#Project Management help

[silver-la-pixels]

Any advice or tips for creating a fanzine/fanart book

[r-aindr0p]

I have lost the path before me, the one behind will lead me

[brainworms-all-night-long]

When your brother's new boyfriend doesn't pass the vibe check

[deerspherestudios]

Hi hello! Short announcement that queue will be 3 posts a day (ask, fanart, and donation link) from now on!

[what-am-i-doing-in-this-fandom]

I was wondering, does Fiddleford still have a wife in your Halloween au? And if yes, does she know about him being a vampire?

I've been sitting on this ask for a bit, but I think I should finally answer.

In my AU, Fidds is actually pretty old-- not like ancient or anything, but surely a few centuries?

Anyway, so way back, when he was human, he did have a wife and a kid!! But when he got bit and became a vampire, he actually outlived them :(

He tries to think about them often, but it's definitely one of the things he chooses to erase when he creates the memory gun

[shanklin]

It’s the most honest job Stan’s ever had.

Sure, the company he’s working for is downright diabolical, scamming their customers in all aspects of life, but that’s not Stan’s problem.

As Le Ville Corp’s most successful customer service agent in the Oregon area his only job is to follow the company guidelines, sell as many bad deals as possible and never ever let anyone back out of a contract. 

Morality aside, nothing the company does is actually illegal, so at the end of the day Stan gets to collect his almost-minimum-wage-sized paycheck and go home in the knowledge, that no pigs will come knocking on his door anytime soon.

Life is good. Or at least as good as it gets where Stan is concerned. Last month he even got a raise for selling every bad product the company had to offer to one poor kind sucker. 

From household appliances to car insurance, magazine subscriptions and even their extremely shitty telephone and electricity contracts - the McGucket guy brought it all.

Thanks to him, Stan could upgrade from his car to an almost black mold free one room appartment with a community bathroom one block over.

Stan was finally moving up in the world and then his phone rings. He recognises the number. It’s his good friend Fiddle-not-gonna-say-the-rest McGucket.

Stan grins and cracks his knuckles. It’s about time McGucket figured out he’s gotten scammed. Time to make the poor guy’s life a living hell. No one is getting out of a contract on his watch.

“Thank you for calling Le Ville Corp. For us you are more than just a customer. You are family! This is Piers. How can I help you today?”

The moment Stan starts his greeting, he is bombarded with noise disturbances from the other side.

Ah, the good old Le Ville Corp telephone network working as intended. Maybe Stan can convince the guy to upgrade to a slightly less egregious version. 

Wait, what did he say?

His name is Dr. Stammered Lynes? Weird, but okay. Still better than Fiddle-nope-not-saying-it Hardon McGucket.

As it turns out, Stan finally met the mysterious roommate whose money McGucket has been using to pay for all of their products. Stan didn’t think the guy had it in him to ditch his roommate after the scam got discovered. Good for him!

Now, how to best screw Dr. Lynes here over.

***

An hour and a half of data security safety questions and a new phone contract later the doc hangs up to Stan’s cheery and corporate mandated farewell:

“And don’t forget we here at Le Ville Corp consider you our forever family, because you will stay with us forever!”

***

Stanford Pines just had the worst month of his life [not counting the weeks after the science fair that he refuses to think about].

The portal test was a disaster, his partner left, his muse refuses to explain himself and on top of all of that his new fridge won’t open, because this week’s subscription fee hasn’t been paid yet.

What the f-FIDDLEFORD!

[lost-in-violet]

i have evil evil art block and it is very bad because i am supposed to be way further along on a very important SCHOOL art project than i currently am, but imposter syndrome is absolutely killing me.

all of that to say that i will be resorting to the sacred, ancient artist life hack of finding inspiration through drawing what i am currently obsessed with, which is eastern redbud trees, wooden childhood forts, and… ethoslab.

please stay tuned for the result of my tomfoolery

[butterfly-ribbon]

i was thinking about this again and how genuinely adorable it is? ena and mizuki went out of their way to give akito the kind of birthday that they would want for themselves. also ena knowing their own dad wouldn't really be there for him either bc shinei sucks as a parent, but the issues between how he treats ena, how much he impacts ena, and how akito is emotionally distant in a way that he just doesn't even see him as a father worth patience… the shinonome family is so fucking compelling.

and how akito has a little blush in the last panel. mizuki and ena both treat him like their little brother and it's just… very sweet. the work they put into this together. the way that mizuena think of others together… they're everything. like, mizuki pointing out how loved he is? feels like it contrasts in some ways to how she sees herself… but also how she wants others to know they're accepted and loved.

even on mizuki's own birthday, she makes it about others, makes it about dressing them up and treating them. her happiness is so heavily predicated upon what she can do for others… her identity is set upon being this ideal silly girl... mafuyu and mizuki and their mutual images of idealized girlhood…

[regal-bones]

Hey everyone - Patreon has been a lil discouraging this past month with way more ppl leaving than joining. If u would like to support my art, pls consider tossing me £1 at this link here! Here’s some secret stuff that’s been in the works for last sprout, and this is really just the tip of the iceberg!! There’s so much more up there, and again it is just £1!

My rent is increasing at the start of the new year so I could really really use ur help or else I won’t be able to work on this! Anyway, thank you so much for your time and I hope ur day is awesome!!

[lesbianangeldust]

huskerdust fic where angel has a flashback/ptsd moment during sex and husk helps him manage it (I am totally not projecting nor do I want to read this for my own mental wellbeing)

[roald-ragin]

Gonna have 9 days off after tomorrow and at least one will be just zoned out playing video games.

[devilishdelights]

officially stealing mammon as an oc (as well as all obey me characters but mainly mammon) and it’s gonna be fun :-]

[quaranmine]

On Wednesday before I gave my presentation I confessed to a new employee that I was worried it would be too long and she brightly told me her life hack was to just let AI rewrite things for her. She said I should put in all my talking points and ask ChatGPT to give me a five minute exactly presentation. I was like....how is the most polite possible way (since this is a new colleague I shouldn't get off on the wrong foot with) that I can express that I will Not be taking this advice. Ever. I told her that I didn't think we were allowed to use ChatGPT at this job (we most certainly are not, it is a nightmare for any type of protected information) and also that I prefer to write all of my own work. Despite my best efforts the last part of that was still passive aggressive, lol.

Something about being a writer makes it so that it's almost offensive to me for someone to suggest I use AI to do my work instead? Like, the day I reach the point where I let AI write something for me is the day y'all need to be checking me for brain damage because clearly I'm losing it

[god-i-hope-so]

Re Bobby's cookbook and Tommy's little garden.

What was initially created as a single book for Bobby's birthday became a real book. They actually publish it, low copies, just for the people around them, friends, family, other firegfighters and coworkers, but it ends up being a success and they need to print more. This time, they add small sections on some of the recipes, "Tommy's Garden", where Tommy gives some advice to grow your own herbs and other easy to keep alive vegetables that you can use in the recipe.

All the team has their own little sections on various recipes to add a comment or a twist to the recipe, Karen and Maddie too, all the kids even rate the recipes so people know if various children liked it or not, and why.

As a surprise for Tommy, Buck created his own lasagna recipe, called "Daddy's Favorite Lasagna" and he's very proud of it lol

[arathejedi394]

me in the fam group chat to my dad: can you save all those facebook reels of cat videos you love to send constantly to your phone and send them like that instead of linking fb directly? bc it opens in messenger's in app browser and that fucks them up my dad, verbatim: How smart do you think I am? me, also verbatim: bro me: you're an engineer

[heylabodega]

Feedback in my six month review was that people are noticing improvement in specific things I’ve been working on. I’m trying and focusing and it’s getting results? This is SO much more fun than the things that come naturally.