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I'm just reblogging anything and everything here, but I'm also posting:
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I played through Age of Imprisonment again (because it’s so good) and got severely ill about them again. Thinking about the post-game scenes of biggest totk and aoi,,
Like do you think they just kinda sat there in silence for a few hours after everything ? like damn,,,
look at my lawyer dawg. no seriously, look at her. isnt she so pretty
yeah alright i’ll join in on the zelda movie screenshot redraw
the sims will never not be one of the funniest games on the planet
Ponder Stibbons is a character from Pratchett's Discworld books. My community list features almost all the more or less significant characters in the series.
Думминг Туппс персонаж книг Пратчетта "Плоский мир". В моем паблике можно увидеть почти всех более-менее значимых персонажей этой серии книг.
Citrus trio! 🍋🟩🍋🍊
Pose ref under cut
“I am your guillotine.” nico robin encapsulating my feelings on our government.
Been talking about this with friends so I present to you, the cursed spectrum of media literacy
Added a Y axis from the notes
As a Greek, in response to the current controversy about Matt Damon being cast as Odysseus, I'd just like to share that one of the moments that changed my brain chemistry as a kid was reading a novelized version of the Odyssey and coming across the following description of Odysseus when Circe sees him for the first time and thinks he's hot: "his hair curled like a clematis and his eyes were very brown".
So may I present my own casting choice for Odysseus:
Excuse me???
#I do not know who this man is but yeah he looks like great odysseus material #(i'd say better than matt damon but that's putting the bar on the ground tbh)
I will also say that I think the problems with the movie's casting, costuming, and color grading are all related. Like, Nolan went with the Hollywood Viking aesthetic because he thought Odysseus would look silly in a slutty little bedsheet. And it's like, no, you don't understand: Matt Damon would look silly in a slutty little bedsheet. 40ish Jason Mantzoukas in a thigh-length, rust-colored chiton, olive limbs shining in the Mediterranean sun, would send male-attracted folks everywhere into the stratosphere.
what they dont tell you about adulthood is that it’s startlingly easy to go long periods of time without having any fun at all not even a little bit. btw this causes ur brain to try to kill you with knives and hammers.
Yeah the thing is, when you're a kid, there are often a lot of people going out of their way to make things fun for you: parents, other family members, your friends' parents/families, adults at school and at community places like libraries...and that's on top of your friends your own age, and the general fact that as a kid having fun is one of your top priorities.
And then if you go to college, there aren't quite so many people making things fun for you--although there are RAs, and the student life office, and various clubs and organizations doing activities, etc.--but you're in an environment where your friends are nearby and you all have similar schedules and responsibilities, so a lot fun just kind of arises spontaneously.
But once you're out on your own, in the workforce and whatnot, all that just drops of a cliff. Planned activities for adults exist, but you generally have to seek them out, rather than having them relentlessly advertised to you and/or taking place in locations where you will bump into them on the way to breakfast. And your friends are all spread out, and everyone's busy at different times, so you aren't just bumping into people and getting sucked into whatever adventure they have going on, you have to make arrangements.
It's a big shift! If you have kids, you generally figure out pretty quick that your role is now the Planner Of Fun, but without that big obvious signpost, it can feel like the world just gradually stopped having fun things in it.
But it hasn't; you just have to plan and seek out opportunities for fun yourself, because it's no longer anyone else's job to put them in front of you--it's yours!
TL:DR, when you're an adult you've got to take yourself to the aquarium and pick out a plushie in the gift shop and pay for it with your own credit card; you don't just wake up one day and find out that's happening. (Or that it's a have-dinner-on-a-picnic-blanket-in-the-living-room day, or that you're going to your cousins' house where you can splash around in the creek and look for frogs, or that's it's the day when we put the speakers in the window and let the music echo in the alley down below while we wash the car, or anything!)
call me terminally academia-brained but i do think a lot of the fun of character analysis is figuring out how to build a compelling argument for a particular reading using lines of evidence from canon as well as meta/intertextual support
and you could say that what i’m saying here is basically “a lot of the fun of doing character analysis is doing character analysis” but let’s be real a lot of fandom character analysis is pretty heavily vibes-based. and i think that’s where i really chafe up against the traditional thought-terminating fandom attitude of like, everyone’s opinions hold equal weight and any interrogation of that is inherently hostile. because i think it’s fascinating to dig into where others are coming from in terms of their views on characters or dynamics or whatever, especially when they differ significantly from more commonly expressed views, and part of that digging is asking people okay what parts of canon are you drawing from to support your opinion? what parts of canon are you disregarding or downplaying? how does this argument hold up in the light of how race, gender, class, ability, etc. operate both in the piece’s in-fiction and real world contexts?
"Grace doesnt have enough food on the jorney to Erid" yeah but Rocky does. Rocky has plenty, in fact, Rocky had enough food for 23 eridians for a bit over 30 years (because they were also expected to make the jorney back) Rocky has so much food, and he cant give any to grace because it will kill him. Every meal he makes he can hear Grace's body slowly collapsing in on itself from hunger. Rocky has to sit there, with way more than enough food for 2 and still watch his best friend starve to death.
Hey does anybody have any advice or know any tips? I've always wanted to know how to do something.
1. If you can avoid it, never call a business on the first day of the week it's open. Wait until at least 40 minutes after they're open on the second day. This waits out the first wave of frantic callers and gives whoever is on the phone time to grab a coffee and drink enough that they don't feel disturbed in their morning start-up ritual.
You'll spend less time on hold and reach more people with the time and patience to hear you out.
2. Take notes for phone calls. You can literally make a numbered check list of what you definitely want to bring up, and then during the call take down who you spoke to, at what date and what solutions/deadlines were promised.
This keeps you on topic without forgetting your priorities, and also gives you something to refer back to later.
If you want to complain but don't want to be THAT person:
pre call: find out what governing body deals with the type of complaint you are making. They ALWAYS have rules. For example, in the UK, the Financial Ombudsman Services have a 7 day acknowledgement stipulation AND if the complaint goes over 8 weeks they need to be advised. If you disagree with the outcome of your complaint you can then take it to them and they look into it for you. It costs the company money to have a decision go to FOS. Normally its around £500-ish.
1: Make a list of things you are unhappy about with the service/situation. Ask if all calls are recorded. Get names and times of your call too. As person above said - NOTES!
2: Tell the person that you would like to make a FORMAL complaint. Not just a complaint, but FORMAL. This will normally get you transferred through to the dedicated complaints team rather than the regular call handlers.
3: List your complaint points. If they try to explain away your points, write those down, but you need to make sure that they have ALL your points.
4: At the end of the call - ask them to read what they have written. It's annoying as hell but it will help you in the long run. Make sure you check you have the name of the agent taking the complaint. They might not be the one who DEALS with it, but names are gold.
5: Ask WHEN you will receive a written acknowledgement of your complaint. Ask for your complaint reference number. If they don't have either of those, ask who the governing body is for your specific type of complaint. If you are calling about an energy bill for example, it should be OFGEM. If its bank charges it should be FOS. If they don't know, then ask to be put through to someone who does.
6: When you get your letter/email of acknowledgement, there should be contact information on there, and a return email/address. Send an email/letter BACK, with your points on there as well. It's a good idea to list them - bullet points or date order or numbered. Attach any relevent paperwork or images (screenshots work really well for phone calls and so on) that support your complaint.
7: They should keep you updated with progress reports on your complaint, but they might not. That's okay - keep ANYTHING they send to you in a dedicated place. Try to respond to requests for evidence or information within 24 hours. They may try to use YOUR delay in getting that information as to why its taking so long.
8: They have a certain amount of time to resolve your complaint. Check online cause it can vary, but with FOS and the FCA its 8 weeks - FROM THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT i.e: your initial call to complain. If its longer than that they MUST tell you the reason why. At that point you can take the complaint to the higher body, but its normally a good idea to hold off till they uphold or decline the complaint.
9: You CAN dispute the decision and you CAN ask for more money if they offer something too low. Don't accept store credit or a discount on the next bill. Cash Only. If you are cancelling your contract, make sure they are waiving the cancellation fees ON TOP OF your compensation. If they say they can't do that, remind them they are at fault and (if they upheld your complaint) have accepted liability. PUSH BACK on anything you don't agree with. Ask for SPECIFIC terms and conditions. Ask what steps they have taken to stop this happening again.
10: Get your decision in writing, with the T&C's listed. I always check my paperwork and contract I was sent last (if your policy renews they can change the T&C's so always use the most recent one) and check the T&C's match. if they don't - even if its the page number that is wrong - go back to them and dispute it. If they are working from a copy of the T&C's you DONT have, ask when they sent those to you, and ask for proof of sending it. If they are working of a set they never sent you - this is a breach of the contract YOU have, and it WILL be accepted by FOS or whatever.
Now I know this seems like a lot of things, but if you feel strongly enough to complain, you should be treated fairly and lawfully. Learning how to complain is a skill, and you cannot let your concern for being 'that person' override your rights as a consumer. LOTS of companies are getting away with shit because its 'too much work' to go through the process.
PRO MOVES: Be polite. Be respectful. Keeping a log of who you talked to and when. If they say that they don't have notes, advise them that you were told calls are recorded, so they can pull that call and listen to it. If the calls aren't recorded, tell them you'd like to add the lack of correct notes to the complaint - give them the time, date and name of who you spoke to, and what you said. NOTES NOTES NOTES.
I've worked in complaints for a regulated company for 5 years, and at the company for 10 and it's MY JOB to know this stuff, so I hope it helps someone.
someone from 1997 wished me good luck. it’s like someone from so many years back knows your struggles and i just, i think i’m gonna cry
reblogging for luck from friend in 1997
grace, who has been alone for five minutes: oh my god. an alien! im not alone anymore! i hope he wants to be friends :)
rocky, coming up on 50 years of solitude, imprinting on grace in ways baby ducklings can only dream of: if you leave me to sleep where i can't watch your heart beat i am blowing up this tunnel with us both in it
free fic idea up for grabs. godspeed
#send me your address so i can visit you and explain my passions
(his follow-up “this is a love village” tweet no longer exists except within my heart)
