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I've readded my emergency comms option for 40$ and I will be giving a 30% off discount on my PNGTuber model (that for some reason VGEN is struggling to give me, so I will add it specifically) for Silly Holiday Themed options for the time of the year, like my Thanksgiving model here:
Please note that these are meant to be silly and scuffed but you will receive a full usable model with PNGTuber Plus! They are not limited to this model idea either. Anything you can think of is an option!
US based but it’s similar reasons in other countries. and of course many companies have international locations. idk if that’s why it’s happening with sour patch kids but this is a thing
My nephew is very allergic to eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, and sesame. Last year my sister discovered all hot dogs and hamburger buns now contain sesame. Not "may contain", but listed in the ingredients. This year basically every brand of sliced bread also now contains sesame, making it very difficult to find bread items he can eat.
They're just adding it to their products, so they can just list it as an ingredient and not bother with worrying about cross contamination. And they aren't even bothering with telling anyone. Capitalism is going to kill us all.
"Which brings us back to Kellogg’s. Back in 2016, the company found a way around the added burden and expense of complying with the FSMA: they simply began adding trace amounts of peanut flour to their cracker products. Doing so allowed them to list peanuts as an ingredient of the product, freeing them from having to prevent cross-contact.
At the time, Kellogg’s notified Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) about the impending change and left it to them to warn the allergic community. In this case, Pearson’s didn’t even bother as near as we can tell."
Um hi, I don’t know if this is allowed, but could I please get something comforting with Miraak, preferably him helping LDB through a loss? I lost a friend to suicide today and I’m beside myself with grief. Feel free to delete this if I’m asking too much, I just take a lot of comfort in your writing and find it very helpful in my darker moments. Much love ❤️
I'm so sorry to hear that. Of course asking this is allowed, I am glad that something I wrote could bring you any sense of comfort. My heart is with you. <3
"You are strong, Dovahkiin. You will survive this." It's disturbing to see the sheer anger his words evoke. They have always appreciated comments of their strength but now it's as if he's insulted his beloved, watching them bristle from his statement.
"I don't want to be strong." The Dragonborn's voice cracks and Miraak can only watch as they dissolve. That powerful frame he's come to respect curls inward. Protecting themself.
"My dragon." Miraak murmurs the petname as he gathers his beloved into his lap. He cannot seem to find the correct words but his heart desires nothing more than to comfort them. So he pets through their hair, allowing his Dragonborn to wipe their snotty nose on his robes.
"I can't - it's like I can't breathe." Every breath rattles through their chest and he can feel the way their body shakes. "Like I'm losing all these bits of myself and there's nothing I can do."
Each word breaks his heart but Miraak cannot fathom the pain his love is experiencing. He swipes at their tears, kisses the puffy skin under their eyes and encourages twitching fingers to twine with his. Miraak examines how neatly their hands slot together and though his back aches he does not move. Their head lolls against his chest and Miraak feels the Dragonborn's breathing calm into a steady rhythm. Copying his, he supposes.
"Allow me to be strong in your stead." He speaks against their knuckles, gentle kisses pressed to chilly skin. "I will hold all the pieces of you together."
The Dragonborn is quiet for a long while. Miraak tries not to worry about where their mind has gone. He's comforted by the way they mimic each breath he takes. Their eyes gaze emptily toward the doorway but he's certain they don't observe much, too lost in thought. Their lips quiver around words they can't seem to speak. Miraak can do nothing more than to clutch his Dragonborn to his chest and do as he's promised, to hold them together.
He is their shield from this world. He will absorb any ounce of this heartbreak that he is able to. He will withstand their anger and grief, will let his Dragonborn hit or scream at him if that's what they need. Once he'd dreamed of godhood but Miraak finds that he is quite content allowing the Last Dragonborn to use him as a punching bag.
"I had a life." Their voice is horribly small. Miraak can hear the tears, reaching blindly for their warm cheek. "I miss everyone so much."
"I know the feeling, beloved." He mumbles, a stray kiss pressed to their temple. There's a little sob but the Dragonborn's watery eyes slowly turn to meet his. He strokes at their cheek and just the sight of their heartbroken expression revives that old grief that claimed a spot in his chest ages ago.
"Does it ever get better?"
He desires nothing more than to lie. Miraak gazes down at the love of his life and wishes he could tell them that it goes away. That this will heal like a scraped knee. They're grasping the front of his robes like a lifeline and Miraak is terrified of saying the wrong thing and shattering them entirely.
"Sometimes." He speaks truthfully, kissing tears from their lashes. "And other times it hurts again." They're weeping once more, the body that had pinned him atop the peaks of Apocrypha quivering in his hold.
"I want to feel better." They plead as if he can bestow peace. Guilt eats at Miraak - he should be able to take this pain from them, to steal it all away and place it upon his own soul.
"I know, my love." His thumb strokes lazily across their cheek in a way he knows brings comfort. "I will shoulder this with you." He swears, body bent protectively over theirs.
"You don't have to." They sniffle and Miraak recognizes that the Dragonborn is putting on the same mask they've worn for years. Acting as if nothing is wrong. He can understand the pressure they've spent years under but within the confines of their home, far from the pressure of Jarls and advisors, he cannot stand this act.
"I want to." He insists, that terribly human heart too loud within his chest. "It would be life's greatest gift to share in your hardships."
I wish people were as scared of getting into a car accident as they are of being true crime'd. Maybe then they wouldn't be on their phones while driving.
True crime girlies will be like "wtf I would never go for a walk at night, what if the hash slinging slasher gets me" and then use their knees to merge with no turn signal in front of a semi while applying makeup with both hands
Animation time works differently. Fifteen seconds for them is five hours for me. Kinda makes you wonder. Five hours for me must be like five days for my animator
Always remember that the EU did a study in 2013 about the effects of piracy on media publishers and found that there is no correlation between piracy and sales! (And then they tried to hide that study bc that's not the result they wanted)
So piracy is at worst not even a problem, and at best it's free advertisement.
Source: (the link to the actual study is in the article)
In 2013, the European Commission ordered a €360,000 ($430,000) study on how piracy affects sales of music, books, movies and games in the EU
The fastest way to accomplish The Project is to cease being afraid of The Project. The Project cannot maim you. The Project cannot kill you. The Project is more afraid of you than you are of it. It is okay if The Project turns out differently from how it was in your head, and it is okay if it has flaws. You are capable of engaging with The Project.
The fastest way to accomplish The Project is to cease being afraid of The Project. The Project cannot maim you. The Project cannot kill you. The Project is more afraid of you than you are of it. It is okay if The Project turns out differently from how it was in your head, and it is okay if it has flaws. You are capable of engaging with The Project.
The fastest way to accomplish The Project is to cease being afraid of The Project. The Project cannot maim you. The Project cannot kill you. The Project is more afraid of you than you are of it. It is okay if The Project turns out differently from how it was in your head, and it is okay if it has flaws. You are capable of engaging with The Project.
The fastest way to accomplish The Project is to cease being afraid of The Project. The Project cannot maim you. The Project cannot kill you. The Project is more afraid of you than you are of it. It is okay if The Project turns out differently from how it was in your head, and it is okay if it has flaws. You are capable of engaging with The Project.
