just a wild evie

My Artfight is Here!

I’m nervous since it’s my first time participating Artfight. Plus I’m always nervous when it comes to my OCs & AU bc I’m not sure if they’re interesting enough. Oh yeah the art style displayed is going to be the style I use for attacks.

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Boys and Girls 🚫 Too casual, overly gendered

Killers and Renegades, Liars and Theives ✅️ Inclusive, equal parts casual and formal, fun as hell

👁️ Be not afraid 👁️

Angel AU Thistle for my Artfight is here. She’s a fluff ball who tries to be intimidating and she actually is. So yes be afraid! >:3

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Transcript

And there was this one guy I talked with who seemed super sharp, but had virtually zero experience writing software. When it came time to do the show-n-tell part of the interview he whips out his laptop, brings up a website, and spins it around to show me what he made.

A website of tiny ceramic frogs.

Not for sale. Just… all these ceramic frogs, organized into categories. Frogs on bicycles, frogs with hats, frogs sitting on lily pads. It was a virtual museum of ceramic frogs in web form.

I scrolled through his online collection of frogs, slightly baffled.

“This is your website?” I asked finally.

“Yep!”

“You coded this yourself?” I popped into view-source mode and poked around some incredibly well-formatted, well-commented html. I nodded slowly. This guy was meticulous.

“Yep!”

“So… where’d all the frogs come from?”

“I made those too,” he says, beaming. 

And while I’m processing this he rummages in his bag and pulls out a little ceramic frog working at a computer terminal. He places it on the table before us, next to the laptop.

“And THIS one,” he says, “I made for you! As a thank you for the interview.”

It was adorable. I hired him on the spot. I mean, why not? Worst case he’d wash out in 90 days and we’d hire somebody else. He turned out to be one of the best developers on our team. 

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“… but you’ll never be able to beat my Servine!

SERVINE: Servine!

ASH: A Servine?

PIKACHU: Pikaa?

SERVINE: Servine.

WHO’S THAT POKEMON?!

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IT’S SERVINE!

SERVINE: Servine!

SERVINE: Servine.

This Tumblr post is the first time someone has explained to me *why* I couldn’t feed them before those instances.

every single time i have had to say, "i understand that if he had food or water, he could aspirate it into his lungs under anesthesia. i am not lying to you." THEN someone would make a little note and i would stop being repeatedly asked.

not a single time was that risk explained to me. the only reason it came up was because i already knew. i still don't understand why it isn't standard pre-op counseling or pre-op check information, when me as a parent acknowledging the actual risk also put THE MEDICAL STAFF at ease because i conveyed that i had informed understanding as reason to not lie about giving my kid food.