#but i'd do anything for boss... (^///^)

[thats-a-mood-gabriella]

I wonder what would happen if those cultists from Apology Tour tried to summon/sacrifice to Stolas now that he's lost his powers and title.

[sage-nebula]

What's funny is that Friede isn't even haunting the narrative, because the narrative never fucking mentions him.

[iknowwhereyousnoozeatnight]

couple of mello + near doodles

[grumpykt]

[zeeckz]

[alicepao13]

"But Odysseus' jetpack" The serious part of Epic the Musical and the one that is up for debate and criticism is the songs. Not the animations. I didn't think that needed explaining.

[zakalwe-the-ninth]

Ok but Harrow/Gideon gives me vague Vetinari/Vimes vibes.

I'm not sure I could elaborate if I tried.

[techramonic]

i need lila west. i go braindead whenever i see her on screen, it's like getting blinded by a diamond's light. i hear her voice and it's autopilot. i just stare at the screen and rewind and rewind and rewind. i wait 5 seconds to watch every reaction on her face. every crease and emotion and smile. then rewind again before i get over it and watch the rest. i feel like a stupid sick deranged weirdo but what am i if not a slave to my inhibitions. she's so beautiful.

[enixamyram]

I upset a friend with the idea that the line: "Thank you Blitzo, for making me so happy, even if only for a little while" being said by Stolas right before he dies in the season finale.

[bunnyboy-juice]

WAWAWAWAWAWAWAWA

[knightofleo]

Can I get an Amen.

[shikai-the-storyteller]

Aypierre just said his mods will ban any idiots in the chat being stupid about the QSMP situation, lmaooo. Absolutely based, get their asses.

[smile-files]

in elementary school they gave us letter grades, but not the typical letter grades. E for excellent, VG for very good, G for good, etc. i got straight Es except for that one VG i got for no reason (that's a story to tell). in middle school they gave us number grades, and at least a handful were under what you'd consider A-level (i remember a few 80s). but i did get grades good enough to get gold honor roll every semester, which is all that mattered to me! that wouldn't be enough for me now though :P

[lettuce-gremlin]

I may as well have just packed a lunch today

[stars-inthe-sky]

10. tell me about an insecurity you overcame.

It's been a while since I started freelancing for fun and profit, but the beginning of that journey is still a pretty big deal to me.

I'd previously worked at an agency for nearly three years, so I knew how to do client-based work, but I knew nothing about business development (or billing, or taxes, or client management, or admin).

And, for those I didn't know back in 2017, I started down that whole road in the first place after getting very unexpectedly and unceremoniously fired after like four months on the job. It was never clear exactly why, but I'd thought things had been going well, and that was a pretty gutting Thursday afternoon.

I'd also just gone through a job search, so I knew there weren't many positions available in the region that would be a fit—and that the most recent thing that had seemed to be a great fit had, uh, not been. (This was before remote/hybrid work was a real norm, even though my agency job had functionally been hybrid and taught me to work effectively as such.)

But when I'd gone through that previous job search, a couple of people I spoke with had mentioned maybe needing some freelance capacity down the road, and perhaps I should get in touch once I got settled in the job if I was interested. So I reached out to them, without mentioning the rest, thinking I could at least bridge the gap while I figured out what the fuck to do. Both had solid projects for me where I learned a bunch quickly, made some money, and was excited for more.

And then it just kind of made sense to keep seeing about those kinds of opportunities—both because I liked the client-based work and flexibility, but also because it quickly became apparent that it'd be harder for any one person or institution to fuck me over in the same way.

Plus, one of the people who needed a subcontractor turned out to be a great mentor and reference; I don't think I ever told him quite why I'd decided to go all-in on freelancing full-time, but I have thanked him repeatedly for some truly foundational early guidance as well as a couple of projects he helped set me up with. He's semi-retired now but I'm still using some of those templates!

Anyway, I networked my way into a couple of additional early projects and finished 2017 with about the same overall income for the year that I had had in my agency job for 2016. (Not the fuck-them one, the one I got laid off from because, well, that was a bad end-of-year for anyone working in Democratic politics, much like this one.)

And the rest is history: I've been self-employed for about 7.5 years now and, while the constant hustle and inconstant income/workload have their own challenges, I think I've landed in a pretty secure (emotionally/professionally) place about the whole enterprise.

[its-all-papaya]

none of you understand lando's weird anime positivity inspo instagram story like i understand it.