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[physalian]

What No One Tells You About Writing Fantasy

Every author has their preferred genres. I love fantasy and sci-fi, but began with historical fiction. I hated all the research that historical fiction demands and thought, if I build my own world, no research required.

Boy, was I wrong.

So to anyone dipping their toe into fantasy/sci-fi, here’s seven things I wish I knew about the genres before I committed to writing for them.

1. You still have to research. Everything.

If you want any of your fantasy battle sequences, or your space ships, or your droids and robots, or your fictional government and fictional politics to read at all believable.

In sci-fi, you research astronomy, robotics, politics, political science, history, engineering, anthropology. In fantasy, you have to research historical battle tactics, geography, real-world mythology, folklore, and fairytales, and much of it overlaps with science fiction.

I say you *have to* assuming you want your work to be original and unique and stand out from the crowd. Fanfic writers put in the research for a 30k word smut fic, you can and will have to research for your original work.

2. Naming everything gets exhausting

I hate coming up with new names, especially when I write worlds and places divorced from Earthly customs and can’t rely on Earthly naming conventions. You have to name all your characters, all your towns, villages, cities, realms, kingdoms, planets, galaxies, star systems.

You have to name your rebel faction, your imperial government, significant battles. Your spaceships, your fantasy companies and organizations, your magic system, made-up MacGuffins, androids, computer programs. The list goes on and on and on.

And you have to do it all without it sounding and reading ridiculous and unpronounceable, or racist. Your fantasy realms have to have believable naming patterns. It. Gets. Exhausting.

3. It will never read like you’re watching a movie

Do you know how fast movies can cut between scenes? Movies can balance five plotlines at once all converging with rapid edits, without losing their audience. Sometimes single lines of dialogue, or single wordless shots are all a scene gets before it cuts. If you try to replicate that by head-hopping around, you will make a mess.

It’s perfectly fine to write like you’re watching a movie, but you can’t rely on visual tricks to get your point across when all you have is text on a page – like slow mo, lens flares, epically lit cinematic shots, or the aforementioned rapid edits.

It doesn’t have to, nor should it, look like a movie. Books existed long before film, so don’t let yourself get caught up in how ~cinematic~ it may or may not look.

4. Your space opera will be compared to Star Wars and Star Trek

And your fairy epic will be compared to Tinkerbell, your vampires to Twilight, your zombies to The Walking Dead, Shaun of the Dead, World War Z. Your wizards and witches and any whisper of a fantasy school for fantasy children will be compared to Harry Potter. Your high fantasy adventure will be compared to Lord of the Rings.

You can’t avoid it, but you can avoid doing it to yourself. When people ask about your book, let them say “oh, you mean like Star Wars” to which you then can say, kind of, except XYZ happens in my book. These IPs will never fade from the public consciousness, not while you exist to read this post, at least, but Harry Potter isn’t the only urban fantasy out there. Lord of the Rings isn’t the only high fantasy. Star Wars isn’t the only space opera.

Yours will be on the shelves right next to them, soon enough, and who knows? You might dethrone them.

5. Your world-building is an iceberg, and your book is the tip

I don’t pay for any of those programs that help you organize your book and mythos. I write exclusively on Apple Notes, MS Word, and Google Suite (and all are free to me). I have folders on Apple Notes with more words inside them than the books they’re written for.

If you try to cram an entire college textbook’s worth of content into your novel, you will have left zero room for actual story. The same goes for all the research you did, all the hours slaving away for just a few details and strings of dialogue.

There’s a balance, no matter how dense your story is. If you really want to include all those extra details, slap some appendices at the end. Commission some maps.

6. The gatekeeping for fantasy and sci-fi is still very real

Pen names and pseudonyms exist for a reason. A female author writing fantasy that isn’t just a backdrop for romance? You have a harder battle ahead of you than your male counterparts, at least in the US. And even then, your female protagonist will be scrutinized and torn apart.

She’ll either be too girly or not girly enough, too sexy, or not sexy enough. She’ll be called a Mary Sue, a radical feminist mouthpiece, some woke propaganda. Every action she takes will be criticized as unrealistic and if she has fans who are girls, they will be mocked, too.

If you have queer characters, characters of color, they won’t be good enough, they won’t please everyone, and someone will still call you a bigot. A lot of someones will still call you a bigot.

Do your due diligence and hire your army of sensitivity readers and listen to them, but you cannot please everyone, so might as well write to please yourself. You’re the one who will have to read it a thousand times until it’s published.

7. Your “original” idea has been done before, and that’s okay

Stories have been told since before language evolved. The sum of the parts of your novel may be original, but even then, it’s colored by the media you’ve consumed. And that’s okay!

How many Cinderella stories are there? How many high fantasies? How many books about werewolves and witches and vampires? Gods and goddesses and celestial beings? Fairies and dragons and trolls? Aliens, robots, alien robots? Romeo and Juliette? Superheroes and mutants?

Zombies may be the avenue through which you tell your story, but it’s not *just* about zombies, is it? It’s about the characters who battle them, the endurance of the human spirit, or the end of an era, the death of a nation. So don’t get discouraged, everyone before you and everyone after will have written someone on the backs of what came before and it still feels new.

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[nouies]

hiii im the anon who want smau recs SJDJWJS they're just so fun to read and i can't find any 4 some reason 😭

hi anon! i’m going to list them in two categories: completed and ongoing, in no specific order. pls read the warnings when you click on each au. let me know if you want me to create a monthly rec list as i do with ao3 fics.

COMPLETED

໑ is ur mother worried? by @outropeace Where Louis' boyfriend wants to have a threesome for his birthday and he has set his eyes on the captain of the football team Harry Styles. Only issue? He is also the president of Louis' fraternity and knows he doesn't stand a chance against him.

໑ cowboy harry (a/b/o) by louis28angels Harry is an old farmer who doesn't do much except taking care of his animals and vegetables. Louis is the sweetest country girl that sells seeds and fertilizers to him. Things go a little deeper than that.

໑ big lip by louis28angels Pleasing releases its new lip balm and Lewith (Louis) is the model scheduled for the campaign. What happens when the worldwide singer and owner Harry Styles finds out the new model is just the most beautiful person he's ever seen in his life?

໑ pen pals by loulaylor Where Louis' uni started a system where you're assigned a pen pal in the beginning of the year, you only find out their identity at the end of the semester. Harry and Louis have never liked each other. they don't know they're each other's pen pals.

໑ Rockstar Harry & Opener Louis by babygirloui Louis is the vocalist of a band that will be opening for Harry Styles' tour, the Rockstar everybody has a crush on but is known for not having many public friends. We he gets closer to a member of said band fans start thinking it could be something else.

໑ Model Louis & Hockey player Harry by babygirloui Harry's career as a hockey player is going better than ever but his private life is falling apart, now he has to deal with a divorce, think what is best for his son, handle the media following his every step and try not to fall for the cute face that he sees everywhere.

໑ i’m your biggest fan by bunnylouies Where pop star Harry and model Louis part ways after a nightly adventure, just for Harry’s manager to want Louis to star in his newest mv. They both find themselves lost in more than they bargained for.

໑ football player Harry/campus journalist Louis by bunnylouies The attention wasn’t new to him, but in this case Louis didn’t even know how to deal with it. Surely their college set up a nice idea but he was not meant to receive these gifts every single day. Or was he?

໑ sugar rim by @nouies Louis misses his flight home on Christmas Eve. He stumbles upon a bartender who will change his night—and possibly his life.

ONGOING

໑ enemies to lovers by louis28angels Where Harry is the captain of the school's team, and Louis is their main cheerleader. They hate each other, except Harry is completely crazy about Louis.

໑ sugar and spice and everything nice by loupunkprincess Louis is a content creator who posts about his life as a baker and a mother of a cute girl. Harry, a small artist, is their fan and enjoys baking along during their lives. fate works in funny ways.

໑ pleasing by loulaylor Divorced father and CEO of Pleasing, Harry Styles, meets his new digital marketer, Louis Tomlinson, who won't stop posting silly things on the Pleasing social media accounts. Louis is the one person not intimidated by Mr Styles. Cue instigator Louis and grumpy Harry.

໑ Holmes Chapel by loubrry Louis received a strange text from an unknown number and gets involved in a messed up situation about a girl's disappearance.

໑ Influencer Louis & Gamer Harry by babygirloui Harry is known for his attitude and his mean group of fans. When Louis' friend send him a clip of a gamer making fun of him, he decides to confront him without realizing the big online fight that could start. After being public enemies no one expected them to fall in love.

໑ Fake relationship by babygirloui When singer Harry Styles gets in trouble, his team decides that the best idea is to ask the one celebrity they have near for help. Louis didn’t know what he was getting into when he agreed to go on tour with his photographer boyfriend.

໑ baker Louis/lawyer Harry a/b/o by bunnylouies Louis is a sweet omega raising his 5 year old son by himself. Harry is a strict and professional alpha. What happens when their paths cross? Will they be able to learn from the other or will it only cause trouble?

໑ eat the rich! by BLOUBIRDSHONEY In which Harry Styles, a retired model turned CEO, finds himself too buried in his work to shop for himself. Cue in Louis Tomlinson, a personal shopper who scams his clients.

໑ FEASTING ON THE FLOWERS, CHOKING ON YOUR LOVE by tomlinloufae You would probably never expect someone like Louis in the club where the punk rock band Vicious plays as the main band of every Friday night. People that go there eat boys like Louis for breakfast but he's not scared of them or Harry, frontman of Vicious, who scares almost everyone. However, this might be the first time Harry is the one who feels scared and it's not because of none other but the sweet boy with flowers in his hair who is trying everything in his power to make him fall in love with him... ໑ farmer Harry/influencer Louis by adorelousi Farmer himbo Harry is in a parasocial relationship with influencer city it girl Louis. When their mutual friend Niall sets them up on a date that’s when Harry’s insecurities get in the way and ruins everything… or does it?

໑ wedding planner Louis by louigallery Louis is the best wedding cerimonialist in the upper-crust NY circles. One of his friends is getting married with a rich kid, just one more normal situation… Or not, when you found out the groom is the man who you had the best night of your life years ago.

໑ college au by sunny_llou Where Harry has problems with the library printer and a cute and nervy boy help him with the jammed paper. ໑ bad idea right? by jacksescapade After being offered a longer contract to work with Disney and move closer to home, Harry jumps at the chance. Except, unbeknownst to him, his infuriating colleague (and self-appointed arch nemesis) isn’t above flying halfway across the world to annoy him.

໑ Flowers, dates and cats by mybluebirdd1 Both Louis and Harry give online dating a last chance. They found the perfect guy. But what happens when they find out that they've been both talking to the same guy at the same time for months. But will this twist of fate make them fall in love.

໑ Ice cold by lrrysmau Harry is a hockey team Captain who made it his life goal to get them to the #1 place in the worldwide charts. Louis is an figure skater who loves what he does and naturally, hates hockey players.

໑ enemies to lovers twitter au by 369rry Harry is a big account on Twitter that gained popularity from his viral tweets about love and relationships. Louis only downloaded Twitter to be a troll. They start beefing but refuse to block each other. They don’t know that they go to the same university...

#hlficlibrary #allwaswell16 #hlcreators #hljournal #* #*smrec

[oseathepebble]

Marc Ambrose's Profile

"Watch your mouth, I can dig up any of your secrets."

"A student that never seems to see eye to eye with their housewarden. Meticulous and secretive, they always seem to know something about everybody from info gained through social media or other means."

Introducing my Twisted Wonderland OC, Marc Ambrose! He's my twstsona and also has some inspiration from AUTO from WALL-E and Lethe (the river of forgetfulness)

The sections on Marc's background and notable relationships have Ch. 6 spoilers!

Close Up + More Info Below

Technical Information

Name: Marc Ambrose

Japanese: マルク・アンブローズ

Other Names: Monsieur Petit (Rook) Anchovy (Floyd) Rabid Racoon (Leona) Pebble (Ignihyde Members)

Meaning: His first name, Marc means "brave" or "virile" His family name, Ambrose means "immortal"

Voice Claim: Ayumu Murase

Biographical Information

Gender: Bigender

Marc experiences exactly two gender identities, either simultaneously or varying between the two (Male and Female)

Pronouns: He/Him, They/Them, She/Her

Sexuality: Bisexual

He has no preference between men and women

Age: 18

Birthday: October 26

Starsign: Scorpio

Height: 148 cm (4'10)

Eye Color: Cocoa Brown

Hair Color: Wood Bark Brown

Homeland: Island of Woe

Family: Father, Mother

Professional Status

Dorm: Ignihyde Dorm

School Year: Third

Class: 3-B, Student No. 12

Occupation: Student

Club: Board Game Club

Though Idia is in the club, Marc still joined the club since no other club really interested them

Best Subject: Art

Due to one of Marc's hobbies being drawing, art became one of their best and favorite subjects

Fun Facts

Dominant Hand: Right

Favorite Food: Pork Adobo

Pork Adobo is one of the foods he grew up eating, the taste comforts him

Least Favorite Food: Dill Pickles

He finds the taste of dill pickles to disgusting, though he finds other pickled vegetables to be better tasting

Dislikes: Disorganization

Marc hates it when their things aren't organized. But that doesn't mean color-coded or sorted by name, they have a place for everything. To some, their idea of organization may be different, but to him, it makes sense

Hobby: Drawing

They have many sketchbooks filled with drawings they do, as they find drawing to be calming and a nice way to pass time. They also do digital art when they have the time

Talent: Hacking

Marc is able to hack into other databases, other people's devices, and security systems with ease. Due to years of doing it, they're able to leave little to no trace when hacking

Appearance

Marc is a short person with beige skin, brown eyes, and wavy, chin-length brown hair that he ties into a ponytail with 2 chunks of hair in the front. Their nails are painted black and they wear glasses. Above their left eyebrow is a beauty mark, usually covered by their hair. They also have 2 ear piercings, one on their lobe and one on their helix. They typically wear a small silver stud on their lobe and a small silver hoop on their helix

He wears his school uniform with the blazer unbuttoned. His tie is tied into a bow. He pairs his uniform with black platform loafers which makes him 5'0 when wearing them

Personality

To others that don't know Marc personally, he appears to be shy and reserved. But really, he is a loud and chaotic person. He can become very angry and abrasive if the right things set him off. It's not a rare sight to see him get emotional over certain things. His more chaotic nature only comes out when he's with people he's comfortable with, online, or alone. Otherwise, he does get shy in public

Marc isn't one to make empty threats. Though he doesn't look very threatening, many have found out they aren't one to be messed with as he does follow through with his words. He also keeps many secrets from others, such as how he obtains information of others and some of his abilities

Though he is chaotic, Marc is still very detail-oriented when it comes to his work. Whether that be his programs, machines, or school work he has to make sure everything is right and perfect. He prefers to know all the details of assignments before proceeding with doing them

He's often regarded as the "Loudest Member of Ignihyde" due to how it's not uncommon to hear them yelling at games or such in their room and how he tends to socialize more than most members of the dorm

Skills and Magic

Info Gathering: Marc is very good at gathering information about his fellow students. He does this through hacking, social media, or by observing them in person. If given a name, he can find public and private information about them

Programming: He is a very skilled programmer for their age

Machine Creation and Maintenance: He knows how to create various machinery and perform maintenance on them. He's done maintenance on several magic wheels

Explosive Making: Marc knows how to make various types of explosives and has extensive knowledge of them. This includes fireworks

Fire Magic: Marc is very adept at fire magic. Most of the spells he's mastered are fire spells

Unique Magic

Marc's Unique Magic is "Flames of Remembrance" With it, he can remove any memory from a person's head

After the memory is removed, it manifests as a small, blue flame. If the flame goes out, the memory ceases to exist. But if kept in a jar, it can be maintained, and if so desired, returned to the person it's from. The flame doesn't burn things or produce heat, it is simply just a manifestation of the memory. The only things that can make the flame go out are if Marc blows on it or if it's left outside for too long (hence why it's kept in a jar for preservation)

To give the person back their memory, they have to be the one to blow out the flame. It is possible for Marc to give someone another person's memory. But it is something they don't do unless it gives them an advantage since they can't give themself other people's memories

Background

Marc was born in the Shaftlands, but a few months after they were born, their parents were offered a job at S.T.Y.X. by Idia's parents, who they were friends with. And so Marc grew up on the Island of Woe with Idia and Ortho

At a young age, Marc's parents expressed their expectations for him. They wanted them to maintain a proper appearance, excel in school to keep up their family name, and later on become a person fit for a job at S.T.Y.X. Marc tried so hard to meet their expectations but this led to burnout

The only fun they had was when they got to hang out with Idia and Ortho and play video games. Being around them and S.T.Y.X Laboratory in general, they picked up many talents and skills

After Ortho's death and Idia shut himself away from others, Marc was alone. So their parents sent them away to go to a middle school in the Shaftlands. After they came back from their first year of middle school, they were up to date on current trends and had a new love of social media. Idia didn't like this new Marc, the new difference in their personalities cause them to start fighting. They came to despise each other even though they had been friends ever since they were babies

Upon coming to NRC, Marc hoped to not be put in the same dorm as Idia. Though it still ended up that way, much to their dismay. They continued to bicker and despise each other

As the years went on and Marc made new friends, the divide between the two became greater. Marc had wanted to be the dorm leader but when Idia became it, he was angry. And what made him even angrier was that Idia refused to make Marc his Vice Dorm Leader. The two had the biggest fight they had that day

Marc tries their hardest to separate themself from Idia and their past together, but no matter what, it seems like they always end up being stuck with him. Whether that be through the fact they're in the same dorm, class, and club, or the fact Marc is destined to just become another employee of S.T.Y.X. that works under the Shrouds

Notable Relationships

Idia Shroud: Idia and Marc are childhood friends. They used to be very close but as time passed and the two grew older, they drifted apart. Conflicts started arising between the two of them. Now they refuse to acknowledge the fact they were once friends and often argue with each other. But despite their dislike of each other, the two are frequently seen near each other, which has led some members of Ignihyde to believe the two secrety liked each other

It was Idia who gave Marc the nickname "Pebble" It used to be used in an affectionate manner when the two were kids, but now it carries a negative connotation. The two do have certain moments where they get along, but it doesn't take long for them to go back to hating each other

Ortho Shroud: Ortho and Marc were close as kids. Since Marc is an only child, they often treated Ortho like he was their little brother. When Ortho died, Marc was as sad and distraught as Idia was. Though he has mostly moved on, Marc is sometimes reminded of the incident when he looks at robot Ortho. Despite Marc's hatred for Idia, he still loves Ortho and treats him nicely. Ortho tries to get him to make up with Idia, but so far his efforts have been in vain

Azul Ashengrotto: Marc finds Azul to be very interesting. He adores him and finds his nature to be cool. He's the reason why Marc is still in the Board Game Club. Azul is the one who urged Marc to "know their worth" and gave them the idea to start charging others for his info-gathering services. The two are extremely close and Marc often visits Octavinelle and the Mostro Lounge just for Azul

Over time Marc developed a crush on him. He had accidentally confessed to Azul but immediately used his UM on him to make him forget. Ever since that day, Marc has been working up the courage to properly confess to him

Cater Diamond: Cater and Marc met through Magicam in middle school. The two became online friends and were very close. They were ecstatic to discover they were both going to NRC. They often talk about social media and current trends together. They confide in each other about personal matters. Though they may give each other horrible advice, they both have each other's back and will do anything for the other

They both got piercing together to solidify their relationship as best friends. When they go to cafes, Cater orders sweets just to post and lets Marc eat them after. Sometimes they have sleepovers where they paint each other's nails and Marc tells Cater all the new info he's learned

Riddle Rosehearts: Riddle and Marc have found out they have a few things in common. Mostly the fact that they both have parents that expect a lot out of them. Riddle appreciates having someone to talk to about his home life to that understands what he's going through. Marc listens to all his troubles and gives him comfort when he needs it. He attempts to get Riddle to do more chaotic and spontaneous things with him

Marc has offered to talk to Riddle's mom for him and tell her everything that's wrong with her parenting style, but Riddle refused

Trivia

They carry a taser around with them

They know secret passageways throughout NRC and often use them to move undetected

They are partially blind in their right eye

They have two Magicam accounts, a personal account, and a drawing account

He once accidentally caused a mini explosion in the rooms of Ignihyde. He was forced to pay for the damage

He has bitten someone's fingers before

If the opportunity presents itself, Marc steals people's shoelaces

#I WANTED TO HAVE THIS DONE ON HIS BIRTHDAY BUT I FAILED #CRYING #BUT AT LEAST NOW THEY'RE DONE #marc ambrose #twisted wonderland #twst #ツイステッドワンダーランド #ツイステ #twst oc #twstsona #ignihyde oc

[sophieswundergarten]

OKAY. Ended up watching Doctor Who with my sibling tonight, so I am presenting a series of revamped DW/MBS AU thoughts. Still very rambly and silly, but due in large part to the genius of @oflightningandstars and @nobody33333333, so a great deal of thanks to them :)

According to Bods' very clever idea, the Book versions of Mr. Benedict and Curtain are previous regenerations, and Show Nicholas and Nathaniel are their current regenerations. Of course, they are being set up as the Doctor and the Master of sorts: As two Time Lords who were friends and then enemies and the whole mess.

Mr. Benedict comes across Number Two when she's a small child, maybe ten or so, living in Victorian England (Because why not). She's been shipped off to boarding school and then orphaned, but the school is waiving her tuition and everything as a philanthropic public image stunt, at least until she's 18. However, she utterly hates it because she's the smartest kid there and while they let her skip a couple grades because she obviously couldn't stay in the class she'd been put in, they didn't care enough to evaluate her and acknowledge that she was far more advanced then their curriculum was prepared for. The other girls didn't like her, the teachers couldn't stand her, and the administrative people ignored her every time she tried to come up for a compromise or a way to make the system better.

She's outside crying quietly by herself because she doesn't want to go in to another class where she's mocked and derided and told to keep small and quiet, when, lo and behold, a random older man walks up to her. He's wearing a green plaid suit and has white mussy hair. He looks like he could be a teacher at her school, except he seems much kinder, and he asks her why she's crying. She tells him all about how she hates it at the school but she doesn't have anywhere else to go and while she does miss her parents, it's in a distant sort of way, because they were largely absent from her life and it was they who sent her to boarding school in the first place to teach her to sit still and shut up.

And he hugs her and offers her a biscuit, listening to her story until she's cried herself out and falls asleep. He'd be perfectly content to sit out there with her, except it's England and so it starts to rain, at which point he scoops her up and very carefully takes her inside his TARDIS (Which is disguised as a bookstore around the corner). After a bit she wakes up, and instead of feeling scared or upset, she feels safe, and like she's home for the first time since she can remember. He asks her gently if she'd like to be taken back to the school now, and he's spent so much time listening to her that she has the courage to ask, plainly and desperately, if she can stay. She knows, even as young as she is, that it's foolish. That he needs to take her back, that he's an adult, and that it would be irresponsible of him not to.

But, instead, he smiles at her as if the idea delights him. She can stay for as long as she likes, he says, and he'll still be able to get her back in time for tea. She's a little puzzled at this, until he whispers in a quiet, conspiratorial voice, as though he's telling her a great secret and trusts her to keep it safe, if she'd like to see something amazing. She says yes almost immediately, as for however strange this man is, she trusts him just as much as he seems to trust her. And what she sees certainly is amazing

Milligan is someone they pick up later, in a far corner of the galaxy at a time where humans certainly shouldn't have been able to make it there. He's alone, lost and confused, living on the streets and being largely ignored by the extraterrestrial inhabitants of the planet. He can't speak the language, and no one cares to take the time to understand the gibberish of some species they've never seen before. Number Two isn't very old, still, maybe in her early teens, and she stumbles across Milligan where he's sitting in an out of the way alley. He reaches out to the young girl with a desperation all too familiar to her, hoping that she might understand what he's saying.

She does, and though he looks half crazy in his muddled, panicked state, something in her lets her know she doesn't need to be scared. She tells him that she knows someone, a man who will help, a man who will help him find what he's searching for. She takes him to Mr. Benedict, and Milligan almost collapses in relief upon finding someone who understands him (And also from exhaustion). They work out that Milligan was taken, and his memories had been stolen. He isn't exactly sure where or from who, but he knows that he's missing something important. Something vitally important to him is missing, and while he isn't sure what it is, he knows he must find it again, even if Mr. Benedict doesn't want to help him.

Mr. Benedict quickly assures him that of course they will help him, and he's welcome to stay with them for as long as he's comfortable. Milligan thanks the two of them profusely, and while he's not exactly a stranger to space travel, his first trip in the TARDIS takes his breath away.

(And if he feels a strange need to look out for Number Two, maybe a bit more than another responsible adult would, that's his business and no one else's. Mr. Benedict looks at him sometimes with a strange sadness, as if he also knows that kind of hollow, aching loss that never quite leaves the lungs, but Milligan has yet to ask him about it.)

Rhonda they meet in what to Milligan is the future (And to Number Two the far future). She is living in a human settlement on a faraway moon, and she is the only child there. Her parents were prolific scientists, but when they passed away, she was left in the care of some of their colleagues who were rather too busy and self-important to handle a child. They relied on her intelligence and experience with her parents' research when necessary, but for the most part she was on her own. It was a lonely life, but at least she knew she was necessary, in that way that people who have never understood what it is to be truly loved do.

A few more years had passed at this point, and while Milligan had settled in with his new family, he still felt that there was something missing. He had regained a few memories, but nothing substantial enough for a man who had command of all of time and space to fixate on. To cheer Milligan up, Mr. Benedict and Number Two decided on a destination that would allow him to indulge the interest in chemistry he had recalled.

While exploring, Number Two, who is still not quite grown up but feeling that she'd rather like a moment away from her two slightly over-protective "fathers" (Seriously, it's as if she's never been on an alien planet before), wanders away. She comes across a girl, a few years younger than herself, hiding in a back storage closet and writing in a well-worn journal. She jumps a bit, but asks Number Two what she's doing. The older girl replies that she's just looking around, and asks Rhonda what she's writing about. Her younger sister (Because, even after only a few seconds, Number Two knows they'll be taking this girl with them when they leave) replies that she'd been recording notes on what the researchers were working on.

A few minutes later, Rhonda realises that this must be what real companionship must feel like, as Number Two has spent the whole time nodding and listening with great seriousness, and even adding a few thoughts of her own. She tells the older girl about how she came to be at the settlement, and how she's been hearing whispers of them sending her away. She really would rather stay, but in a falsely upbeat tone she adds that maybe leaving the settlement for the first time she can remember will allow her to make some friends.

This is the last straw for Number Two, and she announces that they're going to meet her family. Half dragging Rhonda, she swiftly navigates her way back to Mr. Benedict and Milligan, who are enjoying a presentation about compounds accelerating plant growth. Introductions are made, and Number Two watches smugly as her family grows. One of the researchers notices Rhonda, and comes over to tell her that a shuttle will be by sometime in the next day cycle to take her off-world, and officially enter her in the foster system. At Rhonda's panicked look, Mr. Benedict is quick to whip out his psychic paper and announce that, actually, they are the authorities responsible for taking this wonderful little girl off their hands.

Rhonda watches curiously as the exchange goes down, and is ushered to a strange little shop that turns out to be a great deal bigger on the inside.

#WHOO #I'll try and do the kids tomorrow #Am Tired #Oh dang it I forgot to talk about Curtain #If people are interested I'll finish at some point #In case it wasn't clear I am differentiating Books/Show with Mr. Benedict/Nicholas and Curtain/Nathainel #I hope it isn't too confusing #Like I said. Tired. #So I'll deal with it in the morning #the mysterious benedict society #mbs #mbs dw au

[cooki3face]

public psa & content breakdown:

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psa:

I am a spiritualist!! I am pro human and all about the people at the end of the day. And I do not care about your feelings or your argument if you don’t care about PEOPLE. I do not do any type of queer phobia or homophobia, I do not like racists, pedophiles, rapists, abusers. I do not do sexism over here or values that aren’t inclusive or don’t fall into ideas that protect people ESPECIALLY women. I advocate for all people, I speak up when I see injustice, I am intentional and serious about creating a better world for others and creating a safe space for everyone in all aspects. Because I am a spiritualist I use terms like divine feminine and divine masculine, but these are energies and I’ve spoken about this before but they do not have anything to do with sexism or gender roles, or patriarchal schools of thought and ideologies. We all have feminine and masculine energies within us, they are the exact same thing as polar opposites like yin and Yang, light and dark, etc. only these terms are easy to understand and somewhat universal.

These energies are actually as inclusive and fluid as it gets because real people who aren’t throwing these words around in order to push people into boxes or oppress others or push an agenda understand that you’re human first before you are anything else and that we are all a combination of different energies and are capable of being and becoming anything we feel like we should be and need to be. That is part of why I’m not transphobic or queer phobic because I do not believe that people are wrong for expressing themselves the way they feel they need to express themselves, I do not feel that people are wrong for feeling differently on an internal level than their physical vessels imply.

This is not a “how to attract a man/woman” blog. This is not a play on feminine and masculine in order to enforce sexism and push us back as a society. I do not care for those sorts of ideas. I despise red pill agendas, and silly man babies with podcasts who think they know what they’re talking about in terms of masculinity and femininity or what it means to be a man or a woman so do not think that when I use these terms that I’m verging into those schools of thought because that’s not what we’re doing here. I’ll say it again I AM A SPIRITUALIST I do not care about that superficial bullshit like how to speak softer to attract a rich man or how to increase your testosterone, make your dick grow, or what ashwaganda gummies to buy!!

I am not a social media influencer, I will cuss you out, do not come over here and mess with my work, do not come over here and try to be combative and argumentative, or tear people down, you will not like my response and I will expose you to behavioral patterns you did not know that you had. If you think hating people for who they are and who they express themselves as is acceptable, i assure you this is not the page for you. I make room for everyone here, i prioritize growth and higher alignment over all things.

**I’m typically very peaceful but I’m not harmless, please fuck around and find out if you feel like. I mean business all the time. **

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what I talk about here:

- this is a spiritual account I talk about & preach spiritual ideologies and apply them to a variety of different topics.

- I’m a tarot reader and a light worker and part of my contribution to the world and to the collective is through divination and using my gifts to help others.

- I’m into psychology, I’m a registered behavior technician, I am familiar with the studies of applied behavior analysis. And I talk about trauma and abuse frequently here.

- I talk about standards here, self respect, boundaries, dating, relationships, etc. and I often view them from a spiritual standpoint and tie in some of my belief systems (I like to educate about soul ties, divine counterparts, and the importance of stepping into one’s power and protecting your energy)

#self love #self care #self improvement #self discovery #dream girl #self expression #healingjourney #self healing #manifestation #divine feminine #divine masculine #lightworker #divination #tarot #tarot readers #spiritualism

[citrus-soda]

oh oh oh! R and P!

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom and R - Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom?

My fave platonic relationship has got to be Dororo and Koyuki's friendship. It's a shame the main focus is on Keroro n Fuyuki because honestly? While it is super cute I think there's sooo much interesting potential in the dynamic between Dororo and Koyuki. Like uuuuu. Their time in the ninja village... the time they spent hunting hostile aliens together.... I'm so fascinated!

Perhaps it's not that it's my fave for what it is, but for what it could be?

For R... I think I mentioned to you once that I was messing with a FriendSwapAU for KG... I might as well just elaborate on it! Prepare for a long post. I'll use a readmore to keep it neat.

As the title implies, the Human and Keronian friendships are swapped!

Tamama is pals with Natsumi

Giroro ends up crash landing onto Momoka’s estate

Kururu is friendly with Fuyuki

Dororo is found injured in an alley by Saburo

Keroro is found half-dead in the forest by Koyuki

Tamama crashes on the grounds of the Hinata sibling's school, and is discovered by Natsumi when he sneaks in to raid snacks! He would be the first Keronian the kids meet in the AU.

Initially, Natsumi is the first to run into him during sports practice. She freaks the fuck out and throws her lunchbox at him, which Tamama gladly picks up before he runs away.

After practice, she goes home and spills the details to Fuyuki. Of course, Fuyuki immediately suggests the two go back to school that night to try and find the mysterious creature.

Upon sneaking back into school, Natsumi and Fuyuki search around, to no luck, before Tamama manages to corner them in a stairwell. The situation seems dire... but it turns out that Tamama ate the lunch Natsumi chucked at him and he LOVED it. By the power of anime and tasty home cooking. He admits that he's lost and sad and may I pwease have some more food. Look at me I'm so cute you just can't say no to me. (Tam just wants more of that tasty Earth food.)(Freeloader!!!!!)

Fuyuki is on board immediately and begs Natsumi to take Tam with them, but she refuses. Tamama ends up following them home anyway, and when they all run into Aki she dotes on Tamama sorta like how she did with Keroro in canon. The Tammy distribution system, everyone. (Freeeeloaderrrrrr)

Anyway, they keep Tamama at home under the guise of keeping the public from finding out about him, while Tamama is happy to get free food and adoration. One day, Tam declares that he needs to find his comrades, and it goes from there. 

Tam is very very cute, but he’s also a little shit, he and Natsumi squabble a lot. Natsumi thinks Tamama is cute, nice when he wants to be, but also kinda a pain. Tamama likes Natsumi’s cooking, likes her fun big-sister side, but hates when she nags him.

The two have a bit of a rivalry going on as they both are fairly strong for their species. They like tusslingggggg.

Technically, Tamama is more of the Hinata family's counterpart alien than he is JUST Natsumi’s. Sorta like how Keroro is ultimately the Hinata’s in canon, even if Fuyuki is touted as being his best friend.

(I'm basing a lot of their dynamic on a manga translation of a chapter where Tamama helps the Hinata siblings cook dinner after Natsumi cuts her hand. He gets along with them rather well!)

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At first you wouldn’t expect Giroro and Momoka to get along, but they make for a surprisingly good team. Giroro is initially apprehended by Momoka’s bodyguards when he crashes onto NPG property, and he puts up a hell of a fight to escape. He gets injured and on his way through the mansion he runs into Momoka. Running on fumes and being caught unawares by her unassuming appearance, Giroro gets beat pretty soundly. His life, however, is spared by Momoka under the condition that he becomes a part of her bodyguard force. And if he promises to meet Fuyuki. A girl's got her agenda!!

Thoroughly humbled by Momoka’s crazy warrior spirit, Giroro agrees and ends up living at the mansion as Momoka’s sparring partner / bodyguard / feral spicy alien frog thing.

Giroro ends up being a pretty decent guard dog. Momoka learns about warrior’s honor and how to use grenades. 

Imagine Giroro grumpily having a high tea. He hates its he hates it ughhh.

GIRORO you will eat the petit-four and you will LIKE IT

For like the first year, Giroro sleeps in his tent outside before he can finally be coaxed inside. Then he just sets up his tent on the floor of a guest room. The road to domestication is a long one.

This is purely for the sillies but Giroro is forced to follow the NPG army dress code and wears NPG body armor when he’s at the mansion. He was a little ball of anger the entire time he got measured for that suit. Fuck you Paul.

At first Giroro is kinda embarrassed and tries to justify his capture to the other Keronians by saying that he's at the mansion to study how the NPG private army is run, or that he's studying earth weaponry. This tapers off after a while.

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Dororo and Saburo initially meet on one of Saburo’s late-night excursions. After being hit by a car, Dororo hides for a few days in a nearby alleyway that just so happens to be a hang-out spot of the young DJ. No one comes to save him until Saburo, cool as ever, takes Dororo in and patches him up.

Saburo would take an interest in the alien Dororo, who latches on to this crumb of recognition gladly. When you so often get forgotten and overlooked, having your friendship being sought out is. Amazing. Once Dororo is fully healed, he decides to stay with Saburo and keep him company, and I personally think the two would get along well. Apparently they like playing shogi together in the manga. Cuteee.

I’d argue that canon Dororo’s ninja lifestyle isn't too dissimilar to his old assassin ways, which is why it fits him so well. Considering that, AU Dororo takes longer to adjust to a purely civilian life. However, just as canon Dororo learns to love Earth’s natural beauty and the traditional culture of Japan, AU Dororo learns to love the beauty of Earth’s cities, and Japan’s contemporary culture. Thanks to Saburo, he develops an interest in modern poetry, as well as dance and music. Dororo and Saburo would totally do parkour together, convince me otherwise. 

Enjoys street fashion. Uses either a fashion facemask or a painter’s mask to cover his mouth. He dresses like a splatoon character….

Still hates litterbugs and carbon emissions.

Technically, canon Zeroro chose the name Dororo for the area he was rescued in, so if Zeroro was rescued in an alleyway… he probably wouldn’t have the name Dororo. For clarity’s sake, he’s still called Dororo in the AU.

You ever try to read an AU where the character’s names get switched around because of the circumstances of the AU? That shit is CONFUSING.

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Honestly it was hard to separate Fuyuki from Keroro but I think Fuyuki and Kururu is a very funny combo. When Kuru eventually joins the team, Fuyuki just sorta gravitates to him.

Fuyuki’s fascination with aliens and the occult pretty much overrides his common sense at times so I think he’d be very wowed by Kururu’s smarts and constantly asking him about Keron and space in general. Kuru hates all the questions at first but he secretly ends up liking the attention and feeling wanted.

Kururu definitely lies to Fuyuki for shits and giggles. He loves to point at whatever crap magazine Fuyuki’s reading and say shit like “mothman’s actually my brother in-law”. Both Fuyuki and Natsumi are the targets of Kururu’s pranks. As a byproduct of this, Fuyuki becomes less of a pushover.

Still a little bastard but a bastard with pals now

Kururu won’t do chores like canon Keroro does but he’ll tinker with electronic devices around the house to “improve efficiency”. This is often done without permission. The Hinata’s washing machine now plays car crash sound effects when the laundry is done. Natsumi hates it so much. 

Kururu is a tricky character to write for since he can be unpredictable, but I do think my idea works. He can be friend.

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And the final set, the one that gave me the most trouble....

Keroro and Koyuki!

This is like such a far-flung idea but. I really think i can make it work. Keroro and Fuyuki are pals why??? Fuyuki pretty much just looked at this alien and said “hey lets be friends” and ol’ insecure Keroro was like. Damn. friends? With me? Sniffle sniffle ok….??

Koyuki is honestly fairly friendly too! She likes having friends! She probably runs into Keroro like half dead of starvation in the forest, thinks he's a kappa, picks his 12lb ass up and takes him home. Talking all the while about how he’ll be ok and hey what's it like being a yokai.

Keroro was going stir-crazy being all on his lonesome in the big, dark forest, so he kinda latches on to Koyuki. Totally cries.

He has a hard time fitting in at shinobi village at first, since it’s far removed from all the modern convenience and entertainment he loves so much. Keroro… HATES being left alone with his thoughts. He likes to do stuff with his hands! He tries to keep busy however he can during his healing process. He picks up on traditional Japanese cooking, and maybe in a fit of desperation he tries making his OWN gundam to fill the plastic-model shaped hole in his heart. And by ‘own gundam’ I mean, like made of sticks and acorns. Whittling.

Bud does chores old fashioned style washin laundry in the river. Chatting with Koyuki-dono.

All the while he’s being eaten up inside by his thoughts. The kindness of Koyuki. His plans of invasion. Why did no-one come for him? Once he leaves the village, (will he leave?) what’s his plan? Has he been assumed dead? Oh he’s totally legally dead now isn’t he. His days in the Shinobi village are both freeing, since he has no invasion tasks and is just chillin in the beauty of nature, yet also INCREDIBLY hectic with his self-imposed routine he’s come up with to keep his mind off of things. Denial is a river in Egypt.

He wonders if anyone cried at his funeral.

When the ninja eventually split for the modern world, He tags along with Koyuki since hes got no other options. He really pushes for Koyuki to get out there and finally experience society. It’s mostly a ruse to get her to take him gundam shopping or to the movies but. They do bond over it. Both of them are learning about Earth’s society together. They find comfort in the fact that they both feel like outsiders.

When it’s revealed to Keroro that the rest of the platoon is still on Earth, Keroro keeps his presence a secret for a bit longer, as he tries to come up with a decent plan to explain where he’s been and why he’s made no progress. Oh my god is he suffering. It just eats him up inside. "Why did no one come to save me?"

In the time that Keroro has been MIA, Kururu naturally has been the platoon’s acting leader and most of their tasks have been related to finding Keroro.

His star-badge got fucked in his crash-landing so that's why it's taken so long.

The two do end up fighting against other invader races like Koyuki and Dororo did in canon! Koyuki is the one doing most of the fighting though, while Keroro provides her intel into the different kinds of aliens.

Keroro justifies this to himself by thinking that, if he eliminates some of the competition early on in the game, It’ll go towards the invasion effort and keep his platoon + HQ off his ass. Are you sure it isn’t because you’ve grown to like Earth, Keroro?

After he reunites with the team, he still lives with Koyuki since he'd feel bad leaving her in her hut alone, so he essentially would commute to the secret base under the Hinata house.

...Whew! Talk about a word avalanche. I hope this made sense!

#long post #answered asks #my brain worms r on full display here wheeeee #for archival purposes ill tag as #KG friendswap #ask games #save for later

[roffmychest]

(CW for ableism, misogyny, sex, stalking, harassment, slutshaming)

I hate having autism because I have to do everything perfectly. Otherwise, my rights get taken away! Autism parents are a special kind of evil. If you don’t do everything perfectly on the first try, even if it’s something you have zero experience with, you’re never allowed to do it again and get treated like a toddler as a result.

A good example of this is how I was removed from public school as a 16-year-old because I got a C in one fucking class. I aced everything else but because I messed up that one class and got harassed over and over again by one particular guy and his stupid friends, my mother decided that I was too autistic to be successful in public school.

Instead, she placed me in a private pseudo-school for autistic people. It was made by a lady with no formal educational training who had an autistic son. They taught us well below our actual grade level. I had no contact with other children my age for the rest of my high school education because the vast majority of them were in middle or elementary school. The stuff they taught me was stuff I learned in middle school. I have a diploma, but it’s fucking bogus. I never learned more advanced, mathematics, or had the opportunity to take a foreign language class like I was supposed to.

 I’m also not allowed to date anymore! My mother is one of those insufferable nerdy girls who brags about how she’s not like other girls and likes to put down “stupid women” which in her mind is anyone who isn’t her. The first relationship I was in was with a guy when I was between the ages of 20 and 22. I waited for a whole year before sleeping with him. I went on birth control, and I asked him to use a condom. However, he dumped me and my mom said it was because I chose to have premarital sex, and therefore cheapened myself.

In spite of my educational setbacks, after much pleading with my mother, I was allowed to apply to a college and got accepted. I did really well up through my junior year. 4.0 GPA every semester, no partying, no dating, no friends. I was a model student. At least until I got sick. I came down with pneumonia. That wouldn’t go away despite two rounds of antibiotics and got sent to the hospital. I had to withdraw. After that she decided I couldn’t handle college and wouldn’t let me go back. She refuses to pay for another year because I wasted her money by getting sick. Fuck me and fuck my stupid worthless immune system.

She told me that by choosing to sleep with him, I had exercised, poor judgment, and could not be trusted to consent. After that my access to birth control was removed, and every interaction I had with a man my age was closely monitored to ensure there was no chance of me ever being romantically involved with somebody else. She had me ruled as incapable of consent, even though what me and my boyfriend did was a mutual decision. I had to listen to that bitch tell me for weeks that I was worthless for a relationship now, and was nothing more than blown out street meat. I hate her, I hate him, but I hate myself more than both of them.

One of my old coworkers started stalking me. They figured out where I lived because they were friends with somebody who lived in my apartment complex. They didn’t start stalking me until months later. My mom says it’s my fault because I exchanged contact information with most of my coworkers in case we needed to contact each other to have someone cover or something. At the time, my coworker wasn’t stalking me. I didn’t know they were that kind of person but it’s still my fault and now I’m not allowed to work anymore.

I moved out and was happy for a little while with the life that I built for myself. Except then they switched management, and the new management changed the terms of my lease. Now I have to move. Now she’s having an intervention with the rest of my family to evaluate my intellectual competence because she wants to be placed under a conservatorship

 And people wonder why I’m so perfectionistic. Why I am such a fucking control freak. I actually didn’t used to be like this until she started treating me differently after my diagnosis. I used to be normal until I had to earn my fucking humanity.  When your autonomy, human rights, your very existence, hinges on absolute perfection, you will understand. This is why I need a back up plan for my back up for my back up plan. This is why I meticulously micromanage every single tiny thing I try to do. This is why I am so bossy whenever I have to work with other people. They might have room for error, but I don’t. Any mistakes they make, no matter how small, reflect poorly upon me. I am aware how a narcissistic that sounds, but that’s the reality of my situation. And people wonder why I hate myself so much



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#r/offmychest

[theroyalsims]

STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE’S PRINCE’S MOUTH - PRINCE NICKY SPEAKS OUT VIA STUDENT PUBLICATION

In a totally unprecedented move, Prince Nicky answered all lingering questions via an unlikely channel: his university’s student publication. 

The Prince, who is back in uni over at Britechester University, was front and centre on the cover of The Britechester Yeller, his university’s official student publication. With big white letters spelling out “Nicky’s Back,” the issue contained a very candid and open interview with His Royal Highness with topics ranging from his recent loss at the Games, his return to university, and yes, the rumours on his sexuality. 

The Prince shared his excitement about going back to school, saying that he’s glad to finally be back on campus and to have the “normalcy” her craves:

“It’s fantastic to be back. I love BU. I love it here. This is my normal, and although I’m definitely looking forward to graduating, I’m most certainly going to miss this place. I’ve made so many memories, so many friends here. But you know, we can’t all be stuck in uni. I don’t think my parents would be very thrilled by the idea.”

On his recent loss, the Prince also opened up and shared his disappointment:

“It was a very low moment in my life, for sure. I was disappointed in myself, I was disappointed for Brindleton. I think the consolation I got out of the whole thing was that I know, deep down, that I did my best. I trained hard and long. I prepared as best I could. But there are just some things that you can’t control, you know? But I’m just really thankful that I have such a wonderful support system; my family, my friends. 

It was awfully terrible to have botched the entire thing and as I lay in the snow, realisation dawned that ‘oh no, I just messed it up.’ ‘What will people say?’ ‘What are people gonna write about next?’ But when I finally sat up and looked out on the stands and I saw my brother and my sisters, and they were all cheering me on, it was at that moment I knew things would be okay.”

When asked if he’s finally moved on from the sport altogether, the Prince revealed:

“Oh, no. Well, I hope not. I love skiing. One loss wouldn’t stop me from doing what I love. But maybe, for now, I’ll have to focus my energy on school first. I’m currently also undergoing physical therapy, but I’m hoping one day I’ll be able to represent Brindleton on the slopes again.”

The Prince also addressed the elephant in the room - his sexuality. it can be recalled that a certain tabloid seeming “outed” the Prince, claiming that he was in a long-term relationship with his best friend, Benedict, who His Royal Highness was often photographed with. When asked if he is - or was - involved with a man, the Prince shared:

“The funny thing about the entire thing was, I had no idea where that rumour came from. He was my best friend. We’ve known each other all our lives. We were both athletes. Up until recently, we both attended the same school. He was like a brother to me. Of course, we’d be close. Of course, we hung out a lot. But the malice put into that relationship was just horrible and it ruined a perfectly good thing. 

So many things have been said and written about me and my family, and almost all of them have been quite wrong. So I’m just going to put it all out there so people stop with the speculation. I am who I am, and I am attracted to people, in general. I hate labels. All my life, I’ve been put in a box, but I would like to keep this small but very significant part of my life to myself.” 

When asked if he has ever been in love, The Prince said:

“In love? That’s such a loaded word. I don’t think so, no. Well, I love a lot of people, but I don’t think I’ve ever really been ‘in’ love.

 You know, I see what my mum and my dad have, and I think, ‘well, that’s love right there.’ I try to see if the relationships I’ve had in the past ever compared to even half of what they have, and I honestly think none of them have ever reached that level of intensity, that selflessness, that level of trust. So, no.

But I hope one day, I will. What’s life without love? But I’m in no rush. If you see what my siblings have been put through, you’ll understand why.”

Well, that’s certainly one way to address rumours - head on, no holds barred, and through your uni’s student publication! That’s a first! So there you have it, straight from Prince Nicky himself. Here’s hoping the nasty tabloids finally get off his back. 

#ts4 #theroyalsims #ts4 story #ts4 legacy #simblr #ts4 royal #ts4 royals #ts4 royalty #ts4 royal family #ts4 royal story #ts4 royal legacy #nicky #mystory

[flaringfoxsoul03]

Hello I was wondering if I could get a twst romantic matchup? I’d also love if you could put me in a twst dorm however you don’t have to!

I’m bisexual with she/her pronouns.

For personality I’m creative, introverted, and individualistic and structured. Though I’m introverted, around my friends/comfortable places I can be quite talkative, humorous and outgoing. However I definitely treasure my alone time the most.

As for hobbies escaping to new worlds while reading books/comics, watching movies, and playing rpg video games. My favorite genres are fantasy and sci-fi, though I do love a good classic from time to time. Apart from that, I love working out.

My interests on the other hand are art/tech focused. I’m currently in art school working with mostly digital mediums, though I sometimes work with traditional. I love my practice and everything from interaction/game design to visual effects and web design. Sometimes I’ll bring out the graphite and ink. Once I get started on an idea there’s no stopping me.

Random Likes: coffee, chai tea, dark chocolate, rock/blues/jazz/soundtrack music, cafe art shows, arcades, comic book stores, purple, thai/Indian/Chinese food, roller blading to classic rock, quality alone time

Random Dislikes: people i am unfamiliar with and have to make small talk with, the biting cold, rain, non fiction, staying too close to reality and not being allowed to daydream/imagine/roam freely in my thoughts, too much physical touch, overly crowded areas

Thank You!

Hell yeah I could put you into a dorm! I don’t see why not, your form default however will be like Ace and Deuce; normal human features only. Other than owning some magic (no special move will be mentioned), I’ll place you into a dorm like that. Ramshackle will be out of the picture for obvious reasons. And with that, let’s get to the match~

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I match you with…

Idia Shroud!

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Look, you literally gave me this match on a silver platter. Better yet, might as well be in the Ignihyde because not only will you be more likely to run into the recluse, you get to practice on your special talents most and improve your styles! Plus, earning a secret admirer from afar isn’t so bad, especially if it’s your dorm’s House Warden!

It was painful trying to meet Idia for the first time in person. The man’s so shy! He’s absolutely terrified of any type of public speaking and can’t get what needs his physical appearance this time when he can send Ortho or his tablet. But he bumps into to you being too focused on his whirling thoughts and oh boy, both of you are a mess. Yet, it’s a beautiful mess, he scatters your papers of art which causes a colorful explosion. In the midst of the chaos, you both make eye contact. Out of every romance manga Idia’s ever read, he’s bushing to match your hues on your cheeks! You whisper quietly as to not draw more attention than necessary to ask him if he’s okay, he can only nod his head as he’s too stunned and terrified of his voice to speak. You look around, lighting up brighter than any screen could illuminate, your eyes sparking with a flavorful idea as you whip out a small note pad and pull a pen tucked behind your ear as you jot your little mental creation down as to not forget it. Idia is truly and utterly lost, but he doesn’t hate that he accidentally made a fool of himself in front of you. He notices his dorm’s crest on your blazer and keeps a mental note of your facial features for later cross referencing to find you in his systems. This would not be the last ‘accidental’ meet up with your House Warden as you quickly explain your haste and gather up the papers as he aided along side out of automatic reflexes. Ortho came to scold him for being late but only saw his older brother on his knees looking utterly and completely out of this world

Is beyond ecstatic when he ‘bumps’ into you again, but still far too nervous to talk to you about any real conversation. His saving grace is that you show him the mobile game you’re playing that happens to be a very exciting RPG that got fully released at the beginning of the year. You had heard in passing that your House Warden was a gamer to the core, so you thought of the flames for hair boy who had helped you break your Artist’s Block. It must be him, so you thought you’d indulge him and the dam broke so wide, you thought you accidentally opened the gamer’s encyclopedia for the game! He stopped midway to apologize for rambling, but then you asked him what a certain term meant as you couldn’t help but notice he abbreviated something. This was the start of your paths intertwining indefinitely as time could tell

Respects your level of intelligence in your areas of expertise while you respect his own mad skills in the technology department. He even helped animate your art to life for little short videos, which turned into a contest of who was blushing more with all the videos you two ended up making together

Definitely appreciates that you’re more of an introvert, he would probably set you on fire with his hair more often than not if you were more extroverted. He likes that he doesn’t always have to spend all his time with you because he’s also just too exhausted by socializing sometimes and he needs a break from everyone. Not that he doesn’t love you or anything, he’s just unable to be around anyone because his social battery is immensely drained compared to everyone else

I think one surprise I think you could have Idia be truly caught off guard is jazz music. More specifically, him liking jazz music in the end after you first introduced it to him in one of your playlists. Sure he hears something similar to when he’s with Azul Ashengrotto when he meets with him for club activities in the Monstro Lounge when it’s devoid of people, but not the way you’ve shown him. He may accidentally info dump you on how jazz came to be in Twisted Wonderland, but I have a feeling you’d appreciate him telling you a little history lesson about it anyways

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And the follow ups are:

Azul Ashengrotto

And

Vil Schoenheit

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And that’s all folks! Sorry it took so long! I had Writer’s Block!

~Fox

#twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland idia shroud #twisted wonderland idia #twst #twst idia #twisted wonderland matchups #idia shroud #idia #shroud #twst idia shroud #twisted wonderland azul #twisted wonderland azul ashengrotto #twst wonderland #twst azul #twst azul ashengrotto #azul #ashengrotto #azul ashengrotto

[sentient-forest-boy]

I answered “books suck and you suck” somewhat in jest, but being perfectly candid as someone who has inattentive ADHD, I find it difficult to engage with most creative literature (unless it has a particular style/pacing-which can be hard to quantify) even if it’s good. And if it’s bad…well, we all had some dry reads thanks to the public education system, and we all pray we don’t have to through that again.

And while artistic mediums I prefer are available (graphic novels, comics, movies and DVDs) I admit that my first instinct is to often think of other places to acquire/experience them and well…it is a little bit of a travel commitment to return them, and ever since I was a wee child I was a little stressed by late returns/fees. Returning school books is one thing-you’re there everyday.

On the nonfiction side while I enjoy history, I find that if I do enough Googling or searching on YouTube, I can often find good if not fantastic news articles and essays that can satiate my curiosity relatively faster than I could opening up a biography that may prove to either be dubious or heavily sourced elsewhere.

But I would hate to leave the impression that I think libraries are unimportant. A good public library can be a pillar in a community, crucial for students of all ages, archiving information, people seeking community events, or those in poverty or homelessness to find opportunities they otherwise wouldn’t have or even simple entertainment. They could and probably should better advertise these events and services, but for everyone who’s in the know…

Recently I went to my community library to print off character sheets for a game of Vampire The Masquerade. I went in with a few dollars to pay and once I (once again) registered my library card, they courteously told me that every month I could print off $5 Canadian worth of printed pages free. After some messing around with some settings and printing a couple test pages, I printed off 5 character sheets that turned out beautifully across 4 pages EACH and it only costed me about a dollar and a half of the free printing they gave me. This blew my goddamn mind. Only my elementary school library was this generous with printing. We have a printer at my house, but honestly, it’s likely more convenient most of the time to just go to the library for this good of a public service. So this degenerate, uncultured philistine salutes you and all other librarians. 😛

Thank you for answering!! I added the "books suck and you suck" option definitely to be more teasing, lol (I noticed a lot of people found it extremely rude in the notes, which, I'm sorry!! It's just tumblr brainrot humor, I probably should have been more polite there).

I have noticed that a LOT of people avoid the library due to fines, and thought I could say a lot of libraries are fine free now to encourage people to just return the books and keep coming back! (I um, absolutely have had my own fair share of just... forgetting about books.) Sadly I know not all libraries do that for some reason. I hope more do so in the future.

I'm glad to hear you're taking advantage of the services your library offers! Tbh that's all that matters, and trust me when I say all librarians absolutely appreciate that! Tysm <3

#asks #library

[forgottendespairofficial]

Welcome to the Forgotten Despair Discord Server's Tumblr!

If you're here by chance, congratulations, I do hope you're able to handle what we throw at you. If you're here because you were searching for another server about Danganronpa to join. Well, let's just say you've come to the right place, né?

But first let's lay down the ground rules of this lovely place.

To start off, Forgotten Despair is an 18+ Only discord server, minors, I apologize if you were looking to come and see the wonders the server had to offer, but the direction we desired for the server just didn't involve such things, since we wanted to be able to take a much more mature, and even at times darker, angle than we'd be comfortable with doing with minors also present in the server.

Second, this server is Plural/System friendly, and is welcome to systems of all origins, no exceptions. On top of this, Syscourse, or System Discourse, is banned within the server entirely.

Third, specifically for this tumblr blog: Anonymous is turned off. You will have to send in your auditions through your main blog. This is to ensure we can vet you properly, as for example, if your blog includes things that are violent and are inciting harassment of others, or has hate speech on it, you will not be allowed in, regardless of the quality of your audition.

Finally, this is not a DR Verse Only server. To explain, I will include our server's lore below:

Lore of Forgotten Despair

When the world crashed, lost in the Depths of Despair, the Remnants were finally realized in their roles. Setting across the world, they worsened the state of it on global scales never before seen by the face of mankind, and, by extension, due to specific circumstances, created phenomena so deeply harmful that it thinned the barriers between all other worlds in the process, creating Dimensional Rips and Tears that unleashed all sorts of different beings from within to merge into their own permanently, and some who's appearance were only temporary as they were quickly either exterminated, sealed, or sent back through the rips to their own realms, unable to survive in the World of Despair the Remnants and The Ultimate Despair had created and nurtured into fruition.

The Future Foundation, in an attempt to clean up the mess and make sure that the public never became aware of the tears in the very surface of reality, created a full Replica of Hope's Peak Academy. Where they then captured, commenced memory erasure on, and placed the Remnants within along with that of the Ultimate Hope and Ultimate Despair. In order to best sell the new reality, they also created new memories in place of the lost ones, grafting in the otherworldly arrivals as seamlessly as they possibly were able to.

The Remnants are now under surveillance in the hopes of rehabilitation into their previous states, and in the hopes that each will choose Hope, and then help proceed into the world with the intent to fix it rather than break it further. Along with them come:

-The E-Class students of Kunikigawa & their eccentric & dangerous teacher.

-The Seven Kings & their clansmen. And all technology that arrived with them.

-Those within attendance of Ryoutei Academy, a night school with prestige & status. Including those of the bloodthirsty kind.

As well as many others. Each with their memories altered in order to preserve the new environment of the Remnants of Despair.

This means that people can also audition on top of the DR-verse canons from all the main series of games, for canons from:

Assassination Classroom

K Project

Diabolik Lovers

OHSHC

Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji

And many others so long as they are inquired after.

OCs will also be allowed within certain limits & bounds, as the amount of OCs will be finite so they don't exceed the amount of canons in the server.

We look forward to applications/auditions!! A post will be coming soon with templates to use both for canon auditions and OC auditions.

#mod Tenebris #mod Tene #mod TC #mod Tenebris Collective #server promo #discord server promo #18+ only #assassination classroom #danganronpa #ohshc #diabolik lovers #black butler #kuroshitsuji #crossover server #oc friendly #plural friendly #system friendly

[inlocusmads]

Your writing style is so witty ugh I love it

Vinko Novak is such a cool name! How did you come up with it?

What was Vinko's relationship with the other Thornes compared to his relationship with Trystan?

Was there something specific that Vinko said that changed Trystan's perception of the world?

(forgive me for getting to this so late 😭) thank you so so much for your kind words! Truth be told, my writing style is literally "anything I am reading at the moment" lmao. Right now it's American Gods. Last week, I was re-reading Percy Jackson for the funsies. The *one* Christmas fic I wrote was partially inspired by the film, The Holdovers. It's a mess, I hate it but I also cannot ever disrupt this system or it'll collapse XDD

Getting back to questions - thank you so much for taking the time and sending them out!!

As for Vinko's name, I kind of like did the worst possible research ever. Looked up on Behind the Name. I'm sorry, that is very very lazy, yes, but like I was looking for a name that kind of meant something like "teacher" (ik, doomed by the narrative) or "guiding light" or something like that, but unfortunately I didn't get tangible results. Vinko was also pretty easier to type (you might have observed I stick to the 6-character-limit for names like for literally anything, which is why I absolutely hate spelling Guinevere every single goddamn time and reduced her to 'Gwen'). Vinko's last name, Novak means 'new' because well, yay symbolism, he's a new entrant in Trystan's life and arguably, the one who's made tangible impact.

What was Vinko's relationship with the other Thornes compared to his relationship with Trystan?

This is SUCH a good question, I kind of want to frame it on a mantle somewhere. Unfortunately I'm the pantser, so I have absolutely no idea how the story's going to go. Jk, maybe I can try answering it for the time-period:

Vinko's basically Trystan's private tutor. I go into the why's in the fic (clicky clicky) but the short answer is, Viktoria thinks there's a lot of negative anti-monarchist sentiment that is ransacking the school system in Drakovia and doesn't want Trystan to be put in an environment where his ideals and beliefs are at danger. "His" ideals and beliefs, apparently - bold assumptions, Viktoria.

Vinko doesn't have a huge relationship with the other Thorne siblings, since his presence in Trystan's story is only for a shorter duration of time. Also because the other Thorne siblings are literal babies considering Trystan, at the time of meeting his new teacher, was 12. Mags is 5, Vasili (in my HC is a year younger than Trys) is 11, Lydea is 10-going-on-11, Sebastyan is 6, Emika and Kasper are 4 respectively and Patryk is 3-and-a-half. So they'd have either likely forgotten him or would have gotten tutors on their own they had to care about instead.

The thing with Vinko is that he's an experiment. While Viktoria initially planned on sending all of her children to normal school (yes, including Eveline's kids) considering that's what she did, her trust in the school system kind of began fading away.

Trystan gains an age where he's no longer a child, but a pre-teen who's subjected to a lot of press scrutiny. And apart from that, you still have those simmering tensions wherein the public isn't totally sold on Trystan being the next monarch - even though he's eight years away from courtships, proper coronation training and so much more. Vinko was essentially under the Project Trystan, uh, project lol. If a private education were to work, Viktoria would hire either a couple of them to circle back and teach her kids or get a private mentor for each of her kids.

The problem is, from the excerpts and everything I posted, Vinko lied. He wanted the money, much like the other palace staff. Viktoria was desperate, so she gave him a chance anyway. Not long before taking that chance swiftly away because she learned he is no good and advocating for Trystan to "think on his own" which is not what the queen really wants, does she?

Was there something specific that Vinko said that changed Trystan's perception of the world?

Not much, but he did give Trystan opportunities to think for himself instead. Vinko doesn't enjoy playing politics. He hates the idea of 'picking sides' when you could be utilising that time to make the most of your situation. Trystan, who is stuck in between what he wants (he doesn't know) and what his family expects, is torn because there isn't a lot he could do in eight years that would drastically help his country. A ruler? As a kid? In modern times? He's barely passed pre-algebra, let alone learn political gameplay, Jesus Christ, Viktoria!

Vinko encouraged Trystan to find something that gives him strength. That sounds very mundane, so let me explain: Basically this ten-step move for him to achieve clarity in whatever he's doing. Vinko also tells him he would be great at it if he shut the f up and actually bridged lapses in communication (to Vinko, 90% of the problems come from that) and in his knowledge and he'd be great at whatever he did. A lot of Vinko's values stuck to him, even when he grew up.

Trystan learned the importance of "losing your house, but building your home" and stuff like, it is difficult to dismantle a system quite quickly, so the best he could do is walk away. I hate the thought of Trystan giving up a shot at ruling a country for love (Nora would actually throw a slipper at him if that is his reasoning) but part of the reason why he did so, was because he was simply unfit. He wasn't there to witness Drakovia at the height of its development in the late 2010s, he wasn't a part of that change and it seemed cruel and tone-deaf to assume a position wherein he would be shouting orders in a language he barely knows. He also knows his stance on his country is polarised at best and seriously sabotaging at worst. He knows how primitive the feudal system is, despite also acknowledging it being an integral cog in how Drakovia runs.

It's such a dicey situation and he knows Vinko would tell him to have faith in his abilities and his abilities alone. And if there was so much so as a fraction of doubt, let it go for now. Come back later. Revisit it without the hatred in your heart and the doubts in your mind and armed with knowledge as your primary ammunition, as opposed to Trystan's coronation being something of a full-circle moment for coping up with grief and loss. Trystan may never revisit the idea of being a ruler ever again, but he will, when the time comes, be actually ready to face the prospect of being an active player once more.

And when that time comes, he will actually be ready. That's what Vinko would have wanted.

***

Thank you so much for sending me these questions! I'm sorry if I got rambly in the middle lol.

#askboxed! #thorne rose headcanons

[ur-dad-satan]

Can I just take a moment to seriously talk about the impact my school is having on my mental health? It may be stupid and I know things are happening that are way worse than what's happening in my school but I still want to talk about it.

I no longer find my school a place that I enjoy. Between fights making the staff take away our privileges like a one hour lunch and the literal bathrooms, and emergency drills like lock downs, school has become so depressing. I actually looked forward to the one hour lunch we had where we could hang out with our friends, take our time to eat, and visit teachers to get extra help on work. Now with the three 20 minute lunches for all students to eat, it takes away any and all semblance of relaxation lunch once had. Now everyone is forced to sit in a silent classroom in a study hall while they wait for their 20 minute lunch to begin. That 20 minutes includes walking to the cafeteria, waiting in line for the food, and eating. It's not enough time to do anything but eat and go back to class. Lunch used to be a time for hanging out with your friends and relaxing or finishing last minute work. Now, it's just time for you to eat and go back to class.

Fighting amongst other things got us into this mess in the first place. My school is in its second semester of the school year and there were over 40 fights in the first. The number of fights combined with people vaping/getting high in the bathrooms, hooking up in the bathrooms and hallways, and a small number of people overdosing on literal drugs amounted to most of the school bathrooms being shut down, and the twenty minute lunches we have now. The school literally isn't safe and there's so much going on at all times that our one time to actually relax and have to ourselves is gone.

Another thing about the school not being safe is the emergency drills. I understand the fire drills and weather drills like earthquakes and tornadoes, and I don't mind them; however, I absolutely hate that American schools have to have "lockdown" or "intruder" drills on the off chance one of the kids goes crazy. That's so unfair to our mental health that that's a reality. My school has a little daycare program where the teachers' little kids who are too young for elementary school can go to learn and stuff. I feel so bad that these 3, 4, and 5 (maybe) year olds have to experience this at such a young age. The reality of knowing that I could at any day be murdered at my school- a place that's supposed to be for learning and have safety as one of our top priorities- because some kid got tired of being bullied and no one would help, or because some kid lost a fight and was mad or anything like that. I hate knowing that it could happen and it makes me so nervous to even talk to people I don't know. Not to mention that this is only happening in America. The supposed land of the free and home of the brave, where people are too cowardly to give up automatic weapons because of our "right to bare arms".

All in all, I think the American public school system is doing a horrible job at protecting us. They can't even stop bullying, so how are they going to stop an angry student, or Christ forbid a teacher, parent, or staff member from killing or attempting to kill another person? The American people are too afraid of giving up their freedom because they refuse to raise their child to know wrong from right, and are afraid to discipline them. They're too afraid of giving up their automatic weapons because it's their "rights" to have them even though those types of weapons were not invented when that document- the very same one saying that one can't discriminate against other people based on their skin color, sex, ethnicity, etc. yet so many people still do- was created.

I'm sorry this went on for so long, I just needed to get all this off of my chest. The American public schools system takes a huge toll on high schoolers' mental health and no one is doing anything to help. This is our cry for help.

#very serious #america #mental health #public school #this is our cry for help

[saltypiss]

American education for me as a kid in the 2000s

First or second grade, we're learning measurements. I didn't get a ruler, I held my hand up for minutes until the teacher told me to put my hand down. Later when they saw I didn't have a ruler, I tried to explain to them that was why I had my hand up, and I got in trouble.

Our teacher didn't understand what the fuck < nor > was, so neither the fuck do I. It switches daily and as kids...what the hell do you do?

Some kid left a jolly rancher on top of a fire alarm, and being a kid, I grabbed the candy. Careful not to even touch the fire alarm. I was called in an hour later, to be asked why I was messing with the fire alarm. I got in trouble.

While waiting for my table to be raised to get food for lunch, I was completely silent, I didn't have anyone to talk to that day as my usuals were elsewhere/off school. Teacher raised my table, instantly picked my silent ass out of the crowd, and claimed I said "fuck you" to the teacher. I got in trouble.

A plethora of bullshit, not limited to using police to instill fear, creating a healthy hate for authority, great work school, but honestly there's just no point going further.

Just trust kids and ask them how their school life is and you'll find out real fucking fast it's a shithole and broken system filled with the worse possible people in charge. You simply have to fucking trust children when they say they're being harrassed or abused by teachers.

Teachers are like cops, don't trust them, because culturally everyone takes their side. Only unless it's sexual assault, which my school just couldn't help itself.

Public school is where teachers go to legally harrass children. The degree is just to show how willing you are to go through heaps of bullshit just to establish any power or control in your life. Idunno where any of the fucks that were in charge at my school are, but I guarantee, most are in jailfor something outside of school, but still involving children. Fuck republicans for shitting on our education systems, and fuck abusers getting jobs as teachers.

Honestly I'm not empathetic towards the shit teachers go through purely out of my bias from abuse by the education system. Enjoy fuckers. Maybe they'd be less violent had ya not pushed them to this point. Was really easy to be decent fucking people. Reap what ya sow, you built this generation after all.

#public education #schools #teachers

[quartings]

I don't know who I'd normally talk to this about, but I wanted to discuss one of my least favorite tropes here. That being the whole "mastermind serial killer trope".

(TW for descriptions of all the awful stuff media serial killers usually do below)

What I largely dislike about the trope is the fact that the moment you see a character like this in any show or movie, you know they're 100% going to win and beat the protagonist because they're soooo smart and they somehow managed to set up an impossibly elaborate sequence of crimes, obscure clues, and psychoanalysis that culminates into some dumb grandiose message. So because you know they're always going to pull some nonsense out of their ass by the end and win, there's no reason to watch whatever show or movie they're in anymore because there's no real tension anymore.

And the thing is, that even if they know every detail about how to commit a crime and about the people trying to stop them, their plans are always so pointlessly convoluted and time-dependent that even the slightest accident from an outside source can throw everything off and ruin the whole plan.

What if the courier you send to deliver the severed head or cryptic message gets caught in a traffic jam and doesn't make it at the oh-so specific time you need them to? What if the detective assigned to find and arrest you isn't the "worthy intellect" you want, and they're just of average or lower intelligence and can't solve any of your cryptic riddles? Even if they're smart, what if they just overthink everything and misinterpret the riddles and go way off case? What if some stranger stumbles upon your crime scene and messes up all the clues before the cops get there? What if an even bigger crime or disaster happens that overshadows all your killings in the media? What if your time-sensitive clues go unnoticed and expire?

It just really makes me want to write a story about a really smug serial killer who's planned out this massive trail of complex clues and killings that's meant to teach people a "lesson about society" or some nonsense, finally culminating in him mindbreaking the hardboiled detective sent to arrest him (as usual). But instead, nobody picks up on the clues or misinterprets them, and people attribute the killings to a bunch of unrelated suspects, so the killer doesn't even get any infamy or a cool nickname. By killing very low-level public figures, even if some of them were shitty people, the serial killer realizes that they haven't really done anything to improve the actual bureaucracy they hate and their city gets even worse.

Maybe there's even a Cindy Lou Who kind of moment where some very earnest soul confronts the killer about his motives, and he gives this massive spiel about humanity and how he's "figured out the system" and the other person is just like "that's dumb, why don't you just be nice to people instead". Sort of like "Killing one bad person but not undoing or mending any of their bad actions does nothing"

Conversely, you could have the killer confront an even more cyncial person who's like "Oh wow, you just killed one random corrupt governor while there's still so many worse people running around? You're patting yourself on the back for being some sort of genius while wars, famine, and Bionicle cancellations are going on? Whoop-dee-fuckin-doo, don't talk to me until you've wiped out every last person I hate personally, that'd at least make my life better. Kill me and see who cares. Hell, do your usual mastermind martyrdom suicide thing to 'send a message' right now, we all could use a good laugh. Starving orphans on other continents will totally get your grand goal and thank you. Fuck off."

And this is a bit more 'out there' but you could even "Ghost of Christmas Future" the serial killer and show them that the only impact they'll have on history is to be a very annoying chapter in textbooks, and most kids in high school will only remember them as "that stupid bitch that was on question 10". Pain and suffering existed before them and will exist after. Or even better, to see a serial killer react to all the thousands of Gen Z memes people make absolutely RIPPING into them and every personal aspect of their life.

Idunno, maybe I'll do something with these notes and make a story/comic/animation along these themes, maybe not. Just thought I should at least get this off my chest.

[8-birdparagon]

Just reblogged a post about math and it got me thinking about how math is probably a subject that I should be good at, but my brain cannot handle it in the slightest. Like it’s entirely logic, I’m usually great at logic.

Idk if it’s bc of the way it was taught in my math classes or what, but at this point I genuinely cannot wrap my mind around the existence of numbers and how they work. Makes me wonder how things might’ve been different if it was something I could do.

Back in elementary school in the third grade, I was placed in an advanced math class, and at a certain point the teacher was moving too fast which made me start crying in the middle of class.

Instead of helping me catch up or slowing down or anything like that, their solution was to just move me to a less advanced class. This in fact did not help me in the slightest and while it was a slower class, I still didn’t understand any of the material.

I genuinely have no idea what I would change about how math is taught (outside of getting rid of the various teachers who are horrible at teaching), but it really does seem like there should be a better way to teach the subject

#the awful teachers are a whole other story and I hate all of them #one time in middle school I tried asking the teacher for clarification on how to work through the problem bc I didn’t understand #and you know what his response was? ‘idk how do you do it’ #LIKE WHAT?!?!?! #Several years later and I’m still extremely upset about it #no wonder I developed such an avoidance towards learning the subject when every other math teacher I had was just garbage #now that I’m thinking about it I kinda feel like I’ve been left behind and never really caught up #the public school system is such a mess and I hate it #^that middle school math teacher was the worst I have so many stories about that dude #made a girl cry once by talking about her weight #also every single girl that went to that school that I’ve talked to about him has said he was an absolute creep #like they’d go and ask him a question and he’d invite them to sit on his lap and then he would work through it with them #I barely even remember the good math teachers bc so many of them were grumpy old people who seemed like they really didn’t want to teach #I had one during my senior year of high school that tried to make math interesting but at that point it was too little too late for me #she had us do a presentation that was meant to help us see how math was in everything and we could pick any topic with math in it #and honestly that’s a really cool thing to do but being a senior who had the grades to pass that class without doing the presentation #I did not care in the slightest and it was one of the worst presentations I’ve done that I can remember #I’m sorry high school math teacher! I genuinely hope you don’t become bitter and stop caring! #the school system needs all the good teachers it can get