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eliteprepsat · 1 year

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College campus visits are important for prospective college students for a number of reasons. For one, they demonstrate your interest in the schools to which you’re applying. Beyond this, they are useful in helping you and your family make the difficult decision of where you will invest your time, money, and efforts over the next four years of your life.

This is a big decision no doubt. When it comes to college visits, then, it’s no surprise that they can feel overwhelming. So here are 25 tips for how to have a great college visit that is smooth, informative, and even fun.

1. VISIT DURING YOUR JUNIOR YEAR

It’s a good idea to visit a college campus or two in the few first years of high school (or even middle school). This can give you a feel early on for what the college experience is like and if it is for you. While this is certainly true, it is generally considered best to do the bulk of your campus visitations during your junior year. This is because much of your senior year will be spent working on actual college applications. So, getting your campus visits out of the way during junior year will leave you with plenty of time and energy to focus on those!

2. FIRST, TAKE VIRTUAL TOURS AND/OR ATTEND A COLLEGE FAIR

Before you even visit a college in person, narrow down your options by taking virtual campus tours online and, if possible, by attending a college fair. Of course, you can’t glean as much information from either of these experiences as you can from an in-person college visit. But you just might learn something about a school from either a virtual tour or college fair that could get it added to or taken off of your short list.

National College Fairs, for example, is a program of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC). It hosts college fairs across the country every year, including performing and visual arts college fairs, STEM college fairs, and an international universities fair. These fairs are free, and they give students the opportunity to engage with representatives from an array of colleges and universities across the globe.

For a searchable list of this year’s National College Fairs, please see this page from the NACAC website.

3. GO ON A PRACTICE RUN

Before you visit the colleges in which you are most interested, start by visiting a school as a sort of practice run. This can be a local school that you feel less invested in or a school that you do not intend on applying to at all. The idea here is that with less at stake, you can get your nerves out in this “dress rehearsal” and then be confident to tackle those schools that are on the top of your list!

4. VISIT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR

Although colleges might be less crowded over spring or winter break and you might have a bit more freedom to explore, chances are that many campus buildings will be closed during this time and there will be fewer people around. So, be sure to visit college campuses while school is in session—when you can see as much as possible and chat with as many people as possible, really getting a more accurate sense of how that college operates on a daily basis.

5. SIT IN ON AN INFORMATION SESSION

College information sessions are short presentations run by admissions staff that give general facts about schools to prospective students and their families. These are typically held just before campus tours, and they are a great opportunity to get basic information about a college, including admission requirements, financial aid, and a bit about the undergraduate experience. Depending on the college, registration for these sessions may or may not be required. So, be sure to plan accordingly with each school. And, before you leave, be sure to get the business card of the admissions officer who led your session or (for larger schools) who is responsible for traveling to your local area, just in case you have any follow-up questions after your visit.

6. TAKE THE OFFICIAL TOUR

Most colleges and universities hold daily tours of their campuses hosted by the admissions office. The guides who lead these tours are primarily current students working off of a script given to them by admissions. This means that they are told which campus sights to highlight and which attributes of the school to emphasize, which is a good thing since you will be sure to see the most iconic places on any given campus during your tour; yet, this doesn’t always mean that what is covered on the tour will necessarily interest you. So, be sure to ask to see locations that are of interest to you. Are you interested in acting classes but haven’t yet been taken by the theater building? Don’t be afraid to ask your guide. Also, don’t be afraid to ask questions that haven’t been addressed on the tour, even if they are more probing than where you can park without getting a ticket or find the best burger on campus. Remember that the purpose of these tours is to sell colleges to prospective students. So, your guide is there to help you in any way they can.

7. THEN, TAKE YOUR OWN UNGUIDED TOUR

While it is important to take the official campus tour, it is also important to leave enough room in your schedule to take an unofficial tour on your own. Did you stop by any places on the guided tour that you wanted to revisit? Did you spot anything on the campus map that the official tour didn’t get to but that looked particularly interesting? Leaving time for your own unguided tour is also a great way to discover the ivy on the staircase of the science building, the view from the philosophy library, or the surprisingly good sandwiches in the student center coffee shop—those smaller and more charming things about a college campus that often make you fall in love with it.

8. TALK TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE

The most valuable resources when visiting any campus are the people you encounter there. And it’s important that you talk with a variety of these people—from existing students to faculty, staff, and even alumni (if possible). Combined, all of these individuals contribute to the life and vibe of a college campus, so they are all worth communicating with.

With that said, it’s worth noting that you can always walk up to students and other members of the campus community and initiate a conversation with them. But, they might be busy or otherwise unwilling to chat. So, you might consider working with the admissions office, who can connect you with relevant people who are willing to chat in person during your visit or via email/Skype.

9. VISIT ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS

Visit academic departments of which you expect to be a part, especially those you anticipate majoring or minoring in. Professors are typically happy to meet with prospective students. Just remember that they are generally very busy. So, before you arrive, make arrangements to meet with them, as they can provide you with detailed information about their programs, including syllabi from courses you would be required to take or interested in taking.

10. VISIT OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

In addition to academic departments, also be sure to visit any departments or organizations that are of special interest to you (such as athletic departments or student clubs) and speak to people there (such as athletic directors or club leaders). As with professors, you’ll typically find that most people enjoy meeting with prospective students to discuss their shared interests, so don’t be shy about reaching out to arrange these conversations. Just be sure to do so well enough in advance.

11. VISIT A DORM (OR TWO)

While a stop inside a student dorm in typically included on most official campus tours, don’t be afraid to ask to see multiple dorms on your tour, as student housing tends to vary. There is usually a separate dorm for first-year students, for instance. Often times campuses have more apartment-style housing for students in their third and fourth years, as well. Be sure to also check out these housing options for upperclassmen, so that you can know what to expect if you live on campus beyond your first year. And if you plan on living in the surrounding area instead of on campus, be sure to gather information about places for rent and ask students about their experiences with off-campus housing.

12. VISIT OTHER CAMPUS BUILDINGS YOU WILL LIKELY FREQUENT

For better or worse, much of a college student’s time outside of their classrooms and dorm is spent studying in other campus facilities such as the library and student center. While on your visit, be sure to visit these spaces. While in the library, walk through the stacks, check out the communal computer and quiet study areas, and even chat with a librarian—perhaps about the stacks of your intended area of study. While walking through the student center, ask yourself if you can picture yourself there, getting a coffee in the morning or detoxing with friends after a long day. Does it seem inviting and comfortable?

Other buildings/areas of campus you might want to visit include:

The quad

The health center

Athletic and/or workout facilities

The book store

The career center

The counseling center

Research labs

The disability resource center

Parking facilities

13. VISIT (AND EAT IN!) ONE OR MORE STUDENT DINING FACILITIES

One of the great tricks to enjoying college is learning the best places to eat on campus. So, be sure to ask about the preferred dining spots and try them out for yourself. Most colleges typically have at least one cafeteria-style dining hall where you can sit down for a meal, as well as more of a “greasy spoon” style eatery where you can grab a quick bite on the go. If possible, check out one of each. While on your tour, also scope out the vending machine options—both near classroom buildings and student housing. These can come in handy when you need a fast snack between classes or when most dining facilities have closed shop for the night.

14. GET INFORMATION ABOUT CAMPUS SAFETY/SECURITY

Although it’s a matter of campus life that we tend to consider less, the issue of safety is incredibly important. So, take some time to ask about this issue on your visit. Do all students on campus generally feel safe, even when walking to and from evening classes? Does the campus offer a student shuttle service? What measures does campus security take to enforce safety precautions? Do security personnel or members of local police have a presence on campus/regularly patrol campus?

15. VISIT THE SURROUNDING AREA

In a way, when you commit to the University of Alabama, you’re not just committing to the University of Alabama; you’re also committing to the city of Tuscaloosa. When you commit to being a Trojan, you’re also committing to greater Los Angeles. This includes all of the local coffee shops, bookstores, restaurants, theaters, and everything else that each of these areas has to offer. So, be sure to leave some time to not only check out the college campus on your visit but to also check out the city or town in which the college is located, since you will be sure to engage with the life of that place, as well.

16. MEET WITH A MEMBER OF BOTH FINANCIAL AID AND ADMISSIONS

Even if you’ve already sat in on the information session and have gone on the official campus tour, it’s a good idea to meet individually with both a member of the financial aid office and admissions. Finances can present a real barrier to entry for prospective college students, and figuring out how to receive aid in order to make college possible can simply be confusing. So, sitting down with a professional who can explain your options is incredibly beneficial.

And with so many prospective students applying to their institution every season, it’s important to admissions officers that you stand out from the crowd. Taking the time and effort to meet with an admissions officer during your campus visit allows them to put a face to a name once your application rolls in, ideally giving you a leg up from the other applicants in the stack.

17. SPEND THE NIGHT AND/OR SIT IN ON A CLASS

Many colleges allow you to briefly immerse yourself in the life of their school by spending the night with a current student and sitting in on a class session. While your host isn’t always responsible for entertaining you during your overnight stay, the experience can be a chance to experience the workings of a dorm, often including a communal living space and shared bathrooms. When you sit in on a class, take stock of your fellow students. Do they seem engaged? Also take stock of the classroom. Do the facilities seem up-to-date and well taken care of? Do you otherwise feel comfortable in the space?

18. KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR CAMPUS LITERATURE

While in the admissions office, be sure to check out any available brochures and pamphlets. While these often include general information about a school that can be found on their website, they can be helpful in your college decision-making process since they are portable, handy, and easy to organize with the other college brochures and pamphlets you’ve accumulated. In addition to these, also keep your eyes peeled for pamphlets and other signs posted on bulletin boards across campus advertising upcoming events. And, if possible, get your hands on a copy of the school newspaper. What is the tone of this literature? Do the activities they boast sound interesting to you? Can you picture yourself taking part in them?

19. DON’T LET THE WEATHER RAIN ON YOUR PARADE

Remember that once you’re enrolled at a school, you will be there relatively year-round, experiencing it in all the weather that area has to offer. So, if you happen to be taking your campus tour on a rainy day, be sure to do your best to not let it dampen your view of that school. Try to imagine what the campus will look like on a beautiful spring or summer day as well, with students taking in the sun and playing Frisbee on the quad.

20. TRY TO READ THE SCHOOL’S VIBE

As you walk around campus on your tour, do a good amount of people watching. How does the student body strike you? How do they seem to interact with one another? Is it what you envision when you dream about going to college? For instance, if the student body appears to lack diversity and you believe that you would thrive in a more diverse environment, this might not be the school for you. Or, if there hardly seems to be anyone on campus, and you know you would thrive in a more vibrant setting, this might not be the school for you either. Just think: Can you see yourself happily fitting in among these people and this environment?

21. COME PREPARED WITH QUESTIONS

It can feel like a lot is being thrown at you at once during a college campus visit, and it can be easy in the moment to forget questions you want to ask. So, come prepared with questions either printed out or typed on the notes app of your phone. Have questions for everyone you’ll encounter, not just admission staff or your tour guide. And divide your questions into useful categories (such as by person or subject) so that they are more easily accessible as you make your way through the day.

Remember, too, to not get too bogged down with questions regarding logistics during your visit (e.g. the size of the student body, the typical class size, etc.). You can typically locate the answers to such questions on a college’s website or in their brochures. Instead, try to ask more questions about less tangible but no less important aspects of the college experience. A few such questions include:

What makes your school unique?

How would you describe the student body?

What sort of student would most thrive here/would not be happy here?

What’s something you wish you had known about this campus before coming here?

Does the college work to prepare its students for a career after study?

Do the professors seem happy here?

How do locals feel about the students here?

22. KEEP AN OPEN MIND

While you may already have feelings about a certain college for one reason or another (e.g. your big sister went there, your favorite basketball player went there, or you’ve always heard about it in movies or on the news), try to walk into your campus visit without any preconceived notions—whether they be good or bad. Try to participate in all possible activities during your visit, even if they might be a bit out of your comfort zone or if you only guess they’ll be relevant to your future college experience. In the end, the more information you have about each school, the better decision you’ll be able to make about where you’ll attend college.

23. TAKE PLENTY OF NOTES AND PHOTOS

Don’t trust your campus visit to memory. Especially when you’re visiting multiple colleges, the information you’ve taken in can blend together. So, be sure to take notes about your impressions of each school. And take plenty of photos, as well—including selfies. Just think of how cool it will be to have a throwback photo of your first time visiting your alma mater!

For help with keeping notes during multiple college campus visits, check out this “College Comparison Worksheet” (PDF) from the NACAC website.

24. FOLLOW UP

Your college visit doesn’t end when you drive away from campus. An important step in the process is following up with the people with whom you met during your time on campus, especially professors and staff. These communications don’t have to be formal. In fact, emails are best since they are easiest to respond to. When drafting your follow-up emails, simply thank these individuals for their time and express that you had a positive experience during your visit. Another tip is to mention something specific from your visit (e.g. something you saw, did, or discussed together) to personalize your note and show how much you care.

Another important step post-campus visit involves looking back at your notes and photos; writing down any follow-up questions you might have; and discussing your impressions with family, friends, and trusted mentors. What are your thoughts after this reflection?

25. ENJOY YOURSELF

Last (but certainly not least), remember to enjoy yourself while visiting college campuses. Of course, this is, in part, just a state of mind. But there are also practical steps that you can take to ensure that the campus visit experience is a pleasurable one. First, don’t try to fit in too many campus visits or even too much of one campus visit in on a single day. Also, perhaps leave some time for something fun while visiting a college, such as a nearby tourist attraction. And regardless of your itinerary, be sure to plan your campus visit reasonably well ahead of time to alleviate any stress that comes from being in a time-crunch.

Finally, remember that while choosing a college is a big decision, it is an exciting one that typically only comes once in a lifetime. So, be excited about the process

#college visit #campus tour #spring break #college

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hoodielord · 4 months

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Green eyes in the fear fog.

For half a second, Steph thought today would be a decent day. But no, not in Gotham.

Steph's current events professor, who was also the head of student affairs, had offered extra credit to help give college tours. Look, she had to take the extra credit she had to, even if it meant that she had to be a tour guide. It wasn't hard, just annoying.

The group was small, only five people, but two of them stuck out. A brother and sister. The brother was the definition of adoption bait blue eyes, black hair, vigilante tendencies withholding. The sister was at least as tall as Jason. She had orange hair just like Babs, you'd think they were related.

Anyways, Steph's new mission was to make sure the kid and Dick never met. The kid would not stop making puns. Some of them earned him a laugh but some earned him a smack from his sister.

"Aw, come on, Jazz, it was funny."

"You can do better." she shrugged.

" Sounds like a challenge." A wicked smirk appeared on his face.

" Danny, please don't."

"Challenge accepted."

Yep, I'm definitely keeping him away from Dick.

But something was off about them other than looking at the crime capital's university. They could probably be metahumans. Their eyes seemed to slightly glow blue. They carried themselves as they had already expected danger. I mean, it pays to be prepared, especially in Gotham, but they aren't from here.

If the siblings weren't already on a list B has they should be now. Jazz had been almost ecstatic when we were moving through the psychology department. Danny was practically bouncing off the walls when it was time to go through the engineering and physics departments. Definitely should keep an eye on them.

It was reaching the end of the tour in the cafeteria. Another weird thing about the siblings was their reaction to food. They seemed to have this sort of optimistic curiosity like they were happy to have food to eat, but at the same time, they were poking to make sure it wouldn't attack or something.

Talking with the siblings was interesting too. Danny was buzzing about the engineering department. He went into a great rant about a project that Wayne Enterprises was working on in the aerospace engineering division. Maybe she should keep him away from Tim, too.

The conversation died quickly when a shriek rang out from down the hall. Steph turned quickly to see green fear toxin fill the cafeteria. Swarms of people ran for the exits knocking each over. She quickly dug through her bag and pulled out her gas masks, one for her and her backup.

"Jazz? Jazz, where did you go?" Danny called. They must have gotten separated.

Damn, she needed another one for the siblings. She shoved her spare into Danny's hands.

" Put the mask on and head for the exit."

"But I need to find Jazz."

"I'll find her. Put the mask on and go." Steph yelled as she went further into the fog. Quickly, she sent an alert to Oracle. Signal is on patrol right now, but more bats might show up.

It was dense she could barely see in front of her. There was some noise up ahead. Someone was screaming. The yelling grew louder as she rounded the corner.

"Stop! Get away!"

It was Jazz. She was practically growling. Her fist slammed into the concrete wall, leaving a deep impact. She was clearly affected by the Fear gas. A meta affected with fear gas, not good.

"Stop! Don't hurt him. He's not a monster! He's my little brother!" Jazz had gone from fury to sadness as she practically begged for her hallucination to stop haunting her.

If it wasn’t the meta thing it was whatever she was hallucinating that caught Steph’s attention. Definitely on B's list now.

"Isn't it interesting what fear does to the mind?"

Steph saw Scarecrow emerge from the fog.

"I saw you in the psychology department. Your eyes lit up like a fire. But now they are clouded with fear."

A chill went up Steph's spine. She quickly checked her mask for leaks but didn't have any. Turning her attention back to Jazz and Scarecrow, she saw something. Green eyes shifted inside the fog. They looked like a predator hunting its prey. For a second, they look like Jason's.

From behind Scarecrow, the eyes stopped, and a figure emerged. A baseball bat slammed into Scarecrow's face, knocking him to the floor. The figure came into full view now. It was Danny his eyes were glowing green.

He knelt down to Scarecrow.

"You really don't have any brains. Do you Scarecrow? If you did, you wouldn't have hurt my sister." His voice was downright, frigid.

He turned and rushed over to Jazz who was still trying to convince her hallucinations to stop.

"Jazz, it's okay. Come on, I'm fine. It's okay." His voice was soft and gentle as he helped her up. Jazz mumbled a little as she stumbled down the hall.

Steph quickly caught up to the siblings slinging Jazz's arm over her shoulder.

"Sorry, I couldn't help earlier," Steph spoke quietly.

"It's fine. Not everybody can be a hero."

Steph wanted to laugh at the irony of that statement, but she just nodded.

"Sorry about the tour too."

"It wasn't all bad."

" Oh, the rouge attack and poisoning wasn’t bad?" Steph asked sarcastically.

" Our hometown is haunted and our community college is funded by my godfather. And he is a rich fruit loop.”

‘Ghosts?’

“You know Gotham University is funded by Wayne Enterprises right?”

“Annoying crazy fruit loop or weird himbo? Hmmm. Yeah, I’m going to have to go with the himbo on this one.”

Steph laughed at that one. Bruce is going to want to hear about this but she’ll keep him away from these siblings for a little while.

#dcxdp #dpxdc #dc x dp #Danny and Jazz visit colleges #Steph is the relucent tour guide #Had a vivid image of Danny emerging from the fog to beat Scarecrow pop into my head it turned into this.#why does my brain get ideas when it is time for me to sleep why?

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egophiliac · 1 year

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they're baaaaaack

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 6 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 6 spoilers #<- are we still tagging those? i don't know where en is #tagging basically just because it's college ortho #anyway HOLY CRAP THEY'RE BACK #TSUMSUTE 2: THE STACKENING #the disappointment at the lack of episode 7 news is tempered by my glee at the return of the most delightfully stupid event of all time #sometimes i think about how the characters were canonically visited by tiny stackable toy versions of themselves from another dimension #twice now!#it doesn't get any better than this #eyes #itty bitty little ominous eyes #look i know it's going to just be more charming shenanigans until the tsums abruptly ascend back to heaven(?) until they're needed again #but if they decided to do like. a tsum slasher flick parody. i would lose my entire goddamn mind #that's why we have fanart i guess

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collegeraptor19 · 2 years

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It can be impossible to find out everything you need to know on just one of your campus tours, but you’ll have the opportunity to get some facts that will play a crucial role in your decision-making process.

#college search #college visit

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puppetmaster13u · 15 days

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Prompt 293

Jason takes a deep breath. He takes a deep breath, in for ten seconds, out for eight, and just takes a minute before looking again. Nope, there’s still the strange quartet of orbs in the box of what should be stolen weapons (What, the government had enough, honestly) that gave his workers the heebie-jeebies.

Which is not the vibe he gets from them. In fact, he’s actually kind of concerned with how much he has to beat the Pit back with how quickly it lurches to latch onto the… Well they’re not gems, and he’s a little wary about touching them at first, but the Pit does seem to settle when he does.

Alright, he can deal with this. It’s not like he has several heads in a duffel bag that needs to be delivered or a tiny assassin child back in his safehouse (Seriously Talia, why was he the preferred babysitter?) or an entire gang in Crime Alley to deal with. It’ll be fine.

…

He would like to curse out his past self, because there’s now four babies in his safehouse that appeared to have fucking hatched from the orbs. Goddamnit.

#DCxDP #DPxDC #Prompts #Dad Hood #Let Jason & Damian be Brothers #De aged Dani #De aged Danny #De aged Vlad #De aged Dan #Jason just wants to do his crimelording business & finish online college dangit #He doesn’t need all these kids around #No no you can’t have them they’re his kids #Vlad absolutely loves that their caretaker is a crimelord #Jordan: Hah look I'm not the only murderously violent one in this family now #Ellie & Danny: Well at least he's not a cop so #Jason is honestly expecting Damian to be pissed but Damian? Very pleased #OLDER siblings? Meh that’s competition & people to prove oneself against #But Younger siblings & nephews & nieces? Those are Tiny People who Look Up to You #The perfect minions it’s all coming together!#”Dami please that’s not how things work… besides you’re going to go to your dad’s soon-”#Damian when he’s at the Manor: I am going to visit Akhi #”Oh Tim or Dick?”#”What are you talking about- Mother sent Akhi here months ago and I wish to visit him and my niblings-”#Cue Bat Freakout & Misunderstandings #Space core Danny #Plasma core Vlad #Moon core Ellie #Sun core Dan #Star Core Jason #Shadow Core Damian

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contrivedcoincidences6 · 7 months

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#I think they’re neat #dimension 20 #fantasy high #intrepid heroes #zac oyama #siobhan thompson #ally beardsley #brian murphy #emily axford #brennan lee mulligan #fantasy high college visit

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apollos-boyfriend · 23 days

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just remembered that last night i had a dream that an old captainsparklez tweet surfaced where he was like “yeah i was bisexual in college” and i while i have no substantial evidence i blame tommyinnit for this one

#icarus speaks #hypnos visits #he like flashed it in a reddit video as if it was common knowledge #why was he only bisexual in college. what happened jordan

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natalieleif · 11 months

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I know Jack and Maddie's relationship in canon is probably MEANT to be seen--depending on the episode--as a pretty bog-standard, 2000s-era "idiot big dad and exasperated, smart wife who puts up with him" trope.

BUT

my personal favorite interpretation is that BOTH are equally genius engineers who are also equally on the autistic spectrum, with a specific hyperfixation on ghosts and mad science.

The main difference is that Maddie has siblings and female social expectations, so she had to learn how to mask in ways that are seen as sociable and polite and attractive and "smart." When she does bumble major social cues (such as not recognizing Vlad's flirting until Danny points it out decades later, or humiliating her kids by showing up in a hazmat suit at school), it feels more "socially acceptable" from her.

She genuinely loves Jack because he could not care less about her being Feminine or Socially Acceptable. He just wants to shout with her about ghosts! So the nanosecond she's around him she can yank the mask off and go chasing spirits with a toaster turned into a machine gun.

#danny phantom #jack fenton #maddie fenton #leif babbles #i honestly could go on for pages about this but I'll stop myself lol #like i don't think she meant to shun Vlad in the hospital for decades; i think she genuinely forgor that it's a social expectation to visit #and she didn't 'reject' him so much as not notice him flirting for all of college #she gets irritated at Jack for forgetting their anniversary because that was SCHEDULED and PLANNED and now it's CHANGED #she can't cook non-sentient food; she forgets to decontaminate; she doesn't bring a phone on vacation because her bag is full of Ghost Stuf #and she most definitely doesn't understand her kids' social needs and emotions #but goddamn it she loves her husband and family

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ryllen · 6 months

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#HH i WAS just THINKING of drawing yuu visiting his place with a dress after attending the college event with everyone with usual suit get up #and maybe just did a little dance together and have him laughs at the fact she is dressed but actually barefoot; but then ... BUT THEN H #twisted wonderland #twst #sebek zigvolt #twst yuu #twst mc #fanart #i was thinking maybe this is set up by lilia again #but then i want trey senpai sincere *but goofy* compliment on the dress; maybe he helped to pick the dress #anyway that dress is so delicate and beautiful #that website has a lot of good green dresses #he actually suited up tidy just some while ago but he started dismantling himself when he got to be alone out of sadness & frustration #because of what he heard #maybe it was even an official announcement #details detai ls #one can only call her yumimi in several occasions -- or maybe forever if u get to that point of relationship with her #she prefer to be only known as yuu because she thinks the mimi in her name is too cutesy for her #i said this on tags on another post already but just for new people who are looking if u are reading this right now hello #i just wanted to draw yumimi in beautiful dress that was all #it's funny if i just imagine jade elbowing on trey and delivering better compliment for yumimi because jade knows the situation needs it #does it look more like cabbage roll #eeh

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otaku553 · 10 months

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Absolutely criminal of them to give us only one case of ryutaro and no interactions at all between ryutaro and ryuunosuke. Like come on we all know ryuunosuke would absolutely be ryutaro’s biggest hype man

#dgs2 spoilers #dai gyatuken saiban #the great ace attorney #naruhodo ryunosuke #naruhodo ryutaro #inspired by how every time I go back home and visit my friends at the state college #my qpp will always. always find some way to brag about me #right in front of my face like my love my dearest bestie….. I don’t even go here

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charlottan · 11 months

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you might not think you need a gay/trans/etc flag on your wall but then you actually stand by one and it feels like being in a room with God

#thinking about when i first visited my colleges gay club meeting room and it caused me to immediately go out and get a cool trans flag #its such a crazy awesome feeling it really is

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peacefulandcozy · 1 year

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#bradford-on-avon #wiltshire #newnham college #selwyn college cambridge #cambridgeshire #cambridge #visit england #england #academia #dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #academic #streets #architecture

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luxaofhesperides · 4 months

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Human/Mer AU + Bioluminescent Siren Duke ; requested by @justwannabecat!

The human hadn’t been in his territory recently.

He wasn’t attached or anything, but Duke had started to look forward to seeing him around. It was equal parts exciting and terrifying to be under the curious, watchful eyes of a human who could so easily be dragged down into the depths.

He knows he shouldn’t be doing this. He shouldn’t be indulging this human’s curiosity, trying to lure him closer time after time. Holding the attention of any human is dangerous; Duke’s heard the stories plenty of time. He’s seen the damage humans can do even more.

There’s just something different about this human, who never dives too deep, who smiles at him and leaves little gifts in the tide pools tucked away from the rest of the beach, hidden from sight. Or rather, usually hidden from sight, since this human is the only one to go there.

It’s foolish, but Duke actually misses his human.

It’s not the first time he’d been gone for long stretches of time, but something feels off. There’s worry curling up at the base of his throat, making him swim to the surface more frequently. Steph had given him a look when she caught him, but didn’t say a word. She shouldn’t, really, when she’s been sneaking up to the surface for her own human friend, some small, dangerous human with dark hair and hands that speak more than a voice.

He’d seen her, just once, when he had gone up to splash water and his human then swim away.

Somehow, things felt easier back then. Like the horrors of the world couldn’t reach them among those tide pools.

It’s reached them now.

Duke’s not expecting to see his human when he swims up to the surface. He’s expecting another quiet night, an empty beach, a dark sky with only the moon casting its lonely light down onto him.

But when he swims up, his eyes go to a figure on the beach instantly.

Even from this distance, Duke knows: that’s his human.

He doesn’t think before he’s swimming over, pushing himself faster than he’s ever gone before. It’s low tide, so he can’t get as close as he wants and can’t reach most of the tide pools at all, but it gets him close enough. Human and merfolk vocal chords are different; he can speak in water, but can’t make more than a few hums in air, and humans can’t really do anything in water at all.

His human is sitting with his knees tucked into his chest on the beach. He’s hiding in his clothes, a hood pulled over his head, but he looks up when Duke drags himself onto the sand.

Duke can see bruises. Dried blood. A stray tear slipping out of his eyes.

He wants to ask what’s happened? But all that comes out is a low crooning noise.

His human laughs, a quiet, bitter noise that makes Duke’s chest tighten uncomfortably. “Hey,” he rasps in a low voice. “Been a while, hasn’t it? I hope you’ve had a better time than I did.”

Duke can’t reach his human. The distance between them isn’t great, but it’s too much. He’s already partially out of the water, hands sinking into the wet sand just out of reach of the waves, and he can’t get any farther out. He reaches a hand out, silently pleading for his human to come closer.

The move makes his human soften, some of the hard edge of tension in his body melt away. He gets up and walks into the water, then sits down next to Duke, taking his hand.

“I missed you,” he whispers.

If they were underwater, Duke would be able to say I missed you too. Don’t ever go away so long again. But his human is in no shape to go underwater right now, so Duke presses his hand against his lips and hums lightly.

They sit in silence for a moment, and Duke realizes that he’s never been this close to any human before. It doesn’t feel dangerous. It feels like relief, to finally have his human in his reach, safe from the rest of the world.

He gives him human another moment, then reaches out and carefully pushes his hood back. His human allows it, blinking at him slowly. Without the shadow of the hood, Duke can clearly see the bruise coloring his cheekbone and the cuts going down his temple to his jaw. His split lip is still red with blood, and what little of his throat isn’t hidden by his clothes reveals more bruises wrapped around the delicate column of his neck.

Duke ghosts his fingers over each of these injuries, hating how easily humans hurt each other. His human leans into the touch despite how it must hurt, something devastating in his expression.

Who hurt you comes out as a questioning trill. Somehow, it gets the point across.

“It’s alright,” his human says. “Really. I’m not even that hurt. It’s just been a long few months. We never talk much, so you wouldn’t know this, but I have to fight a lot of people. Perils of being a hero, you know?”

Duke knows about heroes. More specifically, he knows about mer heroes. He’s considered being one himself, but the currents shifted and he ended up more a loner, banding with the other rejects of the city to live in the fringes and help only those who wander out too far from the marginally safer waters within.

He hasn’t heard of any human heroes, but then again, he doesn’t know much about humans at all. Nothing beyond the stories all parents tell their children to scare them away from the surface, or the horror stories kids tell each other in the middle of the night when they want to scare each other.

He hums again to let his human know he’s listening. His human has such a nice voice. Why haven’t they done this before?

It’s always been a push and pull between them, carefully keeping their distance but always circling back to each other. Duke would let his human swim with him, and his human would let Duke sit safely on the other side of a tide pool, tossing sea shells back and forth between each other.

They don’t even know each other’s names.

He wishes, just for a moment, that he could go back in time and do things better. But he’s happy here with his human and he doesn’t want to lose this either.

He’ll just have to make the best of what he has. It’s how he’s always lived after his parents disappeared.

“This really isn’t that bad,” his human says, “I’ve taken worse hits before. It’s just that I couldn’t transform before the attack started, so now my human form is bruised too.”

…Human form? The more Duke hears, the more questions he has.

Duke hums at a lower octave, placing a hand over his human’s chest.

His human laughs lightly. “Yeah, I guess we’ve never really talked much about ourselves, did we? I’m human, don’t worry, just not all the time. I… actually, I died a few years ago. But I came back partially. So I’m also half dead still and I can transform into a ghost to fight threats. I’m a hero called Phantom. Actually, Danny Phantom since I was stupid enough to just give out my first name when I started out. In my defense, my brain was still a little fried.”

There is so much he wants to say to that. He tries, and makes a series of low hums and clicks in the back of his throat, staring at Danny (he finally got his human’s name!) incredulously.

“I promise I’m fine,” Danny continues. “It was just a bit rough. As soon as I get some time to recover, I’ll be good as new! And I really did miss you, you know. Didn’t even go home first, just come straight here.”

That’s honestly really sweet. Duke hums again, a lighter pitch, and takes hold of Danny’s wrist and tugs him towards deeper waters.

“What? You want me to go in?”

Duke nods, already shuffling his way back out of the sand.

He expects to look awkward during the process. What he most definitely doesn’t expect is for Danny to easily pick him up and walk them both into the ocean.

Listen. Duke is not a small mer. He’s big. He’s got a long, heavy tail and wide fins going down his back, his forearms, and the sides of his tail. It’s a struggle for him to fit into seaweed nests with his friends during the colder seasons, often left to balance on the edge with his tail hanging out. His friends struggle to pull him through the water with his weight. His parents weren’t able to hold him much after he started growing.

None of this matters to Danny, who acts as if Duke weights nothing at all.

To his great embarrassment, his fins flare in appreciation for Danny’s strength. He was not expecting a human to be so strong, but Duke’s not about to lie to himself and say it’s not attractive.

He trills to Danny, who laughs again, then falls into the water, taking them both under.

Duke doesn’t hesitate. He grabs hold of Danny and swims them further out. He stays close to the surface so Danny can rise for air as needed, but he makes no move to leave Duke’s side even after a few minutes.

He glances back, concerned, when he sees that Danny is watching him with dark eyes, not breathing at all despite being conscious.

Danny holds up a finger and closes his eyes. Two rings of light appear around his waist, then split apart and pass over his body. Instantly, Danny’s body becomes lighter, as if Duke’s hand is grasping at a current on the seabed. His hair turns white and his eyes glow from how bright of a green they are, but there’s something inhuman about his features now, something that makes him look different beyond just physical features.

Well. Danny did say he could transform.

Now that they’re underwater, Duke can finally speak. The first thing he asks is, “What was that?”

Danny grins at him. “That,” he says, speaking with ease as if he’s not underwater at all, “was my transformation. And this is my ghost form. Quite the look, isn’t it?”

“You can talk down here?! Also, hi, my name’s Duke. Since I never introduced myself.”

“Ghosts can do a lot of things,” Danny answers with a cheeky grin. “It’s nice to finally know your name. I’ve been calling you glowfish in my head this whole time.”

“Glowfish?”

“Yeah. Because you, you know,” Danny gestures vaguely at him, “Glow.”

Duke glances down at his back fins, which are indeed glowing. They flare a bit from embarrassment, which just makes the dots of light lining the fins more visible. He doesn’t glow a lot, keeping a tight hold of that ability, but sometimes it comes out anyways when he’s feeling especially happy.

And apparently, he’s always very happy around Danny.

It’s a good thing Danny doesn’t know what that means, because if anyone of his friends found out, they’d laugh at how obvious he’s being. Drawbacks of being somewhat bioluminescent: anyone familiar with mers who have this feature know exactly what the glow means.

“Right,” he says just a beat too late. “Well, now that we know each other’s names, can you tell me how you really feel? Those injuries didn’t look too good.”

“It’s fine, really! I take harder hits all the time.”

“That doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt.”

Danny doesn’t answer for a long moment, then sighs. “Yeah. It still hurts.”

“Stay with me for tonight,” he says. “You’ll be safe. You can rest and heal and I’ll keep you safe from anything that comes looking for you.”

“You don’t have to—”

“I want to.”

Danny doesn’t put up much of a fight. He must be exhausted. “Yeah, alright. Take me away, Duke. You know, this is like those stories about sirens luring sailors down into the depths.”

“Well, I am a siren.”

“Wait, really?”

“Yeah. I take after my mom. She’s the one who taught me how to sing.”

“I guess it’s a good thing we’re friends so I don’t have to worry about being dragged down to my watery death.”

Duke snorts. “Good thing you’re already a ghost then. Not much I can do to you down here.”

He swims down, heading towards a small cavern in a sea rock that he’s claimed as his own, leading Danny into it. The light from his fins illuminates the entrance and the rocks within, a narrow passage that goes in for a few meters before opening up into a larger space full of carefully tended to seaweed and starfish decorating the walls.

There’s a nook tucked away in the back wall where he’s set up a seaweed bed, the plant braided together into something more solid. It’s big enough to fit his tail, which means it’s big enough for him and Danny.

“Here,” he says, helping Danny down. “Get some sleep. Then you can tell me about what happened in the morning and we’ll take it from there.”

“I’m glad you’re here Duke,” Danny whispers, curling up on his side. He holds Duke’s hand, twining their fingers together, and it’s as nice as it is strange to feel how cold Danny is in this form when he was so warm as a human.

“I’ll always be here for you. You just need to come back to me.”

Danny hums, but doesn’t answer. It’s alright; Duke’s used to his loved ones leaving. He knows he can’t make them stay. All he can do is hope they return one day.

It’s been a long time since he’s had anyone in his home. There’s a communal cave where his friends stay that he visits when he gets lonely, but this place used to be for his family. Now it’s just him.

Him and Danny.

The last time there was song in these walls, his mother was still around, singing him lullabies.

Looking down at Danny, curled up and so strangely fragile looking, Duke feels the song build up in his chest. It slips out in low, soft notes, an old melody passed down through generations of their family.

He sings Danny to sleep.

He sings and sings and sings until all his nightmares are soothed and dawn is almost upon them.

It’s all he can do, so Duke sings and hopes it’s enough to keep Danny close to him for just a little longer.

#ghostlights #dc x dp #dp x dc #dcxdp #dpxdc #dc x dp fic #prompt fill #my writing #once again hit by the need to go crazy with worldbuilding #hitting myself w a broom while writing this like KEEP IT SHORT. KEEP IT SHORT!!#this could so easily be 20k+.....#the worldbuilding.... i have Thoughts on mer society and underwater gotham and human/mer differences and so much more #duke's parents were captured by a human (the joker) to use in a fucked up traveling aquarium #danny's still a halfa and a hero but he's not w his parents. they're good parents they just fought the gov for his sake and got arrested #so he's w vlad in a coastal city while jazz is in college #other heroes are still around on land and are not mers so villains are still up there too. and danny had to fight them hence his injuries #he actually got captured a bit and taken to some evil underground gladiator ring he had to fight his way out of mostly in ghost form but #also as a human. and the whole time he just thought abt the only friend he has in this new city which is duke. a mer he visits when he can #there is just SO much i want to write for this but i have to hold myself back....#this whole asking for prompts thing is to make myself writing shorter things... keep fics brief... not 10k+....#anyways. thanks for the prompt!!#i went straight for the hurt/comfort lol

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