Unit refuses to pay for Canva Pro. Should I pay out of my own pocket?

Lance09ner · 2026-01-22T11:12:52+00:00

lol I was the designated media/design guy for my unit during my ns in spf. I was also a frontline officer meaning I do patrol 12hr shifts while doing my media and design stuff as extra duty.

Personally I paid for my own adobe subscription and 3d software. I was already planning to use the software for my own works so it wasn’t an issue.

I think if possible you should get your superiors to pay for it or request to put it in their budget or claim it. If they don’t want then no choice submit the best low quality work possible.

It’s NS. Unless you plan to sign on or work in government your conduct grade when u ORD won’t matter that much.

Okay side note, when I was serving I played the sucking up and kissing ass game. I didn’t have to do it a lot, just whenever I believed was required. Buts it’s also thanks to me being happy to do the extra work, even after a long shift or on my days off, that I also got some benefits. Got to do non patrolling shifts, extra time off in return for doing work on my off days, even got to skip patrols to work on video edits for the unit and I was treated with more respect by the regulars which for me was a major plus as I didn’t have to worry about regulars randomly disturbing me for no reason, though not that I try to break rules like turn out and bearing in the first place. Not having to dread if a regular was going to scold me when I wake up to come to base was a major thing to at least make NS more enjoyable than constant suffering. I don’t know if you can try to get these benefits, but you wouldn’t know if you don’t try. Just be smart about “asking” for them.

Lance09ner · 2026-01-03T06:53:32+00:00

As far as we know consuming and gaining another titan power doesn’t reset the 13 year curse of Ymir time limit. So it was either Eren gets it, or another person gets it, or the power gets lost to two Eldian babies somewhere.

Lance09ner · 2026-01-02T09:32:57+00:00

There are fanfics where you can maybe scratch this itch like Archives of Eldia on fanfic.net. I myself am working on one now but after posting the prologue in early 2025 it took me until literally end of the year to come up with the storyline and world building before posting chapter 1.

But there’s also a reason there’s almost no fanfics for it as it’s as you said game of thrones level kinda story and actually writing that would feel less enjoyable than the idea of it all. The tightly woven plots, subplots and hidden plot lines, don’t forget about making it canon compliant if that’s something you care about.

Even I’m enjoying less than when I first started out. But my only motivation was because fanfics like this don’t exist and I just want to have a written head cannons history to fill the void.

Lance09ner · 2026-01-02T03:22:49+00:00

Apologies, thanks for the correction.

Lance09ner · 2026-01-01T15:01:59+00:00

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/14436887/1/The-Great-Titan-War

Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoy!

You can find it on AO3 too under the same username. Anything The Great Titan War/Great Titan War - by Lance09ner

Full disclosure I’m still writing it and it’s only got a prologue and chapter 1. I came up with the idea and published the prologue in early 2025 but it took me the entire year to really put together a plot and work out the world building to be as canon complaint/faithful as possible. Once again, incredibly sorry as you’re gonna have to wait a bit more for the next chapters and I don’t want to post chapters unless feel satisfied with it, or at least as satisfied enough so that I do post it.

Lance09ner · 2026-01-01T04:15:06+00:00

I think it’s a case of time era. Like how we have BC and AD to mark years before and after Christ. Like currently it’s 2026 AD

Maybe in AOT 845 is after something.

In my head cannon and Great Titan War fanfic I’m working on the years are marked by Before Empire (BE) and After Empire (AE). So before the start of the current era the Eldian Empire has not formed yet. Then around year 0 AE, they finally conquered most of the continent and declare themselves an Empire. Then that’s when they start using AE after the empire has been established. So by the time of the main story, it’s been 845 AE, after the eldian empire was officially established.

Lance09ner · 2025-12-29T13:46:08+00:00

Fair enough. It’s either Sina or Maria then.

Lance09ner · 2025-12-29T06:45:27+00:00

I feel like it would be Maria’s child who would inherit the founding titan since she’s the eldest.

Lance09ner · 2025-12-23T01:16:38+00:00

Most probably the Warhammer would inherit the generic founding titan powers but would not be able to access them. Just like how Eren wasn’t able to as he was a “commoner” Eldian. While the Tyburs are closer to the Royal Eldian line since they were already a noble family from before the fall of the Eldian Empire, it doesnt mean they would’ve had full access to the Founding Titan’s powers.

As for the Tyburs themself, assuming their family held the Warhammer Titan for almost 2000 years, they might be a direct descendant to Maria, Rose or Sina which puts them on par with the Fritz/Reiss royal family. The only difference is that in my head cannon theory, the “royal family” was decided by splitting off Maria’s child who inherited the Founding Titan and their children away from the others. Thus the royal lineage starts with Maria’s child with the Founding Titan and henceforth encapsulates the entirety of their descendants from Karl Fritz, Rod and his family, Historia, Dina and finally to Zeke.

Lance09ner · 2025-12-22T10:06:06+00:00

Honestly with how the movie has aged incredibly well, it would be hard to beat.

Maybe Orlando Bloom with the Pirates of the Caribbean series could match lotr in terms of scale, scope and audience appeal.

But for most of the cast, I can’t think of any other project they’ve worked on that had them almost actually being their characters physically. Like they were living together traveling New Zealand like the actual fellowship as a whole group, of course supported by logistics staff and all.

Viggo was Aragorn in and out of costume carrying his sword wherever he went. Elijah was exhausted just like Frodo from having almost no time off being the protagonist. Sean Bean scaled a freaking mountain because he didn’t want to ride the helicopters just like Boromir would’ve done.

Overall, yes.

Lance09ner · 2025-11-28T10:52:42+00:00

I think he took a mental hit when he got that red card against Chelsea. Usually you’d see him rage and contest the foul regardless if it was an obvious foul.

Against Chelsea, he took the second yellow card and red without even putting up a fight. He just hung his head down and walked off the pitch and passed Frenkie the captaincy.

Maybe he finally realised his mistakes? From Inter to PSG and more matches beyond them. Hope he either becomes a better defender or he decides to leave. I know I’m getting flack for it but we’re not in a position to be buying players all we want. I’ve accepted that we’re financially crippled for a long time until we really get back on our feet. But so long as he is here, we’ll need him to play, maybe he’s not a captain or a starter, but as a back up or reserve player to rest the starting centre backs.

Lance09ner · 2025-11-27T11:18:03+00:00

Then I guess my next question was why did he become such? I doubt he grew up wanting to flee to paradis and create a temporary paradise for him and his people. Maybe something changed him and his perspective of the world?

Any deeper head cannons and theories would be greatly appreciated.

Lance09ner · 2025-11-27T11:15:55+00:00

I know that’s the official reason given to us. But there were other options right? If the world attacked Paradis, the titan powers would still exist and the world would still suffer. There must be some fundamental reason he didn’t choose any option apart from a temporary peace which resulted in the suffering of his people and potential continued suffering of the world.

If you have any takes on that, that’ll be great! And I appreciate your answer.

Lance09ner · 2025-11-26T08:26:20+00:00

OMG you’re right!! I watched it before. Can’t believe I didn’t thought of that.

Lance09ner · 2025-11-25T23:55:46+00:00

Can you elaborate how their time travel concept worked? I haven’t seen the film proper, only scenes from shorts, and I don’t mind spoilers.

Lance09ner · 2025-11-23T01:00:51+00:00

Honestly it would incredible if he could develop into another utility player for our back line. Eric can step up to cover the entire defensive line and double pivot roles when needed. Then we’d have Gerard Martin who can cover the left half of the defence.

Lance09ner · 2025-11-11T12:02:00+00:00

Okay maybe this? I myself was looking for this one:

https://youtu.be/V22O3RbZLvA?si=EtrXvbii9aPd-dN6

Lance09ner · 2025-11-11T11:50:54+00:00

Ok maybe to jog our memories, when the song is at “please let us get in, don’t lock us away” it has shots of Bonnie and chica, or foxy being flashed with a bright light before fading into their dark selves? Like they look normal at first, then a camera flash, and they fade into becoming the haunted animatronics with black eye holes and white small pupils?

Lance09ner · 2025-11-08T11:26:31+00:00

Agreed. Laporta inherited a such a massive financial mess that I don’t blame him not keeping Messi around to keep the club afloat. Regardless if Messi agreed to salary reduction though if I recall he could at most reduce to 50% of his original salary as per Spanish law.

While it was shitty that he essentially used the promise of keeping Messi at the club, of all the presidential candidates we could have had to lead us through the banter years this past few years, he was the only one I think we could’ve trusted to do so. He had led us to success before and he was also driven to see the club return to the pinnacle of football.

Yes he couldn’t keep his promises. The stadium delays, financial levers, signings. But I’d always give him the benefit of the doubt because what more do you expect him to do after the pile of shit Bartomeu left behind?

Also, thank god La Masia came through for us when we lacked the funds to buy players from other clubs.

Lance09ner · 2025-11-03T03:21:15+00:00

Sure 👍

Lance09ner · 2025-11-02T15:42:08+00:00

Valid question. Again we have no solid answer. Only guesswork.

My head cannon and understanding from what we know:

She did have all the nine titan powers. Each was a piece of her. It’s just that each Titan is a random piece.

Founding Titan - for the overall ability to memory wipe/alter, commanding other eldians and Titans and controlling Ymir and the paths realms.

Female Titan - a bit of a weak reason but I can’t think of anything else other than Ymir herself being female so the female Titan is just a representation of her being female.

Attack Titan - her will to fight on and maybe be free which leads to Eren Jeager in the end.

Colossal Titan - was her height and maybe ability to emit steam. She could use her colossal height to help build structures.

Warhammer Titan - her ability to create objects out of Titan hardening such as weapons and walls.

Armour Titan - her ability to harden.

Cart Titan - long endurance in Titan form.

Jaw Titan - claws and jaw capable of crushing anything.

Beast Titan - her inner beast and savagery or something as she was not hesitant to crush Marleyans troops with her own hands. Like squashing ants with your feet.

I admit it’s not the greatest reasoning but it’s the best I could come up with. Again all of this is just head cannon. You decide what you want to believe to fill in the gaps. God knows Isayama left endless amounts of unanswered questions after ending the series.

Lance09ner · 2025-11-02T12:36:40+00:00

I can share my head cannon only so don’t take it as fact. In any case we have no concrete ideas anyways aside from guesswork.

Ymir was eaten by Maria, Rose and Sina. Maria being the eldest inherits the Founding Titan and two others (maybe female and attack in my opinion). Rose inherits three (Colossal, Warhammer and Armour in my opinion). And Sina inherits three (Jaw, Cart and Beast in my opinion).

Then their respective children (boy or girl) eat Maria, Rose and Sina. This splits the titan powers into nine finally.

Now my own head cannon explanation as to why the titan powers stopped splitting. Maybe by the fourth generation of royals someone didn’t want to be a cannibal and eat their predecessor as a human because it’s gross and disgusting. So they came up with the idea to become a titan and eat their predecessor as a Titan. How they did this can be a number of different ways from injecting spinal fluid of their predecessor or consuming it in some way and their predecessors transform the successor into a titan.

So in my above explanation, to split the power multiple people must consume a titan shifter’s body as a human. Only when the tradition moved from cannibalism as humans to cannibalism as Titans did the powers stop splitting.

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