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askarsjustsoswedish · 7 months

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Alexander Skarsgård, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook – Succession 4.05, Kill List – Lukas Matsson, Kendall Roy, Roman Roy, Shiv Roy – HBO Max, Sky Atlantic.

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serpentarius · 9 months

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#seriously makes me so sad that all the amazing sdcc promo material and teaser dropped once the strike already started #and the panels had to be cancelled #like I just hope they all know how insanely appreciative we are for their AMAZING work #they didn’t have to give us that teaser but they did 🥺#IWTV #this is my entire personality now sorry not sorry #JUST to be clear I fully support the wga and sag aftra strike #but I am still sad #interview with the vampire #iwtv s2

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towerquest · 7 months

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@unexpectedly-wizardposting: Nah, nothing we want from a mute skeleton. Let's go upstairs.

Okay. The skeleton doesn't do anything to stop us from leaving; in fact, it waves good-bye. (Xil waves back.)

Now, as a reminder, I entered the tower through a grate that dropped me into a basement level, and from there I seeped through a crack in the ground into the level where I've spent most of my time so far, which means this level is basically the second level down underground. So going up one level will bring us back to the floor where I first entered.

Anyway, from the skull room we pass through the room with the symbol on the ground...

..and going through the left door from there, of course, takes us back to the staircase.

Partway up the staircase there's a door on the left. There's no doorknob on the door, just a big keyhole. Which isn't much of an obstacle under the circumstances, because I can easily just, you know, liquefy myself and go through the keyhole, and then open the door from the other side.

Or we could keep going up farther; I can see that farther up the staircase is a trapdoor, and I guess beyond that trapdoor should be the aboveground part of the tower.

So I guess the choice is whether to go through the door or continue up to the trapdoor. I mean, okay, sure, there are other things we could also do, like jump down the shaft in the middle, or jump across the shaft to the landing on the opposite side, or wait here and see if anyone shows up, but those two choices seem like the most obvious options.

As always, I'm taking suggestions for what we should do next.

#Sorry it's been so long since the last update #I know I keep saying I'll get these done more often #Like I said in a recent post on my main blog things have been tough lately because of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes #But anyway it finally looks like those are almost over #(Once again I support the unions 100% and place the blame for the strikes dragging on so long fully on the AMPTP)#tower quest #quest #cyoa #wizardposting #wizard posting

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neil-gaiman · 9 months

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Hello Neil! Asking again about the strike here.

I just read this tweet. My question is: if an union sets a deal with the organisation they're striking for, why keep striking?

I know it says solidarity, but doesn't making a deal and not returning to work make things more difficult? Wouldn't the AMPTP step back regarding negotiations with WGA if they saw they don't get their writers back yet?

I'm asking genuinely and sincerely here. I fully support the WGA and SAG-AFTRA. I hope this didn't come out as disrespectful or something.

Also, are you optimistic about this? Do you think negotiations will be satisfactory?

Have a nice day/evening!

That's a rumour from an uncredited source. And one thing the union asks, and that I will try and do, is to ignore rumours, and assume something is just noise unless it come from official channels.

So unless I hear it on official lines, I'm going to assume it's not a thing.

I hope that the WGA strike ends soon, with the writers getting an acceptable deal, and I hope the SAG strike ends soon too, with the actors getting an acceptable deal.

#sag aftra strike #wga strike

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updatingranboo · 9 months

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ranboo tweet... uh

["This was such a good joke and I am appalled by the fact that it has not gone absolutely bonkers viral. I mean is comedy dead? I just dont understand how a regular human being can read the word "Greans" (A combination of green and jeans) followed by an image of, well, green jeans, and not absolutely evacuate themselves in laughter.

I believe this has something to do with the fact that comedy as we know it is dying. It has become too mainstream in todays media and that is the main problem. Gone are the days where silly little guys in their silly little hop hats are able to go "knock knock" and absolutely change the world. Nowadays you have to have so many things that go into a joke for it to remotely even be funny, setup, punchline the whole ordeal. Whatever happened to just a simple Practicality joke? Whatever happened to just being able to slap someone and be the headlining act?

The world is so full of so called "comedians" these days it makes me sick. All these people do is spend hours writing and practicing their act in order to try and sway an audience to have a good time listening to their words. For SHAME! Comedy used to be just two people on a stage just slapping eachother and going "knock knock" for twenty hours. Whatever happened to the good ol days where people just laughed at whatever someone said because their brain hadnt fully developed?

This is why I believe that I am going to start performing my comedy acts to a bunch of babies. An absolute hoard of newborns. I will make my jokes to them and they will laugh for they truly understand what humor should be. I will go to a hospital in that little room they have where it is very easy to switch said babies and cause a bit of a ruckus, but instead of doing that (very funny joke) I will simply perform for them and relish in their cheers and guffaws.

It is sad that one has to turn to performing to just babies in order for the world to understand the complexity of ones said humor, but alas if its what I must do its what I must do. Maybe one day we will revert back to absolute comedy anarchy, where the chicken has not yet crossed the road, but until then I will continue to strive and push forward in this dark age of comedy.

Maybe a complete reset of what we find funny is in order, maybe we have lost what humor once was for us. We obviously have considering my VERY FUNNY TWEET does not have a bazillion likes and has not spun off at least 30 million movie deals. (Please note that this joke is satire, and Ranboo stands in solidarity with the SAG-AFTRA strikes. Support actors and writers. -A message from Ranboo)

I spent time and effort making this tweet, I saw the green jeans in front of my eyes (which are very squishy) and my neurons fired and made this absolute gem of a joke. I was excited to share it with the world, I tweeted it nearly right after I saw it, excited to see what new adventures this tweet could bring me. I went to bed all cozy smiling like a child on christmas eve night, excited for the morning. When I woke I turned to check my phone instantly, my eyes racing to see the like total. What would it be? 500k? A million? I was surprised that my dms hadnt blown up with a personal message from every billionaire going "let me give you all of my money I can never make anything as good as your "Greans" tweet" but It must have been a glitch.

I was appalled to see that my tweet had only 30K??? 30K for the pinnacle of all of human achievement? A slap in the face of innovation is what it felt like. Like when that thomas edison guy ate a stolen lightbulb or something idk what he did really but I remember the person who made that lightbulb which he ate probably felt really sad and I felt really sad so I felt a deep connection with that person.

I quickly fell into a great depression, this is what all of my life had lead up to: one sad tweet. I didnt see the outside for years because of this tweet. I thought to myself "why would they do this?", "Isnt humanity supposed to be kind, supportive, and have a sense of humor when it comes to differently colored jean jokes?" (dcjj as I call them), and "Man I should probably have a burger" (I did) (very yummy) but as I ate my burger all I could taste were my TEARS as I chomped into it from the top down. It felt like I couldnt do anything right. Until thats when it hit me.

Im not the problem, EVERYONE ELSE IS! My humor isnt "bad" or "unfunny" or "makes me want to find a microwave and cause it to malfunction so I either become the hulk or die" (Please do not try this. -Another Ranboo message) It has to be that simply I am so far ahead in the world when it comes to comedy that my time has simply just not yet come! My jokes will be funny to a different generation, which will be frowned upon at first but I will quickly be welcomed with open arms, and told that I am an innovator, a true scholar of all that is funny.

And so I wait for that day. I wait for the day that people look back on my Greans tweet and realize, that without a doubt that it is the funniest thing that they have ever seen. The problem is not with my joke, the problem is with the world, and thats what makes humanity beautiful, is that it evolves, it changes, it doesnt stick to its mindset that a tweet that has the word "Greans" followed by a pair of green jeans doesnt get a BAZILLION LIKES! I wait for that day, and for those of you who are with me, I hope you wait patiently as well. Stay strong."]

#this is how i found out tumblr has a character limit per block #well. have fun reading #i sure did #ranboo #ranboo update #twitter update #ranboosaysstuff tweet

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ianspideythompson · 10 months

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Creatives on Strike (WGA + SAG-AFTRA)

Now that SAG-AFTRA is officially joining the WGA on the picket lines, many of your favorite shows and films you're looking forward to that were already facing major delays will now face even longer delays.

Don't blame the writers or the actors. Blame the studios for refusing to compensate them fairly. I've spoken a bit about what studios are trying to do to the profession of screenwriting in my last post about the WGA strike, but I'll be focusing on acting in this one.

It's easy to see the headlines about actors striking and go "Why are the actors striking? What the hell are they complaining about? They're all millionaires. They don't need more money!". And if SAG-AFTRA was an exclusive cool kid's club with only A-Listers amongst their ranks, maybe there's a point there. But it's not and there isn't.

There are countless working actors in SAG-AFTRA either making an honest living or living paycheck to paycheck like so many in the country are right now. Over the past few years, I've gotten to know and work with some incredibly talented actors, and even dabble in some acting myself. It's not easy work and they deserve to be fully compensated for it, whether their famous or not. And the working actors just trying to make a living like everyone else deserves it the most.

While writers are the backbone of film and television, creating worlds and characters through treatments and scripts, actors help tell those stories by bringing those characters to life through their performances. With no script or actors, you got nothing.

While I'm not a member of either guild, as an aspiring writer who does some acting every now and then, I stand with both 100%. Writers and Actors deserve to be properly compensated for their work.

Please show your support for the WGA and SAG-AFTRA on strike!

Solidarity forever.

Read more about the SAG-AFTRA strike here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sag-aftra-strike-what-know-actors-writers-wga-rcna94075

#WGA #WGA Strike #sag-aftra #writers strike #actors strike #sagaftra #sag-aftra strike #i stand with the wga #support the wga #actors #workers solidarity #Solidarity Forever #current events #writers' strike #writers #writers guild of america

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renthony · 10 months

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I'm halting my cosplay in solidarity with SAG-AFTRA.

SAG-AFTRA has released official guidelines & an FAQ for influencers, including cosplayers.

To cover my own ass as a potential future member, and to support the strikers as fully as I can, I am officially halting all new cosplay construction, photoshoots, and filming for properties owned and produced by any of the currently-struck studios. The studios may start trying to recruit influencers as scabs, and I refuse to participate in that foolishness.

I will resume if and when SAG-AFTRA calls off the strike. In the meantime, any costumed work I do for social media or for Patreon will be limited to original characters.

#original post #current events

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inlovewithhisblueeyes · 10 months

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So SAG-AFTRA is on strike, here’s what it means for you as a viewer

1) For Americans, it means the fall cable tv slots are going to be either re-runs or previously recorded content that was already scheduled to come out.

2) For non Americans, it means you will in the same boat and not be getting any new American episodes or shows until the strike is over and even then it will be at least 3-4 months before they have stuff filmed.

3) Any production that is still ongoing even though the writers walked out first, will most likely be shut down which includes House of the Dragon. The studios are trying to push the agenda in the news that they won’t be because most non-American actors are a part of Equity. Most Equity members are also SAG-AFTRA members or the productions are based in the US making them partially in SAG-AFTRA territory.

The productions will either shut down fully or they will film what they can with people who are not SAG-AFTRA members which will not allow them to stay open for long. Especially considering productions like HOTD have been violating the rules of the writers strike by having non-writers take over that job.

You may be asking hey Madi what can I do as a viewer to help?

1) Donate to strike funds. Especially as the heat as ramped up here in LA and the strikers will need ice and water.

Strike Fund for Picketers - covers water, ice, snacks, and financial needs of the Protestors

Entertainment Community Fund - helps out all those who work in the entertainment business that are affected by the shutdowns

2) Buy WGA or SAG-AFTRA merch directly from their shops. Its’s a great way to help the cause and represent their cause even if you might not live in NYC or LA. Plus their items are union made!

WGA Shop

SAG-AFTRA Shop

3) Join the Picket Lines.

WGA Picket Locations - Lists both NYC and LA picket spots.

SAG-AFTRA Locations - TBA abut most likely the same as WGA.

4) Spread the word on your socials. Maybe you don’t live close but spreading the word online is helpful. Make it so the executives cannot escape what they’ve done.

5) Do not engage with the social media that’s coming from the studios/entertainment companies accounts. No liking, watching, saving, etc. Make their metrics hurt and maybe even unfollow. But don’t go spamming their accounts with comments supporting the strike. The people behind the social media accounts aren’t the ones to blame.

#sag aftra #sag aftra strike #wga #wga strike #entertainment news #pay your writers #pay your actors #stop being greedy zaslav #house of the dragon #hbo series

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hawkinafabulousbooty · 9 months

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I fully support the SAG-AFTRA strike and I love the actors are standing beside them.

I'm just a little sad we don't get to see them freak out with us over the great work they did with this movie 🥺

#red white and royal blue #rwrb prime #rwrb film #red white and royal blue movie

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nerdyvocals · 10 months

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So with SAG-AFTRA joining the WGA strike, the cast have announced on the campaign accounts that they will cease posting about the show for the duration of the strike per the SAG strike order. This is an important and very good thing that is happening for the future of all film and television, not just Pink Ladies.

What this means, of course, is that it is now fully on us, the fans, to keep this campaign alive. Given how much cast and crew interaction we've had so far, it will probably feel discouraging to have that disappear. But if we want to save the show, we can't let the momentum die.

I don't know enough about how anything works regarding purchasing the rights to host and renew a canceled show, but I would be very surprised if any headway was made while the strike is happening. On the one hand, I could see a new network picking up the a show with a guaranteed audience and therefore revenue when no new content can be made, but given that the strike started in part due to major companies being unwilling to pay fair wages and residuals, I find it unlikely. And there's not going to be any renewals when there are no writers or actors.

That said, the posts said that the Canadian cast and crew will be answering questions from here on in, so I will update this with their instructions when they are given, but for now, as I understand, we just need to keep doing what we've been doing. So for now, keep making edits, creating art, writing fics (my Steady, Steady follow up should hopefully be out this week if all goes to plan!) and using the tags.

It's up to us now guys, so Think Pink and support the strike!

#grease rise of the pink ladies #rise of the pink ladies #rotpl #save our pinks #save rise of the pink ladies #save rotpl

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askarsjustsoswedish · 7 months

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Alexander Skarsgård, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin – Succession 4.05, Kill List – Lukas Matsson, Kendall Roy, Roman Roy – HBO Max, Sky Atlantic.

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orlaogden · 9 months

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Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton supporting SAG-AFTRA strike

Jim Carter: I’m here today as an Equity member of 50-odd years to stand behind SAG-AFTRA. I fully support it. Most Equity members do, because their fight is our fight. What they’re doing is absolutely right and I applaud them.

Jim Carter: We’re not being paid properly for our work. Streaming services take our work and we have no control over where it’s shown or how many people see it. They’re not open about how many people see things so we don’t get properly recompensed for it. That’s ridiculous. Our performance isn’t just for the premiere and opening night; it’s for as long as it lasts, and we should be fairly recompensed for that.

Imelda Staunton: SAG-AFTRA strike isn’t an American problem, or an English problem but rather a global problem. [The] streaming services seem to be paying themselves and not the creatives. The issue of AI is here. We need to talk about how it’s going to affect people’s financial circumstances. Most actors and most writers and performers seem to be at the bottom of the pile when the pay packet is issued, so I think that needs sorting out as soon as possible.

Source

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#jim carter #imelda staunton #jimelda #power couple #sag aftra strike #equity

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towerquest · 10 months

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@unexpectedly-wizardposting: You're Xil's partner and floscle is ya'lls pet. It's not that complex, skeleton.

Oh, gosh… if I still had a face (as opposed to having had my top half bitten off by that man-eating plant), I think I'd be blushing.

No, but I get what you're saying; it doesn't have to be true; it just has to satisfy the skeleton.

As for Flocsle… I don't think we taught her the word for "pet" and I don't know if she learned enough English that she'd really comprehend what we were saying, but even if she did I think she's understand.

Or Xil is bringing floscle to another part of the tower and just happened to pick up a piece of a statue(you)

Hmm, I don't think we could really sell the statue bit. I mean, maybe if we'd planned that from the beginning so I could have tried to hold perfectly still, but as it is I'm pretty sure I've been twitching a little. And even if I was perfectly still, I don't know what a statue would be made of that's bluish-green and translucent.

But maybe we can combine the two explanations; use the first idea to explain me and the second to explain Flocsle…

"So, this is my partner; I don't think the two of you have met. Well, it's what's left of my partner; he had a bit of a run-in with the man-eating plant in the moss room, but, like, he'll get better."

(Yeah, the man-eating plant part is true, of course, but I mean, why tell a lie when a half-truth will do? Actually, I feel a little bad about lying to the skeleton, but I guess it may be necessary, and anyway, like I said, it's not all lies.)

"And, uh, this is just a… guest of the tower who I'm escorting to a different location. So, like, we'll just be on our way, if that's okay…"

Well, after just… staring at us for a minute, the skeleton started walking away, but, uh, I think it's beckoning for us to follow it? I mean, we could make a break for it while its back is turned, but maybe we should go along and find out what it wants?

#Sorry it's been so long since the last update #Still struggling a bit financially because of the WGA strike (and now SAG-AFTRA strike)#but I'll try not to let this much time pass between updates again #(Once again for the record I fully support the WGA and SAG-AFTRA in the strike)#(I hope the strike ends soon but I hope it ends with the unions getting what they're asking for)#Tower Quest #quest #interactive comic #adventure #wizardposting #wizard posting

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princeresnikov · 9 months

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Yes the SAG-AFTRA-WGA strike is very important for serious reasons and as a fan I fully support all the creatives standing strong, but I'd just like to also take a moment to appreciate Joey King and Logan Lerman being friends on IG. I love the White Death's kids v much 🥰🥰

#sag aftra strike #logan lerman #joey king #bullet train #bullet train 2022 #bullet train movie #the son bullet train #the prince bullet train #prince resnikov #thoughts on tracks

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booksandpaperss · 9 months

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I am fully in support of the wga and sag aftra strike, and I don’t mind waiting longer for season 5 I’m used to being in content starved fandoms… but what might kill me is not being able to see Mike and Will hug for like another two or three years. if I ever stop posting completely with no warning it’s bc I’ve died from byler hug starvation

#I dont even care abt the kiss I need the HUG #byler #byler tumblr

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alunclewe · 11 months

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So, after getting off to an uncharacteristically good start at the beginning of the year, lately I haven’t been posting much at all. Partly because I haven’t been drawing much, but partly because I haven’t even been getting around to posting what I have been drawing. And I figured I may as well make a post explaining what’s going on.

The short answer is: I’ve kind of been under a lot of stress lately because of my finances. My income has been... rather lower than usual as of late, and I’ve been scraping by, but it hasn’t been easy. To pay my rent last month (and reinstate my medical insurance that had just been canceled due to nonpayment), I had to take out a title loan on my car. (The initial loan for which I’d only finally finished paying off a few months before.) My checking account got hit with overdraft fees twice in the last month (because of recurring payments I’d forgotten about, which I didn’t have enough in my account to cover). My phone was disconnected a few days ago, and—since I kind of need the phone connection to get work—I had to get it reconnected by making a payment despite not having the money in my checking account to cover it, counting on finding a way to get the money in there before the payment actually went through so I could avoid a third overdraft fee (I managed to do so, but it wasn’t easy). All of these things have made it kind of difficult to focus on creative work, as much as I’d like to.

The reason that I've been having financial troubles is because, well, I just haven’t been working much. (You might think less work equals more time for Tumblr, but less work also equals less money and that equals a lot more stress.) And the reason I haven’t been working much is because of the WGA strike. As I think I’ve mentioned before, I work in the film industry, specifically as a studio teacher. I work with child actors; whenever there’s a minor doing any sort of film or voice-recording-related job (with a few special exceptions), the production is legally required to have a certified studio teacher present. If it’s a schoolday I have to make sure the minor gets three hours of schoolwork; if it’s not a schoolday, a studio teacher is still required, but then my job is just to keep an eye on things and make sure production is following child labor laws and not having the minor do anything dangerous or inappropriate. Anyway, the WGA strike means there’s a lot less filming going on, which means a lot less work for anyone in the film businesses, including studio teachers.

All that being said, I don’t mean to imply that I don’t support the WGA strike. The writers have legitimate grievances, and the strike is fully justified. I don’t like the effect it’s having on my finances, but if anyone’s to blame for that it’s the producers, not the writers. As a matter of fact, while I’m not a member of the WGA, and thus wasn’t involved in voting to authorize the strike, I am a member of SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union, and I did vote yes on the SAG-AFTRA strike authorization, even though if SAG-AFTRA also goes on strike it will, if anything, mean even less work for me as a studio teacher while the strikes are going on. I support the strike. But yeah, it’s making things difficult for me right now.

(For those unaware of the details of what’s going on, SAG-AFTRA’s contract with the AMPTP—the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers—expires on June 30, and SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP are currently engaged in contract negotiations. The strike authorization vote (in which 97.91% of the votes were in favor) doesn’t mean SAG-AFTRA definitely will strike; it just means that the members have given the go-ahead for the union leadership to call for a strike if warranted, i.e. if SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP don’t come to an acceptable agreement by the 30th. Still, at the moment, a SAG-AFTRA strike seems significantly more likely than not. The AMPTP’s contract with the DGA, the Directors Guild of America, also expires on the 30th, but the AMPTP and the DGA have already come to a tentative agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the national board—though the DGA membership still has to vote to accept the agreement, the deadline for which vote is June 23rd. So it’s still theoretically possible that the DGA membership will reject the agreement and the DGA could also go on strike, but at this point that seems unlikely. But even without the Directors Guild involved, a simultaneous strike by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA will... have effects.)

Anyway, though, despite my current circumstances I really need to start getting things done, and I’ll try to start posting more frequently again. I still have a whole bunch of @sequentialartistsworkshop Friday Night Workshop comics from the last few months I haven’t posted. Also, I want to participate in Art Fight again this year, and I want to get more character references up for that. Plus I want to finally relaunch my long-dormant webcomic, Soup, in two months, and there’s a lot I need to do to make that happen. So... yeah, I’ve going through some difficult times lately, but I have a lot of work I want to get done, so I’m going to try to get back on the ball.

#apology #WGA #wga strike #writers strike #sag-aftra #sag-aftra strike #support the wga #i stand with the wga #studio teacher

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