#Smart Notes and Writing

[recsspecs]

In psychology, this is known as the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Poor students lack insight into their own limitations – as they would have to know about the vast amount of knowledge out there to be able to see how little they know in comparison. That means that those who are not very good at something tend to be overly confident, while those who have made an effort tend to underestimate their abilities. Poor students also have no trouble finding a question to write about: they neither lack opinions nor the confidence that they have already thought them through. They also won’t have trouble finding confirming evidence in the literature as they usually lack both interest and skill to detect and think through disconfirming facts and arguments.

- How to Take Smart Notes (Sönke Ahrens)

[writeshite]

Spencer’s head was swimming. You held his wrists just ahead of him in one hand, the other held him by his hip, what little freedom Spencer had was spent gripping the sheets and incessantly pleading to you. His knees had given out, but you held him up as much as you needed him to be, not that you were doing any sort of moving.

He whined softly, pushing back as best as he could to incite you, he winced at the stretch that accompanied his resolve, the pain had faded as you’d worked your cock as patiently and slowly as excruciatingly possible. You tut at his behavior, leaning closer, “I know what you want, darling, but patience is a virtue,” you reminded him.

You adjust your legs and Spencer’s head falls forward when your dick incidentally slips out, “Sorry, love,” pushing aside one of Spencer’s arse cheeks, Spencer mewled and you held him firmly before he could greedily push himself back onto your cock. It had been this way for an hour or two, slow fucking followed by stillness, Spencer was on the verge of tears with his begging. You move again, dick dragging inside Spencer, he felt like his body was alight, you languidly rocked against him, kissing the hickeys you’d left along his neck and shoulders.

Mercifully, you don’t stop indefinitely this time, pace increasing until the headboard was slamming against the wall, you release Spencer’s hands to focus on holding his hips, and Spencer clutches the sheets tighter. “W—what happened to patience?” He half snarks, gasping breathlessly.

“Hard to be patient when I’ve got you, love,” your response equally as breathless, you groan softly, “fuck…” Relief washes over Spencer and he sings a chorus of gratitude when you fuck him earnestly, his senses scramble further, the headboard banging against the wall a distant sound.

"Cookie?" You yawned, waking, you turned to see Spencer trying to hide his face in the nook between your neck and the pillows. You raise a brow and muse, “What’s got you all shy?”

Spencer mumbles something, blushing, burrows his face further and you note the flustered red hue present on his skin. “Didn’t quite catch that, sweetheart,” you tease, but Spencer doesn’t clarify himself, growing redder and quieter, you chuckled softly and bundle him in your arms.

[the-golden-weapons]

I’d like to think Jay and Nya are very funny because they are both mechanics, but in entirely opposite ways:

Nya has all her tools in proper order. In her workshop, there is never any scrap part going unused. Any notes and blueprints since the ripe age of 12 have been carefully stored and saved, no matter how much she cringes when looking back on them. The Samurai X designs and revisions have their own file cabinet as well as digital backups. Her measurements are double and triple checked, even though she probably had it right the first time. Every choice she makes is calculated and buffed out, from the interlocking gears to the paint job. She prides on her work on being practical and aesthetic, thank you very much.

Jay, meanwhile, is the definition of fuck around and find out. Blueprints? Who needs em, anyways? The only thing vaguely resembling “notes” in his work area are scrap pieces of paper with the most round-about mathematics ever (complete with indecipherable short-hand and a stick figure drawing of Jay holding a blowtorch, naturally.) He will change up plans on the fly and casually stick his hands in very sharp moving parts like there is no tomorrow. Safety equipment? He grew up in a junkyard. He had a wrench in his hand before he could walk. Yeah, no, he’s pretty sure he’s fine, thanks.

[durchdenspiegel]

28.03.2024

A little over a month left to finish my BA thesis, so in reality, a few weeks to get a decent product to send to my friends to read over… I am determined to actually have a first draft at the end of the week (utopian) because I really want some space to breathe before the next semester sweeps me up again.

Roughly one third written - I‘m testing if „study with me“ videos help me stay productive long term to meet my goal 😮‍💨

[kiyomitakada]

crossposting this (mildly edited) 3sf fill to tumblr because i like it. prompt: any, werewolf/any, consummation, consumption

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It's incredibly easy to switch on his most righteous glare and promise the task force that he'd cremate L himself, as was dictated in the will; it's incredibly easy to arrange a discrete mode of transportation with the coroner; it's incredibly easy to drag L's body out into the woods — the fabric of his white shirt bunching around the shoulders, twigs getting caught on his jeans, as Light smirks to himself how much L would hate this — and lay him in a brilliant little spot of moonlight and just let go.

Ryuk had warned him about the physical changes the Death Note would give him — nothing he couldn't repress, even if the sensation of claws sliding in between the tendons of his fingers was somewhat disquieting if he paid attention to it, which he usually didn't: it bothered him to imagine he was shifting into something inhuman when the whole point was that he was human, he was working for humanity, he had to stay as pure and unsullied as he could (and yes, alright, he was a little mad that he'd apparently gotten the short end of the stick since some Death Note users could have wings) — but he forgets about all this when he sees L just lying there, limp as a marionette, his body maddeningly whole despite Light's annihilation of his consciousness; he remembers the soft gasp L had made when Light had let one talon just barely brush his cheek as he held him in death, that one last look reading I knew it, and then Light closes his eyes and lets the claws slide out and doesn't think at all.

Later he almost regrets it — in the bathroom after the funeral he washes his hands feverishly even though he knows the marks are long gone — but then he swipes his tongue over his teeth and finds a small blood clot still lodged in the back: he swallows it, letting the tang burst in his throat, and smiles.

[kissthenova]

tumblr what do we think of my writing a fanfic where matsuda gets the death note instead of light and truly the only reason he is getting away with how sus he's being is because he's cute and people think he's dumb

im ass at plotting though someone help me lowkey

[talisthighs]

Viktor wearing just the one glove did things to Jayce

And watching him take off his safety gloves (the times he remembers to use them)? Jayce has many a bi panic over the years

Jayce ALWAYS noticed viktors hands for sure. But for him to put gloves on…to peel them off….he was sweating, not understanding the things that were awakening him lmao. The bi panic comment is real you are SO right. JAYCE FT. VIKTORS SLENDER BEAUTIFUL METICULOUS HANDS

[bogkeep]

saturday: awake, focused, wrote about 2k words for my thesis which is a lot for me

sunday: brain, mushed. body, floppy. did a little bit of editing and crashed

monday: for eight hours i read over 100 pages of dense literature on timekeeping history and wrote several pages of notes with page numbers to reference. got emotional about how i have never before been able to focus so well on an academic text like this

tuesday: blinks blearily at my document. how do i type words

conclusion: Use Brain is a spell with 1 day cooldown after casting

[novadragoness]

A builder who totally understands where X is coming from, collecting all those shinies for Coco, because she also likes shiny things, and has been secretly leaving pretty rocks on Unsuur's porch for weeks now.

[heloflor]

I kind of hinted at it in previous posts but I’m kind of fascinated and very amused by how Peri is low-key a daddy’s boy in New Wish.

For those asking, the things that make me call Peri a daddy’s boy are 1. Cosmo being the more cuddly parents and taking the situation more seriously than Wanda when it comes to their son, 2. Peri taking a lot after Cosmo personality-wise, and 3. looking back Peri seems to have more patience towards Cosmo than he does Wanda, though I definitely think that last point is a bit of a stretch and not something the writers actually intended.

Giving examples for these three elements under the cut (1k words):

1. Cosmo being the more cuddly parent:

- In “Lost and Founder’s Day” he cries about missing his son

- in “Battle of the Dimmsonian” when reuniting with Peri he’s the first to speak and gushes about him

- Same in “Lost in Fairy World” with him taking pictures and being the first to gush about Peri, calling him his and Wanda’s baby boy later on too and also the small hug when talking about the tracking devices

- Again in “Operation Birthday Takeback” he throws himself at Peri at the beginning (granted I see this more as Wanda respecting her son’s boundaries) and then is more openly gushy when Peri agrees to give them a tour (and I still adore this moment, those three are so goddamn cute!!!)

- At the end of “Dig a Little Deeper” when Peri snaps back at Dev, Cosmo joins in to back up his son

- Cosmo spends the whole show hiding behind Wanda when scared and/or stressed out yet in “Best of Luck” he straight up starts a fight, all because Irep was insulting Peri; and while he does also stand up against Vicky in “Operation Birthday Takeback”, 1. He was doing so with Wanda, 2. Vicky was playing the nice act so they didn’t feel in immediate danger and 3. Cosmo brings up Timmy in this scene, Timmy being basically his adopted son so it’s still a show of his paternal instincts

- Oh yeah and at the end of “Best of Luck” Cosmo visibly hugs tighter, tho it’s worth noting Wanda is the one hugging tighter at the beginning of “Lost In Fairy World” (goes against my argument but I like being throughout)

- In “Battle of Big Wand” Wanda tends to Peri by standing next to him and rubbing his back while Cosmo straight up holds him in his arms. Also Cosmo does it for longer than Wanda. Also also when Wanda tries to talk Dev into helping them and starts insulting him a little, Cosmo catches it and calls her out through gritted teeth, taking the situation more seriously than her

2. Peri is a lot like Cosmo:

- The persona he puts on when trying to look professional has been compared by many to Cosmo’s personality in the “Oh Yeah” shorts. Also I stumbled across what’s apparently a tweet of one of the creators confirming that the voice actor took inspiration on either “Oh Yeah” shorts Cosmo or early seasons Cosmo for the voice

- I’ve also seen comments on a “everytime Peri talks” youtube compilation pointing out how his voice is a lot higher-pitched past his introduction scene, comparing it to Cosmo’s voice gradually getting higher-pitched as the og show went on

- Wasn’t sure where to put it but in “Battle of the Dimmsonian” Peri makes a comment about Cosmo having the heebie-jeebies, showing his dad easily comes to his mind (at least when he knows he’s around)

- In “Battle of the Dimmsonian” the potato wish suggestion; like between the body language and things Peri says, this is pure Cosmo right here (and for some reason I find it very funny)

- In a similar but opposite way, at the end of “Lost in Fairy World” when the fairies hug their kids, Cosmo’s nervous comment about the kids being alive is similar to how Peri acts when stressed out

- There’s a few moments of Peri having a similar expression to Cosmo, those being them eating candies at the beginning of “Lost in Fairy World”, while Wanda is talking after teleporting to Jorgen’s office in that same episode, still in that episode them hugging the godkids at the end, the beginning of “Operation Birthday Takeback” right as Peri escapes Cosmo’s hug, and them waiting for Wanda for a hug at the end of the finale. Granted in “Operation Birthday Takeback” Wanda and Peri have a similar expression when the “computer” lights up after Cosmo danced on it (right before Cosmo hides behind Wanda)

- Peri’s a bit of a cowards, constantly cowering whenever Dev raises his voice (which kills me everytime bc Peri wtf?! You’re a magical godlike creature! Why are you scared of that ten years old child?! And why being so visibly intimidated at the slightest raise of voice?! Who hurt you?!) and as said before Cosmo has a tendency to hide behind Wanda, so yeah he gets it from his dad; and no I’m not including his reaction to Vicky as proof of being scared easily bc there was clearly some trauma here that caused his reaction

- Because I like being throughout, it is worth noting Peri took his mom’s braincells (literally in this show) and flair for the dramatic; but for the most part other than that he seems to take after Cosmo

Also if you imagine that Blonda and Big Daddy changed their names (bc from my understanding Blonda wasn’t always blonde and there’s no way someone named their kid “Big Daddy”) he also took the tendency to get a new name from Wanda’s side of the family

3. Peri is more patient with Cosmo:

Now this one I’m incredibly unsure about as it could just be coincidences but yeah you have some moments in which Peri seems more annoyed with Wanda than Cosmo. For example at the beginning of “Lost in Fairy World”, he tries to escape the camera and looks annoyed when Cosmo gushes about him but doesn’t outright says anything. But when Wanda does the same, he pushes her away and audibly calls her out.

Likewise later on when his parents interrupt him, Peri has a sarcastic laugh with Cosmo but looks more angry with Wanda. Then there’s also “Operation Birthday Takeback” with him trying to escape Cosmo’s hug at the beginning but again not vocally expressing his annoyance, but later on when Wanda makes a cringy comment to the godkids (the “welcome to your dad’s spooky lair”) Peri whines about it.

Now again, those are like three small examples and I don’t think it actually means anything, but since I’m talking about Peri potentially being closer to his dad might as well point this out.

And when I say it doesn’t mean anything, an example from “Lost in Fairy World” I didn’t mention is when Cosmo and Wanda tell Dev he can’t go to Fairy World. Peri doesn’t say anything when Cosmo talks but interrupts when Wanda does. But in that case, I think Peri would have done the same thing to Cosmo had Wanda been the first to talk, it’s more of a coincidence that Wanda was the second to talk here and as a result the one Peri shut down. Hell you could say the same thing about the later scene of them interrupting him, maybe he seems angrier at Wanda because it’s the second time he gets interrupted. So yeah, don’t take that part too seriously.

[a-very-sparkly-nerd]

Rayllum Month 2024! (4/13)

white flowers and love letters, you say i’m yours forever

July 7th - Flowers

~

Rayla hated mornings. Callum couldn't get enough of them- she was convinced he must be on something, but it wasn't her place to say; hell knew she'd done weirder shit. And conversely, Callum hated late night while Rayla loved them. But at least she had a reason- she was a Moonshadow elf, after all. Moon's at night. The math wasn't difficult.

He slumped onto his bedroll when they made camp that night in a meadow, a clear view of the stars above. And if Rayla had chosen it specifically for that, in memory of their last time and hoping for a repeat, well… at least Callum had the good nature to not say anything if it bothered him. He was probably too exhausted to care.

She pushed his hair back. “Go get some rest, Sleepy Mage.”

He groaned, pushing himself up and rubbing at his eyes. “No, I'm fine. I'll help with dinner, and-”

Rayla rolled her eyes, lifting the bag off Luna and holding it out of Callum's reach. “Your eyebags could carry a gallon of milk. Go to bed- you're exhausted. I've got it.” She smiled, letting her hand fall within his reach. “Really.”

Callum took it, sending a rush of warmth through her perpetually cold body, the smile he gave her worth a billion gold coins. No- more. Priceless. “Thanks, Ray.”

She smiled back, squeezing and lingering. “It's not a problem.”

With Callum passed out instantly, Rayla ate a handful of beige bittersquash as she set out her own bedroll. Once she had it laid out as flat as she could get it on the uneven ground, she plucked Stella from her shoulder, the cuddlemonkey looking at her sleepily.

“Shh, I know, baby,” she soothed when she chittered, scratching her under the chin. “Will you do a very quick job for mama?”

Stella nodded eagerly, big purple eyes focusing.

Grinning, Rayla set her down near Callum with a pat on her head. “I'm going to go use the bathroom. Will you keep an eye on our things and Callum for me?”

The cuddlemonkey saluted her, adorably tapping Callum’s shoulder.

Rayla kissed her forehead. “Thanks, baby. I'll be right back. So fast you won't even notice I'm gone.”

She picked her way off through the woods until finding a dark, secluded enough spot to do her business. Stopping the fuss with the buckles of her pants on her walk back–honestly, she’d had them for over a year now, and the damn things never got any easier to clasp–she stopped short.

Nothing looked familiar. Sure, it was dark, but Rayla had always been good at memorizing environments and had keen night vision even for a Moonshadow elf. Shit, was she lost? Wonderful; that was just the icing on the cake.

Rayla flicked open a single blade, letting it hang at her side. She doubted there was anything nearby, but better safe than sorry.

She slowly spun around, getting her bearings and trying to figure out which way was east, the way she’d come from. Moss grew on the north side of trees, so if she could just find some freaking moss, she’d be set.

She squinted at a faint glow in the darkness, picking up the pace as she made her way over, curiosity getting the better of her. She was already lost; what was another detour?

A cluster of flowers bloomed at the base of a tree, glowing silver and shaped like lilies. A little like lunablooms, Rayla couldn’t help thinking, a shuddering wave of nostalgia washing over her.

Rayla inhaled the flowers’ scent, smiling at the smell of, oddly enough, fresh-baked cookies and Stella–unhygienic as the little monkey was, she thought with a snort–and- Callum. Why on earth did a flower smell like her ex-boyfriend? Why did it smell like home?

Greedily, she leaned back in to smell it again, but lurched back when instead of everything she’d longed for those two years away, it smelled of sulfur. Of evil. Rayla coughed, shaking her head. Where had that come from? Yet when she sniffed them again experimentally, certain she’d gone well and truly crazy, she was proven correct by how it had gone back to smelling like home.

She was clearly crazy, Rayla decided. She’d already been having auditory hallucinations, and with the added stress of her parents in her pocket, the fate of the world on her and Callum’s shoulders, everything that might happen once they reached the Starscraper, what he’d asked her to do… She really deserved more credit for keeping herself out of an insane asylum.

She pulled up a flower, gently gripping it by the stem in her free hand, and continued on her way. No reason to kill all of them. Let a little beauty spread around, right? But, come to think of it, it was odd that none of the little blossoms were anywhere to be seen other than that one patch.

But what did Rayla know? She was no Earthblood elf, no botanist. And she had bigger things to worry about than flowers.

And yet, she couldn’t make herself let go of the blossom in her hand.

By the time Rayla found her way back to camp, tired and agitated from stumbling over tree roots and through thorn bushes, it’d been at least twenty minutes since she’d planned on returning. Stella had fallen asleep curled up with Callum, out like a light.

Rayla smiled softly at the monkey, brushing a kiss against her forehead. She glanced down at the flower in her hand, and before she could think better of it, tucked it behind Callum’s ear. Adorable.

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[arsene-fixates]

It looks back at you

It’s cold. Its wisps tickle their fingertips alluringly, beckoning them to step in, to engulf them in itself.

They don’t remember it being this cold. of course they know it is, from the few times they’ve had to go near it for the sake of collecting something, — an innate or unintentional pulling in their body — or for the sake of saving someone.

Saving someone.

Their eyes scan through the clouded white that stretches out for who knows how far up ahead. Curling and crawling between bushes and branches. It’s silent, unlike the forest behind them.

It’s cold. and for the first time it doesn’t feel as threatening as people make it out to be.

They could almost forgo all of the missing people it has taken in, all the people it has intentionally lured into itself. It reaches out to lazily wrap around their pant leg and they don’t move, a breath held as they watch it phase and dissipate.

Right at the edge of it, right where they could disappear, just like the rest. There’s sparks in their lungs as they suck in a breath, a hint of the magic that surrounds this city. it swirls in their throat and it’s dizzying for a moment before giving way to a certain haze in their head and they can’t tell if it’s their own thought or if it’s the result of its supernatural abilities.

They came here of their own volition, as opposed to what others might think. The history of its enticing nature weighing heavy in their mind.

So close, so close.

To think they’re supposed to rid of this, this thick hazy wall of fog. It’s almost a shame, they think. Because no matter what anyone says, it’s undeniable that it is beautiful. Hauntingly beautiful.

Perhaps the townspeople were scared of its beauty, they never fared well with the unknown after all. Like a group of animals scattering the moment a predator stalks into the picture. Except in this case, they are all surrounded, with nowhere to go but into themselves.

In this city, trust is formed as easy as it is broken between the people.

They’re all desperate. Desperate for a saviour.

A saviour.

The word now becoming a mindless overlapping thought as they swirl their fingers around the wall of translucent white.

They feel eyes looking into their own as they stare at the empty mist ahead and they have to will themselves away, turning back to the city.

A little longer and they would really have gotten lost.

[someobscurereference]

Pokemon Arceus AU where the Trio end up thrown into Hisui and scattered about on the island when they arrived so they’re not aware of if they’re alone in the past or even what they’re supposed to do.

Inigo lands in the Crimson Mirelands and has to figure out how to survive in these incredibly inhospitable marshes while also somehow dealing with the frenzied Lilligant situation. He ends up quelling her by using balms but also dancing in synch with it. He does NOT know what being frenzied means. He just stumbled into Lilligant’s territory on accident. He has no idea what he’s supposed to be doing or going but hey, he’s helping! Even though he has been nearly drowned by Hippopotas twice now. He would like to sleep somewhere that isn’t completely wet, please.

Severa ends up in the Cobalt Coastlands. She’s really confused but kind of liking the beach. However, she’s somehow drawn into helping soothe Arcanine when it evolves and becomes frenzied. She catches water pokemon so she can traverse water pretty easily now, but also plenty of fire types because she’s tripping over pokemon constantly on Firespit Island. Her pokemon and her have a rough start because she almost always catches them out of frustration and doesn’t have patience for Pokémon who don’t listen to her orders (especially when she doesn’t know where she is or why she’s suddenly responsible for the Giant Frenzied Pokemon situation in the island filled with lava) but they end up being really close after getting through the turmoil of the frenzied lord.

Owain wakes up in Coronet Heights. Luckily his thicker clothes mean he’s not doing too terrible with the cooler weather higher up the mountain, but he’s stuck having to traverse the mountains really carefully because he doesn’t have Sneasler to climb the cliffs for him. Insanely, he often tries to rock climb them himself rather than take the longer ways around on the cliff paths (albeit filled with dangerous Graveler). Also, he takes the longest to quell the frenzied Electrode because despite taking on this task Immediately, he comes off as insane to the very few people there because he will only catch The Best pokemon and scares them off with his loud monologues. Or is attacked by wild Pokémon who hate the noise. He ends up catching an alpha Steelix. This is his one (1) Pokémon. Nobody knows how he’s done this. It listens to him maybe 25% of the time.

They are not aware of each other or of Jubilife village when they arrive. Inigo and Severa run into each other eventually after quelling their lords and then to to Coronet Heights when they hear rumors of a weird person who fell out of the sky and says he’ll quell Electrode. They show up just as Owain has caught the Steelix and yell at him for not quelling Electrode yet. It has been weeks.

[darabeatha]

/ I may have a certain dr.

[ricopop]

a bynche of self indulgent oscillo dudles ... GIGGLE 😁 @cephalonheadquarters @superbellsubways ooohhh

[worriesndoodles]

i did not carefuly saved every tgaa related material to look into in detial after finishing the games to open all the reddit posts to see poeple shitting on the games