Fuck It.

I’m poor as hell rn and need to sort my ass out to advertise commissions, while I look for a job but I have no motivation. Please reply to this if you would be interesting in commissioning me just so I can have some reward juice to actually put up an ad for them thank you

sorry i changed your f/os type. yeah theyre canonically attracted to people that look like you now. yeah forever. sorry. yeah they would have always fallen for you anyway. yeah. sorry. ok bye love you

There comes a time when fandom becomes less of an escape from anxiety to being the source of anxiety. Sometimes I need to remind myself what’s important to focus on, and I made this chart to help me with that. 

(Posting this at the request of a few people. The design/concept was inspired by an instagram post about covid-19 located here). 

emergency commissions (a...gain)

So, my life is kind of falling apart and I am not okay, financially or otherwise. 

My furnace is no longer functional and I am currently living in a house with no heat in the winter, in an area where it routinely gets down to the 10s/20s Fahrenheit at night. I am also attempting to declutter, clean and pack up my childhood home in anticipation of selling it and moving into an apartment in the next few months. I feel so overwhelmed and frustrated. There’s a lot of sudden, horrifying, impossibly scary financial and mental burdens and I’m trying to do everything I can to meet them.

I’ve applied for state assistance for my furnace, but I’m not sure if I’ll be eligible. I have also applied to a charity organization for the furnance issue, though they can only donate so much to each individual who applies. I hope at least one of these options comes through. 

What I am trying to focus on right now is these two burdens: 

$300 apartment holding fee due January 11th to make sure I can get into my new apartment in a few months (Total fee is $500 but I can use $200 left in my savings.)

At least $200 in anticipation of the massive electric bill I’m going to have at the end of the month because of having to use a space heater to warm up one room for long periods of time to keep me and my cat safe while I try to work and/or pack.

So! If you were interesting in commissioning something, now is the perfect time. I love all sorts of prompts for commissions. If there’s a character from a fandom I write for that isn’t on my list, please feel free to hit me up with a commission request, in some cases I may be able to write that character since commissions have less restrictions than regular requests. 

Commissions are open! I have commissions starting at $5 for headcanons and $10 for 500-word fics, or $30 for 2000 word fics, as well as prices & options for something in between or even longer. If you are interested in a commission, please DM me (through the message system, not the inbox, as it’s best for conversations) with info to get started! 

I also have a Ko-Fi if you aren’t interested in a commission and might be able to help out! 

Note: Due to the nature of these life emergencies, please expect a turnaround time for commissions to be at least 1-3 weeks, depending on the length of the commission and complexity. I can provide an estimated finish date once I know more info about your commission. 

Sorry to post about emergency commissions so soon after the last time. I never understood the idea of “When it rains, it pours” in any genuine way until the last few weeks.

Thanks for taking the time to read! \o/

OC-cember Day 5: OC What If (OC Series)

OC What If is a series where I talk about what I think it would be like if my OCs were canon characters in the media I like (whether it be a show or a movie). This is an idea I've had for a long time (since my original Digimon Fusion OCs and Power Rangers OCs) and one I would love to share with the world.

Think of Marvel's What If...?, but's stories with OCs instead of already existing characters. Not to mention I've had this idea in my head before the series came out, like since I was in middle school and Marvel's What If...? didn't release until 2021. I plan on making this a series on my future YouTube channel (I say 'future' because I don't have one yet at the time of this post) and trust me when I say, I've got plenty of ideas for OCs I'd love to do an OC What If on, including some examples like:

My Power Rangers OCs

My Pokémon OCs

My Legend of Vox Machina OC

My Legendary Voltron OC

My Ben 10 OCs

And many more. As for what each episode will be like, here's some bulllet points that give you a good idea:

Intro -> Showcasing the media and OC featured in the episode -> giving spoiler warnings (since I'm imagining myself as a writer in the media itself my OC is from and I'm writing my OC(s) role...)

In addition, I also have a couple OC What If spinoffs...

I saw a tweet asking why do people ship their ocs with canon so I'm going to answer as best as i can why i personally ship oc x canon

It's fun

I don't have energy to write my own stories

I'm not about to change the entirety of a canon character when an OC is much easier

OC can create new dynamics or motifs not featured in canon kinda like fill in the blanks

Sometimes a canon love interest is downright TERRIBLE so I end up feeling bad and decide to ship the unlucky canon with someone much better

Adding more women/rep in a existing team that lacks it; to give the token girl a female companion

OC can even address fix problems in the canon

Exploring an existing universe

Express creative side through designing my OCs

I am so sorry. I didn't mean to sound so entitled in my post, I just saw the amount of finished fics compared to other tags and got corious. I did not mean to pressure writers, y'all have lives and I respect that. Again very sorry

Hey. This is your wake up call to go call that person you’re kind of worried about and have been meaning to check on. Please, take time today to go check on them.

I don’t care how, for me, just do it. Force yourself to if you have to. Please. Pick one person and check on them.

You don’t have to solve the worlds problems, you don’t have to solve all of your friends’ or family’s problems, you don’t even have to solve your own problems. Just pick one person to say “hello” to, so they know someone else was there. So they know someone was thinking about them. So they know they matter.

It doesn’t matter if they don’t respond, it doesn’t matter if they’re grumpy about it, it doesn’t matter. Your mission today is just to be a good human being and pick one person. Please.

I HAVE WAITED ALL YEAR TO POST THIS

[ID: A tweet from Emily Gwen @/theemilygwen.

Did you know Disney sells lesbian flag pins? Bob Iger profits off the flag I designed for our community!

On another note, I can't afford to pay for my medication this month! Any help would be appreciated.

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