#and I need help

[eddiediaaz]

help me figure out my personal/profesionnal life (jk i'm just feeling messy and curious because i seriously don't know what to fucking do)

for context: i've been working successfully in the vfx industry since 2016. unfortunately, following the (much needed) hollywood strikes last summer, the industry was shaken. then, as the vfx industry was slowly starting to get up from the 2023 strikes, my government (quebec, canada), decided to cut much needed tax credits/funding for the industry. this decision was announced only a month ago (june 2024), which means the industry will not get better and will actually mostly die out, because it relied a lot on this funding to support the artists' salaries. it's estimated that only 20% of jobs will remain in the province where i live by 2025 (i myself have been unemployed for 6 months now). i am not a senior artist, so i would struggle finding a job with so little openings and multiple artists fighting for the same opportunities. i like working in the industry, the money is good enough for me and the projects can be interesting. but it's also a lot of overtime work sometimes, and it's quite a volatile industry since it's not regulated/unionized.

even more context: i'm 31, i have no money, no savings, a few k's of credit/film school debt left to pay, and that kind of "specialized" work i did for 7 years (vfx compositing) is a bit too niche to be applied to another job, to be honest. the two main options are to follow the industry somewhere else in canada (like vancouver or toronto, which are both a lot more expensive than my current city), or even london and especially australia; or start over with a new career. moving sounds fun and quite daunting, but i also don't have much money, no family outside of my province, and i have 3 cats to think about. there's also the possibility to keep working in the film industry but to do something else. which would also require to restart from the almost bottom. i also have no clue what kind of job/career i wanna do if not vfx, but i'm trying to stay open minded about it. what would you do?

[insecuremice]

Ok, picture me this, Raquelle and Barbie from Barbie: Life in The dreamhouse, Raquelle has MASSIVE internalize homophobia which is why she wants to be with ken so bad, she likes Barbie, loves her even, she wants to “correct” herself by liking the boyfriend of the girl she likes, now Barbie is bisexual, she knows she is, and she really loves ken but Raquelle has had her attention since they have met, but she doesn’t think that Raquelle is interested(which is just wrong-) so she stays with ken, they’re besties cause I don’t like ken slander tbh, also making the man in the relationship is just not it, so back into topic— Raquelle has an awful time trying to come to terms that she may(does) like women, I want her to have the most gut wrenching agonizing time trying to accept herself, Barbie is by her side THE HOLE TIME, Barbie and Raquelle therefore get closer together, but shit ain’t easy so angst happens with Raquelle because even is Barbie has helped her with her sexuality she doesn’t know if Barbie would even want to be with her in the first place, her self esteem is in hell and she doesn’t even think that she’ll be enough for Barbie because she’s Barbie she deserves the best, so she settles with being friends with her, she’s still a sassy queen, but when Barbie is nearby the sass is a little lower and her brother catches into this (I know mentioning Ryan now seems random because “why wasn’t he with Raquelle in her sexuality crisis?” Because I forgot about him now shut—) he tries to help the best he can cause that’s what they do they care for each other, and honestly I might just hyperfixate on this ngl man— but anyway that’s all for now.

[melodiousoblivionao3]

occasionally i can hear sonny's voice via stream and hoooo boy i don't think we as a community have discussed how hot her voice is

[rubywonu]

GUYS GIVE ME MOTIVATION TO WRITE PLEASE IM SO LOST.

[mechanicalinfection]

First time doing this. But for all my followers and moots I need help

[andiwriteordie]

quick 

what’s everyone’s worst first date horror story 

i have a ✨fic idea✨

[absolutelyzoned]

i get so fucking mad when im overstimulated holy shiitttt

[sexiimurder]

I cannot deal with how stupid the X is becoming. It feels like surfing through a dudebro’s limited edition energy drink app and I want out of there 😭

[ohyondermemphis]

Shot in the dark - but would anyone be willing to beta a multi chapter fic for me?

Tell me you lurk in fandom, without telling me you lurk in fandom.

[ittybittybeastiebuddy]

The desperate yet guilty anxiety that comes from having to essentially beg for accommodations from my college professors is an emotion I wish I was less familiar with

[closedrop]

I don’t think my life will ever be the same after watching M-IK

[the-irrelevant-trumpeter]

i need someone to explain what this goncharov thing is so that i can be in on the joke /gen

[darkvioletwonderland]

RAAHH I WANT TO WRITE DUDES BEING GAY

[dick-helmet-magneto]

What do you think Erik would call the twins? Like a german nickname or something

[freakurodani]

fingers crossed i get let out today, but i... still kinda feel like shit haha, maybe it comes from the whole *waves hand vaguely* near death experience shit, but man, im happy to go, but theyre really gonna let this *gestures to self* go out into the world w a bottle of antibiotics and a flimsy self-care plan?