#was definitely worth my money

[tariah23]

Oh…. Well, it’s over for Crunchyroll I guess

#Crunchyroll #piracy #funimation #money hungry ass streaming service #rambling #I’ve never paid for a streaming service in my life thank god #I appreciated using others accounts but I personally cannot see myself paying this much for a service if I had the funds 😭! #get back to pirating kings!!! #anime has always been one of the easiest forms of media to pirate anyway so y’all got this #CR is definitely not worth paying for though #CR is certainly not worth paying this much for even if it’s a yearly one time fee #capitalism #the fact that CR has always had pretty bad quality as a streaming service anyway #it buffers every time you pause or rewind anything

[foldingfittedsheets]

Hi!

Not an ask exactly, but I just finished the Faun comic, and I wanted to say thank you!

Your comics are wonderful! Your art style and method of storytelling make for very compelling and uplifting reads. There have been more than a few times they've picked me up on a rough day; they just fill my heart with warm fuzzies and my eyes with the mistiest kind of happiness!

Thanks so so much (again, haha), and I really appreciate what you give to us!

I hope you are having a lovely day!

Thank you so much for the kind words! It can be hard dealing with the fact sometimes that I can spend months on a comic that gets four thousand notes only for a funny story I wrote up in less twenty minutes to get twenty thousand. But asks like this remind me that I make comics for people like you, who really cherish them.

#ask ffs #today is definitely one of those days where I feel uncertain about my future and finances and I needed a reminder that it's worth making ar #even if I don't make money off it I have a positive impact and that really is a wonderful thing to get out of a labor of love

[tatzelwyrm]

So last week they adapted "Do not go far from me".

This week they did "Take me instead, you raven bitch!"

Next week... "Life needs things to live"?

#the legend of vox machina #tlovm spoilers #critical role #cr 1 #vox machina #i am really looking forward to 'lady vex'ahlia' #and 'do i look like i come from money?' #and 'they are definitely not worth you' #and 'will you stay at my side?' #but 'life needs things to live' is one im sure they're putting in there

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

It may just be a side quest but getting the Bone Pit job is Kind Of A Big deal actually?? At least it is for Liam. Like. This is the first proper job he's had since coming to Kirkwall! No underground operation no low-paying dockhand job no minor errand but a Proper Legitimate (hopefully) long-term job! Sure it's dangerous but then again where do you expect to find a non-dangerous job in Kirkwall? Especially as a Fereldan refugee.

#like yeah he did it in part out of solidarity with his countrymen but also #as much as he cant stand hubert he IS a businessman. and this is a job opportunity that he never expected to get #laya plays dragon age #oc: liam hawke #my ocs #he definitely reconsiders if they should go onto the expedition after this #its still tempting yes but also really really risky. and if he has a secure money income now is it really worth it? #ideally he would give this gig a chance and go on the expedition if it turns out to be a scam but unfortunately it is time sensitive #(.....and also he already paid bartrand's fee and he doubts he would let him back out now)

[whumpy-wyrms]

MY GIANT SILLY GOOSE ARRIVED

10/10 wouldn’t buy again because it was expensive BUT I LOVE IT

there’s the bastard’s box for scale. IT’S HUGEEE MY FAMILY IS SOOO CONFUSED IT’S HILARIOUS

#wyrms says stuff #money well spent i’d say #it was worth it #it lives on my green grass rug now #it’s actually a really soft pillow too #definitely my favorite buddy to sit with on my green rug #what do i name it #that’s the question

[ashintheairlikesnow]

every once in a while, I read some smut. I know, shocking, right? In any case, I recently saw a book rec that had as its basic synopsis "A billionaire keeps a harem of supernatural creatures - an omega wolf shifter, a kelpie, a vampire, an incubus, a siren, a fey, and a 'vessel' (a human that stores magic and you have to... fuck it out of them to use it, I guess?). Brodie is sent undercover as the harem's medic to discover the billionaire's secrets".

This seems promising. Nsfwhump, paranormal funtimes, weird shit galore, count me IN.

And then... the whole book kind of skims over the nsfwhump entirely. Hell, there's barely any actual real whump! It was terribly disappointing and I was honestly so interested. The POV is primarily the Brodie man, but it switches off with Red, the wolf shifter, who considering he has been kept locked up for literal years, has almost no trauma as a result of this? Only two of the creatures even seem to have much at all.

I was kind of deflated by the end because I really wanted more build up to get me to care about the characters, and was interested in seeing their emotional/physical trauma play out as Brodie worked to rescue them. But you don't get to see all that much of it at all, and it feels like the plot breezes past you so fast you're struggling to keep up with how everything happens so quickly.

So now I'm just sitting here like... well damn it, why throw such a promising premise at me and then run away from it as fast as you can?

On the other hand, it inspired me to create a siren OC that I'm working out details of with @redwingedwhump as far as figuring out where I would want to go with the concept. I found "captive siren who isn't allowed to sing" wildly interesting, another concept that is just sort of touched on but it does sound like the siren will get his own book at some point. I just. I want him to feel more pain and if I cannot get pain from this story, I will make up a new OC and give that one the pain instead.

#ash rambles #smut #reading smut #look I pay money for these things because I want to financially support smut writers when I can #I don't regret it either #I definitely got my money's worth from the book #but I just #I wanted MORE #give me the emotional pain #give me TRAUMA #give me sadness and angst that isn't immediately undercut or undone #give me poor coping skills #gimmee gimmee gimmee

[eddiebabygirldiaz]

this job stresses me the fuck out and there's a lot of petty bullshit i gotta deal with but hey guess who is an excellent actor and getting a raise

#its me hehe #really glad for it bc i definitely need the money #and its enough to make dealing with my boss and manager worth #so are the people i help obviously but i dont really get to interact with them much so its hard to remember im making a difference #okay sorry im gonna shut up just needed to ramble #ry rambles

[the-avaricious-meddler]

So. Went to the gem and mineral show. Turned into Mr Stones. Not sorry.

#Ignore the stuff in the background. #Haul: various beads including malachite freshwater pearls and mother of Pearl #Then non-beads including Green goldstone #Spiderweb obsidian #Pyrite in the shape of a turtle #Labradorite #Rainbow moonstone #Sunstone #Ametrine #Tourmaline iirc? And a yellow variant #The ametrine alone cost as much as all of the beads I bought combined it was a lot #I was tempted by some opals but they cost 20$ per carat so. 200% out of my price range #This has definitely done a dent on my money but it was WORTH it

[front-facing-pokemon]

Now i know this blog is obviously for.. well. Front facing pokemon, but your tags are always super interesting. I think your opinions on pokemon are pretty neat

i've gotten a few asks like this so far, and it's always nice to see that folks aren't annoyed about how much i talk in the tags. i have lots of opinions on lots of things! and i like to talk a lot. the reason i started talking more in the tags is actually because of asks like this—folks saying they liked seeing what i had to say on particular pokémon has encouraged me to actually talk about my thoughts more (although if you regularly read my tags, i tend to get off-topic pretty quickly. i queue these up very early in the morning, as soon as i get up, and i'm usually a little delirious), especially compared to my first early posts on this blog which didn't even have any tags at all, beyond the names of the pokémon. you're one of the like 4 ffp-mod likers how's it feel

#not pkmn #ffp-mod? i dunno if i like how that sounds. i'm just like out here. i'm just like. a bitch. just like. a fucker that exists in the world #a pokémon just like the rest of you! right? #this also gives me an opportunity to say holy shit the blog hit 1000 followers? which is like nothing in the grand scheme of tumblr #when my man rodney realpokemon is out here with like 20k but that's a lot for *me*. that's way more folks than i'm used to #it's a good thing i'm not actually Making any content for this blog so i don't have to be worried about the output. it's just pokémon innit #if a pokémon looks bad it's nintendo's fault. not mine #anyway. thanks for sticking around‚ i s'pose—though it's not necessarily benefitting me very much‚ unless i turn on that “tips” button #but doesn't that just look so self-absorbed? haha yeah. my posts are good enough to deserve my followers giving me free money #some folks who are genuinely making content on here it's like. fine. but for me? someone who just posts pokémon staring at the screen? #i can't imagine anyone really seeing it as worth it to pay me for that #also holy shit i'm doing it again. the thing where i talk in the tags and make them a mile long. i'm cutting myself off here this is the en #clearly folks sending in asks is just my opportunity to continue talking more because i definitely always take the opportunity #to continue talking. and not stop talking. here i go again

[lazarus---rising]

love (hate) when im Thinking about my childhhod and im like "yeah it was pretty normal and good ithink" and then i fuckingg Rember

#like oh that one wasnt very good ! #personal #<- ish #<- but boy are these tags about to be #this is about the time i didnt respond to my dad's text when i was in the middle of a highschool tour with my sibling #(<- they came with cause why the hell not) #and on the drive back home he went on this rant about how we dont know what money's worth (completely unrelated !) #and he literally told us To Our Faces that it wouldve been better if we werent born ! like sir whose fault is that one !! #and theres definitely more but for once im thankful for my head blocking shit out of my memories #and how hed yell at me for making Basic Fucking MIstakes (once when i was EIGHT i spilt water down the stairs and #he yelled at me for .i forgot how long but too fukcing long #and made me get him to bring my cups downstairs for a month after and then he forgot and yelled at me AGAIN #for asking him to bring my cup down AFTER TELLING ME I HAD TO #and so so much more like . the yelling got so bad that when i twisted my ankle #(only real ones remember) #i was scared of telling him cause i KNEW he'd be like 'do you have any clue how much the doctor's gonna cost blah blah' #and i just . didnt tell him #we used to have money issues and he'd always make me feel like shit for asking for anything that costed money ever #so i just didnt tell him when i was sick or injured or when i needed something cause he would get mad at ME like . hello #AnyWay ! so yeah thats the rundown of some of my severe trauma that still affects me to this day

[milo-is-rambling]

I’m addicted to the grind (I doordashed for three hours this morning after only sleeping for four hours and now I’m contemplating abandoning my nap to go doordash for like. Twelve hours.)

#if I follow the dinner rush into the midnight rush into the early morning I already have scheduled into the breakfast rush. I could make #like. at least fifty bucks tonight #definitely more than zero which is what I’ll make if I nap thru the dinner rush 😭😭😭 #girl help I like money and I like having it and getting things I’m sorry!!! I like it!!!! I want things and stuff and food!!! 😭😭😭😭😭 #I’m pmsing so bad I want to cry over everything but I also just want to make money and feel like my mom is proud of me #that she sees I’m trying and working and I’m not a piece of shit and I’m worth something good (she has said nothing negative at all to me in #months why am I so scared that I’m a failure by her imaginary standards she doesn’t even force on me anymore) #anyways. haha. gonna take another hit and then nap fuck money I’ll wake up at nine or then take a shower get dressed put away my clean #laundry eat a bowl of cereal then doordash from midnight to as long as I have orders to fill

[pandaemoanium]

taking care of the submarines and airships all by myself in ffxiv is rough, building new parts takes forever and i'm always low on company credits lol

#but it's all going to be worth it. i will be swimming in money soon just you wait #i made my own fc so i could get a second house and do my own sub stuff bc nobody utilized them in my old fc #im the only member aside from my friends' alts that they haven't logged on in almost a year hahaha #i've learned to grab whatever loot i can from dungeons and whatever so i can swap it all for credits. definitely the fastest way #ff #ffxiv #personal

[incomingalbatross]

Got asked to interview for the Teaching Fellowship thing! We will see how that goes but I'm glad to apparently be in the running.

#honestly i think my odds are good because i think most of the current grad students already HAVE funding #(most people aren't willing to enter this program full-price--the only reason i could is that i can still live at home while attending) #(and i'm part-time even so) #anyway! kinda ambivalent about this because if it IS a genuine teaching job that's gonna be uncharted territory for me #and thus Stressful and definitely energy-consuming on top of the usual school stress #but i know it's worth it in terms of both experience and money so. hopefully i get it #(but also fingers crossed that it IS writing center work even if i really think that's less likely)

[sad--tree]

well shit. just checked out the lineup 4 bluesfest this year and i may have 2 actually brave the crowds 4 once. there might just be enough ppl id wanna see to make it worth it, altho tbh matthew good is almost enough for that on his own lol coz like. matthew good!!! that's the music of my freakin childhood man!! (*the most canadian sentiment ever)

#but also: ben howard; orville peck; charley crockett; mother mother #and of course. motley fucking crue. for some reason. i mean why not right? lol #ftr no i dont know why its called bluesfest when theres so much non-blues. they DO have blues its just. theres a lotta other stuff. #idk. perpetual mystery here in the nations capital. #i REALLYYYY wanna see matt good tho i was supposed to in 2020 and he CANCELLED instead of rescheduling like every1 else 😭 #still might go to mtl in april to see him tho. festival sets are just Not the Same lbr #NOW i just gotta see if any of the artists i wanna see are on the same days..... pls..... so much more cost effective.... #my whole life ive lived here and ive never been 2 bluesfest. maybe thisll be the year that changes #hmmm. $280 for a 'pick any 3 days' ticket is Not Bad At All.... definitely gonna b Pondering this further.... #tho $410 for a full pass is also not terrible. relatively speaking bc tgats is still Not A Small Amount of Money #not sure the full lineup is worth that 2 me tho #HMMM #anyways hey bluesfest. why the FUCK is your website so bad my god the scrolling lag good fucking lord. what the fuck are u DOING back there #also also. on the topic of music festivals. i KNOW its not coming back but.... heavy mtl return W H E N 🥺😭🙏🔥 #i just. wanna go 2 a metal music fest. w/o breaking the bank and/or subjecting myself to festival camping. which i refuse 2 try by myself. #not that we really have that sorta festival here at all but it seems the Really Big european ones are like that and uhhh. #it just seems like A Lot to do that solo. for a first time doing smth. #ANYWAYS !! still contemplating whether i want 2 spend altogether Too Much Fucking Money to see metallica and iron maiden later in the year #like on the 1 hand its A Lot Of Money plus id have to travel (edmonton 4 metallica; mtl or TO 4 maiden) #on the other hand. those guys arent gettin any younger. and the FOMO is unfortunately real af when u never know if theyre gonna retire #or like. DIE. (ok ok or like. idk break a hip or smth lol) ( they arent THAT that old just. u kno. fear.)

[roseband]

i mean this in all seriousness.....

every bonus and raise i get at work is cuz i taught myself adobe automation tools and javascript for adobe (even though i took cs in hs like, i could not find a class in what i wanted so i just had to self teach it)

but the only reason i self taught that was cuz i was overly obsessed with kpop

so as long as all my savings accounts are where they should be (percentage of income-wise)... so like 401k, emergency fund, down-payment fund.......(which.....are all invested and/or in high yield 4.5% monthly compounding interest accts and are making their own money)

i can just dump all my disposable income into kpop because if i wasn't unhinged about kpop, i would not have this much disposable income lol

i feel like this is 100% an original meaning of girlmath moment tbh

#personal #i mean i also.....budget like a crazy person and save like....20-25% of my yearly gross income lol #and was doing that when i was broke too......bc im nuts and also bc the same reason my mom was nuts abt saving #(my mom was afraid shed have another stroke so she saved sooo much for retirement...and then did have to #retire early....but not bc of stroke but bc she also had CANCER what the actual fuck #like shes never done drugs and barely drinks and was a professional dancer which is like...a literal athlete.. #thats NOT FAIR) #soooo she taught me how to save and invest super early lol.....like she....had me put my #bday money in an investment account every year and i was only allowed to spend interest #(explaining interest on a CD to a 8 year old by saying its a free GBA game lmao) #that was literally how she explained the $30 of interest the cd made i was like...ooo free!! i like free free is good!! #i have like.....enough to cover 2 months of basic bills (not including paychecks coming in) in checking #and then everything else is invested or in high yield..... #im so mad rn bc my 401k isnt doing that great tho....like my high yeild and my brokerage accounts are doing better #like the 401k is pretaxed and i get a very generous employer match of 5% instead of 3% so its worth #putting the money there instead of having it in my paycheck and putting it with the broker #buuuuut its annoying me #like im definitely getting more overall out of putting in 401k....but i wish it was making the same interest as my brokerage is

[mejomonster]

To get good at telling stories... writing stories... one must... practice by writing stories ;-;

#rant #i tell u what i think id have functioned well in a wrbnovel publishing format. but i dont think #any good sites for that exist in english as of yet? (i think theres one but its contract is Yikes i heard) #but just like. the idea of publishing chapter ever 1-2 weeks until youre done. maybe 20 chapters maube 2000. maybr you never finish. #most of the chapters free and maybe idk you make some advertizing money on ads viewed on your chapter page. or make the last couple extras #paid only idk. but the big thing? the point im getting to - sorry i got lost in the sauce - #my point is: you probably DO write shit at first. or write fine with some SHIT ARCS or rushed chapters to hit ur weekly updates #and 5 years from then youll look back and wanna overhaul some of those fucking stories (weve seen many a jjwxc writer revise later). #but wow will you have practiced writing a LOT. #youll have 100k 500k 1 million 5 million words worth of writing under your belt in a few years #and youll probably be a hell of a lot better at knowing how to make more chaptwrs on average interezsting and Building Consistently to your #main plot and arcs. you'll probably get much bettwr at raw scheduling of wriitng and pre-planning that works for you and structure mapping #youll have a much better idea of your personal strengths whrn you need to lean on them for a rough month when your story's turned #into a mess. youll value your own writing more (i hope) cause LOOK how much you fucking accomplished. #like. npss? dmbjs author? idk about others but i can definitely see the improvement in wriitng skill #between dmbj book 1 and the recent heihua book and mountain village book #(in terms of style in word choice. and goals for the story set out to be told) #i look at priest and newer novels by priest are as impressive as any literary novel ive ever analysed #(and older ones while i also love i do see their slightly rougher word choice and how some were executed a bit #more up and down/not as tightly) #i just. agh. i am :c feeling that ill probably write 200k words this year #and none of it will be as good as i want. but i NEED to write these first 200k #because the only way i get better. get to the way i want to write. is to make the progress of improvement with this first 200k. #ToT fun fact i wrote 170k words this year. WOW. and maybe 400k words of fanfic in the 4 years prior (so 100k words on average) #i know i am imptoving. i just gotta keep at it. #also? annoying i cant focus my attention lmao. 160k words is mkre than enough to finish a 1st draft novel #but me? i split those among like 20 projects this year. so the novel most written so far is still only at 40k #and im probably going to need 60k more words to finish it