PitFTW (@pitftw.bsky.social)

@radioappleevents.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:33 PMReposted by @pitftw.bsky.social

Testing, testing, is this thing on? Let’s hope so because the time has finally come for RAGE 2026! Do you have your gift ideas ready? Good! Get to form filling and our lovely mod team will be excited to greet you in our shiny new gift exchange server!
The forms are in the thread below!
#RAGE2627

@pitftw.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:22 PM

I literally just found it by typing mayonnaise in the gif search bar. You’re welcome

@paperrabbit13.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 10:35 PMReposted by @pitftw.bsky.social

Okay… I’m ready…

Please read the images for what happened on Tuesday. In short, my husband lost his job with $0 in severance pay. More in pics.

I’m obviously not well, but thanks to those who’ve comforted me… they asked me to open a Ko-fi, so I did.

ko-fi.com/krluna

#lunarambles

Okay…
So I have been going through a lot lately. For the most part, I’ve been dealing with aggressive behaviors that have appeared from my youngest that never existed before while trying to seek help for the concerns we have had. I’ve been dealing with a lot of phone calls home, early pick ups, and apologizing profusely to his teacher (she’s a saint!).

We got some steps forward by opening an evaluation for autism services at school while I finally found a solution for 2 years of the kids not being medically insured (this has been a crazy process, but come Jan, they should be insured and I can take the school data as evidence for medical testing).

With that said, I have been dealing already with a lot which is why I’ve been lightening my load in fandom spaces. I love being in projects, but I’m moving to a manageable load to my newer busier life.

Then Tuesday happened…

My husband was home early after I was at the library with the kids and he’d been fired (the whole leadership team was terminated - they cleaned house) with $0 of severance pay.

This means we just lost 60%+ of our home’s income. We had already been reducing a lot of our fun money bc everything in Florida has increased so high in cost, and we were living paycheck to paycheck. But we were still managing.

Now we lost so much.

Needless to say, I’ve been panicking. I have a home and 2 kids to think of. I am secure in my job but I’m a school librarian and I was already told in Aug, due to budget cuts, my position would not be given a raise this year. So the blow of my husband losing his job hit even harder.

Luckily, he wasn’t gonna take this and immediately started applying for work and already has some interviews lined up.

Regardless, this will take a long time and we are at a loss for what to do in the immediate. We are applying for government assistance and unemployment, but these things all take time to process.

I had to break it to my kids that they will no longer be in daycare (with husband home, I don’t need before school care anymore and that reduces our bills by A LOT bc daycare costed $205 weekly) and it was devastating to break the news to them that things will be changing and a lot of their comforts will be reduced. When my youngest started crying, I knew he understood it. He’s 6 but very smart (even with his extreme behavior concerns) and seeing him go silent was the moment I realized how hard this was going to be.

But we are pressing forward and we are trying to gather ourselves to the point where my husband WILL find work, hopefully sooner rather than later.

With that said, I’m not leaving the fandom and I’m still managing the projects I have started. I don’t have a physical close support systems near me as all my family is 4 hours away, my husband doesn’t have family, and even our closest friends all live at least an hour away. So fandom is my one space where I can escape and give myself a break from reality. You all do not understand how much joy each of you bring me daily.

Some moots have encouraged me to open my Ko-Fi if anyone wants to help, but it’s okay if you can’t. Times are hard for everyone right now, but to everyone who has reached out and provided me comfort, it means so much to me.

Thank you all, and hopefully we see a job soon.

@pitftw.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 3:21 PM

Transfer it to someone else in the team. The last thing we want is to make you ineligible for any income assistance because of zine-related things.

@pitftw.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 3:21 PM

Are you holding zine money or currently collecting money for zines? I’m not 100% sure how it works but I know it’s counted as income for the purposes of the above assistance programs. Some of them will accept anticipated expenses, some won’t… check with an accountant and see if you will need to+

@pitftw.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 3:21 PM

Not sure which county you’re in but…

Emergency Rental Assistance Program: polkhomeless.org/wp-content/u...

Section 8: www.polkfl.gov/services/hou...

MCSC: www.mulberrycsc.org/copy-of-basi...

Dial 211 for help finding charities and local food pantries.

@pitftw.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 3:21 PM

I’m so sorry, Luna. Don’t know if these are helpful for you, but my clinic used to give these to patients:

FL Re-employment Assistance: floridajobs.org/workforce-re...

Myaccess FL (stamps, temp cash assistance, etc): myaccess.myflfamilies.com

Free or low cost clinics: www.healthyfla.org/orange

@pitftw.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:39 AM

Except the last two incidents were when I lived across the country 🥀

@pitftw.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:16 AM

THE CAUCACITY STEALING THAT

@pitftw.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:12 AM

IDK WHY DO I JUST GIVE “BE RACIST TO ME” VIBES-

@pitftw.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 3:53 AM

Today’s… interaction: Guy: Are you Vietnamese? Me: Yeah! Guy: Welcome to the country! 😁 Me: Oh, actually, I was born here! Guy: Oh, I know. I had a Vietnamese neighbor and he LOVED it when I welcomed him to the country. Your people are just so polite and affable and great cooks! … 💀

@radioappleevents.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:44 AMReposted by @pitftw.bsky.social

A little late night reminder never hurt anyone 😉 Inspiration strikes at all hours, right?
#RAGE2627

@pitftw.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 9:23 PM

THIS IS THE WAY!!!

@azami-f-f.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 2:13 PMReposted by @pitftw.bsky.social

My The Mandalorian #radioapple AU is now up on AO3! I’ve posted the first six chapters to start. Huge thanks to @pitftw.bsky.social for giving me the push to write this fic in the first place and for beta-reading it! 💫
archiveofourown.org/works/94217596

@bonesandspices.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 1:02 AMReposted by @pitftw.bsky.social

Hell- I mean Valhalla yeah! Stay curious for this amazing God AU from PitFTW! I've got the honour to draw something for this unique story!!

@pitftw.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 4:03 PM

He’s so pathetic, I love him

@pitftw.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 3:53 PM

Stepped outside for the first time in makeup that complements my skin undertones and clothes tailored to fit. God, I just?? Feel so pretty?? 😭😭 Like hubby always made me feel beautiful before but this is me making me feel this way all by myself!!!

@pitftw.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 6:52 AM

HE CALLS HER BELLA SHE GAVE HIM THE MOST AFFECTIONATE SMILE HER DAUGHTERS LOVE HIM ZESTMILLA FOREVER

@pitftw.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 6:45 AM

I like Zestmilla too much to let it go I'm sorry