#to be fair I'm not consistent but still

[hungrychasmofthesun]

I'm flexible af and I've been training since forever, so why can't I do a middle split yet?? I've even tackled this anatomically, but nope, what gives? Some people get it done in 30 days, I've been at it for like...like a whole year now!

[shads-shipposts]

Shadow: *having a minor emotional breakdown over their lack of survival skills given they let the Karaboudjan crew hit them with a truck and put them on the ship via crate because they thought they were dreaming and damage was therefore turned off*

Neil, trying to enjoy his breakfast but also wanting to help Shadow feel better:

[inspector-montoya-fox]

Replaying Turnabout Tr*mp for the second time ever since 2019 and thinking to myself that it's actually a decent case and that i've given it an unnecessary amount of flack over the years..... and then Phoenix admits to presenting forged evidence.

[izzy-b-hands]

I will be forever grateful i can be on this new med. it's one a lot of folks also need and can struggle to have access to! It's important i be on it, especially if i start doing any vid collabs

(some of which, really, all of which, i unfortunately actually need to cancel that were in the preplanning stages, bc the election results have me wanting to wait and see how the general atmosphere of the country is before i agree to meet up with anyone. I feel bad for cancelling, but also i just can't know for sure how safe things are/might be going forward and I'd rather avoid the potential of. ya know. various not great things that could happen at a meet up, tho i would certainly hope they wouldn't. i don't feel like actually addressing them rn, u guys know what i mean)

That said, if the truvada initial side effects could fuck off asap would be so lovely. three weeks at worst, then they should be gone/much better or so i am told. really hope that's true bc losing my mornings to being dizzy and nauseous is Not Working for me lmao. im on week two, and now understand why my new doc said to call if i needed any 'cheerleading' and support to get thru the side effects, bc apparently she's done that for several ppl to make sure they actually make it thru the three weeks and keep on it (lovely of her!!)

[rocketbirdie]

Hiya, if it's okay, can I ask how you decided to price your commissions? I'm planning to set up a page but I am SO lost as to how to price goddamn anything and you seem like you've got this stuff really well sorted out

also holy shit GREAT WORK ON THE DEMON GATES!!!!

Sure thing!! Since art is my full time thing right now, I try to price commissions by considering how much time they take to complete, and compare that to a typical wage.

Using my prices as an example, for a single character full color piece with no background, I know I can probably get it done in 3 hours of total work time or less. If I want to make at least ~$15/hr, then $45 total is a fair estimate.

Of course, this specific example won't work for every artist, since everyone has a different workflow. (I tend to work pretty fast.) There's more to consider of course, but this is a good starting point.

Also THANK YOUUUU <333333

[rraaarr]

everyone's talking about how Nina parallels Aziraphale bc he is the one who broke up with his abusive ex, and while Aziraphale Did do that, of the two of them, Whose the one still getting texts from their ex?

[cuntrytaylor]

getting 41/75 on a practice exam a year ago before studying any of the material and with 4 months of practical experience

vs getting 49/75 on the exact same practice exam today after 2 months intensive studying and 15 months of practical experience

[nohkalikai]

submitted like a basic plot for a story i'm writing to a publisher and it got dragged so hard. the problem here is i was given a brief to write a blurb with a working title. the editor (AND FOUNDER????) treated it like a full fledged pitch.

[dreamlogic]

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[firelord-frowny]

that feel when your psychiatrist warns you that your new meds might cause significant changes in body weight but fails to mention that it might also make your periods terrifyingly heavy and long-lasting 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

[absensia-archived]

I've spoken briefly about this before and, again, it's usually something I leave in the little details of Charlotte's portrayal, but it's really been on my mind lately so I wanted to write out some of the prominent traits that continue to establish that, despite having gradually accumulated more experience, capital, and property over the years, Charlotte remains coded as working-class. It is crucial to both the narrative itself and her actual existence as a vessel for the primordial void, also known as Khaos. This means that she still has no ( legal ) credit cards and continues to thrift almost all her belongings, including her clothes, books, and furniture ( with the exception of shoes and appliances.) If you are someone who regularly meets up with Charlotte, you might begin to notice ( if you are perceptive ) that while she may be variably early, right on time, or show up in some unexpected state, she is rarely ever late and certainly never without a legitimate reason as to why. It is also not uncommon for Charlotte to juggle multiple jobs at the same time, and the only time she'll agree to a single job, at the exclusion of all other work is if she knows that that one job will be worth it. Related to this is the fact that Charlotte has a very hard time saying no to job offers; it's a habit ( read: stress response ) she is trying to unlearn, but it continues to be a struggle. Lastly, despite having successfully taken on leadership roles in the past, Charlotte expresses a strong dislike for being consigned to a "boss" role as she still much prefers to be hands on, in the action, at risk rather than sitting back and letting others do the work. She becomes restless if she finds herself "at the top" or in the position of too much obvious power; recall the adage about how it is lonely at the top, and how isolation is not something that the void's vessel can allow. She needs to be among people; she needs to be present to catalyze chaos. That being said, this doesn't mean that Charlotte simply allows herself to be treated or thrown away as a mere lackey or just another body, but that is still part of the struggle, isn't it?

[sunny-daysss]

Also thank you to Hatchetfield and Mouthwashing for bringing this sideblog back to life

[elytrafemme]

the realization that when you have a close friend who you are convinced hates you is just something you have to internally confront because all evidence suggests they like you but you are just convinced they despise you is such a nauseating anxiety experience. and it sounds lucky as hell to say but it's been so long since i've felt that to this degree because i'm so used to it being rapid-fire "they love me" "they hate me" or for people to be so deeply obsessed with me that it sends me into spirals of paranoia and emerges years later as just like... lovebombing or whatever. so the fact that i'm just sat here twiddling my thumbs because one of my best friends Might dislike me even though i have no reason to believe this is so fucking annoying.

[enbyboiwonder]

I thought so. I thought “enervate” meant “weaken.” Ysuran has a spell called Enervation that drains HP from the enemies in front of him, and I keep thinking it’s the one that lowers their dmg, but that’s Ray of Enfeeblement. Outside of BGDA2, Enervation has a chance to kill an enemy outright, and if it doesn’t, it temporarily reduces their dmg. I think. The wiki says it “suppresses their lifeforce” and also that it will “increase an undead creature’s un-lifeforce.” So does it also deal damage? Decrease CON? Urg, this is one of those spells I never use in NWN so I don’t know…

I should probably be playing that instead of BGDA2 tbh, so I can rework Ysuran’s spells for Misao. He’s missing some you’d expect a necromancer to have (Control Undead, anyone??), and some don’t work like you’d expect (this one possibly, plus his Animate Dead is actually Summon Undead). And that’s not even counting that I wanna have Misao learn some cleric spells too!

[gentlethorns]

still can't believe i finally got that scene written last night. that signifies that the novel is really truly in the last mile of its marathon. it's been a surprisingly easy race despite it being essentially my first. i am so excited i can TASTE the end it is so close!!!!!!!

[rascheln]

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