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I just need to take a moment to express how proud I am of my staff.
I slaved day-and-night giving it 110% to turn that shit-hole store around for the better with no training, having to figure out everything out on my own. I worked overtime every week, came in on days off and covered shifts so my team wouldn’t struggle. I also dedicated my time into every single individual I employed to make sure they knew they were valued, appreciated and most importantly, cherished.
Yesterday, I finally quit my job after a year of toxicity and lack of care for my store by my bosses and the owners. Within 24 hours, only four employees remain. Everyone else followed suit behind me and took a stand for themselves, resigning as well. Not to mention many reached out to me saying they want to work for me once I finish training at my new job and am assigned a permanent store.
Holy shit, y’all, I absolutely love them.
These individuals have been such a blessing in my life the last year and I’m so proud that they are able to see their worth like I do.
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Liam was a boy, and then a man, who suffered so much trauma and pain. He was bullied as a child and then lived a nightmare that I think none of us can really imagine of having that triggering experience replicated on a literally global public scale. He became a man who inflicted trauma on others. He was an addict who was unable to find a way out of that disease, and now never will, but who was open and vulnerable about his struggles. He was an incredibly talented musician and artist and an absolutely integral part of one of the most important bands of a generation; his voice and songwriting and skill in the studio shaped every aspect of what One Direction became at their best. He loved that band and being a part of that experience with his whole being and would never have stopped celebrating what they meant to us and to the world. He had problems and did bad things; that doesn't mean he was a bad person who didn't deserve to be loved and helped to heal- everyone deserves that- and the fact that that's not something that can ever happen now is devastating. I was very distressed by many of his actions; and I cared deeply about this man I didn't know and wished for better for him than this outcome.
I'm so deeply, deeply SAD tonight. I'm sad for Liam, who will never now have the chance to look back on this hard time and reflect on how far he's come, and for Liam's family, for his parents and his sisters who loved and supported him so much, and for everyone in the 1D band family and circles. And I'm sad for us. It feels like nothing will ever be quite the same, and that's hard and sad and shocking. It's a special kind of doubled grief, to mourn the loss of the person, and also of what he meant to us in this strange world of parasocial fanning, for the real him and also for the version of him that we made up and attached so much meaning to and for the escape that brought us. For him, and also for the easy uncomplicated joy of listening to those beautiful songs from happier times, which might never feel the same again. For the other boys, who we love so much and wish we could shield from suffering and loss and pain. For our fellow fans, who we also worry about the impact of this on. Everything about this is terrible, and I am sending so much love out to all of you. We are not alone, and it's okay to feel complicated emotions and it's okay to mourn and it's okay to care about how it effects you and your life, whatever you're feeling- it's okay. We are here with you. We are 1D family.
#liam#is there any point to this? other people are saying plenty of things#maybe there are enough things#but idk#liam or liams team were the closest this blog every came to any of the boys... things happened more than once#that I was like oh shit they're reading these posts#it made me feel extra close to him and it made me feel like I wanted to say something#but he'll never check his mentions again now#whats the point#I'm just SAD#but here's one more post to add to the mix anyway. Liam you were difficult- but you were loved#you were bullied in a nearly unimaginable way but you were also loved on a scale that is nearly incomprehensible#anyway#hi everyone#miss you love you#this is an ot5 blog always#I may not always like or support the choices they make; but they are always family yk?
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With the end of season two comes a second redraw!
[Nov 2022] [June 2023] [June 2024]
#better drawn mdzs#mdzs#wei wuxian#lan wangji#I was really looking forwards to this redraw - though the jump in skill isn't as dramatic as the last one I still am proud of my progress!#It's really incredible to look back on this last year and how much has happened since then.#Both in my personal life and this blog.#I started the second season while I was going through some pretty rough times and it truly kept my sanity afloat.#I challenged myself a lot more this year! And while it didn't always turn out the way I hoped-#-being messy and earnestly trying to do something different has been my favourite part of art.#There will always be a lot of room to grow - I don't think art and creativity has a ceiling.#I went from doubting that I was even an artist to joining a gamedev team as the lead artist! That's character growth!#Thank you all once again for joining me on this journey B*)#Thank you for all the messages and support you have sent my way these last 18 months.#I'm so happy to have been given the chance to create something for this community. You've given me so much and I am so grateful.#I'll take a little break to post some personal project stuff this week and resume season three after that!#Onwards to another season of silly (and sometimes serious) comics!
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one of the things that continues to strike me on reread is how much the character of Darcy, and Austen through him, finds Mr. Bennet dead. And how much Elizabeth, in growing and changing and discarding her past blindness, has to move past her way of seeing her father and thus of seeing reality, because the two are connected! Darcy’s letter exposes her father’s flaws to Elizabeth in a way she’d never been able to see before. Most especially the way his laziness and neglect of his own gifts have hurt his family and that ultimately he doesn’t. care. Not enough to change. It literally says that she comes home from Hunsford and tries to laugh at her sisters’ and mother’s folly (the way she used to; the way her father has taught her to by example for her whole life) and she can’t anymore! It sticks in her throat. She is grieved by the failures that she sees in him, all the more so because she IS his favorite and she loves him! And the thing about Mr. Bennet is he never changes. The Lydia/wickham situation exposes to him sharply his own conduct and the consequences and he feels it! Because he is neither stupid nor unfeeling. But he, like everyone, has free will. And he chooses not to change when the opportunity presents itself. He even jokes about how quickly his feeling bad will pass and how soon everything will go back to normal, to his laziness and his selfishness. He is set in his ways and he serves as a contrast to Elizabeth’s personal journey because he embodies a version of a person she could have become and was in danger of becoming if her only goal at all times was to laugh at and judge people from the sidelines.
#pride and prejudice#I’ve always loved his character because he IS funny and he is iconic!!! and his love for Lizzy is touching!#he’s not faking it.#but he is so flawed. a man of taste a man of ability a man of judgment.#a man who could and SHOULD have set a different tone for his children and chose not to!#and they SUFFER FOR IT#their house is a divided one. and every child feels the pain of living in a house where the parents neither respect each other#nor are on the same team#there is a crack running through their house for this reason and it’s how Lydia (and Kitty) came to be so neglected!#who is going to discipline them or guide them? certainly not Mr. Bennet!#he’s so important to teach too. because the boys LOVE HIM. of course!#and are always very struck by his failures and laziness once I point it out#and yeah Darcy one of the only people who can expose him. because Darcy is putting in the work a man should be doing#Darcy’s house IS in order. his love is active and protective. he is fulfilling his role!#Mr. Bennet’s gifts are so extraordinary—the wit. the insight into human nature. honestly the capacity for wisdom#but he likes his library. he likes enjoying himself more than he likes doing his duty#as either a father or a husband#he does fail Mrs. Bennet! I have compassion for her there#anyway I love to think about this: something no version I have ever seen has ever fully explored#but man is it on the page#yeah yeah sorry for all the words. teacher off duty etc.
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Danny, the Young Justice member snippet nr 2
these snippets aren't connected in anyway but just some little scenes I came up with, everyone is welcome to build up on them if they want to
Trigger warning: death mentioned, self-harm mentioned, idk, Danny gets flashback to portal incident
unrelated snippet nr 1, unrelated snippet nr 3 (?)
Out, out, out.
He tripped over his own legs and almost fell and it didn’t matter because he needed to get out.
Away, away, away.
He wasn’t sure if he ran or flew or dragged himself on the rough floor but he had to get away. His back hit a wall and he couldn’t get past it, intangibility just out of his grasp.
He logically knew that Zeta Tube wasn't the same as the portal but it was similar. So deadly similar.
He wasn’t sure when his own, corps-like, trembling with rigor mortis cold hands started rubbing his arms. He also wasn’t sure whether it was to comfort himself in this lonely self-hug or to try to rub hard enough that the hazmat and skin underneath would be torn, allowing him to see his own, red blood running in his veins. It was still red, right? It was still red, right? Of course it was still running, why wouldn’t it?
His knees gave up. He fell to the ground with quiet reverbatting thump, his eyes fixated on danger at the other side of the large room. He had to get further away but he couldn’t.
Because he was dying again.
Eyes full of tears and terror were jumping around, unable to see the room around him. Why couldn’t he see anything? Why were there only splashes of various colors, all contrasting with a light gray background. Were these people? Colors were moving, that seemed likely. Ghosts?! He had to get ready if these were ghosts he needed to fight them. People could be in danger and he couldn’t even stand without support. He started it, he had to take care of it, no matter how he felt right now.
His normally overly, unnaturally sensitive ears were filled with constant electric buzz from still active Zeta Tubes.
He was quite sure someone was yelling something but no matter what, Danny couldn’t understand what was being said. He tried looking around again but his teary eyes still failed him. There were no red stains though. Not in the right shade at least. No one was bleeding. It was okay for now.
Was it really? He hadn’t bled when he was dying had his accident though. It was all inside him, the crushing hollowness inside him and infinite outside pressure making his body implode. Ectoplasm bubbling in his mouth, throat, stomach and fingers, silencing his scream of agony and destroying his muscles. His limbs were limp and tense, twitching like a broken light bulb, out of his control but not out of his senses. It was so cold that it bit his bones and so hot that his skin was melting. There were screams so loud that it could shatter glass, as if every inhabitant of the Ghost Zone wanted to be heard and absolute suffocating silence. He was alone like nobody ever was and stuck in a stifling crowd that could stomp him to death any second. It was all contrasting, impossible but happening, existing together. He lived died it.
It was impossible, just like him.
There were others, they could help while Danny got himself together.
They couldn’t help if it was a ghost. He had to calm down and get ready to fight.
He couldn’t.
It was all happening again.
He was dying again.
It hurt to even think about.
Would it at least kill him for good?
Air he hadn’t needed before, not since his first death he always needed, like all functioning, alive human beings, got stuck in his lungs. He was gasping for it, choking on it. There was something stuck in his throat. SOme part of his brain that wasn’t screaming in agony and panic and loneliness had considered tearing his neck open just to get whatever was stuck swallowing but it didn’t help.
He rubbed his arms harder. His eyes were locked on a blurred, still active portal. One of the color blobs moved, growing larger but he couldn’t think about what it meant. His arms hurt. It was good. Pain was grounding. In a gray room with few portals. Not the basement. Ghosts still could be there but it wasn't a basement. He still needed to get ready to fight
If he could feel pain, it meant he was alive, right? Ghosts never showed that they felt pain right? His parents always said they couldn’t.
He knew it was a lie but he felt like it was his last hope.
He realized that growing group of colors actually looked like a person but he had no way to tell whether they were alive or not. His ghost sense was quiet but he didn’t trust himself to not miss it. His throat was still shut tightly. His body kept twitching like a glitching character. No matter what, he couldn’t fight right then. He had to get himself together.
He scratched his arms almost violently.
Warm, soft, gentle hands pried his palms away from his arms. It wasn't a ghost. Ghosts weren't this gentle, this calmingly warm. Someone, someone who was alive, was crouching in front of him, face at the same level as his, hiding portals from his sight. Danny nearly sunk into their gentle touch.
“-om." their voice also was so gentle, filled with concern but firm enough to get to him over the buzz of portals. He tried to concentrate on this voice. He didn't want to hear portals.
"-ntom." It sounded like they were calling someone. He had to focus more to understand. Gentle grip on his wrists got more firm. There he was. He wouldn't feel it if he was dying again.
"Phantom." They called quietly, like little windbells Sam gave him as a birthday present. It was his name, they were asking him something he couldn't understand, something he couldn't do.
"I'm sorry."
He wasn't sure if any sound came out of his mouth.
Grip on his hands loosened a little, not enough for him to do anything about it, but enough to return to the pure feeling of safety and reassurance it gave him before.
“It's okay Phantom." they murmured. Danny nearly cried at their kindness and calmness. Air slowly started to fill his lungs again. It truly was okay, he wasn't dying again."Can you focus on five things you can see for me?"
He could do it. It wasn't much to repay the gentle person kneeling in front of him.
He blinked tears away and started the list in his head.
Black Canary in front of him.
Superboy in the middle of the room. He looked like he didn't know what to do.
Kid Flash next to him, ready to come to where Danny was shaking on the floor.
Robin and Artemis both made sure that Kid stayed where he was.
Miss Martian for sure feeling his panic and having trouble coping with this. He should calm down as soon as he can, he didn't want to cause any of his teammates too much stress.
Danny nodded, looking once again at the only adult hero in the room.
Molecules in his body were rearranging again. It all hurt.
"Thank you Phantom. Can you focus on four things you can hear?"
Five racing heartbeats.
One heartbeat that sounded more like buzz because of its speed. KF's heart was always weird.
Tapping of someone's feet.
Zeta Tubes.
He had been in the portal again, it had turned on with him inside again. He was dying again.
Next cautious nod.
"Alright. Now three things you can touch." Black Canary still sounded so calm, so sure she had it all under control. So contrary to her panicked heart. Danny wanted to believe her voice.
Canary's hands still on his wrists. In fact she was touching him more than he was her, but it still counted. There was some physics rule about it.
Cold stone he was sitting on. Weird, he was sure this cave was heated.
Hard wall pressing on his spine.
"Excellent. Two things you can smell?"
Jazz had done same exercise with him before.
Cookies made by Megan before she went on a mission.
Ectoplasm. Somewhere there was ectoplasm that wasn't inside him. He couldn't smell his own ecto. But there was no ghost in the cave. His sense was silent. It was there somehow else. It was concerning but not enough to make him panic again. They could handle it.
His lungs were still aching but air started filling them nearly as much as it did normally. His limbs stopped shaking so much too. He knew he wasn't dying this time. He was calming down.
"You're doing great Phantom. Now think, what's one thing you can taste?"
Aftertaste of ectoplasm he spat between the rough fight and the moment when Kid Flash rushed him to the nearest Zeta Tube, talking about medical attention. Danny tried to tell him, he didn't need that but he was inside before his explanation left his mouth.
"Do you feel better now?"
"Yeah," It was all he was able to say at the moment. He truly felt better but that didn't mean good. It was only a little less bad than shitty, one step from fully dead.
I considered writing continuation with Danny explaining a bit what happened and how he even ended up in Zeta Tube but a) lost spark to rewrite it b) hated what already had But if you want, I can probably rub my remaining two braincels together and continue. Or someone else can. Do it if you want to. Do it. Do it
#dp x yj#dpxyj#dp x dc#dpxdc#dcxdp#dc x dp#once again Danny didn't even consider telling his team that he is halfa#but it doesn't matter this as much I think#once again I have no idea about the timeline#I think Danny would hate Zetas because it reminds him too much of the portal incident#and before anyone comes at me saying that Danny used portal later in the show and had no problems with it#*yeah* but after first time portal worked like overglorified door/corridor hybrid and not tear him apart and build up again#Judging by the way Zeta travel is animated#i assume they work on the “destroy your current body remake it where you won't to go” basis or something similar#you can see how Danny would be uneasy with it#btw this is one of my main headcanons I can and will always use unless story demands something eles#but even then I'm not above looking into every other way to achieve plot without use of Zeta or make at least mention that he is shaken aft#anyway#have a nice day dear stranger who got to this part
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Hiking with the matesprit
(this was hugely inspired by @/erysium and their gorgeous natural scenes! particularly, this post)
#my art#art#homestuck#fan art#karkat#karkat vantas#nepeta#nepeta leijon#wow. ive. never done a piece like this. at all. wow.#also i feel like it's incredibly easier to color alternia since all the colors are nonsense#i imagine if i had to paint a real life place itd be harder and also wouldnt look as good#this is once again in an au where alternia is cool n fashionable and karkat goes outside#this is my application to work for the hiveswap team <im lying#also i wish there were more resources on the flora of alteria. like serious id love to know what their nature looks like#ofc it's not explicitly katnep but 2 me it is. they r dating always#fun fact if you invert the colors on this the forest turns lovely and green#also karkats about to totally skewer his hand on that tree yeah
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i personally...liked the Aemond + brothel woman scene. I didn’t find it out of character or strange for Aemond to find solace and comfort with her. she’s playing the role (as she’s paid to) of a motherly support system, a support system that Alicent (through no fault of her own) cannot be.
Alicent and Aemond have a strained relationship; they’re both angry at each other. of course this emotional instability from one of his core people is going to cause Aemond to reach out to someone that ACTS and LOOKS like a motherly figure.
The duo have been parenting each other for years. it’s deeply messed up and toxic. and Aemond’s probably been this parentified version of himself since at least Driftmark. he never really had space to grow as a boy, when his family needed a man.
Aemond has always been this strange little guy, and I think people who are shocked by the scene have forgotten just how really vulnerable he is.
#(once a scared little boy. always a scared little boy.)#(there’s also the aspect of Alicent and Aemond behaving like Wife and Husband.)#and the…ah…ageism of the discussion has not escaped me.#would the scene have been interpreted more positively if Aemond was lying with a young girl/boy? probably.#hotd#house of the dragon#aemond targaryen#alicent hightower#team green#text#my own
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Me eating dinner with my family at thanksgiving: oh man this is just like in destiel fan fiction
#they always have a big family dinner at least once#spn#supernatural#castiel#dean winchester#destiel#team free will
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tw. spoiler for hotd season two
so apparently cole felt extreme shame after he broke his vow with rhaenyra and her consequent rejection of his proposal that he wanted to commit suicide but now not only he is breaking his vow again by having a sexual relationship with alicent, he also decided to continue to have sex with her even after b&c despite the fact that he was the one in charge of being at Haelena's door. what is hilarious is that the negligence of his duties as kingsguard facilitated the murder of the king's heir, and yet instead of reasoning about his actions and the fact that he has failed as a kingsguard he is still insulting rhaenyra after twenty fucking years since their night together. what a loser
#house of the dragon#rhaenyra targaryen#house targaryen#queen rhaenyra#ser criston cole#anti alicent hightower#anti criston cole#hotd spoilers#hotd season 2#hotd s2#hotd#daemon targaryen#anti otto hightower#anti alicent stans#anti team green#pro team black#team black#rhaenyra my beloved#i will always defend you but what were you thinking once you decide to have sex with this pathetic man
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ONE PIECE ep. 1107 || "What's wrong, Luffy?"
& ch. 1075
#one piece#opgraphics#onepieceedit#opedit#monkey d. luffy#monkey d luffy#luffy one piece#roronoa zoro#zoro one piece#egghead spoilers#egghead#zolu#luzo#one piece ep 1107#one piece ch 1075#mine#gif:zolu#gif:one piece#gif:op anime#hmm idk if i like how much theyre adding the 'zoro always gets so lost' bits#last ep it was okay bc it was still in the manga in just one panel. but in this ep its both nami and luffy joining in this added scene#so idk. when its once or twice its funny. but i dont want it to cross that line of becoming so annoying#at least luffy was so cute about not breaking this thing. for once not his fault lol#anyway. cant wait for next ep and finally the plot picking up more speed!!! they will hopefully make it to the team up with kaku and lucci#and some zolu fighting together yay ! i hope!#one piece spoilers#op spoilers
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Maya & Andy | Station 19 - 7x09 "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?"
Maya Kathleen, you have come a long way since "monogamy is for the weak."
#station 19#maya bishop#danielle savre#andy herrera#station19#station19edit#s19edit#my gifs#I've never been a fan of their friendship#always seemed like it worked in a very specific dynamic and once that dynamic changed there was no saving it#but I am glad they managed to get to a place where they are good colleagues if not close friends#the show does work better when these two are a team
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pedro pascal cinematic universe aus 20/?
the one where joel miller meets you at the crossroads. (insp)
#joel miller#joel miller fanfic#joel miller fanfiction#pedro pascal#joel miller au#demon au#like not The Devil but like... crowley from supernatural ya feel#joel callin you darlin as you sign away your soul#joel with warm eyes and cold hands#joel who makes sure you mean it before you shake hands#joel who always always holds up his end#and collects on yours#im team joel miller has never done a single thing wrong but.... maybe just once#mine: moodboard#almostfoxglove#queued#mine: ppcuaus
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TF2 doodle dump yaaaay :) feat. ocs by @tomi-chuu :)
#tf2#team fortress 2#team fortress two#calvin draws#calvin art#tf2 mercs#tf2 soldier#soldier tf2#tf2 scout#scout tf2#miss pauling#miss pauling tf2#tf2 sniper#sniper tf2#scoutpauling#sorry for enjoying those two together but they’re cute and they always will be#also the Rosemary in question is Tommy’s oc she’s dating sniper in a few verses :) they’re autistic4autistic it’s awesome#I am not tagging heavy cause he’s doodled on there like once and it’s from before I knew how to draw him#tf2 fanart#dadspy#I guess
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finally got around to making fanart for @another-delta-lover 's Milk Blueberry Popsicle comic
#gopher art#emesis blue#tf2 medic#team fortress 2#once again I'm always so fucking happy to see a medic being absolutely DOWN HORRENDOUS#call this man santa claus cause hes a hohoho#I've been wanting to draw something for delta for a while though. his comic makes me happy. I've wheezed laughing at it a lot#spice ish#because of the nature of the original comic lol
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#its times like these that i wish i wasn’t completely incapable of doing digital art#stacker is a tired dad#stacker just wants a moment of peace for once#herc and stacker are married#hercules hansen the long suffering#the problem children#hercules hansen#why is it whenever something goes wrong it’s always you three#hercacost#pacific rim#pacrim#stacker pentecost#herc hansen#team hot dads#raleigh becket#chuck hansen#mako mori
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Ateez AT AU Time!
Yeosang joins team Wooyoung, San and Yunho (unintentionally).
As mentioned in another post, San had been having crazy visions/dreams and Seonghwa had been a constant presence in the dreams, leading San to believe that they need to find this strange dream guy and go on some incredibly important quest. The running theory from the team was that they needed to find and slay The Beast (who is actually just Mingi) and that Seonghwa was somehow going to be some very powerful being that would help them.
Meanwhile Yeosang is just going around looking for Seonghwa who completely disappeared one day when Yeosang was asleep. Yeosang had pretty much never been apart from Seonghwa for more than 24 hours in the past 900 years, so it’s very stressful going from town to town asking people if they’d seen Seonghwa. He eventually ends up in a town at the same time Wooyoung and San are out looking for side quests. After seeing his picture of Seonghwa, Yeosang is dragged back to the woosanho treehouse.
Friendship is forged and this half of the group is formed!
#doodle doo#ateez#ateez at au#kang yeosang#yeosang#choi san#ateez san#san ateez#jung wooyoung#wooyoung#jeong yunho#yunho#the leader of this team is unofficially Wooyoung#Yunho San and Wooyoung all individually believe that They are the leader#but Wooyoung pretty much always wins when it comes to deciding things#Yeosang has no thoughts on the matter. he does voice how stupid some of their ideas are once he starts to actually accept their friendship#then Yeosang also thinks he should be in charge#this team is not very productive save for when fighting monsters and stuff#also inventor Wooyoung! important
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