#you love money and nothing else

[jamiesfootball]

Always lowkey simmering a Leverage AU in the back of my head hear me out:

Ted is an ex-insurance investigator who was able to get his son life-saving medical treatment because his first, original Crime Pal Beard was like ‘Ted if your company doesn’t come through with the coverage, we’re doing things my way.’

The company did not come through. The company did let him go due to suspicion of Ted’s involvement in the incident, but Ted will happily remind folks that no charges were formally pressed. Henry is alive and healthy and living with Michelle, who divorced Ted shortly thereafter (not just because of pre-existing marital problems, but because Ted wouldn’t tell her anything about why the doctors “””suddenly decided to do the procedure for free”””). Shortly thereafter, Ted fled the country.

What Ted learned from the whole experience is that there’s a lot of people out there, good people just trying to live by the rules, but sometimes things happen that are just out of their control. And well- if we’ve got the means to help the good people out when no one else will, then shouldn’t we try?

“We’ve got means,” Beard agrees. “And motives.”

They do things Beard’s way now.

#also Rebecca is a grifter who gave it up when she married into money and her name(s) echo mysteriously through the back alleys of London #“did you hear about this Secret Princess Lydia who went missing in the 90s?’ ‘yes Ted that was me’ #the woman is constantly dodging every half-told lie she made on a lark twenty years ago but she is amazing at keeping them straight #and Roy- Roy long ago took an injury that ended his career as a footballer before it started #and he fell into a bad spot as a hitter #and then he fell into a worse spot #and then he dug himself out for his neice that no one knows about (see: everyone knows about think mafia kid no one is allowed to touch her) #the problem now is he’s getting old #the hits hit harder and his speed isn’t what it used to be #(Roy Kent’s slow is still leagues beyond what these young wannabe punks can do these days) #keeley! she is a sneak thief. very charming. tiny. great with repelling down sides of buildings #loves money and shiny rocks and thinks Rebecca is the bee’s knees #and then there’s Jamie who is a 24 year old hacker with gaudy taste no knack for accents and a problem with authority #in this au him and ted have basically split Nate’s backstory #Ted’s dad took him to bars and taught him little tricks and mind games- nothing fancy just stuff an HR person might know #meanwhile Jamie’s dad took him to shady deals in bars because his dad was a fixer who’d put bad guys in touch with each other #jamie keeps a tracker running on his laptop with his dad’s whereabouts at all times #unfortunately he didn’t think that anyone else would bother looking for him- he’s not exactly a big time crook #but Ted and his crew have pissed off Rupert Mannion who is big time and who wants to hit back at Rebecca for making a fool of him #and Mannion’s people have identified that the way in to breaking their little crew is through Jamie #who’s name sounds so ridiculous people have assumed it was fake this whole time #anyways #thanks for reading #I will likely never write this but boy I have ideas 💡 #leverage au #ted lasso #jamie tartt #roy kent #keeley jones #rebecca welton

[omtai]

going to kms and everyone in this room the david byrne paramore record was sold out so i waited 1.5hrs freezing my ass off for nothinggggg😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

#literally walked out and as soon as i turned the corner i just started bawling #like im not even upset i didn’t get the record it’s more just the fact i wasted my morning in the cold for nothing #the guy was like Sorry but that’s why you should come with more things you want so you don’t go empty handed #would love to do that mate if only everything else i wanted wouldn’t be literally half of all the money i have in the world💖💖 #and actually nevermind i am upset about the record i wanted ittttttt😭😭😭😭 #now im just crying in some random park with no record and no reason to even have left my stupid room

[siriuslynephilim]

spending my whole life trying and trying and trying and trying to be good enough for people who don't give a fuck about me

#im so tired living seems pointless why am i doing this what is the reason #the firm i work at is going thru a merger so it's releasing all the interns except 2 #i went into her office and said that id like to stay here bc my dad said so bc i got in cause he was friends with the head #and she said ill think about it based on performance ive not decided yet #and this other guy he went in to tell her that cool he'll leave and she told him that she was hoping that he'd stay #he literally does nothing but play games on his phone he doesn't work at all #i have no idea what he has that i don't #but just. im stuck like this forever right never ever good enough for people i like or care about #not for parents they have a diff fav child not for ex gf not for bestie who has a boyfriend much better at loving her than me #not for that one guy who rejected me in interview bc i don't read the newspaper and didn't know the date of the finance act #im so fucking sick of this i never even wanted to this fuckinh course and obviously even my best isn't enough and ofc im not good enough #for anyone in this field and ill just struggle and struggle and struggle all my life just to earn some fucking money so i can live away #from my sociopathic parents #and the worst part is that i can't stop feeling like maybe it IS me yk maybe i am the problem maybe im not trying hard enough #but how else am i supposed to handle this i prioritize my studies and lose all my friends i prioritise my friends and fail in d #exams #and the trauma keeps on coming every fucking day bc sociopathic parents but i jsut push it down and say not rn i will cry at night anx then #never cry #i wish someone would just tell me that idk you're wrong you're not made for this you really do have some mental illness and you're really #trying your best and do something that's easy and that you love doing #oh god this is now a ventpost #mes

[irritablepoe]

💀💀💀💀💀

#tell my why my father felt the need to throw out SO MUCH MONEY. AGAIN. JESUS CHRIST #I'm this close 🤏🤏🤏🤏 to tell him to bring that back #the dude really thinks money equals love #bro you can't BUY HER AFFECTION LITERALLY DO ANYTHING ELSE BUT DON'T THROW OUT SO MUCH MONEY FOR NOTHING #I'm so angry wtf #wtffff #johnny's silly rambles #what do i do now??? #I don't want to blow the surprise.. #i mean my mum kinda knows what he'd buy #but this??????? #i think i scared her already with my reaction just now💀 #fml why is he like this😐 #hello you don't get much money and maybe we want to eat still #like fuck off man #hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[mcmadcanvas]

DO NOT LET THE FICTIONAL CEO OF MATTEL IN THE BARBIE MOVIE INFLUENCE YOUR OPINION OF MATTEL'S REAL CEO AND LEADERSHIP.

#was curious about it #and i looked it up #only 3 women on a leadership group of 10 #the ceos info page countessly lists his BUISINESS and MONEY successes and almost nothing else #not even a blurb about his children playing with mattel toys #it doesnt even MENTION his family or ANY loved ones #just business #so dont let the 'i joined this company bc i care about the dreams of little girls!' line fool you #barbie

[zhonglicious]

aah im thinking of bonten ran who wld do anything for his darling princess...

#tw gore #tw violence #i had this one draft once #it was of ran pulling out someones teeth for talking off to reader #aah #ran who wld do anything if it meant his dearest princess wld be happy #wld pull out his gun without hesitation and shoot out the brains of the person that tried to wrong you #anything u want u get #nothing is too big a task nor too much money to fetch for him #if its for you there is nothing that is out of his reach #aah i love tropes where villains r married and theyre both completely devoted to each other #them against the world #two againt everyone else #i like my men sick and twisted

[rambunctioustoons]

I refuse to remember everyone's movie preferences in stardew valley. We are SEEING a MOVIE. I buy you a snack and we watch a movie. It's bonding!!

#ramblings #stardew valley #i love the movies!! very funny you can take npcs to the movies too. i have taken clint #he makes it a point to say something like “just two guys hanging out nothing weird”. side eyes the audience #i wish you could take multiple npcs at once. would love to make multiple of them watch a terrible movie #took elliot to the movies and he DID NOT like the movie. i dont care. also no one else was in the theater and he fell asleep #make money? in stardew valley? yeah! of course. how else am i gonna force everyone to go to the movies with me!!! asddjfaksj

[d3vilishd00dles]

this man's sense of style tho like- sir is that a

corset I see?

his boots are so fancy, he has an off the shoulder feather boa. his entire fit is just if "Thank you very much." was an ensemble. the fingerless gloves and the spiked leather bracelets I can't-

#the way i want his clothes #yall can't tell me he isnt just a little bit fruity just a little👌🏾 #its giving “bisexual disaster but i know im hot so i make it look good” and i love that for him #im willing to bet money that the eyepatch is just part of the fit. #kaeya #“im skinny and im pretty what more could you want?” nothing sir you're right you dont need anything else just sit there and be magnificent #bro's majestic #genshin log #genshin impact

[devotedlystrangewizard]

shoutout to indie games with unique artstyles that are only 5gb at most can we give it up for indie games with unique artstyles that are only 5gb at most

#is ultrakill more than 5 i cant remember its just been on my laptop since i first downloaded it #but like. dead cells. ror2. celeste. i can just keep several games on my laptop despite only having like. 350gb of usable space. #its ffxiv and then just several indie games. ITS DELIGHTFUL #sorry ive been on a massive indie spree lately and i feel the need to gush about them 24/7 #bonus shoutout to undertale bc i dont have it installed and havent really played it since 2018 but i still love it #my friend goes 'hey do you have any recs' and i immediately open a powerpoint titled 'why you should play indie games' #and the second slide is just a picture of v1 and gabriel ultrakill VERY poorly edited to make them hold hands #third slide is the beheaded from dead cells #and the fourth slide is a giant wall of text about why ror2 is actually so much fun #(yes i still have to get rorr no i dont have the money right now) #fifth slide is literally just the nonbinary flag. nothing else. just the nonbinary flag #'a little something for everyone' i say pointing at like 5 different roguelikes #ramblings

[hauntedfalcon]

do you think people will ever understand that influencer behavior itself is the problem, and not whether or not a thing is actually sponsored

#just saw ‘not an ad!’ on an instagram post full of lavish closeups and loving copy about a product you can buy #bestie beloved what you made there is an ad whether or not you were paid to do it #if it walks like a duck and promotes like a duck… #Keri Smith (the Wreck This Journal one. not the right wing nutjob with the same name) wrote that #seeing a friend on social media post an ad erodes our trust. but I am hard pressed to find anything these days that isn’t presented as an ad #up to and including people *thanking the store where they bought the thing* (that’s what the money is for!!) #and they won’t admit to what they’re doing. it’s fully saturated. people think they have nothing else to post about but products #everybody has bought into the idea that they need to be shilling 24/7 even when it… doesn’t do anything for them

[thedeadthree]

PETRA (the sandman) // ELISAVET (vtm) // LÍADÁIN (a mage reborn) // FALKA (dnd/bg3) // CINDRA (s*tar w*ars) // NYCTEMINE (the witcher) // LYSISTRATE (shepherds of haven) // VALENTINA (john wick)

the lovelies @risingsh0t, @marivenah, @multiverse-of-themind and @florbelles tagged me to make the loves in this always cutest picrew! ty dears!

TAGGING: @griffin-wood, @blackreaches, @shellibisshe, @leviiackrman, @chuckhansen, @queennymeria, @virassan, @yennas, @adelaidedrubman, @confidentandgood, @saintsilver, @lustyargonianmaid, @noonfaerie, @aartyom, @swordcoasts, @celticwoman, @roofgeese, @arklay, @steelport, @pheedraws, @belorage, @lavinet, @loriane-elmuerto, @dihardys, @jackiesarch, @maeflower, @rosebarsoap and you!

#only if you want to of course! 🖤 #oc: petra dvorak #oc: elisavet drakos #oc: líadáin talovaire #oc: falka #oc: cindra zoë #oc: nyctemine tenebrae #oc: lysistrate vycos #oc: valentina zaman #cindra is the type to be the loveliest to u and then u leave and u have no money ur bank account is depleted and she VANISHED ✨😌💞 #nyctemine in her ruling vampire of the tdet era! post blood and wine just thriving with dettlaff and gossiping with satine when she visits 🖤 #lys gets a reintroduction as well! i found her a fc that fits her better and i miss her sm ✨🤧🖤 #i have to reread the alpha soon she’s one of my earlier ocs from when i got into ifs..! she romances blade! #TRUE TO MY BRAND AS IF I WOULDNT GO FOR THE DARK HAIR AND BROODING ✨🤡 alyssa u hear nothing! #i can’t remember much outside of i think..? she was a conjurer? and she was of ket heritage and had a dagger? and her fake name was portia? #THISS ONE did wonders for u petra dear..! 🖤 thats my demon summoner! dreams future spouse etc etc..! #sabbat!lisa! sabbat era elisavet! she got HIGH up there in ranking and notoriety in that time..! and i love that for her! #(its also in this time where she heads on over into new york to support the archbishop and meets qadir the first time ✨😵‍💫🖤) #post resurrection lía look at u my dear! the halo crownpiece the purples and the spiritism/nyx/earthsworn background! my girlie! #she needs runes but everything else is lovely and like.. that’s my dearie ✨🥺 #GAHH falka in her time as a noble of the seldarine! her ritual scars! #before the mindflayers! OKAY BUT ALSO IM GOING THROUGH A ROYAL DILEMMA..! should she romance wyll or astarion I DONT KNOWW 🖤🤧 #i mean i need to buy a pc first and then the decision will prob come to me easier BUT im jumping the gun! 🖤😵‍💫 #u know what elder u have good taste in partners i mean LOOK AT HER ✨😌 and this is just how she looks on a daily basis! an icon! #leg.ocs #leg.tagged #t: picrews #TY SO MUCH a beloved picrew that i was so excited to make more dears in! 🖤🖤

[jorvikzelda]

Also got this positively adorable snapshot of Zelda Bowsmith and Heavyheart while window-shopping in Global Store. they're mirroring each other 🥺 its like a little dance! striking a lil pose !

#this is the dream outfit btw. I just dont have enough money asdfghj #thats why Im doing archaeology now babeyyyyyy #but once I get this i will be sooooooo powerful. both of my OCs will have Signature Outfits. and all will be well. #theyre so contrasting too LOL and i love that #if I ever get a 3rd account theyre gonna be the most colorful chaotic kinda person with clothes ever. Im gonna have so much chaos fun. #z talks #sso #ssoblr #na: heavyheart #Zelda Bowsmith is very much like... your standard preppy kinda rich dresses-nice horse girl. She will bite you #Zelda Axewatcher... is not that. She might still bite you though. #They probably will never meet (being in different parallel timelines and all yknow) but I think they would get along very well. #they could learn a thing or two from another if nothing else. #Bowsmith could use some of Axewatcher's carelessness. Axewatcher could use some of Bowsmith's sharp wits and cutting words. #wow look at me... developing my OCs more in the span of five tags than i literally EVER have before #Also they're both gay and trans but yknow ALL our ocs are. #So that goes without saying I feel.

[xiaomao-ai-wo]

12/22 sweater weather in december :)

#december coffee art #sweaters #I'm making little gifts for my family at work today because it is slow #coworkers saya to me. these are so cute!! how come you don't get into art? #my dearly beloved. free yourself from capitalist money making values. I am already IN art #it is right here #happy holidays everyone and remember that enjoying something is enough value #you need nothing else #art makes my life worth living and everyone benefits from my work here. I do not need to make it my source of income #okay thank you and love yourself

[vogelmeister]

omg your tags on the reblog of my post - that's word for word how i feel and i HATE it, things have felt artificial to me since 1989, reputation was better but ever since lover it's felt like that 1000x more idk.. it just sucks but yeah you're not the only one feeling that way :')

THANK YOU! It's really nice to see that someone else has been feeling this way and I really begun to think deeply into why I feel like this. And you're right, it has really been since rep that it has felt... idk, less authentic.

I remember during the red and 1989 era, taylor was doing a lot of shit that actually showed how much she loved us. And by all means, she didn't have to, but it was little things such as the hidden notes in her album lyric books that made me feel a bit more connected to her. Not to mention stuff like swiftmas, the secret sessions and of course t-party all made us feel like one big family and that she was actually thankful for us. She didn't gain anything out of this, it was all "for the fans" and it made being a swiftie loads of fun, especially those hidden messages, which lbr costed nothing to keep doing. (1989 was her last i think)

Nowadays, when she does it, it feels more calculated and less authentic and I get maybe it's a safety thing that she can't do secret sessions and swiftmas etc anymore, but now even when she does things for the fans, it's stuff like releasing loads of versions of the one album so we all buy it (see, the midnight clock), and because we have this relationship we built up with her, we feel we owe our loyalty. It feels like she does these things to show she cares, but she wants our money in return. And believe me, there's other ways you can show it. The wiping of her social media defs slightly killed her authenticity, I think. Even though I understand why she did it, it certainly didnt help her relationship with the fans or it's authenticity. I do believe she still is thankful for us, but I can't help but notice the business aspect creeping in, and I just wish a lot of swifties knew you don't have to buy in to it. She's human, she has flaws, you don't have to always defend her, or buy her merch. It's almost business at this point, and I hate it.

I hate it. And I hate it more because I almost understand why its like this.

#during red taylor could say she was thankful for us and i would believe her #now i believe her but with a hefty grain of salt!!! #i do think the merch thing can also be an issue with swifties bc apparently if you don’t own her merch #or buy all 55 copies of folklore you’re not a fan #i had a friend who was constantly telling me i was less of a fan and she always wanted my merch #the merch was my red tee from when she was in sydney and even then that brings up something else because her merch quality has gone down #and the prices have gone up and that shirt from 2013 has survived. i mean it is defs aging but it's survived the trenches #but like taylor is fully playing into this and ppl fall for it bc she apparently loves us #i may have been 12 then but at least it didn’t feel like she was constantly trying to get me to buy shit #there were lots if bad things about being a swiftie then but hey at least Taylor’s love actually felt genuine!!! #and not like she wanted my money as well as my loyal #loyalty** wow lekker bezig vandaag #also i do buy her albums on cd but thats more a me thing its a tradition with a friend i had that i plan on continuing with speak now tv #bc i like owning physical copies #also sometimes i struggle with organising my thoughts so i hope that all makes sense and nothing is lost #english is my first language i just am slightly neurodivergent #i only just organised my thoughts on loreens eurovision win. im still sad abt it but im happy for her. #also hello fellow southern hemisphere person!!

[watermelonsenpai]

Let's see how many anxiety and sleep meds I can take before I black out because I can't deal with being conscious anymore. Everything is fake and nothing is real, the rules are fake, they're made up and they don't matter.

#already took enough that i feel buzzed like i drank #i just wanna not feel like this anymore #i would take any drug that was offered to me right now #might hit up the giant homeless group at the park and ask if anyone wants to fight me #would love to get punched in the face so i can feel anything else #would also love to beat the shit out of someone to feel my fists make contacts with a body #is cool tho nothing to worry about #just gonna be joining that homeless group tomorrow if we can't pay $3000 lmao #i love being alive in this fake world with fake money and fake lines and people that hate other people for just living their life and being #a certain color or having pigments on their skin that make them look different and oh man gotta kill about it #gotta kill em. they look different? kill em #it's the only rational and smart thing to do obviously #you know #it's cool #being alive is cool #it's not fucking pointless it's not like I'm living the exact reason why i hate this fucking world #I'm a product of my environment #and this environment has filled me with so much rage and hatred and violent thoughts and wanting to hurt things #it's cool though #no biggie gang gang bitch #🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙 #watermelon-sempai #personalmelon

[impossible-rat-babies]

truly this prompt is 1) getting out of hand and 2) stupid in a way that I refuse to think is cringe

#how eyrie and zenos talk is just them stomping all over my love of subtext and I adore it #they’re both painfully earnest #Zenos in how he like. never lies and is just flying by the seat of his pants #and eyrie who is earnest because they’re too traumatized to be anything but earnest #but being earnest doesn’t mean they aren’t a liar #they just lie so much to themself #there’s this interesting part of their dynamic after Zenos comes back #when he can’t find the end either of them desire #there is no mortal or place beyond time and space to bring about the end #there is no place else to turn and thus Zenos turns back to eyrie #if there is nothing left in the muck then might as well crawl back to the light #knowing full well that he will never have the satisfaction of violence from them #and yet he comes back becuase where else is there to go? if nothing else eyrie is still around #a dummies guide on how to cope with not dying in the way you wanted For The Second Time #eyrie liek maybe the universe is like. hey stupid you should live #they’re kinda stuck with each other like that for a long while #they sleep together on occasion. shit happens ya know #but they’re kinda stuck together in a way #there is desire and devotion to each other and if that counts? as love? maybe? #their relationship is like a puzzle box that has money inside and one day I will solve it #oc: eyrie kisne