#<- technically school bc I'm doing it for an assignment

[e77y]

It's just me and my plush carrot against the world

[arathejedi394]

i think it says something that in my Armenian cousins GC my little brother sent a bunch of headlines about trump's administration activity lately and he tagged me specifically

yes he could have sent all those articles by themselves. did he do that? no. no, he tagged me in the middle of sending all those links. am I the political cousin? yes. yes, I am.

[periwinkle-the-11th]

the absolute best thing about homeschool? I can take halloween off and no one can stop me.

[ruegarding]

You know, if they’re going to show us Percy killing himself to get into college, can they at least tell us what he’s going to study, and let us see him feeling somewhat excited about it?

yeah, as far as i can tell the general consensus that percy is going for marine biology is bc of annabeth's throwaway line. if percy's major has been confirmed somewhere, i'd love to see it.

it's weird that rick hasn't written percy actually liking any of his classes since...mr brunner's??? which percy didn't even find the specific material interesting as much as he found mr brunner to be engaging. the lack of focus makes sense, at least, in pjo and hoo bc their focus is less on school, so percy's classes are on the backburner after tlt (outside of acknowledging he's not experiencing straight-up ableism and is therefore doing better), but w the focus on college in the new marketing trilogy, percy's lack of interest stands out. it would be so easy to have percy say that he really enjoyed x class or lecture or assignment and wanted to study it more/focus on it in college. instead, rick has written percy to be slacking off in class, as if that was his problem and not, you know, the ableism he was experiencing (which is why mr brunner was the exception) and the fact that he had to miss a year of school bc of hoo. also, i'm unsure what accommodations (if any) alternative high is making for percy...considering he says he can quote sparknotes instead of shakespeare makes me doubt they're giving him audiobooks for his dyslexia...but the fact that percy is written to be struggling in his senior year bc he's lazy and not disabled is literally just ableism.

it makes it difficult to see college as a "good ending" when percy 1) has never showed an interest in pursuing a specific field of study (outside of him technically being a published author in-universe, which i'm not sure counts bc it's not referenced in the series...? is the implication percy writes the books after going to college? idk.), 2) is working himself incredibly hard to the point where's he's falling asleep in class, and 3) has to leave his mother/family behind to live across the country. rick also changed it so that demigods don't really have to worry abt monsters once they're 18 (which is coding for their disabilities...) and retconned nru so it requires good sat scores and isn't a full college (it's a satellite campus w uc berkeley and annabeth goes to classes at berkeley bc they don't have what she wants at nru???), so there's really no unique incentive for percy to be going to college at all, let alone in new rome. it's a series of very strange writing choices. to say the least.

[thana-topsy]

If you're up for sharing more writing tips, how can I tell if what I've written is actually any good? With writing I get stuck in a cycle of feeling like I'm the next Shakespeare while writing but then I'll look over my work a few days later and absolutely hate everything and think it's the most cringe shit ever, then I'll leave it a bit longer and think eh it's not as bad as I thought but still not great and so on. I feel like being forced to write for a grade during school and having everything be marked and assessed and assigned a particular value has robbed me of the ability to critically analyse my own work in a way that's objective and accurate but also fair and realistic. I can analyse other peoples' stuff till the cows come home but I lose all rational thought when it comes to my own stuff

Adding onto that, how do I get to the point where I can stop looking back at my old work and hating everything and wanting to delete it all? Realistically I know finding fault with my old stuff is good bc it means I've grown and improved from where I once was etc but at the same time I wanna enjoy stuff I've made in the past without cringing every time I read it

Hey there Nony, I wanted to let this one percolate a little bit before answering because I've been where you are. And it's a rough time for sure. But aside from my own experiences, I also wanted to get the opinions of some of my writerly friends in the fandom, too, since everyone is a little font of wisdom in their own right.

So I'm going to share their advice alongside my own, because this is kind of a complicated string of questions you're asking. Long post ahead!

@paraparadigm says to Keep Writing: "Write more. Write so much (and so many different things) that eventually the sheer volume bulldozes over self-devouring ego, comparison twitches, or feeling lost, because you don't yet know your own baseline. Coupled with "read more, read everything, read things you enjoy and things you don't, read for the craft as much as the entertainment." And: "I'd add that when revisiting old writing, it's helpful for me to differentiate between "ew the writing is not as technically solid as it is now" and "ah that's interesting, I guess that's where I was at then, emotionally and psychologically". Old writing is also a sort of archaeological record of your younger self, and that can, in fact, be a bit itchy to revisit, so learning to cherish that without passing judgement can be really helpful. I try to treat it like those little marks one puts on the door jamb to track a kid's height."

@mareenavee says "Part of it is writing more, as Para said and I will always second that. Another part is, honestly, the hardest part. It's to try very hard to get out of the habit of negative self-talk.... There's so much work involved with this but normalizing being proud of your work and having some grace with yourself is part of that answer."

@archangelsunited says "Early on, instead of going “this has to be a masterpiece” I would tell myself my only job was to tell a story. I couldn’t tell a story if I was deleting it. Also, talking about your work helps. The less ashamed I was of my writing, the more people wanted to read it. There is a need to hide your work, and that can lead to a downward spiral all its own. And, 90% of the time, you have to suck at something to learn to be good at something. The work you already wrote shouldn’t be the sum of all your skill, it should be one of those measuring sticks for the moment. Despite previous thought, you won’t be stuck at the same level forever."

@polypolymorph says "In addition to accumulating experience via reading and writing, you also have to be willing to reinvent the wheel. Unfortunately the Process™️ is unique to everyone, and even when you are deliberately mimicking a voice as, say, a ghost writer, you can't expect that 2+2=4 for you. Your process might look more like a Lotka-Volterra equation for the same type of work and that's okay. Trial and error is the best way to figure out what advice actually works for you--and if it doesn't, it doesn't mean you're wrong. Don't get stuck on pop writing advice like a sad roomba does on an upturned rug. Learn when to throw it out."

So there's some advice from some other excellent writers! I hope you've been able to find some value in their advice, because it certainly kicked me in the pants a few times.

As for me, I think, having been where you are, my biggest piece of advice is: Find joy in the craft. Get curious instead of critical. An artist shouldn't down themselves over a rough sketch when they're working out a drawing, so why would a writer do such a thing? Everything you write is practice. Everything you make has value because it builds up to the next thing you make.

At the end of the day, you are the only one who is capable of telling the stories that are in your head. This fact alone gives whatever you put onto paper value, regardless of quality. You are creating magic, in the most literal sense! Creating something out of nothing, conjuring images into someone else's mind from hundreds of thousands of miles away, transcending space and time. It's amazing!

Lastly, my final piece of advice is to just write for fun. Write things nobody else will ever see just because you wanted to get words onto paper. You have to unlearn what was drilled into you in school. You are more than a content creation machine. You are an artist, a wordsmith. And just know that there will never be a day when you look at your own work and say "That's it, I have achieved perfection."

Writing is a life-long journey. Just enjoy the ride!

[earlymornings]

very seriously considering quitting my research position (vent below)

basically i have a Big issue with how passive aggressive this guy is

before today there were 3 instances:

in late nov, i had a fever for a whole week, and the first day i got sick, i immediately sent him a message that i probs wouldn't be able to get things done for said week. he then proceeds to message me every day asking when i can get him my deliverables, and i would have to reply repeatedly with "i'm sick, i'll get stuff done by the end of this week if i can, if not, by next week's meeting fs"

throughout winter break, he made me work, which is technically not allowed in student RA contracts bc "school's not in session" if that makes sense - but he said i had to make up for all the work i didn't do in late nov + early dec bc i had finals. this was pretty screwed up and it also didn't help that he really sucked at communicating tasks.

this past tues, he gets mad at me when i missed our meeting + not getting a deliverable in on time even though i still had time? definitely on me for missing the meeting, google calendars you're my biggest op, but we had agreed over the weekend that i would get it to him by tues night. he asked me why he hadn't gotten it tues afternoon. like what dude do you even read the slack convos we have???? if you don't like a deadline, feel free to lmk???? i'm more than happy to get things done for you earlier, if you would just lmk?? don't agree on deadlines that don't align with your schedule?

and then TODAY, i find out i've been rolled off of my most major assignment and replaced by another RA. funny thing is, this assignment's actually managed by a phd student my prof advises, and she was still pinging me about things i need to do. so when i checked in with her 30 min ago bc i saw the other RA in the commit log, she was like "uh lemme check with the prof what." i then message my prof and he's like "we'll move you onto smth else unless there are other things to be done on this assignment."

like what. i know you don't owe me an explanation. i know you're mad at me lolz. BUT HOW TF DOES THE PHD STUDENT WHO MANAGES THE WHOLE PROJECT NOT EVEN KNOW A NEW MEMBER WAS ADDED TO HER TEAM AND WAS ACTIVELY CHANGING UP THE FUCKING CODE????

not to even mention how blatantly rude his replies are??? like hello???? no one except you knows what's going on in the grand scheme of things - don't just give me the barest of explanations.

it's clear he's upset with me, and i'm not claiming to be the best RA out there. but seriously, i've pulled wayyyy too many all-nighters for this guy, and idek what he wants from me anyway.

[ihateasthma]

a rant ish

So a couple weeks ago i stopped eating with technically my bf's freinds. (I had considered them as freinds but they didn't consider me a freind)I want my bf to show or jsut send this to the "freinds" so that they know. and i am not looking for a response not. online nor irl.

This is a shared problem bc our freind group was O1(my bf), R, D, G, N(no longer a freind for other reasons. wont go into it) and E and O who doesnt have anything to do with the situatuion(kinda) but they will be mentioned. and yes. its long. idc at this point.

This started last year as an 8th grader and has gone into 9th grade. I've recently have been sitting alone most days. Its because you. D, R, and G you three have never. NEVER treated me as a freind. along with N but you guys atleast started convos with N. you would reather just talk over me than actually talk to me.And from what O1 has said I can be a bit to much. Which I can agree. expecally last year bc it was THE FIRST YEAR OF THE SCHOOL WE GO TO. Everything in my body was constantly going off.(looking into my past i was. least to say horrassed by being bi. aka LBGTQ+ in my old school and being in a LBGTQ+ accepting school was so weird for me) and I wouldn't have made this post if it was just that. But time and time again I tried to connect to you three. I've genuenly have tried to connect, form trying to invite you to my house, only to get told no then the monday following having to hear. RIGHT IN FROUNT OF ME I NEED TO ADD. you three talking about how great it was being at eachothers houses. Even when I invited you guys weeks in advanced you guys where. "to busy!" and then say that same shit again. And from what N had said in the past its the same with her aswell. I understand O1, G, D, and R have known eachother for more than 3 years. And I really do understand that their bonds are special. But atleast O1 tried to get you guys to talk to me or just talked to me. And same with N. You guys moved to sit with E and O and didnt tell me or O1 without even telling us why and the only reason you guys told me is I asked "Hey why did you start to sit with E and O??" and then told me what N had done to make ya'll move away. I HAD TO ASK. NOT JUST BE TOLD ME AND O1 WAS SITTING/TALKING TO A CREEP WHILE YOU GUYS JUST SAT SOMEWHERE ELSE. I considered you guys as freinds. for the longest time. And I stupidly belived that we where freinds. And last year when I asked for help on assignments ya'll would always go "yeah in a moment" AND NEVER HELP ME EVEN WHEN I HAD ASKED MUTIPLE TIMES.

idk what else to say. I've never been good with words nor emoitions... And I used to blame myself for all of it but I shouldn't have. Blamming myself is just a normal protocal I have. Because of shitty ppl like you guys.

@yellow-computer-mouse send this to R, D, and G. I'm not even going to give them the privlage to send them this. either send it or tell them I made a post they should really read.

[hiding-under-the-willow]

what did you do today?

I bounced between like five different art projects (Painted the hat for my halloween costume, did some sewing work for a project in the sculpture class I'm in, finished that watcher rt drawing I posted this morning, worked on the next chapter of LaHoF, etc.), went to my one class for today (composition, we played some writing trivia game to pick time slots for a presentation we're doing at the end of the semester), and went out to the art departments printing lab on the other side of campus to pick up a print of the last illustrator drawing I posted bc we've got critique for that assignment tomorrow! I am a person incapable of chilling the fuck out hence the one billion projects going on despite it technically being one of my easy school days lol

Nice day overall! The afternoon boredom has led me to reading through old drafts sitting around in my google docs and I'm rediscovering some fun stuff I forgot was in there currently :]

[the-gayest-show]

6, 8, 31 (for artist ask game!)

6. Favorite thing to draw?

At the moment, probably Cedric. Spent the entire day drawing him yesterday (will post the results of that eventually) and it was damn enjoyable. Generally as like an artist thing I guess expressions, I've always loved them! So much changes about a face judging by the eyebrow, eye shape, mouth, etc. I've always gravitated towards them as both something I think I'm good at capturing and something I enjoy drawing.

8. Thing you struggle to draw?

Anatomy to a point (?), but extension full body is a definite struggle for me. Like technically I spent like $200 on a 2 month class but probably picked up like 2-3 things. Learning things is hard when there's no motivation attached to it. I'll get back into it later maybe

But also backgrounds because I haven't drawn one, like, ever so uhhh I don't think I've ever drawn a piece with a background. I do intend on doing that in the near future though.

31. Which fandom have you drawn the most for?

Great question! I would probably say The Ghost and Molly McGee in recent memory because I remember a summer last year where I basically filled my sketchbook with various tgamm drawings and was drawing daily/rather consistently. I've probably drawn every single human tgamm character at least once.

I can still draw Molly's hair from memory and Scratch as well. That show changed me as an artist for sure. I don't think I've done that with a lot of fandoms (good omens is an exception but even then not as much bc I have a track record of inserting the characters in school art assignments, what a time that was).

[neptuniadoesstuff]

"That face when you just committed a crime in Varona"

Goofy ahh Meem doodle for a assignment I'm doing in Summer Skool :')

This is how I imagine Romeo btw. (Who I consider a bit of a creep bcs bro is almost like 18)

& yeh I had to take a Pic of this on my phone bcs WE DONT GET ACCESS TO TUMBLR ON THE CHROMEBOOKS!

Character belongs to Shakespeare.

Art is mine

Program: Old School MS Paint. (Technically JS Paint but who cares)

Bubs' TOS: Plz don't repost/steal, trace, or recolor my art WITHOUT MY PERMISSION! If you do, I'll take yur femur and pelvis.. SO, DON'T THINK ABOUT IT! (The PNS on my blog's pinned post clearly means "Please No Steal" plz follow that rule.) If you do post my art on anything like yur blog or somewhere else (With my permission) PLEASE CREDIT ME!

[trentcrimminallybeautiful]

15 questions, 15 mutuals.

Tagged by @sighonaraa !! <3

Are you named after anyone? - my birth name included one name for a great grandmother and the other for a member of royalty (:/). as for gert. well. that's a whole saga, but it boils down to "assigned gert by obituary writer". i guess i kinda was named after gert/marion?

When was the last time you cried? - like properly cried? a few weeks before finals. total breakdown, long story. not finals related, weirdly. but if you just mean like tearing up i tear up any time i really start laughing so probably yesterday?

Do you have kids? - absolutely not

Do you use sarcasm a lot?- do i use sarcasm? 🤨

What's the first you notice about people? - you know, i'm not sure. probably how they talk? but if you mean physically, maybe like. hair? or just, whatever is noticeable about them idk

What's your eye colour?- greyish

Scary movies or happy endings? - happy endings!

Any special talents? - i like to think i've got a decent singing voice. but really, my main and only talent is writing <3 and, of course, the gift of gab

Where were you born? - the us of a

What are your hobbies? - video games (both the playing of and dissecting of), writing for fun and profit, art/drawing (badly) particularly with graphite and oil pastel, gifmaking

Have you got any pets? - sort of? i live with a cat but she is technically my brother's. but even if i'm not the one who buys her food i have to put up with her (affectionate) a lot

What sports do you play/have you played? - lmao i was the "always picked last bc i was a skinny little loser" kid. the closest i've come is being decent at capture the cone as a kid in pe, and that was also bc tiny me was a little maniac who was actively attempting psychological warfare during the capture the cone,

How tall are you? - like. somewhere between 5'2 and 5'4? havent' checked recently, genuinely not sure. but it's in that range. probably 5'3 or 4?

Favourite subject in school? - english, probably. i've also always enjoyed mythology if you wanna get more specific. and theatre! i love theatre

Dream job? - hmmm. well dream job would be some form of creator--a video game designer, an author, an artist, or even an actor (perhaps on stage!), but like, in a "im making enough to live, and im kinda famous but not Too famous" way, but barring that, possibly a college professor or a librarian at a university? or maybe an editor or something along those lines? i'm pretty comfortable in academic spaces--or as comfortable as i'm ever going to be--and i enjoy a lot of the things those types of jobs would involve.

Tagging: hmmm @casismybestfriend @eryaforsthye @peachygos @mvshortcut @mysteriouseggsbenedict @sqenthusiast @kar-krashew @vamplanaut @thehouseofgrey @normal-thoughts-official @despite-everything @bahoreal @goyeeahaw @ragecndybars @rngaredead

no pressure!! no pressure at all, if you ignore this or don't see it or anything i will not be offended. patting your head.

[lilmerh]

for pride asks!!

3, which pronouns do you use?

7, are you the token queer person in your family?

14, how do you think other factors like neurodivergency or upbringing have impacted your identity?

21, what message would you give to your younger self?

25, which part of queer discourse frustrates you the most?

3. She/they/he and also secretly fae prns!! I don't like telling people my pronouns. It makes me gender dysphoric for some reason I can't quite figure out

7. I think so! At least I'm the only openly gay person I know in my entire fam

14. My upbringing definitely helped bc I wasn't raised by homo/transphobic people, nor were surrounded by them in school or other places. This led to me having no shame upon learning I was gay (I did have a bit of a struggle with not being "trans enough", but overtime I worked through that).

My Autism Sense Of Justice made me very stubborn in my beliefs of LGBT rights, equity n equality, and I try to speak in favour of this whenever I can (in class, assignments, and such, mainly).

My autism itself didn't impact my gay identities much... except for figuring out my romantic identity. A major question I asked myself used to be "am I aromantic or just autistic???". Those two may seem unrelated, but being autistic, it made me question my aromantic identity a lot. The main reason was basically "am I actually aromantic, or does my autism just mean I dislike/experience differently the societal expectations of romance?" f.ex. kissing, that weird eye contact thing, other body language "signs" of crushing, playing hard to get n other things that were viewed as romantic that I just hated.

Over time I came to the conclusion that I should just... try calling myself aromantic and follow other aros and read their experiences and see if my mind changed. If I was wrong, I could always just... change the label I use for myself. An' now I confidently identify as aromantic lol (technically more accurately greyromantic and biromantic, but I just say aromantic because it's easier + I don't have to care too much about defining myself)

21. I don't have much I would say to myself tbh. If anything, I would tell my younger self to not watch like... Steven Crowder and other cringe ppl's LGBT videos. During a short period of time (that I grew out of bc I stopped agreeing with their views), I used to watch conservative's vids on LGBT because I believed I "had to remain neutral" (for whatever reason) and so had to "respect" their takes even if I didn't agree with em.

I don't know if I would actually tell my younger self to not watch them, though, bc I think in some way, having had that short phase was beneficial to my development?

-It makes me slightly more understanding to people who don't know much about the LGBT and might say off things. Since I fell for the cringe ppl's words for a short bit, I can extend a certain degree of understanding to people who aren't outright hateful, but still say off things/agree with the cringe ppl (note "a certain degree")

-The embarassement from having listened to bigoted ppl for some time makes me wore open to learn an be against exclusion + be more firm in my own beliefs because OMG I do NOT want to repeat that mistake again *skull emoji*

25. If I were to pick one... probably the insistance that labels are set in stone and no person can ever break them or use contradictory or confusing labels.

Gayness, for many of us is hard to define, or we might just not want to, for whatever reason. For some, using a broad label like "queer" is more comfortable. For some people, their labels might change with time or how they feel (say, a genderfluid person who identifies as achillean "despite" being a girl sometimes). Sometimes it's a matter of community (like, a transmasc still calling himself a lesbian, even though that label is mainly assosciated with women, because he identified as a lesbian for years and still does bc he still has ties to the community). Sometimes people choose one label over another more "accurate" one (like me!! I think omnisexual would technically describe my attraction the most accurately, and yet I choose bi. It's more well known + it's just always been there for me, yk?)

Being gay is confusing!! Not everyone can decipher the exact labels that describe their experiences perfectly. Not everyone wants to, either. Some people feel more trapped by doing that than just calling themselves "trans".

I am all for people making super-specific labels to describe their experiences, and I ALSO think no one should force another gay person to use/conform to a specific label.

In my opinion, LGBT labels are mainly useful for two things:

To understand your own experience, describe your experience to yourself

Communicate that experience to others, find community, have a word for your similar experiences, use that word + community to fight against anyone who tells you you're lesser than or don't exist

I think the more important factor is that people feel comfortable with the label they choose, rather than fretting about which label to choose.

Policing labels never does anything helpful for the community, it just brings infighting. Also, it ignores the fact that each label has a different definition depending on who you talk to. Many labels also have a long history, which means people are gonna have different opinions of what it means because language naturally changes and evolves. (One term is "lesbian". I've seen so many different definitions and flag variations, I probably couldn't list them all. Another one is "transgender", which evolved from "transsexual" which evolved from "transvestite".) No label in the LGBT community is viewed 100% identically by every person. Therefore, we should just let people assign whichever label they want to their own experience.

Everyone experiences being gay differently; forcing everyone with a specific experience to use a specific identity kills the biodiversity and variation within that community.

[imraespace]

OKBIGANG IT IS MY LUNCH I BOUGHT A COOKIE FOR 2 DOLLARS IT WAS SO BOMB UMMM

i got my science avg bsck wnd i went down by 1% which is 89 -> 88 HELP ITS NOT THAT BAD MY CLASS IS JUST WEIRDLY SMART??? WHY AM I IN A CLASS WHERE EVERYONE IS DAMN SMART HELPMEE LIKE WHAT AND THEN I THINK KM GONNA GET MY CIVICS AVG TOMORROW UM guys we got this ithink we go up i had an 82 because i messed up one assignment wait no im a liar i messed up two and they were both 66% ??? ITS NOT EVEN MY FAULT EIRHER THE ANSWERS WERE SO VAGUE TO THE POINT THERE WERE TWO ANSWERS LIKE EQUALITY RIGHTS AND MOBILITY RIGHTS GO HAND IN HAND LIKE THEY ARE PRACTICALLY SIMILAR AT THIS POINT THIS IS WHY IM NOT GONNA BECOME A LAWYER EFF THIS GUYS maybe ill become a business student again bc if we go into the technicalities i will technically be a business owner w how my dad owns a bunch of stuff so eremrmerm maybe we migrate to business and we can be business buddies hahstag collaborations

ermemrmer im losing my train of thought i told ym mom about my scienc egrade and she was like omg we shpuld watch moana 2 as a treat and like i wanna watch smile 2 as well bc im into horror movies muehehhehe emrmerm I FORGOT EVERYTHING ELSE UGH but umumumum im ag 15% and i dont think im getting home soon bc my momi asked if i have a club agterschool so idk wher we are going 😋😋HELPEM

Dailt quesiton is umumumumumum do you need to fart bc i do

- 🐙

PMGA A COOKIE rn I'm doing some pass principles of business exams like a studious student..

I'll pretend ik what an avg is WHY IS THERE SO MANY ABRIVIATIONS IN AMERCIA SCHOOLS

omg smart class🤫 NOT LIKE THE SCIENCE CLASS IN MY SCHOOL all I hear from them.is drama like pick up a book bro🙄😒😒

HEPO IN GIGGLING I hatw that fr..

YWAHSAA A BUSINESS STURNT!!!!

MOANA 2 IS COMING OUT IN TGE MIDDLE OF MY FLIPPING EXAMS KROAMDNAMJDJS my friend still wanna carry me like when exams are over so heheheheh

oh horror movies I could barely even play horror games.. I'm a scurdy cat fr..

HELP? well I answered this quite late so hopefully your home now..

not rn there's no toots to be tooted!!! hopefully your toot tooted already!!

[marinecorvid]

marinecorvid cinematic universe protag yuri headcanons

leaf: bi, travels around and has flings. had a thing with may for a summer but whoops that ended with some drama and leaf fucked off. may or may not be in something dedicated with kris, who she's been consistently on n off with...

dawn/duška: very strongly acearo but has a weird lowkey fixation on cynthia (that kinda gets transferred to volo when she gets eebie deebied to hisui? if it does she's at least aware of it at that point and tries to ignore it. not quite successfully. like she's got this Thing about a woman most certainly unattainable for years unending and then gets thrown in front of a guy who looks just like said woman who is theoretically much more attainable. it's A Lot is what im sayin)

summer: there's some weird tension between her and blue for a few different reasons during gs (this is my mirror, this is my undoing, this is who saves me when i wouldn't have done the same), but do get together postgame and post-big-wip-fanfiction. they're both a little silly emotionally so it's not like an easy or quick process lol but they get there. (technically a throuple with red eyes but this aint about him)

hilda/gwyn: gets together with bianca just before or after bw climax, a casual item bw postgame. and then she gets Got by ghetsis and is stuck in the dark stone with zekrom for several years and maybe their personalities merge a little bit and she comes out Different. and both of them aren't quite sure about it (they're both still best friends and care for each other, gwyn still loves her, but she's more aggressive, more detached from other humans... it's a bit rough for both of them)

serena/yvonne: gay gay homosexual gay her and shauna get together mid-journey and stay together! they both do struggle, having both gone through Horrors Unimaginable - yvonne more broadly (shauna helps ground her when her I Am God thots get too big) but they remain a successful item :)

selene/moon: GAY GAY HOMOSEXUAL GAY her n lillie obvs. experiencing the horrors together. long distance relationship coparenting a centuries, possibly thousands of years old alien. initially v friendly with each other, took each other a while to open up about their respective issues, very standard cute romance, they deserve it. probably nothing bad will cause them any strife. probably. lusamine's theme intensifies

honorable mentions

didnt get her in the main list bc she's not my hoenn protag but may is also in fact Of Lesbos. did have a thing with leaf that ended... weirdly. gets into contests briefly solely to impress lisia (which like. it worked, they get to go on that date i was disappointed i didn't get to have with her on my first oras playthrough)

solana - i don't care abt pr1 as much as the others but i like to think she's bi. paparazzi accounts vary on which of the go-rock quads she's having a thing with. aria is very secretly very attracted to her arms (very strong)

kate - not my soa protag but she's still prominent in the narration; i'm torn between 2 interpretations of kate/rhythmi 1) an item since early ranger school, went on break when assigned to different areas but never develop an interest in anyone else and resume being Together once Kate is promoted to top ranger 2) kate has a crush on her for a Very Long Time but doesn't act on it (doesn't want to violate prime directive/potentially ruin friendship) while rhythmi is undergoing compulsory heterosexuality. rhythmi figures it out eventually and goes oh. Oh! and immediately goes to suck face with kate (who is crying tears of joy at this point) (also they may be part of a loose poly thing with kellyn and keith? idk figuring it out. they at least all share an apartment)

cynthia/diantha - Yes. strong respect for each other as battlers, personalities mesh well mostly behind closed doors (where diantha feels less pressure to be diantha the movie star and champion, and more diantha the person)

Malva - i think she is somewhat fucked up in several ways and repressed in several ways and if she took the time to do some self searching she'd discover something about herself. or maybe she's aware and just doesn't think about it

i dont play swsh but i like marnie/gloria. scottish/welsh solidarity

there's probably more but nothing off the top of my head. if i replay some games i'll probably have more thots

oh and skyla/elesa. obviously

[dashielldeveron]

hi hello you may not remember but i sent a couple of asks about the shiggy route and was tentatively called mid-dec anon um. i have returned with thoughts ! again!

god the world building in this was absolutely gorgeous and so unique in its mechanics you should be so incredibly proud of yourself. there’s too much to say so i will pick a theme and my theme is the little throughlines you’ve done across the routes and how GORGEOUSLY you subverted them in the meta-route (i know you said it’s not necessarily a true route and also if it was my heart would break so. meta route). it absolutely tickled me pink how pink lemonade is NOT AVAILABLE. i adored how instead of experiencing the government assigned chapstick flavour in the Kiss Scene we are the ones wearing the chapstick. applying it to izuku kind of. technically. he is NOT wearing Moulded To Your Ass line but his ass is so fine he may as well be i’m so delighted!!!

I also absolutely adore how you bring your other interests into the fic like star trek and perhaps ouran high school host club? maybe? i ALSO liked how the “fine. lotus” REALLY reminded me of your hawks fic “spine, baby”.

the way that you pointed out hitoshis across all routes love in izukus route because i did not notice and now it is all i can see! heartbreak!!!! i think izuku is a very very difficult character to nail and by god did you nail it i’ve said it already and i’ll say it again you should be beyond proud of yourself.

i fear i may have to send more asks because you wrote 60k and a cumulative OVER 200k so there is much to consider. I donated to your ko fi and im only mentioning it in this ask because i think you should promo it

oh, hello!!! of course i remember you!!! you were very clever about it all!!! good to hear from you again!!!

may i be honest?? i am so STUPID i did not even realise i was destroying the throughlines. i was just thinking about how if a fundraiser has two pre-made cocktails, they prob don't have much to offer for non-alcoholic girlies. that since we haven't kissed him yet, we should get the chapstick so that we can focus on it more. GOD you've pointed out something really cool; i wish i had been consciously thinking about it so it could be cooler!!!!

and lololol i wanted to give izuku one of my specific badges of honour, which is Nerd So Into Star Trek That They Know Behind-the Scenes Stories. he deserves to be really into more than just hero work, and there's so much star trek stuff out there that i think his obsessive, cataloguing nature would carry over well. and i remember i put in "suoh's seaside cafe" thinking of tamaki ohshc--was there something else i ref with them, too? i wouldn't doubt it, since i am into ohshc, but the specific ref is escaping me rn

hitoshi!!! we love him!!! and Worse, he Loves Us Always!!!! and izuku--thaaaaaaaank you for saying i write him well, bc he is a difficult lil guy. thank you!!!!

and..........oh my god???? oh my GOD?????????? you donated to my ko-fi????? gracious. good lord. wow, okay, firstly, i canNOT thank you enough; i now feel like i'm a little victorian newspaper serial writer who got paid for their work--golly, wow, you are so VERY, VERY kind and generous; thank you so much!!!!!!!! (if i can figure out how to do a promo post, i will, but this hasn't happened before, so it may take some screwing around lololol.) but GOSH thank you so much. i'm v v excited to hear from you now, and i'll love any more thoughts you send in!!! i'm really glad that you like the silly stories i write!!!!!! xx.

[thepixelelf]

hiii thank you for the advice ursa!! as for the situation I’ll tell you about it.

It’s about my older sister more than anyone else in my family. When I say like I have to work my schedule even life around hers I truly do mean it. I basically didn’t get to choose the program of study i originally wanted bc it was an hour away and since she was going to start her externship before I did, she thought it was inconvenient for me to do that bc she needs someone to drop off & pick up my nephew from school. This part I get a bit yk but it’s just unfair to me bc now I’m being forced to study something I didn’t want in the first place. I talked to her about this before but she always says the same thing “it’s too far I think you should stick to the program that’s 20 minutes away instead.” This is a huge reason why I don’t want to/ I’m scared to speak up for myself bc I feel like my feelings don’t matter. And not to mention I’ve been putting off all of the perquisite courses that I have to take in person because of her as well. I could’ve been done with my prereqs a year ago if it wasn’t for her. She thinks my school is far from our house (it’s only like 20 minutes away) but it’s inconvenient for her bc she wants me to take care of my nephew all the time. I’m not even kidding sometimes she’ll go out w my brother in law for hours and she’ll leave my nephew w me. In the rare cases she does take him w her as soon as they get home she’ll make a comment somewhere along the line of “it’s your turn to watch him” like wdym he’s not my child?!!

For the part of my homework, I don’t put off family time just for homework if anything it’s the complete opposite. I usually always put off doing homework because someone needs something and in most cases it’s my older sister. This past May I was really busy doing homework bc it was the last few weeks of school. she would make snarky comments like “you’re doing homework AGAIN” or “oh here we go again, we’re just gonna see you on your laptop all day.” Mind you these were assignments I couldn’t put off. I had 2 papers worth like half of my grade and on top of that a presentation for another class and I also had to study for final exams. Her problem is that she depends on me too much to help her with my nephew. I love him more than anything but sometimes I can’t even enjoy my days or even vacation bc she constantly wants me to watch him. I swear to you there’s times when I take care of him more than she does in a week.

I could keep going on and on about this but they’re all similar situations just in different ways. I guess what I’m saying is that I of course want to have a conversation with her about it but I know she’s going to find a way to turn this on me. If not she’s going to make me feel guilty about even bringing anything up (I know this from past experiences). It’s a very difficult situation and I wish I would stop worrying so much about her feelings instead of mine.

I’m so exhausted and mentally drained but I truly do appreciate you helping me out with this ursa, it means so much. 🩷

I am saying this completely genuinely: switch to your first choice program of study. It is doing no one any good if you are studying something you don't like when you could have an academic career you DO want. If it's possible to make the switch (and I mean possible as in your school lets you, not whether anyone else thinks you shouldn't) I say do it. Better to make the change now rather than regret an entire degree later. To be able to get post secondary education is already an incredible opportunity, and you should be allowed to use it to study what YOU want to study. It's YOUR future, not anyone else's.

If you have trouble justifying/explaining to your family/sister, I'd suggest talking about it like this:

(Using my program/career as a placeholder)

“If I'm going to be a [professional stage manager], then I need to go to this university/college/school and take this [technical theatre stage management] program that they offer.” And back it up with, “This is the field of study I want to work in, and I won't have the career I want if I'm doing the program that is ‘more convenient’.” 

Obviously that alone isn't enough but I can assure you that you can and should take the study program you want to take. Look into what it would be like to transit daily to that 1 hour away school, and at the same time look into dormitories/roommates/on and off campus living for that school. 1 hour away is actually pretty significant, BUT worth it in the long run if you do the work to find what is viable for you.

Please know that I am open to continuing talking with you about this bc I understand that it's not always easy to stand up for yourself (especially in cases of family) and this post might not be enough to fully convince you. I just really think you deserve better and I want you to live the life you wanna live!!

Also— your 4 year old nephew is not your responsibility! As a 22 year old aunt, being available to pick up your nephew from school if one of his parents were suddenly unavailable would be a normal level of favour to do for your sister. Picking him up from school every single day is not. Yes, a 4yo can't be left alone, but either your 28yo sister or 30yo brother in law need to be able to take care of that!!!!! THEY chose to be parents so THEY need to take responsibility. Either they have to figure out a way to pick him up, or they can look into a daycare service or babysitters. You are not a free babysitter!

I understand that living with them gives way to a different dynamic, but think about it this way: if you had 0% input on whether or not this child was going to exist, then you take 0% responsibility for their care. Of course you can offer to help watch this child from time to time, but it never was and never should have been your duty!! Like it's honestly ridiculous for these two grown adults to expect you to watch their child that often! You are still so young!!!!!!!! 22 is legally an adult yes but like!! Barely!!! You're still in school and have so much ahead of you and ugh!!! This made me heated!!

I think a huge part of this is that you need to start believing that your feelings matter, anon, because they really do. Tell anyone else about your situation and they'll tell you the same thing I am. You matter!