#my kid's gotta eat

[unnecessaryportmanteaus]

As a jeweler I really feel the need to jump in here. Because monetizing real jewelry, not the cheap crap you find at Claire's, can also be incredibly difficult, and at the end of the day it really speaks to the way capitalism and globalization have severely fucked our understanding of what it takes to make handmade items.

I might spend $400 in materials to make a ring. If I then spend 40 hours working on it and charge $20/hr for labor, that piece comes out to $1200. (That's a totally reasonable markup for high end jewelry btw; it takes a long time to make, and expensive pieces don't sell quickly) But you can go on etsy and find a similar piece claiming to be made from authentic materials for $300. I've been in the industry long enough to know there's almost certainly some type of scam going on there, but the average consumer doesn't.

The consumer simply sees two pieces with nearly identical descriptions, one of which costs a fraction of what the other does. It's not hard to guess which one actually gets purchased.

being a crafter is so weird because it's like. here's a necklace that between materials and minimum wage labour cost me £1 to make. you will happilly pay me £6 for it because the same thing in claire's is £15. here's a blanket that between materials and half minimum wage labour cost me £700 to make. you will tell me to fuck off because you can buy a blanket in a shop for £100.

[swiggity-swexual-i-am-asexual]

As per usual, it’s DP crossover with (probably) DC, although you could probably adjust it for other fandoms

ANYWAYS

A little kid and his mother are trick or treating in another city, perhaps at some kind of event rather than knocking on doors, and the kid is dressed as Phantom. It’s very adorable, with his little ghost-shaped bucket and clearly homemade and already stained costume—listen, white only works if you can just fly over street grime or phase it out of your clothes—and his slightly I’ll fitting wig. The kid is SO happy to be out and about dressed as his favorite, and maybe even showed it off to Phantom back in Amity Park before his family left.

The hero, insert whoever you wish here, is probably in civvies and just enjoying the event. The kid, meanwhile, is so glad when people ask who he is so he can explain, and so- the hero gets to hear ALL ABOUT the local town hero who is probably pretty small time despite the kid’s clearly exaggerated stories. The hero certainly never heard of him, but the kid’s mom confirms that Phantom really was the town hero, despite some mixed reviews of the poor guy.

“Did you manage to show him your costume?” the hero asks.

“Yeah! We went down to the cemetery to leave flowers and I got to show him my costume.”

Wait. Cemetery? Maybe it was part of theme, because Phantom had to be named that for a reason, but… it sounded like…

The kid ignores the suddenly VERY still hero and instead turns to his mom. “Momma, do you think we should bring him candy? He doesn’t get to trick or treat like we do, and I can work super hard to get him a bunch!”

The kid’s mom just smiles. “We could, but maybe we should bring him something homemade. I bet he’d like something more filling, teen boys like him have a hollow leg.”

The kid wrinkles his nose. “Like Vernie with the pizza bagels?”

“Like your cousin, yes. We can make some cinnamon rolls and take them to his memorial, maybe bring some of the apples from your grandpa’s garden…”

The hero is pretty much forgotten as the two-part family wanders off, not quite intentionally forgetting the hero is there so much as the hero somewhat accidentally ended the conversation when they just froze and didn’t ask anything further.

Not that the hero didn’t want to. But they’d learn something very serious.

One—there was a small town hero they’d never heard of. Two—that hero was apparently a teen. Third—most pressingly, the teen hero was both beloved enough to have kids dressing up as him and dead enough to have a grave.

This… might require some phone calls.

[volvolts]

i have this headcanon that baby philip used to play with animal bones and caleb made him the mask in hopes that it'll stop him from touching bones (it didnt)

also bonus evelyn

[happi-dreams]

Omg I love your little player(poppy playtime)

I just imagine in this au when safe haven toys ask for food they actually get to have some.

Also I can see player trying to feed pianosorous but doey comes in and absolutely traumatized player.

AAAA thank you so much !! my little player is my pride and joy :DDDDD

and yes your absolutely right, i doodled a little drawings for this since it was stuck in my brain :]

player quickly becomes liked within the safe haven through positivity and (most importantly) having food that isn’t scraps!! and lending it !!

and they probably would try to talk to pianosaurus but honestly they would NOT of survived without Doey

[chiquilines]

Its been ages,,, i missed them

[shower-phantom-ideas]

Jazz becoming the next big Gothem villain is such a solid concept. Theres so much to explore.

She targets corrupt mental institutions. Corrupt companies who destroy their workers state of mind so they wont quit. She attacks landlords who make it impossible for people to live comfortably.

She is the staple anti-hero of anyone struggling to get back on their feet. People should have to work three jobs just to afford a crappy one bedroom, no utilities, half bath, in crime alley apartment, with a roommate.

Shelters should be aiming to gain a profit instead of using the donations to support others.

She is tired of these big name heros leaving children to clean up messes. She has watcher her own brother wither away to a shell of his former self trying to make a change and she is sick of it. Hell she herself is a child but if this is what it takes, then this is what it takes.

Enter from the left The Manipulator™️

Feared by all corrupt. People think she has mind control or something. When she targets someone they make almost a full 180 in their ways. “She will do anything to get her way or to make people into what she thinks they should be. And she mist be stopped” cries big business.

In reality she is the worlds best damn psychiatrist ever to be known. She doesn’t force anyone to change but gives them the choice to be better. To see how much more they can be. And it terrifies them. Helps them find themselves again and to move past their troubling pasts. No force and no mind control. No manipulating. No one but those who she has helped know the truth but when they tell the truth it only fuels the fire of her being controlling.

Theres one thing also fuelling the flames of mind control. Thats the fact that every single major hero to go after her can’t. Any who approach her find themselves no long near her. Superman just wants to talk, well she doesn’t, and he is then back in his city?!? Batman is stalking her to figure out how to deal with her but once he gets too close he suddenly finds himself in the batcave?

At first they think it’s teleportation but time is passing? Theres video feed and tracking of no they just went back themselves. No response from them the whole trip. As if possessed. (Lmao it’s just good brother danny pranking his sis a little by making her seem all powerful but also protecting her anyway he can. Or could be Dan instead)

[squeeblub]

super simple nico sketch drawn on my crusty phone with my finger at school

[thankchaosforspellcheck]

Okay but the:

[18!Leo is transmasc] -> [18!Leo lays eggs for his period because turtles] -> [the resistance now has a 3rd food option besides rats & leaves. it's eggs.]

is the FUNNIEST queer headcanon pipeline I have ever seen. never change rise fans. never change.

[blujayonthewing]

LISTEN--

[streetchicken]

A few doodles from my Magma session with @nicklosthisbread last night. CH and FNF hyperfixation goes hard-

[sunnysunmedia]

socool

[chevs-and-spiders]

no, we can both be heroes.

[writeraid]

Most ppl, when making a fandom OC that's any precent a self insert: I'm going to make them date my favorite/comfort character!

Me, when making a fandom OC that's any precent a self insert: I'm going to make my favorite/comfort character be their dad/brother figure whether it makes sense for the character or not!

[vroomian]

Repressed memory unlocked! You now feel like shit!

[hunysckle]

feeling very mom-coded in this sweater/jacket/jeans combo =3

[the-punforgiven]

Ok I'll bite. Should I watch Dungeon Meshi?