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derivativeworks replied to your post “took the day off today because I was exhausted after yesterday and...”

Most people don’t use up all their sick days. That means they are allowing themselves to be paid less. You should not feel guilty. America is weird and encourages you to work until your body falls apart.

of course then I got into work today and realized that a) I’d forgotten the phone call I was supposed to be on with the author from hell b) I’d gotten an email about arranging a recording I’d also forgotten was yesterday and c) I had almost 70 unread emails in my inbox so I’m not sure it was worth it

(I mean, it was. but also it wasn’t. also why is my life just like this right now, I know why, it’s because it’s the busy season right now and also I’m just kind of a nervous wreck for unrelated reasons)

#derivativeworks #conversating #this is my real life #lise whines

derivativeworks replied to your post: Hey guys want to talk about Natasha and mirroring...

Do you remember if Taskmaster looked “slim”? I saw an article speculating that he has been genderswapped.

I didn’t pick up on that but NGL that was when I realized the whole movie was going to be about mirroring, which @sidewaystime and I have discussed so much it’s ridiculous, so I was slightly distracted.

#allofthereplies #derivativeworks #BW speculation

derivativeworks replied to your link “George R.R. Martin Is Not Watching GAME OF THRONES”

i hope he hates it

tbh he will never criticize it outright because it would be a bit like biting the hand that feeds him (I’m sure ASoIaF was successful enough he was living a comfortable life already, but the rights from the show are probably making him considerably richer), but since a few seasons he has become increasingly more displeased in a passive aggressive way and I kind of live for his little digs at the show. With a bit of schadenfreude thrown in, because I remember when he vocally opposed fanfiction because it messed with his vision or something, and now the show is like this big AU the general public knows better than book canon.

#derivativeworks #i mean i'm also ambivalent about criticizing the show bc working for it was great #at least in the collateral capacity i did #but i can't pretend i'm into it either #i simply stopped watching #maybe i will catch up someday

derivativeworks replied to your post: ouyangdan replied to your post: ...

Why do we have to make villains sympathetic now? We already had a Thanos movie.

On twitter I was complaining about the lack of villains who approach the world like “love what you do and you’ll never work a day in your life,” and @katrinastratford pointed out the ideal villain is Doom.

Doom revels in his role. Doom is the villain we deserve. Everyone else could learn from Doom.

#allofthereplies #derivativeworks #Victor Von Doom Appreciation Society

derivativeworks replied to your post “If I like the Stark characters but find that Stark-centricism (a)...”

acting like stark morality is actual morality is going to get the fanbros killed.

I was reading this opinion (not for the first time) yesterday about how, like, Lyanna should slap Catelyn in the afterlife for how she treated Jon.

And you know, given how she didn’t want to marry Robert specifically because of his having bastards, like, how can people know that Lyanna would not have behaved similarly? We know it’s not just Cat, Lady Donella Hornwood isn’t happy to see her husband’s bastard succeeding to his position either. So why assume Lyanna would be different? Because “we” (they) have decided that she’s likable in ever possible way? How would Lyanna have reacted if her husband was secretly housing someone that could potentially bring down the king’s wrath upon her own children?

It’s like, certain qualities trigger this interpretation of moral superiority and then that gets expanded out to every possible situation in the most Mary Sue of ways, and people are so down with it because ... why? Like, why come to ASOIAF if you want that kind of fantasy, where your team is more sympathetic for no reason other than Just Because?

I get it to some extent in other fandoms that are not so built around multiple POVs, but it just jars me in ASOIAF fandom.

#derivativeworks #replies #books: asoiaf #fandom is srs bns #to be fair this was wrt fanfiction which will always be about self serving fantasies to some degree for many people #but i still find it distasteful and if it were me i'd be embarrassed #sorry i can't help it though it seems so classless to write something just to bash #it's not how i'm geared i guess

deannatroi replied to your post “PS I’m going to buy a house.”

this fall we will both be salaried and so can begin to save up for a down paymnet

Woohoo, hurrah! We are still in debt :\ I have undergrad loans and he has consumer debt (and soon enough I’ll have grad school debt too, yayyy). But I had this insurance settlement from a car accident in high school and it’s been invested for like, 20 years. I dipped into it to pay off my car and give my mom some of it, but now it's healthy enough for a place, and I’m SO TIRED of paying rent! Have you started looking around?

deannatroi replied to your post “PS I’m going to buy a house.”

yay! congrats!

redcandle17 replied to your post “PS I’m going to buy a house.”

Congratulations!

derivativeworks replied to your post “PS I’m going to buy a house.”

Whoa!

lord-reaper-of-pyke replied to your post “PS I’m going to buy a house.”

Well done!

Thanks friends! I feel like a million “you know you’re old when” jokes ;)

#deannatroi #replies #redcandle17 #derivativeworks #lord-reaper-of-pyke #I hate to say that my dad was right #so I'm not telling him yet #It's HARD when your parents are right and you don't want them to be.

derivativeworks replied to your post “Hey guys remember LJ polls?”

Without LJ polls how would I know that I am Old Nan?