#This can have a bad effect on the body

[truffle-chocolate]

I have a feeling that by the end of my studies at our institute I will simply get drunk and become an alcoholic. Because I literally can’t finish my coursework right now (again), the due date is tomorrow and I'm shaking with nerves because everything has to be perfect

And the only thing that makes me distract myself and stop nervously scratching the skin on my arms, face and back is a damn glass of homemade wine

Just a little update on how I'm still alive, still trying to learn, even though I'm nervous as hell about it. I fucking hate that I can't focus on the necessary and boring things. Because this is literally all of my studies.

Boredom, tediousness, desire to fall asleep, go somewhere else, or not come to class at all

And it’s not even the fault of the teachers or my classmates! I just have a hard time concentrating on something with a lot of text. I love solving problems, equations, examples - numbers are what calms me down and what I understand

But my specialty turned out to be almost entirely built on definitions, text, laws and words. And if there are formulas, then they are kind of stupid and very often repeated among themselves

So yeah, it's hard for me right now to try a little bit not to drop out of school with about a year and a half left to go, heh

I just wanted to share a little about what I'm doing now, heh

[majoryeager104]

sometimes I think about how if Touya had gotten the love and help he needed, that Shoto, his friends, and even the entirety of Class 1-A might have looked up to him, some even done work studies under him when he became a hero, and saw him as a role model, and he’d have taken it all in stride because he was grateful that he’d made it so far, and now had an actual, genuine family around him, and then I cry

[hawkogurl]

I think a lot of the time the Spider-Man fandom tends to throw around calling things erasure but I’m not insane for thinking that the fact exactly one (1) adaptation has ever acknowledged that Harry Osborn has schizophrenia kind of is right

I mean it doesn’t surprise me. Both Spider-Man media and the fandom has a bit of a problem with ableism and essentially treating ableism as a lesser form of discrimination. But it doesn’t change the fact that it’s frustrating to watch both adaptations and the fandom often bend over backwards to avoid talking about it.

[lesbian-cowpoke]

Man attempts to resist urge to spout cat facts, more at 10

[perilegs]

i think it's unfair that anxiety can cause an upset stomach. why are you doing all that.

[moiraimyths]

Before we call anon rude because let’s see it from their perspective, imagine getting an entire feast to eat. That can be pretty hard to start with so much that’s going on, but if they start with one thing they know they’ll like (aka one character they like) that can be the start for them leaping to other characters to finish the story and the bigger story. I struggle the same way to start book series if I don’t have at least one character that drives me to read it, it’s all about what can be the hook to push them through. Sounds like the anon is neurodivergent (just a guess) so they might genuinely not see it as rude and see it as a solution to even play the game to start with.

Btw absolutely adore the game, the complex and rich characters making them all so unique is amazing. The art is so pleasing to the eyes I love it!! I’m waiting for it all to get out at once so I don’t get too impatient. Shae however interests me the most, which routes will have the most lore for them? Will there be routes that give more lore in general based on decisions you make or do they all share the same amount? (I mean general lore not just Shae lore)

Apologies; we are not trying to accuse any asker of being rude! We are simply explaining our perspective as the developers / are trying to broadly encourage folks to dip their toes into other areas of the story outside of the main route(s) they're interested in, especially considering some routes will be made available sooner than others, and these other routes will likely contain additional scenes/lore of everyone's fave(s) regardless! We want to give each main cast member an equal amount of love (and lore) regardless of their overall popularity, so our goal is not to tut-tut anyone for having strong preferences for one character over the others, but rather to explain that you may be surprised by how much *more* you learn about your preferred characters in the other routes. That's all!

For Shae... Well, they were a foot soldier for one of the worst periods of the War. Lore wise, any other story that touches on the War will likely have content relevant to them and their experiences. ^^

[icewindandboringhorror]

Some (late) holiday photos of the boye~!

[barghest-land]

I highly recommend weed, if you have access to it. I personally like edibles

i don't, it's illegal here; plus i don't think it's a good thing to recommend to someone, because the effect depends on the person and i don't think it's a good idea to prescribe it yourself without the supervision. just as any medicine you never know what someone is already taking and how it goes with weed/edibles, what condition someone has, etc

[tendafoot]

me when i see an artist twinkify or bearify a live action character whose actor is decidedly not either of those things specifically to cater to their preference of him bottoming or topping: ew

[clumsypuppy]

for like 3 weeks i was wondering why i was sleeping so much and felt listless. and just now I managed to email 3 people and responded to a month old message in the span of an hour because I got back to TAKING MY FUCKIN MEDS..........

[belleyellsaboutturtles]

The Wrong Side of the Portal Raph from cabin 10 was wondering if you have enough water before you do anything fun!

"Raph wanted to swim with his family and maybe some new friends if you want to, but it's important to have enough water first. I have some extra water bottles if you need them!"

@tmnt-fandom-family-reunion

"Oh, cool!" Smokey gratefully accepted the water. It must have been refrigerated or had ice in it, because it felt cool in his hands. He smiled up at Wrong Side of the Portal Raph happily. "Thank you!"

Now for the...other part. Smokey nervously rolled the water bottle between his hands, but kept smiling. "And thank you for the offer, but I can't swim and don't really care for the ocean." And that was before he had a fire spirit take up residence in him. And before his cabin magically flooded. In the past, water had been okay, even when he couldn't swim, because he'd had his brothers with him. It'd been enough to quell his nerves. Plus, he had a big inner tube to hang out on!

Ever since Sparky had moved in, he'd gotten a lot less comfortable with it, even with his bros around. It'd taken his nerves and turned them into an outright aversion. Smokey did not like deep water or being submerged. He could handle shallows, but they were, well...shallow. No one could truly swim in them. He still had his inner tube, but floating around his with his bros had become a lot less relaxing and a lot more anxiety inducing.

The solution his family had found was letting him ride with one of them - normally Raph. It still made the box turtle nervous and Sparky hissed in his head like a cat being threatened with a bath, but being with someone he trusted wholeheartedly helped. It helped a lot too that if he was on Raph, he wasn't touching the water and had - in his mind, anyway - less of a chance of falling off. (He still clung to his brother like an octopus though.)

"Thanks though!"

[eclipsecrowned]

stares at fandom discourse most of you are oblivious to. rotates towards you all.

my m0ash did not kick the baby.

i am not putting it up for debate. if he kicked a kid, it's lift in the next one. but he's not out here just punting toddlers to show he's a mustache twirling supervillain. it's not like he means to be evil in his own mind as i see him.

he still has some boundaries he will not cross. some semblance of self and choice despite his surface level apathy.

killing a man in front of his child? well, that needed doing, it's tragic the child is there, but it is not his fault. it was a complication in the plan. he couldn't put it off any longer. he's not sorry, but he does feel a little more rage towards a dead man that his son was there. kicking the child? no. it is not the child's fault, the child did not ask to be there. even for all his hatred towards the ruling class, kicking a literal child is taking it too far.

it doesn't absolve him, of course. his internal thought processes as i play him establish that. he blames the man he kills for the trauma incurred by that child, but not himself for actually being the agent of said trauma by stabbing a man in front the child. it's always someone else. they should have known better. not his fault.

[interstellarvacuumcleaner]

it's not that i'm an ungrateful asshole it's that every trip i've been at was a nightmare and i can successfully hold back tears only for about a week

[lightblueminecraftorchid]

my fibro meds have truly destroyed my tolerance for antihistamines

[english-mace]

1, 12, 32

what are 3 things you’d say shaped you into who you are?

spite, Terry Pratchett, and autism 👌🏻

12. what's some good advice you want to share?

hmm well that really depends so much on to whom, in what context, with what life challenge in front of them. but let's go with: if you're in a situation with some base expectation of politeness (colleagues, classmates, some kind of group activity - ie not 'random stranger being an asshole') and someone does or says something either wildly annoying, stupid, clout-grabbing, or whatever: try to build the habit of responding with some variety of "Interesting. Could you help me understand where you're coming from with that?"

I'm never one to say 'assume good intent' - no, fuck that, the other person really might be gunning for your shift or lazing out of the group project. But performing that openness gives you all the cards. If they didn't realize they were in the wrong, this lets them save face while dialing it back. If they know they're in the wrong, suddenly they have to justify it in plain language in front of others, and it may seem easier to back off than double down. And sometimes? You actually are missing information that means you are in the wrong - if you come in with a temper straight off the bat, you're gonna be real embarrassed real quick.

at the end of the day work/school/community-building is about getting along with others well enough to get what you want - a good grade, a promotion, invitations back to the next d&d night, whatever. being right can come later, when tempers cool.

32. how many tabs do you have open right now?

on this machine? only 11! 5 of which are Ao3, of course.

do not ask about my tablet. it's terrifying. and my work machines are so much worse. I spend my whole dayjob life writing google docs or reviewing other people's google docs, every single tab is so narrow all you can see is that little blue page icon, I regularly declare bankruptcy and have to keep a doc with a list of all the docs I've read/reviewed so I can ctrl-f for things I was mid-reading when the tab reaping urge (or the audible laptop overheat) struck >.>