#it's not just about housing babey!!

[icetigris]

I agree with all of this. I think it's also worth mentioning another problem: the concentration of certain industries in certain areas with the expectation that you must work on-site and thus relocate to do so. For some industries this makes sense; anything ocean-related, for example, you do probably need to be near an ocean. However, for industries like games, film, technology, etc., there's no reason with the advent of remote work that we all need to move to Los Angeles or San Fransisco.

Years ago, I moved thousands of miles away from my family in the DC area to work in games. I would have loved to stay there and do that, but because the industry there is so small and hostile to people early in their careers, I had to move to the West Coast over a decade ago. The bulk of that industry is still concentrated in a few small geographical areas in CA and WA, and so that's where I ended up. The studio I work at now is fully remote, so I work from home and probably could move back if I really wanted to, but the reality is I've put down new roots here so the damage is done.

Sure, there's something to be said for a community of people already in an industry, but imagine if there were lots of small communities scattered around in lots of places? I think there's a longer, more detailed indictment of the game industry in here somewhere, but that deserves its own post.

My point is, you should be able to live wherever you want for any reason you want. Cost of living is absolutely a huge contributor to breaking up families. Another one is the honestly unreasonable expectations of employment in some industries.

Genuinely so angry I can't live in the places I grew up because they are fundamentally too expensive for me to go home.

I miss San Diego. I miss Monterey. I miss my home so much every time I go back and visit my parents. But living in the place they live, in the place I grew up, is so wildly expensive that it might as well be Narnia. All I want to do is go home, and I simply can't. There is something fundamentally wrong with the world.

[freezebobs]

豆豉鯪魚

I've been working on this comic for a little while, decided to finally call it done!

For context, they're eating fried dace with salted black beans, a salty canned food consisting of fish & fermented black beans in oil. Most of the salt is in the black beans, making them yummy but indulgent. It's a cheap & easy sort of Chinese comfort food.

[stergeon]

Premise: Seventy years after the events of Silver Snow, Byleth and Claude reunite on a farm in Almyra.

Rating: Teen and Up (old man angst; language; violence)

Chapters: 5 of 7

Words: 17.7k (71k cumulative)

Chapter Summary: The farm is attacked by mercenaries with orders to capture Claude and Byleth. As they try to determine how to respond, their friendship and futures will be put to the test.

(aka the chapter where i start getting really ambitious)

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

in tonight's endeavor to be distracted from Everything, i have painstakingly jotted down the base, beginning ideas for a modern human au. it includes a gap-year group road trip in Wally's RV, Home

[marzipanandminutiae]

and I feel the Early Carmilla Fandom Nostalgia in this Chili's tonight

(I didn't yet know what was coming down the pike in the High-Strung Brave Nerd Woman x Edgy Dark-Haired Woman With Serious Issues shipping department for me)

[redemptiionss]

I genuinely think that Felix is the only one with some backbone when it comes to Dimitri but it’s also sad that he just doesn’t know how to help him. All he can do is to insult him and call him a boar and other stuff BUT I guess at least he’s the only one who acknowledges that he is literally Not Well right now

[raceweek]

logically i know that alexs’ appendix was probably (idk bodies whatever) always going to spontaneously combust and so he wouldn’t be having his 100th race this weekend even if he was racing in 2021. but i still want to throw up about it

[followmykpopsideblog]

So I finally defeated the monster horde at Fort Hateno (how many times did I die? Hahaha not relevant...) clearing up the road so I could FINALLY go visit Hateno

First thing I did was check to make sure my house was still there ofc! And.....

Zelda's journal??? 👀👀👀👀👀

Oh my God..... they were roommates...

[justabunchofdragons]

watched Eight episodes of house today yeah its kind of a problem. but also my left leg hurts and my right leg pulled a muscle when i got off the plane so im sort of limping around and i was just thinking like if i had gotten into this aged 12 i would have been So Annoying. instead of writing merlin self inserts it would have been house md self inserts. i just Know it would be 'i can fix him' ones too . can you imagine .

[icewindandboringhorror]

Various images from the past year or so... posting my evil little photo diary collections once again..

[schistcity]

SICK of the same old same old prestige tv show intros we need to go back to the era of 00s-10s tv with banging opening songs bc true blood didn't serve absolute cunt for seven years for netflix original #829's opening theme to simply fail to rehash game of thrones again and again

[thatrandombystander]

Just tallied up the total costs of all materials and equipment used in for my TriStamp Vash cosplay 😬😬😬 You guys get one guess each

Fortunately since I'm a slow crafter and it was made across six months, the actual spend per month cost isn't too bad. Some stuff like equipment, the wig cap, some materials can also be re-used across projects, so that's also good.

...Not that I'm particularly planning on being cost effective for the next project. Do you think big mechanical wings are going to be CHEAP to make? Dream on. My slow crafting will once again save my wallet in spreading out the costs :)

[blujaydoodles]

💌 : How would they plan a romantic evening for a significant other?

I'm cheating I choose all of your blorbos

YELLSSSS JUSTIN THERE ARE SO MANY BLORBOS!! This has also been tricky to think about because 'a romantic evening for a significant other' is not (necessarily) the same thing as 'a date', and also all of my OCs have either not been in an actual relationship in a long time, or have not been in one uhhh ever at all lmao

Elyss's idea of a romantic evening is private and intimate; I feel like she would plan something like an evening walk in the woods, but depending on the other person maybe also something cozy, like staying in and reading together by the fire (preferably the other person reading out loud to her)? I don’t think she’d plan anything near water for a romantic evening in case it distracted her (unless her partner can also breathe underwater, in which case yes yes obviously yes WHAT could be more romantic than sharing the overwhelming joy and peace of the quiet depths with someone you love)

Idri gets all her ideas about Romance from books and goes over the top setting up a fancy candlelit dinner, dancing, roses, chocolates, wine, rose petals all over the bedroom-- a very archetypal Whole Shebang. She can't cook, so the fancy dinner is at a fancy restaurant. She's the exact perfect blend of self-aware of how ridiculous it all is and playfully playing into that, while also being completely earnest about wanting it to be really fun and nice-- winking at them over the rose in her teeth, but only because she knows it’ll make them laugh

For Juniper, I feel like a part of her might be inclined to try to Do Things Correctly, especially if she’s not very confident yet in the relationship-- dinner, flowers, candles, dressing up probably. But if she’s more comfortable, she’d plan something less formally by the book, but more romantic to her, personally-- something like stargazing together, or getting up early just to watch the sunrise. There would still be flowers, but it’d be less ‘an obligatory bouquet in a vase’ and more ‘a bed of druidcrafted flowers she’s set up where they’re going to be stargazing’ or ‘a wild blossom tenderly tucked into her partner’s hair’

Aubree dotes-- she's cleaned the whole house, she's got a hot bath with candles and fancy soaps ready for them, she cooks their favorite dinner and dessert and presents it all as artfully as she can, and there's a bouquet of wildflowers on the table cause you've gotta have flowers if you're being romantic, she’s gonna give them a back rub at some point, etc. There’s also gonna be a lot of wine, cause wine pairs well with dinner and with dessert and with a cheese board and with backrubs and romantic bubble baths and suddenly that’s A Fair Bit, haha

Melliwyk is not especially good or well practiced at romance, so I think she’d struggle to figure out how to plan a romantic evening at all :’) I think she’d generally lean on Going Out (because that's what people do, isn't it?)-- a nice restaurant, or a museum or something-- preferably stuff more in line with the latter, because what could be more romantic than bonding over experiencing something interesting together? She probably would also bring a gift-- specifically, something personal and handmade

Nyssa’s romantic evening emphasizes sensuality; this is wine and chocolates in bed, surrounded by flowers and silks, and if you’re not already naked you’re overdressed. Her ‘plans’ aren’t any more specific than setting aside the entire evening, but the loose plan is to lounge and bask and talk and feed each other grapes and get drunk and play music and kiss a lot and get frisky whenever the spirit moves them

Kethri is the kind of person who loves going out and doing stuff, so I think a romantic evening (as opposed to a basic date night) would be a private night in, to center the relationship/ her partner and how much she cares about them. She’d dress up however she knows her partner likes best, and she’s probably written a song just for them, which she plays for them over after-dinner drinks by the fire. Kethri tends to be really playful and cheeky, so I think if she's planning a romantic evening it's going to highlight her tender and sincere side

Felix, even moreso than anyone else, is very minutely tailoring his to his partner’s tastes. In general, he really loves seeing people light up about the things that interest them and make them happy, so in a relationship, being able to do that for his partner would be the height of romance for him-- especially if it gives them an opportunity to get excited and talk about what interests them, like going to a play by a playwright they love so they can discuss the themes afterward, or whatever.

Um, also, this is a crossover ship I’ve only very casually indulged but this is SO specific to them I can’t just generalize about it: if the partner is Melliwyk, he has boobytrapped her entire house. Like, this is the ‘scavenger hunt that leads to the bedroom’ thing, but instead of clues that are just sheets of paper that amount to ‘look in the toaster’ the clues are all, like, meticulously planned escape room puzzles and actual riddles and shit. Also, they actually lead not to the bedroom but to a hot bath and an actual dinner, because the woman needs to be lovingly tricked into eating and relaxing literally ever

Ask about my OCs?

[ratgingi]

sometimes i get a little voice in my brain telling me its weird i call random objects in my house "irl [oc name]" and treat them as if they were people but then i remember i can do what i want forever

[delusion-of-negation]

I bet guns mcgee has the best infodumps

he does, he is a fifteen year-old who dresses like a preppy posh boarding school student, but still has our accent. not posh. he's particularly good friends with jinx because they both love guns. however, if you really want infodumps, then ask dionysus about ancient greece, make sure you have a comfy seat beforehand.

[pugswithlasers]

Fun fact: if anything in my room is in the Incorrect Place i will just cry