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Aug. 2nd, 2018
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mickmercury:
also since I was looking for Dorfl quotes anyway here’s possibly my actual favorite discworld lines that exist, and also Feet of Clay is such a good book
@charlottedabookworm
@elenothar
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mickmercury:
also since I was looking for Dorfl quotes anyway here’s possibly my actual favorite discworld lines that exist, and also Feet of Clay is such a good book
@charlottedabookworm
@elenothar
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starshipspirk:
revfrog:
tenaflyviper:
If you can’t find a place on your blog for Patrick Stewart in a bathtub dressed like a lobster, then your blog probably doesn’t deserve such majesty anyway.
It has returned to my dash and I cannot fight the compulsion to reblog…
the patrick lobster appears only once in a thousand years, reblog for good luck
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starshipspirk:
revfrog:
tenaflyviper:
If you can’t find a place on your blog for Patrick Stewart in a bathtub dressed like a lobster, then your blog probably doesn’t deserve such majesty anyway.
It has returned to my dash and I cannot fight the compulsion to reblog…
the patrick lobster appears only once in a thousand years, reblog for good luck
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mistress-light: Make Me Choose → @lokifan
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mistress-light:
Make Me Choose → @lokifan asked: Older Gladio or older Prompto?
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mistress-light:
Make Me Choose → @lokifan asked: Older Gladio or older Prompto?
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thebibliosphere:
jabberwockypie:
drst:
smitethepatriarchy:
brainstatic:
The key to getting over imposter syndrome is to know everyone else is an imposter too. Tell yourself you deserve a stake in the scam they’re all running.
Ummmm excuse me but this is fucking brilliant.
Did you just cure imposter syndrome with… spite?
You can cure a LOT with spite.
Terry Pratchett’s Moist Von Lipwig character arc, a summary.
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thebibliosphere:
jabberwockypie:
drst:
smitethepatriarchy:
brainstatic:
The key to getting over imposter syndrome is to know everyone else is an imposter too. Tell yourself you deserve a stake in the scam they’re all running.
Ummmm excuse me but this is fucking brilliant.
Did you just cure imposter syndrome with… spite?
You can cure a LOT with spite.
Terry Pratchett’s Moist Von Lipwig character arc, a summary.
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did-you-kno:
Star Trek’s DeForest Kelley wanted to be a doctor in real life, but he couldn’t afford medical school. Later on, some of his proudest moments as an actor were the number of people who told him his portrayal of Dr. McCoy inspired them to become doctors. “You can win awards and that sort of thing, but to influence the youth of the country … is an award that is not handed out by the industry.” Source Source 2
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did-you-kno:
Star Trek’s DeForest Kelley wanted to be a doctor in real life, but he couldn’t afford medical school. Later on, some of his proudest moments as an actor were the number of people who told him his portrayal of Dr. McCoy inspired them to become doctors. “You can win awards and that sort of thing, but to influence the youth of the country … is an award that is not handed out by the industry.” Source Source 2
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novallion:
All that glitters is, in fact, gold…
Hey guys! This is the bonus you can get from me when you pre-order the @everafterzine a fairy tale Promptis Zine. It’ll be a print for you, along side a whole bunch of other goodies from a few other artists like @destiny-islanders and @dovalbun to name a few.
The coordinators will make a bigger post later about the whole pre-order process, but pretty soon we’ll have that all together.
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novallion:
All that glitters is, in fact, gold…
Hey guys! This is the bonus you can get from me when you pre-order the @everafterzine a fairy tale Promptis Zine. It’ll be a print for you, along side a whole bunch of other goodies from a few other artists like @destiny-islanders and @dovalbun to name a few.
The coordinators will make a bigger post later about the whole pre-order process, but pretty soon we’ll have that all together.
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pepoluan:
everythingfox:
This will bring world peace
Always Reblog World Peace
AND OMG SUCH CUTENESS
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pepoluan:
everythingfox:
This will bring world peace
Always Reblog World Peace
AND OMG SUCH CUTENESS
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newsroom-news-uk-yahoopartner:
House-hunters with a taste for all things ghoulish have a rare chance to make their home in a Gothic church, which has its very own graveyard in the garden. The Grade II listed building, on the market for £450,000, has kept the original stained glass windows, elaborate octagonal church tower and even the ornate altar – now in the kitchen. In the garden there is the occassional gravestone, although prospective buyers are assured visiting mourners are rare. Inside the Lincolnshire property there are three bedrooms tucked under arching beams, a spiral staircase and original flooring.
Home Sweet Home
The untouched exterior of the church. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Private Property
Home-hunters after their own Gothic residence will be impressed by the Old Church House. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Under The Arch
The stones of the imposing lychgate were laid more than a century and a half ago. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Watchful Eyes
Carved angels and stained glass figures overlook the kitchen. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Bath And Beams
There are even original features in the house’s bathrooms. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Below The Beams
One bedroom has impressive oak beams and a colourful stained glass window. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
What’s Cooking?
The original tessellated tile floor remains in the kitchen. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Make An Entrance
Chandeliers and stone carvings decorate the hall. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Living Area
The large living room has beams and exposed brickwork. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Stained Glass
There are original stained glass windows throughout the Gothic building. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Period Features
Every room has plenty of impressive features. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
@stylishbutdefinitelyillegal
Okay, so this is something like what the Graves Family House would look like in the Uncle Jerry ‘verse.
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newsroom-news-uk-yahoopartner:
House-hunters with a taste for all things ghoulish have a rare chance to make their home in a Gothic church, which has its very own graveyard in the garden. The Grade II listed building, on the market for £450,000, has kept the original stained glass windows, elaborate octagonal church tower and even the ornate altar – now in the kitchen. In the garden there is the occassional gravestone, although prospective buyers are assured visiting mourners are rare. Inside the Lincolnshire property there are three bedrooms tucked under arching beams, a spiral staircase and original flooring.
Home Sweet Home
The untouched exterior of the church. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Private Property
Home-hunters after their own Gothic residence will be impressed by the Old Church House. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Under The Arch
The stones of the imposing lychgate were laid more than a century and a half ago. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Watchful Eyes
Carved angels and stained glass figures overlook the kitchen. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Bath And Beams
There are even original features in the house’s bathrooms. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Below The Beams
One bedroom has impressive oak beams and a colourful stained glass window. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
What’s Cooking?
The original tessellated tile floor remains in the kitchen. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Make An Entrance
Chandeliers and stone carvings decorate the hall. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Living Area
The large living room has beams and exposed brickwork. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Stained Glass
There are original stained glass windows throughout the Gothic building. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
Period Features
Every room has plenty of impressive features. (SWNS)
Source: SWNS
@stylishbutdefinitelyillegal
Okay, so this is something like what the Graves Family House would look like in the Uncle Jerry ‘verse.
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sparklecryptid:
hahaha while we’re on the topic of de-aging imagine jean visiting insomnia and covering something at the citadel and something happening and theres a flash of light and then-
child!jean is in his place. child!jean cant be more than 14. child!jean who has a very nasty scar on his throat like someone attempt to slit it open (adult jean usually wore something to cover his throat, its with a dawning horror that nyx looks at child!jean and realizes why.). chlid!jean who looks like he’s thinking of the fastest way out of this area and also like hes planning six different ways to kill everyone that would try to stop him.
someone tries to approach him.
jean runs. cor steps in front of jean and grabs him.
jean looks at him. looks at rafters of the ceiling, and then fucking warps out of cor’s grasp in a flash of gold light.
ardyn has a kid au ▸ its like a game of tag! expect the adults are trying to catch one very slippery child that is determined not to get caught
@sparklecryptid
OK, this? This is gorgeous. And the implications alone are just - amazing. Fantastic. Absolutely fucking incredible. Because because because
Because Jean would not trust any of them. He’d look at them with the clear expectation that Very Bad Things were about to happen at any second, and - why wouldn’t be believe that? To kid!Jean, he’s just been violently separated from his father, the only person in the world he actually trusts. At best, these people are strangers, but at worst - and to Jean’s mind, this is the worst-case scenario. Because he recognizes them. That’s the King of Lucis, these are the Kingsglaive, this is Insomnia - and his father is the Chancellor of Niflheim.
To kid!Jean’s mind, this is the worst-case scenario. He doesn’t know how he got there (he suspects Astral involvement) but there is absolutely no way that this is going to go well. Political hostage at best, but if he’s been transported here against his will by the Astrals then it’s likely to be much, much worse.
Jean doesn’t want to know what Shiva and/or Bahamut have planned. He doesn’t want to know. Because - because Bahamut cursed him to share his father’s fate; Shiva tried to break his mind in an attempt to make Jean turn on Ardyn, this cannot go well. He needs to run. He needs to get out of here, he needs to get back to his father, he needs to get out of here.
And if Shiva/Bahamut teleported him here - well. The secret’s out of the bag. There’s no need to hold anything back.
The sole mitigating factor Jean can see in this situation is that the Insomnians don’t seem to know who his father is, but - this is bad. This is very, very bad.
The running theory re:Jean is that he’s someone’s bastard - maybe Regis’, in a ironic echo of the Royal Bastard ‘verse. Except when they finally manage to pin him down (and kid!Jean screams, screams in a way that no one has ever heard from him before, that no one wants to hear from him ever again) and get a DNA sample to run - it turns out that he’s not related to Regis and/or Noctis at all? (Two thousand years is a long, long time for genetic diverge from a single common ancestor). There’s some speculation he’s from a branch of the family that diverged a long time ago, but -
Crowe probably comments that Jean can’t be Regis’ son even before the results come back; she’s met Jean’s dad, and they’re practically mirror images of one another. She won’t tell them his identity - it’s not a matter of national urgency - but she will admit that if Jean’s dad has magic, that would explain - more then a few things.
They probably give Jean a phone and tell him to contact his dad. He’s - he’s a scared, frightened kid, who has obviously had some Really Bad Stuff happen to him in the past, judging by the scar on his neck and the way he’s practically trying to climb the walls to get away.
And Jean - Jean just stares at them. Because he wants his dad. He wants his dad more then anything else in the world right now, he wants his dad, but this - this could be a trap. This could be the kidnappers asking him to contact his father to prove he’s alive before they start demanding concessions, and Ardyn - he knows they can’t hurt his dad. Right? But if the Astrals brought him here, this could be a trap, and he loves his dad, he’s not going to lure him into a trap, he doesn’t know what to do -
(Crowe might end up calling Ardyn - she probably has his number, Just In Case of a Jean-related emergency - because Jean locks down and refuses to.)
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sparklecryptid:
hahaha while we’re on the topic of de-aging imagine jean visiting insomnia and covering something at the citadel and something happening and theres a flash of light and then-
child!jean is in his place. child!jean cant be more than 14. child!jean who has a very nasty scar on his throat like someone attempt to slit it open (adult jean usually wore something to cover his throat, its with a dawning horror that nyx looks at child!jean and realizes why.). chlid!jean who looks like he’s thinking of the fastest way out of this area and also like hes planning six different ways to kill everyone that would try to stop him.
someone tries to approach him.
jean runs. cor steps in front of jean and grabs him.
jean looks at him. looks at rafters of the ceiling, and then fucking warps out of cor’s grasp in a flash of gold light.
ardyn has a kid au ▸ its like a game of tag! expect the adults are trying to catch one very slippery child that is determined not to get caught
@sparklecryptid
OK, this? This is gorgeous. And the implications alone are just - amazing. Fantastic. Absolutely fucking incredible. Because because because
Because Jean would not trust any of them. He’d look at them with the clear expectation that Very Bad Things were about to happen at any second, and - why wouldn’t be believe that? To kid!Jean, he’s just been violently separated from his father, the only person in the world he actually trusts. At best, these people are strangers, but at worst - and to Jean’s mind, this is the worst-case scenario. Because he recognizes them. That’s the King of Lucis, these are the Kingsglaive, this is Insomnia - and his father is the Chancellor of Niflheim.
To kid!Jean’s mind, this is the worst-case scenario. He doesn’t know how he got there (he suspects Astral involvement) but there is absolutely no way that this is going to go well. Political hostage at best, but if he’s been transported here against his will by the Astrals then it’s likely to be much, much worse.
Jean doesn’t want to know what Shiva and/or Bahamut have planned. He doesn’t want to know. Because - because Bahamut cursed him to share his father’s fate; Shiva tried to break his mind in an attempt to make Jean turn on Ardyn, this cannot go well. He needs to run. He needs to get out of here, he needs to get back to his father, he needs to get out of here.
And if Shiva/Bahamut teleported him here - well. The secret’s out of the bag. There’s no need to hold anything back.
The sole mitigating factor Jean can see in this situation is that the Insomnians don’t seem to know who his father is, but - this is bad. This is very, very bad.
The running theory re:Jean is that he’s someone’s bastard - maybe Regis’, in a ironic echo of the Royal Bastard ‘verse. Except when they finally manage to pin him down (and kid!Jean screams, screams in a way that no one has ever heard from him before, that no one wants to hear from him ever again) and get a DNA sample to run - it turns out that he’s not related to Regis and/or Noctis at all? (Two thousand years is a long, long time for genetic diverge from a single common ancestor). There’s some speculation he’s from a branch of the family that diverged a long time ago, but -
Crowe probably comments that Jean can’t be Regis’ son even before the results come back; she’s met Jean’s dad, and they’re practically mirror images of one another. She won’t tell them his identity - it’s not a matter of national urgency - but she will admit that if Jean’s dad has magic, that would explain - more then a few things.
They probably give Jean a phone and tell him to contact his dad. He’s - he’s a scared, frightened kid, who has obviously had some Really Bad Stuff happen to him in the past, judging by the scar on his neck and the way he’s practically trying to climb the walls to get away.
And Jean - Jean just stares at them. Because he wants his dad. He wants his dad more then anything else in the world right now, he wants his dad, but this - this could be a trap. This could be the kidnappers asking him to contact his father to prove he’s alive before they start demanding concessions, and Ardyn - he knows they can’t hurt his dad. Right? But if the Astrals brought him here, this could be a trap, and he loves his dad, he’s not going to lure him into a trap, he doesn’t know what to do -
(Crowe might end up calling Ardyn - she probably has his number, Just In Case of a Jean-related emergency - because Jean locks down and refuses to.)
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I feel like a leech.
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deadcatwithaflamethrower:
na-yserin:
deadcatwithaflamethrower:
You guys got us here. So many of you, and many of you–I have no idea who you are, and you don’t know me, or us, but you opened your heart and your Paypal and threw money at us so we could escape a situation that was causing crap health and massive stress.
[”And I love YOU, random citizen!”]
And we’re out of there! After having to leave stuff behind that we
didn’t want to leave, but…well, it’s done. Also, fuck those two dead
drill batteries in particular, because otherwise we’d have Eldest Podling’s bedframe in the UBoxes instead of left behind. Without the drill–well, we were almost an entire day late leaving as it was. Non-refundable hotel rooms ensured that yes, we still left the day we planned. Just late. So very late.
Now we’ve been here for a full week as of yesterday, and had to buy extra days in this place because we still hadn’t found a house to rent.
We looked at two houses today that were both nice. One was smaller
(and tbh, nicer) and one was nearly twice its size but it had visible
issues that would need to be addressed with the management company. We
thought we’d try for the larger house, but as I’m sitting here filling
out the form, and realizing what paying first, last, AND the security
deposit up front would do to our bank account, I start dwelling on the
larger house’s isssues–like the water leak in the ceiling and obvious
mold in the bathroom on a fixture, the bad grout in the kitchen and lack
of caulking, the fucked kitchen faucet that would need to be
replaced…on the surface it was bigger/nicer appliances/yard, but
underneath, I worry.
Then I sit back and wonder if I’m only
worried BECAUSE of the massive yank on the bank account. I know exactly
what it costs to survive even when it’s cheaper.
[”I know this is a trap, but I don’t know how.“]
Actually, no
matter which house we choose, it’s going to be a yank on the bank
account. Larger house renter company might actually repair all of its
issues, no problem! But then we don’t have next month’s rent due to
putting up three times the rent up front. Other house has no issues
except crap water pressure (what the fuck, St. John’s County, how is
this a county-wide issue) and we’d still have the next month’s rent and a
bit left over for food and the desks we need back…but it’s next to a
busier road with a smaller yard, with frankly crap appliances for all
they were shiny on the surface.
[”Five years in space…God help me.”]
I think what it ultimately comes
down to is: I’m looking at the bank account, aware of what it takes to
set up a new house even if it’s a rental, and fretting. (Maybe
panicking, but definitely fretting.) I’m worried about the kids, who
have displayed signs of serious stress, or talked to me about it
outright because they know this place is temporary, and temporary is
wearing on them. Eldest Podling says he feels like he’s under an intense
amount of pressure, even though he doesn’t know why. I know why, and it’s not just him being teenager-y.
If
I had even just a month’s rent for either property, I’d probably be way
less worried. Being able to cover all of the move-in costs would be a
major relief so that I could be less anxious. (Less anxiety means I go
back to working on the book! Which I need to do. Like, now.) On
the surface, the rent seems extremely high, but it costs us more to live
in the house in Maine…which we still have to pay for during this
month, at least, since the nephew still lives there.
…Fuck,
yeah, never mind. I’m going to be a leech, but I’m a leech with podlings
and family members and cats and some fish who need a home.
It’s $1700 x 3 to get into the larger house (where I will Happen to them until they fix things). $5100 all told. (Hopefully I don’t need to give the electric company a deposit. Or for cable. Or water.)
Fuck, moving still sucks.
[”I don’t wanna do this!!”]
So here’s what I’ll offer, since I still don’t have my printer or most of my art supplies. Every time I break $1,000.00 USD, I’ll post an extra chapter of OaLC. That’s 5 extra chapters. Every time I break an actual rent amount @$1,700.00, I’ll post one of the finished chapters of Vishakha. I’ll even put them on AO3. That’s three possible shiny book chapters. (I still have a goal for RE chapters but I need to be in a stable environment for that.) But hey, book chapters!
PayPal: deadcatwithaflamethrower @gmail or flammetirar @gmail
Google Pay - same two addresses above or paypal.me/flamethrower
Sending it directly: Mailing address below
Other things: Signal boosting I guess??
Getting the house money means we can move into the house while having the funds to replace what was left behind (fortunately I’m not appliance shopping right now, we have the washer/dryer and everything else is provided), and we’re still eating food, and the podlings are less stressed, and the mate isn’t blaming himself for not having a job yet even tho he just put his hook into the job waters on Monday after we got an official mailing address. (PO Box 4554, St. Augustine, FL 32085!
…What? You can’t find me by PO Box, and you already know I live here. No glitter bombs or mystery powders, please.)
I know it’s been a lot. Hence, feeling like a leech…but I keep getting told that I should at least tell you guys. Love you, you amazing scary wonderful people.
[Cat giving their Human a high-five]
I don’t have a following or funds to help. I have been regretting moving out of florida since this started because I could at least have helped with a temp place to stay >< or at least labor.
so I signal boost.
sending all the well wishing and praying to the universe I can.
also water pressure was an issue in orlando too when I lived there maybe its a florida thing.
I don’t want anyone to feel bad because their circumstances mean they can’t help. (I can guilt-trip on that topic enough for everyone.) I appreciate all of you anyway. <3
An OaLC chapter went up last night: OaLC Chapter 30 link w/commentary
I’m $550 away from unlocking a book chapter!
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deadcatwithaflamethrower:
na-yserin:
deadcatwithaflamethrower:
You guys got us here. So many of you, and many of you–I have no idea who you are, and you don’t know me, or us, but you opened your heart and your Paypal and threw money at us so we could escape a situation that was causing crap health and massive stress.
[”And I love YOU, random citizen!”]
And we’re out of there! After having to leave stuff behind that we
didn’t want to leave, but…well, it’s done. Also, fuck those two dead
drill batteries in particular, because otherwise we’d have Eldest Podling’s bedframe in the UBoxes instead of left behind. Without the drill–well, we were almost an entire day late leaving as it was. Non-refundable hotel rooms ensured that yes, we still left the day we planned. Just late. So very late.
Now we’ve been here for a full week as of yesterday, and had to buy extra days in this place because we still hadn’t found a house to rent.
We looked at two houses today that were both nice. One was smaller
(and tbh, nicer) and one was nearly twice its size but it had visible
issues that would need to be addressed with the management company. We
thought we’d try for the larger house, but as I’m sitting here filling
out the form, and realizing what paying first, last, AND the security
deposit up front would do to our bank account, I start dwelling on the
larger house’s isssues–like the water leak in the ceiling and obvious
mold in the bathroom on a fixture, the bad grout in the kitchen and lack
of caulking, the fucked kitchen faucet that would need to be
replaced…on the surface it was bigger/nicer appliances/yard, but
underneath, I worry.
Then I sit back and wonder if I’m only
worried BECAUSE of the massive yank on the bank account. I know exactly
what it costs to survive even when it’s cheaper.
[”I know this is a trap, but I don’t know how.“]
Actually, no
matter which house we choose, it’s going to be a yank on the bank
account. Larger house renter company might actually repair all of its
issues, no problem! But then we don’t have next month’s rent due to
putting up three times the rent up front. Other house has no issues
except crap water pressure (what the fuck, St. John’s County, how is
this a county-wide issue) and we’d still have the next month’s rent and a
bit left over for food and the desks we need back…but it’s next to a
busier road with a smaller yard, with frankly crap appliances for all
they were shiny on the surface.
[”Five years in space…God help me.”]
I think what it ultimately comes
down to is: I’m looking at the bank account, aware of what it takes to
set up a new house even if it’s a rental, and fretting. (Maybe
panicking, but definitely fretting.) I’m worried about the kids, who
have displayed signs of serious stress, or talked to me about it
outright because they know this place is temporary, and temporary is
wearing on them. Eldest Podling says he feels like he’s under an intense
amount of pressure, even though he doesn’t know why. I know why, and it’s not just him being teenager-y.
If
I had even just a month’s rent for either property, I’d probably be way
less worried. Being able to cover all of the move-in costs would be a
major relief so that I could be less anxious. (Less anxiety means I go
back to working on the book! Which I need to do. Like, now.) On
the surface, the rent seems extremely high, but it costs us more to live
in the house in Maine…which we still have to pay for during this
month, at least, since the nephew still lives there.
…Fuck,
yeah, never mind. I’m going to be a leech, but I’m a leech with podlings
and family members and cats and some fish who need a home.
It’s $1700 x 3 to get into the larger house (where I will Happen to them until they fix things). $5100 all told. (Hopefully I don’t need to give the electric company a deposit. Or for cable. Or water.)
Fuck, moving still sucks.
[”I don’t wanna do this!!”]
So here’s what I’ll offer, since I still don’t have my printer or most of my art supplies. Every time I break $1,000.00 USD, I’ll post an extra chapter of OaLC. That’s 5 extra chapters. Every time I break an actual rent amount @$1,700.00, I’ll post one of the finished chapters of Vishakha. I’ll even put them on AO3. That’s three possible shiny book chapters. (I still have a goal for RE chapters but I need to be in a stable environment for that.) But hey, book chapters!
PayPal: deadcatwithaflamethrower @gmail or flammetirar @gmail
Google Pay - same two addresses above or paypal.me/flamethrower
Sending it directly: Mailing address below
Other things: Signal boosting I guess??
Getting the house money means we can move into the house while having the funds to replace what was left behind (fortunately I’m not appliance shopping right now, we have the washer/dryer and everything else is provided), and we’re still eating food, and the podlings are less stressed, and the mate isn’t blaming himself for not having a job yet even tho he just put his hook into the job waters on Monday after we got an official mailing address. (PO Box 4554, St. Augustine, FL 32085!
…What? You can’t find me by PO Box, and you already know I live here. No glitter bombs or mystery powders, please.)
I know it’s been a lot. Hence, feeling like a leech…but I keep getting told that I should at least tell you guys. Love you, you amazing scary wonderful people.
[Cat giving their Human a high-five]
I don’t have a following or funds to help. I have been regretting moving out of florida since this started because I could at least have helped with a temp place to stay >< or at least labor.
so I signal boost.
sending all the well wishing and praying to the universe I can.
also water pressure was an issue in orlando too when I lived there maybe its a florida thing.
I don’t want anyone to feel bad because their circumstances mean they can’t help. (I can guilt-trip on that topic enough for everyone.) I appreciate all of you anyway. <3
An OaLC chapter went up last night: OaLC Chapter 30 link w/commentary
I’m $550 away from unlocking a book chapter!
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bibliothekara:
bibliothekara:
roachpatrol:
stunt-muppet:
derinthemadscientist:
librarian-amy:
scanlan:
susiephone:
wearevengeancenow:
nerdgasrnz:
inspectorwired:
movie tropes that will never get old to me:
a thing happens + two people exchanging money in the back
fourth wall breaking
“give up all your weapons” and that one guy that spends the entire evening taking his weights worth out his pockets
*a terribly loud crash* meowing/ car sirens heard offscreen
alternatively: a terribly loud crash and one of the characters going “oops” in the most casual voice
“fuck you” “well if you insist”
#alternatively alternatively: *terribly loud crash w/ sirens and cat screeching*#person: *off camera* ‘I’M OKAY’ (via @zenlida)
character being all “you expect me to do X?” Gilligan Cut to character doing X
the squad gets captured and interrogated separately, and they’re all telling equally terrible, completely contradictory lies
people completely missing the completely unsubtle, very visible dangerous thing in the room with them
alternatively, people absolutely seeing the completely unsubtle, very visible dangerous thing in the room with them and just not giving a shit
bonus points if it’s a beleaguered minimum wage employee who just goes about their business like “yep same shit as always”
someone pretending they don’t know another character is eavesdropping, only to casually reveal at the end of the scene that they know (*leaving* “tell tom that he can come out now” *tom drops from the ceiling in spy gear, irritated*)
choosing to deal with the villain by just leaving them alone in a room with another character
the “hands go down” trope
example: “any questions?” *everyone’s hands go up* “…that AREN’T sarcastic?” *everyone’s hands go down*
how could all y'all forget “ACT NATURAL!”
These are all great but let’s not forget two characters giving extremely biased flashbacks to the same event that each paint the other as an incompetent loon
i would like to respectfully add: scenes where a character walks into a room, sees something scary, and turns around and walks out with no reaction or change of expression
a high-stakes zany action scene forced to come to a complete halt while some characters take a very, very long elevator ride
the librarian in me REALLY wants to go through this whole post and create a list with hyperlinks to TV Tropes but damn it I have to go back to ACTUAL Librarian Work now
because the only thing I love more than fangirling and metadata is FANGIRLING WITH METADATA - let us disambiguate to the TVTropes!!
a thing happens + two people exchanging money in the back:
Side Bet
fourth wall breaking:
Breaking The Fourth Wall
“give up all your weapons” and that one guy that spends the entire evening taking his weights worth out his pockets:
Extended Disarming
*a terribly loud crash* meowing/ car sirens heard offscreen; alternatively: a terribly loud crash and one of the characters going “oops” in the most casual voice
That Poor Cat
“fuck you” “well if you insist”
Threat Backfire
the squad gets captured and interrogated separately, and they’re all telling equally terrible, completely contradictory lies
Interrogation Montage
people completely missing the completely unsubtle, very visible dangerous thing in the room with them
Unusually Interesting Sight
alternatively, people absolutely seeing the completely unsubtle, very visible dangerous thing in the room with them and just not giving a shit
bonus points if it’s a beleaguered minimum wage employee who just goes about their business like “yep same shit as always”
No Big Deal
someone pretending they don’t know another character is eavesdropping, only to casually reveal at the end of the scene that they know (*leaving* “tell tom that he can come out now” *tom drops from the ceiling in spy gear, irritated*)
Exact Eavesdropping (closest, I guess, I’m not happy with it)
choosing to deal with the villain by just leaving them alone in a room with another character
the “hands go down” tropeexample: “any questions?” *everyone’s hands go up* “…that AREN’T sarcastic?” *everyone’s hands go down*
Stupid Question Bait
“ACT NATURAL!”
Acting Unnatural
“we’ve got company”
We’ve Got Company
two characters giving extremely biased flashbacks to the same event that each paint the other as an incompetent loon
Rashomon-Style and Self-Serving Memory
scenes where a character walks into a room, sees something scary, and turns around and walks out with no reaction or change of expression
a high-stakes zany action scene forced to come to a complete halt while some characters take a very, very long elevator ride
Leave The Camera Running
(Yay, found most of them.)
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bibliothekara:
bibliothekara:
roachpatrol:
stunt-muppet:
derinthemadscientist:
librarian-amy:
scanlan:
susiephone:
wearevengeancenow:
nerdgasrnz:
inspectorwired:
movie tropes that will never get old to me:
a thing happens + two people exchanging money in the back
fourth wall breaking
“give up all your weapons” and that one guy that spends the entire evening taking his weights worth out his pockets
*a terribly loud crash* meowing/ car sirens heard offscreen
alternatively: a terribly loud crash and one of the characters going “oops” in the most casual voice
“fuck you” “well if you insist”
#alternatively alternatively: *terribly loud crash w/ sirens and cat screeching*#person: *off camera* ‘I’M OKAY’ (via @zenlida)
character being all “you expect me to do X?” Gilligan Cut to character doing X
the squad gets captured and interrogated separately, and they’re all telling equally terrible, completely contradictory lies
people completely missing the completely unsubtle, very visible dangerous thing in the room with them
alternatively, people absolutely seeing the completely unsubtle, very visible dangerous thing in the room with them and just not giving a shit
bonus points if it’s a beleaguered minimum wage employee who just goes about their business like “yep same shit as always”
someone pretending they don’t know another character is eavesdropping, only to casually reveal at the end of the scene that they know (*leaving* “tell tom that he can come out now” *tom drops from the ceiling in spy gear, irritated*)
choosing to deal with the villain by just leaving them alone in a room with another character
the “hands go down” trope
example: “any questions?” *everyone’s hands go up* “…that AREN’T sarcastic?” *everyone’s hands go down*
how could all y'all forget “ACT NATURAL!”
These are all great but let’s not forget two characters giving extremely biased flashbacks to the same event that each paint the other as an incompetent loon
i would like to respectfully add: scenes where a character walks into a room, sees something scary, and turns around and walks out with no reaction or change of expression
a high-stakes zany action scene forced to come to a complete halt while some characters take a very, very long elevator ride
the librarian in me REALLY wants to go through this whole post and create a list with hyperlinks to TV Tropes but damn it I have to go back to ACTUAL Librarian Work now
because the only thing I love more than fangirling and metadata is FANGIRLING WITH METADATA - let us disambiguate to the TVTropes!!
a thing happens + two people exchanging money in the back:
Side Bet
fourth wall breaking:
Breaking The Fourth Wall
“give up all your weapons” and that one guy that spends the entire evening taking his weights worth out his pockets:
Extended Disarming
*a terribly loud crash* meowing/ car sirens heard offscreen; alternatively: a terribly loud crash and one of the characters going “oops” in the most casual voice
That Poor Cat
“fuck you” “well if you insist”
Threat Backfire
the squad gets captured and interrogated separately, and they’re all telling equally terrible, completely contradictory lies
Interrogation Montage
people completely missing the completely unsubtle, very visible dangerous thing in the room with them
Unusually Interesting Sight
alternatively, people absolutely seeing the completely unsubtle, very visible dangerous thing in the room with them and just not giving a shit
bonus points if it’s a beleaguered minimum wage employee who just goes about their business like “yep same shit as always”
No Big Deal
someone pretending they don’t know another character is eavesdropping, only to casually reveal at the end of the scene that they know (*leaving* “tell tom that he can come out now” *tom drops from the ceiling in spy gear, irritated*)
Exact Eavesdropping (closest, I guess, I’m not happy with it)
choosing to deal with the villain by just leaving them alone in a room with another character
the “hands go down” tropeexample: “any questions?” *everyone’s hands go up* “…that AREN’T sarcastic?” *everyone’s hands go down*
Stupid Question Bait
“ACT NATURAL!”
Acting Unnatural
“we’ve got company”
We’ve Got Company
two characters giving extremely biased flashbacks to the same event that each paint the other as an incompetent loon
Rashomon-Style and Self-Serving Memory
scenes where a character walks into a room, sees something scary, and turns around and walks out with no reaction or change of expression
a high-stakes zany action scene forced to come to a complete halt while some characters take a very, very long elevator ride
Leave The Camera Running
(Yay, found most of them.)
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