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Reasons why computer problems seem to mysteriously vanish as soon as a technician shows up:

You were spacing out and skipping a step somewhere without realising it, and you can’t reproduce it when you try to demonstrate it because now you’re paying attention to what you’re doing

It’s an intermittent electrical connection fault that’s being aggravated by movement/vibrations in your desk; you need to check your cables

The act of explaining the problem to someone caused you to figure out what you were doing wrong

The real cause of the problem was somewhere upstream of your terminal device – for example, at the network service provider – and it got fixed at the source while you were waiting

Your computer is in a location with poor airflow and is overheating; waiting for the technician to arrive gave it a chance to cool off

Despite all appearances to the contrary, modern computers actually have very good fault recovery, and most minor problems will sort themselves out on their own if you give it a minute

Magic

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“what if kids identify with something and it ends up just being a phase-?” good. stop teaching and expecting kids (and adults honestly) to formulate permanent traits and ideas of themselves. everything in life is a phase. that doesn’t make it any less legitimate while you experience it. let people explore themselves and know it’s okay if what you think about yourself changes.

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guys wait who would swear the most if the keeper books were YA

HC that Grady swears like a sailor

Sophie definitely screams curse words into her pillow when she's upset

Keefe has some extra creative names for his dad

but who would be the worst

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giant redwood trees really are so cool, they just have something incredibly special going on. it's hard to describe if you haven't seen them

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popular culture used to be very much about eroticism. rockstars used to be on stage in sequins and thongs and thigh high boots playing guitars like they were masturbating. girls used to wear velvet mini dresses and no bras and red-brick-brown lipstick and mascara on their bottom lashes. people used to have body hair on television and in the movies. people used to be sweaty. people used to touch each other over denim and under cotton. foreplay used to be staring at someone over the rim of a glass across a bar across a park across a dinner table. people used to want. i think we’ve lost something

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being doomed by the narrative is cool and all but i like when a character is doomed just by being a fucking idiot. sorry that happened to you but it is entirely your own fault and you could have just chosen to not do all that

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i think, if you're gonna open a restaurant, you should be legally required to have a fat person come in, move through the restaurant, and sit in at least one of the chairs. I think that person should be able to veto anything from how close together the tables are to how fucking skinny the chairs are. few things tick me off more then being unable to get to half the resteraunt because all the tables are like, 10 inches apart, or sitting down in a chair that has pointless side rails only to realize that they are gonna be digging into my butt for the next hour unless i sit on the very edge of the seat and never lean back.

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Best Keeper Character 2025: Portrait Signups

What is it?

Like in the kotlc sexy competitions, artists sign up to make portraits of all of the characters (who made it past preliminaries) to be used in the polls. You will have until July 30 to complete the portraits and turn them in!

How to Sign Up?

Send me a tumblr message asking for the characters that you want, and I'll let you know if they're available as soon as possible! I recommend signing up sometime between June 24 - June 30 to give yourself as much time as possible to do them!

DO NOT send me an ask when signing up. Messages are a lot easier for me to keep track of.

Rules

You can sign up for as many portraits as you want, but I wouldn't suggest going over 5 because you only have a month to do them.

The canvas can be as large as you want, but please make sure that it's square (or, if you're drawing traditionally, as close as you can get to a square)

Traditional and Digital drawings are both accepted

Color is not required but it is strongly encouraged

You can draw as much of the character as you want, whether thats just a head or a full body.

The drawings do not have to be entirely canon accurate (hcs like piercings, poc vackers, ginger marella, etc. are allowed) but please make sure that it's still identifiable as the character. If you have any questions about that, feel free to message me or send me an ask!

If you think your portrait will be late or you need to drop out, PLEASE tell me as soon as possible!

List of Characters below the cut. I will try to update it as signups continue! If a name is colored in blue, that means the character is unavailable.

Alvar Vacker

Amy Foster

Biana Vacker

Brant [REDACTED]

Councillor Bronte

Master Cadence

Calla

Cyrah Endal

Councillor Darek

Della Vacker

Dex Dizznee

Edaline Ruewen

Elwin Heslege

Elysian

Ethan Benedict Wright II

Fintan Pyren

Fitz Vacker

Flori

Lady Galvin

Garwin Chang

Gethen Ondsinn

Lady Gisela

Grady Ruewen

Grizel

Iggy

Jensi Babblos

Jolie Ruewen

Juline Dizznee

Jurek

Kesler Dizznee

Linh Song

Livvy Sonden

Marella Redek

Maruca Chebota

Prentice Endal

Quinlin's Receptionist

Rayni Aria

Rex Dizznee

Ruy Ignis

Mr Snuggles

Sophie Foster

Stina Heks

Tam Song

Councillor Terik

Tiergan Alenefar

Tinker

Umber

Lady Vespera

Wylie Endal

Yuri

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Why are you using chatgpt to get through college. Why are you spending so much time and money on something just to be functionally illiterate and have zero new skills at the end of it all. Literally shooting yourself in the foot. If you want to waste thirty grand you can always just buy a sportscar.

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apple blossomed trees / roots with the birds

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Experience: Learning the right way to connect the dots.

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joke i'll never get tired of: "they died doing what they loved, [something no one would ever do on purpose]"