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I’m paying to force seven thousand strangers to see a photo of my late husband having fun with his dog. Tumblr Blaze is totally worth it. XD

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Can't see Capitano's face, my Crepus!Harbinger theory lives on. I am prepared to be wrong, jury's out on acceptance 😂

-Capitano

-Dottore

-Pierro

-Columbina

-Pulcinella

-Arlecchino

-Pantalone

-Sandrone

-Tartaglia

#genshin impact #genshin #la signora #genshin tartagalia #fatui harbingers #dottore #shneznaya #pantalone #sandrone #pulcinella #pierro #columbina #arlecchino

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Dog owners please be aware.

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Friendly reminder that this blog is pro-choice and if you don’t think everyone should have full control of their own body, then kindly unfollow me right now and go to hell

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A thing I wrote because I'm a teacher and this week I am Sick Of It:

I’m not done talking.

The hand goes up. No one is listening to my instructions, and I’m already prepared to field an endless bout of questions regarding the directions written on the paper in front of them, the same directions I’m verbalizing with additional clarity. Only when I’m finished speaking will they pay attention, perk up and out of a blank, dead-eyed daze to ask:

“Wait, what’re we doing?”

A hand raised in the middle of my explanation means an interruption, and I feel the wheels on the train of thought disengage from the track. I’m easily distracted, and constantly waylaid by requests for the bathroom that have me floundering to refocus. I have yet to have a student ask what we’re doing in the middle of my explanations, so it must be the bathroom. They can wait. I’m almost done.

I conclude, telling them to “go forth” and complete an assignment that couldn’t be any easier if I did it for them, leading questions they’d have to try to get wrong or opinion-based inquiries they’ll still struggle to answer without prompting. Their movements are sluggish and reluctant, half resigned to getting it done as quickly as possible, the other half determined to use up the entire twenty minutes I’ve given them doing other things, and still not finish.

The hand is still raised. I gesture loosely, already penning a pass with the date and my signature for the unofficial hall monitors overly concerned with passless students walking ten steps from my door to do their business, yet assigning a single day’s punishment for breaking school property. I ask, even though I know I’m right:

“Bathroom?”

I’m wrong. A head shakes “no.” Instead:

“Is this for a grade?”

For the first time all class period I have their attention, those surreptitiously checking their phones and the ones in the corner who haven’t stopped whispering all period achieve a unicorn-rare hush. They’re waiting with baited breath for my answer, the one that will seal their fate as slaves to the bidding of my lesson plans or free them to goof off for the rest of the period with no repercussions. There’s no in between. They won’t do it just for the sake of doing it, not when they could just as easily not do it.

This is the generation of short attention spans, curated by an endless flood of social media that promises to whisk away boring lengthy videos and posts, sacrificing content for a quick fix and a burst of entertainment. I’m a victim of it too. But this is also the generation of rewards and quid-pro-quo, an expectation that all efforts in life will be returned in kind. Asking them to complete a task simply for the betterment of their education is laughable. I’m not inundating them with crossword puzzles and word searches, meaningless busy work I know won’t benefit them, will bore them to tears or disruptive behavior. The worksheet in front of them is beneficial to a larger project we’ve been discussing for over a week.

I’m not obligated to grade everything. Classwork is not optional. But classwork won’t get done unless it’s graded. I once completed fourteen hours of work only to receive a nod as my compensation, so I know the feeling of hard work going unrewarded. This assignment is barely fourteen minutes, if only they’d actually try. They think me supremely unfair, to ask so little of them for nothing in return. They’ll do nothing when allowed, and the bare minimum when required. In the immortal words of Ron Swanson, “[they]’d work all night if it meant nothing got done.”

So.

“Is this for a grade?”

“Yes.”

The lie slips as easily from my tongue as a smile slips onto my face beneath my mask. There’s a silent, collective groan that has me grinding my teeth at the audacity of their outrage. They’re groaning at a single sheet of paper with answers that will help them later in the week. They groan at essays. They groan at creative work. They groaned at an open note test because the study guides I gave them weren’t for a grade, so they didn’t do them.

You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink.

The grumbling subsides, the chatty corner picks back up, and I circulate the room with help to give and no breath to waste telling them to put their phones away. A head lifts, followed by a hand, and I incline my head.

“Wait, what’re we doing?”

Sometimes, I really hate it here.

#teaching #english teacher #school #the audacity #of asking students to do their work #how dare I #I'm over it #is it summer yet #full of inside jokes with my fellow teachers

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Childe: I basically just lurch from one "unforgivable" offence to the next.

Lumine: Like the infamous Golden House incident?

Childe: Oh my Tsaritsa, how many times do I have to apologise for that?

Zhongli: Once would be nice?

Childe: ...no.

#he's just a stubborn child(e) really #but we love him anyway #deep deeeeep down #genshin #genshin impact #genshin impact incorrect quotes #genshin incorrect quotes #genshin childe #genshin zhongli #genshin lumine #childe #zhongli #lumine #tartaglia #rex lapis #traveler #ajax #morax #genshin ajax #genshin morax #genshin tartaglia #genshin rex lapis #genshin traveler

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I'm crying 😂

Lumine: Ajax, please, i'm begging you to go to the healers

Childe: oh i'm sorry, is this OUR stab wound? mind your business

#Childe being a typical man smh #nah jk but Childe you gotta listen to your woman #lumine knows her shit #genshin impact #genshin incorrect quotes #genshin #genshin impact incorrect quotes #incorrect quotes #genshin childe #childe #genshin ajax #ajax #genshin tartaglia #tartaglia #genshin chilumi #chilumi #genshin lumine #lumine #genshin traveler #traveler

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Hugs and thoughts (all platonic)

#genshin impact #genshin kaeya #genshin diluc #genshin klee #genshin crepus #genshin albedo #genshin zhongli #genshin xiao #genshin childe #genshin teucer #not kaeluc

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IT'S HERE I AM SO EXCITED @f-ai-n the internal art is beautiful!!! My favorite writer and my favorite artist ❤️

Edit: I am so sorry, in the haste of my excitement I had an idiot moment and I neglected to clarify that the spectacular cover art and bookmark were done by @novallion ! ❤️

#genshin impact #genshin kaeya #genshin diluc #strangediamond #poisoned dreams

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I firmly believe Crepus Ragnivndr was a Fatui Harbinger and I don't care when/how/if Mihoyo disproves this.

The End

#genshin impact #genshin crepus #genshin headcanons #i have so many thoughts #genshin impact fatui #fatui harbingers

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The Traveler, returning to the Sereniteapot: Hello, people who do not live here

Zhongli, Venti, and Baal: Hello

The Traveler: I gave you the teleport point for emergencies

Venti: We were out of doritos

#genshin impact #genshin zhongli #genshin venti #genshin baal #genshin incorrect quotes #source: friends #genshin traveler

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!! The Poisoned Dream Continuity Fan Novel by StrangeDiamond is finally open for Pre-Order!

I did the internal illustrations for the novel and @/novallion_ on twitter did the covers! It's available in both paperback and PDF version✨

#genshin impact #genshin diluc #genshin kaeya #poisoned dreams

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i saw on twitter that you're doing the illustrations for the poisoned dreams book and can i just say how psyched i am!! honestly they couldn't have chosen a better person for the job, I'm so happy we'll be seeing your art!

Oh shoot! I forgot to mention it here!!

I'll be doing sketches for StrangeDiamond's upcoming fan novel based on their Poisoned Dreams series✨

I'm so happy so see the warm reception to the new both in twitter and instagram! It was an honor tbh, I also love that series to death orz Thank you so much for your kind words anon (and for reminding me ahout this dhdhsj) 😭💕

For those who didn't follow me on my other social platforms, here's a teaser for you!

#genshin impact #strangediamond #poisoned dreams #genshin kaeya #genshin diluc #not kaeluc

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Thoughts about genshin and answering the age ol question: "Why don't you use *character name*?"

#genshin impact

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Y'know what, fuck this bullshit. I need to know y'all are actually against it.

Reblog this if you will NOT use or support Post+.

I hope to make @staff see how that is total bullshit. Tumblr will die without writers/creators.

#post + #post + protest

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My main party's dynamic! Part 1: Kaeya's POV

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Kaeya-Zhongli: unlike his previous wallets, Kaeya draw the line and stop Zhongli from spending too much. He's trying his best to teach him how to bargain but it's a lost cause

Kaeya-Xiao: Xiao sleeps surprisingly very easily, he just chose not to. With lots of love (and force), he manages to make Xiao sleeps a few time a week :) At least he won't be in agony when he's asleep

Kaeya-Qiqi: they both have cryo. Kaeya is generally colder than most people, so Qiqi tends to latch on him on warmer days. Kaeya is always ready to indulge her wishes.

#genshin impact #genshin kaeya #genshin zhongli #genshin xiao #genshin qiqi

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I got a Diluc :D

#genshin impact #genshin childe #genshin diluc #genshin kaeya #genshin aether #genshin bennett #genshin royce #dadluc #not kaeluc