#how to write SOP

[edwisefoundation]

Statement of Purpose (SOP) for Study Abroad: How to Write an Impressive SOP

A Statement of Purpose (SOP) is a crucial part of the application process for studying abroad. It provides admissions committees with insight into your academic background, goals, and personal motivations beyond your grades and test scores. A well-written SOP can significantly enhance your chances of acceptance by showcasing your unique qualities and passion for your chosen field. The essay should also address why you are interested in studying abroad and how you plan to contribute to the institution.

For more details on how to craft a compelling SOP, visit Statement of Purpose for Study Abroad.

[dellamortte]

"He's trying to leave, Spite. It's... complicated. Mortals can't just change ourselves. It takes a lot of time."

[colebirb]

Well hello there

@potato-lord-but-not

[mulders-too-large-shirt]

my favorite mulder moments from s5

breaking into the labyrinth of the department of defense in episode 1 to find the cure for scully, finding only a vial of water, and the ensuing devastation that crosses his face

in the beginning of episode 2, scully is in the hospital, and he reveals that he faked his death to come visit her (“you move pretty good for a dead man”, skinner says, to which he replies “i’m only half dead”). he's going utterly ballistic, screaming “i’ll calm down when i have a reason to calm down!”, and then nearly collapses as he sees her sick in bed. only skinner's threat of arrest after they come to blows can make him see straight

he sees CSM in the hall of the hospital where scully is recovering, and spits at him “please tell me you’re here with severe chest pains” <-LMAOOOO

and when CSM tries to win him over to the dark side through scully’s cure and showing him his “sister”, he absolutely refuses, saying “you murdered my father. you killed scully’s sister, and if scully dies, i will kill you. i don’t care whose father you are, i will put you down” (LOUD CHEERING!!!!!!!)

enduring bill scully's horrible attacks on his character, trying to sympathize with his pain despite how awful he is being because he knows what it feels like to lose loved ones for the Truth. he tells this man that is being so awful to him that he lost his father and sister in his quest for answers, so he can relate to the pain he feels- only to be met with more scorn

he comes into scully’s hospital room again later on, where she is sound asleep, and he lays his head next to her and sobs

defending scully in her absence at his big important hearing; explaining how she was sent to spy on him, but “that agent scully did not follow these orders is a testament to her integrity as an investigator, a scientist, and a human being” <3

and then he SOMEHOW guesses correctly that the mole is section chief blevins, who had been on the payroll of the biotech company for years... i want to unpack if he figured it out subconsciously or was just equal parts lucky and confident, but i feel that we will never truly know

he tells skinner that scully’s cancer is in remission, saying it is the best news he has ever heard, then cries in the hallway of the hospital, holding the bloody photo of him and samantha as kids

he meets frohike for the very first time in 1989 in episode 3 and declines his offer of bootleg cable by saying “no thanks, handsome”, which prompts frohike to call him "a man of taste". thus began his long tradition of flirting with the boys

he was RACING back to the motel room at the end of episode 4, banging on the door, telling scully to get in the car NOW, and narrowly saving her from the florida mothman who was hiding under the bed!!!! i <3 protective mulder!!!

in episode 7, he flies down as soon as he can to vouch for scully's capability to adopt emily. scully introduces him to her as “a friend”, and he starts making funny faces to get her to laugh right away. he points out that the girl’s adoptive parents were both murdered, and when scully says that she can protect her, he asks “yeah, but who’s gonna protect you?”; he testifies on her behalf, even though he says he shouldn’t, because he knows it’ll put her in danger

later, he confronts the doctor who refuses to transfer over emily’s medical files. he pulls out his gun, points it at the doctor’s head, and asks “why don’t you tell me whose life is worth saving, yours or hers?” - he's so quick to adjust to scully's news of having a child and so quick to draw blood on her behalf

they’re bickering about the case in episode 8, so mulder, in a rare moment of clarity, steps back to ask what they both agree on and says they can work from there. i was shocked! in a good way! after 5 years, he finally learned to manage their opposing viewpoints in a way that can get things done! (i am sure this will never happen again)

his tree climbing detour in episode 9, plus the legendary line “hey scully, is this demonstration of boyish agility turning you on at all?” (and then bonus points for his sad descent as he is needed back on the ground right after he got up there)

his complete inability to function without scully while she is on vacation in episode 10- he actually TWIRLS the phone line while calling her!!!

and when he calls her for the 800th time, he greets her saying “morning, sunshine!” while loudly thumping his basketball up and down until she has to ask him wtf that noise is... so he lies, saying there is construction outside his window, and yells, telling the nonexistent construction worker to quiet down <- LMAOOO it killed me!!! (his basketball thumping has always been used to indicate his inability to relax... truly there is no peace for him without the bestie in town)

he’s SOOOO jealous when scully thinks the cowboy sheriff in episode 12 is cute (he recalls him having a thick southern drawl with huge teeth, so when they have to fly back down, she points out that they are totally normal-sized, and he still disputes this fact until the very end of the episode)

in episode 14, he sprints to find scully after she was present for the mass burning; he runs his fingers through her hair when she is in the hospital for vasogenic shock

post-krycek breaking into his house and beating him up, warning him that the end of the world is coming, scully finds him in his apartment sitting in the dark. “what are you doing sitting here in the dark?”, she asks. “thinking” “about what?” “oh, the usual- destiny, fate, how to throw a curveball… the inextricable relationships in our lives that are neither accidental nor somehow entirely in our control, either”

calling scully back from a payphone in the pouring rain in episode 17 to help get her some information on her personal case <3

(he also really nerds out in that episode about eye imagery in the bible, apocrypha, and references jesus christ superstar... a man of culture)

((and he was SO protective of scully- he stepped in when the priest was being all shady, tried to advise her not to let him get into her head, and we got to see some incredibly rare emotional communication when he said “i’ve never seen you more vulnerable or susceptible or more easily manipulated, and it scares me because i don’t know why”. he was grabbing her shoulders and pulling her in close, telling her she should step away when she mentions the visions of emily… god. he was SO worried!!))

when he’s being tortured in episode 18, he tells the man hurting him over and over again that he will kill him, which i thought was really fascinating

being willing to risk all of the x files in episode 20 because he fully believes that scully is correct about gibson being the key to explaining them, even though skinner warns against it... that is complete trust <3

[mikodrawnnarratives]

Imagine after Molly leaves and time has passed for Lorelai to go through the stages of their about that fact, when she really and truly faces the consequences of her and her father's actions there's something about the image of Lorelai just not KNOWING how to do anything that would fix the mess around her.

The chores that Molly knew how to do that she doesn't in comparison. The volume of everything that has piled up in Molly's absence. And I think Lorelai would feel resentment to Molly for a time, for leaving them, she's not gonna realize the full extent of everything immediately. It would only be a matter of time, I THINK, where she'd start thinking "shit Molly had to deal with this much..." It would take a while longer to actually say that out loud ofc

Then when she HAS to get up and DO things, there's something just AGONIZING to imagine for me to imagine 17, nearly an Adult Lorelai, crying from being overwhelmed and having to look up YouTube videos on how to do these chores

The stuff where you look up "Mom how do I..." "Dad how do I..." That's the brutal kicker I'm thinking about

[jon-snows-man-bun]

3, 15, 25 for Azriel/Aisling

trusted / trembling hands / senseless

TW for dubcon below cut, nsfw

He took his time to study her, as he always did. She thought he didn’t, but he noticed her always - her quirks and foibles, how she masked herself so carefully. She was beautiful, and it was a good thing she hated him as she did because if he ever saw her illuminated by the glow of love he thought he would shatter like glass and never recover.

She was still nervous of him, and sat very still as he approached her.

“Aisling,” he said, voice soft in the quiet of the night. The street outside was deserted this late after all the Starfall festivities had ended, so it was as if the two of them were the only living creatures in the silvered hours between night and dawn.

She was more herself under moonlight, anyways. Not soft - never, for him or for anyone - but perhaps less guarded. Her blue eyes watched him carefully as he knelt before where she sat.

“May I?” He asked softly, his hands hovering over her legs.

“Do as you please.” Those were the words of a female rolling over, but she couldn’t quite say them as anything but an order. Azriel fought his smile.

She didn’t object as he carefully tugged one strap of her dress off a shoulder, then the other, admiring the curve and bone of her as she is revealed to him. Aisling sighed as he traced his hands over her bare breasts, her dress pooling around her waist, arms confined by the straps.

He’d dreamed of pushing aside her skirt all night, ever since he saw the way the cut in it revealed the sight of her legs as she walked. He gets his wish now, and she allows him to trace one calloused, scarred palm up the length of her thigh as he unwraps her like a Solstice gift.

“You looked so beautiful tonight,” he murmurs, as he presses a kiss to the inside of her thigh. “All lit up by starlight.”

Azriel was no poet, to say that he saw starglow in her eyes and moonbeams in the silver trail of her tears. But he would have told her if he could - perhaps it would have softened her to him. Instead she stood still and cold on the edge of the balcony of the House of Wind, eyes turned skyward. When he tried to speak to her, to touch her, she was as unreachable as a dream he’d already forgotten.

“A prize beyond price,” she said, and he wondered if she was speaking of Starfall or herself. Both are true to him.

He wished she’d touch him now, as he longed to touch her. So he gently slid his hands down her thighs, lifting them over his shoulders to grant better access to the core of her that only he has touched. Remembering that thrilled him as he licked a path up the centre of her, angling her and holding her open the better to please her.

Azriel groaned at the taste of her, and plunged his tongue into the heat of her cunt. The cunt that has only ever been wrapped around his cock - and only ever would be - Azriel worked at her, nipping and sucking the way that he had learned she liked, until he coaxed forth the glossy wet slickness that meant she was ready to take his trembling fingers.

“Good,” he praised her as he slid one into her and she made a senseless animal noise. Aisling wasn’t good, though, she was vicious usually; she was made of dreams and nightmares and cool, still darkness.

And still, she is splayed open before him. She treats him with nothing but disdain and distance but she cannot deny the way he makes her feel, when it’s just them alone in the dark. He can pull pleasure from her, as easily as he can pull pain from others, and he devotes himself to the task.

He can get her body to shatter and bloom and tremble around him as he makes her cum with whatever he chooses, but he cannot force her to turn over what he truly desires from her. Trust me, he wants to say into her cunt as he holds her legs open wider, the better to work a third finger in, stretching her open for what he will do to her momentarily. I will not mistreat you, I will hold you softly, I am not what you think.

[m-m-m-myysurana]

🔔Come get your angst! 🔔

I've been deep in the Feels about Lucanis and Eira, so expect more where this came from :3 Don't worry it has a happy ending!

⚠️MAJOR ENDGAME SPOILERS⚠️

Summary and sneak peek under the cut for spoilers <3

Lucanis fulfils the first half of his contract, but loses his new found love in the process. Driven out of his mind with grief, the spirit of Determination that lives inside of him might be the only thing keeping him going long enough to get her back.

Ghilain’ain was dead.  Lucanis knew the knife had hit its target when the god had let out a mind shattering scream. She started blindly thrashing, and his first thought was for the woman he loved in her grasp.  Eira was flung away, only just barely managing to land on her feet before sliding backwards and coming down heavily on her knees. Lucanis launched himself from the collapsing creature to flit immediately to her side.  His first instinct was to shield Eira; his body twisting to cover hers as the noise turned from scream to a sound too powerful for his ears to comprehend. All he felt was shocks of pain travel through his body as wave after wave of power surged from where the knife was still embedded in the writhing god’s chest. Eira slipped her hand into his, her gentle contact lessening the pain somehow, and together they stood firm against the waves. As the god spoke her last words, Lucanis realised that the first half of his contract was complete. It was an oddly surreal moment. Time seemed to slow as he looked over at Eira, her back straight beside him, seemingly unharmed. A miracle, considering all they had faced.  Just as a smile started to pull at his face, the knife exploded with power and he was flung back. No time to protect himself or Eira, all he could do was reach for her before everything went black. 

[fortune-maiden]

I've always liked this line of dialogue from SQX, because it does feel like at the end of the day, no matter how much SQX says he can't stand PM, he does still have a decent grasp of his character.

And on the other side of this, these words are just especially pointed towards Pei Xiu, who does have a good relationship with his boss/ancestor, and also going off his backstory, Pei Ming may well have been the first person in his life to acknowledge him and his talents.

So the whole thing just feels extra sad.

[dawnleaf37]

Which are most excited for, FOSSIL 4, MAHAS 3 or ITFT 8? (thank you for introducing me to fossil and mahas btw they are awesome)

OBJECT IMPROV 2

[egginfroggin]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Diluc & Klee (Genshin Impact) Characters: Diluc (Genshin Impact), Klee (Genshin Impact) Additional Tags: Platonic Relationships, Angel's Share (Genshin Impact), Fluff, mocktails, no alcohol is actually consumed, but I mean. taverns. so, wherein klee demands lessons in mixology, and diluc relents for fear of his very flammable stock, author has no bartending experience, author does not drink alcohol, i am my own beta, I beta therefore I am, this was supposed to be a oneshot, Alcohol, well. lots of mentions of alcohol at least Summary:

“You’re not supposed to be in here,” Diluc says, leaning on the counter, rag clenched under his hand. Klee scrabbles up onto a bar stool, blithely ignoring him.

“I wanna know how to make potions,” she declares, smiling brightly.

Diluc blinks at her, baffled.

“I’m not a potion maker,” he says flatly, picking up the rag and putting it aside. “And why are you here? It’s past your bedtime.”

Klee’s cheeks puff out, and she points to the shelves behind him. “Yes you are!” she insists. “With that stuff. You mix it up and make grown-up potions.”

“Cocktails,” he corrects, on reflex. “Not potions.”

“Cocktails,” Klee repeats, nodding. “Yeah, those.”

[owari--hajimari]

i think one of my biggest gripes with neo is that it makes nearly everyone and everything so palatable. easily digestible. it’s just an insane choice to make joshua and then decide to sand down the edges of every character to make em sympathetic or something. the shopkeepers aren’t even rude anymore…

[joelletwo]

"The only time Gintoki got decent grades was when he wanted to annoy Shinsuke," Katsura says. "They'd compete in every sport, fight for our teacher's attention, or over me—" Most of Sakamoto's focus is on his beer so he only gets a vague image of both of them elbowing Katsura through the bottom of his glass. "Whew!" Sakamoto slams down his empty mug. "Friendship, huh? Great stuff." --------

"You should've seen Shinsuke in high school," Gintoki says later that night, his mouth full of his fifth slice of pizza, "he's mellowed out a lot." Takasugi is currently sitting in their armchair, twirling a butterfly knife. He hasn't looked away from Sakamoto in a while. "His energy seems pretty mellow!" Sakamoto says.

[losing my breath from sitting here wheezing] i think sakamoto might be my favorite person in the whole world

[mylove-thresher]

god please let sbr be animated so I don’t have to read it

[pumpkinsouppe]

I haven’t played all of AA4 yet but I was thinking a lot about how uneasy the first case made me feel (in a good way) and I finally figured out why. (AA 4-1 spoilers btw) Part of it of course is the overall scheme: what happened 7 years ago and what are the answers to all these unresolved questions. But I genuinely don’t think I’ve seen a more accurate depiction of how I experienced GAD and social anxiety than I have with Apollo Justice.

Thankfully, I have learned to stand up for myself and I’ve controlled the majority of my anxiety but I can very clearly see that Apollo has not done that, at least yet. I am hoping hoping hoping we get to see him grow in this game because I know that AA5 and 6 won’t do that justice (lol). All throughout the first case, Apollo rarely spoke for himself. He was very much a follower and wanted approval, ergo he was very easy to manipulate. Kristoph and Phoenix both recognized this about him and were able to both use Apollo as their own puppets. He followed Kristoph’s orders whenever he gave them (‘expose phoenix’s lies’ ‘don’t embarrass me’) but he also was very willing to follow Phoenix’s orders too (‘point on the map for us’ ‘name the fourth person/killer’ ‘accuse Kristoph’). He followed who he thought was seeking the truth but he had to be told that doing these actions was for the truth.

I never was manipulated in court like Apollo experienced, but I was VERY quick to abandon plans for something else or act in ways if someone told me to. I remember sometimes even saying yes to things that made me super uncomfortable because I didn’t think for myself and didn’t want to disappoint or make anyone mad. And you can tell that Apollo really looked up to both Kristoph and Phoenix in that trial. He wasn’t sure who to believe so he followed both simultaneously until at the end when he realized both were assholes. I LOVE the unease I felt during the first case. It felt so real to me how Apollo was able to be so easily manipulated and how that was able to be used as a very interesting way to set up a new game and protagonist.

It’s amplified especially if you played all the past Phoenix Wright games. Hell, I finished PLvsPW an hour before picking up AA4 and that really influenced how much I wanted to also follow and believe Phoenix. So I absolutely love how this trial was used not only to play with the heart and mind of Apollo, but the players as well. There’s less reason to follow Kristoph since the players don’t have the same bond Kristoph and Apollo have since this was our first time meeting him, but because he’s our boss and he’s standing at the defense with us like Mia has, that adds to his credibility. Which is even better that Phoenix took Kristoph’s spot behind the defense bench when Kristoph was summoned to the stand. “Don’t believe that other guy, look at where he is now. Believe me instead, the person who just left that same spot.” You want to believe him, it’s Phoenix Wright! Teaching us the ways just like Mia. But what he’s actually done is replace Kristoph as the supposed voice of reason in Apollo’s ear. Yes that’s the spot for mentors, but does every mentor have your best intentions in mind? Are you able to distinguish genuine advice versus motivated advice?

I am truly fascinated and captivated by the writing. You can tell how much Shu Takumi has grown as a writer compared to the original AA1. I am so excited to play the rest of this game.

[perfectlyfrosty]

The overwhelming urge to write hijack fanfiction except i dont know how to write

[prosebushpatch]

Love when im writing a scene with villains and one of the villains automatically gains a conscience to balance out the other two's freak