She/her/white/cis. 40+ and still unapologetically fannish. Previously ajoblotofjunk but had a lost account case that Tumblr support couldn't solve for over a year, so here I am. Header picture by ayofandomthings; user icon by robotsdance.
It is one of the great injustices of the century that the notoriously sandy Jowling Kowling has a vast media empire she uses for genuine evil, while Diane Duane - who can actually write and was a big part of my own childhood - has to fundraise for an unexpected life expense.
I keep seeing people online say that any job offering unlimited PTO is a "scam", because it's reverse psychology and you'll actually take less than normal, or that the manager still has to approve it and won't actually allow more than a few weeks.
I'm sure this can happen, but it's not at all a given! My husband's job offers unlimited PTO and he takes a cumulative average of 6-8 weeks off every year. Management is totally cool with it because he's a good worker who gets his projects done on time, and he's considerate by not taking off during the few weeks of the year that his team crunches for deadlines.
Don't scare people into avoiding jobs that offer good benefits in case they might not pay out. Instead, teach them to ask the right questions during interviews so they can gauge accessibility:
What are common reasons a PTO request may be denied? What's the criteria to be approved?
What's the average amount of time your teammates take off every year? (This will tell you how realistically you will get to take off)
How often do you (the interviewer) take advantage of the PTO policy?
Are there any exceptions to the "unlimited" policy, such as certain weeks of the business year, or length of consecutive PTO days taken at once?
How long does a new employee have to work for the company before the unlimited PTO policy kicks in for them?
Remember, you're allowed to ask questions during interviews! Use it to your advantage. And don't avoid jobs just because someone told you the benefits are too good to be true.
braime from brienne's perspective is like well i have unattainable romantic prospects all the time as she fails to realise that she is the unattainable one. like. brienne is so. hold on. she's very much young and learning how to live or whatever. she is discovering things about herself she never expected to discover, the good and the bad, and meanwhile she's thinking when have i not failed when have i done or BEEN a single thing that was what was easiest for those around me. brienne is constantly hurting for the people she feels she betrayed by not being born one gender role or another personified. and i think she sees herself as a tool, as a mace and sword. and then she falls for a blonde guy
I love this picture. Sultry, come hither stare out the bars, oral fixation prop in mouth, loose oversized shirt + NO PANTIES. One leg lifted up revealing a peek at his exposed rabbit hole. Jailhouse FISH god damn he was ahead of his time
actually there were 0 time travellers on the Titanic, because the time cops have an entire outpost to safeguard that one particular point in history. every rookie spends a least a month on Titanic duty and they all complain bitterly about it since it is, essentially, the time travel equivalent of being the guard who has to stop tourists from licking the Liberty Bell.