#senior advice

[kimberly-spirits13]

Guess who’s enrolled to get her bachelors and masters degree in engineeringgggggg

Ps I’m doing my minor in fine arts and I’m so excited and I’m doing a program where I can do college in five years and graduate with my masters and bachelors so I’m stoked- hopefully I’m set to graduate without student loans so no debt!

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[yuri-is-online]

This might just me being tired and dumb, but I kind of get how Ace having a more supportive family would lead to isolation? Like. People who have no family to rely on form their own, and that kind of bond can be beat by very little else. There's not only possibly shared trauma, but there's probably also a shared understanding that "we all we got". It gives a weird sense of hope to see someone else in your situation, someone who relates to you even a little bit, and you want more anything in the world for them to make it out and thrive, and you can trust that they want the same for you.

So with Ace, who's trauma (that we know about) mainly comes from association and the iverblot fights, it's a bit harder to make that bond. He (assumably) got all the love and support that he was supposed to get from his family. And yeah! Sure! He can still seek it out elsewhere! But it's a thing he already has, he already has somewhere to go at the end if the day for comfort.

This is actually a theme that I'm gonna play with in my 80s fic, Deuce is lower middle class, while Yuu is just a slightly glorified version if homeless. Ace is squarely middle class, if not upper middle, he never has to really want for anything. Not like Deuce and certainly not like Yuu.

Learning how to pinch for pennies and find deals are things that makes Aces life more convenient, but it's something that Deuce and Yuu need. And that's where the divide is.

He wants to take care of his friends (he's still in denial) more than anything, but he also feels like there's this weird line he can't cross, with him on one side and Yuu and Deuce on the other. It honestly doesn't help that Yuu has a separate, small friend group outside of him and Deuce that are all in the same "Shit is completely fucked right now but by God are we gonna make it out" boat. A boat that Ace will probably never be in. Ace loves his family and is grateful, and knows exactly how much he lucked out. But he still wants to have that bond. That "the world feels like it's ending but atleast we'll be going down together" type of bond. Comforting Yuu while they cry about not having heating in the winter will never be the same as having to suffer alongside them and know they were in this together. Trying to find the cheapest possible version of a food products with Deuce and discovering knock off brands that Ace would never imagine existing (who the hell made knock off cheerios?) Will never be the same as actually having to rely on those knock off and part time sales, and feeling a sense pride that they were able to save enough money this month that they could actually buy something nice. Ace probably won't ever be on that side of the invisible line.

He'll bring them to his side though. Ace wants to take care of them more than anything. He wants them in his life more than anything. And he'll have them. No matter what he has to do to make that happen.

Sorry if I missread your post and just dropped a huge angst bomb in your inbox! I just have thoughts and there are a lot of AceYuu and ADeuce moments in chapter three and one or two of them digs into this a little.

You didn't misread my post at all I swear we are sharing custody of a braincell because this is just *chef's kiss* exactly what I was thinking.

Having that solid middle class stability and parent's who genuinely love you and each other is nothing to be ashamed of, not that I think Ace has enough humility for that, but it does mean that he has a gap in his understanding for Deuce and especially Yuu's situation. I keep thinking about how he ended up eating those tarts because he skipped a meal over worrying about Yuu and their circumstances, he cares. He is crass and rude with it but he cares! I love how you say he'll bring them to his side of the line, that's exactly how I see him thinking about it.

Ace's isolation (in my view) seems to come from how much more he values his friendship with Yuu and Deuce over literally anyone else in the school. He'd benefit from talking to Jack and Epel more, they also have solid home lives and Jack at least I think has financially stable parents, but those guys aren't his people. For better or worse, for sickness or health, Yuu and Deuce are who he is sticking it out with. He'll never say it in game, but he really does love you both, in what way is of course up to the interpretation of the player.

but you know which one we both prefer frfr

#<3 asks #talking w a friend #twisted wonderland #ace trappola #ace is such a HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i have so many thoughts #like he seems to really admire both his basketball club seniors (floyd and jamil) #but not trey #he prefers to look up to riddle #but also could you imagine ace trying to have a heart to heart about his feelings with floyd #i feel like it would be a disaster #but i also feel like floyd 100% knows about ace's feelings for deuce and yuu and thinks he has good advice for him #(he doesn't)

[oatbugs]

my research partner and i are huddled in a blanket in paddington waiting for a too-late train i already miss you and you and you

#he keeps falling asleep almost on my shoulder and waking up and readjusting but i want to tell him its ok weve seen a lot #of each other ive seen your brainwaves you called me crying a few nights ago. research partner right now is a potentiality #friend is a certainty. i met a banker passionate about finance. he said his advice made the lives of others better and he likes the numbers #more than he likes anything else. on a high rise near canary wharf the view was wonderful and the people even moreso #he said i loved her but i spent 33 grand on her and i cant do this anymore. his voice cracked talking about her. he did love her. #and she talked softly she grabbed my hand she bought me a pack of Marlborough gold she told me to snap #the russian menthol cigarettes of the tortured polish man near us with my teeth i kept staring at her teeth #bright white and sharp. i couldnt find her heartbeat but i did find warmth and i did find her lips and i did feel #how she felt pressed against a wall. a pretty boy held my hand and i gave him my number. i couldnt stop smiling about her no matter #how many runways youve walked on how many collections youve designed how many students youve taught. senior lecturer teaches me how to do #very unethical things ethically over a double shot of vodka made by the half-persian with broken farsi. she talks softly #and she says her eyes are hazel but they appear a shade of red. pure gold on her hands and leather on her back and her fingers on my lips #(she talks softly sees through me she says something i cant hear but i wont forget the way she flies) she talked to my research partner #about the possibility of moving to sunny dubai with the rest of her family and my heart felt pierced. on her arm i traces a tattoo of a #knife passing through a rose. she told me she thought there was romance in severing so i kissed her some more. #he sat me down and asked me what i loved and i told him and he said no romance no person no tragedy will take that from you. #the room was filled with a collection of people in love with something that wasnt a person and i kept looking at her. #red eyes bitten jawline beautiful hands. it is 3 degrees Celsius my head is on his shoulder i miss my friends #we walked out the lecture hall with arms linked a photo of two years ago and we both said #jesus christ. i miss you all. and i miss logic metatheory lectures. im glad i get to stare at the depth of your eyes #i wish i had met you years ago. #crushposting

[askagamedev]

How can I tell if I'm transitioning from a junior to a mid-level gameplay programmer?

Most of leveling up from junior to senior is about becoming more autonomous. We do this by growing our ability to recognize work that needs to be done and our ability to do that work. This is a two-step process - we start to see work we need to do, and then we figure out how to do that work. Then the cycle repeats on a larger and larger scale.

Most internal indicators of growth come from self-reflection. I noticed growth when I started anticipating and pre-emptively fixing my code because I'd internalized the feedback I'd gotten from previous code reviews. I noticed growth when I would look back at my old code and see all kinds of ways I could improve it if I had the opportunity to do it again. I noticed growth when I started predicting the kind of edge cases and troublesome bits that I would have to address before I started working on the assignment.

There are also external indicators that will suggest you're leveling up - if your boss starts assigning you tasks with larger scope than before or if other junior devs start asking you for advice on how to do things too, for example, it's a good indicator that your coworkers believe that your skills have improved.

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[moregraceful]

situations need to stop happening to me

if you're like, kasper is posting a lot of cringe tonight i bet he went to a psychologically damaging meeting today. you are correct. someone invited me to a two day "seminar" to learn about congregational care and i was like yeah that sounds like a good tool to have in my toolkit ig. could always use more education about how to listen to people. went to the thingy and they were like. sike this is actually an entire ministry certification. no this is not clinical pastoral education but you will probably be functioning like you have that training so don't fuck up. btw this means your church can and will funnel all their congregational care through you and your team so i hope you are prepared to hear people going through the worst grief of their lives. yes you do have to create this ministry at your church because we trained you for free. do you have questions <3 MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION BUT IS IT ETHICAL FOR ME TO BE IN THIS POSITION OF POWER WITHOUT CLINICAL TRAINING? have you prayed today <3 NO!!!!!!!! it's always so amazing how many situations i get into just by being stupid.

#today k called someone ''the therapy by proxy friend'' and in that moment. i knew. i knew what had happened #being in therapy almost continuously since i was 16...i am the therapy by proxy friend... #people at church were like oh kasper is very patient and often has gentle advice. i bet he'd be good. NO ITS THE THERAPY #the worst part is someone was like i hope you talked to the senior pastor abt this certification and i was like girl. he is not even in the #damn country. you said this was a seminar. i thought i was just going to learn how to be a good listener. not fuckin alskdjhakadsal;khjdal #NO i did not talk to him before coming here. did YOU talk to him about me coming here. #because by tomorrow i'll be certified in this shit and unfortunately. NOTHING EITHER OF US CAN DO ABT THAT #like what am i even DOING here. i should be in the club. i should be at gay brunch. i should have gotten a stem degree #i should be receiving gentle kisses from someone who loves me in a city far away from here where i have no troubles #i am. 9am. chugging coffee. listening to horrific testimony. wondering when someone will teach me how to be a good listener #fresno oilers.txt

[cosmic-crow444]

Meet Flops, the latest addition to my family. Now we five nonhuman children; amongst them a dog, a cat, and two turtles. Now a senior bunbun who needed to be rehomed due to unfortunate circumstances surrounding her owner.🐰

He's such a cuddle bug and gave me kisses. I have a room I want to be his room- my study. Which will hopefully be ready soon. Then he would he would have a nice large area to hop. But it depends on when living situations change. 🍀

Regardless, I will be as attentive to this rabbit, his old owner deserves that much as they are a wonderful person. Plus, of course, I love all animals and plants 🤍

Peace be with you 💜

#senior bunny #senior animal #adopt senior animals #bunny #bunbun #rabbit #rabbitblr #feel free to give advice #petblr #bunblr #flops

[pose4photoml]

Love her!!!

#the eighth sense #she’s my favorite character… outside of our main boys #she’s honest #sweet #caring #love how she’s stood up to that senior we all hate in previous episodes #love how she cares for our baby boy #love the advice she gives #I know she’s just a character but we need more of her type of characters in these shows!!

[table-top-romulan-playing-games]

RE: the last post about Deanna becoming a Bridge Officer...

Wasn't she technically already a bridge officer? Or is there a difference between her being a Senior Officer/Counselor who happens to be on the bridge at all times next to the captain as a senior advisor, and a Bridge Officer who does the exact same thing but gets to sit in the captains chair?

If memory recall serves me, you can be a bridge officer without taking the Captains Test or whatever it's called, including the kobiyashi maru test, bc not all officers on the bridge are eligible to sit in the captains chair should it be requested???

Like for some reason I assumed that if you were allowed to be on the bridge working and manning stations, you were a Bridge Officer... But apparently in order to be a Bridge Officer you have to complete a test for Captains, although Crusher has the Bridge Officer Status, even though she doesn't operate on the bridge...

Literally the only difference I can see between you average Officer on the Bridge and a Bridge Officer is whether or not they are eligible to sit in the captains chair once in a blue moon..

Like Deanna is a Senior Officer, With Rank, who is frequently seen doing shifts on the Bridge as an Advisor and Picard's aid in Diplomacy, and your telling me she doesn't have the title of Bridge Officer bc she didn't take an exam to sit in Picard's Seat every 3rd Tuesday of the month????

Like "Line of Command" or even "Acting Captain Eligible" would've been better maybe???

#star trek #tng #deanna troi #i guess i dont understand how the jargon work in the case #but like #Deanna as a senior officer has a station on the the bridge and a role as an officer on the bridge #its not like she's there to look pretty or gossip #she's there as an aid in picards diplomacy and to give him advice #frequent advice #and as a counselor she also offers perspective and encourages seeing things from a different perspective than what is already established #like #shes a significant role #and you're gonna tell me she's not already a bridge officer bc she's not currently eligible to be an acting captain???

[hvstias]

brimstone: the secret to life is to always use more spinach and less rice than you think you’ll need.

sage: the second secret to life is that fresh air, warm sun, and a cup of tea will make your problems small enough to start handling.

viper: the third secret to life is that violence sometimes really is the answer.

#valorant incorrect quotes #viper #sage #brimstone #life advice from the seniors yeah

[pennielane]

in my brief absence from here i’ve managed to fall in love with a man 11 years older than me

#i think i'm in my dear john era so pray for me #no but actually i've mostly been gone because my best friend is going through some really really terrible personal stuff and i've just been #Supporting Her #and also work has been busy (but good! yay!) #and yes #this 11-years-older-than-me man #he is my coach for a sport i do and i am.....in love (she says while she actually barely knows him) #(and she says while he barely knows of her existence [he DOES know i exist but there are so many of us he coaches so i'm sure i'm just one #face to him dlsiahfih;vdd]) #anyway tell me this...i'm late 20s and he's late 30s so is it....REALLY that bad #......??? #(yeah it's probably not ideal) #(i've been soliciting advice from my friends and they say i have the soul of a 100 year old so 11 years my senior isn't that bad but i still #think it's not....the most ideal) #no but i actually never crush on people so this is a Big Deal for me which is why i'm spiralling about it even though it will never amount #to anything :) #(anyway sorry for trauma dumping but hi! happy to be back on here)

[kimberly-spirits13]

I am enlisting the wonderful people of tumblr to figure something out

What should our senior class group chat name be? It has to be clean- that’s the only requirement

Don’t mind the tags, the batfam folk are brilliant

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[schoenht]

This weekend I’m taking my mom out for brunch so I can wind down from this first full week of school and talk about college and scholarships and stuff. I also think I could benefit from a blooming onion and some rolls with cinnamon butter (guilty pleasure) bc damn i just started and senior year is already kicking my ass.-🧃

OOOOOOO what's a blooming onion BUT ROLLS WITH CINNAMON BUTTER SOUND SO GOOD YOU DESERVE THEM senior year is the fucking worst man, brace yourself (all i'm saying is. spring semester is dogshit. i cried more times in my senior year of spring semester than i've ever cried in my life)

#💜.answers #🧃.anon!!! #no but honestly you seem like a really hard worker so i have no doubt you're going to get into all your colleges :D #also just some advice: apply to every single scholarship even if you think you won't be able to make it #that's how i won one and i didn't expect it tbh #but yes indulge in guilty pleasures in senior year man bc its so hard #and you DESERVE those little presents for yourself !!! take care of yourself !!!

[chasing-chimeras]

And if I said Apostate Theo x Noble. Grey warden(former templar) Liam.......

idk who you are but i would propose on both knees (and also inform you that a few months ago i typed up an eighteen page outline for almost this exact concept)

#featuring the mage rebellion causing them to flee Markham together and fall in love #and also #lord seeker gerard argent #senior enchanter deaton #liam leaving the order and teaming up with theo to save his brother (mason) from the rite of anulment #mage underground agent corey (with invisibility) #chevalier chris argent joining the party #mage hunter kate argent chasing the party #witch of the wilds kira #magister hayden of house romero #antivan crow tracy #like .....i have given it THOUGHTS anon and i want to scream at you rn #sadly it's currently sitting behind my 3 current aus #and the mha and 100 aus 😩 #but 👀 #if you're a writer 👀 #or willing to become a writer 👀 #and you want to take a stab at it 👀 #and want any advice/input/someone to suffer with 👀 #you would not only have my full support but also my undying devotion #tagging this as #dragon age au #just to be safe bc one of us is now honor bound to write this someday

[marv3l-drag0ns]

i am still so fucking pissed about my grade theme this year we're the fucking SANDLER SENIORS this fucking sucks. i hate everything.

there are so many better choices! LITERALLY THE OTHER ONE WAS SEN-YARRS LIKE PIRATES!!!!! I think the wordplay there is kind of bad but easily ammended to something like seafaring seniors! WE COULD HAVE BEEN PIRATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and moving away from that i suggested "Spacial Sneiors" like 24 times to multiple different groups of people. SPACE THEMED!!!!! SO COOL!!!!!!

some other options off the top of my head when i first heard it- Skateboarding Seniors, Serpentine Seniors!!!!!! AND NOW WE COUDL DO SOPHISTICATED SENIORS!!!! SCHOLASTIC SENIORS! SUBTERRANEAN SENIORS!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE COULD LIVE IN LITTLE BURROWS!!!!!!!!!

anyway im super duper pissed and i hate being the sandler seniors and my dad agrees with me so im right im going to write a proposal.

#dragon's discussions #dragon's dilemmas #this is the most specific ill ever get about real life look at me revealing my grad #anyway. theyre probably not going to change it unless i get 85% of the senior class complaining and i just. im so fucking pissed #who the fuck even is adam sandler #WAIT IS HE THE GUY FROM THE HELLO MY FELLOW KIDS????? #still pissed dont talk to me unless its with advice on wording a proposal

[pose4photoml]

Pear going off on those seniors was actually my favorite part of episode 4 and their face expressions were priceless!! Of course, Pisaeng finally telling her the truth was a close second. NOW the waiting game till next episode.

#be my favorite #starting to like Pear even more after today's episode #i apricate her honesty #with both kawi and those seniors #pisaeng getting told by kawi to be honest with his feelings just like he told kawi to be with pear #dude take your own advice #NOW the waiting game once again for the next episode #starting to think i should wait till the run of the series is over before watching these shows waiting a week sucks!!

[vermillioncrown]

eh, it doesn't really read as sanctimonious. makes sense. do you do anything in particular to develop the internal worldview of characters and how they "tick", besides writing interactions? do you keep character profiles or anything of the like? have a good day, and thanks for answering the first ask :)

okay good, it might have sounded a little "touch grass" for a minute there...

=

hmm...i don't do formal "character building exercises" or the like. even those character questions tire me out.

but yeah i keep notes. example of older notes that have little points of character development or relevant parts of them popping up per chapter, vs the overall notes above the timeline (tim and jason were harder to nail down so i needed notes vs dick):

or as @rozaceous has laughed at me... tallies and excel sheets, but those are so spoilery it's not even funny, but it'll be very funny to show when we get there bc. yeah.

not organized like a profile, but the main drive to write is something about this character sticks out at you (if fandom-related), thus let yourself imagine whatever scenario about that character with that salient point as a start.

example: dick grayson accidental child acquisition bc he's the one nice enough for a "child" to approach + looks old enough + plausible reason to be away from oversight -> build out connection to his job, history, where he is in canon, current connections. and i didn't figure out everything since ch 1; it's like peeling an onion lol. and as long as you don't overdo what you depict, you always have room to reveal and develop more

(example, i didn't think too hard on his relationship w bruce, tim, and jason until i had to. but the room i left in how it was only about his interactions with korvin + him being someone mission focused out of necessity and habit means you don't have to constantly sadboi introspect)

(another thing is...people usually don't introspect too deep if they're decisive and take action a lot. they can't afford to. and people don't completely know themselves, so it's okay to be wrong, as long as their wrong answer leads to a logical wrong conclusion)

(or you're writing someone completely bonkers and loose, then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but they still have their internal logic)

i balance between "lol wouldn't it be funny/sad/emotional if..." and vetting for the blorbo in question to connect it back to their canon. because the first part drives the desire to write, and the second makes the what-if have impact imo.

(you can kinda see that process happen simultaneously when i answer au what-ifs--unless something got posed where the central conceit was too far removed from the original point of the divergence)

when i don't need to iron out details i usually don't note it down, because i can always refer back to my previous bits or it's very obvious to me from the canon. if it's a difficult aspect to nail down, i take notes and keep them as an example to refer to.

i also walk a fine line between depicting idiosyncrasies vs flanderization. people are creatures of habit, right? but it's too easy to use that as a way to easily make characters distinguishable that it's like an overwrought performance rather than one of many traits in a complex individual. i keep habits in mind bc they're usually easy enough to remember by the time i'm writing out a whole thing vs note taking.

e.g. i wonder if you notice that in dick in my chapters doesn't swear much until he's under duress? he's very controlled, very practiced in keeping the mood light, such that it's just part of his internal narration.

Vs. babs, i have her more readily to be sharp and swear bc that's indicative of someone who's less outward facing on the daily compared to dick (she's only 2-3 years out from her injury and becoming oracle, and you need to imagine how someone who used to be so able as to be batgirl would feel to lose use of her legs. even if she does eventually accept her new state of being, it still sucks to say the least)

he's also an adult with a job (haha real life example), so his immediate concerns are very different from tim's as a comparison point.

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there's not a hard formula. just take notes as you think (notepad, phone, computer), use the fun of blorbos and fandom to motivate you, and don't be afraid to revise and correct yourself. and don't let organization paralyze you (don't let perfect be the enemy of good).

uh...the easiest things for me to keep in mind are: vocab (internal and external voice), initiative (active/reactive or passive person), and mindset focus (do they introspect more or spend more time observing others)? -> and then i build out from there

and when you finally write something, read it out loud to yourself. make different voices. it's pretty easy to find when someone will say a thing vs if no one on their life would say that vs only an anime character would say that

#inquiry #Anonymous #writing #verm is helping #or whatever ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #but this only works for the type of fic/narrative i do #if you're doing more artsy or thematic writing characters don't need to be that fleshed out bc that's not the point #i am sorry man...my entire life i've been used as the ''why tf did this person do that???'' vent board #so i'm a senior person knower. filth reader. #going back to establish a methodology for this when i'm not studied in lit or writing or psych is 🥴🥴🥴 #final piece of advice is examining what you consider as implicit ''default'' for a person #and this isn't in a woke way. we all have biases. #so knowing that means you can recognize if you're reskinning your defaults somewhere it wouldn't make sense