#two big exams

[tiredgremlintime]

I am having the worst time academically due to due dates and now this weekend made it worst

#gremlin speaks #kinda freaking out #two big exams #this week and my parents forced us to hang at a relatives house #just for an hour they said! #turned into the whole day #I had to stay up at 5 #have a BUNCH of work to do god this sucks #AND A PROJECT DUE THATS FUN #ahhhhhhhhh #sorry for this lol I go back to silly mode soon

[incorrect-riordanverse]

It's really disheartening that Rick Riordan stance on the war I understand that he wants to be neutral on this stance but in my opinion by becoming neutral he only worsening the issue as many Palestines are dying that are mostly children, how the majority of Israeli are supporting the Genocide of Palestine, and how the government is trying so hard (but miserably failing) to justified the genocide. I will hold him accountable for what he said on this issue as during this period the choice is basically "you are with us or against us."

Part of me wishes he will realize what he said was wrong and understand the bigger issue that plays at hand. I will criticism for his actions as how can a man who promotes LGBTQIA and representation of minorities and disabilities in his books turn a blind eyes to Genocide of people. However we can only wait and see on his next move.

One last thing about your previous you said you don't group Riordan with other authors where do you would group him with? Also this is more on an opinion base answer but many people are boycotting companies that support Israel there as been another post on Twitter on boycotting authors. Rick Riordan happens to be one of them. Do you believed that he should be boycotted with other authors or he should be properly educated and apologized for his previous statement? If you believed he should be boycotted what do tou have to say to those who might have the mentality of "separate the art from the artist"

thank you for this ask, and i completely agree with you! it is extremely hypocritical of him considering what he preaches for in his books. i think he’s convinced he has properly addressed the apartheid by using very vague language that can be applied to anything, and in doing so, he’s addressed nothing really.

your first question on who i would group him with— probably other authors who are doing the exact same as him in their virtue signalling. i always like to link my other blogs to each other, so i don’t think it’s a secret that i have a red queen account and i’m pretty passionate about that. unfortunately, victoria aveyard is another fantasy author who has literally wrote a whole four-book series on the uprising against oppression but is now playing neutral in her address of the apartheid. rebecca yarros is in the same boat, although i haven’t read ‘fourth wing,’ fans have said there are large themes of oppression within the book. so if i had to group riordan it would probably be in the ‘i-like-to-write-about-it-for-profit-and-praise-only’ group.

in terms of boycotting, i think that’s a great idea! i would also like to remind everyone that the percy jackson tv show is coming out in a little over a month, but disney is a huge industry financially supporting israel as well ($2 million in funding), which is obviously far more damning than a poorly written address by one person. there is a boycott happening for disney as well— and the pjo show will be released on disney + . i implore everyone to not watch it on that platform!! personally i will be pirating it online (idk if i’ll get into trouble saying that here but lol oh well), because im pretty sure the boycott is only for withdrawing financial support, not simply consuming media.

i feel like separating art from the artist only works if that artist is… like, dead, and you’re using that art and its values as a historical insight to how the world was during its time. you can still like a piece of work that has a problematic artist, you can engage with the work (to an extent). but separating art from the artist barely works because either:

to engage with the art is to support the artist in some way, so that artist is making money based on your interaction with that (particularly in the case for singers and streaming of songs)

that artists’ views and values are so rancid that it’s literally embedded within the text itself. to ignore it is harmful.

harry potter is my all-time favourite example to use, because jkr is the scum of the earth, and her views are entrenched in her work. a lesser known example is sarah j maas and her books (she’s also not as dogshit as jkr, but then again, its not hard to be a better person than her). i’m not going to bag on these people for liking things by problematic people (would be hypocritical of me), i just think it’s cowardly not to address it when you come across it, or at least admit to it. to simply write things off as ‘separate to the artist’ is like purposefully turning off your critical thinking skills.

on whether boycotting or an apology is enough— if riordan did apologise and used specific language and not the nonsense he had in that blog, expressed his remorse for his ignorance and then actually did or said something to support the people of palestine then, yeah. that’s fine and that’s how we learn ig. but he should educate himself, too many activists, people from the arab community and especially palestinians are expected to be all-knowing and to educate everyone else on an already draining and personal tragedy. it’s been exhausting for me, i can’t imagine what they’re going through. if riordan (or anyone) needs to be educated, he should do it himself, and (at least in my opinion) i don’t think the info is very hard to find now. it’s just about weeding out the misinformation.

i think boycotting is a good idea as of now. it can serve to be a catalyst for self reflection for many people. also, as much as i hate most online discourses, talking about it online needs to happen. i don’t want these authors to forget, for a moment, about the ignorance they posted online during a time of international crisis.

#sorry if this is so messy. its 3am where i am rn #i finished two exams today and my brain is deaddd #but ty for this ask! #i have sooo many opinions about the whole ‘separate the art from artist’ and when to boycott something #because usually im actually not a big fan of boycotting. i just dont think it works most of the time (at least recently) #boycotting as a way of ‘canceling’ someone is something i think is a bit silly for instance. #esp when people gonna forget about what that person did in like. two months at most #but i feel like this issue (especially for corporations funding millions of dollars into genocide) is big enough to warrant a call for- #-everyone to abstain financially from things #like it isnt someone saying some dumb shit online. theres a whole country being wiped out. #unfortunately so many corporations fund israel. an insidious amount. so just do ur best to navigate thru it #riordanverse #incorrect riordanverse #rick riordan #hoo #heroes of olympus #percy jackson #pjo #trials of apollo #toa #ask #anon #free palestine #percy jackson disney+ #pjo tv show #rewriting

[miahasahardname]

*sillies all over the device you’re using*

#combining two of my favourite things: cody/heather friendship and trody #art mayyy be less frequent and of poorer quality since SCHOOL IS STARTING AGAIN #and this year we have the big boy exams for the first time! #(yay….) #i’m drawing cody a lot oh my good #i need to draw more different characters #especially of gen 4 since i haven’t drawn them much #i NEED to draw nichelle!! i love her #but for now you have this! #td cody #td trent #td heather #trody #total drama #td #sorry if the notebook doodles are of poor quality #taking photos with an ipad isn’t as convenient as with a phone

[b4kuch1n]

took a mock ielts test today

#bakuspeech #honestly can not estimate how well I did with written competencies at All they could give me a goose egg and I'd be like. harsh but fair #but the speaking test was SO funny. bc I had to sit there and pretend like I didn't learn english from using tumblr for a decade #and. well. from writing anime fics. and [redacted] fics #so yeah yesterday and today's been dedicated to lunar new year stuff and mock test prep #as in. trying to remember the things I needed to bring to the exam room. which I did forget at home btw. good thing I went two hours #earlier than I shouldve #taking one single formalized aptitude test like ah yeah . this is why I'm not in school no more #twelve years of french to beat language aptitude testing into my very bones and five years out its all already a big open beautiful void #how did I manage that C1. they were 100% taking pity on me #anyways. I think Im good to sleep now. just figured a thing out excited to see it take shape properly #alright have a good night lads. enjoy uhhh words I guess. nice shoelaces u got there

[da-proti-toku-grem]

my mom found this super detailed online test that helps you find careers that you'd probably like according to your answers (ofc we know that it's just a test and it doesn't mean you have to study what they give you, but i just can't find anything that i like and i'm running out of time, so we were like, why not yk) so, i took the test and after 30 minutes of answering questions you know what i got? biotechnology. the same career that i chose last year and the one i dropped out of in january.

idk if i want to laugh or cry tbh

#i mean it gives you more than one option but this was the one with more compatibility #and the other ones are also a big no for me so... #god idk what to do with my life #and atp i can't help but start thinking (again): did i drop out bc i didn't like the career or bc my mental health is SO bad #i think it's a combination of the the two bc yeah i probably would've enjoyed the few months i did at least a bit more if i wasn't depresse #but i REALLY didn't like it #tho then again i don't know what changed bc it WAS what i wanted and then i got there and i went NOPE almost immediately #and like i know your opinions can change and that is good that i dropped out if i realized that's not my thing #but i can't help but wonder if it is really not my thing or is my brain just not letting me enjoy the things i like? #bc every option i've been looking at to start next year is like... No #i can't find anything i think i might enjoy at least a little bit #i found this university that i gives you the possibility of doing the classes and exams online and everything #and that would be to study 'translation and interpretation' with english & french (& spanish ofc) #and since i'm already bilingual in english & i've a certificate in french (not bilingual but is smth) i would be able to skip some subjects #which is good i guess and i like languages but it's also like the opposite of what i've been doing my whole life bc i studied science in hs #and then again idk if i'll like it or not #and i know i won't know if i like it or not until i try it out and everyone is like 'well if it's not your thing then you drop out again' #which i mean is true i Can but god i don't want to go through all this again i need at least a bit of certainity or i'm gonna go insane #also i've been searching for so long w/o findinf anything that my parents are already saying #'well if you don't want to study you'll have to look for a job' #and if the thought of studying a carreer is already scary #if i have to look for a job rn (there are not many options here if you don't have a degree)...... #the thought itself makes me sick :/ #i just don't know what to do and i'm so fucking tired i just want to curl up in bed and not do anything for at least 2 months #(am i having another existential crisis after that panic attack 3 days ago or did the existential crisis not stop since january?) #(probably sooner) #(i guess we'll never know........) #venting #maca speaks

[pepperingsteaks]

jovie redesign :o]

i wanted to try implementing more harlequin aspects to match with lilac's pierrot outfit but i'm not entirely sure if i succeeded with that ;;;;

#my art #oc #original character #jovie #clowncore #clown oc #jestercore #jester #harlequin #ahhh i wanted to get something out before my big boy exams start #so uhhh last post for like a solid two months #clowns

[mike-wheeler-ik-what-you-are]

forget hot girl summer imma bout to have busy girl autumn and stressed girl winter

#so basically #big rant incoming #next saturday I have to go to verona with my family #my best fríend told me today that in TWO WEEKS she is having a red carpet themed birthday party #and I have to make the dress #I have to do the proficiency c2 exam this year to take #school starts in two days and I have done like 50% of my summer homework #I have to take a tech exam / certification this year too #I have to buy a new phone #I'm starting singing classes again #I have to go find the right gym and go to the gym #I have more internship hours to do #can't forget about my feminist school group #aaaaand my sewing lessons #yes I am going to be busy no don't ask me how I'm doing

[cerise-on-top]

hi there! I was wondering if you could write how Farah would react if the reader got hurt because she's the commander of the ULF?

(Btw you are feeding the Farah lovers! Remember to take breaks and such if needed! 💞💞)

Hello! I'm glad to hear that! I do love writing for the girls, after all! I love them dearly and I'm glad you all do too! And I will take breaks if I need them, don't worry!

Reader got Hurt Because of Farah

I think that, although Farah is a very reasonable person and always uses her head instead of her heart, you getting hurt would be one of the few times where she would act out of emotions rather than rational thought. She can’t usually afford such a thing, no matter how distressed she may be, so it basically never happens. But the person who hurt you will come to regret ever getting close to you. She won’t go after them guns blazing, no, she’s way too smart for that. But that person will be dealt with, either immediately or after a while. Farah doesn’t forget, her memory is far too good for that. If she can see your attackers face, good. That way she can either immediately go after them or track them down by memory alone. But if she can’t see it then she’ll spare no expense in finding out who it may have been. It might take a while, but she’ll get her revenge. In fact, you getting hurt would be another big reason for her to fight her war for peace, because in her ideal world, no one gets hurt. Not you, not her brothers or sisters. However, whoever hurt you won’t live to see such a utopia. Farah won’t torture them, but she’ll make quick work of whoever they may be so that they won’t hurt anyone else near and dear to her. But of course, all of this goes once she’s certain you’re alright. Farah will call the best medics she has to make sure you’ll make it, that you’ll end up in as little pain as possible during your recovery. She won’t particularly have the time to be by your side throughout it all, but she’ll come visit you whenever she can, maybe even bringing you a recovery gift or two in the process. Always has someone check up on you. Someone she trusts will come in every once in a while and ask you how you’re doing to give her a report on your status. Yes, she may be on the frontlines fighting a war, but she always needs to know how you’re doing or else she’ll get even more nervous than she should be.

#cod #cod x reader #farah karim #farah karim x reader #the cod women lovers seem to have found me and liked me enough to want to request something from me. lovely #I am once again really tired today. work was rough and I ate some fried calamari today. the portion was so big and I'm stuffed #now I'm super tired but I have to wait until 21:20 until I can go to bed #at the time I'm writing this it's roughly 17:00 so I still have to pass a lot of time until I can finally sleep #anyway I don't have much to say as of right now #might mess around and finish the other two requests I have in my inbox today so some time will pass #I never would have thought I'd ever get into CoD but here I am and I am enjoying myself greatly #it never occurred to me before that it might have a storyline. and now I've been writing for that silly game for roughly two months now #time really does fly by. I got into it last summer actually so I haven't been a fan for too long #it's been fun. I got back into writing. but I only lost my writing spark because of vocational school. vocational school sucks so bad #had no time whatsoever for anything. had to study the entire time and had no time for my hobbies #god I'm looking forward to my apprenticeship leave exam so i never have to go there again #but enough about me on this post. sorry!

[karamazovanon]

who is your favourite female character in Dostoyevsky's works!! i adore all the women in his stories to be honest. . . they deserve the world

OHHHHH THIS IS SUCH A GOOD QUESTION DONT MAKE ME CHOOSE BETWEEN ALL 78 OF MY WIVES....... i really do adore his female characters because truly madly deeply they are ALL UNHINGED in some capacity and that is the chief quality i look for in a woman. it's VERY close but i think in the end it's gotta be either nastasya filippovna or grushenka <333 honorable mentions list is too long but dunya, lise khokhlakova, and varvara stavrogina are also very dear to me—i just really really love morally complex women with devastating backstories who do bad things especially out of self-hatred/self-sabotage, extra especially if those bad things are to men <3 nastasya & grushenka did nothing wrong

#dont make me choose between nastasya and grushenka. my two weed smoking girlfriends #I LOVE A GOOD INSTIGATOR CHARACTER WHAT CAN I SAY #i do love the i can fix him archetype girls like sonya too dont get me wrong its just. self destructive characters get me every time #also i want to give a hug to lizaveta C&P and marya lebyadkina. they deserved better :( #thank u for the ask <33 pls discuss what are yalls favorite and why is it nastasya #also im very close to being done w demons..........expect art soonish. once im out of exam hell #i keep trying to draw pyotr but i swear to god every time he turns out looking like fucking long hair j/erma. i wish i was kidding #anonasks #very good ask!! a big part of why i love dostoevsky so much is because his characters are SO FUCKING GOOD and his women are always 11/10

[placeofwonder]

holy SHIT I guess I passed maths for computer science

#mine #personal #uni #i?? i have no idea where they found all those points but they did #the most surreal part is i would have passed either way but because performance on one big question was so bad #they took it out and counted any points for it as bonus points #so instead of 'holy shit i passed?' it's actually 'holy shit i scored 67/69 points??' #like. what #even with that question disregarded less than a third of people passed so like. i guess i did less badly than i thought huh #i also passed linear algebra with the same grade so. hell yeah my guys i can do maths now #still waiting on the grades for the two computer science exams #but not worrying about maths anymore is nice

[koszmarnybudyn]

Caved in and made nick fanart, unfortunetly i am not immune to hot demon guys :/

#dungeons and daddies #dndads #nickolas foster #nick close #i didn't know what color eyes to give him so have options #i don't usually do just lineart but it looks good #i still canot draw legs #did you notice i do only like two poses? #i have a week till my big exams and i don't wanna talk about it #oh no hes hot #he really is all grown up now :( #i miss when they were kids #my art

[miodiodavinci]

oughgh

#can i be real for a second #i am completely overwhelmed and very much drowning #and it is only Week 5 of the semester #and Week 1 of my internship program #i have a very important stressful group project due in mid october that i am Struggling to so much as get in contact with people for #like. these people won't even confirm whether or not we're in the group and Will Not Respond whenever i ask them to confirm our topic #but the second i'm like 'okay i'll just group with the one person who's communicating with me' they respond like 'omg i missed ur message!! #'sorry lmao yeah we can work together!!!!' (proceeds to complete the sign up survey for two people only) #on top of that i Also have part one of the very important licensing exam due the same day #which i am losing my mind trying to figure out #and a few days later i have Another group project due with the exact same people #who still!!! will not respond!!!!! #and this isn't even getting into the fact that i have a Very Big Project that important people are depending on me on #that i haven't been able to make an inch of real progress on since this semester started #i am drowning and i want to scream

[mona-liar]

I'VE GOT A ROOM IN [REDACTED] BITCHES

#now it's really small and I was thinking if I should accept it #but honestly the appartment is so nice and I do NOT have the capacity for any more flatshare search anxiety lol #+ there's like... two big rooms in the appartment so it's only a matter of time before someone moves out and I can take over theirs #I do not wish ill on my flatmate but he still has to write sort of... entrance exams? and I do not know if he can stay in the city #if he fails them bc that would mean he cannot start his master's degree? #anyway we'll see #the appartment has a TERRASSE

[ofstarsandmoonlightt]

okay so if you saw that post of mine asking for centurion uniforms and stuff and read the tags then you might know I’ve been thinking of a KitTy fanfic. the thing is i haven’t written anything before lol (if you don’t count cringe stuff in my notes app 🫣) and i am really bad at thinking up good plots but this little story has been on my mind for a long time so i want to write it. if any of you would be interested in reading it please let me know it’ll encourage me to actually write it down. (if i do, i think i’ll make another blog for it but we’ll see that later)

Edit: updates on the bottom of my pinned post

#i say this like I don’t have two big exams coming up 💀 #but anyway #kit herondale #dru blackthorn #ty blackthorn #kitty #the shadowhuter chronicles #shadowhunters #twp #the wicked powers #the dark artifices #lady midnight #lord of shadows #queen of air and darkness #ya literature #ya books #ya lit #ya fiction #cassandra clare

[bangcakes]

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#personal #lmao around this time last year i decided to give up on him n LMAO girl if only you knew #i should have just talked to him but djdjjdjdjd idk it felt weird. but he even like. complained one time that we didnt talk all summer #like LMAO..... bro its two ways. u could have messaged me too xjdjjdjdjdj #tho to be fair i think he did show up to a dinner but i wasnt there bc i had just had wisdom tooth surgery n was 1. blown up like a balloon #and 2. so high on pain meds i couldnt function JFJDJJDJDJDJDJ #n e way whatever jdjdjdjd im just laughing at myself bc how did this man become my closest friend from college Zhfnnddnnd #our relationship is so weird. not in a bad way but in an unexpected way #we sat beside each other an entire semester n never talked til the last day like thats so FUNNY IDK #i even said to him that time. bc we were talkin in the hallway n went to sit for the exam n sat in our regular spots of being one seat awa #y and i was like... you know its so funny that we sat beside each other all semester and only talked today #and he was like.... hahha yeah #i was gonna introduce myself but it felt so stupid JDJJDJDJD #i didnt even know his name LMAO #i had him narrowed down to 2 names. bc he was one of like 2 guys that Always showed up in another class' zoom #and LOL i was right. he WAS one of those 2 shjdjsjsj #n e way. then the next sem came n i didnt know whether to say hi to him or not bc we talked ONCE #and i was still wearing my mask at this point and so id try to smile at him with my eyes but never got a response HDNJDJD and so i got soooo #annoyed with him. and even more so bc i kept making friends with ppl and they KNEW HIM??? and i was like WHO IS THIS???? #then one time he came up to me n my friends before class n we just talked and i was like o lmao this annoyance im having??? its a big ole #crush BDNNDNDND #and in community college its hard to like. know ppls ages and that day i found out he was 2 years younger so i was like o ok 26 n 28 isnt #bad at all #but thinking back.... first things we exchanged that time was age and i think he was also trying to fish for whether i was single bc he was #talkin about this other guy havin a baby n a wife n i was like o wow !! i didnt know!! #jdjxjdjdjdk god when he found out my age he was like... oh i never would have guessed you were older. you look young ZFHJDJDJDJDJD #oh so you were Looking is that right HJXJXJXJZJZJ GOD LMAO #i look back on so many moments n im like oh duh... he must be interested #but for me its like. i will literally more easily believe literally any other theory so i thought he just liked one of my friends Zhjxjx #ya i dont think so anymorem but i thought that up until like mid january HDHXJJXJDDJJDJ

[nutzworth]

i want to play pokemon or stardew valley or terraria but unfortunately i have a million homework to do. luckily i have ONE MONTH LEFT before may when it ALL COMES TO FRUITION. then after may i can do whatever i want forever. day by day week by week we survive and we win

#me #may will simultaneously be the best month and the worst month for me #two ap tests. college course exam. prom. the big race #(DISTANT YELLING!) #(RRRRRGRGGH!!!!!!!!!) #apparently i also have state testing in like two weeks. which is just fantastic #lets go exam hell woo woooooo