#purely transactional

[blackkat15]

I am going to write a lot of Dean Boland smut.

I will do him justice.

#kat says stuff #dean boland good girls #dean boland #good girls netflix #nbc good girls #smut #purely transactional

[nyhti]

Them <333

The Brave and the Bold #184

#i love it when there's an emotional aspect to their relationship #too many writers write their relationship as purely transactional #bruce gets information and protection from gordon #and gordon gets criminals off the streets #you can tell they definitely like what they get from each other #but do they actually like each other? #are they actually friends or just coworkers? #i live for moments like these where the writer is brave enough to show that they truly care for one another #where they are shown to trust each other and feel comfortable around each other enough to show emotion and vulnerability #in general i think their relationship was at it's best around this time during late bronze age #nearly every issue during the hamilton hill mayor saga was like: #gordon: i'm no longer commissioner ): #bruce *pulling him close*: YOU'RE THE COMMISSIONER OF MY HEART!!

[butch-reidentified]

#do the people who write/edit/publish/approve these articles not hear how insanely dystopian this sounds... #capitalism #reminder this is not a free market #in fact the USA is only rated around the 25th least govt regulated market #and isn't it convenient #how it's the ultrawealthy corporate lobbying groups who are able to influence much of what regulations the USA DOES have 🙄 #groups like ALEC that are comically evil - like straight up cartoon villains #Cruella de Vil irl type shit #and they just WRITE LAWS that will make them richer at the expensive of all the rest #and essentially legally bribe the actual so-called lawmakers to push their bills through #that isn't democracy... obviously #turns out the invisible hand is just a giant goddamn middle finger. shocking. #capitalism as a theoretical concept relies on the idea that transactions will be entirely or at least predominantly voluntary #and that both parties in the transaction will act out of self interest #but somehow everyone making transactions out of pure self interest and nothing more #ends up working to the benefit of society on the whole #which doesn't really hold water to begin with but gets even more laughable when you take into account that #it falls apart at stage 1 when you realize transactions can't be truly voluntary if #one party is struggling for survival and the other just wants a 7th yacht

[dracocheesecake]

...This had so much potential:

(Potential spoilers for KFP4 below):

"Because deep down beneath that iron-scaled exterior is a good hearted soul who still thinks of me as one of the family?"

Shame they didn't do anything with this! 🫠

I MEAN LOOK AT HER FACE WHEN HAN REJECTS HER I- THE POTENTIAL 😭😭😭😭

#kung fu panda #kfp4 #zhen the fox #han the pangolin #zhen because of her relationship with the Chameleon seeing all relationships as purely transactional #han for his part thinking zhen only sees him as a convenient sucker to use whenever she gets in trouble and she's right #zhen having every reason to hate herself and seeing herself as someone unloveable #han having every right to hate her guts #rambles of sleep deprived person #also will go more into rewriting Zhen's character later probably #and how it will parallel po in some way

[vermiculated]

story on aooooo!!

Then on the Shore of the Wide World I Stand Alone, hockey rpf, gen.

“You can tell him to go fuck himself.” Jack considers the wisdom of this. He really is a genius. Confirming truths just all the time. “'Go fuck yourself.' Complete sentence. You can say that, it’s very freeing. I say it all the time. I recommend it for you in this situation.”

I wrote this for the trade deadline, and was able to use my prescient wisdom of what actually happened to judge the rumors that Jack and Noah talk about, although some of them were always more plausible than others. This is about how people deserve what happens to them, the awesome power of selfishness, and a little bit about how the concerns of adults are orthogonal to the concerns of the children they once were.

link to story

#intense long certain speedy fruitful pure #I do enjoy a transaction it has to be said

[angelsaxis]

hey aint it crazy that in the cishet marriage contract, especially as its taught in conservative circles, the man owes the woman money (eh) and protection (In this day and age? unlikely) and the woman owes the man sex and children and food and a clean home and companionship and nursing and mothering. notice how "owing" means she's in the wrong for denying sex, and she can die trying to create children. especially in this terrible country. this contract is uneven.

#angel posts #this isn't to sy that all marriages are like this #but the really transactional ones #the business relations the ones entered into purely for material benefit #like.....okay he works a 9-5 and she is risking her life #its her job to do that??? #and even if she's pregnant + sick the worst of the worst will say no you owe him sex too? #because of his damn status as Husband and the 9 to 5? #even if its more hours than that #even if its infinite hours #thats somebody's life your demanding what the hell #whoever said heterosexuality was a regime was right

[trans-cuchulainn]

in 2022 i was desperate to please people and get things right and still managed to have a deeply traumatising work situation because of it and spent several months afraid of ending up unemployed and kicked out of my house again after that bc once it happens once you don't really trust that it won't happen again

and apparently the result of that is that 2023 has been a slow slide towards me giving less and less of a fuck and also being a lot less willing to bend over backwards to meet unreasonable deadlines, conform to bullshit social expectations, or otherwise Perform Dedication bc either they want you around or they don't and if it's the latter they'll find a way to get rid of you no matter how hard you try and might in fact use your trying to do that, so it ain't worth it

anyway. it's very lucky i'm self-employed because i think i am getting less employable by the day

#i'm excited to be someone who puts up with a lot less bullshit but i do think it's probably making me less likeable #oh well! not here to be liked by people with whom i have a purely professional relationship! #did i do what you were paying me to do? did you do what i paid you to do? good this transaction is over #personal

[blackkat15]

Here is the first chapter of my Dean Boland fic.

Exposition ofc, with some shitty family members, and a wedding that Lilith didn't want to go to.

#kat says stuff #dean boland good girls #dean boland #matthew lillard #fanfic #dean boland fanfic #purely transactional

[oswednesday]

the school im taking the class in is in downtown major city of this state and its like all wired to student card digital money; an art school!! so students cant pool resources and clubs cant raise money for student funds for laundry and food and printing and stuff and people who arnt full time id having students cant use like ? any of the facilities? like a major art institution should be a pillar of a city but instead its like a fortified bunker against the downtown its in

#everything is automative and by like a trust youll do the right thing tm no workers hired for these spaces like when they could be employing #students or people who live downtown and this purely digital transaction is #enforced by the dizzying number of security guards roaming about like understimulated mall cops #well just a fun little obstacle course for me <3

[khlur]

a person i was not friends w in undergrad (and in fact later tried to avoid bcs of how manipulative n flaky they were) is acting all chummy w me and overly friendly when all they wanna do is ask questions about my MSc. stfu and stick to talking shop i don't need this 'only if you have space!!! 🥺' bullshit in every single message of yours.

#you want something from me and i am giving it to u this is purely transactional #why pretend it is something more.... #ask ur questions and LEAVE

[eileenleahy]

i just loathe the state of higher ed so much sometimes. sorry i hate paying to be surrounded by people who arent even mildly excited or even willing to learn more than what they need to get a degree. why is college just extra high school now why am i made to feel elitist for wanting to engage with people that arent effectively anti-intellectual

#unfortunately so many critics of modern higher ed are just racists/classists mad about lowered standards but like. im surrounded by plenty #of people from minority/lower class backgrounds myself included that even if they didnt do well in high school come into class actually #wanting to learn and engage with lessons. in fact they make up most of the classmates i like having. its treating higher ed as purely #transactional that causes the absolutely dreadful climate. theres obv more socio-economic facets w/ college treated as the only tool #for social mobility and i get that im just. sighhh. some people shouldnt be in college and that shouldnt be elitist to say #how does that tweet go. ‘’stop trying to be streamers we need electricians’’ or something. that but replace ‘’streamer’’ #with any white-collar bs job necessitating a bachelors for no reason

[bagels-withcreamcheese]

Missing home once again

#ugh only another day of this shit #Dreamhack has been an absolute bust ngl #like today was. ok. but yesterday was just pure shit and there’s no making up for that #I managed to get my card reactivated today luckily bc I was kinda sol #it got deactivated for fraud for like the FIFTH FUCKING TIME THIS YEAR #Like I swear to god I’ve gone through so many cards this year #but basically I convinced her to turn my card back on bc I rlly needed to be able to use my card for shit #she was like hmmm it’s probably not a good idea to keep it on bc someone definitely has ur card info #and has tried to make multiple transactions with it #but luckily the app has this little toggle function where I can turn it on and off #so I just turn it on when I need it and then immediately turn it off #kinda annoying but will have to do until I can go in for a new one #anywho. #these cons feel so so much more difficult I’ll than they ever used to #like since uli and I met I’ve just dreaded leaving him #I’m so miserable when I’m away from him like it’s unbearable #the psychological pain is so strong it literally manifests into this heavy sore feeling in my chest #he calls me every night but it’s simply not enough like physical touch is my most prominent love language so not being able to hug him #or kiss his beautiful face a million times makes me so anxious and sad #but soon I will be back. #to my love. and my Nessy. #I miss her too my precious baby #he says she acts kinda different when I’m gone #he says when he comes home without me she runs around meowing really loud at him and mopes around #my poor little girl aaaa I miss my daughter #I jus wanna go home I hate Atlanta ughhhh let me leave #tomorrows the longest day of the con too for some weird reason usually Sunday is the shortest #it’s probably gonna suck as much as Friday but I rlly hope not #I want my sales comission #tess talks

[bubmyg]

Yucks!! Good luck with the class!! That’s like top 2 worst nightmares for me

it won’t be too bad I don’t think tonight quite honestly will probably be the worst part. it’s trial advocacy so direct and cross examinations aren’t as daunting as memorizing stuff w/o notes u know what i mean sjdnjsndnd

#anonymous #however it seems as tho everyone else in there has courtroom experience and im like 🗿 #i have done purely transactional work for two years JWJCJWKDJSKDN

[harristops]

A firm handshake with mom😂 sloane said let’s keep it professional ma’am im on a walk

HAKSHSKSGSK she really is dadas kid

#asks #Purely a business transaction for cheese puffs upon return

[mariocki]

Pope: Becket maintains that the election of Clarendon was not a free one, that he owes his nomination solely to the royal whim and that consequently the Honour of God, of which he has now decided he is the champion, does not allow him to bear this usurped title any longer. He wishes to be nothing more than an ordinary priest.

Cardinal: [after a moment's thought] The man is clearly an abyss of ambition.

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Jean Anouilh, Becket (tr. Lucienne Hill, 1960)

#100plays #becket #jean anouilh #lucienne hill #1960 #modern drama #theatre quotes #modern theatre #the pope and his cardinal are deeply interesting figures within the play #they're very minor parts‚ originally doubled in the uk premiere ny Roy Dotrice and George Murcell (who were also playing barons) #they're wheeled onstage immediately after King Louis has warned Becket to be wary of the Pope; Louis an intelligent and candid politician #allows his personal admiration for Becket to prompt this warning‚ so that an audience might naturally expect an even more #intelligent politician to enter. but the pope and the cardinal‚ their entrance and the scene are all washed with the brush of farce #in fact the stage directions actually state that the two actors should deliver their lines in 'atrocious' Italian accents #Becket is not a play without humour‚ far from it‚ and there are moments of satire and wit throughout #but these characters are so grotesquely presented‚ the pope himself so wilfully ignorant of the greater machinations of #royal manoeuvring (or ignorant is maybe not the right word; he simply wishes not to see) and the naked greed with which they discuss #Becket's fate as a potential monetary transaction... it's startling. and yet! and yet underneath the sleaze and the grime and the absurdity #the cardinal quietly displays perhaps the single greatest understanding of events and foreseeable outcomes‚ listed quite without #attachment‚ his approach purely amoral but pure in its political grasp. only for Anouilh to then undercut it again with a base #bit of comic business as the two forget who has told the other what and who should know about such and such #it is perhaps the play at its most subversive‚ and certainly the closest Anouilh comes here to interrogating the wider shape of his work #but it also speaks to the playwright's lifelong interest in the idea of forging a moral path; the struggle for honour amid the dangers of #politics. Anouilh was almost unreasonably apolitical‚ for a writer who drew so readily on political themes‚ to the extent that his #behaviour during the nazi occupation of France would be questioned and debated throughout the rest of his life and beyond. #ironically enough‚ the artifice and archness of this scene is in some ways the closest this play comes to inhabiting the same world as the #new drama style that would be Anouilh's undoing; existentialism and absurdity were grabbing hold of the stage‚ and as writers like Beckett #and Ionesco found favour‚ so Anouilh's naturalism and period pieces began to lose popular support. he was becoming unfashionable and #would never again write anything that rivalled the success of this play. having spent his life sitting on fences‚ Jean Anouilh found #himself unable to adapt to the new theatre; he spent his later years as a director‚ interpreting the work of others as well as his own

[play-now-my-lord]

One of my favorite little facts about history is that the Mexican peso was functionally the everyday unit of currency in China in the 19th and early 20th century. Silver was one of the few western commodities that Chinese merchants were willing to trade in at rates that made shipping it to China (an expensive, arduous process) profitable; this trade became so voluminous by the 19th century that large everyday transactions even far away from port cities were conducted in pesos, in large part because Mexico's large domestic silver supply and existing transpacific trade links meant that the currency was stable (a known quantity to merchants in a time and place where relatively pure silver coins were otherwise uncommon) and readily available for use in trade