#what a good salesman

[mangosundae]

Get these men in a room together right now.

[trifoliate-undergrowth]

listen I don't know a LOT about horses but it is funny to me when a rough dusty drifter rides into town in a western and they're riding a tall elegant saddle-horse that's been immaculately cared for and has a spotless, gleaming coat, instead of a shaggy dusty remuda horse like some sort of sturdy little mustang or cow-pony.

[itzfroggi22]

Soo... Umm... I think I'm a Wally Weirdo.

[beebfreeb]

I just started following you and I think your OCs relationship with age (dot) as well as actually having older OCs is really neat!

Thank you so much! Weird relationships to age is one of my favorite things to do (autism metaphor) + I like to have variety in my characters as much as possible, though I do find myself having personal trends... Also, with older characters you can put fit more events in their life before it starts to sound silly.

[madame-photon]

Shit man I think I might've found a new blorbo 😔

[vivitalks]

pjo show better not cut out Crusty's Water Bed Palace i need to see percy bargain a man to his death

[chadsuke]

Books Read in 2024:

Little Mushroom: Revelations by Shisi (2022)

The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System Vol. 3 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (2022)

The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System Vol. 4 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (2022)

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (1984)

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (1949)

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein (2023)

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou (2018)

Heaven Official's Blessing Vol. 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (2021)

Heaven Official's Blessing Vol. 2 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (2022)

[ID: Covers of the aforementioned books. End ID.]

[quff]

i will never be inspired by steve jobs quotes. i don't give a fuck what he said. he never had a soul and he went nowhere when he died.

[adhdandcomics]

you are 2010s transmasc art reigen. to me

i wont lie to you ive been trying to parse this ask out for a minute. do you mean i look like 2010s reigen art? my art looks like reigen art? i embody the spirit of transmasc reigen?? the world may never know. i have a sinking feeling you mean all of these things, though.

[forthedancingandthethriving]

Wave-Mania

She'd heard about it through the grapevine. Whenever she slipped off to the code world, just to get away from everything, Root had heard some passerbys talking about it. Discussing it with excitement, as it seemed relatively new.

She was curious. A place to unwind and relax, to have fun. She wouldn't lie, it sounded adult, but she just wanted a peek.

Getting there was pretty hard. Going through channels and portals, it nearly exhausted her. Eventually her feet land on..

Concrete? Blue concrete?

Loud cheering fills Root's hearing and she looks up, wide.

She was standing on a balcony, overlooking an arena. The stands were filled with so many programs and a few that looked Moderators.

Weren't.. fighting rings illegal?

Root slowly walks up to the railing and grips it. Oh. Oh this wasn't good. She needed to..

"Oh, hello there!" A female voice behind her purrs.

Root turns around to see a white cat, with a permanent ^w^ face, with the mouth moving as she spoke. Her whiskers were like that of a catfish, and she had a lower half that was not too dis-similar from a mermaids tail. Pectoral fins were on her arms, with a dorsal on her back. She was shades of white and neon blue.

"Welcome to Wave-Mania!" She purrs, flying forward. "I'm Bioluminescent! I'm one of the Moderators. Usually Current would greet new people, but she's out right now."

"This.. what is this?" Root asks, frowning.

"Why, a place for programs to get stronger!" Bioluminescent trills, flying over to the railing. Root locks onto the word stronger. "It may look like a fighting ring, but it trains everyone here! We always have medics on hand."

Seeing Root's doubtful face, the Moderator gently nudges her shoulder. "Here, follow me."

Root trails after the Moderator as she flies, and the virus looks around. She rubs her arm, her self-made cloak doing little to help hide herself. Her tan skin and silver hair stood out against the shades of blue making of Wave-Mania.

They arrive to the seat looking over the entire arena, and Root can't help but be surprised by the beauty of the Admin. At least, she thinks the Program in front of her is an Admin, as she does radiate that authority.

"Coral, I've brought someone." Bioluminescent speaks up.

"Goodness, what is a child doing here?" The Admin's voice is like that of waves gently crashing on the beach. Soothing and pleasant to listen to. "Come now, let's get you home."

"W-wait!" Root shakes her head. "Your Moderator.. sh-she said people get stronger here?"

The Admin pauses before smiling. "Yes, little one. You see, many programs come here searching to get stronger. But I've met many that want to train themselves to not become a monster."

Root's eyes widen. "Really?"

"Indeed." The Admin nods. "They come here because of a past, or they're an offshoot, or something similar. They don't want to repeat their past."

".. can.. can I join?"

"Goodness, you're a child!" The Admin looks shocked. "Why would I ever allow that?"

"Because.. I'm an offshoot." Root admits softly. "I don't want to hurt my friends."

The Admin is quiet before she sighs. "Very well. How about I train you myself?"

"You will?!" Root grins. "Th-thank you!"

"Of course." Coral hums. "Just don't go telling anyone, dear. Don't want us getting shut down, now do you?"

The Virus shakes her head, making the Admin smile. "Very good. Have a seat, and I'll tell you all about this little place of mine.."

As Root plops herself down a seat that forms by Coral, a small chat box appears beside her and Bioluminescent.

> Brillant work, Lumi.

> Thank you, boss

[starfightervicki]

Wearing both at the same time: Ridiculous or awesome? Or will I just look like I'm into woo?

Either way, I need something gray. I've got two stone necklaces that blend into a lot of my shirts, I will be incomplete without a third.

[the-acid-pear]

the more i think about kris the more my insanity increases tbh there's just so much nuance with not only them but also the player and their relationship and it's layes upon layers of them and i keep tryin to peel them off inside my brain and its going to turn me into a dc villain or something

[creations-of-the-dreamlight]

Here marks the THIRD time that hoyo has stolen my idea (that I never posted or made known at all to anyone except myself, and is also generally not an idea I can claim as my intellectual property) bUT THEY STILL STOLE IT. It was giving March a backstory btw that was what they stole-

[juanabaloo]

watching an old clip from Last Call with Carson Daly bc Eliza is in it. for her ofc, i'm not a Carson Daly fan. but OMG he is such a bad interviewer / host. how did this guy get a show?? it ran from 2002-2019 so maybe he was just bad in the beginning. (the clip is from 2003) yes i'm a hater. Eliza is ofc a delight.

before i saw this clip, i thought he was kinda annoying and i don't like that he went against the writer's strike back in 2007-2008. (he was not a member of WGA but they called him a scab. good enough for me, he's a scab.) but anyways - ugh, he was just not a good host. maybe it's the rise in podcasts and Hot Ones leading to higher standards for hosts and interviewing, but it's def some mediocre white guy bullshit.

[ourhouseishaunted]

One of these days I will finally convince someone to read Kill Six Billion Demons (I have been entirely unsuccessful so far unfortunately) and then finally my life will have been worth it

[skipppppy]

The life of Stanford Pines must be so bizarre from the perspective of a random townsperson who doesn’t know him. Imagine you live in a sleepy lumber town, where the most interesting thing you’ve heard this week is that a plot of land on the outskirts of the woods was sold and someone has started constructing a cabin on there.

You later learn by word of mouth that he’s a phd student doing some kind of long-term research project. You don’t see his face until one night he comes blasting down the street on a trail of destruction, eyes yellow and glazed over, trashing public property, inflicting gruesome injuries on himself, and laughing like he’s on an erratic, drug-fuelled bender. He then goes home and locks himself in his cabin again. This becomes a cycle; he stays isolated for weeks, then comes out once in a blue moon to wreak havoc and be a nuisance to the authorities.

Then one day it stops. He doesn’t come back out. The next time you see him he’s at a grocery store looking completely different to how you remember; his hair is grown out, he’s put on weight, his clothes are completely different and he’s stopped wearing glasses. Some townsfolk finally work up the nerve to talk to him and you learn that he invited them to his cabin on a tour. His home is apparently FULL of dangerous research equipment and the scientist, who had allegedly been very quiet and level-headed on the days he wasn’t having his “episodes,” has had a complete personality change, he’s loud and confident and less than honest and a little sleazy but a damn good salesman and entertainer.

He hosts tours out of his home for the next 30 years. Over time he’d changed it into a museum of sorts that sells overpriced knickknacks to unsuspecting tourists, but aside from his shady business practices he’s a well known member of his community. He changes up the exhibits every few months, brings his niece and nephew to stay one summer and they become town darlings, and even exposes a beloved public figure for running a spyware scheme.

One day you hear he got visited by the FBI. They start going round town asking about him. A week or so later he gets arrested. The town goes CRAZY theorising why but then there’s a massive earthquake and in the chaos of that you forget what happened to him. One minute you hear that the feds were surrounding his house and the next they’re all leaving like they forgot what they came for. Another week later he resurfaces and announces he’s going to run for Mayor, dominated the polls, wins the popular vote, but loses his position immediately due to an extensive criminal record.

Then there’s gossip that he completely changed his appearance again. He’s lost his fez and is walking around in a coat and cable knit turtleneck in the middle of the July heat. Then you hear from someone else that he looks the exact same and didn’t change anything. Then you see two identical men walking down the street, one matching the description you saw. People are BUZZING to know what happened and you eventually learn that the “new guy” was actually the same Scientist and the guy that had been running the museum was his twin brother who stole his identity after he went missing. Then the apocalypse happens