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hi, all.

i don't really wish to do this, but i am asking for help again.

i'm in a bit of a tight spot. hours got unexpectedly cut at work (again) and my paychecks are barely clearing $400 a pay period (bi-weekly), i picked up a daily dog sitting job during the week, but that's only an extra $75-$120 a week depending on when i'm needed. my half of rent is $800, i have to pay my car insurance today, and i also got a flat tire earlier this week.

unfortunately my spare is busted and i do not have another form of reliable transportation. i'm very lucky this happened right before the weekend so i don't have to try to figure out how i'm getting to and from work at the moment, but it is still a financial cost i just absolutely cannot afford.

if you have anything to spare, all help is greatly appreciated, even if you just reblog this.

i just want you all to know that i appreciate you so much. this fandom has been a big part of my life for the last couple of years and i'm so grateful to have a place to ask for help and not feel like a total asshole for doing it (thanks mom).

love you all so much.

<3 scrib

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Sexy Lawyer Roommate Ch 11, in which Ed and Stede go on a family vacation. NSFW

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63433801/chapters/168371008

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Massaged to death by a mermaid with a hi-tech twist 💁

Prompts: Beach and Technology

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"If you use em dash in your works, it makes them look AI generated. No real human uses em dash."

Imaging thinking actual human writers are Not Real because they use... professional writing in their works.

Imagine thinking millions of people who have been using em dash way before AI becomes a thing are all robots.

REBLOG IF YOU'RE A HUMAN AND YOU USE EM DASH

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Sexy Lawyer Roommate Ch 10, in which Ed leaves, and Stede pines.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63433801/chapters/167653528

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And what if Stede had a cute selkie boyfriend? 💕💜🦭

Hoping to play along with the OFMD MerMay Bingo this month, I guess this could count as… body art? 😘

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The X marks the spot!

This month I'm doing this very fun OFMDMermay bingo by @bizarrelittlemew. The prompts for this were Treasure Map, Jewelry and Sparkles.

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Sexy Lawyer Roommate Ch 9, in which Stede finally tells Ed about his past, and they go on a "first" date. NSFW

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63433801/chapters/167074594

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That's what he gets for bringing his co-captain a very nice breakfast in bed with a bitten toast and a beautiful twine!!

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💌 for @sailorsruin92 ! She’s one of my favorite artists in the fandom, her style is so fun and her awesome creative mind always shines through in her work. Thank you for sharing your wonderful drawings with us all! 💌💌💌

Hi @sailorsruin92! You've received a lovely letter. 💌

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Sexy Lawyer Roommate Ch 8, in which Stede discovers he's having sex, and Ed asks for what he wants. NSFW

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63433801/chapters/166465342

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Sexy Lawyer Roommate Ch 7, in which Ed and Stede enjoy Loophole Friday. 🌶️ NSFW

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63433801/chapters/165884197

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sundays are for curling up together.

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Sexy Lawyer Roommate Ch 6, in which Stede and Ed establish rules and attempt to follow them. NSFW

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63433801/chapters/165320887

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This lovely letter goes out to @insteading for leaving the most INCREDIBLE detailed fic comments. I get excited every time I see one of their comments on my own fic, and when I see them on someone else's I know I'm about to learn some things I hadn't noticed. The fic writers of OFMD fandom salute you!

Hi @insteading! You've received a lovely letter. 💌

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Things I learned listening to Nancy Hennah talk about hair and makeup for Our Flag Means Death:

The storm in "Red Flags" made the wig ball up in a knot that took five hours to untangle. Most of the wet stuff in S2 used the wig from S1 for that reason.

There were two s1 Ed beards, so one could be blocked and curled while the other was in use.

Tattoos were kept on as long as possible, because putting them on and taking them off was time consuming. But three days was really the limit for them looking good and staying on securely.

DJenks requested that Ed have a full sleeve tattoo fairly late in the game before shooting. The snake was an efficient way to get a full sleeve, and also made placing smaller bits easier. Freckles were used for navigation.

DJenks asked for the back piece tattoo we see on Ed in s2e1. The skull and snake part were done by Dean Sacred and the lettering by Nancy Hennah.

Initial plan for Ed's chest piece was two ships having a fight, but it was too wide. The final chest piece was one tall ship with some bigger stars around it. There was initially a mermaid who didn't make the cut. "We always lived in fear of him having his top off."

NH talked about how much fun the hair cage styles were for s1e5 and the wedding in s2e1-- "because we weren't being period correct we had leeway."

A variety of makeup looks were tried for the beginning of s2, including one where the eyemask went all the way to the hairline. It's meant to look like it could be replicated using charcoal and oil, stuff the crew would have had access to.

Nathan Foad started a mini-trend of ridiculous sideburns in the 6 months he was wearing That Facial Hair around LA.

There was initially a wig set aside for Rhys. Not the white one he wears for s1e5, but a longer blond one. It wasn't used after tests because his own hair was so good.

Ed's s2 wig wasn't so much intended to be longer for story-telling purposes, it was just that he was wet a lot of the time and that pulled the curl out. But there were longer pieces around the front.

When Ed washed up on the beach in the Gravy Basket scene, he got black metallic sand in the wig. It was impossible to fully remove and was still in at the end of the season.

Normally Taika's hair would be slicked back with solid gel, but that's water-soluble and wouldn't have worked for s2e3. In that instance it was slicked back with glue? or something glue-like? and plumber's tape fashioned into a headband. The wig stayed on until when Ed was apparently falling into the water with the cannonball in the last take (really being pulled sideways).

Fang's tattoos were designed by Iniya Taylor in Auckland. A henna artist (whose name I didn't catch) designed Archie's pieces, which NH placed. Mads was thinking about getting one of her tattoos for real.

Of Ed's nail art in s1e10: "That was Taika, he'd gone and gotten it, and it was gels, we couldn't get it off. Taika said 'no one will notice, don't worry about it.'" (And then everyone noticed and was so excited and wrote meta about it.)

Did you know what you were unleashing when you put the wig in a bun in s2? "No."

There were many guesses about the hangman tattoo: circus, pirogi, virgin, mirage, girlie, girthy. The actual answer is PIRATE.

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Can you believe I never did their first kiss before? What even am I?