#khan academy hate post

[kittykittycarson]

[trying to make khan academy bearable] hahahaha SO true bestie!! that DOES make the polynomials simplified!!!

[melodraca]

tragedy strikes: post that makes an excellent point is worded in a way that gives you ulcers, 100 injured 50 dead

[alices-thoughts-and-adventures]

I fucking hate ratios with a burning passion

My brother and I are catching up on math and we have to do ratios and I hate them so bad but I know in order to graduate I need to know certain things but it still makes me so mad

[callmrmorrow]

to make up for my last post, here’s what i think the invincible characters would do as content creators

mark grayson/invincible: comic book channel who analyzes and breaks down different in-world comics, particularly seance dog. very critical. has those really dumb cheesy thumbnails of his jaw hanging while he points at the new issue in blatant shock. is on youtube. think star wars theory but with less alt-right pipeline bs. has a somewhat decent following

nolan grayson/omniman: this motherfucker hates social media and thinks it is one of the most moronic things to come out of humanity. has a twitter account to post about his books, only follows his wife and son (maybe his publisher) but doesn’t like mark’s tweets bc they’re mostly complaining, flaming, or talking about comic books (average male teen activities)

debbie grayson: house hunters for superheroes, or maybe closer to selling sunset with the entire company? could sell you a house with two murder victims on the floor ten feet away from you. if it’s something like selling sunset, she’s definitely the most popular with the fans because she’s super humble, competent, and shockingly compassionate on the camera. has a couple superfans who are largely middle-aged men and the occasional teenage girl (she has to manually block them on nolan’s phone; i imagine he’s not insecure but maybe a bit possessive)

amber bennett: probably runs a tiktok account on social justice topics. might have a tumblr or some other online blog where she breaks down current events and shares petitions for world betterment. anything but performative, frequently starts or attends protests for various causes. insanely well-spoken, lots of posts about her work at the soup kitchen, and you just know she donates money to everyone who pops up on her feed. such a good person it almost makes you feel like you’re not doing enough (and that’s lowkey the point).

eve wilkins/atom eve: science tutoring on youtube. faceless, think like khan academy, but has voiceovers. covers simple to super advanced stuff in a very understandable format that made her super popular. its some shit like “atomswitheve,” and it’s wildly popular but she literally never talks about it #humblequeen. while she and rex were dating, she let him edit a video and came back to like six explosions superimposed over chemical formulas.

the immortal: fucking history channel but it’s all about things he’s actually experienced, but nobody fucking believes him. voiceovers a slideshow of images. incredibly boring, comments are full of people saying “source” and he replies “I was there.” but again… no one believes him. a couple college professors cite his videos for historical inaccuracy — and they are inaccurate because immortal has an ego, but his content is actually closer than other firsthand accounts because he survived most of the stuff (and remembers it well).

oliver grayson: debbie screens his online time so he doesn’t go all ultron (we all know this motherfucker has little care for human life). mostly posts skating stuff or gaming clips that aren’t particularly good. does not get much traction but mark is always in his comments hyping him up, but he’s always wrong about what tricks oliver performs; it’s become a habit for oliver to march up to mark and say “this was actually a nollie inward heelflip you MORON”

rex splode: runs his own fan account that has like 7 posts of the druski dance with himself and captions like “yes i’m rex splode, yes i’m the best guardian, yes i bagged atom eve, yes i can defeat omni man, did i mention i can defeat omni man?” relatively popular. does tiktok live reactions of WWE fights — since he’s not wearing his costume, no one knows who he is — or anything else that his viewers submit. got cancelled twice but nobody seems to care, least of all him.

shrinking rae: runs a youtube account that is like… emulating one of those “day in the life of a [insert occupation] student��� videos where she just kind of pretends to be normal. also makes cooking videos, videos about cleaning her apartment, self-care tips and tricks for young women (can’t imagine she got a lot of advice from her gung-ho superhero parents), and study habits for struggling college students. she kind of pretends to be who she wants to be irl.

kate cha: lowkey a music producer, since all her clones just play different instruments or harmonize with each other. she doesn’t get a lot of chances to do it with her hero work, but releases nothing but bangers when she can. featured rex yelling at her for cheating on him as an intro for one of her songs (like that one guy on tiktok) and it blew up. has a lot of songs about death, which most think is odd (important to remember she’s died a lot).

cecil stedman: does NOT post on social media and i can’t think of a world where he would. but if he did, it’s probably just a fake bot account that reposts pro-government propaganda. “more funding for the GDA” “cecil was right” “lets double the US defense budget” he’s the kind of guy to like everything on his fyp just to throw off the algorithm.

i do have more but this post is getting too long for most people’s (including me) low attention spans. will do a part 2 with requested characters if this is well-received

[honeytonedhottie]

getting into school of choice + getting a perfect PSAT score success story⋆.ೃ࿔*:･📔🎀

i was asked to make this post via inbox so if ur the anon who asked for this success story then here you go 🫶🏽💗

SCHOOL OF CHOICE ;

so ever since the pandemic i had been on online school, and the pandemic happened when i was in sixth grade and i stayed online till eighth grade. i moved states and was ready to be back in person for 9th grade, but i HATED the school i was at.

i felt like it didn't challenge me at all, the uniforms were ugly and i felt like i couldn't make it work and all in all it just wasn't a good fit for me. so me and my mom started looking for other schools. there is this school that i wanted to go to, its a blue ribbon school, i loved the uniforms and the programs that they offered aligned with me and my goals so i really wanted to go there.

the only problem was that it is WILDLY expensive. like diabolically expensive. and i knew that at the time my parents wouldn't be able to afford it. but i disregarded that and just affirmed "oh im so happy i got accepted into this school" (they have an entrance exam cuz u have to qualify to get in) i would just affirm affirm affirm.

two weeks after we got an email that i passed the entrance exam and that they would be willing to work with my parents on the payment method but i could go and buy a uniform cuz i was in 💕

PSAT SCORE ;

this one was more recent, we took PSATS in october but i just decided that i got a perfect score, i listened to some subliminals. i did study for the PSAT but nothing crazy. just 1-3 hrs a day and some khan academy. again i'd just tell myself that its already done, i got have a perfect score etc and i did get a perfect score despite falling asleep in the testing room twice 🕊️

[urapunk]

rip gary smith, you wouldve love khan academy.

GARY SMITH HCS!!

As mentioned before, he qouldve loved that stupid little website my little cousin uses, because it just sort of tells him how to do it. Hes so lost in math its insane, and he cant remember how to do long division and half of his times tables are off. Hes awful at his 9s specifically.

So sleepy. Hes SO. SLEEPY. Sleeps all the time in mr hattricks class (another reason for his awful mathematics) and dr. Slawter barely knew his name with how much gary neglects to interact with the class.

While he was asleep in class one of the girls braided part of his hair (hes always mischaracterized as weird but literally everyone listened to him he was a popular kid) and he had no clue it was even braided until he heard giggles behind him in 5th period.

Always hungry, but also loves anything that tastes plain. Its definitely the texture he likes about food, but with most foods its taste too. (Loves fried chicken and would probably muder you for a drumstick)

Genuinely a weaker person when hes medicated. Lost to one of the non clique kids because he passed out. He hadnt taken his meds for a few days before that day so that sort of helped it haooen since he wasnt used to the sick feeling.

Randomly cuts his hair. Like an impulse but he can control it, just decides "......mmmm too short on this side" and it looks .... Actually perfect the next day? The only time it looked bad was one time when his cat jumped onto the counter and scared him, which fucked up his cut so he shaved it. Was crying the entire time.

I hate when people think he wasnt a popular kid post showdown, and make him just an unsocial weirdo. If he could get everyone else AND the jocks to follow him then he definitely had a reputation.

<3

[study-with-aura]

Old photo Fall 2024 Goals Breakdown

Academics:

Score 90% or higher in all coursework - All As!

Read for 30 minutes each day outside of “class time” (American Literature) - finished 14 non-school related books (Stateless, We Are All So Good at Smiling, The Do-Over, Dark Room Etiquette, The Davenports, Midnight at the Houdini, Only This Beautiful Moment, Stars and Smoke, Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes, Five Survive, She's Gone, Remind Me to Hate You Later, The Love Match, A Heavy Dose of Allison Tandy)

Study vocabulary daily (Spanish 3)

Be on track to complete the first half of Khan Academy US History by end of year (Honors US History I) - at 40%

Be on track to complete Khan Academy Algebra 2 course by end of year (Algebra 2) - at 47%

Complete one Spanish, French, and Chinese lesson on Duolingo each day

Practice piano for 2-3 hours a day, 7 days a week

Complete and pass RCM History 9 exam in December (Music Appreciation)- I'll know results soon, but I am confident enough to say that I did at least pass because I felt really good after finishing it

Character/Spiritual:

Earn Senior My Promise, My Faith Y2 Pin

Complete one Senior Journey and earn the Award Pin - Senior Outdoor Journey

Earn at least nine Senior badges - Earned 11 (Outdoor Art Expert, Coding Basics, Democracy for Seniors, Digital Game Design, App Development, Behind the Ballot, Adventure Camper, Outdoor Journey Take Action, Cybersecurity Basics, Cybersecurity Safeguards, Cybersecurity Investigator)

Earn Senior Gold/Silver Torch award (Teen Leadership Program + Senior Outdoor Journey)

Earn VIT pin - mentored our Juniors through their Agent of Change National Leadership Journey by planning activities and facilitating them + planned activities for several of their badges

Volunteer a minimum of 30 hours in the community - volunteered 168.75 hours (this includes the library, the mission + holiday hours, and the leadership program, but does not include mentoring hours and planning)

Meditate for 10 minutes each day

Complete daily Bible study each day

Other:

Post studyblr updates at least 2 times per week - I fell off near the middle of the semester

Limit video gaming to 6 hours Friday-Sunday, 3 hours max per day - I stopped playing at all at the same time I fell off from posting (but I am playing again now over break)

[longearedhare]

In honor of me finishing System Collapse, here is some media that I think Murderbot, ART, and Three would enjoy (not necessarily together). Some of this is recycled from earlier posts but now I have all the information.

•A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV show and books)- one of Mensah’s kids surreptitiously traded MB a sticky copy of The Bad Beginning in exchange for movie tickets to Jackasses 3. The rest is history.

•Cooking shows: I think Three would like these. They’re nonfiction but a little more frivolous than lab modules. It has learned about ingredients through watching Good Eats and now cooks sometimes, which makes ART agitated. Three can’t actually eat anything it makes, but maybe ART can give it a digestive tract in the surgical suite?

•Downtown Abbey- MB has stated that it likes “endless historical family dramas,” and this is literally what that is.

•The Walking Dead- MB would not like this. However, I think ART would watch it with Iris if she asked it to, but it can’t stop commenting on the poor decisions that the characters make.

•Crash Course videos- These would be a HIT with Three

•Khan Academy- same as above.

•Stardew Valley- ART and MB have created the most advanced and profitable virtual co-op farm this side of Preservation. They reached perfection within a month of real time.

•Star Trek- upon revision, I think MB is iffy on Star Trek, but ART loves it beyond belief.

•House MD: Murderbot likes this, and ART likes watching over its shoulder and pointing out medical inaccuracies.

• Doctor Who: It has to be said. ART and MB would binge watch the shit out of this. MB hates Eleven passionately.

Honorable Mention: Reality TV: Murderbot and ART like to watch the really ridiculous and unrealistic ones together. Murderbot tries to get Three to watch some Corporation Rim reality TV under the guise that it’s “technically nonfiction” but one of the humans steps in before Three’s organic neural tissue gets permanently damaged.

[radicalbears]

Fun fact: I've started reading Star Trek TOS books this year, and they are a TRIP.

I've read six of them so far: The Vulcan Science Academy Murders by Jean Lorrah, Doctor's Orders by Diane Duane, Strangers from the Sky by Margaret Wander Bonanno, Spock's World by Diane Duane, Sarek by A.C. Crispin, and The Motion Picture novelization by Gene Roddenberry (and also Harold Livingston and Alan Dean Foster since they wrote the screenplay)

I have some Thoughts but this may be long so opinions below the cut!

I can't pick an absolute favorite, they're all so much fun for their own reasons. Objectively, Spock's World and Sarek are the two best, with Spock's World being my favorite of the two. I love any story that takes a long look at the Vulcans- either individual characters or them as a group- and these two do a fantastic job.

The Vulcan Science Academy Murders is not objectively good- the mystery is so easily figured out, some of the book is just a little bit insane, and there's way too many exclamation points- but it is a LOT of fun. Also has a very sweet perspective of Vulcans and the way they care for eachother.

Doctor's Orders is literally just this: Kirk, thinking he'd only be gone an hour, makes McCoy acting captain. Kirk proceeds to go missing. Due to Starfleet regulations, McCoy is stuck as acting captain until Kirk or Starfleet relieves him. (It's very funny watching both McCoy and literally every bridge officer be stressed about this)

My least favorite is probably Strangers from the Sky. It's extremely convoluted- there's a plot where Kirk is having nightmares about a suppressed past memory (a memory that, is being remembered because the events of this memory were recently published as a book), and half of this book is us just. Real-time reading this past memory? Either way, the memory is of the Actual first human-Vulcan meeting- when a Vulcan ship crash landed on Earth before the official first contact. The surviving Vulcans were rescued by a couple kelp farmers, and the story surrounding them is actually really sweet. The Enterprise crew has almost nothing to do with this story, they're only there because of a time travel incident. It really just feels more like the author wanted to tell this story, but because it didn't have any known characters in it, they were forced to involve the TOS cast. Still a decent read, just Very convoluted.

Finally, the Motion Picture novelization. Boy, this really reminded me that there really is not much that happens in this movie, though somehow it's more interesting than the movie. This is not to completely dump on said movie- I don't hate it, but it certainly is my least favorite. The novelization is really cool though because it adds a LOT of context for what Spock is dealing with. We get more of his inner monologue- something I actually wish we could witness better in the movie. V'ger is a really good character foil for Spock- the way V'ger is was Spock's end goal, yet Spock realizes that V'ger nothing like how he actually wants to be.

The word T'hyla is also just. Casually invented in this novelization, with the explicit purpose of describing the relationship between Kirk and Spock. This book ALSO acknowledges rumors of Kirk and Spock dating in a footnote, and has Kirk "address" these rumors (aka make some weird statement that doesn't actually clarify anything). Beginning of this book is a Wild time for Spirk fans.

Anyway I'm waiting on my library to get in the novelization for Wrath of Khan and Search for Spock. I also just picked up the first two volumes of the Year Five comics. Idk how deep I'm gonna get into Star Trek novels, but I'm at the very least still going strong.

Oh yeah I also tend to take photos of passages/lines I enjoyed from these books, lmk if any of y'all want a deeper look into any of these books- I can post the photos of my favorite bits!

[jorisjurgen]

My Joris Playlist - explained

Yet another self-indulgent post going into details on why I picked certain songs for my third playlist. Even though the Atcham playlist explanation was a flop and that made me sad.

1. Mother Mother - Mamma Told Me

Self explanatory 💀

2. nekobolo (aka Sasanomaly) - Synthesia Ghost

This one is a bit hard to explain. Because the Joris playlist is not separated into child/adult or any other categories, this song's first purpose in this playlist is to, in a way, signify that while the first song is about his childhood, the rest of the songs are definitely about his character after the movie.

It has a mature but vulnerable sound, and expresses a deep, but vague, sense of dissatisfaction with the entirety of one's life — and an inability to express it less vaguely. He hates Kerubim so much.

3. Inabakumori - Kimi ni Kaikisen

This is my top "Joris in Huppermage Academy" song. But also general teenage Joris song. I don't think the king of being homeschooled is good in traditional learning environments.

4. Inabakumori - Secret Elementary School Student

It's a song about not wanting to grow up, "My dream job is to be an elementary school student."

I think something Joris is mentally ill about is wanting to be a child but wanting to be an adult but wanting to be a child. It's a dichotomy he has been trapped in for six centuries.

There are also some lyrics that make me think of the dichotomy of hating and loving Kerubim, during the chorus. Hehe.

5. R.I.P - I'll Throw My Emotions Away

This song is definitely about Adult Joris in his "everyone around me is dying of old age" era lmaooo.

The "you" and "he" in this song is Kerubim though (and a little bit of Atcham, but he has a normal, healthy, and supportive relationship with Atcham, so 99% of this playlist is not applicable to him). I think Joris will stub his toe and think "FUCKING KERIBIM CREPIN."

6. PowaPowaP - Can't Even Age Normally

Unlike Kerubim and Atcham, he doesn't really "age" so he had to come to terms with immortality bullshit not at 70-90 years of age after dying, but probably at 30-40 years of age AND he has to keep coming to terms with it.

Also he hates growing older, because I think he'd like things to remain simple - the same way that was expressed in the "Secret Elementary School Student"

Basically, I think he really hates himself. Big Joris doomerism song.

7. Sohta - Stardust Girl

Years, decades, centuries keep passing, and Joris is just as passively suicidal and self-hating.

He just tries to make it into a good thing by applying optimistic nihilism.

8. Deco*27 - Coward Mont Blanc

There were some songs that referenced hating being a cruel person and a coward previously, but this one is the top "Joris knowing he's not a good person and feeling horrible about it." song.

One hc I have is that when Joris's friends - including Khan and Lilotte - die, he does Not visit them if they're actively dying even if they ask him to come; and he will NOT come to the funeral and he will not visit the grave for at least 3-5 years. There are exceptions, but mostly it's like this. And he feels SO bad about this. He's insane.

9. Meg Myers - Numb

We're progressing to more-immortal more-adult Joris issues with this one, and still there's a theme of him not wanting to grow up.

He's so desperate for approval of other people that he made himself into a tool for the Bontarian government and gaslighted himself into thinking he's making any difference in the world by participating in the system. Sad oh well.

10. Nekotanaka - Never

Once again, "Very positive sounding song about depression that is very Joris-core with him trying to convince himself he's normal and sane, using his love for Atcham and Kerubim."

11. K.Flay - It's Just a Lot

I'm fucking insane. In a way, yearning to be a child is about not wanting to become the person he is. He wants to care about people — he doesn't want to be cruel or cold. But he is.

Even then, it doesn't mean he will stop wishing he could be more carefree and innocent.

"I've done things against which I believe"

"It all amounts to no-one knows."

"I want to hold onto the innocence I've got."

12. Penelope Scott - Moonsickness

Imagine Joris during the Huppermage genocide. Lmaoooo rip bozo??! Rip bozo. Joris you are so fucking stupid why are you still Bontarian after what happened. I need to choke him to death.

I think the huppermage genocide was his first big political disillusionment induced depression.

13. Inabakumori - Heaven's Tears

More epic Joris self-gaslights. I think his thoughts on Bonta in the world are always "things will end well. No they won't. But I can't just fucking say that. So things will end well."

There's one bit of this song that is very Joris@Kerubim-core, and it makes me think of this song in the framework of "Joris's self-gaslight mental health preservation system is very much inherited from Kerubim."

14. Amanda Palmer - Trout Heart Replica

I'M INSANE. I'M CRAZY. I'M INSANE. This is THE Joris character song. This is his fucking theme song, actually.

There are so many layers of meaning to this song: on a surface layer, it's about the guilt that comes with the nature death: we are created to outlive most animals, seeing them grow up from little babies to adults in such a short time. And we are created to kill to survive and eat. The song's primary theme is the horror of hunt for the hunter.

Joris is someone who has been alive for centuries, and almost all of this time he spent in politics. He's seen and outlived thousands of people like Eva, Amalia, Yugo, and Tristepin. He's been friends with hundreds of adventurers that grow and die faster than he can blink, sometimes in wars, and sometimes because of Bonta.

And that's just normal, to him, for some reason.

The song's secondary theme is being unable to connect to other people emotionally; being a cold, distant friend. It's about killing people's love for you slowly, through ghosting, through silence, and feeling like it's the inevitable consequence of every relationship. Just like the relationship between predator and prey. And being just as condescending towards the people involved.

A very resigned position of doom towards every relationship that is in any way positive.

15. Mitski - Washing Machine Heart

This song was one of the three contributing factors to Fragile, handle with care being written.

Big Kerubim&Joris win.

16. Mitski - Working For The Knife

He used to want to be a photographer, an adventurer, an artist, a good person.

But he's working for the knife. :)

17. Mitski - Crack Baby

Another evil Kerubim&Joris win.

Petition to Kill Kerubim Crepin. Together we can explode the feline child neglector.

18. Ferry - The Mill

This (checks notes) song from a plot driven vocaloid song series really suits Joris. Instead of vulnerable emotions of love, I think this is a good "how Joris feels while travelling with Atcham and Kerubim" song, as well as a good "Joris in his usual mental state (repression)" song.

It also questions a lot of things I already talked about: his arrogance in trying to lead people despite being a mess, his reluctance to let go of his position in Bonta despite knowing that Bonta isn't really perfect; and his feelings on Keke and Atch.

"Oh, it's nothing new, the visionless leading the blind; It's easy to say "why don't you leave it all behind"; And this moral compass is forever misaligned;

All I need is that you'll be here by my side. But you can never know that; "Too strong to die" — or was it me again?"

19. Mother Mother - Body of Years

A very beautiful song about the process of someone rotting and turning to dust. Man I hope Joris doesn't have 47573838 dead friends.

It's also a song about wanting to make a mark on the world - and I really think it applies to Joris. Out beloved idiot idealist.

20. Mitski - Me and My Husband

Kerubim&Joris ass song.

I'm going to walk into the sea.

It's such a depressing song that just resigns to "I have nothing going for me, except for him."

21. weevildoing - Caliber Girl

Joris Quit Politics and be Reborn as a Lotus Flower. It's the right thing to do.

(This is a song about overworking overtime overnight overday overweek on your 10 hour shift IT job because Surely It's The Proper and Adult Thing To Do To Be Respected And Perfect And Responsible, and Make a Difference and Change The World. It is the right way, right? Right..!?)

"No meditation, medication, no doctor, no therapist; could cure me of the condition of the world that I have to live in; Working on my rest days. Never productive enough; Even on my best days. Will it ever be enough?"

22. Inabakumori - Rainy Boots

Another "yearning for the simplicity of being a child" type song. Hehe. It's really about trying to do things that used to make you happy when you were young, and it just not feeling the same...

Also, I think at this point in the playlist, the Ogrest's Chaos has probably happened. I think he got pretty mentally ill during those years and clung to Atcham and Kerubim extra hard.

23. Inabakumori - Float Play

The same exact motifs and themes as the last song - trying to return to a more innocent time by doing something you used to, and it not feeling the same.

But it differs in being more aggressive at reclaiming that feeling - begging the person the song is being sang to, "you" to bring this feeling back. In a way it feels like a Joris&Kerubim song.

"A pacifist until yesterday...!"

"Starting today, I'm a victim."

24. Inabakumori - Sink Tank

[hacks up blood] hes been living with his dad, who neglected him to the point of 20 menta illnesses, for 600 years.

The "you" in this song is absolutely Kerubim.

25. Inabakumori - Hello Marina (Will Stetson cover)

IM CRAZY IM CRAZY IM FUCKING INSANE IM CRAZY. This is THE Joris&Kerubim&Atcham song. It's so loving and bitter.

"That scar that you see? It bound what we'd be — you gouged it in me! So, they remain, every ache binding us will stay."

26. Mafumafu - Hated by Life Itself

Big breakthrough in this playlist: the first Joriscore anti-doomerism song.

It's about Not wanting to kill yourself, and violently so - despite knowing that the world is Shit. It's hard to explain because the lyrics of the song are so fast and so dense with many themes, many of which fit him!

27. Pomme - Nelly

Listening to this song, before I kew that this song is about a writer, I thought "this reminds me of my mom," which turned into "this reminds me of Joris and Kerubim" which turned into mental illness.

When divorced of it's (sad, beautiful, very meaningful) context as a song about a wonderful writer, it can make for a good song about loving your mentally ill single parent who neglected and parentified you into having 20 mental illnesses and is your best friend?

Anyway this song is the Second Contributing Factor in the writing if the fic Fragile, handle with care. (And the third one is on the Kerubim playlist.)

28. Majima Yulo - Is This Kamaboko? Mahoro? Makoto? (Less Than Truth)

IM INSANE. This is the second Joris theme song. Joris self-gaslight stays winning!!! Every Joris fan owes it to themselves to give it a listen.

The happiest sounding song to ever say shit like "I'm talentless and powerless + GOD I LOVE CODEPENDENCY + I have 99999 regrets + I root out the sadness I feel for every tragedy + I really wish I wasn't witnessing history being made and I don't want to be alive during most of the ages! + I want to throw up."

29. Flëur - Be My Raison D'Etre

I really, really wish all english sub videos for Fleur songs weren't Yandere Simulator themed. Genuine anguish. Vile slurs omitted.

The thing about Joris is that all he has is Atcham and Kerubim, and they've been there all his life, and no matter how chill he acts, he IS needy about it, and it IS poisoning his brain.

30. Mitski - Happy

[instead of explaining anything, I pull out an image of Kerubim and Joris cannibalizing one another, from my artblog @atchamcrepin]

does this make sense.

31. Iyowa - Leave you on The Back of the Earth

[points once more to the art of Kerubim and Joris cannibalizing one another]

i actually drew it while listening to this but the lyrics on the last song were more striking:)

Imagine being a child and you were adopted by the guy who killed your mom and he had the audacity to neglect you to the point of developing 20 mental illnesses. AND neither of you can die or escape your relationship.

Also this song has a lot of cat puns and Nyas

32. Ano - Chu, Tayousei

[REDACTED]

Also this is the third song in the "I listened to it wile drawing Joris&Kerubim cannibalism." and —

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Anyway, what I'm talking about is: Joris feels a mixture of hate and love towards the man, and he both wants to be his own person and just Be Told what to do by His Dad. This song literally going "vomit kiss! Vomit kiss!" Is so "positive feelings mixed with negative" it's crazy.

Also I do think Joris kind of disgusts himself with his own desire to Not be his own person (hes an adult man and it's weird to live with his dad for centuries and—) as well as his mixed emotions towards Kerubim (the man doesn't deserve to have all this baggage pointed towards him) which too, is kinda reflected by the vomit part of the song.

It's very manic.

33. Hanyuu Maigo - onomatopoeia

A less insane "joris hates and loves kerubim" song.

34. Mitski - Love me More

Man i dont evem know how to explain this without reiterating the shit ive already said.

He doesn't have anything going for him save for two catboys, man. It's his main hobby and lifestyle.

35. Wowaka - toosenbo

This one's on the more "hate" side of the codependency ordeal. For all his issues, I think he haaaates it when Kerubim speaks over him and treats him, an adult man, like a child.

36. Red Vox - Better On The Outside

For a turn, a warm song about making each other better, and helping eachother heal. While the maddening and controlling part of the codependency is very compelling to me, it's not all gloom and doom with the jurgencrepins! (Especially when taking Atcham into account XD)

37. Mili - 奶水 (Milk)

RISE UP FOR THE CREPINJURGENITE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

The knowledge of this song is required for all Joris, Kerubim, and Atcham fans because it's our fucking catboyliker national anthem and flag.

We romanticising caramelizing mythologizing idealizing codependency-to-the-point-of-becoming-a-singular-being in this mothafucka!!! Get your sensitive ass back to wakfu series fandom!!

38. itoki hana - as you are

Another song that portrays the good side of the trio's relationship. They're cringe losers, ugly, and morally ambiguous failures... TOGETHER! And they LOVE each other for it!!!! Fuck!!!!!!!!!!

(singable translation by the fansubber known as "toby fox". Idk who he is but the subs are cool!) -

"I'm really not — the savior you wished I'd be; the hero you said you always saw in me"

"I know that I can't, so don't be surprised; Just hope the one I am 's still the one you love."

39. Hanyuu Maigo - Thank You, Emptiness

It's a very optimistic song, and I don't like ending my playlists on a sad note if the character has a good ending or isn't dead yet. I think that by 600 years of age, Joris has found some meaning in death and life.

40. Flëur - Someone

One of the only english subbed Fleur songs that don't have Yandere Simulator art on the sub videos 💀😭

It's about being forced to care for someone — and growing to love caring about them. While it is unfortunate that Joris's childhood was... yknow, who are we to deny him the right to Enjoy parentification and want to call himself Kerubim's dad?

Like

"he needs to move away from his father and live alone and a conventional romantic relationship with some random character he interacted with once in canon even though he would never fucking do it and it makes no sense for his character"

"no! Independent life and being shipped will kill the patient."

"he needs parentification to live."

41. PinocchioP - Nobody Makes Sense

Another one of those "i think by 600 years of age, his immortality angst has calmed down, and he found some meaning and peace (but not Too Much)" songs.

42. 4o (tadanoCo) - SentO

Wait 5-6 more months for my animatic and then all will be explained. Or listen to it and see my vision.

But to be serious, it's once again about finding meaning - and aggressively. It's about knowing everything about your job is bullshit and useless and you're making no difference; it's about knowing you're a bad person, an idiot, and an egoist the same way everyone else is, and not caring; it's about knowing you can't change the ways the world exploits you, and other people, yearning to be able to do more, but mostly wanting to just live well with the people you love.

And it's about growing up.

43. PinocchioP - I'm glad you're evil too

Crepinjurgenite nation rise up for our second anthem.

Ironically, Joris has built himself such a stoic public image that the only people he really can be himself with are Kerubim and Atcham. And I think he likes it that way.

44. Faded Paper Figures - Relatively

This song is shared with the Kerubim and Atcham playlists.

The first verse is Atcham; the second verse is Kerubim; and the third verse is Joris.

[cleolinda]

Weekend links, May 19, 2024

My posts

I’m writing and drafting, but haven’t posted much per se. I have gotten through both a hypomanic episode and a sinus infection; I’ve been doing a lot of gardening and may post some pictures soon.

Reblogs of interest

Alice Munro, Nobel Prize winner and ‘master of the short story,’ dies at 92

Artist lawsuit against AI reaches milestone; discovery phase could unmask hidden practices of 'exploitative Goliaths'

Hot Vintage Lady Bracket: Quarterfinals. Somebody finally said something nasty enough that I need to step back. Eartha Kitt Nation, see it through to the end.  

That said, please enjoy the Diahann Carroll Barbie and back story that I posted. She’s currently up against Lauren Bacall, who I am named after.

(A story I’ve always liked: how Marilyn Monroe showed up for Ella Fitzgerald.)

Cousin Bartók is here to vanquish your bad day, and I needed it.

Also coming to help: This huge cat has been assigned to you. You must accept this situation and find joy in it.

Choices were made for King Charles’ official portrait: “that painting is going to weep the sequel to blood. after he dies charles is gonna crawl outta that thing like sadako”

Eduardo Valdés-Hevia’s photomanipulation art (read: unreality levels of spooky): the folklore of Asturias

Did you have an imaginary friend as a child, and what type? I had imaginary friends that were Type 1, and... well, I told you that story about my haunted childhood house, so... Type 5. 

How old were you when the first Twilight film (2008) came out? Understandably, I was tagged for this: 29 and recapping it. 

“were you alive when britney spears released ‘…baby one more time’? (september 29, 1998)” 42.1% of respondents: No. (19 and downloading it on Napster.)

“how many times will you loop a song if you really like it?” DAYS. (I can go weeks if I have a couple of songs to alternate in loop sessions). No, I did not realize I was on the spectrum until my late 30s, why do you ask.

HOT VIKING SINGLES IN YOUR AREA

AirBNB Host Cat guides you on Appalachian Trail hikes, or else

I think I joined the wrong Khan Academy

A cat being scuncht about it

Quackulets and Flamontagues

Do you have a cleaningsona? Are you a 400 year old vampire?

“I told her that no, I didn’t have a dog, I was starting the Purina Diet again”

The real purpose of the small talk that people hate so much: ritualized “I’m a human too!!” contact calls.

Video

It’s cool that someone drew a cat using musical notes. It’s ASTONISHING that it’s real music and actually delightful.

This restaurant staff wants this orange cat to stop sleeping in the aisle. This orange cat wants food and also two cat beds for himself and his girlfriend. Guess who wins.

Tiktok jams: Counting to 100 in Vietnamese.

Do You Like This Song? #219: “Freedom! '90” and its iconic video. 

The sacred texts

The Big Night Cat

Personal tag of the week

To celebrate orange cats this week, one orange braincell, except that I think the Restaurant Cat and the Trail Guide Cat are the only ones sharing it. 

[archivedjuice]

sam chung 1-3, 20, 26, 30 ! (and same asks + 16 for mike if no ones asked abt him yet)

sam my first impression of them? insane gender envy LMFAO like my first ever original post about him is how he paints his nails (he probably doesn't and it's just the art style but it sent me into a months long obsession of getting black nail polish).

when (do) i think i truly started to like them? in my second read of soule's run in aug 2022, ngl. i was a lot more active on here and i was able to properly work through my thoughts which propelled my liking him into a fixation.

a song that reminds me of them: any song on deftones by deftones.

a weird headcanon: he watches khan academy videos for fun.

when do you think they were being 'themselves' the most? when he got his eyes poked out by muse and the final fight he has with muse. those two scenes mirror in a way i don't know how to explain yet, too.

the funniest scene they had? there are a lot of bits i think are funny but weren't meant to be. like him jumping around matt's office or following him around whenever matt asks despite being so confused as to why the fuck he's there or being really impatient with matt (honestly it's what matt deserves).

mike when (do) i think i truly started to like them? from the beginning honestly i was obsessed with this guy he was so cool to me and i was so tired of the fact that writers kept taking away matt's whimsy so he was a read for sore eyes.

a song that reminds me of them: kick the tragedy by drop nineteens. for some reason.

a childhood headcanon: this is from ren and i's chat but he used to hang the fact that butch had a crush on matt (another hc) over matt's head but matt never figured it out. he also used to use knowledge of matt's abilities as blackmail and like fuck around with the idea of telling their father. he hated being in the bathroom for long periods of time so in the morning and evening he showered and brushes his teeth like an hour apart before he starts his day and he usually showers when he gets home from school so that he doesn't upset anyone by hanging around to brush his teeth in the mornings way after he's showered.

a weird headcanon: he chews on his sunglasses. like the bits that support them on your ears have teeth marks on em

character ask game

[noodleincident]

What was your fav section on the lsat also any tips for someone studying rn

oh i love talking about this!!! i had to do rly well on the lsat to make up for my no bueno undergrad grades, and i was going through a bananas mental illness time so it felt extra hard but i managed to pull it off, so i feel like i can actually talk about this. sorry if any of this sounds like bragging but my lsat score was the first time i actually felt fairly sure i could pull off law school. this is also rly long sorry

ok unhelpful bc i think they don’t have them anymore but it was sooo satisfying when the logic games finally clicked. it took forever but i do love a good diagram. reading comprehension was tbh the easiest for me but you gotta balance the time with ensuring you read every single word in the piece (no scanning!).

but between reading comprehension and logical reasoning i was partial to logical reasoning practice bc it felt like training my brain in a different way. i did hate taking it though bc i am very bad at remembering time management strategies when the stress of the test sets in, but it worked out somehow

1) ok my number one suggestion is to not rush into taking it. and it actually is ok to do it twice. i was working full time while studying so it felt like it took a long time for it to click but it was super clear when it did — i started scoring like 10ish points higher on my practice tests pretty consistently. but if it isn’t clicking just wait. i started studying in like jan-ish and tried taking in july but it went. not particularly well. and i kinda knew it wouldn’t but i also really needed to get over my initial debilitating anxiety and experience it. and then i didn’t take it till november which felt really late (tbh if i were to do it again i would take it in october and hopefully save myself a lil waitlist grief) but my final score made up for it and led to big scholarship offers, incredibly. anyway tl;dr don’t rush into taking the test

2) grind it out!!! after your first practice test assessment just spend a ton of time grinding through, especially logical reasoning. once you start consistently noticing/resisting the logical reasoning traps is when i suggest starting to test your timing. timing is your enemy (or at least was for me) so make sure you don’t put off testing that

3) i had a few books but in the end the most helpful thing was khan academy (which i think is now merged with lsac?). pivoting from doing it on paper to doing it on the screen was big, and they have all the practice questions, so imo you don’t need much else. i did like the lsat trainer by mike kim as an intro though — i also tried the power score books but the gains were minimal compared to just doing questions imo

4) loveeee pomodoro method. i used uh tick tick to micromanage my study schedule which was helpful for goal setting but maybe set aside one day about 2 weeks in to figure out a system for you? once you figure out your flow. im assuming bc you wanna go to law school you like having Systems (common personality trait in law students)

5) said this above but testing myself on the computer helped a lottttt. for some reason it was rly hard to practice exclusively on paper january-july and then take a test on the computer idk

6) dont put too much pressure on yourself or feel like you gotta do what reddit or whoever says. like yeah you wanna do well but the way to do that is to do what works for you. only insane people post on reddit about test taking strategies. if you’re posting obsessively and desperately about how to score a 180 you are not a well adjusted person, and being a well adjusted person goes a long way in law school. don’t drive yourself bananas before you even get there. also this is hypocritical but the people who are like “i got a 179 and here’s how you can too!” are like those people who brag about their SAT score. they did not hack the test, they don’t know something special about the test, they can’t speak to everyone’s study methods.

this is all to say. this isn’t like “how to get a perfect score” (sorry) but kinda broader, and hopefully helps you stave off madness. also obviously you probably shouldn’t take everyone’s advice. too many cooks in the kitchen situation.

good luck!!!!!! rooting for you :)

[sethshead]

Oh, the names I’ve been called for asserting that the horseshoe is real. Because here it is, right in front of your faces.

Never mind that “Zio” and “ethnostate” both originated among neo-Nazis and the KKK. Here we have a (hopefully soon to be former) Temple student who supports left-coded anti-Israel agitation revealing just how much he shares in common with the white supremacist alt-reich when it comes to Jew-hate.

Mo Khan is hardly a unique phenomenon. Listen to the campus protestor rhetoric: they demand ethnic cleansing by Islamic fundamentalists in the name of an(other) Arab ethnostate. The whole Palestinian national movement, even before the emergence of a specifically Palestinian Arab national consciousness, has always shared most of its ideals in common with the Nazis who allied with it. That pro-Palestinian sentiments are associated with the left and welcome in the Western academy is exclusively because of Cold War Soviet Realpolitik, a move to separate the West from its supply of petroleum. And of course, guess who translated the Protocols into Arabic and disseminated them throughout the Arab world, where they now form the bedrock of Arab perceptions of Jews and are referenced in the Hamas Covenant?

The horseshoe is real, and it connects on antisemitism.

[1mmortus]

HOWDY hi there!! i’m kq! i’m 29, live in est, and use she / her pronouns! it’s important for me to say that i’m a really shy person. talking to new people kind of freaks me out and sometimes it takes me a long time to reply to things ooc. i try to always talk in the tags on threads and have little conversations on the dash, but beyond that… it takes me some time to calm down and talk to new people, so i’m really sorry in advance if i take a while to reply to out of character chats! 

ACTIVITY i am not fast. work and life and all that jazz!! if you’re interested, i have a couple of other marvel blogs: misdirectings ( gamerverse based felicia hardy ), boyimpossible ( 616-based franklin richards ), embgn ( mixed canon kamala khan ), kirbyflown ( 616-based noh-varr ), and mnorus ( mixed canon nico minoru ) but none of them are super active on their own, if you’re ever interested in interacting with one of those blogs, lemme know and i can pop over! and my discord is always available for mutuals!! just ask!!

FORMATTING i can't lie ... this shit is all over the place ... i tend to match whatever my partner is doing! i do small text by default, but i'll switch it up to regular sized text if you ask / if i remember seeing something about it in your rules!! also, for icon things!! i don't have those at this time... sorry besties

GENERAL this blog is multi-verse, multi-ship, multi-everything! unless we’ve discussed overlapping plot lines with a whole bunch of muses, it’s safe to assume that my interactions with your character and my interactions with another are happening in completely different timelines! also,  please don’t godmod!! little things that move along the thread are fine, but please try not to assume my character has done/will do anything in particular, in it!

TRIGGERS / SENSITIVE SUBJECTS as a general rule, i will always be trying to tag or avoid common triggers! my formats for tagging are ‘trigger cw //’ and ‘trigger tw//’. i will always try to do both and i always look for people’s triggers in their rules, but please don’t hesitate to let me know if i’ve forgotten a tag. as for myself, i have a weird teeth related trigger! it doesn’t need to be tagged, but if you could avoid talking to me directly about dental things it would be greatly appreciated! also, as a rule i don’t do smut! It’s just not my thing!

UNIVERSES generally speaking, my portrayal of nate will be based on the events of the young avengers series/the avengers academy infinity comic, pulling influences from exiles! i'm pretty much 100% comics based!! but, i’m familiar with the mcu and a few of the comics’ branch-off universes if you’re interested in plotting something outside of 616.

VERY IMPORTANT!! there are few things that i vibe with less than i vibe with people being mean. on a small scale, i don’t post hate, i don’t send hate, and i don’t like to see hate. on a larger scale, i don’t tolerate racism, homophobia, transphobia, or anti semitism. if i see people posting things with an obvious malicious intent, i steer clear, unfollow, or block.

[sithwitch13]

AEW Collision 6/29/24

Watching late, but full up on meat and booze in exchange

Orange is in a Jane mood today I see

After mentioning it on All Elite Talk this past week I decided to reread New Japan Academy and I really need to post some of the panels here. (It's a NJPW high school AU manga focusing on Tetsuya Naito.) (I'm reminded because Ishii shows up at one point.)

HANGMAN TEASER OMG

Big Bill and Bryan Keith continue making me so happy

Aaaa Stephanie Vaquer and Lady Frost time aaaa

Holy shit I love Mercedes' dress

Oooh surprise Zeuxis

HIROMU

Oh dang two women's matches tonight! TAKE NOTE TONY KHAN, WE DEMAND MORE WOMEN

RIHO

I continue to hate myself for not hating this stupid Learning Tree thing.

Lol Joe, Hook, and Shibata hanging out, just snacking while they wait to ambush Jericho

JEFF COBB

I was at the show where Jeff Cobb first showed up on AEW! Was my very first live wrestling show, too. I have a soft spot for him because of that.

Orange: "My world is falling apart and a lanky man keeps violently flirting with me."

Now kiss

The Bang Bang Gang says "Fuck The Patriarchy"

DANNY VS THE BUTCHER WHOOO

So happy Danny's riding high lately.

Awwww hometown boys having a moment

Dang it Trent why must you look so good while evil and wearing an evil suit

Oh god I'm tearing up at Brodie Jr narrating the Brodie shoe ad

Substitute Tony Khan Christopher Daniels is really doing it for me

SHIDA!!!! ALSO THREE WOMEN'S MATCHES TONIGHT!!!

I think Nigel's dream in life is to be the middle of Bryan and Mariah sandwich

YEAH SHIDA

Between Toni Storm and Marina Shafir, AEW must be Quentin Tarantino's favorite wrestling promotion

Goddamn I love Toni (for the drama, not the feet)

The TNT Title match is the most "whoever wins, I win" match of tomorrow

Eight kids?! Wrap it the fuck up, Mark, jesus

Oooh Dante and Lio tension

Ladders are Mark Briscoe's favored terrain and his proficiency bonuses are all doubled

I hope this weigh in goes better than the last one

Aww Kyle Fletcher here for his buddy

Oh hey, EJ Nduka finally appears

I repeat: now kiss