#this could be a career path

[imagine-too-many-books]

Imagine Annabeth and Percy have a kid early, unplanned and it kinda fucks with their finances so Percy drops out of school to get a job so he can care for the kid and support Annabeth in school. At first he gets a job teaching kids sword fighting but then he hears about underwater welding which pays well because it’s dangerous but Percy is a child of the sea so it’s much less so for him. His boss is even willing to give him flexible hours which means Annabeth doesn’t have to take their kid to class anymore and they can actually afford daycare (why does is it the price of a mortgage nowadays???). A huge financial burden is lifted and Percy doesn’t mind the work so it’s good all the way around.

Fast forward to when Annabeth is done her masters in architecture and lands a job at a top firm. They’ve got savings and have Annabeth’s income to rely on. Percy heads back to school and finishes a degree in marine biology, going on to research some really niche topics like how underwater welding impacts the environment and shifting from there until he’s a well known expert in the field.

Just them finding their way. Supporting each other and landing on their feet no matter what

#i really like the idea of Percy having a non-linear path through school to a career #he’s 17 #just because Annabeth knows what she wants to do doesn’t mean he does #let him find his path #also if Percy and Annabeth had an accidental baby #(completely possible once they’re at New Rome though I do believe they’re careful and responsible about it) #and if they couldn’t survive with the baby on scholarships + Fredrick’s money for Annabeth + what little Sally and Paul can spare #I think Percy would be the one to drop out for a full time job #and then go back to school once they’re stable #also I just generally think Percy would be the primary parent so Annabeth could really pursue her career #and because Annabeth’s job probably pays more and has more earning potential #percy and annabeth #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo #percabeth #post HoO

[phulge]

proud to be a member of dan and phil’s circus of internet freaks that they chose over working with the goddamn bbc

#dan could have been the doctor by now and look where we are #this is a joke i think they mainly chose the career path for themselves and their wellbeing #but it’s fun pretending to be a special little princess

[incorrect-hs-quotes]

Jade: when i say that "jim henson was a creative genius" i have brace myself because i never know if people are going to respond with some derivative of "the puppet guy??? are you stupid??? he played with toys for a living!" or if they're going to be correct and agree with me.

#homestuck #incorrect homestuck quotes #jade harley #mod terezi #as if “playing with toys for a living” isn't the most genius career path you could take

[coquelicoq]

what i love about the Famous Actor Natori Shuuichi of it all is that...it's not just that he's famous and therefore widely recognizable wherever he goes. like yes that is very funny because he was an exorcist before he became a famous actor, which means he CHOSE, on purpose, a day job that would make it harder to hide his double life/secret identity from the hordes of his adoring public, but it's more than that. it's not just that he's famous, it's that he's famous specifically for being an ACTOR, aka a person whose job it is to dissimulate, to make believe, to inhabit roles and emotions other than his own. like he decided he was going to become as visible as possible (which again was literally not necessary! he could have gone into any other career for his day job!!) but in such a way that everyone would see him but no one would see him - they would just see his various made-up personas, including the Famous Actor Natori Shuuichi persona. i can't decide if he's a genius or if he just made so many absurd decisions that they canceled each other out and circled back around to working out. he's either playing 9-dimensional chess or he's eating the pieces. too soon to say.

#the other thing i love about it is that in a very real sense it's his actor day job that is his alter ego #being an exorcist is his normie job. he's just a famous celebrity on the side #which isn't that uncommon in secret identity setups but it's still very funny #natsume's book of friends #natsume yuujinchou #natori shuuichi #natsuyuu meta #my posts #f #i think probably the actual answer is that acting was a very natural career choice because he already masks so extensively #both to hide that he can see things other people can't (and that youkai exist and that he exorcises them) #and to hide what he's really feeling so that no one can use it against him #so if it's already something he has to do & he's good at it...why not have someone tell him exactly how to do it & get paid for it? #and the other part of the answer is that most ppl don't go into acting assuming they'll get famous. the fame was a side effect #so each decision as it was being made probably made perfect sense. but put them all together #and you have this hilarious assortment of elements that seem to directly contradict each other #okay also i would be remiss if i didn't mention the other possible answer which is that the attention came first and was unavoidable #and the acting developed from the need to protect himself from the attention that he was going to be attracting no matter what he did #because he's so beautiful. and (in the exorcist world specifically) because he's the last of the natori #the more i talk about it the more i'm like no becoming a famous actor was the only path that made any sense for him lol #1) he's gonna be watched no matter what bc he's him -> gotta figure out how to hide his secrets -> learn to act as self-defense #or 2) he's got secrets -> he's gotten a lot of practice hiding them -> hey you could make a career out of this! #all roads lead to actor natori shuuichi. and since he's beautiful...all roads lead to FAMOUS actor natori shuuichi #i love it when i ramble so much in the tags that i end up contradicting my own post lol #he's neither thinking ten steps ahead nor is he irrational. he's simply making sensible individual decisions #that follow logically from what is available to him and what his priorities are

[furuba]

living by the quote "the time will pass anyway" has done wonders for my motivation fr

#like why not? go for it #sure it'll take time but the time will pass whether you do it or not #so it's better to have done it #i think back to when i was randomly motivated to start running in the morning #so i got running clothes and got up at dark every morning to go for a jog #and that lasted for only a couple of weeks #but when i think about it i don't regret it at all #i don't think it was a waste #like at least i did it when i was motivated to even if it was only for a short time #i did it and it was something #and these days it's pushed me to take a big step towards something in regards to a career path #and it feels good #i feel like i can finally see a future ahead when before i never could #thanks to this quote lol

[pendragora]

Did you guys know

That you can learn languages

FOR FUNSIES???

#literally choking im 24 and only now i am like “huh! what if i just... do it cause i like it!” #cause my entire life it was for 1) my parents 2) exams 3) career path etc #like. literally was on vc with claire and she goes “if you want to do it then why not do it for yourself specifically?” BLEW MY FOOKING MIND #i am not okay 😭 i am so not okay #sometimes autism is not picking up social cues and sometimes it is having a weird set of rules for the lack of any #and then they get shattered and you sit here like ???? WHY DID I HAVE THAT RULE IN THE FIRST PLACE ??? I COULD DO IT FOR [[[F U N]]]

[why-the-heck-not]

09.12.23, saturday

realized waaay too late that the bachelor’s thesis sign up isn’t just a ”click some buttons”-thing, instead u gotta fill out topics u’d be interested in. So I’ve given myself a nice long time of 3 days to decide before the deadline 😌 bc

I’m

dumb !! :)

So spent a good amount panicking & cursing all my life choices bc obv u gotta (i’ve given this 0 thought before this very day (even though I should’ve I’m aware) so like not the ideal situation to put urself in)

Then spent a good amount desperately looking through things and I think I have some sort of vision now (something to do with cyber investigation/cybercrimes (i think,, maybe.. still got a couple days), not too sure exactly what, but a faint idea would be enough for now. It also would make sense; always been interested in criminology (and shit like that) which I also minored in so that’d tie that up nicely)

Nothing else bc made the grave mistake of ”just gonna read a little this morning” and suddenly realizing it’s 2pm and I’ve read like 100pages and done nothing else the whole day

#it could help also bc been thinking abt going that way on the career path and this would be a good chance to see if I REALLY like it #or if I’m just accidentally basing my entire personality on Criminal Minds the tv show again #like if I get bored & done with it in 6 months then I could be for sure that it’s not the thing for me and won’t go chasing something I onl #like the idea of (big fear bc how would u ever actually know what any career is _actually_ like until u try and then u could realize u’ve #wasted years on just the idea of something) #i’m so glad tho I didn’t open this on the day-of #like at least there’s some days #i’m gonna think abt this for a bit more today & write a rough draft of what I’ll write on the form #and sleep on it & think abt it a bit more tmrw #and on monday I’ll send it in #i think that’s a long enough of a thing to make sure I’m just not grasping at the first idea I had just out of desperation #today #december 2023 #2023

[commsroom]

i think the others really misunderstand that "i am this station's mother program" means the same thing, to hera, that "i am this station's commanding officer" or "i am this station's comms officer" does. "i am this station's autopilot and mother program; i have these jobs because you picked me." i think that's why she has to reframe it the way she does: correcting eiffel when he asks things like, "aren't you the autopilot?" and redirecting it under a job title, and a list of systems she maintains as a part of that job. there's a degree to which even the people who most respect hera's autonomy (including hera herself, in what she's internalized) see her as more inextricably linked to her job by nature of being an AI, and there's something to how the show breaking down the perceived differences between hera and the others is also, in part, a gradual lessening of mechanical descriptors. there is something about disconnecting worthiness from usefulness, and the understanding that no one was really made to be anything. you can be more...

#wolf 359 #w359 #hera wolf 359 #hera w359 #you know... #this is why i'm so vehemently anti-work about post-canon hera tbh like sure she could do a job. and she'll have to at some point #but i will never believe she'd be in academia or want a career or any of those. structured life paths. because she's been denied #the right to just exist and define herself outside of productivity #it's so important to me that she gets to do nothing. hera and eiffel are minkowski's slacker roommates To Me.

[redfurrycat]

🐓🐓🐓the many different career paths Bradley Bradshaw could have picked - Haridwar Series🐓🐓🐓

Truly grateful for every single work of yours, Precious Writer, you've created a wonderful Verse. 💖

Go read HERE.

#time to update the cover! <3 #hangster series by haridwar #the many different career paths Bradley Bradshaw could have picked AKA the Bradley Multiverse! xD #hangster fic to read #homemade collage #🐈red🐈furry🐈cat🐈tag🐈

[clownsnake]

Human Ranger is basically the most versatile guy you can be. The Most "I can do ANYTHING" of the dnd/bg3 character builds if ur determined enough. Unfortunately this means you are very much Just Some Guy - but at least you're "Known for your endless capacity for growth" and "A pleasure to have in class" :3

#going post #bg3 #dnd #my tav is going to be assigned de facto leader (bc of main character privilege) and just be like. im honored but u all Could Not be more #insane for this #like theyre only gonna be mildly competent bc of 1. customer service skills 2. jack of all trades master of none 3. happens to be backed up #by several skilled and experienced superheroes who actually focused on a career path #im the most killable squishy here but i know how party comps work so its fine #my strength is -2 #ALSO FORGOT TO MENTION. JESTERS PRIVILEGE

[starbuck]

literally got SO worked up about the idea of a wildlife biology internship IN my state that i fucking forgot i’m getting top surgery

#was literally over here trying to decide whether or not i could justify COMPLETELY screwing over my coworkers #literal heel turn of the century to go and band some turkeys #and then i remembered. #i am. having surgery. #i will not be able to move for like a week #this is NOT the summer for banding turkeys #but perhaps next summer! #because it pays better than my fuckin job lol #and it’s WAY more relevant to my desired career path #this was already my plan but it’s exciting to know i’ll likely have more options than i thought! #bc this is the first year they’re doing this so next year should be even more robust hopefully #and then i’ll have the experience i need to 1) apply for grad school and 2) get the Florida job i want in 2026 #long term plans babey! gotta love em!

[shih-coulda-had-it]

you ever go ‘man i bet everyone LOVED the dfohiko verse where toshinori and rikiya are fraternal twins and just loathe the name shigaraki’ and then think ‘well of course the next logical step is to see them growing up together’

(everyone go read @pocketramblr‘s fic about the shigaraki twins totally disowning their bloodline)

#bnha #afohiko #all for one #all might #gran torino #redestro #yagi toshinori #yotsubashi rikiya #torino sorahiko #dfohiko verse #shih's art #one of the sibling dynamics of all time #i can't imagine how they deal with each other as adults in their uh #chosen career paths let's say #especially if toshinori's unrecognizable as all might #'i'd know that nose anywhere. rikiya?' #vs 'hold on a moment. isn't that my stupid brother's pretend hero name?' #and then 'no... rikiya would never go ginger.' not to mention 'pffft toshi could never'

[s-ccaam-era-crepe]

i hate that society really treats most young passions and interests that don't have the easiest careers to get into, as hobbies for you to have when you're older bc they 'aren't good enough' as jobs. or maybe its just me idk </3

#camera talks #or even as things you will have to move on from and forget about if they aren't viable hobbies #this Is about the fact that i would die to be a professional lighting tech in theater #i mean seriously. i love tech and the lighting system so so so much if i could go into that as a career i fucking would #but i feel like it was treated with such hobby vibes for so long that i Never considered it to be something i could actually do #which sucks. because i love theater and tech so fucking much #not to say im not happy with the career im pursuing tho. i do believe that the career im pursuing (at least rn) #Is something i'd like to do #its just that i would probably drop everything in a heartbeat to be able to do lights professionally and as a job going to be honest #(realistically i understand i could probably switch career paths now but also i feel pretty suck in This one yk.) #anyways. fucking hell i cannot believe i will be going to college next year. gah. what the hell

[sevicia]

I keep seeing ppl say stuff like "Oh but AI art will create more jobs!" and I just do not think that's like, relevant? to the discussion at all? Cause what jobs is AI art gonna generate for, yknow, artists? It's not even a rethorical question I'm really just coming up empty. Any person who has pursued (or even just considered) art as a career has heard that they're just gonna starve, that it's not a "real job", that they need to give up on it, and the way AI art is being treated by corporations seems to be putting a lot of weight into those statements. Yes, AI art is practically soulless and will never fully replace human-made art, but it's pretty obvious that no organization that's used AI instead of actually paying an artist gives a single shit about THAT.

#''I could do that'' ''ew your prices are waaay too high lol'' ''everyone's an artist these days!'' #like art's never gonna ''die'' (obviously); I'm just talking about it as like. A career path if that makes sense ? #when I talked about MAYBE studying illustration I also heard ''there's WAY too much competition!'' #which like. now you have to take into account that people are seemingly working overdrive to speedrun the whole #''robots are gonna replace everyone!!!!'' #narrative into reality especially when it comes 2 art #diary #I think I'm coming across as too paranoid or like I'm yelling at a cloud or smth I don't knowww #rbs off BTW. I'm not taking any chances. heart

[luigis-slut]

So did any other autistic people have ABA therapists encourage your parents to have you participate in a "variety of activities" as a young kid to prevent you from developing special interests?

Did that prevent you from practicing an activity long-term, thus keeping you from being good at anything? And as an adult, did that inhibit your ability to develop hobbies and find interests that you're passionate about?

Because that’s sure what it did to me.

#autism #ableism #ableist nonsense #aba #anti aba #anti ableism #I mean its not like i didnt develop hobbies and find things that im skilled at #but i feel like the fact that my parents/ABA 'therapists' were trying to prevent 'autistic behavior' limited my potential #I'm glad that my parents encouraged my art skills to the point that it became my career path #and that Im at least skilled and talented in THAT #but i wish i could go back in time and trade all of those sports activities out for ONE sport and music #I did soccer. baseball. dance. karate. ice skating. etc. None of it stuck. I remember almost none of those skills now. #Because id only do it for a year or two before I was encouraged to try something else before it became a special interest #I feel like id be in a much better place now if i was simply allowed to have special interests #aba is abuse #aba is meant to eradicate autistic traits for the convenience of parents. not to produce healthy adults #Im trying to develop new hobbies now. But with the way i was raised its extremely difficult to learn and keep practicing #this certainly isnt the worst thing that ABA has done to me. But its one that i dont see many others talk about #i wish i had been allowed to have special interests. I wish i had been allowed to be autistic without ridicule #the fact that my family STILL looks back on my 'variety of interests' as a good thing is also depressing #the fact that they keep saying 'its a good thing we got early intervention' makes me upset #I know that they mean well. Theyre glad i can communicate verbally and could graduate college #But they treat my autism like its cancer. The constantly tell me that the abuse was justified. That i NEEDED it #this is why we need autism ACCEPTANCE. Not awareness. ACCEPTANCE.

[micamicster]

As requested, my official statement on yet another attempted supernatural reboot: My fellow tumblrinas. We need a united front on this issue. We need to make it clear to those two coconuts that either they fuck nasty on screen or their careers are over. There will be destiel or there will be nothing

#now more than ever i expect solidarity from you people. if those coconuts don’t collide… #well I wouldn’t give them my money either way. but that’s not the point #this is about Principles and Justice #I know some of you will be watching regardles but it simply could not be me #I will not stir one step I will not move my mouse one inch for anything less than destiel with tongue and you should all heed my wisdom! #may those old men be forever out of work. may their crops wither May their fields dry up may their careers grow stagnant #may they have no path but Destiel #amen. #destiel 2020