#Essay 1/5

[nerooooooo]

In My Immersion Era 

I have always thought that the concept of putting students through on-the-job training (OJT) was only for those who are already in college. I continued to think so until the implementation of the K-12 program. Now that I am experiencing first-hand what I only used to ponder over when I was still a junior, I can confidently say that it is a force to be reckoned with.  

Having been assigned to the City Legal Office of my city’s municipality, pulled me out of my comfort zone like gravity. The atmosphere in the workplace emanates the vibe of true formality and intense seriousness. You could really tell that what they do requires strict competence and above-average skills. Being in a room full of actual attorneys and soon-to-be ones exacts pressure on mere students such as myself who just wish to complete 80 hours (about 3 and a half days) of work that our subject in Work Immersion requires of us. Of course, this is what we signed up for the moment we listed down “Political Science” as our preferred course in college. And this journey is made specifically for us to overcome hurdles in pursuit of our dreams and ambitions.  

The first day bore us to death when all we had to do was sit down at one corner and observe how things functioned inside the City Legal Office. But for us, it was literally just watching the walls, the hands of the clock point at 5, watch as the room darkened as it gets late. Everyone was busy doing their own thing, clumped up in each of their own cubicles. We were bench players in the NBA Finals. Only getting seconds when the starting 5 gets either injured or ejected from the game. But then again, I thought to myself, “we’re only grade 12 students.” The best work we students could do was the grunt.  

But that all changed when Sir Ferdie (one of the department employees) approached us and offered to teach us the ways of the xerox machine. He must have noticed our heavy faces and droopy eyes before coming to us. From that point on, we were able to learn so many new things that weren’t really legal work, but the basic stuff that any legal worker should know. From operating a photocopy machine up to how we should address the different problems that come to the office. We were also able to handle civil and criminal cases (we didn’t handle them just inventory work). Our life as immersionists made a huge 180 degrees all thanks to our millennial-wannabe supervisor.  

We only have two workdays left in our Work Immersion. My eyes were lit to the reality of working as an employee of the government. I met people that I thought I would least get along with but turned out to be a best friend. Just as much good there is within work environments, there also lies behind it the harsh and cruel situations they must face daily for the sake of survival and provision for their families. Truly, for us students, it is difficult for us to expose ourselves in such environments. But I believe that we are among the fortunate ones to have an early understanding of what kind of life we’re working hard for in our academics. A spark of ambition moves in us, shining brighter now more than ever compared to our pre-immersion selves. 

[kittykatninja321]

The reason why I always emphasize that utrh era Jason is 18/19 and refuse to let people forget that Jason and Tim are canonically 2 years apart is because the concept of Jason as a fairly young adult with little to no support system is a fascinating concept to me and it goes under explored in both canon and fanon. I think it adds such an interesting wrinkle to the everything and is a great contrast to all the Red Hood shit. I’m thinking about New Earth Jason specifically here, he’s both younger than post-nu52 Jason and more isolated. Most people at 19, even if they can afford to be out on their own in this economy, still have contact with their family of origin for support. Jason is not only estranged from his family with little to no support system (depending on how much you interpret Talia being involved after Lost Days), he’s also doing mob boss shit while he’s still technically young enough to be somebody’s prom date. He didn’t go to his prom because he was probably in Russia learning how to make bombs or something (and because, yknow, the whole dying thing).

Jason is someone who both had to grow up too fast and by all means should be somewhat emotionally stunted. Not only does trauma stunt you he was catatonic for long enough that he’s missing literal years from his adolescence. He’s young enough that he’s still reeling from trauma from childhood and adolescence (late teens/ early twenties are peak ‘desperately trying to recover from childhood’ era).

I think underneath the rough Red Hood exterior that Jason should be naive in ways that people wouldn’t really expect. He doesn’t have much experience with relationships (both romantic and friendships), and it’s been years since he’s socialized much with people his age (he doesn’t socialize much at all he’s pretty isolated). I think even if he doesn’t look young that at times he would slip up and show that he is

Also I just love the contrast. I like the idea that sometimes you’ll hear Red Hood cackle without the helmet on and you’ll recognize traces of that 15 year old kid and then he’ll shoot someone immediately after. Like imagine if utrh was a Boy King of the underworld sorta deal

[etirabys]

a frustrating thing about battle royale stories is that they take place in a world where there's a massive popular appetite to see torture and death, the existence of this appetite is the main moral evil of the story (so far so fine), and the author tends to pretend this is also a huge problem in our world so that their work can stand as a Commentary On Real Evil. when the world their actual readership lives in has the opposite problem – too squeamish about seeing torture and death and coercion and collectively agrees to sequester it out of view so that nice things can keep being available for under five dollars at the grocery store

[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

my greatest achievement in DA2 is maxing out Carver's friendship

and all it took was begrudgingly kissing a little templar ass in act 1 because Carver didn't want to plan a prison break if my Hawke got his ass arrested for being stupid.

[pocket-ghostie]

Ok, I knew that Buff Studio already had plans for Charlie in Underworld when making Underworld Office (bc of conext clues), but I didn't know HOW MUCH they knew what they were planing when they made the first game!!!!! Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!

(Spoilers for UwO/CiU)

First, in chapter 4, early sleep, right before Eugene gets kicked out, Boss says "I hope I never see you again."

This implies several things, Boss hopes Eugene lives a long life and/or when they die they can immediately go to 'the other side'. This also implies that Boss can't leave. Because of the door that he is in charge of guarding, he can never leave. Of course, at the end of Charlie in Underworld the door gets destroyed so Boss could leave (after a lot of work). However in this game, Boss doesn't know that's going to happen. He is under the assumption that he is going to stay in the office forever.

Furthermore, in the Peace Somewhere Beyond ending, Eugene mentions that Boss might never find peace.

This could also be because he can't leave due to the door. Although it could be argued that Eugene mentions this because Boss will never be bright, I disagree due to the end of Charlie in Underworld. Boss clearly has a desire to right his wrongs and be bright, however he can't because his duty is to protect the door. So, because of what happens in the Peace Somewhere Beyond ending, Charlie in Underworld doesn’t happen in that timeline, and the door is probably never destroyed. Which keeps Boss guarding the door forever. The door is never mentioned in Underworld Office as an obligation for Boss, as that is only revealed at the end of Charlie in Underworld. However there is plenty of evidence that the writers were thinking about this connection while making this game.

In addition, Charlie gets sealed, leading to the beginning of Charlie in Underworld. Obviously, this is a rather basic connection. However, there is more to it. They could have had Charlie escape or get torn into pieces, without Eugene interfering and letting Joan deal with Charlie. This would get rid of Charlie and give Eugene the opportunity to get Joans help and be able to call the cane later on, because Joan wouldn’t be mad at Eugene. But, Charlie was sealed so that the Office ghosts could easily get to them. It also allows and gives a reason for Charlie to lose their memories, so that the player can slowly learn about Charlie throughout the plot. Because Charlie was sealed, we got the beginning of Charlie in Underworld.

Also, I saw a post in the Underworld Office tag (idk how I would find it now) that said “Eugene choose to be a dark ghost” and it came with this image:

When I was first playing through the game, I thought this was just a fun design choice, and it might be. But if Buff Studios was already thinking about the plot of the second game and how ghosts actually work, this may be a nod to that. This could be refuted with the argument that Eugene thought he was doing good and should be a bright ghost, however this brings up several problems. First off, Buff Studios wanted to keep the conflict of how ghosts work for the second game, and also Eugene did think what he was doing was wrong. They justified it in their head because Jack was a murderer, but I guarantee that Eugene still thought that murder was bad. In fact, Eugene wanted to stop Jack in part because he was a murderer. So it would make sense for Eugene to be a dark ghost, along with the fact that Susans desire for vengeance was still in the area too.

Next, we have the fact that Boss didn’t explain how ghosts work in the beginning of the game. It was River who explained to Eugene how things work. While giving this explanation, Boss stayed silent. This could hint that Boss already knew how ghosts actually work and was staying silent in the beginning of the game. Although this can be refuted with the fact that in the second to last chapter in Charlie in Underworld, Eugene states that Boss has been getting darker because of his guilt of keeping this secret. Which means that Eugene had to have already seen Boss before to tell that he was getting darker. But since Boss got attached to Eugene, he may have felt more guilty about keeping everything a secret. Thus, making him darker when Eugene was around. Although this is an interesting theory, I disagree with it. I think Boss figured out how things actually worked either in between the two games, or the beginning of Charlie in Underworld when Charlie is unsealed. Despite this however, Boss most likely still had an idea that ghosts did not work the way he thought. I believe the fact that River explained everything rather than Boss was very intentional, and an important fact when thinking about Charlie in Underworld.

Finally, all the ghosts have images of when they were alive. At the end of every chapter, there is an image that goes along with it. (Like this one)

I believe this image changes depending on what choices are made. Some of these images show the ghosts when they were alive. Like Hayden playing with a cat, or Joan with her gun and in her soldier outfit. Through these images, it is clear that Buff Studios already planned out the ghosts' backstories. They already had their backstories planned, but they did not say anything about them. This is because they go into the ghosts' pasts in Charlie in Underworld. Further proving that they had already planned what they were going to do in the second game, and were planning on making a second game.

In conclusion, these were all the things that I found in the first game. All of these little details show how Buff Studios was already thinking about Charlie in Underworld when making the first game. They put so much thought into these games, how they would work, the worldbuilding, and the characters. Because of their care and passion for these games, it makes their world feel so real.

[kindaorangey]

wait abort i've irrevocably fucked up my ability to write shortform essays because of my dissertation, my introduction is now 1/6 of my word count

[hisnigo2006]

How Invincible fight girl spoke to me as an artist. (A Heavily personal post)

Look. This might be explained how it dose pretty badly and I'm a bit biased because I really like this show so bear with me.

Yes I know the show isn't really about being an artist and the strangles of it. It's a show about a girl who wants to be a wrestler. Not the BEST wrestler . Just A wrestler and fallowing her dream and finding friends along the way who are interested in sat dream but for different reasons.

But I feel like behind the cool wrestling curtains. There is also a story about following your dreams and for me personally . Wanting to be a artist . And yah I can hear it a mile away. "but isn't that what mha also did" probably idk I didn't watch it to say yes or no. But this isn't about "who did what first"

it's about how this show showed up in the right time in my life and how it feels more of a personal journey of an artist than just a wrestling show . Aka my interpretation of this show.

So how did I get through this conclusion. Well it was a moment from the fifth episode " the perfect streak". And I can't really put it in to words so just going to show it to you

And that when I started to look at this show in a different light. Instead of it just being a cool action show about wrestling. It's really about someone who wants to be something they see as cool and they want to be like set cool thing. And they'll do anything to be it. Even if it starts to hurt you. It's all going to be worth it.

And as an artist. I relate to this more than any other show, movie, character about it

I see the perfect streak it salf as a metaphor of things artists struggle to draw. Like hands,autonomy,poses,perspective stuff like that.

And the wooden doll Andy used to punch as a kid is also a metaphor of things artists used to struggle with as kids . Like a a basic body or hair or whatever you struggled with back then.

And when you remembered how it falt when you started out. When all you really had was a pencil and a pepper and some tutorials on YouTube. And that thing that inspired you in the first place. And when you did finally succeeded in drawing it. To everyone else you peaked. But to you. It was only the beginning of a journey that might last a bit longer than you thought.

And as you still going. All of this. Is just the beginning. So don't gave up.

But if you do. Then Cool it's not going to be the end of the world. Because your not living for the world. You're living for you. And yes that is a line from the busters. People who falled to achieve their own dream and gave up on it. And they seemed pretty comfortable and happy with it. I like that.

And I like how Mikey and Craig are in like a different spectrum of what they see in wrestling. Like what different people see in art.

Mikey likes wrestling. He likes learning it. Analyzing it writtening about it. But not Doing it. Say like an art critic or an art journalist. He loves it and wants to learn more about it but doesn't want to it or can't do it.

Craig on the other hand is someone who sees Andy's skills as a way to making him Rich and probably famous. Now he the side that sees value in art in like how rich is is going to be if he shows it to the world. But ill gave him credit that. He genuinely sees something in her. Instead of seeing what she can do to make him Rich and just being a shittie person to her.

And andy her salf. Yeah I like her. She's a pretty good protagonist. I like how shes detriment to be a wrestler. Even if she was supposed to be a accountnat but desided that she wants to be wrestler. Pushing her salf to the limit. Yah I see her as a pretty good role model for anyone who wants to be something in life .

And I might be salf projecting a little bit. But I can go on and on of why she is bast girl but I might go on for an hour and I've been writing this for 4 hours . Sooo yah.. I don't want to go on longer than I do.

Any way. What did I mean when I said "this show showed up in the right time in my life" well.. It's a long story. Also this is SUPER porsonl so if you don't want to read then skip it there OK :3

Alright where do I start from that mess..

You back in July. I falled 3 classes. Physics,math, and chemistry and oh boy it was nightmare. And when I repeat it the final exams. I falled at math and.... It was the darkest part of my life so far. I couldn't eat. Couldn't sleep. I couldn't even have the strength to get up and study some time. And especially couldn't draw. And even if I did it looked bad. Or ugly. And sometimes I was thinking of dark things that I don't want to go deep in to here. And when I finally did repeat it by some miracle I did it. It's over 9th grade is finally done and I can go to art school now. And it falt like a dream I was so happy about it I literally screamed. I tried burning the math book but my brother needed it so I didn't.

But a few months later I tried attending to art school.. And I still don't understand why but they didn't expect me. There reason was I was to shy. To smell. To fragile that putting me in a school with people like them might result in a lot of bullying. So they said no. And my parents weren't happy about it. They cept blaming me for what happened. It only made me feel even more terrible about my salf.

And one faithful day the same day I wasn't expected in art school.

I was in my room looking for something to make me happy for onets and I saw that this new show that I was waiting for in 2022..oh cob I'm old.. Had Finley eraed. And it first episode was on YouTube. So I decided to watch it and when I did. It was good. I really liked it. Tho the animation was kinda off it still pretty good. And I tried finding the other episodes but couldn't. So I kinda forget about it. But I tried watching it. But a month later a friend of mine said " you're going to love Invincible fight girl" and I was like " I already do. I just don't know where to watch it." And they gave me a way to watch it. W.c.o it was only 7 episodes in at the time I came back to it. I binged it in one siting. And to say I was obsessed would be an understandment of the decade.

It was everything I ever wanted from a show. it was GREAT IT WAS FUN IT WAS IT WAS SAD IT Was...Inspirational and I was in need of it at that time and I love it for that alone. It basically changed my life.

I started seeing my self in these silly quirky characters. Like how Mikey is seen for who he could be and not what he wants to be by his family. How no matter what bertie dose. Her parents will never gave her the time of day. And if they do. It was only for them to call her something mean for doing it.

But I saw my self in Andy the most. Her journey speaks volumes to me. How even if everything was against her and no supported her (at the time) she still did it. And that was only the beginning of the journey. And I can't wait to she's up to in the next few years. If Invincible fight girl doesn't get a season two right now. I will fly to the US and buy a chainsaw and go to David zaslv's office AND-- okay that was a bit to far.

So TLDR Invincible fight girl is a story about following your dreams but also the dangers of set dreams that it can caus to you. Like being an artist

And at times like this one . We need this tip of show.

[uptownhags]

Remember that first night that we met? I do remember the first time we met, yea. 

[littlemut]

[taitavva]

scrumptious art thank you thank you but what is pego doing in the top right corner he looks so silly /genq he kinda looks trapped

he's trapped in a glass cage of his emotions (rafflesia)

[kirkwallguy]

i think the reason why morrigan and anders' romances work for me and solas' doesn't is like... okay, romancing the first two will probably give you an emotional investment in their "twist" and you'll probably interpret it differently. but if you DON'T romance them you're not getting a worse experience. with solas i feel like i've missed out on emotional beats for my dalish inquisitor

[8-oz]

i say that last message as a barok lover. i feel like dgs2 is really interesting in its look into race, our concepts of race, and racism itself.. but nobody wants to engage with that narrative so its just "funny herlock sholmes" *slams hand down* hey man whats up

yeah i though the racism in dgs was really interesting and something other games don’t really look upon. how barok’s hatred of a single person leads him to hate anybody vaguely related. it’s really really interesting to me. silly guy. dgs is once again peak it is so interesting. barok is so interesting. every single character is unimaginably interesting and so. questionable. in a good way? i guess? need to replay it and write the most atrocious essay known to mankind🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 mfs will do literally anything but schoolwork(im mfs)

[buddieroommates]

lord help me ive been up since 3am and now I have to business casual cunt it up cause I have two back to back final presentations to give

[arielluva]

finished my essay draft (at least to fulfill the requirements, i still got one more body paragraph and the conclusion to write lol) as well as my lab assignment and whatever else and ourghhh im so tired.

[apocalypticdemon]

i CANNOT wait for this semester to be over. 23 hours remain. God.

[fluxweeed]

hey. hope this message doesn't bother you. I love you. I love your work. you are one of my favorite fic authors, I am absolutely obsessed with everything you write. reread everything ten times over, drarry or not, fluffy or angsty - even when it absolutely shatters my heart (e.g. for lack of wanting, SUCH a great fic btw i'm so obsessed with it). the four doors? life changing. two to lie and one to listen? engraved into my brain for eternity. what's mine is yours? what a ride holy shit, im VERY normal about it. wrapped? my comfort read. and so it goes.

if I could aggressively smother you with kudos and love I WOULD!!!

awhile ago you said that there's no such thing as "big deals" in fandom and I 100% agree but at the same time you are a big deal TO ME!!! not in the sense of any kind of hierarchy but purely based on the fact that I think you are such a cool person and your writing is amazing and poignant and your presence in fandom makes it so much better. it's been a pleasure following you here on tumblr and just reading your tags and posts.

idk I just think you rule. that's it. thank you for hanging with us. MWAH 💛

ahhhh anon sorry for leaving this message sitting in my inbox for a couple of days but !! i have zero idea how to react to this!! you're so kind!! thank you!! please discard any and all inclinations u have that i am a cool person bc i can assure you i am NOT!!