Hi!
Tax season has flattened me into a pancake, I owe the government 1500 dollars for some reason. Something that has never happened to me before. I have just standard employment through a fucking corporation, their withholding should be enough... Student loan repayments are also on the horizon for me and while I had those well in hand, I had expected a nice little kickback from my tax return to help me have a good little time on my birthday and buy some things I really wanted...
Instead now all my savings are gone and I have to focus on getting those back in line so that I can go to the doctor next month...I'm also about to take a week off of work for some planned leave, which is even less money that I am going to have because I'll only be making about half as much as usual for that week...
What this comes down to is that I'm looking for work so I can get myself out of this absolutely massive hole I've suddenly found myself in!
Here is a post with my commission info in it and I'd really love it if that could get some traction, and if anyone wants art for any reason they think about coming to me!
If yall happen to take any pity on me (Although I know its kind of audacious of me to ask for donations or help right now, considering the causes that money could be going to) and dont want art, my ko-fi is [HERE]
I'm honestly in shock.
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I know that after Downfall the perspective of 'the gods are a FAMILY' has permeated fandom on both sides of the kill-all-gods argument, but frankly that isn't all they are and acting as if it's suddenly their only motivation flattens both them as characters and the narrative they (and bells hells) are in.
The Wildmother and The Raven Queen didn't 'let' Lolth get away with nabbing Opal and killing Cyrus because she’s their sister. Come on man, we've already seen that the primes are plenty capable of opposing and fighting their siblings on the side of mortals (is the calamity a joke to you??). I'm not saying the primes aren’t capable of picking the lives of their betrayer siblings over mortals (downfall showed as much) but that's not what the situation with Opal and Lolth was about in the slightest.
They let Lolth 'get away with it' not because she’s family, but because this is the very rare instance of them not only having the same goal, but of them actively fighting for their lives. As far as we know that has only happened once before on Exandria, and that time they also entered a truce to defend themselves. The vast majority of the time, the primes picking their siblings over mortals won’t happen because mortals can’t actually threaten the gods (normally), making the 'they're family argument' a moot point. The primes won’t necessarily agree with Lolth's methods, but they won’t go throwing away both hers and their own champions in a meaningless struggle when they need all their strength to stop the fucking apocalypse.
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The Maiden and the Drowning Boy
Rating: Explicit
Chapters: 15/25, part 1 of 3 (maybe 25, might be less)
Word Count: 136,872
Ships: Aegon II Targaryen x Abrogail Strong, Jacaerys Velaryon x Helaena Targaryen
Summary: As the kingdom teeters on the edge of chaos, Alicent Hightower swaps the pieces on the board: Aegon will marry Abrogail Strong, Larys’ younger sister and heir to Harrenhal. Caught in the web of intrigue and political machinations, the pair must figure out where their loyalties lie, and what they mean to one another.
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Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three | Chapter Four | Chapter Five | Chapter Six | Chapter Seven | Chapter Eight | Chapter Nine | Chapter Ten | Chapter Eleven | Chapter Twelve | Chapter Thirteen | Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen - Your Love Is Like Sunlight
Pride is taken and love is given.
“My lady!” he called, his voice nearly lost to the noise of the arena. “The joy on your face could outshine the sun itself!” Abby heard Wylla scoff behind her, but paid her little mind, teeth nibbling along her lower lip. “Are you truly so happy this day?”
“I am, my prince,” she called down to him, feeling Wylla slide the braided ring of flowers into her hand. Abby toyed with the favor. She wanted to call down to him that she was so happy because he told her he’d loved her. He had said those words to her, confessed them to her first and she was drunk with it, giddy and incandescent. She wanted to kiss him again, to taste the promises on his pouty mouth, but all she could do now was toss the favor down to him. “And if you wish to keep me so happy, you will come back to me safe and victorious!”
Aegon’s smile took a mischievous edge, a rakish glint in his eye. ���I do wish it, my lady. All you must do is command me.” He tucked the favor onto his armor, turning his gaze to meet his father’s. He crossed his arm across his chest in a sign of fealty and bowed before giving her a wink and going to stand by Daeron who held his swords in hand. Further down the pitch, Abby could see Aemond and Alyn Hull standing safely out of the way. Aemond looked serious, face pinched in concern as Alyn hollered his cheers of encouragement.
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