#transacting

[probablybadrpgideas]

Real Reasons Dragons Hoard Gold

Tax evasion scheme

There are no other options

The king's entire army is unable to stop this dragon from taking all the gold

And then the taxman comes along

"Oh no, I would tell you my assets, but they're all in the lair of a dragon. Guess you'll have to mark me as having no money and deserving of a significant tax cut!"

Then the taxman leaves, and what happens?

The King finds a bunch of adventurers and tells them to fight the dragon

And suddenly the dragon- who need i remind is superintelligent, an archmage, strong enough to tear a giant in half and took down an entire nation's military not last month?

"Oh no! I cannot defeat five traumatized weirdos! I am slain! I guess you'd better take all this gold back to the king"

And all is well until next tax season when Oh No! The dragon has "somehow" revived and has taken all the gold again!

Someone needs to expose this, guys. This is why we still have medieval tech after 3000 years- all the funding's vanishing into unlisted dragon accounts.

[shotmrmiller]

thoroughly obsessed with the idea of knight!141 buying a girl off her parents instead of understanding that them taking someone from their humble family to start their legacy is a tremendous honor.

they're so used to seeing the influence money has, the power it holds on the court that his first thought after seeing her hang wet, threadbare clothes by a hut made of wattle and daub was, i got enough gold on me to take her home tonight.

[anikababbyy223]

[ozzyeelz]

hey I'm normal haha. um. what if u draw some more heavy and medic cuddling haha that would be crazy hahaha.........

HAHA THAT WOULD BE CRAZY….. *hands you these then runs away*

[mabbbish]

they’re so lame

[varpusvaras]

How writing angst goes

[wyrmwright]

bro he does NOT want to hear you practice your villain monologue

[prideprejudce]

also i love that they introduced the criston/alicent affair in the most non-romantic way possible. there's no declarations of love and "you are my everything" or anything flowery like that, in fact it feels very transactional and just driven by lust and the desire for basic human comfort topped with awkward post hookup small talk afterwards of "bit chilly today innit" while not looking at each other

[fumifooms]

Dad always said I was like him

Meijack and Chilchuck Tims Dungeon Meshi, Ryoko Kui

^ 1: Moony moonless sky, Fatima Aamer Bilal / 2: Bug like an angel, Mitski / 3: Woodtangle, Mary Ruefle / 4: The Third Hour of the Night, Frank Bidart / 5 & 6: FROM THE MAKERS OF "TWO-MOM ENERGY DRINK," IT'S "LET YOUR FATHER DIE ENERGY DRINK,", Daniel Lavery & Cecilia Corrigan / 7: Batman: Year Three (1989) / 8 & 9 : FROM THE MAKERS OF […], Daniel Lavery & Cecilia Corrigan / 10: Wilt, CJ the X / 11: How Do We Forgive Our Fathers, Dick Lourie / 12: Milk and honey, Rupi Kaur / 13: And My Father's Love Was Nothing Next To God's Will, Amatullah Bourdon / 14: Moony moonless sky, Fatima Aamer Bilal / 15: Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong, Ocean Vuong / 16: untitled, Joan Tierney v 17: Drunk, The Living Tombstone / 18: unknown

When your father tried his best to provide for you but he worked all the time and even when he was home he was either tired or stressed and he’s always liked to get drunk to relax and cheer up. When you know he values work ethics and respectability so you grew up to be capable and quiet. And when he says you’re like him you’re sort of puzzled, does he really know you so little, or does he know himself so little? But you like the feeling of your father ruffling your hair so you accept it, and still you stand next to your mother just as silent and just as stoic as her during family gatherings. He leaves again and again and when your mother leaves him nothing changes, really. You wonder if it’s more telling that you know him better than he seems to himself or that you don’t know him as much as you wish you did, or that you don’t think about him all that much these days. Out of sight, out of mind. And he’s never really been there, even when he was there, after all.

[optiwashere]

Not going to reblog or mention the post where I saw these tags, but wow this sentiment sucks as someone who mostly writes one-shots when she writes fic. How does commenting on one-shots not translate to motivation for the writer to continue writing them? What is the thought process there?

Commenting is contributing to fandom; it's a dialogue with the writer while engaging in the community, in theory, and flat out claiming there's no need for it...? Sad, but not particularly unexpected, I guess.

[sexygaywizard]

Just remembered I bought a Sasuke shirt while high a week ago

[wingwaver]

I hate doing this but NC was hit by Helene harder than most of us thought it would be.

My household of 5 has been without working water and power for 3 days (9/29/2024 as I post this) so we've lost just about everything in fridge and freezers and our estimated time to get power back is around a week or 2 (as of 9/27/2024).

We've had to buy a grill so we could have a way to heat water and canned soups, a cooler, and several lights and batteries and now we're very low on money for bills and food once we do get power back.

My work has no power either so my next check is gonna be bad.

If anyone could spare a little money it'd help a lot.

But please, if you're in rough shape too, just reblog to spread word, I wouldn't feel right taking money from others that are also in need in this time as well...

Kofi

Cashapp

$90/$200

[overheard-at-camp-half-blood]

I really love how they are focusing on Annabeth’s view of transactional love, because it also strengthens her relationship with Percy. They don’t love each other yet, they don’t even consider each other friends yet, but Percy is willing to protect her in ways her mother- a literal goddess- does.

Not only this, they become friends, and later develop romantic feelings with each other, because Percy legitimately cares about Annabeth, not because she had to earn it. Because Percy is one of the few people, except for Grover, and MAYBE some of the seven, who loves her no matter what.

[anikababbyy223]

Do you guys think I look cute in this dress ?😔 it's actually one of my favorites and also one of the first ones ever bought lol. ���� it would be nice to wear it out one day to somewhere fancy .😊 however unit then I guess I will just be showing it off to you guys instead.♥️

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[lychgate]

feels cool to go to mattress firm and get a nice big fancy mattress for me and my fiancee, the nectar of my soul, and paying in pounds of cash vs a little plastic card