#its more so im selling you a broken product

[appri-dot]

U may talk to me at your own risk

[samthecookielord]

Hello hello!! ^-^ It's time to announce the results of round 1 of OC Blind Date 3! Part 1!!! (Because the second half still needs time for the polls to end lol)

For those who are new, I announce the LOSERS to maintain anonymity of remaining contestants. I'll also be telling you all a bit about the losers, hehe!

Match 1 and 2...

Jimmy and Payne lost!

Jimmy: He's my funny little thsc oc who works as a janitor at the center for chaos containment! He also needs to be wearing a hat forever or else he will be VERY SAD (its not trauma or anything sorry layton fans, he just likes the feeling of a hat on his head) I also like to put him in other games/shows by making him accidentally work as a janitor for any morally dubious/evil organization lol

Payne: A deltarune secret boss oc based on the piano in the hospital lobby. Her whole thing is that she loves to sing, but it feels like its broken because the "true audience is just beyond her reach"! I made an encounter theme for it ages ago which you can listen to here :]

Match 3 and 4...

Copper and Bonnie lost!

Copper: yeehaw :] a stick figure from my hypothetical stick fighting game, Magic Stick Smackdown! They can summon a MAGIC GUN!!! And they're just a silly sweet guy overall :]

Bonnie: Shadows over Loathing oc who owns a beauty product company (selling mostly perfumes). She has a sponsorship deal with the shadow government and that's SUPPOSED TO BE JUST IT but sometimes she pops into important shadow gov buildings anyways because she's silly like that. She could also be a moxie/mysticality mix rival to the player!

Match 5 and 6...

Veran and Hearth lost!

Veran: The wise royal advisor of Juviflor. He's just trying his best despite all the tragedies and losses in his life and SOMEHOW hasn't ever considered a villain arc. He even has a dead wife (girlfriend) (not dead)

Hearth: A wandering medic in barren magic lands. She was kidnapped and meant to be fed to a soul-eating pirate ship but she escaped with the other captives and instead fed the kidnappers to the ship. And then they yoinky sploinkyd the pirate ship and now shes desperately trying to be lawful good when everything the crew does is accidentally chaotic neutral

Match 7 and 8...

Marble and Turquoise/Rose lost!

Marble: i hate him im not explaining him ewwww ewwwwwwwww (go play my game instead)

Turquoise/Rose: Another stick from Magic Stick Showdown! She was isekai'd from another universe at the same time that an AU version of herself got isekai'd, so they kinda just fused. They have plant magic and can switch between each other to access different types of plant magic.

And that's all of them! Feel free to ask more about any of them if they interest you! ^-^

[blookmallow]

recently been looking into poppy playtime (it’s…. ok) and its like. theres some good concepts in here and the designs are pretty good but i feel like the lore falls apart immediately if you look too closely at it and maybe im missing something since i havent actually played it (i watched markiplier play it and then dug through the internet for the rest of the information until i lost interest) but ok

i like the biological elements to the monsters - love something bleeding when it Should Not Have Blood. i really dont think you can fit that many organs in a little dinosaur toy though. the big ones sure but that one guy who got put in a toy size dinosaur? and why did they just leave him in with the other experiments if he was a staff person who Agreed to this

anyway my main question is What Is The Motive Here

- if they’re seeking immortality, that just. feels like a really bizarre plot for a toy company? unless the idea is that the toy company was a front for the real operation all along but if you’re really trying to make bodies for humans to inhabit why not focus on, y’know, humanoid things, rather than whatever the hell huggy wuggy is. nobody wants to be that guy forever. and the monster toys still can die anyway, so

- it seems more likely that the purpose was to build worker/slaves, productivity and marketing over ethics and employee well being (kind of an ironic message coming from a developer who puts so much emphasis on marketing and also, the whole NFT thing, but whatever) we know huggy is intended to be security and mommy is intended to be the host for the games, but if that’s the reason - is it really that beneficial to squish people into monster toys? they already have a foster care system providing them with children they’re using as test subjects. this company clearly doesn’t give a shit about ethics, so why not just take advantage of the child labor they have access to rather than spending ungodly amounts of time and money on all these testing procedures and mutilating children into toy slaves. extremely traumatized workers forced into fucked up toy bodies are not going to be as efficient. they can still be killed and still need to eat (evidently More than a child would normally anyway, ) so what exactly is the benefit here. and like. ok mommy has some clear advantages but huggy’s really floppy. we see kissy flop her noodly arm helplessly trying to pull one lever - as cute and funny as that moment was, its clear this creature would not be a great factory worker

- if the point is that they intend to sell the toy monsters, theres just no benefit there whatsoever, even if the ethics of shoving frightened orphans into toys doesn’t bother you, even if you do fix the extreme aggression problem, you’re still gonna get lawsuits from parents when their kids’ toys start wandering off and crying in the corner. also toys get broken, kids tear things open, modders take things apart, people are going to figure out real fast that there’s, y’know, organs in there

which brings me to my major question of WHY is there a commercial for poppy? it seems like the poppy we find in the case is The Only poppy, she’s the only experiment that worked properly, she’s the ideal “toy that can talk to you like a person! (because she is one)” but they’ve never been able to replicate that success - how were they able to sell these dolls with the promise of the Real Girl Intelligence if they only had one (which clearly wasn’t sold since she’s still there)? or did they film the commercial after their success intending to make more dolls and never released it when things went wrong? poppy’s on a lot of the advertisements and stuff so she seems to be a recognized character in the brand. did they at one time manage to recreate her and just sold a bunch of little orphan girls trapped in dolls? is that what I’m supposed to be taking from this?

[laniidae-passerine]

hmmmmm... thinking bout Skyfall again

[cobrakaisb]

hi bestie! i’ve had this idea for a while, but i haven’t seen it. can you do like a head cannon of what miguel, robby, and eli/hawk would be like as an older brother? it can be totally based off what you think :) thank you <3

of course! sorry it took me a while but i needed to to be perfect. i also added two bonus boys at the end (hope you don’t mind). little note: i wrote this with a fem reader in mind because of the mentions of periods. 

Having the Cobra Kai boys as older brothers

miguel:

you and miguel are so close

the age difference does not affect him at all

he is very protective of you before cobra kai

but once he joins cobra kai that over protectiveness 📈📈📈

let’s just say that this kid is bothering you

miguel definitely notices and scares them off

you act annoyed about it, but you’re highkey grateful that he did that

“my brother is the all valley champ so back the fuck off”

you were so excited for him at the all valley

you wore one of his cobra kai shirts and everything

miguel is so supportive of whatever extra curricular you do

karate? yes he stans, theater? you bet he’s at all your shows, dance? you know he’s bringing you some flowers, another sport? he’s at every game cheering for you

miguel knows about periods, and he has no shame in buying you tampons/pads

“hey y/n, i noticed you were running low so i got you some more” 🥺🥺 

you wear his hoodies all the time

they are very big on you, but very comfy

you help him with sam

“i punched her in the face” “what why?”

“y/n what do you think about this?” “it looks great miguel. sam will love it”

when he dates tory you're a little on edge about it

“miguel, weren’t you like trying to win sam back two days ago?” “i like tory now” “okayy” 

johnny loves you as much as he loves miguel

y’all hang out together

his friends are your friends and vice versa

your friends definitely think that miguel is cute but “eww that’s my brother”

when miguel is in the coma you blame johnny

“he showed mercy because of you! you did this!”

but then you cry into his chest

when miguel wakes up you’re at school

you don’t find out until after school when carmen picks you up

you hug him so tight, rambling about how much you love him

“i love you too y/n now get off me”

you can’t keep up with his love life

“y/n i’m with sam again” “what?” 

overall your bond is amazing and you couldn’t ask for a better brother

robby:

you and robby both live with your mother (because we aren’t basic here)

you’re the odd one out (your mom does drugs and robby sells them)

“you got caught with molly? i thought you and sara were hooking up?” “the drug y/n”

when robby starts being friends with those punk kids, the two of you start to drift

you actually go to school, unlike him

“just skip y/n” “no robby”

it isn’t until he gets back on track because of daniel that you two start getting close again

“i’m gonna get back on track y/n i promise” and you believe him

you go to the skatepark with him

he skates while you read or draw or skate (whatever you’re into tbh)

when you’re on your period robby will buy you stuff, but he doesn’t like to

he feels so awkward about it

“um are these the right ones?” “yes thank you”

robby gives the best hugs (idk why he just does)

i feel like robby is also really good at reading emotions

like he knows when you’ve had a bad day at school or when you’re stressed about something

he also knows how to cheer you up :)))

“i know you did not just eat cereal with water???” “and what about it?”

when your mom comes back after being gone for days robby pulls you behind him

because he really doesn’t want you to be exposed to that

you cry into robby’s chest once she leaves

“why can’t she just be our mom?”

when daniel asks robby to move in with him he denies

but quickly explains that he can’t leave you

daniel tells robby that you can come too

“thanks for helping my brother mr.larusso, i really appreciate it”

you definitely walk in on robby and sam making out at some point

“hey robby- oh my god i’m so sorry” slaps hand over eyes and immediately leaves the room

when robby pushes miguel off the balcony it's the first time you’re genuinely scared of him

you visit him in jail, but it takes awhile for you to go

“i’m sorry y/n” “i know robby”

you just understand each other

when robby joins cobra kai he tries to get you in too

you agree to one lesson, and know it’s not for you

you have many arguments about this

“he’s brainwashing you!” “he knows what’s best for me, for us!”

robby feels so betrayed when he finds out you’re staying with johnny

the two of you definitely drift after that, but you find your way back to each other, you always do

eli/hawk:

okay so before he flips the script you defend eli, no matter what

you cry with him about the bullies and definitely try to fight kyler more than once

you wear his sweaters (fight me on it)

you encourage him to do karate

when he flips the script you’re very happy for him he finally feels confident in himself and you love that for him

now the roles are reversed

hawk protects you now

no one even dares to look at you because they are scared of him

i feel like he has a tattoo for you, whether that's your name or your favorite flower idk but he gets one for you

“um wow okay we’re doing that now” “do you like it or not?” “yeah but i wasn’t expecting it”

sometimes he’ll let you pick his hair color “how about purple” “maybe” 😉

he definitely flirts with your friends “hello ladies!” “hi hawk!” “get out!”

you’re the only one that is allowed to call him eli

“eli i need ten dollars?” “for what?” “a snack” *hands over the money*

“eli can i have your sweatshirt? i’m cold” “yeah take it”

“i can’t, me and eli are going to the movies today”

one day you’re sitting with him and his minions (you refuse to call them friends) at lunch

“so eli” -one of the cobra kais “shut the fuck up! you can’t call him that!” -you

hawk has a proud brother moment

anything that you do hawk is like “fuck yeah that’s my sibling!”

his friends are not allowed to look at you, talk to you, have a crush on you, or even think about you

“woah dude she’s hot” “that’s my fucking sister! stay away from her!”

“eli who’s your friend-” “NO!” 

as eli he will buy you period products but is very shy about it

as hawk he will not be caught dead in that isle of cvs

“eli i need them!” “i don’t care! i’ll drive you there and you can run in and get them”

when hawk breaks demetri’s arm you don't speak to him for weeks

you confront him about his new behavior

“this is who i am!” “no it’s not! you’re not my brother!” 

you’re crying and then storm off to your room

that breaks him

is highkey the start of his redemption

when he’s at the fight at the larusso house, and he sees demetri about to get his arm broken, he thinks of your words: “you're not my brother!”

literally motivates him to fix things

you see hawk and demitri and just know that your brother is back

you hug him so tight

“you were right y/n. i’m sorry” “of course i was. i’m always right” “gee thanks” “love you”  

bonus demetri:

he is a nerd, you are a nerd

the two of you watch star wars, marvel, harry potter, etc. together 

“daddy anakin” “please shut the fuck up”

you want to punch him in the face because he is so sarcastic 

it gets on your nerves 

bust out laughing when johnny makes fun of his pi shirt 

“stop laughing” “if it’s funny i'm gonna laugh”

even though you’re a nerd you’re cool 

like you have a lot of friends in your grade 

“demetri if i don’t talk to you at the halloween party that’s why” gestures to his costume 

listen to his rants about how eli’s changed 

you try to give him advice, but it doesn’t work out

so proud of him when he joins miyagi-do

“i'm glad you’re stepping out of your comfort zone” 

demetri tries to get you to join miyagi-do

if you do join great more sibling bonding

if you don’t join no biggie y’all are still besties

y’all go to the comic book store together

its sibling bonding time

you threaten to fight hawk after the laser tag thing 

“hey asshole you leave my brother alone!” 

you sign his cast first

you definitely write some inside joke that only the two of you understand

you see him kissing yas and do a whole 🤮

“so you dating yas?” “idk why” “just checking”

very obvious about your distaste for her

when him and hawk become friends again you’re very wary

“he broke your arm” “he apologized” “he broke your arm!!!”

eventually you and hawk are on semi decent terms

“demetri forgave you and that’s fine but i’m still not over it”

your relationship = the perfect mix of love and teasing  

bonus bonus king bert 🙌🏻:

you are older than him by like a year

but you’re still besties for life 

you’re very proud of him when he joins cobra kai

“im joining a karate dojo” “period pop off”

you always ruffle his hair 

cheer for him at the all valley

“yeah bert!”

but also like you can’t watch 

when he gets eliminated you cringe 

he’s sad about it 

“i just wanted to impress you” “im very impressed bert, you did great” 

your opinion matters so much to him

he’s such a small cinnamon roll 🥺🥺

seeing him with the older cobra kai boys makes you soft

“y/n i’m going out with hawk and miguel can you drive me?” 

bert admires you a lot, like you are his hero

y’all are the best sibling duo and that��s on period

[isekaisyouwithmyforearmlaser]

emergency donation post. if you have the time please read for context.

please send donations to my cashapp $pikman2

hi i know i dont have tons of followers but im hoping i can get some circulation because my family is in some really dire circumstances rn.

ive always been against making donations posts because i always figured others had it worse than me, but now that theres children involved im desperate and im selling my own things/ working overtime just for cash. my moms wife, D, cheated on my mom with my moms boss after being married for 6 years with 2 kids, and up and left without trying to talk about it at all. After originally kicking us out, she realized she couldnt afford the house thats under her name alone, and let my mom and the kids and my nana live there temporarily. our name isnt on anything, and if my family gets kicked out again theyd be homeless. right now my older brother, my nana, and my two younger siblings- both elementary school children- are dependent on my mom. my mom recently lost her job because she couldnt work under her boss anymore and the entire work place was extremely bad for her mental health. D and her new GF then sent their work friend to go "spy" on my mom while she was out with her friends (D started doing coke again around last year so her behavior is erratic) and the guy who they sent physically assaulted my mom. my mom already has prexisting injuries on her back and a past broken wrist from a few different abusive exes she had years ago, AND on top of that just last year my mom got in a nearly fatal car accident that fucked up her back more, and the assault made these injuries incredibly worse.

my mom (pictured above) has been prescribed new medication, but no longer has insurance because she lost her job. she works retail now which is extremely taxing on her body. my mom lives in texas and has applied many times to state assistance programs but she keeps getting denied. The house isnt in my moms name, so she has no proof of address to allow her to get food from any nearby foodshelves. after the accident my mom has really bad fears of driving and cant drive long distance without her anxiety becoming debilitating.

my brother recently got sick and is getting tested again. my nana has social security but its only 900 a month, really only 700 after buying her meds. my mom and i are the only ones working.

below are the some of the bills my mom has to try to earn in one month on 11 dollars an hour

plus rent which is 1250 and her car insurance. currently they spend all money on bills and barely have food or hygienic products most of the time.

D  hasnt been very helpful during all this, as she expects my mom to pay  all the bills despite knowing my mom is solely responsible for the well  being of 5 other ppl rn, and despite the fact EVERYTHING is in Ds name.  unfortunately we cant really negotiate with her because she can just  kick us out and then we'd lose shelter.

TL;DR

to clarify, i live in minnesota rn, so im not asking money to help ME, but rather my immediate and closest family- 5 people, 2 children, one elderly. my moms mentally ill, has chronic pain and longlasting injuries mostly from past abusive relationships, recently got in a traumatic accident, then was assaulted by her wifes friend after her wife of 6 years suddenly left after her affair was exposed. she just got prescribed a bunch of new meds that she cant afford but needs in order to keep working, all the while needing to pay off all the bills which comes to a total of about 2,000. there are 5 people in the house- my mom, my nana, my brother and two children. they are all constantly at risk of homelessness, they barely have any food at the house, and because nothing is in there name they cant show proof of address which is required at all food shelves locally. my mom cant drive far because of her anxiety due to her past accident and shes the only licensed driver in the house.

right now ive stopped school completely to work full time at my current job in retail. im trying to find a new job that pays more so that we can start saving money so they can move somewhere affordable and no longer have to deal with D. ive been doing this since the beginning of 2020 and if youve been following me you know i also stopped my own HRT and meds just so my family can eat, which has basically fucked my mental health incredibly, as im already suicidal and have been on and off meds/therapy/inhospital since early highschool. i skip days without eating and only do it when i need to so that my family can have more money. basically, ive exhausted everything i can to help and its still not enough.

Please if you can consider sending any donations directly to my cashapp $pikman2. every little bit helps, even 1 or 2 dollars can help with small groceries. thank you.

[argumentl]

The Freedom of Expression Ep 20 - 'Corona Cafe' facing internet slander.

K: This is Dir en grey's Kaoru, starting this week's installment of The Freedom of Expression. Joe san, Tasai san, welcome to this week's episode. Soo, hows it going? Well, I say that, but who ever is watching this will know that we are recording three at once.

J: Yeah, they will.

T: Oh, but aren't Hanshin doing great, Kaoru?!

K:......Oh! Yeh yeh yeh!

T: They won 10 times unopposed! (*sarcastic prediction*)

K: Yeah, yeah.

J: There's a possibility this will become fake news!

K, T: Hahahaha

J: If it does we're in trouble!

T: Can you believe they turned around a ten point difference?!

K: Ahh, thats just like them. It looks like there's a chance of this event happening.

J: The possibility is rising, right? (*This exchange is dripping with sarcasm*)

*On screen note - 'As of July 2nd, Hanshin have won 2 games, and lost 10'.*

K: Is it really? Will they really be ok?

T: Yeah, I wonder.

J: Well, its important to fantasize sometimes.

T: Yeah

J: 10 consecutive wins...

T: 10 consecutive wins.

J: Its like, 'Could it be?'..In a Tokyo Sports kind of way.

T: Yeah, like with a question mark, 'Could it be?!'.

K: Well, I think I'll be buying it every day. Tokyo Sports.

J: Oh, Tokyo Sports right? But doesn't Tokyo Sports support the Giants the most? In Tokyo area?

T: Well, we support the Giants and Hanshin.

J: Ah, the Giants and Hanshin?

T: Well, what with these ten consecutive wins, Kaoru will be pretty pleased with himself.

J: Yeh, he'll be beaming. And then an event for everyone.

K: Haha

T: Yep. And if we sang Rokkou oroshi (Hanshin Tigers theme song) at the end..

K: It would be great if we sing that, right?

J: Hahaha. We can do it!

T: We can!

J: Everyone, lets support Hanshin this year.

K: Ok, well..for the topic this week, Joe san, if you will..

J: Ah, may I? This is the news of 'Corona Cafe' suffering online abuse. This cafe, located in Nagano prefecture, Saku city, is lovingly nicknamed 'Corona san' by local residents. Since the increase of covid 19 infections in March, this cafe has been suffering from harassment, such as prank calls, and an increase in heartless comments posted online. Third generation owner Sudo Hitoshi san (age 42) said, 'Covid 19 has no relation at all to the name of this cafe. All we can do is endure it'.

Well, the name sounds similar, but also the beer, Corona, has been unable to sell. I wonder if they have stopped production, I'm not sure what they'll do. But in this case, there are comments online...why would you comment online??

T: Right.

J: What are these people thinking? This cafe obviously has nothing to do with covid 19. Moreover, the people writing this have certainly never been to this cafe, right?

K: Well, yeah. It seems like that.

J: Im certain of it. But still, this problem of so-called online slandering is..

T: Its getting big, right?

J: Yes, its getting big, unfortunately. There is now the idea of changing the law in regards to this..

K: Yeh, but I have a feeling its not gonna go away. In the end, you don't know...well, actually you do know, right?....but even if there were cases of people being caught, I have a feeling that wouldn't change anything, honesty.

T: Hm, yeah.

J: If you look..you see people slandering in all sorts of places, but the ones who are writing this are people who are either really  malicious, or people who just think its ok to repeat what the malicious people write, but who are not really that malicious themselves. Its very difficult. Real bad guys, who are intent on crushing, and people who are not intending that at all. But people are just typing away, it gains momentum, and some people are influenced by it. I mean, we mustn't forgive online slandering, but its very.....Well, like you said Kaoru, people aren't really thinking of any consequences when they write this stuff, so making up rules and expecting people to change is...

K: Yeh, in this sense too...like, there are people who are just writing their opinions, aren't there?

J: Yeh, yeh, yeh.....so its like, that could even end up having consequences in the future. Its a very complex thing.

K: Yeh, I feel like this is hard.

J: There is the idea of banning anonymity on SNS and only allowing real names, but its only due to anonymity that people suffering from bullying or discrimination are able to speak out, if they were forced to use their real name, they might be too afraid to say anything, and there is also the possibility of accusations..so, its like, where do you draw the line? What do you count as a slander? For example, if you see 'That guy is meddling' as slander, you won't be able to make a good judgement based just on the text.

T: Hm, yeh.

J: Its really difficult, isn't it. Especially on SNS, like Twitter, the number of characters is limited, so you never really know whats going on.

T: You can't convey all the details, or the right nuance.

J: Yeh. Nuance is also very difficult to get across. If there are people suffering from this kind of thing, despite doing nothing wrong, well, I'm not talking about Corona cafe here...there is a need to think about some countermeasures. But at the same time, SNS are super useful, really handy...its so hard.

T: Do you remember those morality lessons in elementary school?

K: Mm

T: Online behavior or rules could be provided in those lessons.

K: Yeh.

T: About not writing things that you would never say to soneone's face.

J: Well, its very difficult to define 'slander', but you could say its being critical of someone else, moreover to do them harm. So in that respect, by definition, saying something like 'Stop it' is not slander. I think how you say it will also play a big part, but yeh, we want to stop this thing of trying to hurt people who have done nothing wrong, not broken the law, not disturbed anyone. But the difficulty arises when considering whether to implement rules, because it would depend on each situation as to whether on not slander is being used, it would be difficult to judge. However, well, i may be talking too much, but if you look at Japanese lawmakers at the moment, they are doing a lot of things, right? Like, trying to change the prosecutor general to one of thier own guys and such. This isn't classed as illegal to do, so thats why they do it. If the state is doing this type of thing, it creates an atmosphere on the whole that its ok to do something, as long as its not technically illegal.

T: Thats right.

J: Its like you said, Tasai, its not exactly morality lessons, but if you think about it rationally, even though its not written in law, if you think about the spirit in which the law exists, to allow people to live, you will realize this isn't something we should do. There are things that are not written in law that we really need to be applying the same level of scrutiny to. If people don't do that, simply because its not actually written in law, we will become unable to properly develop future laws .

T: Yeah

J: I feel like it just becomes a vicious circle.

T: If people can get away with it, they will do it, right?

Kami: Um, I want people to quit bragging about themselves.

K: In that case, what would they write about? Hahaha.

Kami: Its really hard to listen to it.

J: Ahh

T: Hm, yeah.

J: There must be people bragging around Kami? *laughs*

T: Right?

Kami: Its really tough. Like if they do it without realising, it damages the people around them. I want it to be made illegal. A ban on bragging.

J: A ban on bragging?!

K: Hahaha

T: Thats interesting.

J: Thats a new kind of rule..

Kami: I really want people to stop it.

K: *laughing* Well, you don't have to look at it.

Kami: But it inflicts damage, right? Bragging about delicious french food, or wine..its like, we can't have that. Even small stuff like that, don't you think, 'what is this guy doing??'

T: Hahaha

K: He's quite wound up about this, isn't he? Haha

J: He really is. I mean, conversely you could say that if they are doing nothing but brag to that extent, you should feel sorry for them?

T: Do you wanna get rid of Instagram from the world?

Kami: Yes, yes. I really do. If you brag, I mean...really, its really..

J: Hahaha.

K: He's saying really, really.

J: Ah, Kami, you are really taking off.

T: Havn't you ever bragged about anything in your whole life, Kami?

Kami: Not much, no. I havn't got anything to brag about.

J: But I don't want a god to say they don't have a lot to brag about! What kind of god is it who doesn't have anything to brag about? Thats the first question.

T: But bragging could also be less like some low-life saying 'I've got a million yen', but more something like, 'I love basketball and I shook Michael Jordan's hand', or that type of thing. Isn't that a bit different?

K: Ahh, if someone said they'd shaken hands with Michael Jordan, you'd think 'Wow, thats amazing!'

J: Yeah, right?

Kami: Yeah, you would.

K: He's saying 'yeah, you would'. Hahaha.

J: I bet you do brag then, Kami!

Kami: Low life bragging should be made illegal.

T: Ahh, low life bragging.

J: Defining low life is difficult!

T: Well, talking about money, and stuff?

J: Money is out...Money and food, right? Relying on the power of money is no good?

Kami: Yes, thats it.

T: So for example, if Kaoru bought a really famous, great guitar, how about that?

Kami: An expensive one?

K: Yes

T: Very expensive.

Kami: A really expensive one?

K: If I made a post bragging about it...

J: You'd make a post, yeah.

K: Im not sure if I've done that..

Kami: I would want to hear the sound of it.

J: *laughing*You'd want to hear the sound?!

Kami: If it had a good sound, I'd want you to let me hear it.

T: Ahh

Kami: I'd want to touch it.

K: Well, if its something that has more to it, it might be ok.

J: Oh right

Kami: Yeah

K: Like, if you just say 'I bought a nice car', it just ends there.

T: Ahh, but if you bought a guitar..

K: Like, if you say what does it sound like, will he let us hear it...there is more of a future to it.

Kami: Yes, yes, yes. If it made a good sound, that would be ok.

K: But the same goes for that french food. If you thought it looked nice, you might think about going to that restaurant yourself, so there is a future to that.

J: How about that?

Kami: No, it depends how its written.

J: How its written? *laughs*

K: Ah, he's back to feeling like that again.

J: He's lost that vigour he had at the end.

K: Hahaha. You know, people who are suffering from this ought to talk to Kami.

J: One time, right?

K: He would get straight to it.

T: He would.

J: Kami, don't you have an info@ address or something? For people to send in stuff.

Kami: No, I don't have anything like that.

T: I want to discuss everything with Kami.

K: I've a feeling he would be encouraged.

J: He'd get straight to the point, right? But if people are feeling gloomy, before they comment online, they could talk to Kami..

K: Should we make an appeal? People could share thier troubles or..

J: Discuss thier worries?

K: Yeh, and then get a straight answer from Kami.

J: A word from a god.

K: Shall we appeal for questions?

J: Yeh.

T: Ah, its a good idea.

J: We've come up with a new plan.

K: And, so people could send questions to my twitter...Oh, did we have any local chinese restaurants contacting us yet?...We didn't?

T: I wanna go to a chinese restaurant, soon.

J: Yeah, so do I. I wann go to Hosojimaya too.  We might get questions for Kami though, people sharing thier worries. And one answer from him.

T: What do you think of this plan, Kami?

K: Lets do it.

Kami: Well, i might end up being to well behaved.

J: Oh really *laughs*

Kami: I'll *laughs*...I'll end up making myself seem like a good person. Like I might just stop being able to talk.

J: I'm getting this really strong image that you are smiling while saying that.

K: Hahaha.

J: Kami, you are nasty.

Kami: Quite..

T: Well, lets keep this tone for it.

J: Yeah. We could also do a live  broadcast once. A live chat with Kami..

K, T: Ahh.

T: Yeah, with a live feeling.

K: He kinda got carried away on the last live broadcast, didn't he?

J: Definitely, haha. This time he'd have a specific role, discussing worries.

T: That sounds good.

J: Like ten quickfire questions.

T: Yeah.

J: And he would answer in quick succession.

T: Ahh, thats a good idea. Like, 'Next!'.

J: What do you think, Kami?

Kami: Oh, its not a big deal for me. Its no big deal for me so..

J: He said it twice, haha.

K: Hahaha. Well, its an interesting plan.

J: Well, you can be the judge Kaoru, of whether we'll do it or not.

J: Well, we'll appeal for questions. Ok, well let's finish here this time. Please subscribe. Thank you very much.

J, T, Kami: Thank you.

[freelyglitterykryptonite]

Extensive lists of unproblematic youtubers, The Re-do

So when I published my first list, less than 2 weeks later the list got invalidated by someone on said list doing some very messed up stuff, and ive discovered some new channels. SO here is the Revised list of unproblematic youtubers 

(I know noone is totally unproblematic, we all have flaws. But these channels I have found are the *least* problematic that I can find.) 

First Off, Here is everyone from the first list who is still on it, 

Bailey Sarian Does Murder Mystery and Makeup Mondays where she talks about true crime stories and does her makeup

IAMTRAEH Does Natural hair horror stories and tutorials for Natural hair

Snitchery Does Tutorials on how to change up your look

SusieJTodd does Fashion videos on a plus sized body

Bernadette Banner a Vintage fashion youtuber with a voice of liquid gold

TT Bret mainly a cosplayer who is more active on Tumblr and Tik Tok but does occasionally post youtube videos

Safiya Nygaard Does bad makeup science and travel videos. She’s absolutely adorable and down to earth

Dollightful a Korean Based artist who repaints dolls into her own characters, She did all of Eevies evolutions

Sideways Delves into music theory and motifs in modern culture.

Imbrandonfarris just absolutely hilarious with the most adorable little girl. He eats bugs sometimes

Emmymadeinjapan Makes vintage recipes, tests vintage cooking tools, and Viral internet foods in a respectful and educated manner

NikkieTutorials one of the few Big beauty youtubers who isn’t stupid Shady I love her so much

Royalty Soaps She makes and sells handmade soaps and she’s adorable

TheEpicNate315 shockingly a video game youtuber, He makes informative videos about Skyrim and Fallout 4 Lore

Overly Sarcastic Productions Covers History, Literary tropes, and Mythology In a fun animated medium

You Suck At Cooking is what would happen if How to basic had a voiceover

Enchanterium another doll repaint artist

Jennelle Eliana A travel Vlogger who lives out of her van with her snake. Very informative

ThreadBanger cusses a lot but Rob and Corinne have one of the healthiest relationships on the platform. Rob also almost died a year ago and he’s back and better than ever (For some reason in the first list I had him listed as Todd? Ive been watching them for years so I dont know what thats about Whoops) 

MyFroggyStuff More doll art tutorials but this time they focus more on the dollhouse and smaller parts of a house awesome if you have kids who like dolls and crafting

Kristen Ryan Broadway fans rejoice! Kristen makes karaoke versions of popular songs but will sing every other part except the one you want to sing! She normally uploads multiple versions of the same songs so you have choices!

Rachel and Jun a Japan based married couple who talk about their life in japan and how they make their interracial relationship work

RRcherrypie I guess they would fall under ASMR youtuber but I just find the little toys they mess with really interesting

ellie Nicole a Beauty Vlogger who occasionally covers natural hair and her skincare routines

Mo Mo O'Brien a cosplayer and Larper who attends renaissance festivals among other things. Is possibly the cutest person on this planet?

호주사라 HojuSara Australian youtuber based In South Korea, She does Korean based vlogs.

Maven of the Eventide Covers Vampire lore in modern fiction and reviews vampire movies

Spill, the only tea channel you will find on this list. Lays out the facts and lets you come to your own conclusion in a respectful manner,

Mikaela Long, Does Beauty? Among other things

Philip DeFranco does daily news stories and is honestly one of the only ways I can consume the news without it feeling like its piling on top of me

And now here are all the new Additions: 

Wayward Seon is an art and gaming channel very near and dear to my heart. She’s up and coming and has the smooothest voice EVER

hannahleeduggan Is a diy channel who bought a cabin and has been building and renovating it 

Food Then Games is a gaming channel who does alot of Bioware and Dragon age videos, Her Dragon Age Modding tutorials have literally saved my games. 

Ghil Dirthalen This one is Kindve Niche, but I love Dragon Age lore since its one of my favorite games and she presents it in a really well thought out a prepared way. So if your a dragon age fan, I highly recommend her

l0user Does song edits that I have a really hard time decribing, stuff like 

“ WAP but you're in the church and someone has broken headphones “

Nerdforge does Nerdy, popculture crafts. Im a big fan of her bookbinding videos. 

Voicesofjake  The purest bean, He does voices and hair videosthat leave me rolling honestly 

Plumbella is a Sims youtuber who is just so funny and makes me laugh

Jasmine Chiswell Is a vintage youtuber and Marilyn Monroe lookalike who lives in one of Marilyn Monroe’s old houses. She did NOT deserve that ridiculous trend of mocking her voice. She is one of the sweetest people on the platform. 

Here it is, the updated version! I hope you all enjoy! 

[xxaallo]

@megacinnamonpeaches

Let’s go through the list shall we?

Bruce/Pandora, M/F, toxic and failed. Bruce runs off with Aerostorm (another male), Pandora runs off with Cupcake (a female). Pandora also has relationships two other female characters which don’t appear to toxic so far.

Cutthroat/Fey Ocean - VERY toxic, Cutthroat dies and I think this is only instance in which that happens where the remaining party pairs back up with an opposite sex partner. Naturally, as with all Lop’s m/f pairings though, we hear nothing about them.

Fancy and Fleur is arguably the most toxic of her relationships

Morgan/Coral - Morgan literally murders their mother so yeah

Sombra/Luna - Didn’t last

Luna/Daedalus - Daedalus died. Luna is with Tempest (a female) now.

Jin/Skyla - didn’t last

Nocturnus/Willow - Willow’s dead, Nocturnus remarries to Chakra.

Blueblood has a whole host of mares he just uses and discards, including one he had true feelings for (Trixie) and one who was already married (Fleur De Lis). Didn’t last, but Blueblood is implied to be with Pharnyx now. Trixie went on to be with Maud (another female).

Dumbbell’s dad walked out on them.

Bulk Bicep’s partner ditched him and his son and if revealed, will likely be female in keeping with current trends.

Trixie is given the same treatment as her son-- two same sex parents (big bucks and Jackpot), though adopted by one because her other biological one (Moonshine) abandoned her. And just like Blueblood, Jackpot has many partners but is only happy with a same sex one.

Aero/Peachy doesn’t work out

Wind Rider’s partner ditched him + the kid

Discord’s dad is dead and im fairly sure she has no plans to reveal him

Tree Hugger and Zephyr have a poor relationship (if you could even call it that). Tree runs off with Limestone pie, Zephyr runs off with Trenderhoof for much healthier ones

Snails and Appleblooms relationship was scrapped and retconned so Appleblood could be with Diamond Tiara, making this what? The third if not forth “same sex parent a kid adopted from a failed m/f” pairing.

Celestial and Discord? Failed. Celestia and Sombra? Failed. But she marries Chrysalis, a female.

There’s likely more i’m missing. A lot of her m/f pairings are unhealthy and ultimately fail, and if you point it out, she gets snippy and defensive. Even her failed m/m and f/f ships were A) not toxic B) end positively instead of with someone dying or some other nonsense. She’s implied m/f does not interest her (“ if you ever wanna sell me on a hetero ship...”) and with that, taken together with above, its not a huge leap to conclude she doesn’t like them. It feels like she just mashes hetero ships together so they can pop out a kid and then one of them leaves/dies so the m/m and f/f ship can raise a kid. You’ll notice all her most broken/damaged/problematic characters (bruce, pandora, chakra, zipperflash, moondancer) are the products of m/f ships. 

It’s one thing to not be interested in hetero ships and another thing to portray all of them as bad and then be shitty when it’s pointed out to you.

[fisherfurbearer]

fuck sam walmarts

and fuck management

I’ve had it. Left the store in tears tonight.

as some peoople probably/hopefully know. walmart closes at 6 pm on christmas eve. no one actually gets to leave at 6 becuase of shitty last minute customers. but it is what it is.

this. is really personal but im honestly SO close to just. killing myself? so who cares

basically. had a really really bad last few days. spent a lovely time with family (jessies family, his oma and opa and sister and parents and it was just a great time. theyre more family to me than most of my blood family) but it did make me Sad in Deep ways as we dont know if this is going to be our last christmas with his oma who isnt doing so good. and it just twisted me up a little but was othewrsiwse a great day. but then sunday i just...had a huge breakdown in the morning and decided to use my accomodation (i get 2 excused absenses a month) to cool down and gte myself together. slept a lot. woke up adn got a lot done, felt great, then i CRASHED really really bad, got really angry, lashed otu, took like...8-10 sleeping pills...theyre horrific things and im never doing that again...had to sleep for two days after that...felt horrifically sick, in pain, just awful. had repeating nightmares over and over. which has also been wearing me down recently. wasnt able to work monday either because i still couldnt stand and between the pills and the depression/anxiety and really just. felt like the world was ending.

decided sometime last night id just...try my best to make it in today, work my shift (really long 9-6, knowing i wouldnt leave on time nad htisis my first time working in 5 days now...which is rough...) and if i can get through this, i have another couple days off in a row after that (schedules fault, not mine...do feel awful i missed 3 days before that though...) and we can just. get back on track

today i DID go to work, jessie drove me in

i worked. a long time. im supposed to get a break every 2 hours and a 1 hour lunch

i gott my first break on timeish.

then i got my lunch 6 hours after i got in. at which time i got “locked out” for not taking my lunch and coudlnt do anything on the registers. i was supposed to get it 4 hours in. its christmas eve and excruciating and im still in pain and tired from my previous days breakdowns, but otherwise?? i did really good. i didnt mind at all that my lunch was so late. i was a little miffed, but its ok. i dont care, so long as i get it eventually. anyway they FINALLY noticed i was locked out and got me coverage and i ended my lunch at 4. things continued ok. worked on self checkout, met a lot of regulars i really like, prevented $200 of theft (HAHA WOW that was really really funny i love preventing petty theft. i prevent so much theft every week its my pride and joy) just did okay. then they had us close self checkout that took a little while. then at 5:00-5:10 or so i went to my Manager/Supervisor/”““People LEad” as walmart is now trying to call them, lets call her manager Y, and i told her i still need my break and will i get it before i leave. she said go to register 4. i asked again hey will i get my break though and she said yeah and i thought to mysel HAHA thats not going to happen but ok

really stupid that after bieng locked out the first time she couldnt give me my break before i openned a register with a line i cant get rid of

anywayy i did ok otherwise for a while

but at 5:25 or so i reminded a CSM “hey i need my break still can i get that?” and she just ssaid yeah well try to get someone and then more time passed so much time. i put through an ask on the register “assistance needed”. waited another 10 minutes. “assistance needed” again. starting to get anxious. its past 5:40. the line is so long. theres so MUCH NOISE. Its SO LOUD. the intercom keeps going off, no one is responding to me, i dont have a mat to stand on so my knees HURT,, im not doing okk

i switch my light to flashing/need assistance and start looking for someone to ask for help. its 5:45, i need my break NOW, i DESERVE IT for workng this long ass shift and they already missed several of my last breaks a week ago AND got me locked out today and im STARTING TO GET ANXIOUS PELASE I JUST WANT MY BREAK SO BAD

nnthgen a csm is passing by im about to lose it, so i tell her CSM J, please i really need my break now PLEASE and im starting to ccry and i try to tell her whats going on but she shushes me and goes and gets sometone

im full on tears at this point, im so strreesed out,,

manager Y and some other snooty manager come over andd. ffkcing. ask me whats wrong. im crying and i try to explain im really really stressed out, i havent had my last break, ive been trying to get someone for so long now, i just really need to leave im so sorry

and theyy just. fckkng

ffcking manager Y jjst ssays ok “ill give you your break” and “this is your last break” and i ssaid?? yeah i knoww?? andd she saidd “next time youre like this, just dont come in”

i quote that completeltyyy....i really lost it then...i cried som muchh

this isnt the first itme she said something like this to meee...

she asked me “why are you CRYING” When i had an anxiety attacki n the store once, when ic cloked in and couldnt get myself together,, she didnt give me time to calm down, she didnt listen as to why, she just said “why are you crying. this is a BUSINESS. you cant be CRYING Here.” and i just said ok ill go home bye and leftt

andd when i tried to get my availability changed from 7-9 to 7-6/7-7 because the random late shifts with 7 am shifts was messing me up really really bad and my doctor thinks i need to hcange it too, she just said “i cant do that. thisi sa BUSINESS.” and she wouldnt listen when i said i might have to quit because of this, this is for my health, im literally scheduled 7-2 every sunday in december, busiest day of the busiest month and you cant even chop TWO HOURS off my weekend availability????

andd i jjst

ive HAD IT with her

ive had ittt

im so ashamed and angry and anxious and i still havent stopped cryingg. she called me over to her again as i was leaving and she blamed me for it. she ssaid a customer was upset that i “Screamed” (ues i raised my voice a little but i wasnt screaming??? also the two customers i was attending to when this was going on and i cried were VERY KIND nad jjst said i was doing a good job and thanked me for being there) and called a manager over (but...csm J got them?? not a customer...??) and i cant be acitng like this, i cant do customer service when im stressed,, and d i should just STAY HOME If im going to be like that

then shee fufkcing toold me i DID IT WRONG, that i “shouldve called someone over” I TOLD HER I DID!!!!! I DID!!!!!!!!!! YOU NAIL INTO MY HEAD IM NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE REGISTER SO I DIDNT, I DID EVERYTHING ELSE I COULD THOUGH!!! I REQUESTED HELP TWICE!! I TURNED MY LIGHT TO FLASHING!!! I TRIED TO CATCH A MANAGER WALKING BY TO HELP ME!!! N OONE LISTENED UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE, I DID EVERYHTING I COULD!! yet she seriously told me to my face that “you didnt call anyone”, “you couldve turned your light to flashing” WHICH I DID and sshee jjst said that i made customers uncomfortable and i cant work like thatt and just stay hhome

ii stayed home sunday because i was having a mjor mental emergencyy.

i came in today because i was feeling better and i took it eaasy and ended up doing a wonderful job and mad eso many people smilea nd fixed so many problems that wouldve otherwise upset a lot of folks and i met my regulars and made old folks smile andd i prevented a lot of theft that no one else wouldve caughtt and i jjstt broke down after 9 hours and not getting a last break and all the chaos of register (WHICH BY THE WAY THEY KNOW I DONT LIKE REGISTER!!! I THRIVE ON SLE FCHECOUT!!! THATS MY JOB TITLE!! THATS WHAT I DO!!!! THEY KNOW THISS!!!!) and HER AVOIDING GIVING ME MY FUCKING BREAK and NOT RESPECTING MY FFUCKING METNAL DISABILITIES LJNASDKAJHDBASJSDNAJSNDKANSD

I JJST DONT KNOW WHAT TO DOO

i really want to die and i really want to never go back but i really loved my job i loved helpting people ii jjst hate her so muchhh and i feel GENUINE DREAD/SEVERE ANXIETY jjst SEEING her nnow

she doesnt CARE about anyone but herself shes a horrible peson i cant tell the store manager though cause she wont care either and manager Y has more clout than me so shell just twist my words and make me out as the bad guy as hte “CRAZY ONE” who cries and gets stressed (FOR COMPLETELY VALID REASONS AFTER BEING PUSHED OVER THE EDGE) even tthough i work SO FFRIKCING HARD and do SUCH A GOOD JOB and asdjanjsdhajshdas

i d ont know what to doo

i cant work another job because no where else pays as much or will let me do self checkout only, because being a cashier stresses me so muchh

ii...really wanntted to grow stuff and make preserves and sell bee products and work with folks raising heritage sheep and make more fiber art andd open a little stall at a local market and sell all that,, and offer more online and do customs andd stuff

i know i could mkae money that wa ybut i ccantt start it so sudenly and im too Broken to do it seriouslyy and i dont even want to HAVE to quit because of ONE PERSON But shes done this so many times now and this is the nfinfal streaww

i jjst dont know what to doo...

i cantt stop cryingg

i cant even enjoy christmas nnow. wanted to see my stepdad and give him his presernt and maybe be ok.

last christmas we had to move because our house was condemned after a fire. now im going to have to lose my job because of a horrible manager who doenst respect my metnal health or anything about me reallyy. and unfortunately im such a failure that i cant. do anything else and if i lose this job ill lse my animla sand i wotnt be able to do anyhtingg andd im jjust fucking trash

goddammit i dont know what to do. i really dont. hhahaaa. i just really want to end it. ive come so far and none of it fucking matters because of thiss fucking horrible manager.

[btsdadd]

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Say you have a corgi aficionado page, all daylight you read out lovely corgi pictures and videos without fail. If Instagram users save seeing your posts eventually theyll accomplish that you always read out the cutest corgi content. thus they follow you past the expectation that your account will always be more of the same type of content. Having a consistent style or theme is more than just a branding play, its approximately creating an expectation for your Instagram account that your partners or potential partners can insert on. They want to see more of the same type of content, all day. If you can talk to that consistency past all post, youll build up your partners upon Instagram at a faster rate beyond time.

Many experts will tell you to solitary use 5 or 11 hashtags or some supplementary arbitrary numbers. But past I was building my stores Instagram account, I ignored their advice and ran wild past it. Id copy and glue a list of hashtags from my phone onto my app. Then, Id sometimes switch it going on to attempt oscillate hashtags but eventually, I knew which ones usually worked best. Usually, Id go as close to or right to the max number of hashtags possible. 30. Thats the magic number. unmovable is, you build up all those hashtags in the first comment. And as your page amalgamation grows, no one will ever see the first comment because theyre too energetic tagging their pal in your post. Sure, past youre starting out people might see it. But if the try is to increase visibility, the easiest artifice to accomplish it is to build up more hashtags. As you get followers, your posts will rank well along for those hashtag keywords giving you even more visibility. If your hashtags are recess specific, youll increase your likelihood of physical found by a relevant audience which will urge on you build up your partners upon Instagram as well. thus avoid generic hashtags past #love or #picoftheday if youre selling fashion, for example.

Say you have a fashion blog, you might write a blog read out approximately styling tips. You can choose posts from Instagram where you exploit pictures of your layered outfits or a accepted action look. Youd next go onto the Instagram website upon your desktop, go to your page, click the post, click the  icon and click Embed. next you copy that member into your blog posts code section. beyond time, more people will be visiting your blog and will be more likely to check out your Instagram account too.

I know that this is more of a long-term game. Especially if youre not getting traffic today. But extra your Instagram posts right from the arrival gives you a well along unplanned of visibility past six months from now you really begin seeing enormous returns.

To get that Instagram partners increase you need to find people who follow brands. Who are your biggest competitors upon Instagram? Write them down. Then, browse their posts to see whos commenting upon their posts. Follow them and engage past them.

Keep in mind that past choosing competitors upon Instagram its greater than before to go for the smaller brands. Why? Because if you were selling makeup brushes and maddening to get people who comment upon Sephora, theres a good unplanned that theyre not the right audience despite physical in a same niche. greater than before brands tend to have more customer loyalty.

However, if you have a competitor who has 100,000 fans upon their page, they may not have a loyalty to that brand.

When commenting upon posts of those you follow, dont apprehension them off past a sales arena or the same comment for all person you message. If they ask a ask upon their post, come up with the money for them an answer. see at the types of notes others are giving and use that as a guideline for what you can comment too.

As you save interesting and past people, youll begin to build up a strong past of your own.

If an influencer has a faithful following, they can come up with the money for you a shoutout thatll repercussion in supplementary partners for your account and possibly a few sales.

Be certain to write going on a harmony that prohibits the influencer from sending exploit traffic. We past worked past an influencer who gave us a shoutout and we got 2,000 exploit partners upon our account. It was obvious she used a bot. past you get a rude hurry of exploit aficionado upon your account you risk getting your account banned.

If youre looking for a more practicing gate to get supplementary followers, ask the influencer you exploit past to accomplish an account appropriation upon your Instagram Stories. That way, people will have to follow your page to view the story. Youll need to get him or her to let their audience know a few days in advance.

If you host giveaways upon Instagram and have a little audience, you might be dexterous to get more followers. But if you host giveaways upon your website and insert an substitute to follow you upon Instagram and supplementary social networks, youll have a much greater than before reach.

If your audience size is little you can read out your giveaway in certain giveaway facebook groups or upon giveaway blogs.

When I first started practicing in marketing, Id achieve out to giveaway blogs. Id send them some clear products in row for a evaluation post. Most categorically to it for the clear product though some did ask for payment as well. Theyd accomplish a product evaluation read out filled past pictures and their experiences past the product. At the end, their audience would enter to win the product below the condition that you send that customer the product. Wed get hundreds of supplementary partners upon all our social accounts. This is a great artifice to get supplementary partners if you dont have an audience. But it might not be as targeted than if you were to host a giveaway upon a relevant recess blog.

If youre just starting out, giveaways can urge on you get more partners upon Instagram. However, if you accomplish them too often, you might not get the right type of audience you want. If your try is to get sales, giveaways wont necessarily urge on you get more of them. though you can attempt this giveaway hack to get more sales. But if youre solitary looking to get Instagram partners fast, this strategy can exploit quite well.

If youre just learning how to get partners upon Instagram, a tricked I college though practicing upon my court case examination was to put up with my own product photos. instead of reposting supplementary peoples content, supplementary brands reposted one of my photos crediting me. back the brand has approximately 300k partners I over and done with going on getting a few supplementary Instagram partners from their audience. I didnt have to accomplish any in front exploit aside from taking my own photos. I didnt even have to achieve out to get supplementary partners upon Instagram. They reached out to me. And they werent the solitary brand to accomplish so.

When I first started building my stores Instagram account, I used a bot, an app to increase Instagram followers, called Instagress. It worked really competently at first which allowed me to easily build going on the first few thousand Instagram followers. Eventually, I stopped because I didnt need it anymore. Unfortunately, Instagress and supplementary apps to increase Instagram partners usually get shut down. And some people who use them can get their entire Instagram account shut down. though they can exploit well, the risk just isnt worth it.

The apps to increase Instagram partners that you can use insert publicity automation tools past Buffer, HubSpot, or Hootsuite.

Free Instagram aficionado apps include:

Discover Instagram accounts that have unfollowed you, those who havent followed you urge on and same accounts you should be past through partners for Instagram. This Instagram aficionado app is absolute to understand how to make your partners glad and what content to read out in order to get more partners upon Instagram. achieve out to those who unfollowed you to find out why and begin to insert your Instagram aficionado metrics today.

Inactive partners are a much talked approximately subject within any social media platform, and Instagram is no different. Inactive Instagram partners could be spam accounts or accounts from people who no longer engage upon the platform thus if you are looking to build up your past and amalgamation level, it would be a good idea to ax your list of inactive followers. Crowdfire identifies your inactive followers, recognizes past people unfollow you, and helps you find supplementary followers.

Get partners & get Likes is a clear Instagram partners app aimed at increasing both partners and likes. Providing assistance upon hashtags and followers, this app allows you to analyze assistance and make great decisions that will increase Instagram partners upon your account straight away.

Social Rocket gamifies social media amalgamation to put into action you to interact more. Although not a great long-term strategy this could be a great starting point. The basic premise is that all time you past someone elses read out you will get points to row for partners or likes upon your own posts.

There arent any practicing tools for Instagram unfollowing or past accounts in bulk. Tracker for Instagram gives you this substitute in their app. The app as a consequence provides analytics thus you can analyze how partners engage past your account. Want to become an Instagram master? Sign going on for the clear Instagram course taught by Instagram guru Gretta Van Riel. Whats been your dull to getting beyond 16k partners upon Instagram?

Engagement makes a difference. Its important that your partners know that you appreciate them just as much as they accomplish you. For increased engagement, users should search the hashtags used to attract followers, find users that stand out, past a few pics and comment. Youll get the curiosity of those youve engaged with, theyll follow your page, and tag their contacts upon your posts.

Did you use any apps to increase Instagram followers?

Initially, tools past Instagress were useful for engagement, but past the completion to try partners and sponsor content, theyre no longer needed.

What advice would you come up with the money for someone who asks you how to get partners upon Instagram?

Post, post, post! The more users [you have seeing] your content, the more up to date theyll become past your brand, causing them to like, follow, and share. The more you post, the more users feel past they know you.

Imagine if you woke going on at midnight to a noise in the kitchen. You manage downstairs to find Oprah drinking a cup of coffee. Most people wouldnt call the cops, why? Because theyve seen thus much of her content, they feel past they know her. Some would even feel privileged to have her in their kitchen. Thats the effect that constant content provides for influencers.

If you had to read out one concern you accomplish oscillate than anyone else upon Instagram, what would that be?

My account encourages, inspires AND informs. It influences the influencers past a brand voice that relates and educates. It attracts the SHE-E-O and the girl next door.

Talia Koren is the mastermind at the back the ever thus well-liked exploit Week Lunch which has an wonderful 114k partners and counting. We asked her what the best artifice to get Instagram partners is and this is what she told us:

workweeklunch meal prep InstagramWhats helped you build up your Instagram partners to a six figure number?

I listen to my audience and come up with the money for them what they ask for. It shows that Im invested in them and in recompense they come up with the money for me their time and attention. Also, consistency. I exploit going on all single daylight past necessary content in posts and in stories that helps them instead of just talking approximately myself. Lastly, I pay close attention to the changes to the platform. Using supplementary features past explanation highlights and harmony the changes to the algorithm helped me build up too.

Have you used any tools to urge on you build up the number of partners upon Instagram you have?

I dont use any tools outdoor of the analytics within Instagram. Theyre great! Analytics are important because they urge on you figure out whats practicing and whats not.

We often get asked how to get partners upon Instagram, what should someone starting out focus on?

When youre starting from 0 or less than 1,000 dont pay attention to the aficionado number thus much. Its going to go going on and down and its going to be slow. instead focus upon ways you can affix past and urge on others and get them talking approximately you.

What accomplish you think separates your Instagram account from others out there?

Well, my account isnt that oscillate from many out there but I dont read out any pictures of myself. Its not approximately me its approximately my audience! I as a consequence use stories as a vlogging channel which my partners love.

Gracie Parish is an Instagram influencer who grew her Instagram past to an impressive 41.3k. We asked her to share her advice upon how to get partners upon Instagram, heres what she said:

gracieparish coachella InstagramWhat steps did you put up with to get beyond 41,000 partners upon Instagram?

I put up with a lot of time to engage past my partners through Instagram, emails, Facebook, and Pinterest. I put up with time each week to answer to as many partners as I can as competently as I make certain to engage past my partners upon their posts as well. Through collaborations, I have been dexterous to cross-promote past many bloggers or brands that I feel fit my brand and this has really helped build up my following.

Whats had the biggest impact upon increasing your Instagram followers?

I exploit really difficult upon building realism upon my blog to make a more authentic association past my followers. To accomplish this I solitary publicize brands and products I really put up with in. Through five years of blogging, I really realized how to choose the brands that fit my blog and style best as competently as the brands that my partners enjoy seeing which has contributed to my success.

If someone asked you how to get partners upon Instagram what advice would you share?

Be yourself and dont lose confidence in yourself. Building a blog took years of difficult work, and if you are dexterous to maintain a brand and stay authentic to yourself, your partners will put up with proclamation of that. I would as a consequence advise someone to not get discouraged in the beginning, because it takes a lot of time and practice. No [influencer] was an overnight success.

Whats the one concern your Instagram does differently than supplementary Instagram accounts?

One concern my instagram does differently than supplementary accounts is I really attempt and come up with the money for partners keenness into my real life. though a lot of my content is sponsored, I really attempt to posts real, feel posts as competently to urge on my partners get to know me greater than before and come up with the money for them the content they are asking to see. A lot of bloggers get caught going on in the concern aspect and though a blog is a business, it is important to not lose your realism and to stay real past your followers.

How to get partners upon Instagram Summary Figuring out how to get partners upon Instagram is the hardest in the beginning. past youve passed your first 10,000 partners youll need to continue using some or all of the strategies in this article to save growing your account to 100k or even beyond one million. Dont forget to update your profile regularly, especially your Instagram bio to insert supplementary CTAs or interesting news. At the end of the day, youll need to put yourself out there more than you ever have before. maybe posting upon Instagram three time a daylight all daylight of the week to urge on you build up your visibility. But eventually, all that difficult exploit will pay off. And youll have gained an Instagram past you can be cold of.

Want to learn more Instagram hacks? Sign going on for Shopifys clear Instagram course today! In our first two weeks upon the platform, we went from zero Instagram partners to more than 10k followers. We achieved this by past a beautiful within reach process we hacked together during the relatively in front days of the platforms growing popularity (although the principles we used yet sustain up).

Then, past some experimentation and elbow grease, we went from 10k partners to store more than 1 million real Instagram followers, making us one of the summit Instagram accounts in our niche. Thanks to Instagram, weve as a consequence been dexterous to eradicate sales and conversions, drastically increase our online exposure to air and audience, and scale our concern at a rate thats exceeded the norm and even our own expectations.

In the past sum up post, weve outlined, step by step, exactly what we did to find such wild completion past Instagram. Now you can learn how to get more partners upon instagram. However, as Instagram and its audience have continued to evolve, thus have we. In order to continue scaling, weve had to put up with note and become accustomed to these shifting conditions past oscillate strategies.

Some didnt exploit out thus well, and others have been crucial to getting us to beyond 1 million partners upon Instagram in such a rude time of time. thus now were going to tell you all approximately the ones that worked the best. Without supplementary ado, here are our detailed results and findings thus you too can cultivate a enormous past and begin taking advantage of the capacity of this daring and ever-flourishing social network.

Heres a video from Nathan upon the summit five clear ways to build up your Instagram. In this video, Nathan talks approximately some of the strategies we discuss in this article that Foundr used to build up thus rapidly. This share is going to put up with some thought and effort. To get a huge past of real people upon Instagram, you have to fabricate content thats not solitary made specifically for Instagram, but as a consequence content thats the right fit for what your audience wants. Finding the right gate and style is crucial, because its going to become the artifice your partners put up with you.

Generally speaking, there are types of images that exploit competently past a lot of industries; posters past inspirational or hilarious quotes, feel food photography, or scenic images are secure starting points.

That physical said, on purpose believe to be what type of content it is that youre producing. You have to recall that Instagram is such a hit because its a wholly unique platform, and the experience it provides the user is categorically oscillate than something past Facebook or Twitter.

Consider things like: How are people going to find your content? What hashtags are you going to use? If someone searches one of these hashtags and finds your posts, are they going to be intrigued ample to click through to your account, or will they be disappointed that theres no correlation with your read out and the hashtag?

What is it approximately the images you fabricate that will make people accomplish more than just scroll upon by? According to Zabisco, humans process visuals 60,000 time faster than plain text. In less than a second, a person decides, based upon the images you share, whether or not youre worth their time. That means you need to stand out. past you be of the same mind upon your content type and strategy, its categorically important that you fix to that theme. The number one concern that keeps people coming urge on to any brand or concern is consistency, whether its a Starbucks Macchiato or a Snickers bar. Its exactly the same past the nice of content you produce.

The excuse Foundr has thus many real partners upon Instagram is because people can expect a consistently high level of feel from us. They know that upon Instagram, we fabricate a certain nice of post, and that trust is what keeps them coming urge on for more.

This is as a consequence why were severely selective of the type of accounts and posts we select for a share-for-share (S4S) (more upon this later). Were categorically protective of our brand and our audience, which is why we solitary ever want to be producing content were absolutely certain our recess wants. A common burden a lot of people slope past starting out upon Instagram is that theyre not categorically certain what type of theme or content it is they want to produce. Unfortunately, there really is no simple solution, because at the end of the daylight you dont want to be a copycat of a larger account. To be really thriving upon Instagram, you need to be a tiny unique.

The best artifice to get started is to accomplish some hashtag research (dont worry, were going to dig deep into hashtags in Section 6). Check out SaaSs (software as a service) past Iconosquare to find out what hashtags are trending and which one fits you best. find competitors who use the same hashtags as you do, or even find users who follow these hashtags and see what supplementary nice of content they like. From there, its just a concern of examination out your content. accomplish some A/B testing, attempt one type of content one week and attempt something else the week after. find out what works best, and really get to know your audience.

To get you started, be certain to check out apps past WordSwag and Typorama for text-focused Instagram posts. We use these categorically same apps for our own Instagram account! past you know what type of content is right for your brand, its time to really focus upon creating great posts that you know are going to affix past your audience. This might seem obvious, but we always see the content foundation itself getting neglected. find out what your customers enjoy seeing upon Instagram or what themes resonate past them, and populate your account past relevant images.

But youve got to affix past your audience, specifically. Remember, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Thats why its thus crucial to fabricate a good association past your audience, thus you learn what type of content it is they like. There have been numerous time past weve posted something that we thought would absolutely eradicate it past engagement, but it turned out to be a dud. supplementary time weve been left scratching our heads as to why this one read out is thus popular.

One good artifice to find out what your customers past is by checking out what your competition is posting, or what nice of imagery is used upon the websites or blogs that are well-liked in your industry.

If youre in an industry where what youre selling is already visually appealing, photos of what you accomplish is not a bad idea either. However, save such images in the minority; posting a lot approximately yourself upon social media is just past physical the person at BBQ who solitary talks approximately themselves.

On that note, its really important that you dont manage the risk of oversharing. A celebrity can get away past it because a large share of their draw and brand is their personal life. Fans are genuinely eager as to what Beyonce is having for dinner or what exactly it is the stone is cooking. If youre handing out a personal account, thats as a consequence categorically fine, because its explicit and certain that this is an account for sharing your dull life.

However, if youre handing out a professional account, unless your personal photos actually fit in past the theme of your brand, its not a good idea. For example, as a CEO or founder, a personal photo of how youve organized your exploit desk would fit in past your theme. A personal photo of you in Vegas doesnt have the same effect.

Oversharing means that you lose out upon amalgamation because your content is just too off subject and wooly to build a consistent audience.

On Instagram, amalgamation is king. For best results, we found images that put into action an emotion or questions that elicit some thought exploit really well. For example, this image below got beyond 95% more amalgamation than our regular posts. For Instagram, were told that 1% amalgamation in terms of likes is a good metric to follow.

how to get more partners upon instagram People past Seeing supplementary People Include faces in your photos. Images past faces have been known to increase engagement, because our brains naturally want to interact past supplementary people. Also, images that dont insert faces, but using a point-of-view shot where the camera acts as the eyes of the audience can urge on them make them feel past theyre a share of the image. Despite having fewer likes, you can see how the past read out by Mecca Maxima has far more notes compared to their posts that dont insert faces.

how to get more partners upon instagram using faces Calls to Action Every read out should have a strong call to exploit or CTA (marketing speak for an assistance for your viewer to accomplish something) encouraging people to follow you or past the read out in the caption. By extra in a call to action, people are 25% more likely to follow through upon that exploit than without it.

This CTA should be relevant to the photo, and not the same as the one you used in your bio (more upon your bio later). Its a softer ask.

how to get more partners upon instagram Think of a CTA as a artifice to remind people that there is an exploit they could take. By extra a CTA to your image, all youre exploit is reminding your partners that they dont have to just scroll upon past, they can actually accomplish supplementary things, including liking your picture, or writing a comment.

Ask questions in your captions to urge on people to respond. This is a categorically simple tactic to make certain that your Instagram partners are interacting past your account.

Putting a ask in your caption always creates amalgamation and forces people to gate and hopefully respond.  Bianca Cheah, founder and MD of Sporteluxe

Remember, the one concern you want to achieve the most past your audience is engagementyou want them to be eager in and personally related to your brand and your account. Gently encouraging them to invest less than a second into each read out does wonders for cultivating that engagement.

Examples of CTAs are tag your contacts who are past this, or double tap if you agree. Always come up with the money for your fans something to do. This helps your account money up front past wildfire.

how to get more partners upon instagram Using member in bio Its Storytime! Develop a explanation past your posts. take possession of peoples attention by providing a narrative; dont just be of the same mind for a generic line of text. get people invested and exploit off how much value you can come up with the money for in one go. One of my favorite accounts to follow is cereal.entrepreneur. Each Instagram read out is accompanied by either a little bio, or interview past the featured entrepreneur thus you get a unplanned to know a bit more approximately them and what they do.

how to get 10k partners upon instagram 2018 cereal entrepeurner Developing a explanation as a consequence ties into emotion. Always see to elicit an emotion past your posts. Whether youre looking to inspire people, make them laugh, or stun them, your posts should always dream to put into action an emotion past your audience. A great example to see at here would be Chubbies, and note how theyre always looking to make their audience laugh by posting an assortment of jokes and memes.

how to get more partners upon instagram using user generated content User-Generated Content Post user-generated content whenever possible. Not solitary will this come up with the money for your brand social proof and make people far more likely to follow you, but itll as a consequence urge on you build a energetic and engaged community nearly your Instagram account. Frank Body have nearly built their entire Instagram strategy by curating user-generated content. This has helped them build a community of engaged Instagram followers, as competently as make hundreds of faithful brand ambassadors. To find out more approximately their social media strategy, accomplish make certain to check out our interview past the founders of Frank Body.

how to get more partners upon instagram frank bod how to get more partners upon instagram Using user generated content Here you can see weve got a photo of someone taking a photo past our coffee table compilation Foundr V1.0 Regularly use your posts to ask partners to share their content past you. make certain to come up with the money for them an incentive for exploit this, though, past handing out an Instagram competition or giveaway. You can easily curate their posts by asking them to use your branded hashtag.

how to get more partners upon instagram by reposting Your Instagram Theme Getting more people to interact past you as a consequence involves maintaining a consistent aesthetic theme thus that your Instagram feed reaffirms your brand identity. A simple artifice to accomplish that is to use the same filter. It makes your images more recognizable and your overall feed see more professional. proclamation how Herschel Supply maintains their aesthetic theme by every time making certain their posts have same tones and colors. Not solitary accomplish these posts see great, but because of the consistency you can see how their feed has a natural flow to it that builds familiarity and affinity.

how to get more partners upon instagram using an instagram theme Remember that feel always beats total past it comes to Instagram posts. Dont read out something for the sake of posting. Always make certain your content is providing value to your audience in some way.

Learn How to Go From 0-500K+ partners in 12 Months! member our clear conscious Instagram Masterclass! 3: Treat Your Community upon Instagram past Gold One of the biggest mistakes people make past building their Instagram account is that they solitary ever see their partners as numbers.

Followers arent the solitary metric that matters past it comes to Instagram, but you can get caught going on and become thus obsessed in growing your aficionado insert that you forget that each person who chooses to follow you is actually a living, energetic human being. It doesnt concern what nice of account youre running, whether its personal or business, the same is authentic everywhere.

You must always high regard your audience.

I really cant heighten that enough, and its become even clearer to us as weve gained experience past the platform. If youre not paying attention and listening to your audience, next youre no longer building something that has any sort of meaningful impact. all youre exploit is stroking your ego.

So how accomplish you know if youre connecting past your audience? though your aficionado insert may be the most important metric, our journey to 1 million partners taught us that you must as a consequence pay attention to your amalgamation levels. This means how many likes youre getting, how many people are bothering to actually comment upon your posts, how many people actually go through your Instagram sales funnel.

According to the famed Pareto principle, 80% of your results solitary arrive from 20% of your audience, or 80% of your revenue solitary comes from 20% of your customers. though more of a believe to be of thumb than a difficult scientific fact, the Pareto principle should make you accomplish that its not approximately having a large aficionado insert as much as it is approximately having a large core of engaged followers.how to get more partners upon instagram increase instagram engagement You dont want a huge aficionado insert because it gives you bragging rights; you want a huge aficionado insert because by increasing your achieve and exposure, you increase the likelihood of finding one authentic follower.

A authentic aficionado is someone who absolutely loves your content and what you do. Theyre the one that, if asked, will put down child support because you asked them to, or purely because its something that you made. Think approximately any time youve been faithful to a brand and chose them beyond something else.

If you ever want to fabricate any sort of impinge on or exposure, this should be your primary try in growing a huge aficionado count. Ten thousand partners isnt impressive unless you have at least 1,000 authentic followers.

Thats why we treat our community past gold.

For example, we are categorically strict upon making certain we answer to all comment possible.

how to get more 10k partners upon instagram how to increase amalgamation upon instagram You want to inspire notes that go beyond the generic nice pic, and awesome post! variety. Actually exploit that theres a human at the back the screen. Its a surefire artifice to make yourself stand out from the crowd.

Be as conversational as doable past interesting past supplementary users, and be authentic to how you speak in real life. heighten the personality at the back your brand and let people know that youre not just substitute robot. Again, put up with a see at how Frank Body uses their Frank persona to engage past their partners to great effect.

Its amazing how many brands forget the social aspect of social media networks. Its no longer a one-way communication model where the audience passively has to take what you have to say. If someone takes the time to actually write a comment upon your post, the categorically least you can accomplish is reply.

Its a simple recompense for those who to-do to engage past you in a dialogue. Something as simple as that goes a long artifice toward turning someone into a authentic fan. Well even send private messages to our supplementary partners past its appropriate. The key here is to make your Instagram partners feel welcomed and glad to be a share of your community.

As we discussed in the last section, youll find posts that have calls to exploit asking people to comment tend to garner the most shares and tags. By starting a conversation this way, you can exploit your audience that youre not some faceless corporation, but a person or people who actually care approximately others opinions.

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Learn How to Go From 0-500K+ partners in 12 Months! member our clear conscious Instagram Masterclass! 4: read out upon Instagram Regularly Aim to read out upon a regular basis, approximately past all three to four hours. However, dont bulk read out a sum up bunch of photos in one sitting; users will often regard this as spam and unfollow you. Think of it past sowing seeds. You dont want to just plug all your seeds into a hole in one go; you want to money up front them out.

Youre going for consistency. If your audience cant richly rely upon you to read out regularly, youre not going to find many people amenable to follow you upon the off unplanned that youre going to read out something all now and then.

Fortunately, you can schedule your content if you use a tool past Later. Unfortunately, Instagrams API doesnt let supplementary services read out for you, but you can pre-fill and batch them.

how to get more instagram partners best instagram tools 2018 *Please note you can solitary read out from the Instagram Mobile or Tablet app. You cannot read out via the well along website past you are logged in.

Use Iconosquare to exploit out the best time to read out to your account and maximize exposure. You can as a consequence use Instagrams native reasoned platform if you have an Instagram concern account.

how to get more instagram partners 2018 One supplementary posting tip is to always read out upon Sundays. Sunday is usually a beautiful silent daylight upon Instagram, making it the absolute opportunity for you to get ahead of the pack and get your posts in front of even more people.

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Learn How to Go From 0-500K+ partners in 12 Months! member our clear conscious Instagram Masterclass! 5: Theres Gold In Your Instagram Bio On Instagram, your bio is a crucial piece of real estate. You can best make use of this section by having a strong call to action. You can use going on to 150 characters, thus a rude snappy CTA works best.

A strong CTA should be an absolute no-brainer for your audience. You already know that they can see your content, thus make it worth their though to actually put up with a see at your bio by offering something that you know theyll love.

To make a strong CTA, you want to be as simple and no-nonsense as possible. Because you solitary get one conscious member past it comes to Instagram, which is in your bio, you want to be dexterous to get as much value as doable out of that link.

how to get more instagram partners Using member in bio to drive more sales using instagram Your bio should as a consequence be compelling. Your potential partners upon Instagram have a few seconds to believe to be whether or not they want to follow you. Your bio should take possession of their attention and make them want to follow you, or at the categorically least, scroll down supplementary to check out your content.

Notice how we bonus the tagline in our bio, Building a concern is hard. We bonus this to arrest the attention of people who visit our profile for the first time. We want to state a point of association and evoke some nice of emotional greeting thus Instagrammers follow us and continue the relationship.

Your bio should as a consequence be searchable. We included the keywords startup, entrepreneurs, and entrepreneur magazine thus past people search upon Instagram using these terms, our profile will exploit going on in their search results.

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Learn How to Go From 0-500K+ partners in 12 Months! member our clear conscious Instagram Masterclass! 6: Use Hashtags to get More Instagram Followers Hashtags (keywords preceded by #) might seem past something solitary irritating youth use, but trust us, thats not the case. They are a artifice for spectators to navigate easily to topics theyre eager in. Attaching #hashtags to your image, therefore, enables your content to be found more easily by those who dont already follow you.

First, research the most well-liked Instagram hashtags in your niche, and next compile them. For us, this practicing building a huge list of keywords that we found were relevant to what we accomplish and what our images generally are approximately (#entrepreneur, #business, #startup, for example).

Instagram Hashtag-Finding Tips Check out what the top-trending hashtags are past Tags For Likes. Use Hashtags, TagFire, and Grama to find hashtags relevant to your niche. Copy the hashtags that the summit influencers in your recess are using. Use this as a artifice to not solitary generate more exposure to air and get more Instagram followers, but as a artifice to get upon the radars of supplementary influencers. Users can use Instagrams investigate feature to find posts related to trending hashtags such as #LoveWins, #CanadaDay, and #FullMoon. If these trending tags are relevant to your brand, insert them in timely posts to aid discovery. upon the subject of search, Instagram as a consequence introduced the completion to search by emoji.  Jim Tobin, president of fan the flames of Social Media.

Round going on approximately 30 that insert a amalgamation of high-performing and low-performing hashtags. Use nearly 10 hashtags that have beyond a million posts, next substitute 10 hashtags that solitary have 10k to 50k posts, past substitute 10 anywhere in between. This artifice you make certain your posts get as much exposure to air as possible. Find out what the hashtag of the daylight is and use it. Whether its something past #motivationmonday, #fitnessfriday, or #trumpettuesday, get in be adjacent to past an even larger audience by participating in these hashtags. Create merged sets of hashtags to maximize exposure. Dont just be of the same mind for one set of hashtags, make nearly three oscillate sets of 30 hashtags each. Regularly oscillate them thus that your posts achieve a variety of people relevant to your niche. save them in a notes file thus all you need to accomplish is copy and glue them, and not have to distress approximately writing each one out all single time how to get more instagram partners use hashtags Instagram Hashtag Use Once you compile your hashtags, build up them to a comment below your post.

Dont put your hashtags into the explanation of the photo itself. Putting them in the comment section instead will conceal your list of keywords after others have bonus comments. You as a consequence wont unnecessarily bulk going on your photo description, allowing you to you save your explanation section clear for a compelling blurb approximately the photo.

how to get 10k instagram partners 2018 Reference each read out past a full 30 hashtags. Instagram allows you 30 hashtags per post, thus use each and all one of them to maximize your posts exposure.

Branded Instagram Hashtags Create a branded hashtag to make it easier for others to find you. native hashtags can urge on you support conversations, increase your brands reputation, and urge on you build credibility.

Use your custom hashtag to build a community nearly your brand, and to regularly engage past your Instagram followers. Its an incredibly simple artifice to make your partners feel past theyre a share of a larger community. You can see how customers and partners of Frank Body follow the custom hashtag #thefrankeffect, and how large a community has arrive together because of this hashtag.

how to get 10k instagram partners 2018 You can as a consequence use a hashtag in your bio thus that your account gets more exposure. This is a categorically simple artifice to make certain that your account shows going on in hashtag searches as well.

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Learn How to Go From 0-500K+ partners in 12 Months! member our clear conscious Instagram Masterclass! 7: Network, Network, Network: The capacity of Shoutouts Its not all approximately beautiful pictures and keywords. To flourish upon Instagram, youre going to have to achieve out and interact past some real, conscious humans. Networking can exploit wonders, not solitary IRL, but as a consequence in the social media sphere. It was a huge driver of Foundrs success.

When we started, we managed to get introduced to this huge network of entrepreneurs, all past accounts of beyond 20,000 Instagram followers. They helped us out huge time by sharing our content, and there are same networks for all kinds of industries, past users who are all amenable to urge on out, thus long as you recompense the favor of course!

Remember, if you urge on people and dont expect anything in return, not solitary is it good karma, but it comes urge on to you tenfold. thus dont gate joining and teaming going on past supplementary accounts past an attitude of, Whats in it for me? Rather, think of it as just helping your fellow person out, and you never know, good things may happen to you down the road.

Use Shoutouts To get More Instagram Followers When it comes to growing a huge past upon Instagram, youre going to have to get used to the idea of collaboration beyond competition.

This is where the incredibly powerful concept of S4S comes into play. For newcomers, S4S stands for share for share. If youre looking to home a million partners upon Instagram, or even tens of thousands, you need to get used to the idea of sharing supplementary peoples content.

The basics of S4S are quite simple. You ask substitute influencer in your recess if they would past to share your content, and in recompense you will share theirs.

This artifice youll be dexterous to let breathe each others brands to each others audiences, some of whom likely have never even heard of you before. The best share is that if you choose who you accomplish S4S past carefully, youll probably find someone past an audience who you know will past your content too. Youll speedily discover that one of the greatest things approximately Instagram is that it allows you to tap directly into a recess past certain likes, interests, hobbies, and needs.

how to get more instagram partners using share for share As you can see from the image above, it doesnt have to try directly sharing each others content; you can just come up with the money for a shoutout to someone elses account in the caption.

These types of transactions are unique to Instagram and absolutely invaluable for anyone who wants to cultivate a huge following. But recall that you should always see to be providing a mutual row of value.

Dont think of others in your recess as your competition, but as potential partners.

If youre afraid that someone is going to steal your followers and, as a result, refuse to exploit past others, next it is severely unlikely youre going to fabricate any nice of real traction upon Instagram.

So past that in mind, heres the next dull upon how to maximize your S4S potential: member a shoutout group.

A shoutout action is basically an informal action of Instagrammers who have arrive together in order to sustain each supplementary by exploit S4S for one another. thus instead of having to every time find someone supplementary to accomplish S4S past all single time, youll instead have a dedicated action of people who you can reliably depend upon to row shares.

Of course, shoutout groups arrive in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes youll find a action past going on to hundreds of people who are handily shopping for supplementary people to accomplish S4S with. nice of past an ad-hoc Instagram marketplace.

how to get more instagram partners using s4s share for share Other time you might find a more dedicated action of people who are categorically selective of their members and might have even created a set schedule for all members to follow.

how to get more partners upon instagram using a yell out action You might be surprised by how competently you get to know one substitute beyond Instagram, and even accidentally set going on your own mastermind group. You might accomplish more than just row tips approximately Instagram, and even begin helping each others businesses out more directly. You might even make a pal or two.

how to get more partners upon instagram past s4s But dont begin thinking that these are some sort of red triangle illuminati groups that require cryptic foundation processes.

Most groups, and Instagrammers in general, use Kik as the primary source of communication. However, Ive seen and been a share of groups that use Slack, GroupMe and even regular Facebook groups.

All it takes is having a friendly attitude though exploit S4S and looking to build a association beyond Instagram. back you know it, youll find yourself physical invited to an S4S action yourself. Or you might even want to make your own and invite others!

Types of Instagram Shoutouts When youre just starting out, it can be a tiny intimidating to ask supplementary accounts to accomplish a shoutout for you, but the support really accomplish outweigh the costs. Having a large account yell you out will accomplish more for your aficionado insert than anything else. But its super important to make certain that youre choosing the right accounts to get a shoutout from.

If youre choosing an account based upon unmovable partners and their theme or audience doesnt be of the same mind yours, next all youve over and done with is wasted time and money, because theres no guarantee that such a shoutout is going to get you a good ROI.

There are a few oscillate types of shoutouts you can pursue.

Caption solitary shoutouts: The page uses its own image and style that it usually would, and mentions your page in the caption. This works, but is not as practicing as your own image or branded image. Caption solitary can be a cheaper alternative. OR

Your own image past your product or support + caption. This works greater than before than just a caption-based shoutout, but you have to make certain the call to exploit is good. Some accounts will solitary let you put going on the image for a certain time of time, and others will let it stay up. Usually the well along traffic the page, the more you see rules and restrictions. The strategy at the back the shoutouts can as a consequence vary. What we recommend is extra a CTA to follow your page instead of one that leads people to subscribe or optin, as you can take possession of the audience and engage past them more. We have tried both pushing the Foundr subscription and getting the viewer to follow our page, and we have found its artifice more practicing to get them to follow you. You have to recall you cant put clickable contacts in the captions, thus it can be difficult to get people to exploit specific actions. It takes more time for people to go to the bio, find the link, click upon it, and next subscribe, than it does for them to click the follow button.

S4S Bargaining past Youre Just Getting Started Just past any supplementary transaction in the world, S4S is all approximately having a mutually beneficial exchange. You have to ensure that both parties are getting something of same value out of this exchange.

If you have an account past solitary a few thousand partners and ask substitute account past 500,000 followers, youre either going to be ignored, good-naturedly refused, or outright laughed at. What doable improvement could that larger account get from the smaller one?

Unless you have something equally necessary to leverage, next you shouldnt be asking someone to accomplish S4S for you. Thats beautiful much the equivalent of bringing a knife to a gunfight (dont worry, nobody is really fighting).

That leads to one of the questions we get asked the most at Foundr, How accomplish I come up with the money for leverage in S4S?

A lot of people get discouraged by the idea of nearly greater than before accounts for an S4S, because it seems past they dont have a comparable aficionado count. But though your aficionado insert may be the most important metric upon Instagram, it doesnt try that it is the solitary metric upon Instagram. If it was, next anyone could be an influencer past a couple of bucks and few thousand bots as Instagram followers.

The best artifice to find leverage, in any concern deal, not just Instagram, is to put up with a step urge on and think approximately what it is that solitary you can offer. What is that unique aspect you can bring that the supplementary person might have a difficult time getting?

For one, you can compare your amalgamation levels. If you can guarantee a severely engaged audience past many authentic Instagram partners next you can easily use that as leverage in S4S. Because the level of high regard and loyalty you command from your audience is solitary something you can give, and that makes it a necessary commodity.

Beyond that, think approximately what else you can offer.

You can easily bring value and generate a ton of harmony by physical a regular commenter for a larger account. A necessary comment is something that is more than just the generic oh wow, this is great! statement. Stand out by taking the effort to be different.

how to get 10k partners upon instagram how to leverage s4s Start an interesting exposure to air and let your targeted influencer know that you exist. Who knows, you might actually catch them in a generous feel and maybe theyll come up with the money for you a shoutout just because they past your moxie.

Using Your Bio member as a Bargaining Chip One categorically simple artifice to come up with the money for leverage in a real and definite artifice is by offering supplementary accounts your bio link. upon Instagram, the solitary area you can put a conscious member is in your bio. This is vitally important if youre handing out any nice of sales funnel, but its as a consequence an categorically useful tool past maddening to build up your aficionado count.

Use tools past Bit.ly or beautiful member to track and monitor how much traction your bio member receives. This will come up with the money for you difficult data upon how much value you can come up with the money for them.

how to get 10k partners upon instagram get more share for share As long as you save the member short, spacious and youre certain that the landing page leads to something your audience wants next theres no excuse not to come up with the money for your bio member as a artifice to leverage value. Its a great artifice of establishing a concern association by becoming an affiliate, and by offering something necessary in your bio member there is no excuse you wont be dexterous to drive your aficionado insert up.

Paying for Shoutouts As in all walks of life, child support talks. That means you can purchase shoutouts. Prices for shoutouts will revise by account. We found that the pages past the best results are motivational or concern accounts, thus you need to find high-traffic pages that have good engagement. We constitute good amalgamation as at least 1-2% of likes per how many Instagram partners the account has.

Also be certain to stay lively in the comment section of all shoutout post. Itll significantly drive going on your own amalgamation levels and increase the chances people will to-do to click through to your account.

For an account past decent amalgamation and 200,000 Instagram followers, we wouldnt pay more than $50 per shoutout, and we would want to use our own image.

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Learn How to Go From 0-500K+ partners in 12 Months! member our clear conscious Instagram Masterclass! 8: practicing past Influencers To get More Instagram Followers This is by far one of the best ways to increase the number of Instagram partners you have. Youll be hard-pressed to find any supplementary tactic to generate as strong of an ROI.

Create a list of 10-20 influencers youd past to regularly engage with. Know exactly who it is you want to get in be adjacent to with, because these will be the people who can urge on put up with your Instagram account to the next level. get influencers to share your content or yell you out. Arrange for influencers to come up with the money for you a shoutout by participating in an S4S deal.

Its the #1 artifice to build up for free.  Jason Stone, founder of Millionaire Mentor.

how to get 10k partners upon instagram exploit past instagram influencer Use hashtags to find out who the summit influencers in your recess are. put up with a see at what the summit hashtags in your recess are and see if you can identify any particular account that consistently appears in the top or trending posts. You can beautiful much guarantee that theyre an influencer and someone you want to affix with.

how to get 10k partners upon instagram how to find and exploit past instagram influencers Paying Influencers You can as a consequence pay influencer pages to share your content. If all else fails, pay someone to come up with the money for you a shoutout. But back you do, make certain that you can get a guarantee upon ROI. What youre looking for is someone past an engaged audience, not necessarily a large number of Instagram followers. recall that 1-2% amalgamation is a minimum for practicing past someone. The higher, the better.

Influencer Account Swaps Do an account oscillate past supplementary influencers in your niche. put up with beyond someone elses account for a daylight and exploit off who you are to their audience and vice versa. This is a great strategy for anyone past a personal brand. Buffer would as a consequence sometimes let their employees put up with beyond their Instagram account for a day. This artifice their Instagram partners could get to know more approximately Buffer, their workplace culture, and what went upon at the back the scenes.

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Giveaways Hold giveaways upon Instagram that require users to follow in order to enter. Everyone loves clear stuff. https://www.socialpave.com/ get a bunch of partners overnight by handing out a giveaway, but make certain to publicize it, instead you wont be seeing many results.

Require partners to tag their contacts in order to enter. This is one of the best, and most organic ways to speedily build your Instagram followers. A general believe to be of thumb to follow, though, is to sustain your Instagram competitions past you have at least 10k partners in order to see the best results.

how to get 10k partners upon instagram using giveaways Instagram Ads If you have a budget, and an Instagram concern account, we severely recommend that you put up with advantage of Instagram ads as a artifice to take possession of supplementary Instagram followers.

Viral Images Create viral images encouraging your fans to tag their friends. get ideas for what types of posts tend to be well-liked by watching whats trending in your targeted hashtags. make same posts in your own style, and ask people to tag their friends.

how to get 10k partners upon instagram in 2018 using viral images Geolocation Targeting Use geolocation targeting to identify partners relevant to your recess in a certain area. If you happen to manage a brick-and-mortar business, this is an excellent artifice of getting the attention of local clientele.

Offline Marketing Take your promotional efforts offline and publicize your Instagram account through the use of physical products past branded stickers or pamphlets, for example. If you happen to have a custom hashtag youd past to promote, use these physical products as a artifice to get people more eager and excited approximately your accounts.

how to get 10k partners upon instagram using offline marketing Fan Pages Create aficionado pages and use them to drive partners to your concern pages. Instagram now allows you to manage merged accounts through their app, thus put up with advantage of this by creating substitute account meant to sustain your main account. Use it as a artifice to experiment past oscillate strategies and affix past supplementary influencers.

The Thunderclap Strategy Organize a thunderclap and get merged accounts to share a read out of yours at the same time. This is a wonderful strategy to drive more traffic to your account, especially if youre looking to sell a product. A shoutout from not one, but merged influencers in your recess will guarantee that several thousand potential Instagram partners will see your post.

Social Sharing Automatically share your Instagram posts upon Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest. make a simple process past something past IFTTT thus your Instagram posts are automatically shared upon your supplementary social media accounts. come up with the money for your posts that supplementary bit of exposure to air though simultaneously growing your supplementary social media accounts.

how to get 10k instagram partners 2018 Lead Magnets Invest some time in creating Instagram-specific guide magnets within reach solitary upon your account, whether its an ebook, a webinar, or even a simple PDF. This will incentivize people to follow your account, and it should be an integral share of your Instagram publicity strategy if youre planning upon generating sales and conversions through your account.

how to get 10k partners upon instagram using guide magnets Like-for-Like Groups Join and participate in like-for-like groups to insert your posts organic reach. find and affix past a action of approving people who are in a same recess to yours. urge on each supplementary out upon Instagram by liking each others posts or leaving behind comments. These groups are a great artifice to supplementary your network, and fabricate stronger relationships past supplementary influencers.

Use your like-for-like groups to drop like bombs or engagement bombs upon posts to increase their chances of trending. make a custom hashtag that solitary you and your action are up to date of thus that its easier for you to find each others posts. Then, as a group, everyone past or comment upon one persons read out to come up with the money for it a huge boost in organic traffic.

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We cant guarantee this method will exploit as effectively for you as it did for us. It served our purposes because of our particular recess and what we wanted to get out of the platform. Instagram is categorically a powerful tool, but its not really for everyone or all business. A few questions you might want to ask yourself are:

Is my industry, or what I sell visually appealing? Am I amenable to share stuff that isnt directly related to what I sell? Do I have time to engage in a supplementary social media platform? If you answered no to one or more of these questions at https://www.socialpave.com/about-us , you might want to rethink why you want to jump upon Instagram marketing. You dont want to be wasting resources upon something that just isnt for you. Otherwise, wed urge on you to use this guide to boost your followers!

What are we missing, Foundr family? I know you all have a few Instagram tricks going on your sleeve. share your favorite, or let us know if you have questions upon any of these in the notes below.

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My Youth (Chapter 6)

Broken and miserable, Park Jinyoung returns to his hometown to learn that no matter how hard he falls, there are still people who think he’s a hero.

Warnings: Mentions of suicide/depression, death, angst, slow build, maybe some language.(Please don’t ask when I’ll update. Wait until the series is finished to read if you’re impatient.)

Word Count: 5.7k+

(Can’t put links to the other parts here, please check my Masterlist/the reblog for the Prologue and Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)

“-Mom, I’m busy,” Jinyoung muttered into the phone. He had been sitting in a crucial meeting with the Finance Director of GOT Tech and representatives of the Financial Regulatory Board. Receiving approval for his company to go public was one of the most critical and risky steps in Jinyoung’s career.

His mother, however, had been calling him constantly for the last twenty minutes.

Mrs. Park sounded upset. “I’m sorry, Jinyoung, dear. I just needed to reach you-”

“Mom, I’m in an extremely important meeting right now. Do you know how it looks when the Managing Director of GOT Group keeps getting calls from his mother during business meetings? What do you want from me?” Jinyoung demanded in a frustrated whisper, running his fingers through his hair. He tried not to let his agitation show on his face; the other high-profile attendees of the meeting could still see him through the glass wall of the conference room.

“Jinyoung, there’s been a terrible tragedy in town,” his mother began nervously. “I don’t… I don’t know how to tell you this, but i suppose there’s no easy way to talk about a death.  Remember I told you that I’ve been going to the hospital every day to meet-”

Jinyoung felt a burst of irritation. The clock was ticking. The Board members were waiting for him impatiently and he could see the disapproval on their faces. “Mom, did you call me to tell me that someone died?”

“Well… yes, but-”

“Mom, I have been preparing for this presentation for months. The future of my company depends on this meeting. This is absolutely the worst time you could have chosen to tell me something like this,” Jinyoung muttered through gritted teeth. He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself. “Please don’t mess up my focus right now. We can talk about this later. Do you need anything from me urgently?”

Mrs. Park hesitated. “You always seem to be busy these days. I just thought… if we could maybe help out with the funeral expenses or the hospital bills…”

Jinyoung closed his eyes. “Mom, you can just call my secretary for that. She’ll send you whatever amount you need. Send them flowers from me or something, okay? I have to go now.”

“Take care, Jinyoung, dear-”

“Bye, Mom.”

Jinyoung hung up and sighed, pressing his fingers to his temple. His personal secretary had followed him out of the room and was watching him nervously. He hadn’t even asked his mother who it was that had passed away. Was it somebody he knew? Maybe it was best that he didn’t think about it too much for now.

“Take my Mom’s call and ask her who died, send them money for the funeral and all those formalities,” Jinyoung told his secretary shortly. She nodded and made a note of it on her phone quickly while Jinyoung cleared his mind.

Focus. The presentation. The numbers.  

Jinyoung took a deep, calming breath and plastered a rehearsed smile on his face before he turned to enter the conference room once more.

“I’m so sorry to keep you gentlemen waiting,” Jinyoung greeted all the well-dressed men with a bright smile. “I hope you can forgive me. Mothers seem to have a knack for calling at the most inconvenient times, don’t they?”

The men chuckled politely. “That’s perfectly fine, Mr. Park.”

“May I begin the presentation?”

“Please, do.”

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Jinyoung believed that to achieve something great, you needed to make certain sacrifices.

He had always known that the path he was embarking upon was not an easy one. Establishing your own business meant that you didn't get off work at 5 pm sharp, you couldn’t spend your weekends at a countryside cabin or getting drinks with your friends. You needed to keep working until things got done. You needed to compete in the market. You needed to be strong enough to pick up after your losses and clever enough to make friends in the right places. People were depending on you.

Jinyoung hadn’t merely chosen a career, he had chosen a life.

A very lonely life.

Whenever his mother would call him and try to have a casual chat, Jinyoung would find himself irritated. Who cared whether Mrs. Lee from the grocery store was giving a discount on strawberry bread? What did it matter if Mr. Cha had been trying to sell his little farmland? There was important work to be done. Jinyoung needed to talk to the advertising agents to make sure his products were being launched properly, he needed to negotiate discounts with suppliers to ensure he could meet the planned pricing goals. There were employees relying on him. There were investors who had trusted him with their money. There were quarterly goals that had to be met.

Every second of Jinyoung’s time was precious. Why couldn’t everyone understand that? Why couldn’t his mother stop thinking that her tiny little world in this tiny little town was everything, and understand the importance of what her son was doing?

There are a limited number of hours every man has at his disposal. We each make a conscious choice regarding how to spend each one.

It was only now, standing in front of your mother’s grave, that Jinyoung came a terrifying realization.

He had made the wrong choices.

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“It was heart failure,” Mrs. Park whispered.

Jinyoung’s hands clutched the cup of tea firmly. It was hot and uncomfortable, but not more than the sick feeling in his stomach. Every word his mother spoke made him feel more pathetic.

What had he been doing all those months while your mother was in hospital and when she’d died? Preparing for his company to go public? Sitting in meetings and sucking up to corporate officials? Only to be fired and thrown out of the company. Only to have missed the death of somebody who had trusted him and cared for him.

“But she couldn’t have been that old…” Jinyoung muttered.

Mrs. Park shook her head softly. “She’d always had a weak heart, Jinyoung. Her health was fragile and after her husband passed away she had no choice but to work to support her daughter. All those long hours and late nights for years… they took their toll in the end. She had her first stroke three years ago. She was in hospital for a few weeks and then she had the second one; the one that took her life.”

Jinyoung closed his eyes, remembering your mother in his mind’s eye.

“She always looked tired. And worried.”

“She was.” Mrs. Park reached out and placed a hand over her son’s nervously. “I’m sorry, Jinyoung. I should have told you about it sooner. But you were always so busy in Seoul, always doing important things. It never seemed like the right time to tell you about something so devastating. It’s my fault.”

Jinyoung let out a small scoff. “Don’t take the blame on yourself. That doesn’t help me.”

Mrs. Park looked upset. “Jinyoung-”

She was interrupted by a loud knocking at the front door. Jinyoung closed his eyes and pressed his fingers to his temple while he listened to his father go to the door and yell at the person on the other side. The reporters had already found his home address. They had started arriving one-by-one since this morning. Each of them desperately wanted an interview with Park Jinyoung, the man who had lost his empire overnight. They wanted to know what he had to say about his dismissal from his own company.

Mr. Park re-entered the living room and sighed. “They’re getting more persistent. I think I should call the local police before they start trying to shove their way into our house.”

Jinyoung nodded and stood up. “I’ll go down to the police station myself and ask them to send someone to deal with this harrassment. Mom, you’ve told everyone we know to deny any reporters who request them for an interview, right?”

“Yes, but is it really a good idea for you to be going outside now-”

“I think I’ll lose my mind if I stay indoors,” Jinyoung muttered. He grabbed the black hoodie that was slung over the back of the sofa and glanced at his parents. They were both looking at him with wide, worried eyes.

Jinyoung felt a sudden wave of guilt wash over him; why should they have to deal with so much because of his mistakes? Why was he always the one taking and yet never giving?

“I’m sorry,” he apologized softly. “I’ll try and be back for dinner.”

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Jinyoung’s legs carried him naturally towards the elementary school.

Perhaps it was a subconscious urge to see you, even though he had no idea what he would say if you really appeared before him. Anything Jinyoung could have said to help should have been said three years ago. Words like I’m sorry seemed like an insensitive joke at this point; too little and far too late.

Jinyoung sat silently on the bench by the schoolyard with his face covered by his dark hoodie, and wondered how his life had brought him to this point.

Left with nothing with shame.

“Ahjussi!”

By the time Jinyoung looked up, there was already a tiny figure running straight towards him at full speed. He flinched and braced himself for the impact; only to have the small boy stop centimetres away from him and throw his arms around him happily. Jinyoung stiffened.

“What-”

“Ahjussi, you are Park Jinyoung!” Ki-woo cried delightedly. The boy was beaming. Jinyoung noticed for the first time that one of his front teeth was missing, but it was still one of the brightest smiles he had ever seen. “Miss told me yesterday! Why did you lie and say you weren't? I can’t believe the King of the Playground walked me home after school and I didn’t even know!”

Jinyoung couldn’t resist a small smile. The sight of the little boy bouncing on his feet warmed him for a moment and he patted Ki-woo on the head. “If somebody asked Clark Kent if he was Superman, he wouldn’t say yes, now would he?”

Ki-woo’s eyes widened in understanding. “Wow. That’s so true! You’re so cool!”

“You’ll have to keep my secret.”

“Of course I will! Ahjussi, can you tell me how you did it? How did you manage to climb the oak tree?” Ki-woo demanded, grabbing Jinyoung’s arm and tugging on it eagerly. “You have to tell me, you just have to! Were you really tall?”

Jinyoung blinked. “Tall? Not particularly…”

“Then how? How did you do it?”

Jinyoung opened his mouth to respond but he was cut off by a loud yell. He had been so preoccupied with Ki-woo that he hadn’t noticed the much larger man that was making his way across the school yard. Jackson Wang had a huge smile on his face and without greeting, he threw his arms around Jinyoung in a fierce hug.

“Park Jinyoung! Look who finally decided to grace us with his presence!” Jackson cried happily. He pulled back and noticed the blank look on Jinyoung’s face. With a frown, he pointed to himself eagerly. “Remember me? Jackson! Jackson Wang! You used to pass me all the answers in History class!”

Jinyoung swallowed. “Uh…”

“Mr. Wang, you’re friends with Park Jinyoung?” Ki-woo asked, his mouth gaping open.

Jackson blinked and looked down at the boy sheepishly. “Ah, Ki-woo. I didn’t see you down there. Didn’t your teacher tell you to wait inside until someone came to pick you up? Go back indoors now.”

Ki-woo pouted. “But-”

“Nope. Back inside. Now.”

Jackson waited until Ki-woo began to slouch back towards the school building and then turned back to Jinyoung. “Man, you’re pretty much the celebrity around these parts now, eh? We had a couple of reporters come by the school this morning, asking for anyone who used to know you. You have nothing to worry about! I scared them off. These babies aren’t here for nothing,” Jackson beamed and flexed his bare bicep.

Jinyoung didn’t really know how to respond. “Nice.”

Jackson narrowed his eyes. “You do remember me, right?”

“Yeah, yeah, of course-”

“We should get drinks sometime and catch up now that you’re back in town! Man, I really owe you. You did me a solid one that Christmas before you left, remember? I’ll buy you a couple of beers at the pub. What’s your phone number?” Jackson demanded.

“I don’t really have a phone right now…”

“Don’t have a phone?” Jackson looked confused. “Weird but okay. I guess I can always ask Miss First Grade to get in touch with you. I can’t believe she didn’t tell me you were back in town!” he cried, slapping Jinyoung’s arm playfully. “Hold on… you’re here to see her, aren’t you?”

Jinyoung cleared his throat. “Not exactly…”

Jackson chuckled knowingly. “No worries, man. I’ve got your back. I need to go inside and take care of the kids now, so I’ll tell her to come out and meet you here, yeah? Let me know if any more of those reporters come around. I’ll take handle them for you!”

Jinyoung forced a smile. “Thanks-”

“No problem, man. It’s what friends are for. We’ll catch up soon!”

“Sure.”

Jinyoung watched Jackson half-run back to the school building, letting out a sigh of relief. Each person he came across in this town seemed to remember something about him and the one who possessed the most dangerous knowledge was Jackson Wang. In addition to having been the resident supplier of inappropriate magazines and the one who’d convinced Jinyoung to try his first cigarette behind the park back in high school, Jackson simply knew a little too much about everybody.

Jinyoung sat down on the bench and took a deep breath. He just realized that Jackson had said he would send you out to meet him. Why hadn’t he told him not to? He wasn’t prepared to face you. Idiot.

It was a few minutes before you emerged from the school building and walked towards Jinyoung. There was a pleasant smile on your face as you approached, and it made Jinyoung’s stomach turn. How could you smile at him like that? How could you be so calm about everything?

“Jinyoung,” you greeted him, confused. “Should you be roaming around out here? There are reporters buzzing all around town.”

Jinyoung cleared his throat. “Uh. Yeah, I know. Jackson said he drove them away...”

You rolled your eyes. “That idiot Jackson Wang? He was fully prepared to seize his five minutes of fame by telling them how you used to help him cheat in History class. I had to step in and force him to deny the request for an interview,” you muttered. Jinyoung’s eyes widened and you gave him a reassuring smile. “Don’t worry. I sent a message to the principal of the middle school and the high school. Nobody’s going to give any interviews about you.”

Jinyoung felt small.

“Thanks,” he muttered.

“Did they find your house?”

“Yeah. They’ve been knocking the door all day. It’s really starting to bother Mom and Dad.”

Your expression was sympathetic. “Should I call the police?”

“Don’t worry. I was going to go down to the station myself and ask them to send someone to get rid of the reporters,” Jinyoung reassured you. He felt his heartbeat thump wildly as he looked at your gently smiling face. Should he say it? Should he talk about the elephant in the room? Even though he hadn’t prepared what to say?

“About… about last night…”

You blinked. “Yeah?”

He sighed. “About your mother. I’m sorry. I didn’t know. I know that’s no excuse, but I should have been there and-”

You cut him off with a forced smile. “Jinyoung. It’s okay. It’s not like you could have done anything for her even if you were here, you’re not a doctor. Everyone did the best they could.”

Jinyoung swallowed. “I might not have been able to help her. But… I should have been there for you.”

The smile dropped from your face. What could you say? Jinyoung’s eyes were filled with shame but it wasn’t the right time for him to be offering condolences. That time had long passed.

But you still remembered his words from last night as he’d hugged you. I don’t feel as alone when I’m here. Jinyoung had been through so much. How could you say anything to such a broken man except for it’s okay? How could you offer him anything but comfort when he had nobody but you?

How could you not be the bigger person when he was suffering?

“It’s fine, Jinyoung,” you promised him softly. “You don’t need to worry about it.”

“How can I not-”

“Seriously. Please. It’s in the past and nobody was to blame. It happened around the time your company was going public, so I can only imagine how chaotic your life and work must have been back then. I don’t resent you.”

Jinyoung looked up at you in disbelief. “How can you not?”

“I just… don’t. It’s fine.”

“Do you really mean that? Do you really mean that?” he demanded.

“I do,” you insisted firmly. You glanced at your watch and sighed. “Wow, it’s getting late. We have a PTA fundraiser at school tonight so I need to start setting up. Oh! Did you bring my bicycle by any chance?” you asked him hopefully.

Jinyoung shook his head. “Uh, no. The reporters were in front of my house so I slipped out through the back…”

“Can you drop it by the school later? I’m going to staying back pretty late because I have to wrap up after the event is over. It might even take till midnight and the buses stop running at 9 so I need a way to get home. It’s not too much trouble, is it?”

“No, that’s fine. I’ll drop it off here later.”

You gave him a small smile as you turned to go back indoors. “Bye, Jinyoung.”

“Bye.”

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The PTA fundraiser left you drained of energy.

You would much rather have dealt with a hundred kids at once than with a handful of parents. At least kids could be made to see reason, they could be convinced with a little bit of logic (however flawed). Adults, on the other hand, believed that they knew best and that things had to be done exactly the way they wanted. Adults were unreasonable. Adults liked to throw around their authority.

You had never wanted to get into bed so badly.

You stayed back late to clean up after the fundraiser was over. It wasn’t required of you, but it was something that you somehow ended up volunteering to do. All the other teachers had families to go home to and kids to take care of. You only had an empty apartment.

Asking them to stay back instead of you felt selfish.

You slung your bag over your shoulder and trudged out into the parking lot to see that the bicycle racks were empty. Shit. Had Jinyoung forgotten to leave the bicycle behind for you? Where was he?

You pulled out your cell phone and then sighed. Damn Park Jinyoung. He didn’t even have a stupid phone. It was far past the time that Mr. and Mrs. Park would have gone to bed and you didn't want to wake them by calling them. But your apartment was too far to walk and you would have to pass by the pub; you had no interest in meeting the town’s drunkards alone in those narrow alleys  at midnight.

You sighed and dialled another number.

“Jackson, hey. I’m so sorry, I know you just left a little while ago, but…”

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It was 1am when you heard a loud banging on your front door.

You had just finished taking a shower and were getting ready to slip into bed when the noise began. Your heartbeat racing, you grabbed hold of a kitchen knife quickly and then slowly approached your door.

“Who’s there?” you yelled out, voice shaking.

The voice that replied was muffled. “Jinyoung!”

Jinyoung? At this time of night?

You opened the door carefully. The first thing that hit you was the awful smell; Jinyoung stank of sweat and cheap beer. His eyes were red and his face flushed as he looked at you almost wildly.

“Are you okay?” he demanded, grabbing your shoulders to look at you properly. His hands were trembling and he seemed unaware of how loud his voice was. “Are you all right? I was looking for you everywhere!”

You raised an eyebrow at him. “Wow, you’re drunk.”

Jinyoung’s eyes widened. “I’m sorry- I’m so, so, sorry-”

“How about you come inside before you bring my neighbours running over with all of your noise?” you snapped. You had little patience for drunks, and knowing that Jinyoung had been out getting drunk instead of returning your bicycle did not please you. “Where have you been?”

Jinyoung stared at you helplessly, his arms waving around as he spoke. “I-I was just going to get one drink, I swear. But it led to another and I totally forgot about your bike and I was so scared that you might have walked home because I know that path passes by the pub and it’s not safe-”

“Relax,” you told Jinyoung as you guided him gently towards your couch. “I didn't walk. I called Jackson, he drove me home.”

“Jackson? Wang? Why? Are you guys close?” he asked, plopping down heavily on the couch.

You shrugged. “He’s a good friend.”

Jinyoung paused for a moment and then hung his head quietly.

“We used to be good friends.”

You looked down at Jinyoung properly. He was a wreck. His dark hair was a tangled mess and the light blue dress shirt he was wearing was wrinkled with a beer stain on it. There were even large sweat stains under his arms; he’d probably cycled all the way here in a panic.

And he’s one of the Most Eligible Bachelors under 40. If only the magazine had seen him like this.

“We’re still friends,” you told him lightly. “Although it wouldn’t do any harm to return my bicycle when I ask for it. Do you want a glass of water?”

Jinyoung blinked at you dazedly. “Do you have beer?”

“Absolutely not. Haven’t you had enough?”

His lower lip pouted slightly as he stared down at the floor. “I’ve been drinking all evening but I haven’t reached the point where I feel good or forget about my problems yet. In fact, I keep thinking about them even more. How about a cigarette?”

“You will not smoke in my house,” you told him with a firm glare.

To your surprise, Jinyoung suddenly smiled. It was only a gentle curve of his lips but you spotted it and frowned at him with your arms folded across your chest. “Are you feeling proud of yourself right now? Do you think your behaviour is something to laugh about?” you demanded.

Jinyoung looked up at you softly. “No.”

“Then why are you-”

“Because this is the first time you’ve given me that look since I came back,” Jinyoung admitted quietly. His voice trembled. “This is the first time you got angry at me. You don’t seem to get angry at me anymore.”

You didn’t understand. “Why would you want me to be angry at you-”

“Because you have to be angry with someone before you can forgive them. You have to first admit that they hurt you or that they did something wrong, and only then can you begin to repair your relationship,” Jinyoung whispered. He looked up at you and you could see the tears brimming in his eyes. “So tell me honestly. Have you forgiven me already?”

You swallowed. “I was never mad at you to begin with-”

“You’re lying.”

You clenched your fists as your heartbeat thudded. “I’m not lying. You’re drunk. You should drink some water and you can sleep on the couch-”

Jinyoung looked up at you, his eyes bloodshot yet surprisingly clear. “You are lying. Either you’re lying or you’re not the same girl I remember.”

“Why would you say that?”

“Because the girl I knew wouldn’t have pretended to forgive a friend to spare his feelings. She would have grabbed me by the shirt, looked me in the eye, and said Park Jinyoung, you’re an absolute bastard for leaving me here when I was having a hard time. She wouldn’t have spared my feelings. She would have expected me to be there for her because that’s what friends do. They count on each other.”

You closed your eyes. How had Jinyoung seen right through you? Even after 10 years, how could he see through you like you were made of glass?

“I’m not angry,” you tried to tell him slowly, even though you weren’t sure who you were convincing anymore. “Because I never expected you to be there. You were busy and I had no expectations-”

Jinyoung scoffed. “You’re lying again.”

“I’m not-”

“You are. Friendship is when you help someone, because you trust that they would do the same for you. What you’re doing for me isn’t friendship. You don’t trust me anymore. If you have no expectations from me, then that’s charity!” Jinyoung spat out. Tears were brimming in his eyes and his voice was choked. “Is that what I am to you? Charity?”

You clenched your fists and let out a small, humourless laugh. “I can’t believe I’m hearing this.”

“What?”

“Where the fuck do you get off accusing me of treating you like charity? After what you did?” you snapped.

Jinyoung stared at you blankly. “Tell me.”

Your throat closed up. You didn’t want to talk about it. You didn’t want to drag yourself back to what had been the lowest point of your life, especially not in front of Jinyoung. You didn’t know who he was to you anymore. How could you open up to him?

“I can’t,” you muttered. “I don’t want to talk about it, Jinyoung.”

“Please,” Jinyoung whispered. “Please. At least tell me I was a terrible friend for not being there. Tell me I was a terrible friend for not even knowing about your mother.”

You took a deep breath and sat down, your knees feeling weak. You had never imagined that you would have to sit next to Jinyoung and say these words to him while he was drunk. Yet, as his dark eyes pierced into yours, he looked more sober than ever.

“It was my fault she died,” you whispered, shakily. “I know how hard my Mom worked to raise me. I know how much she struggled after my Dad passed away. The doctor told me her heart attack was probably caused by stress- years of it. She was growing old but she’d never even gone for a health check-up because we couldn’t afford it.”

Jinyoung stared at you silently.

“I needed someone to say this to back then,” you admitted quietly. “I needed someone who would listen to me and who wouldn’t try to convince me that it wasn’t my fault or that I didn't do anything wrong. That’s what everyone kept doing. They kept trying to comfort me but I just wanted someone who would listen. I wanted you,” you mumbled.

Jinyoung only nodded. His hands reached out to take both of yours. He grasped them tightly.

“I knew you were busy, but I always had this hope that maybe you would come to the funeral,” you whispered. “I thought… surely, whatever I did to make you cut me off, it wasn’t so bad that you wouldn't even turn up to my mother’s funeral. But the truth was that I couldn’t grieve properly because the hospital was hounding me about the bills, I…”

You took a deep breath. You hated thinking about those moments. You had felt so helpless and alone, backed into a corner. “I don’t think it even sank in that my mother was dead until a few days later,” you mumbled. “ I spent the first day wondering how the hell I was going to pay the hospital bills instead of thinking about her. Your mother tried comforting me, she told me it would all be fine and that she would call you for help.”

Jinyoung closed his eyes; tears were clinging to his eyelashes.

“She did,” he mumbled.

You felt the walls around you come crashing down as you looked at the broken man in front of you. You remembered how badly you’d wanted to see him then, how much you’d craved his comfort. You remembered how furious you had been when you realized that Jinyoung had abandoned you.

“I thought you would call,” you mumbled. “I didn’t want to disturb you but at the same time I trusted that you wouldn’t leave me alone at a time like that.”

Jinyoung’s voice was soft. “I’m sorry.”

“It would have been better if you hadn't done anything at all,” you mumbled. “Maybe then I could have forgotten about it in the mess that I was going through. But you didn’t. I got a call from your secretary the night before the funeral.”

Jinyoung lowered his head. His hands were trembling even as they held yours and you could hear his soft sniffle. “Shit,” he muttered, his voice thick with tears. “Shit, I can’t believe-”

“I thought you’d finally called. But it wasn’t you. I had to hear some strange woman tell me over the phone that Park Jinyoung is sorry he can’t make it to the funeral but he sends his condolences,” you choked out. You smiled humorlessly. “As if I was some distance acquaintance you barely knew. You sent me your condolences through your secretary.”

“I didn’t- I didn’t know it was you…”

“And then she told me that if I would just email her a copy of the hospital and funeral bills then all the expenses would be taken care of,” you mumbled. “She said that she could send me as much as I needed, no limit. I was so embarrassed. I wanted-I wanted to tell her that you could go fuck yourself and that I didn’t want your condolences and your money. I wanted to refuse so badly, but…”

You hung your head in shame. “But I couldn’t,” you whispered. “I couldn’t say that to her because it was true. I had no other way of paying those bills. So I sent her the details and I let you pay for them. Whether you know it or not, you paid for all my mother’s hospital bills and funeral while I sat here and wondered how I had become such a worthless daughter.”

Jinyoung’s hands clasped yours so tightly that it hurt. His shoulders were shaking and you could see the sobs racking his chest. “I didn’t mean to-” he sobbed. Jinyoung’s tears landed on your clasped hands. “I didn’t mean to, I swear…”

You slowly removed your hands from his. “I have the accounts,” you muttered. “I’ve been saving up to pay you back. It might take me a few more years but-”

Jinyoung flinched. “Don’t say that.”

“It’s not open to discussion, Jinyoung.”

“Don’t say you’ll pay me back, please-”

“I will pay you back,” you said firmly. You took a deep breath. “You know why? Because I might be able to forgive you for not being there when I needed you. But I will never, never forget how cheap I felt the moment I ended that phone call. So don’t talk to me about charity; I know how it feels to be on the other end of it.”

Jinyoung closed his eyes. He felt light-headed and blank as he thought about everything you’d said. No wonder you didn’t consider him a friend. No wonder you couldn't bring yourself to be honest with him. No wonder there was something fake and forced about your every smile.

Jinyoung hadn’t just messed up.

He had destroyed something precious to him without even realizing it.

“It’s late,” you mumbled after a brief silence. “You should go to sleep. Here, just; make yourself comfortable on the couch and I’ll get you a blanket and some pillows.”

Jinyoung swallowed. “I-I can’t…”

“You’re not going anywhere at this time of night while you’re drunk,” you told him. You pushed him lightly so that he leaned back against the sofa. “Stay put. I’ll be back. I think we’ve talked enough for tonight.”

“Can you just promise me one thing?” Jinyoung asked quietly.

“What’s that?”

“Even if you don’t consider me your friend anymore, even if you’re just being nice to me because you’re that kind of a caring person… don’t give up on me completely.” Jinyoung looked up at you desperately. “Please. Tell me that I can fix things. Tell me I haven’t broken our friendship and my life beyond repair.”

You looked down at him. Lying on your couch in his crumpled dress shirt and the beer stains, Jinyoung looked pathetic. Perhaps it was because you’d finally let out all the resentment you’d been bottling up for so long. Perhaps it was because, looking into Jinyoung’s eyes now, you could see that he did care. But you suddenly didn’t feel so hollow anymore.

You didn’t feel so lonely in your pain.

“Everything can be fixed, Jinyoung,” you told him softly.

“Even us?” he mumbled.

You nodded. “Even us.”

“Even me?”

“Especially you.”

Jinyoung slowly closed his eyes and you went into the other room to get him a spare pillow and a blanket. He let you place the pillow under his head and snuggled into the soft blanket. You turned to switch off the light when you heard him mumble.

“You know something?”

“What, Jinyoung?”

“I thought that the most unbearable thing about being fired from the company was all the effort I’d put into it. I thought I couldn’t bear it because I’d done so much for it for the years,” he said slowly.

You blinked at his curled up figure under the blanket.

“But it’s not?” you asked.

Jinyoung shook his head. “It’s not how much I’ve done for the company that I can’t bear. It’s how much I sacrificed for it.”

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trigger  warning  !!  sex  work  ,  deportation  ,  neglect  ,  bad  writing  ,  alcoholism  &  substance  abuse

HAILEY BALDWIN  /  SHE/HER  /  TWENTY TWO  /  BILLIE EILISH VC

welcome to los angeles , sofie almeda ! the glitterati has been watching you . rumour has it you made your first mark in the industry two years ago & that your net worth currently stands at  8m . it seems as though you’re enjoying being a  singer since relocating from  harlem , new york city . some might say you’d be a good fit for the glitterati due to your hollywood ranking being a solid  #3, & it helps that fans speak so highly of your  individualistic & assiduous ways . unfortunately , our sources cite that those closest to you aren’t particularly impressed with your  self-destructive & choleric tendencies .

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name  :   sofie sydney almeda

nicknames  :   sof

age  :  twenty - two  .

birthday  :  december  eleventh  .

zodiac  :  sagittarius  .

gender  :  cisfemale  (  though  doesn’t  vibe  with  the  idea  of  being  STRICTLY  a  WoMaN  ,  she  finds  labels  restrictive  )  .

pronouns  :  she    &    her  .

height  :  5 ′ 6 ″  .

hometown  :    recife  ,  brazil  &  harlem  ,  new  york  city  .

nationality  :  american  ,  brazilian  .

ethnicity  :  english  ,  portuguese   .

label(s)  :  the  venereal  ,  the  bellwether  ,  the  opulent  ,   the  anaxiphile   .

occupation  :  singer  (  vc  billie  eilish  )  .  

quirks  :  fidgeting  ,  allergic  to  shellfish  ,  walks  quickly  ,  cracks  knuckles  ,  always  wears  her  lucky  ‘  st  christopher  ’  necklace  from  her  grandmother  ,  has  a  weird  ability  to  talk  herself  out  of  trouble  ,  can  tie  a  cherry  stem  in  her  mouth  ,  messy  emotionally  but  on - point  physically  ,  vvv  bad  driver  ,  loves  a  good  theme  party  ,  can’t  get  through  the  day  without  multiple  cups  of  coffee  ,  refuses  to  wear  glasses  in  public  even  though  she’s  quite  far - sighted  ,  always  carries  hand  sanitizer ,  prefers  rain  over  sunshine  .

background

         her  mother  ,  marcia  almeda  ,  was  a  recent  graduate  from  secondary  school  who  packed  a  backpack  and  went  traveling !! before  long  tho  she  ended  up  knocked  up  by  another  backpacker  ,  this  one  american  ,  while  they  were  having  a  fling  in  sydney  (  hence  sofie’s  middle  name  lmao  @  her  mom’s  humor  )  .  she  flew  back  home  when  she  found  out  &  never  told  sofie’s  father  oops !! so  marcia  had  sofie  at  home  in  recife  just  before  her  nineteenth  birthday  ,  and  marcia  was  enthralled  w  little  sofie  .  ofc  she  inherited  her  mother’s  beauty  (  i  hc  marcia  looks  like  alessandra  ambrosio  bc  hello !  )  &  little  sofie  lived  a  happy  early  childhood  life  in  her  grandparents’  home  in  recife.

         brazil  isn’t  the  safest  of  countries  &  marcia  didn’t  want  the  same  dangers  she  experienced  growing  up  for  her  young  daughter  ,  so  around  sofie’s  eighth  birthday  ,  her  &  her  mother  packed  up  and  went  on  a  ‘ trip  ’  to  new  york  city  .  joke’s  on  sofie  ,  though  -  it  wasn’t  actually  a  trip  ,  but  rly  they  were  trying  to  move  there  to  find  sofie’s  father  to  confirm  his  paternity  and  get  sofie  american  citizenship  .  it  was  proving  more  difficult  than  she  thought  ,  &  marcia  was  quickly  running  out  of  money  .  with  a  face  like  hers  ,  though  ,  making  money  wasn’t  too  difficult  ,  but  it  was  time  consuming  .  marcia  found  herself  escorting  older  men  in  order  to  pay  the  bills  ,  all  the  while  leaving  little  sofie  to  fend  for  herself  .  some  of  her  earliest  memories  are  of  strange  men  in  their  tiny  apartment  &  sofie  trying  to  block  out  their  conversations  with  her  lil  cassette  player  hiding  in  the  corner  of  her  room  .  eventually  ,  marcia  was  able  to  contact  the  father  &  they  set  up  a  meeting  .  sofie  had  gotten  her  hopes  up  that  she  would  finally  have  a  dad  (  she  got  dressed  up  in  her  sunday  best  &  everything  bc  reuniting  her  dad  was  a  BIG  deal  ) ,  but  the  meeting  ended  up  being  a  quick  exchange  of  words  ,  a  mouth  swab  and  a  couple  signatures  .  sofie  never  even  learned  his  name  ,  & this  queued  up  a  lifetime  of  daddy  issues  &  distrust  of  men  !!

        while  marcia  was  able  to  stay  in  america  much  longer  than  she  was  legally  supposed  to  ,  eventually  she  was  facing  deportation  ,  which  meant  lil  sofie  ,  with  her  citizenship  finally  confirmed  ,  was  put  into  the  hands  of  her  father  who  sent  off  to  an  american  boarding  school  in  new  york  without  even  contacting  her  .  she  would  spend  the  summers  in  brazil  with  her  mother  or  ,  as  she  got  older  ,  couch - surfing  with  different  friends  throughout  the  months  .  she  started  growing  apart  from  her  mother  as  she  aged  since  she  wasn’t  going  home  every  summer  since  she  didn’t  rly  feel  any  connection  to  brazil  .  her  grandfather  had  passed  away  &  she  only  has  faint  memories  grandmother  ,  plus  the  city  wasn’t  at  all  familiar  to  her  &  she  wasn’t  practicing  her  portuguese  after  her  mother  returned  to  brazil  .

         through  it  all  ,  music  was  proving  to  be  the  one  constant  in  her  life  she  could  use  to  escape  from  reality  .  she  had  never  done  any  training  or  classes  ,  but  she  just  liked  singing  along  to  whatever  was  on  the  radio  & practicing  on  her  own  .  she  also  found  a  passion  for  writing  poetry  which  she  later  would  realize  was  compatible  with  music  .  she  would  spend  HOURS  in  the  school  library  working  on  garage  band  lmfao  bc  she  couldn’t  afford  her  own  laptop  to  produce  music  &  her  dad  sent  just  enough  money  as  he  was  legally  supposed  to  .  but  she  worked  her  lil  tushy  off  &  applied  to  a  music  academy  in  nyc  &  was  rejected  the  first  year  (  DEVASTATING  when  mixed  with  her  impostor  syndrome  &  daddy  issues ) but  she  practiced  more  &  more  &  edned  up  getting  accepted  the  next  year  .  here  ,  she  worked  on  her  vocal  skills  &  music  production  ,  &  started  accumulating  her  own  music  &  selling  songs  to  music  producers  on  the  side  for  some  ca$h  money  .  

          by  the  time  she  was  16  the  state  decided  she  was  old  /  mature  enough  to  live  on  her  own  so  she  got  a  TINY  lil  studio  apartment  in  harlem  where  she’d  grown  up  with  her  mum  &  she  had  friends  who  she’d  grown  up  with  .  while  it  wasn’t  the  safest  neighbourhood  statistically  sofie  felt  safe  &  just  like  one  of  the  neighbourhood  kids  .  it  was  the  first  time  she  genuinely  felt  like  she  belonged .

        she  was  accepted  on  full  scholarship  to  nyu  & majored  in  music  composition  &  vocal  performance  where  she  started  finally  feeling  secure  in  herself  &  released  her  own  music  on  soundcloud  ,  quickly  amassing  a  following  &  becoming  an  ‘ up  &  coming ‘  artist  !!  she  was  contacted  by  a  scooter  braun  type  guy  who  was  interested  in  taking  her  on  under  his  management  so  she  dropped  out  of  uni  in  her  2nd  year  (  bc  tbh  her  grades  in  anything  other  than  her  music  classes  were  v  subpar  )  .  soon  enough  producers  wanted  to  work  with  her  &  she  was  making  enough  that  she  didn’t  have  to  sell  her  songs  which  she  hated  doing  but  had  to  pay  the  bills  u  know  .  oh  &  her  vc  is  billie  eilish  bc  ofc  shes  my  queen  go  stream  when  we  all  fall  asleep  where  do  we  go  on  spotify  u  won’t  be  disappointed  

        she  also  started  getting  into  the  partying  scene  here  yikes  !! it  was  a  method  for  her  to  numb  all  her  pain  from  her  past  &  impostor  syndrome  &  drown  all  that  out  in  pills  or  tequila  .  it  rly  wasn’t  healthy  bc  of  how  she  would  binge  for  a  weekend  then  try  to  stay  sober  throughout  the  week  but  failing  by  about  wednesday when  she  started  to  feel  hollow  .  she  wasn’t  gonna  be  a  one  hit  wonder  &  her  mom  sure   as  hell  didn’t  go  through  all  that  trouble  just  for  sofie  to  be  a  nobody  addict  !! so  she  kept  it  together  enough  to  start  making big  bucks  & well  …….  here  she  is  :~)

personality

        sofie  blames  it  on  her  brazilian  heritage  but  this  bitch  loves  a  party  !!  like  shes  the  one  who  gets  happy drunk  at  the  pre  then  is  the  first  on  the  dance  floor  then  later  falls  out  of  the  club  &  into  some  rando’s  bed !!  in  the  back  of  her  mind  she  knows  her  drug  &  alcohol  use  is  self - destructive  but  she  figures  shes  allowed  to  let  loose  sometimes (  even  if  that  ends  up  being  most  nights  )  ;  rly  she’s  just  in  denial  bc  she  doesn’t  want  to  change  her  ways  &  lose  her  identity  !!

        doesn’t  put  labels  on  her  gender  identity  or  sexual orientation  .  she  finds  them  restrictive  &  useless  for  herself  ,  labels  would  only  be  to  satisfy  others  .  she  doesn’t  see  herself  as  110%  female  either  like  she’s  all about  gender  being  a  social  construct  /  a  spectrum  ;  some  days  she’ll  get  dolled  up  &  wear  heavy  makeup  &  six  inch  heels  ,  some  days  she’ll  walk  around  in  a  bun  &  tracksuit  &  trainers  .  anyone  who  asks  abt  it  will  swiftly  get  2  middle  fingers  in  their  face  !! shes  uncontrollable  i  swear

         puts  up  a  tough  bad - ass  front  like  billie  does aksjdh  like  nah  nothing  can  hurt  me  im  bulletproof  !!  but  is  rly  just  kinda  broken  underneath  .  she  doesn’t  even  let  her  closest  friends  know  how  hurting  she  is  bc  she  doesn’t  wanna  burden  them  .  she  rly  uses  mmusic  as  an  outlet  tho  so  she’ll  act  totally  tough  then   go  to  the  studio  &  record  all  about  her  heartache  .  will  NEVER  let  someone  see  her  cry  no  matter  how  close  she  is  with  them  .  she  rly  sees  it  as  a  sign  of  weakness  &  shes  in  a  much  better  place  than  she  was  5  years  ago  so  she  figures  she’s  not  ALLOWED  to  feel  anything  but  grateful  .  

         this  bitch  overthinks  everything  !! half  the  time  she  isn’t  rly  listenning  to  whoever  bc  she’s  thinking  about  what  they  just  said  &  if  they’re  mad  with  her  .  she’s  that  friend  who  will  ask  u  to  come  over  to  formulate  the  perfect  text  response  &   fuss  over  it  for  hours  .  that  being  said  ,  if  someone  talks  shit  abt  anyone  shes  tight  with  ,  they’re  gonna  get  it  the  next  time   she  sees  them  .  she  isn’t  about  violence  &  would  never  get  into  a  physical  fight  ,  but  she’d  work  behind  the  scenes  to  ruin  their  life  .  but  then  she  pretends  like  she  rly  doesn’t  care  though  its  obvious  to  those  close  to  her  that  she  cares  way  too  much

has  a  very  hard  time  expressing  love  bc  she  didn’t  have  much  practice  w  it  growing  up  .  she  was  on  her  own  most  of  her  young  life  so  even  if  her  mom  would  tell  her   te  amo  she  would  be  like  uh  huh  gtg  bye !!  

tldr ;  poor  bitch  w  abandonment  issues  who  was  able  to  get  out  of  it  by  channeling  her  energy  into  music  &  numbing  the  stress  with  pills  or  alcohol  which  she  def  still overuses  but  she  doesn’t  think its  a  problem  !! yikeroony  !!  loves  partying  & having  a  good  time  ,  puts  up  a  tough  front  but  is  rly  soft  underneath  .

wanted (* = mw)

friends  from  high  school  !! -  people  sof  stayed  with  in  the  summer  bc  she  wasn’t  going  home  to  brazil  .  

friends  from  music  school  !!  -  she  def  felt  like  an  outsider  among  the  music  prodigies  at  this  school  ,  &  maybe  this  person  was  one  of  the  ppl  she  actually  connected  with  . 

come  out  &  play  !!  this  person  acts  as  a  good  influence  to  sofie  .  they’re  level - headed  &  very  grounding  ,  &  sofie  doesn’t  let  it  show  but  they’re  really  important  to  her  .  this  is  the  Softest  billie  song  (  prob  bc  it  was  for  an  ad skdj )  &  they  inspired  it  bc  it’s  how  she  feels  when  shes with  them  .  they  encourage  her  to  be  all  that  she  can  be  &  they  believe  in  her  ,  &  they’re  prob  the  one  person  sofie  trusts  the  most  which  is  SAYING  something  !!

*exes  on  bad  terms  !!  -   ok  this  would  basically  be  based  on  all  the  songs  billie  has  about  a  failed  relationship  /  heartbreak  !! shes  got  a  bunch  .  im  thnking  maybe  she  was  actually  rly  into  them  but  had  a  hard  time  expressing  it  bc  she’s never  been  good  with  emotional  expression  ,  &  it  led  to  the  relationship  feeling ?? unfaithful  /  disconnected  ??  idk  but  she  rly  loved  them  &  is  still  nursing  that  heartbreak  .  (  x  ,  x  ,  x  )

the  paris  to  her  nicole  !!  -  ok  i  f*cking  hate  that  i  said  this  but  she’s  nicole  richie  its  true  !! she  needs  a  messy  gal  pal  exactly  like  how  paris  &  nicole  are  i  stan  them  (  x  ,  x  ,  x  )

roommate  !!  -  bc  of  her  abandonment  issues  she  rly  doesn’t  like  living  alone  so  prob  is  the  roomie  who  will  sleep  in  their  bed  from  time  to  time  bc  she  doesn’t  like  being  totally  alone  .  

*when  the  party’s  over  !!  - these  two have  been  hooking  up  for  a  while  no  strings  attached  but  recently  feelings  have  been  caught  !! &  now  they  still  hook  up  quite  often  but  sofie’s  kinda  harboring  feelings &  pretending  all  is  well  but  she  rly  hopes  they’ll  just  stay  the  night  from  time  to  time  ,  &  gets  secretly  heartbroken  when  she  sees  them  flirting  or  leaving  with  someone  else  . they  can  also  have  feelings  if  u  want  that  angst :~)

fwb  !!  -  sofie  is  pretty  transparent  when  it  comes  to  what  she  wants  &  she’s  got  a  bad  habit  of  replacing  dealing  with  problems  with  getting  laid  !! like  u  know  in  movies  when  the  man  opens  his  wallet  and  a  row  of  like  20  pictures  of  different  women  fall  out  ??  that’s  sof’s  aesthetic  .  she’s  got  a  bunch  of  fwb  of  all  genders  so  bring  me  some  pls

***mutual  dislike  /  copycat  !!  self - explanatory  ,  sofie  thinks  this  person  is  copying  her  in  everything  she  does  &  thinks  its  annoying  af  so  she  wrote  a  song  abt  it  &  hopes  they  indirectly  get  the  message  even  if  she  drops  not  so  subtle  hints  .  skfldjh  itd  be  messy  pls !!

party  buddies  !!  -  someone  who  encourages  sofies  wild  ways  .  when  the  two  get  together  its  usually  to  get  drunk  or  high  &  thats  the  way  they  like  it  .  sofie  doesn’t  feel  judged  by  them  as  she  does  by  others  who  don’t  get  obliterated  at  every  social  event  (  what  an  idea  !!  )  so  she  rly  values  them  ,  even  if  she  doesn’t  express  it

 ** 8 !! - someone  who  kinda  reluctantly  got  into  a  relationship  with  sofie  out  of  maybe  a  desire  to  save  her  from  herself  ??  like  u  know  that  good  girl  bad  boy  trope  where  the  girl  tries  to  save  the  boy  from  whatever  he’s  struggling  with  ?  that’s  them  but  the  roles  are  just  reversed  -  good  guy  ,  bad  girl  .  it  was  kinda  just  filled  w  her  being  self - destructive  &  confiding  in  him  but  not  rly  reciprocating  the  care  so  he  became  kinda  distant  bc  of  it  .  tbh  she  prob  knew  he  was  too  good  for  her  but  had  a sliver  of  hope  he  wouldn’t  leave  her  even  tho  eventually  she  became  too  much  for  him  .  (  lyrics : you said, "don't treat me badly", but you said it so sadly, so I did the best I could, not thinkin' you would have left me gladly. i know you're not sorry, why should you be? 'cause who am I to be in love, when your love never is for me?” )

good influence  !! this  person  can  tell  that  her  beahvior  is  unhealthy  &  are  trying  to  gently  nudge  her  abt  it  .  she  can  tell  what  they’re  doing  but  her  addict  brain  is  telling  her  its  invasive  &  threatening  so  shes  not  the  fondest  of  this  person  ,  but  deep  down  she  really  appreciates  them

music buddies !! these  two  are  both  in  the  music  industry  &  rather  than  it  being  competitive  ,  they’ve  developed  a  friendship  from  it  & enjoy  working  together  .  

* someone  sofie  ghostwrites  for  !! for  whatever  reason  ,  this  muse  doesn’t  write  their  own  songs  & instead  pays  sofie  to  write  them  for  them  .  she  doesn’t  love  it  but  its  a  way  to  make  money  &  give  away  songs  she  doesn’t  feel  attached  to  but  are  worth  something  .  maybe  its  tense  bc  they  claim  the  songs  as  their  own  &  sofie  doesn’t  like  it  ,  this  could  be  ~escandolo~  later  !!

*** my boy ( high school bf ) !! - ok  tea  this  song  is  the  one  that  broke  her  into  the  industry  .  she  produced  it  all  herself  &  just  relased  it  to  her  soundcloud  thinking  it  wouldn’t  rly  go  anyway  but  !!  joke’s  on  yung sofie  .  essentially  he  thought  the  relationship  was  going  well  ,  she’d  met  his  family  &  they  rly  liked  her  but  !! sof  was  feeling  kinda  smothered  &  told  herself  he  was  lying &  cheating  on  her  n  shit  so  she  wrote  a  song  about  it  !! &  once  it  was  starting  to  get  attention  he  was  like  ….. uhhh  what  the  fuck  & she  was  like  haha  sorry  !! so  they  broke  up  &  ever  since  its  been  animosity ,  but  she  realizes  she  fucked  up  but  it  launched  her  career  so  she  doesn’t  know  whether  to  keep  up  the  idgaf  i  hurt  you  or  apologize  .  

* ex - friends  !!  ok  pls  i  have  this  hc  where  sofie  got  way  too  high  one  night  &  slept  with  this  person’s  dad  or  sibling  or  smth !!  u  know  that  line  in  ‘ bad guy ’  where  she  goes  ‘ might  seduce  your  dad  type  ? ’  ya  that’s  got  sofie  written  ALL  over  it  !!   &  now  they’re  not  friends  bc  sofie  can’t  keep  it  in  her  pants  but  both  sides  kinda  misses  the  other  but  are  too  stubborn  to  say  anything  :~(

exes from college / high school  !!  - ok honestly i just love all the exes plots . gimme someone who like maybe they were hooking up & decided to give it a shot dating & it worked for a while but ultimately fell apart bc of sof’s inability to open up. maybe theres still tension or maybe theyre friends now !!

* lovely  !!  -  i  need  a  male  voice  for  khalid’s  part  in  lovely  bc  i  need  this  song  in  my  life  bc  its  a  whole  ass   sofie  mood  ok  .  

i’ve  also  got  a  wanted  connections  tag  linked  HERE  dksfj there's  not  much  in  it  yet  but  feel  free  to  check  it  out  .  ok  i  love  y'all  

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Hhhh bunni legs pain accomplishment day

I HAVE FINISHED THE SHOPPING OF HELL

Tfw u only get paid 4 days before christmas and have to rush everything aaaa

It was bad enough today so i'm so glad i got it done before it got even more busy!

Misc boring essentials i bought for myself: new phone charger cos broken, new trousers cos i spilt hair bleach on my only two pairs, new shoes cos my left shoe literally snapped in half down the middle like wtf even happened there, cheap pink hair dye from a discount store cos i wanna try different colours but in a thrifty way

Now for EXCITING CHRISTMAS PRESENT TIME!!!!

First off SO MANY pc and xbox 360 games from Every Charity Shop In Cardiff, St Mellons, Rumney and Llanrumney. My sis has been trying to find some games to play but was like 'dont worry about it i can just wait til the charity shop gets something good'. So i thought i'd get some stocking stuffers via all the charity shops on my side of town. By our powers combined we will blitz the entire vale of glamorgan's discount gaming scene!!! I found SO MANY good stuff for £1/£2/£3 like holy shit i love when charity shops dont know the proper price for shit XD

speaking of which i also found a WEBCAM for £2! If its that cheap it probanly isnt great but itd still be fun to play around with! :D and the same store also had an old vintage G1 My Little Pony coffee mug in excellent condition. Oh god the nostalgia! My support worker gave me a lift to llanrumney so i had to awkwardly explain why i had an armful of weird 80s mugs and big teary eyes!

Speaking of vintage, i found this new vintage toys and games shop in cardiff called Galactic Attic! The name hooked me in and then they actually DID have pokemon inside! As well as all sorts of stuff ranging from 40s to 90s, wow! There was even a lil pile of old 90s gaming magazines in the corner, covered up by a bunch of boxes. I'm glad i noticed them! I got the announcemt issues for pokemon diamond pearl and platinum in a weird old pokemon fan magazine that i loved as a kid. Im kinda sad that nowadays we just have one official magazine fpr each console and not the wild madness of amateaur journalists failing horribly to get news from japan. Shame they didnt have Beckett Pokemon cos that one was infamous fot drawing its own terrible interpretations of pokemon sprites to avoid copyright. And speaking of terrible, they even had bootleg pokemon!! I talked to the cashier and he was like "you know those are fake right" and i was like "yeah its so nostalgic thats why i want em" and he was like "lol yeah they actually sell pretty well so i'm not mad my supplier ripped me off". It was a pretty good and awesomely terrible fake at the same time? There was this exact replica of some japanese display stand for the product and then the actual pokeball toys looked perfect BUT the mini pokemon inside were.. Really not. I am so damn happy with the surprise inside my one, surprise inside has never been more accurate! I can't take a picture now cos my phone is charging but REGICHEETO. Just..just imagine that, and whatever you're imagining it is probably worse. I love it so fuckin much. Also less hilariously there were some bootleg mini pika plushies with actually (as far as i can tell) their own unique design? They have cute lil winter scarves and an art style that reminds me of the Magical Pokemon Adventure manga. A really cute and good bootleg that i would have loved to see as a real product! The only way you can even tell its a bootleg is because there's no marking on the tail. I dunno, maybe if i still have some brown fabric in the cupboard i could fix it? Or maybe its unique tail makes it even more special! I mean there's Cosplay Pikachu with its double tail marking so maybe this is her cousin Accessory Pikachu with no markings? He just likes wearing scarfs and hats and stuff. OMG HE'S THE POKEMON GO EVENT PIKACHU!!!!!!

Along the miscness of finding a few things for myself, i also found: cute lil pokemon pencilcase, kingdom hearts blind bag, cheap copy of Fruits Basket volume 1 cos the new remake is coming out soon and i wanna Get Hype! The KH blind bag was really weird cos i didnt know they now have an entirely different set as well as the keychains i bought before. Its kind of a shame the art style doesnt match cos vexen is only in the keychains, alas! But i do really love these ones! Theyre apparantly made by funko pop but dont have the art style AT ALL, they just look like really accurate versions of the characters in mini form. Its kinda like the 'distance animation' style in steven universe? (Incidentally they also do SU ones but they missed the opportunitu to actually use the distance style, lol) I got a Sora in his kh2 outfit and i'm decently happy with that, its not one i really wanted but its not a bad one either. But i think now i've tried the fun of surprise once i'll just buy the actual ones i want off ebay later. They have roxas in his organization outfit! With a happy smile!!!

Oh oh and then EVEN MORE XBOX GAMES OF THE WILD THRIFT STORE VOID! i managed to find the whole fable series, two assassins creeds, saints row, gta, some misc shooter games and racers that she wanted but i dont know much about, mass effect 2 and ff13. I think maybe one or two others cos i cant fully remember right now. Theyre all in separate bags strewn across the room and my shoulders feel like death so i'll sort through them later.

Aaaand i wrote up like 14 paragraphs more but tumblr didnt save my draft fpr some fuckin reason and now im way too tired to do it again

Briefer summary:

* had a huge horrible panic attack getting stuck in a skyscraper shopping centre clothes place full of screaming and every perfume smell and WHY DO I HAVE TO NAVIGATE THIS HELL MAZE TO FIND THE ESCALATOR and seriously i was my most primal animalistic self and i went full fight or flight on this bitch

* had a lovely time visiting Cool Shop Grandma and rambled the story of how i met her and how we became friends but hhh too tired to rewrite. But anyway today i gave her a christmas pikachu plush as thanks for everything and cos her shop is moving on to its next location soon. She got really teary and gave me a big hug! She's gonna be at a comic con in march so i hope i'm able to go to that and see her again.

* went on a wild goose chase looking for harry potter merchandise and eventually found a gold plated replica of the movie prop version of the time turner and HELL YES my sis will love it!

* rambled about several market stalls that were cool but i can make a separate post about that in the morning when i find their contact details to advertise them

* got a plushie delibird and decided to take selfies with it everywhere to try and fight my social anxiety somehow. We went to a neat lil restaurant and had cheesy fries and a coke float!

* asked for a refund on an item for the first time ever and im proud of myself

* went off on a mystery bus trip to buy a preowned 3ds and pokemon games from a lady in an online preowned stuff facebook group and it didnt go horribly and i am glad! She was really nice and i witnessed A Good And Smart Parenting Moment and man it healed my heart and i wish i'd been raised that way. Again i'll probably ramble about the details later when im less tired, it really touched my heart seriously! And now i have MANY GIFTS FOR SIS!

* in total i was out present shopping from 9am to 8pm and i clicked my shoulder out of its socket for a split second from.all the heavy bags. Now im in a lot of aches and i need a sleeps

The End

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okay i legit cant stop thinking about mario

im conflicted

like??? i cant say he dosnt do shit,, cus when he DOES work he PUTS IN WORK

but he DOSNT. do. SHIT. most of the time

also also??? i have no proof,, and also im unsure??? but what he does MIGHT MAYBE POSSIBLY be considered stealing

but i cant say that to bosslady with no proof considering he would be fired over it, and he makes it obvious he NEEDS this job,, waay more than i do at least

but im 80% sure hes the reason we are running through almost triple the amount of cookies than usual,, usually 1 dozen of each type is enough for a full day and a half,, recently we have been going through 3 dozen chocolate chips,, but ONLY on the days he works,,,

we are allowed to eat the broken ones cus nobody wants to buy those, so theyll end up in the trash if we dont eat them, but im CERTAIN hes eating more than just the broken ones, but ive never SEEN him do it, so maybe hes just REALLY good at pushing cookies???

(i mean, i use to sell 9 BOXES of chocolate a day during our chocolate competitions at damnly foller when i felt like it,, when most people only sold 5 bars out of the boxes of 20; so i cant say its not possible

ofc i usually didnt feel like selling the chocolate tho, cus FUCK ronnie)

the real issue is that hes not self motivated, hes getting paid more than anybody else in the store to flirt with cute girls

example:

the other day he didnt do shit cus he got some girls phone number (a customer)

and spent all day annoyed that she was taking too long to text back

him: why it take her hours to respond to one message

me: is she at work? she got class? she got kids? maybe shes busy?

him: we didnt ge that far yet, idk

me: then dont get annoyed that she got circumstances, she just busy, and so are you, youre at WORK

him: yeah but i need a girl that text back immediately any time of day

me: thats called a teenager, and thats illegal

customer (hes supposed to be helping): if she text back immediately she dont got a job or she a sex worker, if youre fine paying for every date keep it up, if not move on

AND

he keeps saying he wants a serious relationship that's not about sex

but according to jaylen sometimes he comes to the store drunk (as a customer) to pick up girls

(if hes not on the clock then its not really any business of mine tho,, and it usually happens after dark, so im never gunna be there to see it,, sooo thats him making a fool of himself on his own time)

and also also,, the first thing he asked that girl whose number he got on the clock was for a dirty picture, then got annoyed when she sent it,, saying she probably sleeps around a lot if she sent one so fast,,

like maybe??? stop being gross?? trying to trick girls??? either you want an easy girl thatll text you ASAP and send you dirty pics or you dont??you cant have it both ways??

maybe stop asking for sex on the first date if you dont want sex on the first date,, sure its her fault for agreeing, but its also his falt for not keeping his pants on,

if shes suggesting it, and he says no (and means it) and it happens anyways, thats him getting raped and i feel like he should be more worried about that(?)

and honestly??? nobody is dating a subway cashier for serious if they met you while youre on the job,, thats broke bitch energy nobody wants to put out

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he ended up texting her for 3 hours leaving me to basically work the rush alone and put away (almost) all the product from the truck,, he put away exactly 2 (TWO) boxes and that was only because they were too heavy for me to lift high enough to put them on a shelf thats taller than me :/

like??

he does good work when he works,

and

him not being fired is beneficial to me because i dont have to work the lunch rush COMPLETELY alone cus he makes JUST ENOUGH employees that we arnt working one to a shift anymore,

but

he may just be another jaylen, working hard to establish himself in front of the bosses, and once hes good and cushy hes gunna start slacking leaving extra work for the 3 of us who actually do stuff

been thinking about this for almost a week now :/