When I Write, (like Most People) I Write The Characters Like Me. Like The Characters Use Phrases I Use,

When I write, (like most people) I write the characters like me. Like the characters use phrases I use, and have habits I have, and feel the way I would. So if someone read something I wrote and then was like dang this character is *insert neuro divergence* coded. I think I would accept that as a valid form of diagnosis. I think that would help me understand myself

only ninja funding options i’ll accept

odd jobs and miscellaneous shenanigans that result in them ingratiating themselves with a handful of salesfolk around ninjago. e.g. the people of jamanakai having a fondness for lloyd after experiencing both Shitty Little Kid attacking them in s1 and The Green Ninja™ saving them in s4

actual real life jobs between seasons (s2 and 4 ily)

pixal’s investments

residuals from licensing (the ninja video game from s1 and s4 <3. and the movies and the actual merch made by dareth from s6 lmao)

residuals from jay’s TV-Show-Which-Will-Not-Be-Named (now on streaming. it’s real-kid-now-unagami’s favorite show)

ideally all at once. but also? they do not need traditional funding. this is an urban fantasy. they are not paying rent (when living on the bounty/monastery). they can and do grow a significant amount of their own food when they do have a place to live. they have multiple times explicitly started businesses?? after they already were publicly known for saving people? when would the government have started funding them if not then. the ideal ninja state is not worrying about money unless it’s funny, and then they’re spider-man.

The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner (2000)

"How we holding together?" "Bubblegum and a wish" is too powerful a quote to only be used once in a kids LEGO cartoon episode from the early 2010s

what is your daylist title on spotify today?

“it’s a good thing that the minecraft movie isn’t about the intense loneliness of minecraft’s world and finding growth and hope in a post-apocalyptic society because it’s for children” Have You Ever Spoken To A Child