#about your card collection

[wyldblunt]

i am always thinking about that one asura in taimi's lab who, upon not recognizing the commander, snarks something like "oh, i'm sorry, i didn't bring my heroes of tyria flash cards with me today 🙄"

was he just joking or do those exist. heroes of tyria TRADING cards, even???? are children across the realm kicking and biting each other over a holographic trahearne

#gw2 #there WAS a holographic glyndwr and he threw a fucking shitfit when he found out and got it put out of print #unfortunately for him this OBVIOUSLY backfired and drove demand up like crazy and now it's one of the most-discussed collector cards #there are like five billion different runs of alan cards. lorelei cards are beautiful but dont tend to have actually useful skills/moves - #-so theyre beloved by ppl who only collect the cards for the art but don't play the accompanying game #merrit collectors comprise a very weird very tight-knit subculture with encyclopedic knowledge of every misprint/quirk #now im thinking about mutuals' commanders too #you NEED a kerra card. if you dont have a commander kerra what is even the point of your collection #marwyds are popular even among ppl who don't care about shit like this and can be easily traded for cigarettes/waypoint fare/etc #the hua collectors are bonkers. theyre a well-oiled machine. they all have like a dozen copies of every card like an itabag #I COULD DO MORE BUT I HAVE ALREADY BEEN FUCKING AROUND FOR TOO LONG TODAY AND GOTTA GO MWAH #oc notebook

[goldkirk]

I'm so proud of myself about finances in the past couple months. I still struggle with money but I did enough meditation and journaling and practicing about it to make myself able to actually face my loans and credit cards and savings and bills and start really truly organizing and addressing them for the first time in years instead of just flying by the seat of my pants.

Like. This is a huge deal for me. I've felt like I'm in deadly danger every time I've tried to think about money for years and years. I'm finally able to look it in the face and stare it down and start to organize and plan on purpose instead of just keeping up with the minimum to stay afloat. I'm so proud of myself.

It's still a refrain of "GUILT (funny link)" every time I think about money but I'm able to actually make spreadsheets and face the numbers and monthly tracking again, and even make a new full budget which I haven't been able to do in ages.

still feel guilt, overwhelm, and helplessness, but no longer feel as much deep elemental shame and terror. that's progress baby

#we don't need to talk about how many months and months of therapy visits and doctor appointments I put on credit cards #among other things #but I had to put my foot down about it a couple months ago and shout at myself a little saying HEY #I AM SHAKING YOU BY THE SHOULDERS I AM SHOUTING FOR YOU TO HEAR #OF COURSE IT WAS A TERRIBLE FINANCIAL DECISION BUT YOU WEREN'T EVEN EXPECTING TO BE ALIVE #THE CREDIT CARD DEBT WAS NECESSARY TO KEEP YOU ALIVE AND IT DID AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS WAY LESS IMPORTANT THAN THAT #why the FUCK are you feeling SO ASHAMED for making the best decision you knew how to make at the time??? #just because you know NOW that you could have tried some other options doesn't mean you did THEN #you may have known enough to feel shame and guilt yes but you would never in a million years have gotten the help you needed fast enough #by attempting to go another route #you didn't trust anyone besides a very few handfuls of people and even them it wasn't fully #and the stress of running it through parental insurance was so terrifying to you bc you didn't know what that would do #and you never had cosigners for anything your whole adult life. it's OKAY #you fucking DID YOUR BEST #YOU HAVE LEARNED. YOU HAVE MADE CHANGES. YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE BETTER #YOU WILL CONTINUE TO LEARN AND IMPROVE OVER TIME #it is not the end of the world. even the utilities sending you to debt collections etc etc #YOU ARE FIGURING IT OUT ONE PIECE AT A TIME #MORE PEOPLE ARE ASHAMED AND AFRAID OF THEIR OWN FINANCES THAN YOU THINK #if the people who fought and argued with and shamed you for considering student loans much less taking them out #had wanted you to actually be financially safer and healthier #they could have just fucking helped out or cosigned your loans or actively helped you find other solutions #instead of spending months and months telling you it was the worst decision ever and would ruin you financially for decades and such #you made the best decisions you could with the level of terror and knowledge that you had. it was enough to keep you alive. #isn't that enough? #isn't it a victory to survive?? isn't that enough?????? #god i'm cringing at sharing this but if it's been this hard for me surely at LEAST one of you has also made financial mistakes or regrets #and seeing me be honest that I fucked it all up too and it's a mess and I'm just climbing back through it as best as I can as I go #will hopefully make at least one of you feel a tiny bit less alone

[oddtripps]

“All nightmares start as dreams,

All love starts as a scheme,

. . .

So wake me up

I’m tired of sleeping ”

He’s so sad face emoji dreary face emoji wtf

I’ll update the punishland!au once I get another stupid baby puter because my old one was hanging on by a thread lmao.

Poor doods been through hell with this stupid little clump!!!!

Wants 2 go back home. :((

#dhmis #punishland!yellow my beloved #don’t hug me I’m scared #his tagged ear is because he was sold by Roy to Red + Bird #imagine your dad flat out selling you to a stranger cause you said I love you to his face #I’ll complain about tags all I want I h8 them homie!! #finally fixed my SD card but my DS is still poopy waaa #vomits lore about punishland in bit because I’m a fool and a clown and a jester #I’ll do it later MUM I’m BUSY being GAMER (( playing Pokemon go cause I love collecting doods. wtf. )) #anywy punishland!yellow can’t talk because his voice box was ripped out by Roy just before he was given to Redd #so he’s forever in a sad state of longing and silence teehee #he draw a bunch and it’s always pictures of his dad and clowns cause it’s the only thing that makes him happy #he keeps hope that one day Roy will by him back but 4 now he sits on his stupid little chair and draws and draws and draws #I LOVE PUTTING MY PUPPET SON THROUGH ANGST WAAAAA #Spotify

[perenlop]

another thing i really love about cassette beasts is like, yes its very obviously got pokemon influence even when you ignore that theyre from the same genre (and i gotta stress INFLUENCE here, not ripoff) but its also got enough content to stand on its own feet. like this isnt just “pokemon to the left”, its a character focused survival story focused on helping out the community and doing your part, that involves connections and fusions and an entire overworld full of puzzles and quests. its a ton of fun

#i was talking to eve about this but i also like how the stuff thats influenced never feels like pretentious? #like the bootlegs are clearly influenced by shinies but theyre also very different- its not just a color swap- theres actual stat changes #and type changes to take into account so it really is a wild card #but that doesn’t necessarily make shinies worse. sometimes a color swap is all you need #or the professor guy in the ranger station whos like an expy of the professors #and part of it is that hes NOT a professor at all actually- hes just a sci fi nerd who loves playing the part #but it doesnt feel like a jab or an edgy parody or anything- not at all #mostly cause they show ingame that he DOES help new wirral a lot and he loves what he does for them #and hes still a useful guy in the game #echoed voice #it also helps that the animals arent your friends like in pokemon fjfjfjfjfj no they hate you #youre collecting data not the actual beasts #there’s no theme about connecting with the beasts or building a symbotic relationship #not out of a select few anyways #i also feel like this is the ideal adult pokemon experience bc its got the same vibe but its distinctly more adult in its themes #like. theres a body count in this game djfjfjfjfj #but it doesnt feel shoehorned in for the sake of going ‘’this aint your GRANDMAS pokemon’’

[babylonbirdmeat]

I still maintain that having Kpop Friends if you're like a Rare Music sort of person is vital you have more in common than you think!!! We are like the two groups that massively appreciate the Physical Release!!!

#Dama speaks #Vibes with my kpop mutuals about the joys of physical releases #NO ONE will understand your longing for the Mater Suspiria Vision tarot deck like the photo card collecting kpop fans

[miabrown007]

sometimes, three hours into a youtube rabbit-hole, you have a profound realization that you are not at all this channel's target audience

#every time the target audience turns out to be 'men' #disappointing that this can still surprise me #guy explaining stocks: i'm sure you all used to have collectible cards about cars #guy explaining parkour: and when you do this jump + landing you need to be really careful because you don't want to hurt your lower regions #guy explaining chess: something equally unrelatable that I don't remember #guy explaining dnd build: big same #I mean I guess it's nothing I always just *deep sigh* #miaing

[run2u]

update on my giant binder .. i need to buy another one

#LMAOOO #i filled that girl up #and my lit cards r coming ... oh brother #maybe one for album and one for pob/merch #this is crazy #do not get into photocard collecting if you care about your bank account

[brittlebutch]

going two layers deep in a fantasy to 1) a world where the bird trading cards from that make some noise prompt are real and then 2) world where they have insect trading cards of the same variety

#N posts stuff #‘i’ll trade you three acorn weevils for your sappho underwing’ type shit #my parents have been pushing me to think about going back to school for a different bachelors or perhaps a masters #i like bugs a lot but i also can never quite tell if i’m ‘smart enough’ or interested in the right things for a entomology degree #always default back to the internal acknowledgement that my interest is a lot more Visual than intellectual #so no degree. but then the thought pattern always leads back into ‘it would be So nice to have a bunch of insect cards that you could sort #and collect and rearrange and all’ such a thing isn’t real i think #but actually it could be if i wanted it to be actually; i do really enjoy drawing/painting insects #only i haven’t done any art in goddamn Months there’s been a gray void in that area of my brain instead #but hey maybe one day i guess ; but first i’d have to finish this painting one of my brothers asked for Months and Months ago oops #you might realize that we lost the thread on getting a second degree entirely. i usually do; it’s hard to feel like it’s worth the effort #and all the alterations to my schedule when my first degree turned out essentially useless lmao. #so that just makes me want to go a layer deeper in the fantasy to a world where i could learn just to learn instead of needing to be #some vague and esoteric notion of ‘employable’. alas.

[naiivemelodyy]

current hobby: jumpscaring friends by saying “recently i got back into x hyperfixation” knowing damn well they didn’t know i was into x hyperfixation in the first place

#this is abt tf2 :) #there’s a reason that game hasn’t died yet. that shit is silly lighthearted fun #tf you mean you don’t enjoy a game where you dress 9 mentally unstable men in silly outfits like barbie dolls and make em shoot each other #there r so many options #do you want the stinky french man who makes tasteful ‘ur mom’ jokes and can shapeshift? #or perhaps the texan that chopped off his own arm to replace it with a robotic one just because he can. who also has 11 phds #or maybe the other phd holder who can fight bears with his bare hands and names his weapons after pretty lady names? #or god forbid the ‘doctor’ who doesn’t have his medical license + cheated satan out of death twice + stole someone’s spine #the demo jokes write themselves in that he literally wrote them—who wouldn’t wanna be an alcoholic black scottish cyclops? #pyro is the perfect option for those who love a mystery or perhaps just those who hate gender #there’s the soldier that was deemed so mentally unstable that he couldn’t enlist in wwii but showed up to germany w guns a-blazing anyway #and the australian who’s actually from new zealand who pees in jars and who’s name is literally mun dee. mick mundy. jfc #and last but not least #the kid outside of your local dunkin’ donuts who won’t shut the fuck up about his baseball card collection #live laugh love tf2 #brett.txt

[birchisnotokay]

Reginald often has nightmares about Terrence's dethrone

not because of Terrence, but because he had to sacrifice someone he was close to. Though he couldn't remember who that person is..

#laughs in upcoming angst animation idea #deck of cards hc #← if youre familiar w this tag i think you know who the person is #birch's thsc headcanon nonsense #thsc #the henry stickmin collection #reginald copperbottom #terrence suave #okay nvm you dont need to know about the hc literally by looking at the tags you know who it is #ellie rose #totally wise stuff

[heartvisor]

really most of them are goofy anecdotes or little character details, but every so often these chips throw me a scenario or recollection that makes me want to cry and it really catches me off-guard every time

#alike in one's lonely pains..... sharing one's hard-fought happiness........ a rider is a weeping creature of love........... #imagine opening your potato chips for your fun little collectible card #and it is about ruriko's completely heartrending loneliness with a picture of the ''i am borrowing your shoulder'' scene #i would die. openly sobbing at snack time. #krtext

[dravidious]

Did you know you're aaaaaawwweeeessome?

Started making like. An Actual Set. With structure and rarities and stuff. Themed around the modified keyword, with different modifications. Here's the white commons

#asks #custom cards #names are temporary #the flavor is a work in progress #each of the 3 modifications is associated with a different group/ideology #(not sure if ideology is the right word) #but like +1/+1 counters are all about teamwork and collective strength and creatures #auras have a “serving a higher power” idea that could be government or religion #equipment are about individual strength. no kings or allies just you and your sword #i've assigned the modifications to colors but i'm not sure about the actual worldbuilding yet so there's no real names or flavor text #equipment is grixis (blue-black-red) because they're the most individualistic colors #auras are bant (green-white-blue) because they're the most fitting for working for a higher power/greater good #and +1/+1 counters ended up being aggression (black-red-green-white) to balance everything out #i wanted each color to have 2 factions so even though black is a bad fit for teamwork it's even WORSE for “greater good” #who are these factions? what do they do? #idk #the equipment faction probably isn't an actual group #their whole thing is that they're individuals #maybe the plot is that everyone is getting aggressive #aura-church is getting more oppressive equipment-randos are bandits or something counter-peeps are starting a communist revolution #and none of them can ignore the others anymore so war happens #also i've made the blue commons already #i found some nice articles by mark rosewater about set design called nuts & bolts #especially the ones on design skeletons #the old one is outdated and the new one is about large sets so i had to improvise #but it works #i'll finish the commons then make uncommons #figure out the flavor somewhere along the way #and i GUESS i'll do rares too. if i have to #maybe i won't

[beastenraged]

Gamer bois don’t get any rights after complaining about making things “too easy” in relatively recent Pokemon games. 

Not after I just had to explain to my little brother how the Box system works, after he hit the second island in Ultra Sun. 

#video gaming #pokemon #the bro plays pokemon #he was complaining about how he doesn't like catching pokemon #my brother in blood you LOVE collecting pokemon cards in real life #the game is just an electronic version of that #100% because he didn't know you can send pokemon to the box after catching them #instead of constantly kicking out your party pokemon

[automatayaoi]

Absolutely shaking please for the love of god don’t do end game content if you don’t understand your class

#Listen i don’t want to be that person but if i’m in endgame and you’ve healing like you got three spells and a toothpick im kicking your ass #had The Worst healer in abyssos 8 rn #CO HEALER #CO HEALER BTW #WE WERE BOTH AST SO I KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT #died like five times. ok fine maybe youre new to this raid and dont know the mechs. this i can forgive. #but i swear to fucking God they didn’t use have their goddamn actions #NOT ONCE did i see them pop earthly star. NOT ONCE did i see macrocosmos. #no celestial opposition. no horoscope. #hard heals only. #NO CARD PULLS #THE ENTIRE P O I N T OF PLAYING ASY #AND NO CARD PULLS #this is how i KNOW they dont play ast: they kept fucking up collective unconscious #they’d pop it then immediately start moving or start casting another spell #NO!!! YOU GOTTA STAY STILL FOR COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS!!!! #Losing my fucking mind. Felt like i was healing that entire raid by my own damn self #half the party wiped cuz they catgirl ass couldnt figure out heal over time #ok. ok. sorry. im done. #Actually one more thing #bitch then had the audacity. The Fucking Gall. To win almost ALL the armor pieces. #I hope your internet dies and your electricity blows out #frog croak

[bobbyisgay]

having a bf who owns numerous pokemon cards is great. (especially if you know nothing about pokemon, like me)

like yeah baby tell me all about what this one does, i have no idea what those words mean.

#pokemon #love #i know nothing about this #yeah keep telling me about your cards youve collected #ooh that one's pretty

[clmfusded24-7]

I HATE writing essays.

how did Hamilton write 51 essays in the span of 6 months and I can't even rewrite 2 paragraphs in a week

MOST OF THE WORK IS DONE FOR ME.

it's a second draft it's been marked and the teacher has written over it what to write and I can't even pick up my pencil.

accurate interpretation of me ^

#im listening to hard to be the bard as if that is ever going to help because all i hear is him talking about how much he hates writing #and im sitting there like “youve got a good point maybe i should stop now” #also all it makes me think of is vox which also isnt helping me in anyway #i really need to get diagnosed for adhd i have too many symptoms #i already have an autism diagnosis #i should collect them like pokemon cards #or stds whatever floats your boat #essays #worst subject award goes to *🥁🥁 #ENGLISH #wooooooo #your a winner #this is a petition to burn down the SQA #if anyone would like to help it would be much abliged #english #sqa #essay writing #im never gonna get this essay done #my writing sucks ass anyway its not like its gonna get any marks #hazbin hotel #vox #voxval #spongebob