Battle is the family's business

some paintings i did for practice of my beloved

Fling

Derek stood, legs braced, and watched Stiles's paling face.

"Are you..." His eyes went flat, the shock draining away. "Are you asking me to have a fling with you?" He pressed his lips together until they turned white.

He nodded jerkily. "We'd both enjoy it. Get it out of our systems."

Stiles's nostrils flared. "Oh, we'd enjoy it?"

"You want it too," Derek accused quietly.

"And you know what I want," Stiles scoffed. "How's this--go find someone else to get it out of your system." He stormed away.

Panic caught his throat, hot and slippery like a sweaty fist.

The trio sets is getting discontinued! I’ve loved these stickers very much but I’m finally putting them to rest so I can work on some new designs.

I’ve got about 50 sets sitting in my desk right now, so I’m selling off the last of them for a discount at $10 so I can just get them out of my house. They also finally sell to the UK and Canada (granted you’ve got to pay a smidge extra for shipping)!

You can find them in my ko-fi shop, here!

Okay people listen up!

So I'm doing this hunger games simulator with the ikesen cast

And 1 slot is left

So I'd like you guys to vote on who you want to give that last slot to

I know nothing. But you know even less.

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Limited life Scott is definitely a mermaid no I will not take any criticism of that part I’m gonna change it again cause bleh but I do like it too idk I’m conflicted

gender is whatever you want forever

Hey so this came up talking to my buddies who are in charge of hiring at their workplace yesterday, and I know taking Advice About Employment from someone who hasn't been employed in mumble mumble years is on its face a little stupid-sounding, but if you're at the interview stage and you've heard that you should ask questions but you're not sure what and also you're sure you're going to be nervous:

Interview the interviewer.

Seriously. The more you can shift your mindset from, "oh gods if I can't get this paycheck I don't know what I'll do," to, "I might not even want this job, but I'm going to interview this person and find out if it's right for me," the better. And obviously you still do need the paycheck and you might still take a job you don't want, but your confidence in the interview will skyrocket if you can pull this mental switch on yourself.

Take notes throughout. No, really, bring paper or a notebook and something nice to write with, and jot things down. If they raise an eyebrow (they shouldn't!) just tell them you're making notes on what you want to double back and ask them about. This shows you're an engaged listener and also polite enough to not interrupt, but firm enough to not let questions slide entirely.

When you get to the end and they ask you if you have any questions, this is where you ask them about workplace culture and their own job and performance. What's it like working there? How is onboarding handled? How is communication handled? If it's a shift job, what's the procedure for finding coverage? Is there room to advance? Do they promote from within? Most of the questions they ask you about past jobs are fair game for you to ask them about their current job too, like: What challenges do they face at work? Daily? Monthly? Long-term? What do they enjoy about the workplace? What would they change about it? Depending on the type of work you can ask them about what kinds of projects, cases, clients, etc. are typical and have they had any atypical ones, and how were those handled?

Seriously, the more you ask from the point of view that the interview is a fully equitable, two-way process, the better. Obviously in many ways it's not, but again, this isn't about the reality, this is about Performing Confidence. They want to see if you're a good fit for them, and vice versa, you want to see if they're a good fit for you.

Again, yes, I haven't been employed for...timespan that I'd actually have to do math on. Despite being an introverted weirdo with a not very impressive CV, though, the last time I had a job, I beat 250+ applicants for a job that I had no real prior experience in, mainly on the strength of my interview, which I basically treated like a fun little jaunt up to San Francisco to see if this was a place that I felt like working. Not in a flippant way, but still. I don't remember being stressed at all. I mostly remember getting lunch afterwards and it was soup in a sourdough bread bowl. Did I have nerves? Eh! Probably! Dunno! I mostly had broccoli cheddar soup and a job offer after a few more days.

Like yes there's no magical way to guarantee success at any given interview, but I have a surprising number of friends who handle interviewing and hiring and they are always praying for people who can do this in an interview. This is as close to a silver bullet as you can get. Being engaged and asking questions is THEE ONE THING they most want in interviewees but they very rarely get it.

So yeah fake it 'til you make it, but fake it in a very specific way where actually you're interviewing them to see if their job offer would be a good fit for you, not the other way around. You can, in fact, say, "I don't think this place will be a good fit for me at this moment, but thank you so much for your time." Yeah, you probably won't, but the point is that it's a real option and remembering that is empowering. Shift the focus of power in the process, even if it's just in your own mind, because I guarantee it's not just in your own mind if you can do it.

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emotion is actually the best episode of miraculous i cant believe i just witnessed felix do a musical number while killing people. hes so real for this.

Are you still watching?

I saw shubbles empires s2 skin and immediately knew I had to cosplay it

so happy with the few photos i did take and overall really happy with how this cosplay came out!!!

The sweater took me a crochet to week i am genuinely so proud of it also empires!shelby is the mvp and anyone who says otherwise is wrong actually

also i filmed some tiktoks my tiktok is mayabeeba if you guys want to see those :D