#payrolling

[ecowgirl]

over it october. no energy november. defeated december..

[henswilsons]

inspired by a convo w friends

[murderandcoffee]

"mr. bonzo is one of our externals" I'm sorry, is that bitch getting PAID?

[bet-on-me-13]

The Summoner

So! Danny is not the Ghost King.

But he still has a good relationship with a LOT of Powerful and not-so-powerful Ghosts in the Zone. So much so that they have given him their Summoning Circle's with a blanket permission to Summon them any time. Not like they have much else going on...

This all leads to a hilarious situation where Danny can't use his Powers for whatever reason and is forced to Summon his friends for help. In front of a group of Heroes.

He has to explain everything to them, but accidentally convinces them that he has Summoning Magic and the Ghosts are all on his Contract. He also mentions Saving people from Ghosts and the JLA realize that he is a child Hero.

They ask him if he wants to join Young Justice, and Danny hesitantly agrees.

Now Danny is on Young Justice and the entire team thinks that he is a Hero with Ghost Summoning Magic.

And his name isn't Daniel "Commit to the Bit" Fenton for no reason.

[critterbitter]

Meet Ingo’s partner!

The one and only!

A Litwick!

Litwick’s a panic capture and she knows it.

As a firm believer of half the depot agents in BW2 being either ghosts or pokemon (or both), a litwick with vague telepathy isn’t too out of question, me thinks.

Bonus:

Feel free to add any headcannons! This is lawless lands now. (click here for submas masterpost!)

[thankstothe]

[violent138]

Jim Gordon, at his wit's end over the GCPD being leakier than a sponge, decides to run a constant one-man misinformation campaign amongst all his officers so that the press and other spies are flooded with leaks of utter nonsense and keeps everyone guessing. It keeps Jim amused when he runs out of cigarettes and it's easier lying to everyone than trying to work out who can be relied upon.

[tangerinelabyrinth]

Torchwood OC but it's just some guy Jack forgot he hired to be HR.

[artbyblastweave]

So this was a one-and-done beat from Marvel Zombies 4, by Fred Van Lente and Kev Walker, which featured a zombie outbreak in the quote-unquote "regular" Marvel Universe, on the fictional Caribbean island of Taino (not sure if this is a deliberate historical reference or not.) Two panels after being introduced, these three are annihilated by an airborne cloud of zombie virus and stitched together into a shambling monster that rambles about how it fights for Truth, Justice, and the Corporate Way. That's ancillary to the point. Ignore that. What this gets me thinking about again is this concept that I have of Super Hero "Dark Matter" worldbuilding, which is the fact that basically every horrible deconstructive beat, every subversive cynical implication of the existence of superheroes you can think of, everything you'd associate by default with The Boys or Invincible (or, on the lighter end of the spectrum, Astro City,) all of that is probably already canon within the DC and Marvel Universes; canonized in niche little miniseries or cult-classic runs of niche characters. Often, canonized in ways that imply the existence of common, broad dynamics that exist within the world, outside the protagonist-centered provincialism of New York or Gotham or Metropolis; all sorts of shit going on that we don't see until it comes into fleeting contact with Spider-Man's knuckles. In this case, the logic is that if superhumans exist- indeed, if superheroes exist- then superhuman-backed neocolonialism would follow. These three aren't here to protect Taino; they're here to protect a fucking resort from the people of Taino, in the event that the American tourists need to leave in a hurry. They work for Roxxon, which is the by-default evil Marvel corporation, the name they break out whenever they want to quickly signal that they're doing a story about corporate malfeasance; what are the odds that these were the only three like this that Roxxon had on Payroll? The one corporate holding being protected this way? That'd be a hell of a coincidence. You can infer an entire ecosystem of these corporate thugs floating around in the background of Marvel, becoming an explicit presence in ones and twos when Mark Waid or Al Ewing need some vile corporate sellouts for a quote-unquote "real" hero (someone with their name on the cover) to beat within an inch of their life. But you start doing the numbers on how many times this kind of plot beat comes up, and you start to come to the conclusion that the Marvel and DC universes have, in fact, always been exactly as dystopian and fucked up as something like The Boys. It's just that in a single-author dedicated deconstruction, the story is allowed to actually notice and remember.

[deadrobinsclub-est1988]

[hajihiko]

bonus:

Emotional Support Bestie comes along to first therapy appointment

[tomorrowusa]

Republicans sometimes compete with each other to make stupid comments and to obfuscate factual reality.

What they try to get voters to forget is that they suck bigtime at job creation.

Another excellent monthly report on job growth came out of the Department of Labor on Friday.

Employers added 254,000 jobs in September, blowing away forecasts

Few jobs were created during the two Bush administrations. And the economy actually LOST 2,410,000 jobs from beginning to end of the Trump administration.

Check out the stats yourself at FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) at the site of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

All Employees, Total Nonfarm (PAYEMS) | FRED | St. Louis Fed

Here's a graph from FRED showing the total number of jobs in the US economy. It covers 1989 to 2024 and is for total nonfarm payroll – the statistical standard for jobs. I didn't alter it except to add red and blue across the top to designate the administrations of G.H.W. Bush, Clinton, G.W. Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden. The gray columns on the chart indicate recessions.

There's a cycle that's clear to see. Republicans screw up the economy, then Democrats get elected and work to fix it while Republicans complain that Dems aren't cleaning up the GOP mess fast enough.

Indirectly related to jobs: it was President Joe Biden and Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg who helped work out a tentative end to the dockworkers strike. It's difficult to imagine Trump having the brains or patience to do something like this.

Biden’s Amazing Win Settling the Dock Strike

[nicnacsnonsense]

It is insane to me that this show wants us to believe that everyone just left Faith to rot in that motel room until the Mayor stepped in to give her a place. A) That reflects really badly on both Giles and Wesley that neither of thought to arrange for better accommodations for Faith when watching out for the Slayer is their entire job. And B) what actually would have happened is on the first night when Buffy invited Faith over to dinner, Joyce would have asked Faith where she was staying while she was in town. Faith would have told her the motel and of course, Joyce would have none of that and insist that Faith stay with them. And Faith, poor affection starved child that she is, would have ended up attaching herself to Joyce like a limpet.

[loronoazoro]

Can't imagine how infuriating it had to be to be a marine when Mihawk was signed on as a warlord. Last week he killed half your regiment and then the higher ups say heyyyyyy you know that guy we've been fighting? The marine hunter? Yeah he's our friend now :) aren't we so lucky to have such a strong guy working for us :) :)

[baby-girl-aaron-dessner]

I feel so lonely in my love for Cassandra. It’s my favourite track off TTPD. Please, fellow Cassandra stans, rise with me.

[peachymcqueen]

I've always wondered how Doc and Lightning's boss–employee dynamic works. We know for sure that Lightning has fired several crew chiefs in the past and Mack still calls him "boss."

And I know Team 95 is all one big happy family but I'm guessing Piston Cup (just like Nascar and F1) has become increasingly business-oriented over the decades so I'm curious how this would pan out for them.

This is how I imagine the cycle goes – Lightning gets mad at Doc and plays the whole "you know I'm still your boss right and I could fire you" card but unfortunately for him, Doc has ZERO reaction and just says "alright" before grabbing his keys to leave the house/garage/pit area only for Lightning to start panicking and stuttering.

—————

Doc: You can't race when you're sick. Stop being stubborn.

Lighting: Not fair. I am going to fire you >:( 

Doc: *pinches bridge of nose and sighs* Alright.

Lightning: Wait no where are you going– 

—————

Lightning: There's nothing wrong with drinking Gatorade for brekky. You can't control me. I could fire you.

Doc: That's not a threat. I already have 2 careers.

Lightning: Yes but– 

Doc: And you can't "fire" me in a non-work capacity.

Lightning: According to who–

Doc: I could sue you for employee harassment.

—————

*5 hours later*

Lightning: ...

Doc: ...

Lightning: Practice tomorrow at 5:30?

Doc: Eat something non-liquid for breakfast this time.