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Branch ([personal profile] branchifer) wrote in [community profile] longestnight2023-10-07 06:01 am

Fandom's Come Knocking

Okay, did you guys know people in this world make stuff of some of us? Apparently the yetis make toys of us on their own if none exist but also imitate ones that do exist if kids want them.

[Branch is hopping along a table of merch that is meant to mimic exactly the merch of him in stores. A lot of it is actually bigger than he is. He shows off the dolls with his tiny little wrist comm. They look even weirder at that perspective.]

Now that I know they're not ritual effigies, the toy thing is kind of funny. Weird, but funny.

Look at this. Look.

[He holds up his comm so the camera picks up some absolutely hideous toys.]

Like, who is this guy? I wouldn't even know who this was if it wasn't labeled with my name. Like, some random guy from the village maybe. I've never dressed like that in my life.

[He points the camera at another.]

This one is the closest to actually looking like me and it still has the random skull symbol hair thing. What's up with that? [A pause as his face comes back in view. It screws up in thought.] ...Okay, actually I don't hate it.

[Because even though he's a much happier person than he once was, he's still slightly an edgelord. Just slightly.]

[He looks upward and similar skull designs suddenly appear in his own hair, thanks to his ability to change its color. Maybe that explains why some of the dolls have black hair and some have blue (if manufacturing inconsistencies aren't to blame).]

[(It's actually not but he's not about to explain the subtleties of troll coloration when it comes to emotional state.)]

Seriously, you should check it out, and see if the yetis made stuff based on you. It's hilarious.

[ooc: If none exists IRL, people can make up imaginary merch, though all merch at the Pole would be for kids or teens. The stuff made purely by the yetis would largely be decent-looking and accurate, uglier stuff would be based on designs existing in the game world because well, that's what the kid pointed at in the store. Googling themselves would produce other merch for other demographics, as well as let people find out about any internet fandom. People can feel free to thread hop a lot because the point of this is probably going to be a lot of pointing and laughing.]
bestbrotherever: (feral grin)

[personal profile] bestbrotherever 2023-10-09 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
That is why you take advantage of his current absence to set your own rates for consulting in advance. Including a reasonable upfront fee if he wants to preview your suggestions before hiring you.
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[personal profile] ferengineer 2023-10-10 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
I could just charge him the upfront fee and then give him nothing, really.
bestbrotherever: (sneer)

[personal profile] bestbrotherever 2023-10-10 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
That is not very Starfleet of you.

Sooner or later he will learn that "Come to Quark's" will actually work this time. Would you not rather be the one to inform him and profit from it?
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[personal profile] ferengineer 2023-10-11 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nog doesn't rise to the bait about it not being very Starfleet. It's not, but it's also a family issue, not a Starfleet one.]

Here's the thing: Come to Quark's works *all* the time. He's great at running a bar. If he focused on building on that instead of whatever scheme he's cooked up this week he'd probably be doing better than he is now.
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[personal profile] bestbrotherever 2023-10-13 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
I am referring specifically to the mugs. He could sell them here, not merely foist them on anyone who orders a drink. And there is no Kira to stop him.