#of upper management

[faeriekit]

I think Alfred needs his own prompt 👻(dp x dc)

Alfred had died.

(It was a bit of a waste of time— he'd been scheduled to get the boys to and from their suit fitting at this time. Now here he was; languishing. Murdered. Sulking, even.)

(How frivolous.)

As a busy man with children (an adult child) to care for, a house to maintain, and a budget to supervise, Alfred's main goal was to return to Earth, obviously. If he left Master Bruce in charge of the dusting, the man would absolutely let the unused parts of the house go into disrepair. Too impatient, his ex-ward was.

The only problem was that in this green, nebulous, and gravity-free afterlife, there seemed to be only one way out— navigating through the individual worlds that the denizens of this world have molded around themselves, until he finds a being willing to grant his wish to return.

Alfred sighed, checked for the pistol at his hip and the rifle on his back, and marched straight upwards. Or. Well. Downwards. Actually... Never mind.

[em-allay]

Grian: There's a storm comin.

Scar, looking around: Really?

Skizz, who was also looking around: Oh- us.

[gatorgrumbles]

I love drawing this ugly mf

[oobbbear]

My friend shaped collection is growing

[phantom-shell]

Everytime I dare to get comfortable with the idea of my future being in the animation industry, I get hit with a wave of "fuck you" in the form of beautiful animated shows being removed from existence. I know it would absolutely break me if a beloved project of mine was treated like this.

There's no legal way of watching some of these anymore. What the hell. Why is this considered the norm now.

Why are there a bunch of showrunners, animators, writers and other various artists that need to pirate THEIR OWN SHOWS?? Y'know, the things that THEY made???

It breaks my heart that the only thing keeping these works of art from collecting dust in some corporate basement and eventually becoming lost media is pirating websites.

This is so frustrating, fuck

[mintedaisies]

i work at a sex store and i shot an email to a fantasy dildo brand that we carry asking them to make FTM strokers bc that would be bomb af and the guy who owns the brand emailed me back, told me he’s trans too, and made the brand specifically to make cool toys like that for trans people. he’s in the process of making fantasy ftm strokers literally RIGHT NOW. and he wants to visit my store and meet me in person. im PSYCHED

[allmightyscroll-swag]

Finished the dudes from this post!

Ended up redrawing both their shoes and changing up Harry's blazer a tiny bit. Also, colors! Wow! They're not meant to be accurate, just me having fun.

extra doodles be upon thee!!

and their silhouettes again

[zylphiacrowley]

I think WoL should be allowed to get an archon mark if they want one. Their area of expertise: saving this godsdamn star every other week.

[amaranthsynthesis]

a continuation of this sketch, because I’m doing fine and being normal, 100% (＾＾)ｂ

thats obviously a lie! which is fine, also

[goldensunset]

what is happening over at smogon

[theoreocat]

Thank you, come again.

[phantomrose96]

Work pomotion!!!!

Promoted to the upper band of Senior Engineer

[ahalliance]

said i’d go to war for the admin who was behind tototte, dansir, etc. and by god i meant it!

[kingsandbastardz]

I'm becoming increasingly convinced that JLQ's clear refusal to believe DFS could even be slightly gay is the one and only reason she didn't try to skin Wuyan alive. Wuyan who, is trusted by DFS, allowed extremely close proximity, and has all the same skills DFS values in her. TBH if there was a possible love rival outside of anyone other than LXY - she should have suspected Wuyan first, before any of the 12 Pillars.

It's sad that we didn't get enough episodes to see a little more of Wuyan for anything, or JLQ for her actual Alliance duties -- but I know enough about what it takes to run operations that I can extrapolate the skill sets needed:

Skills they both have:

budgeting and currency exchange/issues

managerial acumen/ability to organize and move large groups of people

planning

communication at both upper and lower levels

resourcing

logistics

strong understanding of timing, topography, weather and how to deal with issues

stealth

esoteric knowledge for random shit they likely have to source or deal with themselves due to rarity, etc

negotiations

how to present yourself to the public

thorough and systemic thinking

planning for failure

Where JLQ fails but Wuyan succeeds:

ability to anticipate what DFS wants

ability to deliver what DFS wants in the way he wants it

ability to not sexually harass DFS

putting DFS' desires over their own (Whatever Wuyan's feelings are, we have no idea)

Where Wuyan fails but JLQ succeeds:

getting public credit for hitting their kpis

choosing to not be subservient

public leadership / getting public buy-in

It's interesting that with the both of them -- if DFS chose at any random time to just get up and leave Jinyuan Alliance behind -- both would immediately drop everything and follow him.

They're both used to seeing DFS' back - Wuyan because he deliberately positions himself there regardless of what DFS seems to wish (his own show of willfulness). JLQ because DFS is always walking away from her.

And of the two - i feel like DFS would likely take Wuyan with him, while leaving JLQ in charge of the things he doesn't care about.

So yeah. I'm still surprised Wuyan wasn't killed before DFS came back from seclusion. It's pure speculation but maybe his outward presentation of being a servant is the thing that saved him. Why does he play a servant when DFS himself is like, "You do know I think you're supposed to be standing up there with the higher ranking ppl, right?" Is it from a sense of distrust of everyone, leading him to create a persona? An emotional need to serve DFS? A not-so-secret kink? A sense of loyalty that he feels he can only express in this manner?

Just what history do they share that DFS feels comfortable enough to cry in front of him? Twice. Both times while mourning LXY/LLH.

I have so many questions.

[tauforged]

we just got done doing all the monthly generator maintenance and electrode calibrations and such at work and it’s got me constantly thinking about how much work must go into keeping all that weird crazy void tech in albrecht’s labs running . because i’m normal

[wuntrum]

so many sick customers have been coming in that now 1/2 the people at my work are also sick with some sort of respiratory airborne illness (covid or otherwise). like man...if only there was something we could do...or wear...on our faces...that would help with that...if only such a solution existed...that we know minimizes the spread...sigh