#highschool shit

[questioningespecialy]

SiCKtM: the horrors of perfection

I was recently reminded of someone I went to highschool with for a short time. She was Asian-American (Chinese iirc), fairly tall, a bit thin, and conventionally beautiful. But that’s not what sticks to the forefront. That’s not why I remember her.

She was effectively perfect.

Smart, kind, well-mannered (of course *sigh*), and skilled. She played the piano* well. And traveled outside the US. Was very likeable. And… the kinda person who’s side you’d lean towards without knowing context for a conflict.

“Perfect” sadly is the best word I can think of to simplify her. 🤔 And this is where it goes somewhere maybe unexpected.

You see… it’s not that she was givin’ me Asami Yamazaki vibes from the Japanese slow-ass burn horror Audition (1999), which I had already seen a year or two prior. It’s that she just… clearly had issues. And if you’ve seen the movie, you’re thinking more than I mean right now (y’all, dat shit’s an experience once it actually kicks in). All I’m getting at is that she had a lot on her plate. Alotta expectations. Alotta pressure. Alotta shit she had to wade through. All while bearing that pretty, kind-ass smile. I could just see her pain.

And I recognize that I could’ve been projectin’ my own pain onto her. My own responsibilities and shit. But let’s just say I’m not and keep on.

There was just something underlying there. When I looked at her. Spoke with her. When she spoke with me (for some reason). I couldn’t help but feel bad. And feel… kinda sorry? I’m not sure, it’s been too long now and she’s likely forgotten me. But I somehow could see her face while typing this. Some freaking how, she left a mark in my mind. That really nice, really patient, fairly pretty young lady from highschool. Who actually spoke to me (and my weird ass) for some reason.

But why do I bring her up? Why in dahell is she on my mind? Well… remember that Tokimeki Memorial post I made 3 weeks ago? I’ve been listening to Action Button’s 6hr review in the background on loop again (productivity trick) and made it to section 9 of 11 (again). It’s in this section that Tim Rogers gets to The Point: "The Itch The Freak Scratched". And it’s in this section that I was reminded of the aforementioned person.

See… Shiori Fujisaki is the iconic main character of 1994’s Tokimeki Memorial video game and a recurring character in (damn near?) all of the 46 games within the Tokimeki Memorial franchise. But who is she? If Tim is to be believed, she’s the greatest endboss in gaming ever created.

But why dahell do I say that? How can a person in a damn dating sim be an endboss? Let alone the greatest ever made 29 years later?

To keep it short, Shiori is the hardest person to get with. She has the highest standards outta everybody. And the method to “earning her love” is such an unknown it’s frankly impossible to achieve without a guide.

Shiori Fujisaki is… perfect.

edit (2023/09/20):

*she actually played an instrument more impressive than a piano, but i forgot until after posting this. meh, leaving it in

[lesbianralzarek]

"life doesnt get better, you just get stronger" does NOT include ages 11-17. life does in fact just get better from there. those years are dogshit. like, you do get stronger but its mostly just a factor of not being 11-17 anymore. positive thinking helps but it doesnt fix whatevers going on at 15, you have to brute force through that one raw

[charlie-and-mushrooms]

Five minutes to get ready for the bus? (Which used to come at 6:45, now comes at 6:50)

It might be a new record, cause I made it

[firerose18991]

Literally anyone meeting bruce and his family for the first time: So how did you get so many kids by 30?

Dick: HE WAS A TEENAGE DELINQUENT

Jason: *shouting over him* HE LEFT MY MOTHER AT THE ALTAR

*tim is sitting, just happy to be included*

Bruce: BE-quiet.  They're ADOPTED!

Jason: *not a beat missed* Because he’s never known the touch of a woman.

[valocity95]

funny things that have been done by me today

- using the fuck word twice in the guidance office

- getting asked "what r those" when putting chickpeas on my salad at lunch

- in my biology notes "excess nitrogen gets relased as urea (piss) and ammonia (delicious)"

- (trying to get my friend to hold my food, so i can go to a gn bathroom) "i need to take a they/them piss"

[batwynn]

I’m seeing a weird uptick in people commenting nasty stuff on people’s non-cat/dog pet stuff again and not so gentle reminder:

Your phobia or dislike of certain animals does not give you the right to harass and bully people who love and share them.

Use the blacklist tag like a normal human being, and leave people who love rats or snakes or bugs etc. the fuck alone.

[dykeinthedark]

doing this thing i call "reading every class high school lit book i missed out on" partially because as an english minor i feel like a lot of ppl in my english lectures have already read these books in higschool partially because high school english classes suck balls and i think the way they taught kids to read books was lame and dumb as hell and killed love for reading and i think some of these books they make kids read should never be experienced in a classroom setting

[csphire]

If you're the type to go out of your way to shit on someone's else's Tav or Durge's looks or say they shouldn't be with a particular companion because of how they look odd together-basically policing someone else's game and enjoyment of it in the fandom-kindly fuck off and feel free to block me too.

[shouts-into-the-void]

I really don't think we appreciate how feral Renee is. Like, she puts on the front of a good Christian girl, and she is trying so hard, but the second anything goes slightly wrong she defaults to crime immediately.

[kitamars]

high school joui 4 shenanigans

[m0e-ru]

i cant believe p4g came out and every single one of you forgot about adachis sister

[crunchchute]

Sam and Max if they were cool /j

[time-woods]

it does me psychic damage evrytime i relate to harry- from the dumb ass mullet and bitchin style (terrible), or the scars on the back of his hands- like its cathartic in a way to see a story like his, im no where done with the game, all i know is that this man has been hurt, hes such a soggy papertowel

[grumpyghostdoodles]

The Almighty Sheriff!

Save a horse, ride a cowboy~

[iam-what-killed-the-dinosaurs]

[mikoran]

dirkjake is so funny because you have these teens that honestly have fairly normal relationship problems especially considering the circumstances and then half the art of them is them killing each other