@orkraken So’s you know, I’ve been continually, albeit casually, looking for “Lydolians” for years now. Any dragons of Lydo’s colors. Though I have and have had a few “near” colors, stick around with him in his castle here and there. The whole carib/purple/obs is actually part of his lore, especially as the first of that combo on the site was an arcane tundra. I made it a key point in my lore, that Lydo is essentially a reincarnated powerhouse of ancient times, at least by modern breed standards. :’B But I am VERY thankful you put that fella out when you did. I’d been looking hard at other arcanes for lore reasons, but had skipped looking at anything past 400g each time, until I said “screw it” and looked ONE LAST TIME, clutching my small pile of shiny rocks. lol It actually worked out awesomely though, splurging what I did. I sold a double in a Good/Bad Decision hatching spree of arcane eggs that were technically supposed to have been canonically how Lydo steered his damn floating mountain. lmao

I imagined Lydo at the helm like, “It’s fine. We need not 12. 11 is good and I shall be the last! *The Heavy Voice* I AM AM STRONGGGG!” 30 minutes later, small pink-eyed children are sliding back and forth as a floating mountain slowly lists to the left and drags out a gulch in the desert for 3 miles. “THIS IS FINE.” His muscles are bulging and he’s radiating slightly pinkish heat waves and vapor, “FOUR EGGS IS FINE FOR CARDINAL DIRECTIONS.” Tiny children slowly slide to the right behind him like, “WEEEEE!!!!”

Hahahah!

I had no idea! I just bought him years ago, because he was close enough to a low-key bright dragon I was after. I have a lad (who is, weirdly, a Tundra) who is Caribbean/Purple/Teal, so I was always a bit ‘hmmm’ about the Obsidian tertiary. It was tough to work with! 

Then the Ancients spurred me to let go of some dragons I wasn’t doing anything with and the planets aligned! c: <3

He’s going to look fantastic when you Gaoler him up. =D

I found an unbred 3yo male Caribbean/Violet/Obsidian Arcane g1 today and my mind is fucking blown.

Lydo is Carib/Purple/Obs, (#CLOSEENOUGH) but I was in AH 3 times today and I don’t think HE WAS THERE WHEN I LOOKED BEFORE. I mean I joked with myself today like “Yeah sure I’ll totally make a Lydo… if I can find a g1 version of him…” So. With current genes, one of these combos. :T

Hahah, I’m so glad somebody bought my lovely boy!

I listed him when I was downsizing my lair – I’m glad it was you who bought him! c:

I’m really glad I never breed my Gen Ones, now!

Your plans for him are excellent.

P.S. If you want a rename scroll, let me know.

O H MY F U C K I N G  G O D, K R A KEN, WAS THAT YOURS???? DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE <3333333 SERIOUSLY? Did I imagine he wasn’t out there in the morning???

Nope, I put him up quite late!

I think the ones I put up for sale at the same time have only just expired, so he wasn’t up long before you snapped him up! I’m so glad it was you! <3

I was in two minds whether to keep him, but the tertiary didn’t fit my plans, so I just threw him up for sale rather than exalt him because he was too pretty! He’s an oldie, but a goodie. c:

I wish I’d have known you were looking for one like that, but I’m happy he found his way to you all the same! =D

I found an unbred 3yo male Caribbean/Violet/Obsidian Arcane g1 today and my mind is fucking blown.

Lydo is Carib/Purple/Obs, (#CLOSEENOUGH) but I was in AH 3 times today and I don’t think HE WAS THERE WHEN I LOOKED BEFORE. I mean I joked with myself today like “Yeah sure I’ll totally make a Lydo… if I can find a g1 version of him…” So. With current genes, one of these combos. :T

Hahah, I’m so glad somebody bought my lovely boy!

I listed him when I was downsizing my lair -- I’m glad it was you who bought him! c:

I’m really glad I never breed my Gen Ones, now!

Your plans for him are excellent.

P.S. If you want a rename scroll, let me know.

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Um. Pssst. Not everywhere in Europe has the same timezone.

Those prismatic bows are shit

Compared to the usermade version that was posted on tumblr a while ago.

Disappointing.

Agreed. The one that just looks... green and brown is ... uggo.

Dear Staff

Chinese lantern plant food items please? Pretty please?

Could probably call them Physalis (that’s what they’re marketed as here) or one of the other names. Groundcherry is cute.

I wouldn’t go with gooseberry, on account of them not being real gooseberries.

Seriously tho

Maybe don’t comment on the roundsey dragon winners profile even for congrats bc like they already have 6 pages of comments in their profile nobody deserves that kinda spam

They rly need a way to disable profile comments

I don’t know why people feel the need to post congrats anyway. It’s really weird.

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;A;

i don’t outright hate the new interface, its just bland

its so lifeless it is vs the old one imo, like the crossroads was one of Very Few places on site where you get an actual look at sornieth

if :/ was an emotion

I'm sort of thinking it's maybe a temporary fix type thing until they design a new trading post with more plots..?

For once FR's enduring habit of taking for-fucking-ever to sort shit out gives me hope.

Since once in a blue moon I actually discover a decent rule for adulting, and since I know I have followers a few years younger than me who are just entering the workforce, I want to tell you about a very important phrase. 

“I won’t be available.”

Imagine you’re at work and your boss asks you to come in on Saturday. Saturday is usually your day off–coming in Saturdays is not an obligation to keep your job. Maybe you were going to watch a movie with a friend, or maybe you were just going to lie in bed and eat ice cream for eight hours, but either way you really, really don’t want to give up your day off.

If you consider yourself a millennial you’ve probably been raised to believe you need to justify not being constantly at work. And if you’re a gen-Z kid you’re likely getting the same toxic messages that we did. So in a situation like that, you might be inclined to do one of three things:

The fact is, it doesn’t matter to your boss whether you’re having open heart surgery or watching anime in your underwear on Saturday. The only thing that affects them is the fact that you won’t be at work. So telling them why you won’t be at work only gives them reason to try and pressure you to come in anyway.

If you say “I won’t be available,” giving no further information, you’d be surprised how often that’s enough. Be polite and sympathetic in your tone, maybe even say “sorry, but I won’t be available.” But don’t make an excuse. If your boss is a professional individual, they’ll accept that as a ‘no’ and try to find someone else. 

But bosses aren’t always professional. Sometimes they’re whiny little tyrants. So, what if they pressure you further? The answer is–politely and sympathetically give them no further information.

“Are you sure you’re not available?” “Sorry, but yes.”

“Why won’t you be available?” “I have a prior commitment.” (Which you do, even if it’s only to yourself.)

“What’s your prior commitment?” “Sorry, but that’s kind of personal.”

“Can you reschedule it?” “I’m afraid not. Maybe someone else can come in?”

If you don’t give them anything to work with, they can’t pressure you into going beyond your obligations as an employee. And when they realize that, they’ll also realize they have to find someone else to come in and move on.

IMPORTANT!! PLEASE READ!!

Just like with many other parts of life, learn to say ‘no’ to people. You are important. Don’t kill yourself for another person, esp. if they are your boss.

This is super important.

I used to be like "Oh crap, they're short on [one of my days off]. I need an excuse if they ask me to work it."

Now?

Not so much. Now I'm like "Yeah soz, I can't do it. I'm busy" and I don't feel obligated to say why.

Why should I? I'm not contracted for that day, and I'm allowed to make plans for it, even if my plans are only "Hit up a pokestop for my daily and spend the rest of the day in my PJs watching detective shows and writing shippy fic."

How someone spends their day off is up to them. They are not obliged to offer it up to those in a higher paygrade for Judgement on the activity's Importance.

I've had to tell coworkers the same. They've been grouchy all shift about coming in on their days off, either because they were looking forward to the downtime, or doing something they'd planned.

They're stuck where I was, in needing to justify themselves and there's no bloody need.

If you want the overtime for the extra money -- fine. That's okay, but don't have your arse in your hands with moodiness all day.

If you just caved, do better at standing your ground next time.

Flexibility is required in a lot of jobs, especially where cover is concerned, but flexibility doesn't mean asking "How high?" when your boss tells you to jump.

You're allowed a life outside of your job.

Even if that life is getting up at noon, eating cereal and watching Netflix.

y’all: finally the EVIL summer is over!!!!!!!! getting ready for my one true bae fall!!!!!! pumpkin spice and aesthetic here i COME!!!!!!

me, a northener: 

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Me, getting back to normal as a Brit: