what was it all for?

[semi-hiatus] Saint (23); this is my blog for ffxiv content 

[refulgents]

logging in briefly and took psychic damage when i saw the age in my description (23)... has it really been 3 years...

[lordofcrowns]

My lavender is burnt and loveless; Painful, devoured and helpless, Faded by the sweet whispers of time.

My lavender longs not to drink nor die; Its quaint lust cut and fiercely torn, Teased by the cold trees of summertime. 

[coerthan-tea-leaves]

but has this been done cuz i feel it’s still relevant

[refulgents]

my dashboard theme broke so im looking at default tumblr for the first time since 2015

[mysteryprof]

I’ve been in hysterics since I woke up bc everyone got googly eyes this year for April Fool’s and THEY EVEN GOT HANZO’S DRAGONS AND I

[littlestcreampuff]

LISTEN I KNOW THIS IS A FFXIV BLOG BUT I PLAY A LOT OF OVERWATCH TOO AND LIKE THIS HAS ME IN TEARS

[windupnamazu]

ALBINO KARAKUL You obtain an albino karakul horn.

Though karakuls ordinarily have black fleece, this creature raised in the paddocks of House Haillenarte was born snowy white. This rarest of qualities spared it a fate at the dining table, and it grew to such a size as to be able to bear people upon its fluffy back.

[vysaldhe-deactivated20220524]

Valkyrie

[fatewalker-deactivated20200615]

[clovermemories]

After more than a year meaning to do this, I’ve finally remodeled Clover’s room! It’s a simple thing because I’m not talented for housing matters, but I think it suits and represents her well *nod nod*. (Next goal: the kitchen).

[nuclearanomaly]

nini’s taken over the gubal library since estinien left – v. ???

[rosieberry]

master matoya

[shieldkeeper]

More Vikings AU…! With @zuraoftheblack

[aresinautumn]

Just hold me now, and let it be. Shelter me, comfort me…

[refulgents]

BLM battle stance is my new favorite pose.. the heel tap is too cute

[refulgents]

oh god my crafter hotbars on my alt are a whole graveyard

[crystalzelda]

Unpopular but true: a large reason why grocery store are empty now isn’t just because there’s a bunch of greedy, awful people panic everything in sight to spite others. Sure, there’s some hoarding assholes, but a lot of it is people realizing they will now need over a month’s worth of groceries in one go when they might usually only buy enough to last them a week, maybe two, and people who can no longer supplement with going out, people who are now eating three meals at home when usually their kids eat lunch at school and they have lunch at the office… that’s a hell of a lot more food than most families need to have on hand, including people who normally never cook and just grubhub everything. The food supply chains will hopefully stabilize a bit in the coming weeks - just wanted to point out it’s not all malicious and people aren’t as awful as is being said. I’m under self imposed quarantine, social distancing, working from home and staying away from others. Hoping all of you guys are safe and feeling ok.

[headspacedad]

just about every person coming through my line at the grocery store is just buying what they’d usually buy when they buy groceries.  They’re just buying MORE of it than they’d usually buy.  Because they’re needing more than they’d usually need.  I lost count of how many times I was asked if we had any more eggs simply because people told me they were cooking sit down breakfasts for their kids now instead of ‘something they can send them out the door on the way to school with’.  We’re not sold out of milk because we’ve got milk hoarders stalking up their garage for the next five months with milk.  We’re out of milk because everyone’s home now and drinking more of it.  Same with bread.  Our cake mixes aren’t flying off the shelves because people are worried about dessert shortages.  It’s because people are home and doing baking with their free time.  So - yeah - there are some assholes out there hoarding shit.  But its not that simple.  It’s rarely that simple.  Beware of people that tell you its that simple.

should also point out that my store, and most others, have, for a couple weeks now, had a limit on how much of a certain thing people can buy.  So no, even when we do get trucks in, no one’s walking out of our store with two cartloads full of toilet paper.  And I’ve only had to turn away two people that tried to overbuy in the past two weeks as well.

[waltzshouldbewriting]

Huh. Hadn’t thought about it like that before

[adhdedrn]

#we should all try to be critical and thoughtful when encountering narratives that suggest that humanity is inherently selfish #or promotes the perspective of viewing your community as a hoard that you’re separate from#cause these beliefs really do limit your ability to trust in your neighbors and establish mutual aid networks &#make you more susceptible to eugenics propaganda#criticize individuals behaving badly or even specific behavior that is widespread- but when it comes to criticizing ‘humanity’ or whatever#be careful and think about what you actually mean#I saw someone criticizing getting 3 months of meds & like I normally get my meds in 3 month batches as of like a year ago#cause I’ve been consistently on the same meds for like half a decade#and also I don’t know if I’ll even be able to see my psychiatrist in the coming months (via @closet-keys​)

[ebookporn]

Local Bookstores Have A New Weapon In The Fight With Amazon

In the book industry, Amazon is Goliath, the giant who overshadows everyone else. But there’s a new David on the scene, Bookshop.org.

It doesn’t expect to topple the giant, but it has launched a weapon that could make Amazon’s shadow a little smaller, and help local bookstores fight back.

Bookshop.org, a website that went live at the end of January and is still in beta mode, is designed to be an alternative to Amazon, and to generate income for independent bookstores. And, perhaps more importantly, it seeks to give book reviewers, bloggers and publications who rely on affiliate income from “Buy now” links to Amazon a different option.

Profit from books sold through Bookshop will be split three ways, with 10% of the sale price going into a pool that will be divided among participating bookstores, 10% going to the publication that triggered the sale by linking to Bookshop.org, and 10% going to Bookshop.org to support its operations.

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[batmansymbol]

y’all, Bookshop is amazing. i got an email about them from my local indie store, and they’re so excited about it. please oh please use this place instead of Amazon!!

with every purchase, they tell you how much you’re putting toward independent booksellers, which is fun and cute:

it’s also amazing for authors! i’ve been asked a couple times about the best way to support my books. this site is now the answer. it reports sales figures to the NYT and Bookscan, a type of tracking that helps authors hit bestseller lists. and even better, authors can set up affiliate pages, and if you buy through those pages, we get an additional 10 percent of each sale on top of royalties. this is a massive deal!!!

for reference, many royalty rates are in the 6-8 percent range. so if you buy through Bookshop author affiliate pages, authors get more than twice as much from sales of their books, with no additional cost to you.

the site is still in beta, but it also has a fun interface where you can make book lists for favorites or recommendations, sort of like goodreads (except better, because goodreads is owned by amazon).

this is my Bookshop page. if you ever buy one of my books, i pray u will do it from this site! (or from your local indie :D)