#and goodwill

[see-arcane]

Mina's incredible (and underrated) detective prowess would be very useful I bet. Put her on the helm Integra, Van Helsing praised her brains as being above everyone's including himself for a reason.

I honestly can't guess what the chemistry between Integra and Mina would be. Integra doesn't really click with me as a classically heroic character, for all that she does focus on saving humanity from the undead via Alucard and her forces, being the Boss Lady etc etc. She's miles away from being as insidious as an Amanda Waller, but...

The hotel. The fucking hotel will never leave me.

Yes, the order went directly against 'soldiers of the enemy,' but those soldiers had been lied to about who and what they were charging into. Which was obvious even without being a fly on the wall to know their higher-ups had fed them some BS to march them into death and win their own power grab from Millennium. She didn't tell Alucard to 'make it quick' or even just to 'neutralize.' She told him to search and destroy. Folding to Alucard's egging and negging to seem like a Worthy War Commander in the grand scheme~ of the plot

She's not heartless, exactly, but she is arctic and surprisingly quick to breeze past the loss of lives that aren't under her direct care/command. While she might respect Mina's abilities and investigative skills--I wouldn't be surprised if Mina could intuit Millennium's endgame well before the climax could happen--Integra inherited none of her ancestor's warm regard, supposing Abraham van Hel(l)sing had any of the original's tenderness in him (50/50 considering this takes place in aggro horror territory). We can't even say if this universe's Mina played any big role in cornering Dracula; she might just have been a targeted damsel.

All that said, I think Integra would see Mina as another time-displaced bleeding heart with a few useful skills, same as Jonathan. Someone to be an ally at best, a liability at worst. So I don't see her handing over any reins or offering to be co-girlbosses any time soon :c

#Integra is a good character #but not my favorite #Hirano let her look cool a lot and stand imposingly and smoke cigars #she got to shoot a few bad guys including the Major himself! #but the lion's share of development and interesting actions were all Alucard's and occasionally Seras' #I think the story kind of fumbled a lot of her potential to be more than Boss Lady who has cooler/more powerful people do stuff AROUND her #rather than let her really do anything herself without somebody else being the driving muscle/energy #Mina by contrast is ACTIVE #even working within the constraints of being a young woman in the Victorian era #she is hauling ass and making connections and paving the road to victory against Dracula himself #all while having a massively open heart that takes in so many people #like the rest of the original Drac Attack Pack it isn't just the loss of Lucy that drives them #she and Jonathan and Van Helsing and the Suitors all lock down on Thwarting Dracula #because if they just sit back and do nothing then He Wins and Humanity Loses--they became the OG Vampire Hunter Gang out of necessity #and goodwill #whereas Integra kind of just inherits Hellsing and its mission with the same vibe as someone inheriting Dad's job #maybe if we'd gotten scenes where it shows how she's handling the toll of running things; the sacrifices made in blood and its effects #I'd see more chemistry in potentia between her and someone as dynamic as Mina #but as it stands #I think Mina would just be another new accessory #anyway #integra hellsing #mina harker #dracula #hellsing

[pseudospectre]

So it turns out you can just buy old x-rays off ebay

#i had wire and a 3 dollar lamp from goodwill that had no shade #what else was i supposed to do? #handmade #arts and crafts #spooky #creepy #xray lampshade #bones #Halloween #once i figured out how to accurately cut the panels to the right size and shape #it went together pretty easy #and now my work office is that much cooler :)

[noblehcart]

when am i going to get THIS au/relationship for liesel though?!

#// ooc #/ liesel ivanov / aesthetics #this girl double coupons on sale days and shops thrift #and goodwill

[shiftythrifting]

"tator" cards from a Milwaukee goodwill

#thrifting #shiftythrifting #submission #mysterious tator #goodwill #what #tator tarot?! #lost in translation

[everydaylouie]

CAT PIANO

#video #music #louie's tunes #cat #found at goodwill for 2 dollars. top tier instrument

[heckyeahponyscans]

Spotted at Goodwill: guys buying a lifesize plush tiger

#tigers #plushies #stuffed animals #goodwill #thrifting

[coolmugsifound]

“Home Sweet Home” Brandywine mug (1982)

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#mug #coolmugsifound #mugs #vintage #thrift store #thrift finds #goodwill #ebay #art #cross stitch #cottagecore #cozy

[anarchotolkienist]

The reason why social media has gotten so much worse recently (reddits recent fuck-up, everything on Twitter since Musk, FB being FB, Tumblrs various attempts at expanding profitability recently) is because it is no longer possible to exist as a company by fencing in large parts of our social life and having investment money pump in on the basis of expected future value of that amount of information when it suddenly costs money to loan money due to suddenly high interest rates after the inflationary crisis of the last year, which has made the current model of the Internet that has existed for the last about 10 years completely unsustainable. All of them need to become profitable or die, and they are learning very quickly that that just isn't possible no matter how much of the life and information of the users one steals. We are witnessing the death-throes of Web2.0, and what comes after is as yet unclear.

#edit: A subscription model has been suggested in the notes which I don't think is sustainable at least not for the Big Three #I mean Tumblr is by far the social media with the highest user goodwill and investment but even here #doing it in an unobtrusive way wasn't significantly helpful #I actually think one of the only ways for this model to continue would be some form of nationalisation #but I doubt that it would happen at the moment barring a serious shift in politics in like the US

[apathyfairy]

last year i found a wii at goodwill for 25 dollars and it came with everything except a wiimote but it was in such good condition i was like hell yeah ill take it how hard can it be to find a wiimote. the answer is it's nearly impossible to find them at thrift stores now so i've spent like 8 months looking for ones in thrift stores but there wasn't a single one and then online but i just couldn't bring myself to spend 30 dollars on one single wiimote so i waited so. patiently. and then 2 weeks ago i finally found one at goodwill for 9 dollars but it was absolutely disgusting and the battery cover was missing and the compartment was all corroded so i put it back and regretted it the whole week but then this last weekend i went to savers and there was an absolutely perfect wiimote just sitting there with no corrosion and a jacket and the wrist strap and motion plus and the nunchuck was there too and i got it all for 10 dollars so the moral of the story is that sometimes things seem right for you in the moment but you have to recognize that they aren't and leave them behind so the things that are meant for you will in fact find you when the time is right. peace and love <3

#for real though im so happy i cant even lie like i regretted selling my wii soooooo much but anyway im back baby <3 #im disinfecting everything rn bc i have a germ problem but once it it's done.....i am SO back #when i first got it i didnt have the remote right so i couldnt plug it in and make sure that it worked but i did just plug it into an outle #to make sure it ran and it did and wii sports resort popped out of the drive so thats fun bc i didnt have that one #and anyway i might cry when i hear the menu sound ngl ngl. #but the city i live in is like an overgrown retirement home and so the goodwill is full of old people things and this wii had stickers #like explaining which cord was which so i just know it was a wii that they bought for like grandmas house and only played it when they were #over there so anyway cant wait to see what's on there and if the news channel and weather channel are still on the homepage even though #i dont think they work anymore lol #also shoutout to the type a kid who kept their wiimote in such perfect condition that i wanted to cry when i saw it sitting on the shelf #ty <3

[cultreslut]

a dedication written on the inside of the front cover of my copy of crash by jg ballard

[TRANSCRIPT: Susan - I'm going to miss working along side you. Let's keep in touch. I hope you enjoy this book. You always like the weird shit! - Issac]

#crash #crash 1996 #crash 1973 #books #the book has a dog ear sometime in chapter six and ended up in the hands of goodwill so . i guess we know how that turned out #cultreslut

[homunculus-argument]

I think the reason why I love the concept of gallery walls so much is because it combines my appreciation of maximalism without giving me anxiety over clutter. The perfect way to have A Lot Going On, without having a lot of stuff. Even if there's a minimal amount of actual stuff in the house, either furniture, decor, or personal belongings, it creates a nice sense of character and home. You're far more likely to run out of stuff you can put on a gallery wall, than have too much and nowhere to put it. Observe:

Bland. Featureless. Sterile, not in the sense of cleanliness but in the sense of being neutered. It does not fuck. But what if we put all the things on the wall?

Holy shit cozy!! This is a home, full of your personal character. You can literally arrange a moodboard of all of your favourite things. Make it exclusively animal skulls and illuminated X-ray images, artistic pornography, shittily made drawings of the eiffel tower. Whatever makes you happy. You can't go wrong.

#Also every single goodwill I have been to has A Pile of picture frames somewhere #you could probably buy them in bulk from there

[crappyhomemadegifs]

I'm not sure if I believe in miracles, but then I saw this at a Goodwill in Southwest Dallas:

#gay #pride #goodwill #thrifting

[mudwerks]

(via Saw this giant plug at goodwill and have no clue where it goes to. : pics)

#it's the porn-hose #technical term #giant network cable #or something #goodwill

[werecreature-addicted]

a woman told me "Pretty thing like you shouldn't have to do hard work," when I tried and failed to get a heavy box I was trying to donate out of my car and hmmmmm if I don't get fucked in the next two seconds I'm going to explode.

#I'm failing upwards bay-be #i've charmed her with my weak arms and pretty face #now we will make sweet love in the donation drive through of this goodwill #and I will surely die in the process #but what a way to go #I also think she was making fun of me #but hey that won't stop me #i'm so into women

[coolmugsifound]

"Between the houses of friends the road is never long/The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it" Hallmark Mug Mates mug (1985)

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#mug #coolmugsifound #mugs #vintage #ebay #thrift finds #thrift store #goodwill #ceramics #80s #quotes #misc