#people are insane listing these prices lmao

[vettelcore]

2nd hand cars are so expensive and for what you're literally selling a 30 year old beat down car with +300.000km, no inspection passed for $3k what is this madness

[reasonandempathy]

The weird radical/revolutionary politic larpers on this site are so allergic to political pragmatism I swear lmao. I am definitely left of the Democratic Party and I am certainly voting for Joe Biden in November. Not because I like him (I don’t). He is absolutely horrific on Gaza and that’s only the top (and priority considering there is a genocide going on there) of a list of complaints I have about him. I even voted uncommitted in my state’s presidential primary (the Pennsylvania one; I had to write it in) to protest. However, I’m still thinking pragmatically. Trump has said things that make me credibly think he will be worse on Gaza (insane that being worse on Gaza than Biden is possible but it is unfortunately), and that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Project 2025, the potential for him to appoint more deeply conservative justices, more of his aggressively screwing over poor and middle class people with his tax policies. And does anyone else remember the spike in hate crimes after the race was called for him in 2016? Before he was even inaugurated? Whether people vote or not in November we will still have to deal with one of these two men in office come January unless all of the internet ancom larpers overthrow the government by then (doubt), so I’d rather deal with the one who will be marginally less bad and who didn’t try to overthrow the government. Can’t have your revolution if nobody’s alive cause you kept pushing off politically participating because there was no perfect option. 👍

Political pragmatist anon, sorry for ranting in your askbox but I feel like I lose brain cells watching these people talk. The other day I saw someone say Biden is bad because Roe v. Wade fell under his administration… even though the reason for that was Trump appointed justices. 💀 (2/2)

Fucking insane. Sincerely.

It's a completely, flatly binary choice for anyone with a brain stem and sincerity. It's distilled into the two below images:

Where all major third party candidates are even on the ballot

How many electoral votes the largest of those (green party, a.k.a. Jill Stein) would win if they won every single state they're on the ballot for.

They are literally, legally, incapable of winning the election. They are not on enough state ballots to win and Jill Stein would need to somehow win California and Texas to even "win" all the states they're on the ballot for. Which, again, would still not be enough to win the presidency and throw it to the currently existing Republican House of Representatives. Which would put Trump in office.

It's that straightforward. That simple. That BLARINGLY obvious to literally everyone except these people.

On the one hand you have:

Significant and continuous support for Israel and it's genocide

Record levels of pardons for low-level drug offenses

the gearing up of the strongest anti-trust regime since the early 20th century

the most aggressive NLRB I've seen in my lifetime, with massive wins and institutional changes to help workers

Including getting Rail strike workers a week of sick-leave that gets paid out at the end of the year, which is better than NYC and LA sick leave laws

Millions of people (not enough) getting student debt forgiveness

Some trillion dollars (not enough)of investment in renewable resources and infrastructure

Proposed taxes on unrealized capital gains (a.k.a. how billionaires never have any money but can still buy Kentucky, Iowa, and Twitter)

Effectively an end to overdraft fees

The explicit support of leftist world leaders like Lula de Silva. Who he has explicitly worked with to expand worker rights in South America.

Has capped (some, not enough, only a tiny amount really but it's something) some drug prices, including Insulin.

Reduced disability discrimination in medical treatment

Billions in additional national pre-k funding

Ending federal use of private prisons

Pushing bills to raise Social Security tax thresholds higher to help secure the General Fund

Increasing SSI benefits

and more

vs

Said Israel should just nuke Gaza and "get it over with"

Personally takes pride in and credit for getting Roe v Wade overturned

Is arguing in court that the President should be allowed to assassinate political rivals

Muslim Ban Bullshit, insistently

Actively damages our global standing and diplomatic efforts just by getting obsessed with having a Big Button

Implemented massive tax cuts on ich people, tax hikes on middle class and poor people, and actively wants to do it again

"Only wants to be a dictator for a little bit, guys, what's the big deal"

Is loudly publicly arguing that the US shouldn't honor its military alliances after-the-fact

Tore up an effective and substantial anti-nuclear-proliferation treaty with Iran

Had a DoEd that actively just refused to process student debt forgiveness applications that have been the law of the land for decades now

Has a long record of actively curtailing and weakening the NLRB and labor movement, including allowing managers to retaliate against workers, weakened workplace accommodation requirements for disabled people, and more

Rubber stamped a number of massive mergers building larger, more powerful top companies and increasing monopolistic practices

Fucking COVID Bullshit and hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths

Openly supporting fascists and wannabe-bootlicks ("Very fine people" being only the beginning of it

It's really not fucking close.

[relentlessconqueror]

sylus is so incredibly sebastian-coded. here's a list of the things i think they have in common lol (disclaimer: i haven't read black butler in a hot minute)

sylus' photobooth preset called "demon butler" complete with the tutor!sebastian glasses that have the cord on them. and sebastian is literally THEE demon butler, like come on (this has the honor of going first on the list because it's what made me realize their similarity)

air of perpetual smugness and confidence

red eyes

turtle smile

gourmand (see sylus' cafe interactions about going to new restaurants. sebastian starves until he finds a particularly tormented soul). related: sylus feels life to be banal but says that MC is interesting to him, and iirc sebastian purposefully seeks out high-quality souls whose owners can amuse/entertain him for the duration of the contract

making deals duh

multilingual

tells the truth (in their own way) — sebastian is bound by the contract, sylus is just Like That (and insanely forward...)

cool, composed, competent 🙄

sebastian helps ciel rule over the underworld of victorian england, sylus rules the n109 zone. related: they both stalk people as a part of their job descriptions

a stretch: i can't help drawing a comparison between sylus' love for antiques/classical music and sebastian dressing sieglinde in old-fashioned girls' clothing

looks intimidating (at least one of the phantomhive servants said this about sebastian because of how capable he is at managing the household. and obviously sylus is terrifying) but has incredibly goofy ass moments (that time in boyband arc where sebastian performed a part of the starlight four's song, dance and all. and sylus loves to sing. only one of them belongs on a stage though. sorry sylus)

the common theme of devouring the other person. obviously sebastian wants to eat ciel's soul, but this point is reversed in the sylusMC dynamic because she's the one hearing whispers about him belonging to her and to eat him lol

a stretch: ok this isn't about sebastian but ciel has the contract mark in his right eye, which is where sylus' aether core is. sylus also mentioned him and MC being kindred spirits and while i don't think ciel and sebastian's dynamic is like that, it is true that ciel's goals are, by virtue of the contract, sebastian's goals (in a sense sebastian is an extension of ciel)

sebastian wishes to draw out the worst parts of ciel to make his soul more delicious which i can't help but connect to sylus mentioning "all the crimes you'll inevitably commit." there's the assumption of hidden darkness in ciel/MC that will be revealed in time

likes cats (sylus likes small animals in general, but he's obsessed with calling MC kitten, so i say it counts)

sylus saying, "even if you wanted to sell your soul, you still have to find someone who can pay the price" and "there's a price you have to pay when you make a wish to a demon" which speaks for itself. like this is just all of black butler chapter 138

both ciel and MC wanted revengejusticewhatever for their families' deaths, and both sylus and sebastian "grant" their wish — sylus lets MC shoot him, sebastian helps ciel on his journey of revenge (AND it looks like caleb is coming back which is VERY real!ciel phantomhive of him. he even has the (pseudo-)incest thing going on LMAO though of course it's not the same as ciel and real!ciel's dynamic as blood brothers)

sylus' "don't be shy about using me" and sebastian being literally owned by ciel. it's also reciprocal: sylus' "after all, i want to use you too" and sebastian is promised ciel's soul after the contract is fulfilled

sylus' wanderer form vs sebastian's monstrous true form

(this doesn't count but i'll still put it anyway) because of a localization/translation issue (i think?), there was a time that a lot of people thought sylus made his body SPECIFICALLY to benefit/seduce/whatever MC because of him saying, "it's just there to make you feel better. i don't need it" (homescreen interaction iirc) and "they're not real but they can move" [lost oasis] about his abs. sebastian exists in his form because ciel requested it. there's also the moment in sylus' anecdote where he asks a man what's fashionable in n109 and he just chooses to dress like whatever was on the billboard that the man pointed to, which reinforces how sylus is an outsider much like sebastian, who isn't human

ciel and MC are both understandably put off by them due to their first meeting. sylus assaulted MC, and she falls back on viewing him through the lens of his reputation as onychinus' leader a few times in memories. sebastian appears to ciel in the traumatic event of losing his brother, and as a result ciel is unable to see that sebastian harbors at least SOME fondness for him at this point (though honestly the existence of that fondness is just my opinion, which is something not everybody shares. because i know every person who's read black butler feels differently about the question of sebastian's feelings for ciel, outside of wanting his soul). as of now, ciel and MC (in the main story?) are still unable to trust sebastian/sylus completely

that one moment in [radiant brilliance] where sylus tugs off his gloves with his teeth which is a Signature Sebastian Move

sylus telling MC that he won't lose the match because she told him not to, and something similar happened between ciel and sebastian during book of the atlantic (i made a post about this before). sebastian is also often ciel's champion in fights or contests both personal and business-related

[crowcryptid]

Gamers once again teaching studios they can get away with anything and be rewarded for it

Context: for warcrafts 30th anniversary they released a mount that costs *$90 irl. Yes that’s more than a full AAA game.

* technically you can buy it with in game money via the wow token system. But blizzard makes money either way.

Wow tokens are bought for $20 and listed on the auction house. The auction house lets you buy and sell items between players without actually needing to track them down in game. Then players with enough in game money can buy that token. The original token owner gets the in game money, this is the only way to legitimately buy gold. The person who buys the token off the auction house can redeem it for 1 month of game time or for $15 credit on their account. So you can turn game currency into gift cards basically. But they can only be used for blizzard games: overwatch, cod, etc.

As you can see it’s affecting the prices of tokens, though it seems to be going down now. The point is that blizz gets $20 instead of the $15 for a sub (or less if you buy the sub in bulk) so it’s more profitable to sell tokens than regular subs.

So players who buy game time via in game gold are fucked since prices went up. People who buy gold are getting way more gold for their tokens. Blizz gets a shit ton from $90 mounts and $20 tokens.

But you may be wondering: why would anyone ever buy a $90 mount? This mount has an auction house and mailbox on it. The auction house is the only way to make enough gold to pay for your sub/buy new games as well as properly power yourself up. The mailbox is just there to receive your gold or items from the auction house.

Now, this mount was technically available before. Looked a little different but offered the same function. In a past expansion it was only purchasable for 5 million gold in game. This is an impossible amount for most players. Only people with auction house addictions get that much lmao. The catch here was that it was only available during that expansion (2018-2020) Blizzard still proffited because people can buy gold via tokens. But at least it wasn’t being sold for cash outright. Many people did buy it legitimately without buying tokens for gold. The main goal of this mount was to delete gold from the economy. As the people who hoard gold have an insane amount and completely control everything… just like irl. lol. Not only was owning the mount a flex it provides a nice convenience of not needing to travel all the way back to a city to sell your items.

So just sell the same mount but this time for irl money to double dip. Without the added benefit for all of reducing the amount of gold floating around. Even if you buy it via gold, someone else has to buy those tokens first. They actually ran out of tokens for a bit since more people were trying to buy them via gold than with irl money.

Now at the end of the day having an auction house on your mount isn’t REALLY op or anything. It only takes a few minutes at most to reach one in a city. But it’s just an awful thing to see that people continue to buy these stupidly priced “micro” transactions.

[katzirra]

Aggressively rubs my face, complaining about anything in life feels so tedious compared to what's going on in the world. World events and disasters and genocides and just fucking everything make you feel so small and worthless. Like god damn I feel guilty for thinking how stressed I am because HAHAH COULD BE WORSE, BITCH. WHICH is kind of a weird thing the internet really uh, perpetuates. Which is kinda what people get at when they say take care of your mental health.

Like I'm staying as up to date as I can but it's... wow it's hard to stomach, and it's hard to know what to do when you're in a financial spot lmao... Fucking god damn. Like carrying on like normal is really hard because there's that thought in the back of my mind right now about how upsetting it is realizing so many people can't do that. Will never do that again. It's like tv static in my head lately low key saddening me more and more.

But yaknow that just sounds like I'm complaining about a world event, but it's not. It's just...a profound sadness. Saturating things. I find myself just kinda sitting lately unsure what to be doing that feels... productive in this time. Not really feeling, uh, creative or happy. I dunno. Low simmering fear as well tbh.

That wasn't the topic I was planning to post about uh... FRIVOLOUS UPDATES I GUESS... I USE TO DO THOSE, YEAH? IDK WHO CARES ABOUT MY PERSONAL LIFE THESE DAYS TBH LOL

Taking a break from Xig because I'm just ..out of it and need the expectations off me for a second.

Having anxiety even checking my art blog because people weirdly correcting me/giving me a compliment that's shorter than a correction and making me come off rude telling them I'm not wrong makes me anxious as hell :))) so I end up avoiding my own haunts!!! How fucky is that.

I am almost done with my small sketchbook?? I was fixing a few pages up before hitting a few dried out Copics, which lead to me checking all of them to see who I needed to fix/replace and uh... relocate them in my office. Which became redoing my pen pouches and seeing if those got fucked up. Hopefully I'll finish that and start scanning. 2018-2023... with huge gaps in there lol...

I miss doing art I liked. Its kinda stagnant atm so I might take the rest of the year to do studies on angles and shit tbh. I need something. It all feels same same.

Uhhh figuring out some dental stuff - bought myself a bougie electric toothbrush and I think my old one's timer was fucked up and making me brush too long?? Which is bad!!! So this new one already has my teeth feeling better 👏 mom's genetics have me terrified!! My teeth feel better after two brushes??? insane.

Getting bloodwork done Thursday so hopefully figuring some shit out about my weight and health :))) I'd like to lose the like 20-45lb I mysteriously seemed to gain over the past few years??? Uhhh??? And figure my periods out, money has just been BAD since Hannibal's surgery....

Having panic scares about if my job is going away in December or not and hating every job listing I see online so I gotta look for whatever listing sites exist outside indeed. Also something this decent with the same pay :)))))) so that's on my todo list... again.

Box spring is busted on my bed, so hopefully I don't have to replace the mattress just yet because of the previous point AND THE FACT I JUST STARTED GETTING TO SAVE FOR MY PC..... first world problems but fuck, dudes. Vakarian is fucking suffering sometimes... :(( but we'll see because MATTRESS PRICES.......!!!

I cleaned my office and room and that made me feel like I've accomplished something for myself so that's... something.

Trying to focus on things. Depression cocktail is going on..... money, job, housing, health, the world... it's all so much all the time, man.

[dotcie]

Hi, love your writing ❤️. For the ask game. 14, 16, 18 and 59.

14. How do you write emotional scenes? Do you ever feel what the characters feel? Do you draw from personal experiences?

I try not to overcomplicate an inherently complex scene/dialogue, and it definitely helps that I do a lot of editing. Realizing that not everything needs to be spelled out word by word has been incredibly helpful! The fact that I’m a sucker for angst doesn’t hurt either haha. 

I wouldn’t say I draw much from personal experience, besides incorporating the notion that absolutely nothing in life is black and white. I have a lot of empathy for the characters I write, but many of them are also chronically insane, so I don’t feel the need to put myself in their shoes emotionally very often. 

16. How many fic ideas are you nurturing? Share one of them?

Just three! I prefer to keep my wip list as small as possible, because I actually want to write and not just plan ideas. I’ve been working on a honeypot-trope fanfic on the side, that is more descriptive and dark, with an unreliable narrator. Just a different style of writing to try out, as I am still working on improving my way with words in English. The pairing would either be Ghost or Price, I haven’t decided yet! 

I don’t want to give away too much, but the reader is a merc/hitman for an organization called ATRON. You need to be sought out and recruited by them, give up your entire life for five years to do the dirty work, and if you survive, you retire as a millionaire. The first chapter includes reader getting fucked over badly by Shadow Company, leading the undeclared romantic interest to apologize on their behalf. 

18. Do you title your fics before, during, or after the writing process? How do you come up with titles?

I usually come up with titles during the writing process! It’s quite obvious that I am following a specific style that mimics poetry lines, and I know; it really doesn’t have to be this deep lmao. I am also running out of original ideas, so the next Hearing Damage title will be a Brand New quote: “I died for you one time but never again.” 

My notes app is full of title ideas. I’ve been mainly focused on academic writings and readings for the past five years, so I do value a good, interesting title/header for basically everything by now. 

59. Does anyone in your personal life know you write fic? If not, would you tell anyone?

A lot of people do, yeah! I had a large following on a German fanfic site when I was a teenager, so my rl friends were not surprised when I told them I picked up writing again in April. I've never written smut before joining the fandom, but my content is purposely more on the realistic side and I think what I write is hot as fuck, so I don’t feel reluctant talking about it. Also: surround yourself with people that support your silly goofy shenanigans!!

[princemick]

Lmao I used to work in Hermes and when I tell you birkin bags are the biggest scam ever. Like we had people coming in every week to buy something from us just so we might give them birkin since there’s a waiting list or whatever. Would get so much enjoyment out of rich people pretending to be nice just in case they’ll get a birkin

Also you can get the same quality for like so much more less money.

pls fr, people genuinely buy the ugliest shit that they hate themselves just for a birkin its insane.

n yeah for like 1/10th of the price you can buy a much better and prettier bag

[moonchildreads]

Comfort Movie Tag 🎥

Rules: post 10 of your favorite comfort movies and then tag 10 people!

I got tagged by the wonderfully funny and lovely @munsonology and as a film school alumni, I went bonkers on this one lmao I am so sorry I'm gonna add a breakline now before the list starts

School of Rock (2023) Dir. by Richard Linklater my fave movie of all time. no questions asked. saw it as a kid and it rewired my brain completely. my dad and i quote bits of the latin dub constantly ("porque soy sexy! y pachoncito!"). jack black my beloved 💙

Company (2008) Dir. by Lonny Price i am a sondheim stan through and through and company is my fave musical of all time. this specific revival is my fave musical of all time. do not question why i'm obsessed with it, i just am. raúl esparza gave the performance of a lifetime as bobby and i will never not be upset that he lost the tony!!!! 😡

Mulan (1998) Dir. by Tony Bancroft & Barry Cook mulan is the best disney princess, you cannot change my mind. best soundtrack, best characters, shang having a bisexual awakening, what more could you want? this one is also heavy on the quotes back at my burrow (get it? because i'm bunny? i'll see myself out) the original is great and the latin dub is fantastic too, every time i do something stupid my dad breaks out the "deshonor! deshonor sobre toda tu familia! deshonrada tú! deshonrada tu vaca!"

Whiplash (2014) Dir. by Damien Chazelle look. i recognise this soundtrack playing on the telly when i'm in a different room with headphones on. it's THAT embedded into my mind. this movie came at a time where i was really doubting if film school was the right choice for me and single-handedly reignited my passion for filmmaking. i owe everything to it.

Four Brothers (2005) Dir. by John Singleton no shame in admitting jack mercer was my eddie munson before eddie munson existed. is this movie problematic? yes. does it hold a special place in my heart because it was always playing on the telly when i came home from school? also yes.

Pride & Prejudice (2005) Dir. by Joe Wright if you see someone telling joseph quinn that he has bewitched them body and soul, and they love, they love, they love him, and wish from that day forth to never be parted from him, it's probably me. 🤷‍♀️

Accepted (2006) Dir. by Steve Pink tied with four brothers as the stupidest movie on this list, this one is also very nostalgia based. truthfully, when i got to film school i realised i was kinda attending south harmon institute of technology and that sealed the deal for me lol

The House Bunny (2008) Dir. by Fred Wolf so dumb! so charming! huge cast of wonderful women who learn to accept each other as they are! love love LOVE this one, i used to have it in my laptop while i was away at college (this one, 21 jump street, and maze runner, odd collection, i know) and i watched it a lot when i was sad and lonely and missed my home 💕

Back to the Future (1985) Dir. by Robert Zemeckis there is only one rule in my family regarding movies: if you catch this one, you leave it on. you drop everything you're doing and you sit and watch. my eldest cousin has already shown this one to his son multiple times, and he's barely 4 💀

Monsters Inc. (2001) Dir. by Pete Docter we scare because we care!!!! my dad says boo reminds him of me because i was always in pigtails as a kid (still am, you'll have to pry them from my cold dead hands) and my mum keeps calling sully "osito" instead of "gatito" so this is a running gag in my house, we love monsters inc!!!!

Honorable Mentions: Legally Blonde (1&2, and the musical), Kinky Boots: The Musical, Now You See Me 2, tick, tick... BOOM!, Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé, The Devil Wears Prada, The Mummy (all) and the LOTR trilogy.

tagging: @so-inlove-with-the-wrongworld, @gutterratt, @justahappycloud and @duquesademiel (you do not have to explain why you like each movie, i'm just insane, you know this by now)

[maximotts]

Hi motts, I hope you're having a lovely day, I had a random thought about you so I thought I'd ask something if that's okay.

I remember you saying how you'd love to book bind the fic you're writing/written, the one based off the film elizabeth did with Oscar issac. I was just curious if you had started or if you have put thought into how you'd go about designing it, it terms of colours or designs or whether it will have sprayed edges, that kind of thing.

I think what made me think or you is there are a lot of people I've heard doing the same and selling them? Or making them for themselves.

I hope this is okay to ask, but I was just curious. I know you moved into a new place some time ago so it's might not even be on your current list, but I'd love to hear an update :)

I’m currently taking a forced sick day at work because my bad knee is Killing Me, but otherwise I slept like a rock last night so otherwise I’m doing well!! 💖💖💖

Ah yes, I do still want to bind Desires Unspoken one day! I won’t be able to start the project until I finish the series and I don’t know when I’ll find the time to do that tbh I do know I’d want it to make it similarly to how books from the late 1800s were bound with leatherwork, gold stamping, etc. and most likely I’d draw a little illustration for the first page how the editions of Therese Raquin also have!

I don’t particularly like the modern look of sprayed edges on most books and in an effort to keep it looking period appropriate and would either keep them bare or do the textured edges look.

Book boxes and some publishers do have special editions of books that they put out and sell (I currently have way too many I have to read through 💀), but because this would be handbound by me it’s always been just a personal project I want for my own bookshelves! If I were to bind copies for multiple people that would have like, an insanely high price point lmao

It’s definitely not a project I’ll get to any time soon given the backlog of bookbinding gifts I already have as well as actual work, but that’s alright ig because it’d just be a fun little Motts project 💖

[foxika]

honestly it's insane! for the koyobukiya i understand that it's been a long time since he's been released, so that's why he's so expensive as a resell.

but the original sideshow SDCC2012 1/6 figure is just. some of these people are listing it waaaaay too high, especially in comparison to what other people are selling him for. there's a guy in italy selling for 600usd+100 shipping lmaoo. for comparison baseline retail price for him is (lowest is in the 200s)300-400. which i feel is much more reasonable than the kotobukiya. but whatever. 12 years vs 15 years.

only reason i would want the 2012 fox over the current hot toys fox is because he comes with extra feet that allows him to kneel. same boat as you, though! waiting for them to release a p2 fox. it's so weird hot toys is advertising p1 fox with p2 shock troopers lmao

someone has listed the kotobukiya jpn exclusive fox model and the only thing keeping me from buying him is he'd be 300+ usd i never see this guy or the basic fun keyring(not the stackable!!) of him listed, so i'm very tempted despite the price gouging. how dare i have been an unemployed child in 2009 smh

[retphienix]

@natahposting replied to your post “My F2P ass finally made 1k plat at once. I've made...”:

Drop a guide my ass is out here with 2 plat to my name

​I don't have some big secret, but I will gladly be transparent on how I make my plat in the hopes that other players can as well.

But uh.

I ain't gonna remotely pretend it's the most fun part of playing warframe, I just so happen to have the correct mindset to allow it to happen without me growing to resent warframe.

So obligatory "You're results may vary" bit here.

ALSO. I PLAY ON PS4 RIGHT NOW AND THE MARKETS HAVE NOT BEEN MERGED. SO PRICING IS DIFFERENT HERE- BUT I BELIEVE SOME IDEAS SHARED HERE HAVE UNIVERSAL APPEAL- Especially when markets do merge.

The most important part for me is utilizing Warframe Market which is a 3rd party website-

not linking because sometimes tumblr is perfectly okay with links and sometimes it isn't and I think this info is potentially useful enough that I'd like it actually popping up in the tag I post it in, it comes up in a search more than easily enough.

- for posting things you'd like to trade which I find infinitely more usable than say spamming trade chat or standing around the bazaar. I genuinely don't get how any player could utilize that as their primary means of trading, that's insane to me.

Market lets you post what you have, how many, what rank (if a mod) and the price and have it be easily presented to others. You can also toggle if you're online, online in-game, or offline which, again, helps direct players to when to contact you for the trade (messaging offline players is useless lmao).

If you opt to utilize market here are the mini-tips for that (skip to end of bullet points if not):

Mark yourself as "online in game" when you're online so that people know to whisper you for trades

Make sure to mark yourself as invisible when you're getting off or you'll get a ton of spam and people confused as to why they couldn't whisper you

On the top left is a toggle for which version of warframe you are playing on- MAKE SURE IT'S ACCURATE! This dictates both where you're trades are posted and what trades you will see. You can toggle this at any time, but worth noting that if you bookmark the site it will bookmark the version you were on when you bookmarked.

The button to post new trades is on the bottom right of the entire webpage, "Place order", easy to assume there is a simpler button to click but there isn't lol.

The common courtesies are not law, but the common courtesies are to message someone on the website if they are listed as "Online", whisper someone in-game if they are "Online In-Game", and generally don't bother spamming people who are offline. The site flourishes off of quick "Hey you have thing? Here's plat. We're done-thank you" trades rather than "Hey, can you be on next tuesday at 6pm for a trade?" meetups.

Price as you see fit- but the best way to get trades is to see what the average is of "online" players- or the median (Or just most common) price of offline players. If 4 people are online charging 20p and 1 person is charging 30 and 1 person is charging 19, it's 20p, if 1 person is online charging whatever but 30 people are offline charging 20p it's probably 20p regardless of what the one person is charging. But play it by ear and label as you see fit until you get a sale.

So there's the "tool", it does the bulk of the work in my opinion, now what do I sell?

Used to just sell prime parts, not so much lately though.

So this should be easy to explain.

Whenever I have the spare time I run some relics to collect prime parts. I used to just toss each and every one on the market and that did very much work for me, buuuut it's a bit tedious doing like max trades a day and making very little plat because parts generally aren't worth much unless it's a gold reward from a vaulted item.

So now-a-days I run relics when I'm bored and collect in the hopes of getting a full set for something, sets sell for a bit more so it just kinda solves that problem. Instead of selling an orthos prime and it taking 4 trades, I can do it in 1 for usually a bit more plat for the convenience, although some items go for less as a set, give it a check from time to time but I generally just say "fuck it" and trade full sets even if say the neuroptics are currently overpriced and I could make plat that way instead.

Prime stuff has arguably taken a dive for me though. There are a lot of people willing to crack relics with the boys all afternoon so the prices are generally a lot more fair on my platform, which is good!... but means less lucrative farming. Still worthwhile though, especially if you sit down to farm your backlog of relics from currently vaulted things.

But with that I've moved over to farming mods.

There are a ton of good targets to farm when it comes to mods, so honestly just think of some of the best mods and consider if the task of farming is up your alley.

Some stand outs for me are the various 60/60 mods you can get from spy missions, specifically Rime Rounds (Tier 2 at 5% or Lua at 7%) or the mess of them you can get from the Kuva spy mission (Frostbite, Frigid Blast, Thermite Rounds, Scorch).

The spy farms are generally a breeze with many of them being easily farmed at max efficiency as early as getting Limbo or even Rhino to ignore knockdowns from some spy obstacles.

I do hate Lua's simon says puzzle though. It genuinely makes me second guess myself into recording the solution each time -.-

Corrupted mods, though obviously that pool is just silly with 90% of corrupted mods being worthless outside of gimmicks and then 10% being worthwhile and constantly selling.

On the plus side getting corrupted mods is easy as hell, it can even be fun if you bring some friends and all go on a great "Slow walking fast sliding" adventure together in the hopes of netting that coveted Blind Rage lol

(SOME) Syndicate mods, these are easy as hell to acquire but you really have to do your research to see what's even worth posting, and I just find it too bothersome to deal with.

Cross checking what mods are ACTUALLY unique to one of the 2 sides on the syndicate page is annoying as is, so honestly I just toss a Despoil augment or a pilfering augment (dome or tentacles) on the market from time to time and those generally sell because even people in the correct syndicate want them early for obvious reasons.

Growing Power, pretty self explanatory, it's like "The" good drop from the silver grove, so if you've got an oxylus or a patient mind you can go collect some day and night plants and go put the Knave Specter through some hydroid tentacles for a bit.

Arbitration Mods, funnily enough putting galvs behind content that requires a lot of play time to get to and making them tradable does make these sell pretty consistently. Not universally for a lot or anything, but once you're at the point where you can go do some arbitrations for fun you might as well consider the bit of plat you have access to :P

Kahl "Archon" Mods, same deal. It takes a bit to get to Kahl, so newer players will often trade for the mods early since some are genuinely quite nice. Nothing game breaking, but nice.

I feel like a good portion of why mods are feeling much more secure a trading front for me is because EVERY player needs good mods, from new to old, while most prime stuff exists as mastery rank fodder which can always be put on the backburner. (Most, not all). The market for prime stuff is very much alive, but the market for mods feels massive in comparison.

So genuinely, my sell history is basically this:

Full warframe sets ranging from 50-130p

A metric ton of 60/60 mods for 10-30p a pop

"Some" rarer mods like Growing power for like 50p a pop

Obviously, different platforms different prices, maybe I'd only be sitting on like 100p by now on PC, haven't the slightest. But after a metric ton of spy missions I can say I broke 1k for the first time which is neat.

The short version

Warframe Market (3rd party website)

Crack relics when you're bored and toss what you don't need on the market

Farm 60/60 mods and toss them on the market

Sell mods from late->end game content

????????? (<-Luck)

Profit? Maybe?

Buy the Sway emote.

Anyone with more experience trading, feel free to add or argue differences on different platforms. I've got like 2 years-ish trading experience on playstation and that's it.

[csmeaner]

my own cs list

in no particular order nor reason

wyngrow: lmao . owner is a narcissist who thinks everything bad happening isn’t her fault. clear favoritism. p2p mechanics. tracing without permission, still using ex-mod’s artwork, the list goes on there’s a comprehensive blog for it

milqilins: lmao lmaox2 big tiddy cow species you’d think would be simple but somehow riddled with problems. constant accounts of racism, favoritism, loli/sho pedophilia, and people cheating to get another myo ticket. they all look the same but turning one into a subspecies cost 500$ 

griffia: enough drama to end up on reddit boring. keep changing and redesigning mechanics that didn’t need to be fixed while offering less and less rewards. idk what’s happening but i know novinaut things haven’t gotten any lore in 4 years

grems: the same as above but i still hope densy gets hit by a truck. too expensive, somehow thinks their magic blood is special. no lore or arpg despite promising it. just shit out on-base adopts for 300 dollars each. has the most prolific hoarders like digimitsu and soyu-k. i remember a whole fiasco with users asking for changes a few months and idk how that’s going 

scarfox: original owner kakiwa let an offbrander turn their illegal scarfox into a legal one for free. lots of people butthurt since before it’s been really hard to get one. kakiwa gives species to darci. darci proceeds to beat her cash cow to death and pretend she created the species. shits out the ugliest adopts with her asskissers enarista and benaberry and tanks scarfox value. often sucks money from community to pay for expensive adopts. somehow thinks she’s a business owner. makes controversial changes without running them by users or even staff and gets defensive when there’s backlash. the current face of how not to run a species.

kebanzu: idk about them but they’re dogs and you need to pay to give them scars or missing limbs

worcimex: idk again but i think the owner left everyone high and dry for a while with no explanation

browbirds: expensive af with people thinking it’s worth and arm and a leg for an ugly furry. probably most unfair arpg grind i’ve seen so far with high exclusivity. owner basically uses it as a circlejerk with friends only

tomoyokis: boring. literally humans with container parts. the poorman’s dainties

dainties: humanoids with deer legs and socks. somehow the most successful business model. most of the mods can’t design though and they only thing to do is trade fodder for better things because people will give their firstborn for a CB slot

grabuki: they’re ugly as fuck and nothing happens from what i’ve read

impims: they’re also ugly and kunmao’s a lazy piece of shit so expect anything to take weeks. no trait restrictions at least but then it comes down to whoever can get the pop designs

chimereons: the one i hate the most. full of kids and greedy assholes. rampant “full resale+swaps/multiples” for a cham with no traits. incredibly hard to break into and only defining ‘feature’ is their nose horns and curled tails. which means shit like this is considered perfectly valid. also insanely expensive with an owner whose too busy drawing furry porn. mods also don’t do their jobs at all 

annies: slavery lore. owner yamio doesn’t do anything. insane costs and fanbase for what boils down to anime girls. i have no idea what an annie even if and I want them to burn

esks: mods can be hostile i’ve heard. forced positivity. easy to make but people cream themselves trying to get an owner-made one. they’re uh undead nature dogs i guess if that’s your cup of tea

baobears: these cost hundreds of dollars

midveilers: i stopped playing but people only care about collecting owner-made designs. there’s also bunch of other artists who aren’t as good but still try to sell for the same price so a bunch of designs don’t get sold because no one’s stupid enough to pay 250 dollars for something a highschooler drew. also apparent huge problem with candygore and community full of minors

cccats/skire: no arpg and cost too much for eye-straining on-base adopts. traits of having an extra set of antennae can be 200 dollars alone. bought a small species that immediately turned them from 30$ adopts to 300$ adopts overnight. thinks spending 2 hrs making 10 on-base flat colored adopts is considered a job and too much work

stygian: overly designed deer that i legit have no idea what they do but have a website. way too many traits and nitpickiness on how they look. way too expensive if you wanna buy an official one. like legit they are overly designed to the point it’s always hard to tell what’s what

popunmytimiiwhatever: ripoff of every other humanoid species with hard-to-type weeb name.

packimps: same as above with ugly designs. people only get them to try and uptrade for dainties

im out for now but feel free to drop other ones i’ve probably heard about them if they’ve been around

[oryoucouldhavemine]

Request Guidelines:

(This list is mainly based for TOH since that is the main fandom I’m writing for atm)

To differentiate between an art and fic request, simply write [Art] or [Fic] before your prompt to make it easier for me to understand what you’re requesting!

Please check out my ao3 below and see if your prompt (or smth similar) has already been done! I have been getting a lot of repeats/fics insanely similar to ones I’ve already written!

The Blights and Hunter are autistic in the Dad!rius AU (if you want ND them please specify you want the request OUTSIDE of the Dad!rius AU)

Hunter is AroAce in the Dad!rius AU (if you want a ship fic with him please specify OUTSIDE of the Dad!rius AU [Adding onto this: I feel uncomfortable with Edric/Hunter for personal reasons, please respect this. I also won’t write any ship that goes against sexuality canon, mainly, I’ll write Huntlow, I don’t think there’s much else ships for him])

All TOH fics default to the Dad!rius AU (meaning certain requests may be slightly altered to fit that storyline better) if you want it outside of said AU please clarify in your ask/prompt! (ex: “Not dad!rius au!” “not a dad!rius au prompt” etc)

Alador and Darius are together with the Dad!rius AU so if you send a different ship for either of them it will be its own separate fic (for example, Darius/Raine)

Ships I will NOT write (for personal or moral reasons): Any illegal ship (This means minors/adults, siblings/siblings, sibling coded/sibling coded [Aka, to me, Hunter and Luz], etc), Hunter/Edric, Hunter/Emira, Willow/Boscha, Amity/Boscha, Eda/Odalia, Eberwolf with anyone, Belos with anyone, Kikimora with anyone, Collector with anyone, King with anyone, Hooty with anyone (i see you random Lillith/Hooty people who haunt my nightmares)

Ships I like the MOST [and will probably work on faster!] (but not limited to these): Lumity, Viney/Emira, Darius/Alador, Darius/Raine, Raine/Eda, and Gus/Mattholomew

Platonic Pairings I’ll write: Anything :3 except Belos being a good person, sorry but no. You will get my undying appreciation if you want Kiki to be friends with anyone. (Also can request QPR fics!)

I WON’T write smut/sex no matter what pairing it is, I’m ace and that’s awkward to write for me n.n’ 

I WILL write angst, fluff, humor, etc. Don’t limit yourself either! If you think it would be really funny to give me a VERY sad prompt, do it (:< Any ideas for humor fics are also encouraged. 

For art:

I will draw any of the ships I mentioned that I do like before!

I will draw any AUs of any character! 

I’ll do incorrect quotes/mini comics/memes! 

I will do NSFW but it will ONLY be available on my Patreon (7$) so you wil have to join it if you want to see it lmao (AND ILL ONLY DO NSFW OF LEGAL AGE CHARACTERS, NO AGING UP EITHER)

This is me encouraging you guys to please give me art prompts too lmao

I will add on anything I think of later.

REMEMBER: Requests are REQUESTS, I am at no obligation to write/draw your idea, if you REALLY want smth written that bad, you can commission me! Art commission prices will be up at some point (probably reblogged) and I may do writing commissions? Idk only if people want it lol

Ao3: Im_Basically_Shakespeare

[bitter-sweet-coffee]

hey fellas! this isn't like my normal posts but i felt the need to make it.

as a non american sonic fan, i want to emphasize how extremely toxic and unaffordable the merch market is. even GAMES are ridiculously overpriced, and currency exchange doesn't help. stock here in Canada is limited it not non-existent, so finding stuff AT ALL is a miracle, and it's usually the kind of stuff y'all can pick up at a target(?)

anyways, i tore apart a larger mall today looking anywhere and everywhere for sonic because i had to kill some time waiting for someone, and here's what i found:

this is a STEAL! they were the only four things here, and my total was (sorry for my thumb)

🥁 ...

that's 29.07 USD, or 21.14 GBP. a BARGAIN if you ask me!!

as a joke, i decided to check what this would cost if i got them off ebay like i did with my beloved Infinite plushie (the only other official merch i have)

(prices range from around 24 to 40 GBP each, USD is already listed)

this is insane. absolutely ridiculous. i knew inflation was bad, and that ebay prices vary, but this is so frustrating because these were the only four things in the entire mall, and they're insanely marked up online. i might have better luck at the Eaton Centre which is in downtown Toronto, but would most people go that far to maybe find a figure? good luck finding shadow anywhere lmao

ebay marks stuff up yeah, but etsy lacks official merch and amazon sucks ass (selection, price, and bezos) so it's my go-to. other sites exist but ebay is my best bet... yet it's still insane like this since prices can be whatever the hell people want most of the time, and collectors are a bitch to work with

basically, sonic merch is extremely inaccessible unless you're in the usa, japan, or like... SOMETIMES UK (england has the most luck, but @ska-chacha has intormed me of a few places in Scotland that have stuff, not sure about Wales or Ireland but I am aware of a certain welsh sonic who has spotted sonic cars 😌 iykyk)

i'm probably stating the obvious for a lot of people here, so i'm not quite sure why i made this post. solidarity with other isolated fans? rage at the collector fanbase? my goddamn currency issues? who knows! but it's something i couldn't not bring your attention to.

[wherearemyglassesbro]

i saw that you play genshin impact, so i’m kind of curious... what’d be the axis and allies’ vision and weapons?

Uh oh...now you got me started. Be warned, it’s a long one cause I have no self control

Some key terms for those who don’t play genshin impact and want to be included!!

Cryo -> ice, Hydro -> water, Dendro -> nature, Geo -> rock, Pyro -> fire, Electro -> lightning

Hilichurls: a common enemy found in the wild. Despite looking like hairy trolls, they have a district language as well as texts, art and song that they share together making them an advanced species!

Ruin guards: another enemy. Giant, scary robot...they scare me...

Knights of Favonious: an organization of knights within Mondstat that keep order and peace :) very nice guys and gals over there!!

Mondstat: modeled after Germany

Liyue: modeled after China

Alfred: pyro, claymore, Springvale Mondstat

Alfred would be a super heavy hitter in battle but his drawbacks are that despite his energetic nature, he’s slower because of the weight of his weapon

He blows stuff up a lot and sets all of the grass around you on fire so if you fight with him...His teammates will take damage from him Jeez Louise!!!

Since we don’t have all of the nations of Teyvay unlocked, I don’t know where he’d be from! I’d have to explore to get a sense for it so for characters that don’t have a place on the map yet, I’ll mark them with an asterisk from now on! :)

Idk where he lives but I do know that he’d be a devoted member of the adventurers guild! He’s always willing to offer a helping hand to anyone in need! Wether it be helping Granny Ann make hash browns or taking comissions to go kill a huge ruin guard who’s terrorizing the town!! He’s always leaping into new jobs! He isn’t even in it for the money or rewards! He just loves helping out!

Arthur: Dendro, archer, Mondstat

Artie is a beast in battle! Shooting vine Aries at enemies to tie them up or temporarily blind them??? Sick as fuck. Keep in mind, Genshin doesn’t have any Dendro characters that are playable yet so idk how they’d fight but I think I can guess :)

Artie is technically part of the knights of favonious because he works in their library. He translates books written in ancient texts into the standard language so historians and others can read what the old civilizations had to say

Instead of having normal eyes, they’re slit like snake eyes. And he has leaves instead of hair :)

He has a little seelie that floats around at his side. He talks to it but it doesn’t really do anything but provide company to a lonely guy :’) he needs more friends

Matthew: Anemo, catalyst, *

It’s always good to have a catalyst on your team! Ningguang is a great example of an underestimated catalyst cause she can do INSANE damage man!! So I think Mattie would be the same way

Matt isn’t violent and doesn’t enjoy fighting so his in-game voice lines would say that lol

Mattie is an alchemist! Well...A student alchemist. He didn’t take up an interest in alchemy until like, 3 years ago so he’s got a lot to catch up on still! He’s doing his best!

He gets very annoyed with Alfred since Mattie is detail oriented and gentle...Alfred is not any of those things. But he still loves his brother and on rare occasions, he’ll assist him with his commissions

Ivan: Cryo, catalyst, Liyue(temporary)

Ivan would be a support character for sure but he’d do a damn good job of doing it

He’s buff but he doesn’t do hand to hand combat, he’s mastered magic for a reason

Ivan spends most of his time studying hilichurls. He writes books about them, translates their texts and acts as a peace keeper when he can. He gets information from them about the Abyss Order in return for free reign of small portions of protected land where they can live without fear of being killed

Because he’s from Schneznya(spelling?) he’s kinda expected to be a bad guy but he left a long time ago. But he still sounds like he’s from there and...He’s super pale too so there really is no mistaking where he’s from

Ivan can’t stand how ignorant humans are towards hilichurls so he does everything he can to advocate for them. He’s covered in scars from when he first started engaging with the beasts. A huge scar runs down his face but he doesn’t mind it

He’s got big, sharp teeth!! So he doesn’t often smile cause he thinks he looks weird

Francis: Hyrdo, long sword, *

Fran is underestimated when it comes to combat (like Kaeya...I see you slandering this man) but he has so much potential!

Since he’s a hydro, he is so useful for elemental reactions! If he’s paired with a cryo or pyro user, he’d totally boost them!!

Fran is a traveling entertainer, he goes between the 7 nations as a singer and actor for small stage plays. He has a crew of friends who travel with him, they’re one jolly bunch!

He always acts all nonchalant and stuff but once he’s in a battle, he’s wild. Especially if the abyss order holds up his crew on their way to their next tour destination “We need to be in Liyue Harbor in four hours you are NOT holding us back!” *tidal wave*

He’s a regular tavern hopper! A very recognizable face since he’s been banned from a handful for getting too rowdy

He can make not one, but 2 special dishes :0

Yao: Dendro, polearm, Liyue

I just imagine him as a shorter, richer and cooler version of Zhongli

He’d do that kick move that Zhongli does with his polearm oh man that looks SICK dude!!!

Yao would shoot vines out and they’d strangle enemies for a few seconds before disintegrating but if he’s leveled up enough, they’ll totally strangle those stupid hillichurls lol

Yao sells rare gems and other miscellaneous items for very high prices in Liyue where he grew up. His shop is upstairs by the Fatui bank. Rich people enjoy looking at what his shop has to fifer and will argue prices with him. They’re getting scammed for sure. He’ll list a set of cor lapis earrings as $50,000 and the rich will be like ‘I’ll pay $25,000, no more than that’ and he’ll take it!!....Cause thise earrings are worth $5000 at most >:)

Hes close with a lot of the higher ups in Liyue and is often invited to fancy lunches or dinners where they discuss policy, contracts and vendor permits. He doesn’t really get a say in any of that but he benefits from listening

Kiku: Electro, claymore, *

Kiku would be SUCH an awesome electo user are you KIDDING me??? I can see it now, him swinging that huge sword around, purple lightning bolts flying all around and he looks like a total badass? Amazing vibes

When paired with cryos???? He’d do an insane amount of damage fr

Kiku runs a small restaurant where he...runs the place...but doesn’t cook. His restaurant is extremely exclusive and people often throw fits when they can’t get in cause the wait list is over 5 years long. He’ll rest his hand on their shoulder and smile ‘is something wrong? I’d love to take a complaint if you have one’...No one has even dared to complain to his face lol

Behind the restaurant front he deals with the Fatui, buying and selling minerals or artifacts. That’s where his knowledge is at, not with food. He pays his staff to ignore what goes on behind the scenes and the locals are too busy enjoying the restaurant to question what goes on after dark

Gilbert: Pyro, long sword, Mondstat

Gil would be one of the free characters given to you at the beginning of the game but hey, I’m not complaining

He’s highly destructive and very chaotic in battle, he can do that spin move even though that’s meant for claymore users

He’s Mondstat’s biggest trouble maker. He runs an underground gambling room that sits underneath a tavern. He isn’t really into gambling but he makes a lot of money by running it

The only knight who knows is Ludwig which is not good cause...Gil pretty much bribes his brother into not telling the knights of favonious (peace keepers of Mondstat)

Gil never got his gliding certificate cause he kept flying into buildings. He broke his nose doing that lol

Lovino: Pyro, catalyst, *

I can’t add anymore images so imagine a floating, red and black orb. Lovi doesn’t get a book catalyst cause he doesn’t read :) That’s the catalyst thing I’m talking about 😅😅

My guy has the angriest in game voice lines, he’s inconvenienced by every battle, every enemy is ugly and a fuckin disaster. He’s just. Angry.

He’d be a super weak character if he needed to rely on hand to hand combat but he learned magic for a reason babey

He owns a flower stand in his country and makes all kinds of beautiful flower arrangements. He even picks his own flowers in the fields when he can (but usually pays the town’s children to do it for him to ‘teach them the value of hard work’).

Everyone knows he’s a total hothead and will piss him off on purpose just cause it’s funny lmao. But then somehow...Their hair or clothes will just...catch on fire. So is it really worth it to tease him? :/

Feliciano: Hydro, archer, Mondstat(temporary)

I feel like Feli would also be a free character, not cause he isn’t good or anything! But you always need an archer on your team!

Feli has healing properties for his team and doesn’t do an insane amount of damage but when given the right resources, he’d be a pretty sick healer

He moved to Mondstat to join the church there. He leads prayers in front of the church and sings in the choir inside.

He is the sweetest and has never committed a crime in his LIFE but he’s afraid of the knights lol he’s terrified that he’ll get in trouble and be kicked out of Mondstat forever! That would never happen but he’s a worry wart cause of his brother

Ludwig: Geo, long sword, Mondstat

Lud is the only one that I could really think of as a Geo but Geos are awesome :)

He’s a hard hitter but has like...No shield so he’ll take damage fast if you don’t give him those artifacts with shield in them or whatever lol uhhhh I wouldn’t know anything about that cause I suck at building my teams ;-;

He’d totally be in with the knights of favonious! (I think that’s spelled right lol) but he’d take his duty as a knight very seriously!! He’s a familiar face around Mondstat, the elderly absolutely adore him and the local teenage girls swoon over him which he finds super embarrassing lol

He has to work hard to keep Gilbert in check cause even though Gil isn’t a knight, his actions reflect negatively back on Lud very often... :(

Please ignore the spelling errors and terrible photo cropping on my part lol this was so fun!!

By the time you’re seeing this, ive already made full outfit red sheets for everyone mentioned above!!!! :D

[dramarising-replacement]

okay, i've seen people complain of the price for the pose change scroll, and other people get pissed and say "it's not that much! just do fairgrounds and go and convert gems" or whatever, which yea, that'll work, but some people don't like forums which is fine and also i wanna give other options lmao.

anyways hi, i never set foot in forums but here's how i get gems: coli, baldwin's, and auction house. first, go into coli, and grind until you gets stacks of food. doesn't matter which venue. do a coli challenge if you want to be motivated. doesn't matter, whatever works for you my dude. i've been leveling up my entire lair to level 25 because i'm fucking insane and also i like seeing every fucking dragon be the same level. but anyways, just grind for full stacks of food. and you'll most likely get at least familiars along the way, maybe some apparel. those will come in later.

got stacks of food? cool, head to auction house. check LAH. people say to also check with same food points and food type, which you can, but i don't because i'm lazy and it doesn't matter to me. now, list for LAH. however, only list for a day because prices can and will change in one fucking day. i've seen LAH without factoring food type and food points go between 6 gems to 10 gems. but they're most likely sell quickly. mine sell in a few hours tbh.

okay, listed them? cool, hope they sell for you. now, if you got familiars (which you most likely do) and you don't wanna keep, it's time to head over to good ol' baldwin and fucking melt them. do the same with apparel if you don't want them. 

now the mats you got from melting all of that? if you don't wanna keep them (which i don't since i have stacks of fucking muck and slime collecting dust in my hoard) it's time to go to AH again! check LAH, list for one day, and throw them up. tbh i usually list like 1 gem under the LAH (yea yell at me go ahead who cares it's a dragon pixel game and i want money now) but you do whatever. hopefully they sell.

congrats, you got gems without ever going into those forums. now go trans your dragons or stop crying over finally getting the right colors but wrong gender, or finish up that project, or just hoard those gems. i don't care they're yours not mine.