnât rah rah enough, didnât pretend to be obsessed with the training manual, didnât cry when we watched the âinspirationâ video about how this job was âmore than just peanuts and seatbelts.â (Spoiler alert: itâs not.)
I wasnât trying to be fake. I just wasnât trying to pretend that this was my lifelong calling when it really wasnât. I just wanted to make it through training, collect my wings, and start collecting travel points and travel stories. But sis made it her mission to make my life miserable. It was like I didnât drink the KoolAid, so she started side eying my cup.
Every little thing I did, she picked at. Didnât smile enough. Didnât raise my hand enough. Didnât clap enthusiastically when they showed us how to evacuate a fake plane.
Maâam, I am trying to survive on five hours of sleep and hotel eggs. Give me a break.
But regardless of her cult leader vibes, I kept pushing. I wasnât about to let Flight School Barbie take me down. I studied, I practiced, I nodded politely, I even pretended to be excited about the beverage service module (barely).
And still⊠I could feel it coming. Something was off. The energy was weird. The universe was whispering, âGirl, this isnât your destiny.â
Little did I know what was coming next in Blog 4⊠aka the moment Liz the Human Avalanche entered the chat and made it her lifeâs mission to get me out of the skies and back on the ground.
Stay tuned itâs about to get messy.
Source: Flight Attendant Training Exposed: I Wanted Free Flights, Not a Lifestyle Cult
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