Ship Sizes

Supercarrier: fandom flagship. Everybody and their dog ships it. The fandom is glutted with artwork and fic. You cannot escape this ship.

Dreadnought: massively popular. Nearly everybody ships it. You can, with dedication, in theory, reach the end of the AO3 archive for the ship’s tag, but it’ll take a long time.

Cruiser: pretty popular ship. Not everyone ships it, but everyone knows about it. Has a good amount of fic/art, and probably multiple ask blogs.

Frigate: just plain popular. Feels like it could use more fanworks. New people to the fandom might not know about it, but they’ll stumble across it sooner rather than later.

Gunboat: bit of a rarepair. It might have an ask blog or two. A couple big name fans ship it. Probably only takes a few weeks to get through the entire AO3 backlog, and one new fic gets added during that time.

Tugboat: rarepair. Almost never seen except as a side pairing to a more popular ship. You can usually get through everything on AO3 in a matter of days. You’ve forgotten what it is to be picky about what you read.

Rowboat: less than a dozen people ship it. You all know each other. You exist in an endless cycle of the same five people desperately producing art and fic and one person who constantly contributes headcanons.

Canoe: you are one of maybe three people who ship it, and there’s a not-insignificant chance you’ve never encountered those other two hypothetical shippers. You spend your days paddling furiously in hopes of keeping the ship afloat, dreaming of the day you upgrade to a rowboat so you can finally rest.

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raindyedpastel

8 years ago

FINALLY FINISHED SETTING IT ALL UP!!

Mystic Messenger Sweet Themed Acrylic Stands & Key-chain

(Storenvy / Tictail )

I have both because i know some prefer the other and Storenvy has been charging an extra fee for customers so Tictail might be friendlier :)

Pre-Orders end Oct. 22

(Give away also ends on Oct. 22)

Acrylic Stands & key-chains for Mystic Messenger Characters with sweet themes

Acrylic stands

- 9cm tall

-clear acrylic

-simple round base

-8USD each SE / Tictail

- Buy 2 get the 3rd one at 50% off (3 for 20USD) SE / Tictail

-Buy 6 and get 20% off each (38USD) SE / Tictail

-Buy 9 & get 25% off each (54USD) SE / Tictail

Acrylic Key-chain

-6cm

-clear acrylic

-Clip Chain

-4USD rEQUIREMENTSSE / Tictail

- buy 2 get 3rd one at 50% off ( 3 for 10USD) GIVE SE / Tictail

They all come with a hand cut vinyl sticker

I would really appreciate signal-boosts! Thank you!

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raindyedpastel

3 years ago

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raindyedpastel

3 years ago

I see a lot of people who tell young people–especially young people who are heading into college–that they should “do what they love.” And they’re right. You should do what you love.

But there’s a world of difference between doing what you love for you, and doing what you love for a paycheck.

I went to undergrad for graphic design and 3-D design–art and more art, I usually say–and I loved it. You know what I didn’t love? Trying to collect my fees from clients. Trying to meet unrealistic, over-simplified or over-specific briefs from people who didn’t know what they were talking about. Coming home, having worked creatively all day, with no creative juice left for the things I wanted to do.

You know what I would tell you instead? Do something that you can be interested in, with people you like.

You don’t have to love it. Loving your work can be a lot, and it often means you have to live in your job 24/7. Some people can do that. Not everyone can, or should. But if you can find work that’s interesting enough that it doesn’t feel tedious, and people you can enjoy spending your 9-5 with, and you can make money, that’s great! It means you can do the things you love for you.

I’m in law school now. It’s interesting work, and difficult, and I like doing it. I like how complicated it gets, and I like the stories it tells. But I don’t come home and read law journals for fun. I come home, and I sculpt, and I draw, and I paint, and I read. I do these things for me.

And I love it.

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raindyedpastel

2 years ago