#so he spent a few years out there

[swiftcast-selene]

Day 6: Road

"aye, aye, I know. it's cold, it's miserable. but count your lucky stars we know these roads at night, and the Imperials don't."

#BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE: I HAND POSED ALL 10 PEOPLE IN THIS IMAGE. PLEASE CLAP. I DID NOT KNOW YOU COULD IMPORT POSES. #however it is far too late now. i have gone insane #miqomarch #miqomarch 2024 #ffxiv miqo'te #seeker of the sun #final fantasy 14 #gposers #PLEASE fullview these i will cry soo so so hard if you don't #ANYWAY. this would be maybe a year or 2 after the calamity...... #he was in the conjurer's guild when it happened and like. the scope and sheer horror of it just cemented the idea he had #that he had to go out there and do what little he was able to do to help #and who was MORE affected by it all than the Ala Mhigans? #post-calamity; in the midst of Garlean invasion; and barred from their one escape route thru the Shroud? #so he spent a few years out there #not necessarily with the Resistance. but with bands of refugees #being passed around as the one magical healer willing to stick around #going to wherever there are the most injured or elderly or sick or kids #trying his hardest to make a difference even though the losses are nearly too much to bear on good days #i'd imagine they had routes where they could accompany people through Gyr Abania so they could make it to safer areas #or where they'd pick up supplies en route or patrol for safety #it's also where he realized like. ohhh. people *will* accept me. i just need to find the right ones. #spent many a night in some stranger's arms not knowing if they'd both still be there the next day... #until the Scions eventually picked him up~ #and promised him he *could* make a difference.

[marcmorrigan]

@fenglianweek day 6: memories/growing up

the best thing thats ever been mine

#tgcf #xie lian #feng xin #fenglian #fenglianweek24 #my art #full color #I SPENT SOOO LONG ON THIS ONE... like not long for me. fast for me! but compared to the other ones ive done for flw. long. #this has been a few weeks of work and im very happy with how it turned out! tried to be thoughtful about how i approached the colors #and i think it really paid off! theres SO MANY COLORS in the pants im so proud of all the fabric in this... #that white fabric has so. many colors. it makes me super happy #also some of the fallen petals make hearts. btw >:o) #idk if they translate well but feng xin has top surgery scars!!! theyre both trans but xie lian is a cultivator so. he just uses magic #i KNOW when he first learned transformation magic he like BOOKED IT to feng xin to show him like 'LOOK. FLAT!!!' #and little teenxin was like 'ummm 😳 yeah. flat' #ANYWAY!!! idk if they actually look like teens here... hopefully yes. xie lian does to me at least??? #or at least he looks different from how i draw him as an 800smthng year old lol. but still like himself i think!!! i hope... #whatever. point is. do you remember we were sitting there by the water. you put your arm around me for the first time. you made a rebel of #the tags cut me off there. thats a good thing. IF YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW. #did you guys know i have headcanons about the type of tswift fans mu qing and xie lian would be. well now you know. I Have Thoughts #OKAY THATS ENOUGH TAGS I NEED TO ACTUALLY POST THIS. ILY MUAH TTYL

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[oatbugs]

my research partner and i are huddled in a blanket in paddington waiting for a too-late train i already miss you and you and you

#he keeps falling asleep almost on my shoulder and waking up and readjusting but i want to tell him its ok weve seen a lot #of each other ive seen your brainwaves you called me crying a few nights ago. research partner right now is a potentiality #friend is a certainty. i met a banker passionate about finance. he said his advice made the lives of others better and he likes the numbers #more than he likes anything else. on a high rise near canary wharf the view was wonderful and the people even moreso #he said i loved her but i spent 33 grand on her and i cant do this anymore. his voice cracked talking about her. he did love her. #and she talked softly she grabbed my hand she bought me a pack of Marlborough gold she told me to snap #the russian menthol cigarettes of the tortured polish man near us with my teeth i kept staring at her teeth #bright white and sharp. i couldnt find her heartbeat but i did find warmth and i did find her lips and i did feel #how she felt pressed against a wall. a pretty boy held my hand and i gave him my number. i couldnt stop smiling about her no matter #how many runways youve walked on how many collections youve designed how many students youve taught. senior lecturer teaches me how to do #very unethical things ethically over a double shot of vodka made by the half-persian with broken farsi. she talks softly #and she says her eyes are hazel but they appear a shade of red. pure gold on her hands and leather on her back and her fingers on my lips #(she talks softly sees through me she says something i cant hear but i wont forget the way she flies) she talked to my research partner #about the possibility of moving to sunny dubai with the rest of her family and my heart felt pierced. on her arm i traces a tattoo of a #knife passing through a rose. she told me she thought there was romance in severing so i kissed her some more. #he sat me down and asked me what i loved and i told him and he said no romance no person no tragedy will take that from you. #the room was filled with a collection of people in love with something that wasnt a person and i kept looking at her. #red eyes bitten jawline beautiful hands. it is 3 degrees Celsius my head is on his shoulder i miss my friends #we walked out the lecture hall with arms linked a photo of two years ago and we both said #jesus christ. i miss you all. and i miss logic metatheory lectures. im glad i get to stare at the depth of your eyes #i wish i had met you years ago. #crushposting

[thats-a-lot-of-cortisol]

nice suit dumbass, did your husband pick it out for you?

#i think about gale being so worried about wearing the right thing to the camp party at least once a week #cue: holiday party #i absolutely think peri would get them coordinated outfits #i had. trouble drawing gale but i think he turned out okay #peri grows out his hair for the first time since he was like 23 after the events of the game #gale might be the wizard of waterdeep but peri shows him where all the *good* parties are in the city #(at gale's own pace ofc) #its kinda funny to me that peri (who lived in waterdeep on paper pre-tadpole but travelled constantly for work) #is probably more connected to society in the city than Mr. Waterdeep himself just by nature of his job #& working w/ the lord's alliance a few years prior #(also partying while he was in school) #it's probably not by much but it's pretty significant in comparison to the guy who spent the past few years in self-imposed house arrest #there's embroidery on both outfits but i didnt feel like drawing it #bg3 #bg3 tav #bg3 fanart #bg3 gale #gale x tav #gale of waterdeep #peregrine faulkner #they didnt go to the same wizard school in waterdeep #which means there's *more than one* in the city #no wonder they need a mage registry #theyd burn down otherwise #wizbands #anyway merry chrysler

[orcelito]

Ok so I was wondering like

Top 0.005% of listeners. That's Pretty Damn Small. But I was wondering Just how small...

357.1k monthly listeners

0.005% of 357.1k is... just under 18...

Guys. I'm within the top 20 listeners for IAMX. Period. 🫣

#speculation nation #16K MINUTES OF MY 59K TOTAL MINUTES FOR THE YEAR... #A LITERAL 27% OF ***ALL*** MUSIC I LISTENED TO THIS YEAR........ #cant help gettin emo i guess #like i knew he'd be indisputably my top artist but. holy fuck. #THIS ALSO ISNT INCLUDING THE SNEAKER PIMPS ALBUM... which ive listened to obsessively too #as an extension of the obsession with his music. bc he sings in it. #SOMETIMES AN ARTIST HITS U LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN and ur left like. yeah. yeah . #helps that hes got so many albums so i spent Months slowly making my way through them all. #but then i just kept listening to him bc his music just... scratches an itch in my brain idk. #in part it's the grief. Metanoia was a crutch of an album after my uncle died. #and also with my cat... it was just. nonstop IAMX. for Months. #ive been branching out more again recently bc i do like some variety in the music i listen to #but if i want music but dont know what to play it just always ends up going back to IAMX #because it's dependable. it's enjoyable. it's Comfortable. #his music feels like a reset button for me. like returning to a dark room to sleep at night. #it's not dark for the sake of darkness. but for the comfort of it. existing honestly. existing without fear of judgement. #and bringing the analogy together i really have listened to his music to help me sleep a few times #not often just bc i usually dont listen to music as i sleep. im a light sleeper so i need white noise. #but there were a few times i found myself without a working fan. so i turned to his music to act as white noise instead. #not actual white noise of course. but the function of it. the Comfort. the familiarity. #pick one of his lowkey albums and just let it keep going. and it works. it does. #so like. it makes sense. it does. i understand entirely why i rank so high in his monthly listeners. #it's just a bit mind boggling to actually see the tangible numerical value hfkshdjd bc. man. man...

[storybycorey]

.

#this may not mean much to those who haven't followed me for long #but for my long term followers I thought I'd share a super positive update about my oldest 17 yo son #you may remember that for years he's suffered immensely from anxiety depression and panic attacks #he's since been diagnosed with autism which explains a lot of it (as has my daughter) #but it was so bad we had to take him out of school in 7th grade and it's still questionable whether he'll graduate #he's spent 5 years having almost no social contact other than online & hasn't been able to participate in anything but family events #because of anxiety and panic attacks #but y'all #Y'ALL #he just started his FIRST JOB #we worked with voc rehab & they got him a job at a thrift store run by parents of an autistic child so they know exactly what pace he needs #and he WAS ABLE TO DO IT #you have NO IDEA how amazing this is for him #and how much of a relief it is for me #because this means he's doing better #and he may actually find his way out of this and be able to build himself a bit of a future #it's amazing you just don't know how amazing it is after the last five years of struggles we've been through #so sorry that was a novel but I'm just so proud of him #he has it in him I know that he does #he just needed a break from life for a few years to find that bit of strength

[arachnoheaux]

xxx some misconceptions abt my angel routinely come up in plotting & interactions, so thought i'd talk abt him some to put it out there!:

angel loves his job. being a sex worker brings out the best in him & it's not a shameful occupation he was forced into, needs to be saved from, or is a direct cause to any of his grief. yes, he is overworked & his talents are unjustly exploited but in no way that's worse than any other occupation due to its sexual nature. the angle of the ' poor destitute prostitute ' peeves me kinda massively actually & i really don't vibe with ooc whorephobia.

angel is VIOLENT & RECKLESS. blood & gore doesn't make him squeamish. weapons don't make him squeamish. he's not offput by slaughter & often engages in it himself. he has a severe sadomasichistic streak, a high pain tolerance, & the ability to shed & regrow limbs due to his insect - like physicality. it also takes a LOT to actually make him afraid of physical violence, bc in his mind nth holds a candle to things he's already experienced. on that note!

angel is PROTECTIVE of his relationship with valentino. not because it's a good thing, by any means. but because ( depending on the valentino muse in question ) valentino is and remains to be an important figure in his life for better or worse. whether they were past lovers or strictly have a working relationship, angel's relationship with valentino is closely tied to his own identity & success. he won't hate on him or tolerate such things easily. ( also this popular notion of treating valentino like a hate sink isn't super fun for me. for angel, it's Personal with a capital P )

angel doesn't quite look like he does in canon. i'm not much a stickler on this, but throughout the time i've mused and drawn him, my angel's come to look a little different. primarily, he sports a vibrant pink & curly hair, so please don't describe him as white or pale

he's a cis man with a passion for drag as a lifestyle. gender expression is an intimate part of his identity, but the same - sidedness of his own gender isn't something he's ever doubted. the validity of certain parts of himself that make him a man? absolutely. his sexual identity & gender expression are central themes to his character. but he's never had that deep, internalized wish to cross over. he celebrates his own personal gender expansion but dabbling in things considered ' feminine ' doesn't mean he's ever considered himself a woman ( & being called such isn't smth he likes )

#memoirs of a mafioso . key characterization #xxx my angel seems..... very different than popular ideas of him out there #xxx i've gathered this in the time i've spent here talking abt him with ppl #xxx more than i wanna talk abt it i wanna just write him and let all this expose speak for itself! #xxx but that gets a little tough when your partner / audience already has an idea of him in their head that he doesn't fit very well #xxx so here's hoping it helps some! 💔 #xxx also super down to elaborate on these things or answer questions abt them #xxx angel's been such a constant... Thing in my brain just living rent free & talking abt himself to me constantly so #xxx always down to subject y'all to that too lmao #xxx more to be determined! this isn't a personal jab or vague at anybody i've spoken to #xxx but common themes i've run into during my few years writing angel so i just wanna put some stuff out there in one place 🛐

[vagueiish]

concept: astarion getting cocky after taking on that bear, a night or so later coming across a deer and thinking 'hah, this should be cake!'

...and then getting absolutely wrecked by a whole herd in an almost cartoonish display of violence because deer are vicious fucks and it's the prey animals you have to watch out for

#astarion #i'm basing this off science i read here so i'm probably wrong #but i also dont care enough to do research and confirm either way because #it would be fucking hilarious to me #bc larger predaror animals are lazy fucks anyway right? unless theyre hunting or whatever #astarion gets the drop on a sleeping bear. maybe the bear wakes up #gets a few swipes in -- which is where astarion's mentioned bloodloss comes in #but ultimately astarion comes out on top #and is like 'fuck i am so good at this hunting thing' #which.....he's spent 200 years stalking the streets of a city doing a completely different type of hunting #certainly he'd have to have stealth down and know how to defend himself in case something goes wrong #but hunting animals is a bit of a different ballgame isnt it? #so he gets lucky. and then gets cocky #and he probably doesnt know about deer. yknow? #or maybe he would but that's not funny #so some night later. aw. a fawn! #fuckin bambi should be easy pickings #so he's about to take a bite when... idk. would it be funnier if he just gets gored by an antler or like... #hears a rustling. here comes another deer staring him down #he waves the deer away like 'don't worry. i'm sure i'll have room for your blood as well' #and then the deer hisses at him and charges him and he has a moment of realization that #He Has Fucked Up #more deer join the fray. he barely escapes with his unlife. #at camp the next day it's clear he's been in a scuffle #he lies and claims he barely escaped like a gnoll attack or something #does anyone believe him? i dont know #somebody uses the tadpole to see the deer massacre #those who dont know laugh at him. those that do.... #'dude. you can't just fuck with deer' #and they all have a laugh about it later

[basimibnishaqs]

owen and obi-wan. both being anakin’s brother and also not being anakin’s brother. being anakin’s brother but it wasn’t enough. do they get to call themselves his brother. do they

#it's about how the jedi and shmi's death were obstacles for both owen and obi wan to anakin #mourning but not feeling like you're allowed to mourn!!! #owen's probably only a couple years older than anakin he probably spent a few years with shmi #both owen and obi wan see the other and think about how they got a closeness with anakin they didn't get to have #owen lars #obi wan kenobi #this is so embrassing but i have a lot of thoughts and my blog is my place to scream them out of an open window and onto the street

[gfwooyo]

just spent 10 minutes scrolling through my bellarke tag and unfortunately i'm missing their early days and how insane they made me and i kinda wanna rewatch. which would be a TERRIBLE decision.......but.....

#i've had other ships that have gotten close but nothing quite reaches them bc i spent 6 years thinking abt them daily #buddie is probs closest it's been a few years now and the baiting is so familiar dkfjdjskdj #like if u weren't part of t100 social experiment u don't get it we were gaslit by everyone involved!!!!! #writers directors actors everyone told us we were crazy for seeing them romantic and that it wasn't intentional #only for bob morley to tell us after the series ended that we were right and they were written romantically and had MULTIPLE kiss scenes cut #it was a wild time. everyone who went through that are bonded for life #anyways. someone talk me out of rewatching i know it'll only bring back the bitterness and anger #and hatred for jroth like i hope he never feels an ounce of happiness in his life. spiteful evil small man #THIS WAS FR A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE FOR ME I HAVE PTSD NOW #kara can talk

[mwagneto]

what are your thoughts on the rhys darby merman? I saw people calling it cringe and while I do think darby's performance in that scene was.. a bit not it, the idea itself is really funny and cool to me idk

okay honestly i think i'm gonna have an extremely niche opinion on this because i am like. clinically insane about mermaids like seriously i've been begging my parents to get me one of those swimmable fins since i was like 8 and then i ended up buying one for myself on the internet w my pocket money when i was like. 12-14 idk?? coz they refused to and now i own three. so. literally any opinion i could have on mermaid stede is trumped by me being distracted by the tail coz it's like. they spent so much time and effort on it and it's still kinda bad like omg i can see like so many ways they could've done it better because they literally painted each individual scale which is SO MUCH EFFORT. but the way they laid the scales makes it look like the pattern is just printed on like it's literally a 3d hand painted tail that looks like they got it for 30 dollars on ebay especially bc the silicone doesn't have enough hold so you can still see the human legs under it like you would with a regular printed tail. like if they just overlaid the scales instead of putting them next to each other that'd already be a major improvement like. i cant find the specific video now but like ppl DIYing silicone tails at home usually overlay the scales and it just immediately looks so much better. also i'm not rly a fan of big flashy side fins but that's just personal taste but like tldr they clearly spent a lot if time and effort and money on the tail and it's sad because with a few minor adjustments it could've looked wayyy better

as for like the actual scene i think it's extremely good and cute and the ppl who dislike it hate fun and need to let camp into their hearts. ed's face going all soft and lovey has been playing in my mind on loop ever since and that's not a joke

#sorry I've spent years of my life watching ppl make tails and watching ppl swim with them and #I've made my own and i own 2 monofins and 3 tail skins and if i was slightly more insane and #slightly less poor I would've had a silicone one custom made but thankfully I held back coz #those shits are INSANELY expensive like. hundreds to thousands of dollars #sorry for the random lore dump lol i dont think I've ever talked abt this before #it all started when my mother showed me an article when i was around 8 that was about a #man who had a mermaid tail he would wear to swim in a creek near his house and #she was like wow isn't he so weird i bet he's gay:/ and i was like he is the coolest person i have ever fucking seen #i wonder how he is now ..... also yeah he came out as gay and i think has a husband but it's been a few years since I checked so idk #i got mail!

[notmoreflippingelves]

I'm just a girl standing in front of the Elena of Avalor S3 timeline begging for it to make even a little logical sense.

#elena of avalor #honestly the only way it does is if we assume that the various avaloran holidays take place in radically different months #than their real-world counterparts #like if we assume that carnaval matches its real world equivalent #"the magic within' takes place in feb-march #but the very next episode is the final dias de los muertos one #which by real world standards is beginning of november #so you're telling me that after the massive fallout of carnaval; absolutely nothing happened for like 7-10 months(!) #and then pretty much all of the next few important episodes happen b/w Nov and Dec (assuming hannukah is also at its real world time) #so like elena spends an intense period of like 1-2 months being just completely fixated on esteban #(i mean girl; same but come on) #after having spent like nearly a year forgetting he even exists? #and then has her nice little winter holiday break #and forgets about him for a month or two in between #only to just suddenly without much logical reason just become obsessed w/ him and ash again for an ep or two #and then forgets about him again #because the plot demands it #i mean like tbf all the flores cousins read to me as neurodivergent to some degree #so i guess it makes a little sense that she'd fall in and out of hyperfocus and get distracted by other fun things #but like i feel like the situation is a bit more intense/important/demanding than just a regular special interest waxing and waning a bit #i mean the real answer is that at least some of the filler episodes were aired waaaayyy out of order #maybe we're meant to see carnaval as not actual carnaval time? but like a big random party in like july or aug?? #so like elena still ignores the plot for way too long but at least its like less than 6 months and not more #and it is making plotting s3 era fic very very hard #since it's very tricky to find the right spot to set things

[yaminerua]

thinking of how long Rimmer was away from Lister and the others while he was off being Ace Rimmer and how that is almost nothing compared with the amount of time he spent on Rimmerworld locked in a cell completely alone for hundreds of years

it’s really brushed off so quickly how long he was stuck there with absolutely nothing but the stress balls. Completely alone for so long with little reason to believe he’ll actually be rescued. I just. Fuck, man…

#Idk how many years passed for Rimmer specifically on his travels bc it could pass very differently for him than it does the rest of them #But he was probably away for a good few years at least #But I don’t think he’s be able to keep it up for so long that it lasts the equivalent of even a fraction of the time he spent on rimmerworl #in many ways no one was better suited for that loneliness bc he’s been on the outside and metaphorically on his own his whole life #he’s more used to his own company and not being wanted and being turned away and shut out #so he focused on the stress balls and completely zoned out for like 600+ years #until the others finally found him after what was little more than an hour or so for them #He bounced back a little too quickly after at first forgetting their names but like. What the fuck does that kind of isolation do to you

[acesammy]

I know I get so blinded by Sams plot when watching spn that I often overlook deans, but do you ever think about deans s2 arc? Bc it’s batshit good.

John sells his soul for dean and dean spends the entire season suffering for it - to the point that he /explicitly/ makes the point that selling your soul for a loved one is a selfish and cruel act - only to do that to Sam. Bc Dean just cannot fathom living while Sam is dead. and thinking about all this makes me want to start chewing drywall bc Dean KNOWS how selfish he is being here, but the idea of sacrificing yourself for someone else’s life - regardless of how much that person WOULD NOT WANT THAT - comes across as the most selfless caring thing you can do.

#Anyways I wish they had pulled on the thread more after s2 #Morally grey dean who is still deeply caring is so interesting #and I LOVE that they spent a whole season focusing on how shitty Dean felt over johns deal #for dean to be like ‘I know how this felt. I don’t care. I need him to be alive’ #and it puts Sam in such a vulnerable position too bc now dean is not only his big brother #but Dean /sold his soul/ to bring him back #good stuff #and it really makes me frustrated when I think about the conversations I’ve had about this show over the years #bc people bring up selfishness as one of sams flaws #and I disagree completely #self righteousness; self isolation; bullheadedness #those are flaws of sams #but he never does anything on the show that makes me go ‘oh yeah that’s /selfish/. That’s out of the bounds of what is reasonable’ #going to college is a /reasonable/ ask #but bringing Sam back from the dead; knowing full well that Sam would rather be dead than /dean/ be in hell? #that IS selfish #but it feels so kind and self sacrificing #Idk id argue this is one of the few truly selfish moves in the show #lea speaks #spn #meta

[harmonizewithechoes]

It’s my middle child’s 3rd birthday today 🥺

3 years ago my partner was deployed overseas and couldn’t come home for the birth because the military didn’t want to spend so much time quarantining their soldiers. Fortunately I had help as my parents were watching my son (at the time just a month shy of 2) for a few days before my due date and we had moved across the street from my partner’s parents when we found out about the deployment. So I had his mom with me at the hospital holding up her phone while we got to have a rare video call with my partner as we welcomed our daughter into the world after a very quick labor. I then had two months with our two very little kids by myself before he came home. It was an incredibly hectic time and I’m still not quite sure how I was able to get through all of that but here we are with the sweetest little 3 year old (let’s call her C) we could have asked for 🥰

C loves to play dress up and she has specific characters she’ll play as where you can’t refer to her as her name or she’ll get mad. She’s not C she’s Dr C or Baby or Baby Kitty or Princess Bucket (this was her first character and yes she does put a bucket on her head as a crown). Her favorite game to play is hide and seek and she loves dance parties and drawing and she’s obsessed with her 1 year old sister. We love C so much and I’m so excited to see how she grows and changes and learns over this next year ❤️

#personal #tonight her and her little sister are sleeping in their beds in their very own room for the first time #they’ve had their beds in my bedroom since we moved in and very often just ended up in our bed #but I’ve spent the past few days getting the room we’ve used for storage ready for them #and they’re doing really well so far #I’m sure they’ll end up in my bed again at some point but this is at least a step in the right direction #our crib that we’ve used for all 3 babies turns into a toddler bed and as I was taking it apart and putting it back together in the new room #my son started crying because he didn’t want his sisters to be big girls in their own room #he wanted me to put everything back and make the 1 year old 0 again so she could keep being a baby #I should point out that he is also obsessed with his baby sister #I told him that’s not quite how it works and kids are meant to grow up #and then he asked yet again for a baby brother because he loves babies so much and then he’d have a brother just like him 😅 #he’s very sweet but also…. that’s not happening lol #I’m slowly becoming a person again and being able to focus more time on hobbies #and my partner and I now have our room back #all of that would be reset again with another baby not to mention another year of nursing and diapers and sleepless nights…. pass lol #I’m emotional about my babies growing up but I’m also so excited to learn who they’ll become as time goes on #sorry for rambling I get sappy on their birthdays

[stubborn-string-bones]

Welp! Hung out with our longtime former ED at an event and it turns out I'm holding a grudge, maybe forever. Shit may be exponentially more fucked up now and I do not hold her responsible for the actions of others but also like, get the fuck off that high horse

you gave that man an engraved invitation into this house

#i do not forgive you! #i hope you feel bad! #or at least have felt an appropriate amount of regret and responsibility #not to mention the ways she laid the groundwork for so much other shit we're dealing with #like that guy's dead and the shit he did needs to be named (do speak ill of the dead actually #and the other needs to be held responsible for his actions #but do not pretend you were some pristine perfect ideal ED you are absolutely partly to blame for how we got here #like you led him in by the hand and told us he could be trusted and gave him keys to every lock you hadn't already broken #and people make mistakes! #but you also spent years cultivating an environment where you could take your feelings out on your employees every once in a while #so fuck right off #who's got two thumbs and a normal workplace #also the union finally got certified two months after the vote lol #had a few 'oh god now that I've said it out loud' moments the last few weeks #back to where i make sense #also to be clear tonight was mostly a pleasant conversation it was just also a useful reminder