#training or experience

[hinamie]

I don't want to regret the way I lived

[butterflyscribbles]

A friendly spar💪❤️

[bixels]

In the past, people in the Animal Crossing community would make fun of Tom Nook as a sleazy landlord. Since then, he's really rehabilitated his image as this 'heart of gold' businessman (he's the one who puts bells and furniture in trees for you to find! he adopted orphans! he donates to charity!), but New Horizons genuinely paints the most devious version of him.

He's successfully privatized settler colonialism: you pay HIM to move to a "deserted island" (which apparently the oceans in the AC world are just full of) and start a colony that he is directly invested in. At best he's running a weird vacation package scam (you arrive on the island with no money and in debt for "using his services"). At worst, he's using you to set up company towns. For god's sake, he literally has his own fake currency that he forces you to use to pay off your debt. But don't worry, he's repackaged it in a way that definitely doesn't sound like an MLM scam: the Nook Mileage Program!

You're no longer just his tenant or his temporary part-timer, you're his business lackey. The entire tutorial section of the game has you spending actual weeks running around completing tasks and doing hard labor to set up his colony. You're even tasked with preparing his properties and finding buyers for them. No, you aren't a tenant anymore. You work for the landlord. You are directly responsible for finding tenants for him. And he doesn't even fucking pay you. Not for setting up town hall and museum, or his nephew's shop –– which is the ONLY store on the entire island that sells necessities –– or bringing KK Slider to town, or helping populate his town. Not a single cent. No, actually, you have to pay HIM to BUY infrastructure like bridges and stairs and park benches. And all the while, he's telling you're the "resident representative"; you get to call the shots! That the reward is the community's progress. That what you're doing is in everyone's best interest (but most importantly, his).

Since NH's release, people have done a lot of legwork to say that Tom Nook isn't a capitalist while the game shows him at his very worst. He owns the only general store in town. You're forced to use a phone that he modified and branded as his own. Buy Nook-branded furniture and merchandise at the self-serve kiosk in the town hall, a governmental building! There's no conflict of interest here!

But hey, if you're tired of being the landlord/business mogul's goon, you can also find work as a deluxe resort home designer for a company that also pays you in their special company currency that can only be used to buy their products instead of a real salary! Because that's what the Animal Crossing franchise needs! More vacation homes!!!

[jerseygirljasontodd]

this is so funny like im cracking tf up... the cocky son of color thinking that he can call his mother by her first name, and getting eyebrow raised into submission? many such cases

[thereweredragonshere]

When ur forced to look like ur having a good time cuz otherwise you’ll offend people

[that1notetaker]

My mom cried during the mom movie.

[autumndragon]

In the episodes of Shell Shocked, Ruffnut and Tuffnut mention how Viggo would actually be fun to hang with if he didn't try to kill them all the time. Can you imagine Viggo being among the chaos of the Edge? I'm telling you, he wouldn't last a week.

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Hiccup: Dragon Fly Four!

Hiccup: *jumps off a cliff*

Viggo:

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Viggo: Fishlegs, are you alright?

Fishlegs: I will only tell you this once, senile old man, the name is Bonecrusher, Thor Bonecrusher

Viggo:

Viggo: wat

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Viggo: should you not be at practice?

Snotlout: no, I quit the dragon riders. I will now be a beggar in the streets, all alone, cold, like my dead heart.

Viggo: oh--

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Viggo: hello

Tuffnut: I kissed a frog :D

Viggo: goodbye

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Viggo: finally, a sane person

Astrid, carrying two axes, five knives, a spear and a sword: kill

Viggo: understandable, have a great day

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Ruffnut: *sitting behind a game board*

Viggo: ah! Maces and Talons, may I join?

Ruffnut: can't. I ate the pieces

Viggo: excuse-- you what

Ruffnut: I ate the pieces

Viggo:

Ruffnut: don't tell Hiccup

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Ironically, Viggo finds dragons are the most sane creatures on the island.

[socialjusticeinamerica]

He’s getting the band back together.

[somewhereincairparavel]

'i hate jason grace because he thought he was worthy enough to compete with percy' I'm sorry have y'all SEEN jason. this man defeated a TITAN without weapons and his bare hands to the point the titan wanted to rise from the UNDERWORLD with the help of a GODDESS to seek vengeance over him. I think we can cut him slack for having some well deserved self respect bc I'd brag too wtf

[i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end]

It is tempting to think that Sherlock Holmes was so emotionally repressed and secretive and obviously not great at handling the feelings of others (making Watson believe him dead or dying several times) because his own author did not love him enough. Childhood trauma. Deep in his heart he knew that all the time ACD spent with him he'd rather write about dinosaurs, and that turns a man bitter. And looking at some adaptions I think this is still ongoing - some creators still do not love Sherlock Holmes. They want his name, but they don't want him. Pleeeaaase let Sherlock Holmes be with creators who love himmmmm pleeeeaaaaaase my poor silly little guyyyyyyy

[hinamie]

new official illust of them with puppies healed something in me

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

hope you feel better soon!

I am riddled with ailments, but I stay silly!

[bacchuschucklefuck]

doing chibi is a good design exercise bc it forces u to think on shapes n essential details, essentially thumbnailing ur designs. its also a terrible design exercise bc it ends up looking cute no matter what

[selurr]

Trying different Pearl design :D

[tea-cat-arts]

Shen Yuan getting transported into pidw isn't "the system punishing him for being a lazy internet hater," but instead representative of "step 1 of the creative process: getting so mad at something you decide to go write your own fucking book" in this essay I will

[alagaisia]

These all sound like great policies, and while many of the pages here are pretty light on actual strategy, they’re definitely worth a read as informative perspectives on current issues and possible solutions.

However, the fact that this person has never held any political or elected office should be a huge red flag, as is the fact that their degrees are in business and finance rather than politics, law, or government of any kind. They obviously have great values and good intentions. And the work that they’ve done and are doing in housing is important, and would be great experience that would absolutely compel me to vote for a brand-new politician at a state level.

There’s also the fact that this is the first I’ve heard of this candidate, and I basically live in the left-wing tumblr bubble. A quick search shows no articles from any major national news publication on Jasmine Sherman’s candidacy or campaign goals. Your moderate democrat grandparents getting their politics news from CNN are not hearing about a fringe third party candidate who has barely broken through to the demographic who agrees with all of their values. Like it or not, campaigns are successful when they have good advertising. Being on the ballot is great, but if that’s the first place a voter sees your name, it doesn’t count for anything. Regardless of the viability of third-party candidates in the US, there have been plenty in the past with the name recognition to influence (though never favorably) elections, or at least the conversation around them- Ralph Nader, Jill Stein, even Gary “what’s Aleppo” Johnson. Jasmine Sherman, so far, is not one of them.

I would love to someday see a viable multi-party political system in the US, but that’s not what we have right now. And voting in a two-party presidential election for an unknown candidate with no political experience, no matter how idealistic they are, is not the way to get there. Elect third-party candidates to local and state offices. Build a coalition with enough support to get candidates elected to Congress. Get experienced politicians from established parties with a strong base of support from voters, and THEN you can build a well-funded third-party presidential campaign that might have a real shot. But somebody has to put in the work first. The political landscape has to change, and that change starts in local and state elections.

just a general question: are u voting for jasmine sherman? i think they’re the third party candidate who’s most likely to win, just based on the fact that they’re on the ballot in 48 states

Sherman honestly looks like my perfect president, like all of their policies align with what I think is best like:

Abolishment of Police and Education on Firearms

Agriculture Policy and Support of Landback (WIP)

Anti-Indoctrination Policy and Support of Gentle Parenting

Decriminalizing Drug Use/Possession and Decriminalizing Sex Work

Guaranteed Housing and Universal Basic Income

And so many other more or lesser known policies that could genuinely save a lot of lives. Oh, and they also advocate for a free Palestine, Sudan, and Congo.

I am really not sure how they will do and I don't fully expect them to be president, BUT if the vast Americans that would benefit from at least one of Sherman/Bluebear's policies at least knew about them and advocated for their politics no matter who wins the race, I think we might have a chance at making a more equal and safe country.

Take the time to read about them.