#your ideal career

[welcometogrouchland]

I've been binging Batman Beyond recently (Terry ily so much) and thought about how- bc of the JLU twist which I think isn't even canon to the comics BB verse but shhh bare with me- he'd technically be Damian's half brother??? Which is just so ridiculously soap opera to me. I need them to interact in a silly time travel adventure so bad you don't even understand (ID in alt)

#dc comics #damian wayne #terry mcginnis #batman beyond #batman and robin #mine #also feat the mild damian uniform redesign i like playing around with. it's fun i like her. i love u classic robin colours #the backstory for this image in my mind is that Terry knows of Damian/has maybe met him #in the future (whether we're going w the rebirth ''damian rejoins the league'' angle that i. don't love conceptually but can't judge- #-bc i haven't read. or if we go w/ some other potential future route for damian) and Terry is like. experiencing whiplash at meeting him- #-as robin. like you are 5 feet tall why r u so bossy. where is your dad good god. this is why i don't have a robin (?this is pre matt-robin) #but Terry's in an unfamiliar time trying not to cause a paradox so he puts aside his indignitude(?) at being bossed around by a kid #just long enough to make sure nothing goes horrifically wrong. hence this image takes place #<- i could've been a lot more eloquent explaining this but it's very late and i should've been asleep ages ago #anyway. absolutely crazy to me that Damian has had multiple flavours of secret brother plots and terry is a potential addition. rip damian #(also in my ideal future damian took up the nightwing mantle (EVERYONE READ NIGHTWING MUST DIE!!!) before retiring( #idk what his future career is. lowkey hes a webcomic artist in my brain but that's so horrendously self indulgent i can't condone it #also i decided to try my hands at lineart again. evil. how are you so stiff looking and difficult to do. waughh #anyway if things look weird. no they don't

[greenerteacups]

What do you think as Hermione's career would be post battle of Hogwarts? To me her being minister for magic really doesn't make sense. She does not have patience or tact to wade through murky waters of politics 😭😭

So hard to say! The Trio are so, so young when we leave them, I find it almost impossible to project their futures farther than a few years out. The job that suited me at 17 would be radically unsuited to me now. That's why of all the Trio, Ron's ending strikes me as the most realistic — he jumps straight into the save-the-world business again, burns out, realizes he's actually Done The Fuck Enough, Thanks, and pivots into a low-stress career where he gets to see his family a lot. Feels accurate! The others are weirder to me because they do seem to just... pick a lane and stay there.

With Hermione, you could spin her a couple ways. You could say that she leans into her bookish side and does research or teaching, which is not my preference for a couple reasons (namely, I don't think Hermione would like academia as a profession; she finds her classwork interesting and enjoys intellectual validation, but she'd be stifled and wasted in a DPhil program, and she'd be infuriated by the administrative politicking of your average higher-ed faculty). You could say that she gets disaffected with politics and ends up as a barrister or a lobbyist of some kind, but if anything that requires more political finesse, because you don't actually have institutional power, you're just handling the people who make decisions and trying to persuade them of your goals. This is not Hermione's preferred method of influence. She's not even particularly good at persuasion, she just happens to be smart enough (and right often enough) that people take her ideas seriously.

Or you could say her brashness fades with the years into a softened flavor of tell-you-like-it-is honesty, which some politicians actually do successfully trade on; as we see in British politics today, you don't have to be all that charming or clever to get ahead, you just need to be really driven and well-connected (which Hermione completely is; she fought shoulder-to-shoulder with the first postwar Minister and her bestie, the Literal Messiah, runs the Auror Office.) But I don't know if Hermione especially wants to be Minister, after the war. She's just watched years of horrendous bureaucratic incompetence plunge the country into a violent civil conflict. She's had not one, but two Ministers of Magic try to bully or shame her friends into complicity with fascism. Her view of government is... likely extremely dark.

But Hermione also isn't the kind of person who sees her life as a quest for happiness. Babygirl has a savior complex that makes Harry look selfish. (She basically kills her parents — yeah, obliviating is a form of murder, #changemymind — "for their own good," and justifies every batshit, vindictive, mean-spirited move she ever pulls on the grounds that it "helps" one of her friends.) She is a mean, lean, dragon-slaying machine, and she needs a dragon. After Voldemort, the Ministry is the no. 1 threat to muggle-borns and non-wizarding Beings. As a war heroine with basically infinite political capital, I'd be surprised if she didn't try to do something there. That said, Hermione is so vivacious and dynamic that she could potentially grow in a hundred different directions; it's possible that all of this, while true of her at 18, becomes completely inaccurate by 22. That's why I'm not too fussed about any particular fanon interpretation.

#greenteacup asks #sidebar: I know Minister “of” Magic is an Americanism but mea culpa #Someday I might actually bite it and pay someone to britpick Lionheart but I can't do it now #because I have a ban on editing published fic unless it's finished. Otherwise I'll never get around to writing the actual ending #I have a Process #is it the best process? likely not! but it makes the words go. so here we are. #I also think the fact that JKR is Gen X makes a difference here. careers worked differently in the 80s and 90s than they do now #i.e. we have the gig economy and a lot more mobility and EXPECTATION of mobility in your early life #that means career changes & professional pivots through your 20s and 30s are increasingly normal #and in fact have always been normal — but the image of the 'true' or 'ideal' career has changed #so we look at those careers and go hm. really? none of them changed? #none of them even went to uni? do wizards... just not? #but again. I believe the epilogue was written almost completely without consideration as to what happened between the BOH and then #I really believe that JKR did not know what happened to Harry except a wedding and 3 kids. because that was the whole point #I don't think she even knew what his career was when she wrote that scene #It existed to marry everyone off and do a quick munchkin headcount #because of the understandable temptation as an author to keep your hand on the wheel. but it didn't even matter! #the epilogue changed NOTHING! it was the most useless chapter in the series! I just — GOD #you can absolutely accuse me of being sour grapes about my ships getting nixed. I AM sour grapes. I AM a hater. #AND I have plot/theme/craft reasons for disliking it. #I'm not objective. I just want credit for being a sophisticated hater. my grapes may be sour but they're still artisinal.

[irhabiya]

Random question feel free to ignore if it's too personal: why did you choose medicine? You said before that you were hesitant about staying in the field and I'm in a similar situation (I'm applying to medical school but I'm having second thoughts) so what made you decide to not change?

Thank you!

it's not too personal dw :)

well honestly i just grew to like it. i don't think it was a calling or anything like that, initially i applied because i'm good at sciences, had a high average in hs and have a general interest in the field and like most mena households, you put all of those in a blender and you get pushed into medicine.

i was having serious cold feet last year but i didn't really know what else i'd do if i were to change majors. i knew i wanted to be in a career that directly worked with and helped other people (i've thought about working in education a lot, ultimately decided i'm not fit for nor too invested in that) but that didn't necessarily mean clinical work for me. i figured i'd decide by the first semester of this year, my first year of pre-clerkship since we'd get an introduction to clinical work, if i wanted to stay in medicine as a researcher, academic or clinician or want out entirely.

clinical skills labs are probably my favorite thing rn (which i didn't expect tbh😭) and we get to shadow doctors in health centers every module and that's very interesting too. surprisingly i really liked the clinical aspect, and as time went on i developed a real interest in helping people and not just the medical sciences.

OH also i was going into medicine with the expectation and goal that i'd do my residency in psychiatry but have since changed my mind completely about that... personal reservations about psychiatry and there's just way more interesting specialties to me rn lol

#like the universities i applied to in egypt (tansee2) were all med and my second choice was polisci #ideally i'd be back home in egypt being involved in organizing and activism but #i don't think i'd be helping many people realistically. this is the most beneficial career i could possibly do back in my country #and i happened to have grown to love it #inbox #i wish you the best of luck in your future sweetheart!! #take your time deciding and do what's best for you and others

[femmefatalevibe]

Any advice for a girl in her mid 20s feeling lost in life? I just quit law school and I feel lost and devastated feeling that I did not live up to everyone's expectation of me. There were many reasons why I quit but one of them is that I realized that I was not happy in law school even though i'm still interested in law. The pressure and environment also became too much especially with my father always checking up on my progress in school. I already found a job but there's a part of me that feels left behind because my batchmates have moved on with their lives and i'm just starting to figure out my career. I also want to move out of my parents' house so bad because i feel emotionally drained in here but it's not yet possible since I am yet to earn money and don't have enough savings. P.S.: Thank you for taking the time to read this and for giving your thoughts and opinions. It means a lot!!

Hi love! Completely relate to feeling lost in your mid-20s as someone in the same age bracket/stage of life. All of your feelings, conflicting emotions, and confusion are valid.

I think the best advice I can give in this case (and something I remind myself quite often) is that everyone is on their own timeline. We all have different goals, personalities, interests, etc., so why would all of our life paths look similar or follow the same trajectory?

Law school is rough from what I hear (and it can't help to finally feel like an adult mentally while dealing with that level of parental involvement on top of the stress), so know that your mental health is more important than completing any schooling. You can always pick up a course at another time, but overlooking your health can have long-term consequences.

Congratulations on the new job! It sounds like you're starting to find your way, which is all that matters in the end.

My advice would be to work diligently at your job and save up enough money to leave your parents' house (when you realistically can afford to - I know this living situation can cost you your mental health!). Along the way, do your best to spend your free time discovering your interests and creating life goals (they can be small or general at first – just something to give you a feeling of direction and motivation to wake up every day).

I don't know if your job is in a field you're passionate about or just an income generator, but either way, spend this time trying to find out what you want to do, the career paths you're drawn to, and speak with people in your field of interest.

Use this time when you have less financial responsibility and fewer people watching your life trajectory to explore, experiment, fail (fast and a few times), adjust, and start aligning with your core values/desired lifestyle.

Hope this helps xx

#life advice #being in your 20s #femme fatale #career advice #career path #dark feminine energy #divine feminine #dark femininity #it girl #dream girl #queen energy #ideal self #self improvement #personal growth #high value mindset #high value woman #higher self #loa success #success mindset #the feminine urge #female excellence #female empowerment #lifelessons #gaslight gatekeep girlboss #girlblogging #that girl #femmefatalevibe

[silentwalrus1]

Every time someone reminds me of madam Chris I wonder more and more what Roy's childhood was like

short answer: bad

long answer: hilarious

long long answer: we know that roy is clearly well loved by his aunt and they have a good familial adult relationship from the interactions we do see, but - inasmuch as one’s character is shaped by what raises us - roy mustang grows up to be a violent, ruthless extremist, prone to outbursts of physical anger and no particular compunction about murder, so long as he deems it justified. From this, we can infer various forces on his development as a person, many of which i think stem from an underlying foundation of benevolent familial neglect

#yap yap #fma #roy mustang #chris mustang #like i dont think he had a “”””bad”””” childhood the way fandom especially would define it but i think he was especially susceptible to #Being so thoroughly subsumed into state ideals and state propaganda due to having little other guidance and structure in his life #like if you’re a working single lady who got a surprise orphan dumped on you you’re gonna be hard pressed to find daycare let alone provide #all the rest of the things kids need #Not least of which is a lot of active attention #So i think roy got shipped off to boarding school pretty young and then spent teenage summers with berthold hawkeye #His relationship with chris is friendly but theyre clearly both used to operating very independently of each other #For multiple reasons - from their respective careers onward #but yeah plus like. If your family does shady shit. You yourself are less likely to be able to identify when bigger scale shady shit is #Wrong vs ‘ wrong ‘

[dick-the3rd]

I find very nice how after Jason's death Robin became an urban legend.

Like, how the myth status was just another thing Bruce found to avoid people and criminals targeting Robin. Tim frequently goes out of his way to make sure he's never credited for his heroic acts. You see this when he first met Superboy, then over and over again in Young Justice. Even the way criminals first reaction upon seeing Robin is 'I thought you were a myth!'

Before that Robin was always on the papers, I mean, even caught on camera! That's how Tim found out about their identities! But later he's just... Gone. No one is even sure if Robin really exist.

#it gives a whole different meaning for tim's 'I spent my career wearing this mask under your shadow' in Teen Titans 29 #like. Tim's Robin is invisible. the public will never known of him #every heroic act is done in the shadows #and like. yeah. he doesn't do for the recognition #but imagine. growing up and having Robin as an inspiration #and then you manage to become this ideal you loved as a kid. #but you know that legacy died with you. you will never inspire anyone else because you can't be seen #and then later you have damian #who as far as I know never needed to hide Robin #so Tim just. sits there. knowing his Robin were never know. Knowing he was the Robin who never existed #(i say this without having any idea if Tim ever comes out of his myth status) #anyway #ramblings #batfam #tim drake #robin

[titsthedamnseason]

listen i’ll just say it, i’m happy that she’s doing it and i love the concept but to me this feels like a WEIRD time to do an eras tour. like when you have four brand new albums to tour, why would you go back and give your whole discography special attention? you’d already be pressed for time. i feel like it should’ve been the lover/folklore/evermore/midnights tour and then after she was done with all the rerecords she could’ve done an “eras” tour (in chronological order with actual stage time for debut and speak now) as a sort of celebration

#DONT CRUCIFY ME PLEASE 🫶 i love the eras tour sm #like it’s a fabulous production and the way she emulates all her past eras is special to me #but i’m just thinking like of all the times to do it in your career? now didn’t feel ideal #taylor swift #mine

[regrettablytifosi]

the worst part about being tifosi is that you never stop. and you can't pick the drivers. and you can't have four cars.

#my ideal ferrari line up is oscar/liam/ollie/kimi #pls boys all have at least one ferrari stint in your careers

[cacaitos]

quintessentially bored individuals on the spectrum of what pussy and no pussy does to a mf

#txt #unlike farny and idk henmi of like Traumatic Event they're just Like That fresh from the tree. so bored #in life you got to get the equivalent of banging your head against the wall for stimulus. being fair yakuza #is aptitudinally a very ideal career choice in these situations. clearly for ppl w plans of not living that long lol #however as I said in the kaki - juli post being single or partnered changes leages of things #that's code for kirishima is more of a menace as a person compared to kaki lol

[kavehsassframe]

i love kaveh a lot but like sometimes watching his scenes is so difficult if you see a lot of yourself in him (which i can only imagine a lot of kaveh fans do lmfao) bc its like!! raise ur hands if you too have been on the receiving end of someones lecture about idealism and naïveté getting in the way of your own self interest!! the relief i felt when collei said “its okay kaveh it just means you have integrity” made me audibly sigh in relief bc like. GODDAMN. GIVE HIM A BREAK YOU GUYS. its just. goddamn. hes j like me fr

#gi #ann plays genshin #idk if this is coherent #its j. kaveh man. #and its like the fact that everybody who keeps ragging on him isnt even wrong per se #bc it is inherently self destructive to keep putting other people and your ideals before your own well being #but its this idea of you KNOW that already and youre fully aware of that but you just cant stop bc its just not who you are #and who you are is not whatll get you ahead in a society as rough as the akademiya #ugh. kaveh. i love you. kissing u on the forehead giving u hugs #ALSO EVEN IF EVERYONE ISNT WRONG THEY COULD STILL STAND TO BE NICER ABOUT IT #but whatever :( kaveh my beloved #people pursuing careers based strictly on passion and idealism will understand

[romansleftshoulderpad]

How do I make “Toy Historian” a career and what fucking degree would that require

#American girl #Furby #ever after high #monster high #all the shit I know too much about #catch me running a toy museum #you don’t need college when your ideal career is absolutely buck fucking wild

[youngestdaughtersyndrome]

oh my god i just remembered i basicslly have to choose a major today oh no. walking into this meeting like Yeah im either gonna go premed or humanities because i find both books and organs erotic. give me classes please

#but literally how do you tell someone that your two ideal career options are cutting someone open or sitting quietly in a basement archiving #without getting put in like a psych ward. #like worst case scenario i genuinely know someone who runs a fishing boat in alaska. so #hollyws

[seaseren]

I just. I really need to know if Yda was as dumb as Lyse pretended she was. I want to know if that whole act was like. a sick dunk on her dead sister for no reason. Lyse why do you make the choices you do rest of the Scions why do you enable her

#ffxiv #Lyse's story could have been so good! the pieces were all nearly there! #and then they just! don't fully follow through! #LYSE CHANGE OUT OF YOUR SISTERS CLOTHES 2024 #P L E A S E #my dearest wish is that she comes with us to Tural I know it aint happening but I can dream #she needs to go on a backpacking trip #get in touch with herself #figure out what she wants to do now that ala mhigo is more stable- does she really want to be a career politician???? #like honestly my ideal position for her would be like #the head of the ala mhigan chapter of the adventurer's guild #I will take leader of a new ala mhigan gc tho #but idk. miss u girl want u back ono

[powpowhammer]

while I'm on my next-day thoughts about Organizing Means Commitment I'm still constantly >:/ at careerism leveled as a criticism. grace I'm not sure what mutual aid groups incorporate mass vaccination campaigns without the participation of someone whose job it is to do that

#i KNOW it means self-focused careerism #but like. to hear these fucking maoists talk youd think anyone who is invested in a job as a way to execute on ideals is a collaborator #at least the anarchists understand that you are not immune to fitting your life around your material conditions #also grace why did you have to die before you could write a book about posters disease #places head directly in vise #it wasnt even a very harsh criticism it was just discussing paths that people take after leaving groups

[lucysweatslove]

I finished and submitted all my assignments from my rural thing. The last assignment was kind of hard; it was a reflection on the experience as a whole, the community, and also how we personally feel starting school after this. It’s not hard in the sense of actual cognitive difficulty with the material to cover and analyze, but rather, I wasn’t sure how to positively explain how I feel. WE all know here that I felt like shit most of the time, spent lunches crying in my car trying to nap and feeling alienated, spent evenings crying in the room overwhelmed and overstimulated and way too mf HOT, multiple times questioned if I made the right choice at all to enroll in this particular program. I don’t and never had doubted my love for medicine as a whole and my abilities to learn how to be a good doctor. But like, program specific fit? I doubted that.

So anyway since I didn’t have much room I tried to briefly state the concerns I have in a way that (hopefully) conveys my ownership of my role in this and what I learned I need to do / how I need to grow going forward. And then also focus on how I really did love the medicine side, and how (even though I question my “fit” with the culture at this one site) the experience has affirmed that rural care feels RIGHT for me. (Like I may be autistic and struggle assimilating into a mid-sized practice full of neurotypical extroverts, but the patient care aspect? The scope? The relationships you build? I know a lot of people view autism as “self focused” people who don’t care about those relationships, but that’s not MY autistic experience; my empathy and desire to care for the whole person, not just see them as a body, is one of my greatest strengths).

ANYWAY when I was finalizing and submitting that assignment, apparently my third assignment (the previous one, a patient interview + reflection) was graded. I didn’t know that my specific state’s track’s director (who I have a lot of contact with) would be the one to read and grade it. She had very positive feedback. But. Now I’m super super anxious about my last assignment. When I thought it was read and graded by somebody I’d never really interact with in person, it was easier to mention that I’m neurodivergent and yes, that lead to some problems that I need to address within myself. But now I feel… more open and raw. I didn’t tell my preceptors, I didn’t plan on telling anything who like, had any major dealings with me. Buuuut now it’s out there and fuck. 🙃

#personal #Lucy goes to med school #I guess the positive is I just said neurodivergent introvert #I have already divulged my ADHD #so it’s possible she won’t read into the (IMO very obvious) autism of it all #still tho now I feel like I massively fucked up #it’s so hard bc I personally value self understanding and personal growth and internal analysis and (ideally tactful) honesty #i personally think it’s important to be able to give out and receive constructive criticism #and i went into that kind of mode mostly with myself a little in that assignment #but APPARENTLY that’s not how med school works #as a med student you are a peon who should always be self deprecating while also being a self-starter and mind reader #never say anything bad about the preceptors or programs or anything of the like #even when your sense of justice says this is wrong and toxic and needs to change #you cannot be the one to try to change it bc that is a metaphorical death sentence for your med school career #again this is just what I’ve been told #and I may have metaphorically shot myself in the foot

[chaos-coming]

Oh the horrors (i have to send an email)

#help im so nervous to send this email #this prof seems super chill which is a good sign #but if i send the email then the email is SENT #like its out there and then things are happening #things being my thesis project #in a totally different direction than i was looking?? #hence the apprehension about the email being SENT #though i guess to a certain degree in academia the prof being nice and responsive and actively researching is more important #than getting the exact ideal dream topic you wanna make your career in