#And like... having to take a 9th semester is whatever.

[seilon]

love when this is referred to as the gifted kid website. shockingly my mental disorders made me mentally disordered and school never really vibed with that so. couldn’t be me

[amethyst-marshmallow]

random ahh whiteboard doodles, i cant remember if ive already posted half of these (mostly dandys world)

Text: shh hes photosynthesizing / bites him instead / AAA wtf

ok i think i already posted the first one but its funny

Text: Blehh :P //

smol astro

Text: Design on back //

I kept changing how he looked (you can see in the above image the stripe is different) so i decided to make a more solid design 4 him (actually i changed it again bc i decided the blanket is longer but other than that its the same) and him without the blanket

goob + mini dressed as goob and mini again

Text: I love cheese!! ! / eats all of your cheese supply / nooooooo

sorry this screenshot is so weird lmao i used freehand sincec it was surrounded by other stuff

Gigi!!!!!!!!!!

Text: got caught trying to steal his items // *eats grilled cheese angrily*

omg i love drawing the toons as chibi theyre so silly that way

toodles with a propeller hat and comically large lollipop my beloved <3 i think i already posted this but whatever

boxten if he was cooked and finn if he wasnt cooked

ok undertale break

yay alSO SORRY for changing Charas hair AGAIN i do like this one tho i probably wont change it another time. if i do you can beat me up or somehting

sspeaking of other fandoms!!!!!!!!!

poob regretevator!!!!!!

Text: idk how to draw a dog body / hes okay I GUESSSS... / ooo BIIG STREEAATCHHH

dogs bc i just wanted to practice dogs

ok the end!!! sorry if i already posted any of these lmao i fr forgor which ones i already did

also winter break is about to end for me :( so i will have to go to school again... but this means more school doodles!!

remind me to make a new banner later

yapping about school under the cut

(yapping) i actually am kinda worried about this semester bc i hate basically every class. first semester i got speech, which ew, but yk, i also got english (my fav!!), science (another fav), and that mandatory class they make all freshmen/9th graders take (we basically did nothing 90% of the time, so usually just study hall). but this semester i have PE (EW I FUCKING HATE PE SM I HATE IT I HATE PE I HATE IT!!!!!!!) Math (EW also im in honors so gulp) geography (I FUCKING SUCK AT GEOGRAPHY I AM GOING TO FAIL HELP ME) and into to business computer applications (i think its like. they teach u how to use certain computer applications and it looks good on your resume?) which im not too worried about but other than that my classes SUCK and also i think i have pe BLOCK 1 WHICH EW!!!! I DO NOT WANNA DO PE AT 7 IN THE MORNING!!!!!! NO! GROSS BAD!! hopefully i can get my schedule changed to maybe have it at another time if thats true beccause I will NOT stand for that. just no.

anyways bye!!!!!!!!!!!!

[knizmokat]

Life Update !!

this is so overdue but i've been crazy busy with college stuff (agh)

okay so you guys (probably) know that i'm in college getting a bachelors in social care and this whole semester (plus my second semester of third year) is work experience/placement.

for the americans and anyone else who doesn't know what that is: work experience is when students get a part-time or full-time job during the semester and shadow staff or professionals to get experience in their field.

my course has two work experience blocks, so i'm on placement for my entire first semester of second year (which is right now) and then also the entire second semester of third year, so i don't have any classes or lectures until January. we have to log 400 hours by the 6th of December so it's roughly 30 or 35 hours a week, for twelve weeks.

i started on the 9th of September and i'm working at a day service (or centre) for people with intellectual disabilities and mental health struggles (mostly the former). and it's actually pretty chill! my schedule is below

Mon to Thurs: 8.30 - 4.30

Wednesday: 8.30 - 12.30

Friday: 8.30 - 3.00

the place where i work always gives students a half-day so they can get more time for college work and lemme tell you, i was so hyped when i found this out because i thought it would be nine to five, monday to friday.

so like i said, it's been really chill, but adjusting to the new work routine has been really difficult because i finish at 4.30 but i don't actually get home until 5.00 and then i have to change and do stuff and it's been a little messy—but we're settling !!

the place is really chill, the service users (that's what the official term is for people who are involved with the social care sector) are all pretty nice. the majority of them are much older than me though, which is a little weird sometimes because i'm essentially in this position of leadership and 'authority' and telling a man who is a few decades older than me to go have his lunch 💀💀

the adjustment, again, has been a struggle because i've never had to create a work/life balance for myself? like when i'm at work i have to be present and focused, so i was on social media wayyy less and literally didn't message some of my friends for days outside of sending Instagram reels 💀 but like i said, i'm finally settling and finding some balance

my supervisor is also really cool, she's very flexible when it comes to missing days and says that i can make the hours whenever, like if i see an opportunity then i take it (if you don't have 400 hours logged by december, you fail placement) and she's always making sure that i'm comfortable and stuff because they haven't had a transgender student working for them before lol

outside of that uhhh not much? has happened?? i've gone through a lot of growth since August and i'm not really sure how it happened but like i'm just more confident now and i'm more comfortable in my sexuality (or should i say asexuality haha) and i've come to terms with a lot of things, been dealing with my anxiety really well (but i also got stress sick this last week because of procrastination and executive dysfunction kicking my ass)

also i got back into roleplaying bc my friend has this server and oh my God it's so good, i went ages without getting to roleplay anything because i didn't really have any partners (excluding reygn yes i see you gorgeous) and just ahh

also i'm back into anime, finally continued my hero academia and restarted jujutsu kaisen, slow going though because i'm fixating on other things simultaneously but holy shit mha season six?? goddamn

but uhh yeah so that's been my life :)

i have two fics in the works but when i'll get those finished is anybodys guess, could be next week could be next year, who knows lmao

i'm gonna try to post more on here—and i mean actually post not just reblogging shit lol

feel free to ask me whatever or leave stuff in my askbox

[galaxae]

if youre still doing the ocverse ask game, 3 and 19? 🥺

ougghhh i so totally still am. i'm mainly fixated on my stupid ass video game idea (working title is gods don't bleed but i want to change it bc it doesn't fit as well anymore)

forgive me if this is incoherent, my boyfriend dislocated his knee so i have to care for him, and work has been terrible and burned me out, so i'm definitely leaving some stuff out of my answers :(, but whatever!!

3.) any recurring images/elements?

absolutely yes. lots of imagery of plants and animals, for one. fire vs. ice too, yes i know it's a very commonly used trope but i like playing around with those two things, especially when i get to kinda subvert expectations with them. similarly with light vs. dark. and also colors vs black and white, both in terms of morality and in terms of actual visuals

19.) describe the sillies you think about but that dont go in the story.

in my mind, charity and fabian (the first two playable characters, and close friends) are exes. it's probably not going to be canonized, but it's also not going to be explicitly denied, so...

their first date was incredibly awkward, by the way. fabian was an ignorant rich kid who loved to pry and stick his nose in others' business and not let up until he knew everything about a situation, while charity was freshly in the "my mom and i were homeless, got taken in by a man, and then that man turned out to be very very bad so we had to flee the state and come to this small piece of shit town where no one realizes how privileged they are, and this all sucks, and i don't want to talk about it" mindset. they were also both 14-15 which is the worst age to be. they broke up so fast after this but now they've got a really solid friendship going a few years later, and charity has a different (cooler) partner

also, so many silly bits of dialogue that... i'm not sure they'll go into the game at all, or if they do, whether they'll just be optional bits. but some favorites include (formatted sorta like they would be in my script document):

KIMBERLY: Oh, hey, Fabián, you're in French 2 with me next semester. JAMAL: Wh... what? People actually take French? I thought that was a myth. FABIÁN: Well, I already know Spanish since everyone on my mom's side and, like, half of my dad's side speaks it. So I thought taking Spanish would be way too easy. CHARITY: You stupid son of a bitch. That's exactly why you should take Spanish.

ACE: Holy shit, I just got stung by a bee! FABIÁN: Are you ok??? Ace pulls the stinger out of their face ACE: LOOK! It's still pumping venom! That's so cool! CHARITY: What the fuck is wrong with you? ACE: What's wrong with you? Lookit!

JAMAL: Hey. Kimbie. KIMBERLY: Don't call me that, please. What is it? JAMAL: Spell ICUP. KIMBERLY: "ICUP?" JAMAL: Spell it. KIMBERLY: That's not a real word. Fake words don't have spellings. JAMAL: Can you at least try? KIMBERLY: Oh. Wait. I see. I-K-U-P. JAMAL: ... KIMBERLY: Does that suffice? Jamal looks as though he's about to cry. [Later that same day] JAMAL: Hey, uh, hey Kimbi-- Kimberly. Is it just me, or is your outfit kind of, uh, "updog?" KIMBERLY: What? JAMAL: Your outfit's kind of "updog." KIMBERLY: What does "updog" mean? JAMAL: ........Can you........... rephrase that, please? KIMBERLY: ? No. JAMAL: :/

also, there's a period of time when kimberly is in 9th grade where she gets really intensely into astrology. specifically so that she can Know A Lot About A Thing that other people don't know as much about. she'll see someone doing something, walk up to them and be like "what are you, an aries venus?" and when they don't understand the reference she'll be like "never mind :)" and feel smart. she no longer does this in the game because she realizes that's so cringe. and she has OTHER science to do, dammit!! (like proving the Weird Kid at school is a literal alien)

another fun fact: kimberly (resident genius) and jamal (who does not give a shit about academics) play chess together one time and jamal wins because kimberly is so perplexed by his newbie moves that she doesn't know how to respond to them.

oh... i didnt realize i had this many sillies... cool :)

yall are encouraged to send more asks if you want i love these blorbos

[mycomicbox]

Random Thoughts on Persona 5 Royal - Part 2

[Progress: July 9th, 3rd Palace conquered]

<<< Part 1

One thing that this game does better than previous Persona titles is the satisfaction upon beating a boss. Taking down a Palace ruler feels so much more rewarding than beating a Shadow Self or a Full Moon Boss, especially watching them break down from guilt.

Speaking of rewards, Social Links (now called Confidants) have way more rewards for ranking them up. This is such a nice change, but I'm surprised that it didn't make its way into Persona 3 Reload. Granted, I think it's because Confidants are, lore-wise, slightly different from Social Links, as they're based on accomplices in crime rather than just bonds.

THE PERSONA COMPENDIUM CAN BE SORTED ALPHABETICALLY. Where was this feature two games ago?

Who let this small child into the magical catacombs?

Yusuke might be my favorite Phantom Thief so far. I feel a slight kinship with him, being an artist myself. Plus, I like his voice.

The Madarame arc gives me somewhat similar thoughts and feelings to the real-world AI art debacle. Y'know, with the whole plagiarism-for-profit thing. Someone smarter than me could probably word it better, but you get what I'm saying, right?

From what I've seen, I think that this is the most a principal in a Persona game has been relevant to the story. I don't know about Persona 1 or 2, but the principals in 3 and 4 were just no-name whatever guys.

Okay, the hot pot scenes were really sweet, with the squad just hanging out at Leblanc and talking.

That one Shinjuku scene is one that I've heard horror stories about, and... yeah, even after it was altered in Royal, it's still bad. At least it's brief.

As it turns out, I am far better at video game darts than real-life darts.

Makoto had it rough before she became a Phantom Thief. Glad that she did, since her Persona and costume are dope.

Fusion Alarms are way better than Persona 4's Fusion Forecast.

⚡️ Confidant Lightning Round:

Chihaya is too goddamn cute. She scammed me out of ¥100,000 with a block of salt and I couldn't even be mad.

Imagine if you were shopping for medicine and the pharamacist asked "Why do you have such a serious look on your face?"

I think Kawakami deserves a hug. And also five billion yen.

Yoshida's got my vote.

I remember reading somewhere that it's possible that Kasumi was planned to be a female protagonist, but was scrapped? Like, if you hack the game to give her Joker's guns, she can actually wield them (unlike other party members, who will just freeze the game). I could be wrong, though. Anyway, I can't wait to learn more about her.

Mad sus that I have to rank up Maruki's Confidant or else miss out on a whole third semester. He seems pretty nice so far, but I'm keeping my eyes peeled...

Overall, the story and gameplay loop have me hooked, even more so than previous Persona titles. Can't wait to see where the story goes next.

[aelincreativ]

Trying to figure this out and was skimming episodes looking for calendars and uh. It's a fucking mess. I'm just going off of the calendars we see in the show and ignoring the school uniforms for the most part because they break everything more than it already is.

We know it starts in April cuz of Miya's calendar, but it's too blurry for me to see what the dates are on the calendar to judge if it fits the date pattern for whatever year the show is set in.

To try and establish what year they set Sk8 in, our best bet is the July - August calendar in Reki's house in episode 7. That set up for July and August is 2020. Which is the most logical since the show released in 2021. But technically it could also be set in 2015 or 2026.

One thing that needs to be taken into account is the 8th as their hot spring trip of episode 6. Because the only months where the 8th would be in the middle of the week like it was shown on the calendar, is either in April or July of 2020. So logically the hot spring trip was actually July 8th, not June.

In Langa's home in episode 10 when Langa's talking to his mom at the start of the episode, there is a calendar on the wall with 30 days but you can't see what month it is for. Logically this would be for September, but the start day of the month on the calendar doesn't match up with end of August. The month shown starts on a Friday when if it was September 2020 it should have started on a Tuesday. November, the next month with 30 days, should have started on a Sunday in 2020.

We also have to try and figure in when exactly their summer vacation happened. Usually those are 40 days long and run the end of July through August. Which to make it try and fit with the hot spring trip and the calendar in Reki's house still being August when he goes to school, it actually would make more sense for their school to have done their summer vacation early and have them on break either all of July or starting their break on July 8th or right before that. That way they can be back from break early to mid August to go back to school in episode 7 wearing their summer uniforms.

This works best because they show them meeting up for school after the tournament announcement and so it wouldn't work to try and squish everything into the second or third week of July before they would have been on summer break through all of August. It also doesn't make sense for the tournament to have been announced in July and then not happen till September since we know that they're back in class after the first qualifier rounds. We don't know how long in between every phase of the tournament but it didn't happen in the same week that's for sure.

It works to still have the last two episodes be October because of the uniforms and even fits a lot better with the new and adjusted timeline! And Cherry and Shadow's healing rates now that I think about it. Since Cherry's up and walking by the last episode and it takes about 6 weeks for broken bones to heal, if we put episode 9 at the start to middle of September and episode 12 at the end of October.

So to lay it out in a slightly more plausible timeline for Sk8,

Episodes 1-5 - April - June - Spring semester of School

Episode 6 - July 8th and 9th - Summer Break starts

Episode 7 - Mid to late August - Start of fall semester

Episodes 8 - 10 - September

Episodes 11 - 12 - October

I spent way too long trying to get this sorted out but I needed it for a fic idea I got so now I share for the rest!

Timeline theory

I know I’ve been confused about the timeline of when this show takes place so I’m using background clues to help decipher when things happen! It’s really just a rough idea of when the episodes take place. If you can think of any other details, feel free to chime in with more!

We know they start after the school year has started, because Reki is already a second year in high school, and since the school year starts in April the beginning has to be in April or after.

I found a few things that show the series starts in April.

The most obvious one, Miya’s calendar in Reki’s intro says April.

Keep reading

[orcelito]

Actually, this is kind of funny. So with January here, I've been thinking about my life a year ago. Thinking about how January 13th is my oc Nico's birthday (favorite oc, and therefore this is important), but also about how I got on Lex about a year ago (one year as of the 9th) & then hooked up with my eventual girlfriend on the 12th (which I will unfortunately always remember bc it was the day before my oc's birthday 😭). And I had the thought of "man it's kind of an awkward timing. I did that right before the semester started??" B4 I remembered that I was literally taking that year off of school (due to grief and loss whatever. Quite convenient, given the Bigger grief and loss from february, so I didn't have to worry about school for it)

Anyways this is relevant bc it has me going "hmmm early January last year I had great success in joining a dating app. I wonder if I could do something like that this year." And like I already decided I'm not gonna look for hookups bc I realized my brain doesn't really understand sex being casual (for myself, 100% fine for others but my brain just did NOT have that separation of intimacy), but I also kinda Would like to have some sorta something... even if romance is overrated and I've got more important things to be doing...

Idk nothing wrong with joining a dating app and just poking around. Just to see. Nothing needs to come of it.

[happiighost]

Collecting my thoughts on Persona 5

Warning this gonna be a ramble/rant/a mess, whatever you wish to call it! I beat P5 a while ago (on June 9th) and I needed to stew on it. On one hand, it was super fun and I blitzed through a big chunk of it in two weeks in late December 2023. On the other hand, a couple arcs made me stop cold for a week due to how much things annoyed me. Came back months later to start and finish the 3rd semester in 3 days.

A part does wonder if I should've spaced out playing it more but I had the free time to keep going. I ended up with 120 hours of playtime when I completed it. I do wanna go back and replay it one day. There was so much I missed because I went in blind. The one guide I did have was how to unlock the 3rd semester (AND IT STILL GOT STUFF WRONG).

So here's my weird tier list thing read more for nonsense if you want below~

Okay, I'm sure my putting Morgana as my favorite will jar many people. I started the game assuming I'd hate him, ended with him just being a little guy. Honestly, I didn't expect him to be a party member. I thought he was a mascot guy who hangs out like in magical girl shows. Ended up adoring the little dude. He is a mouthy little kid at times sure. But he's excited to show everyone the ropes. Plus his puppy crush on Ann is adorable.

Futaba is another character I only saw memes about before playing. And this girl broke my heart. She did end up reminding me a lot of myself at that age (minus the kid genius, I'm a moron). From the goofy way of talking and her awkward mannerisms. Some of it hit a too-close home, especially with her being stuck at home all day. Plus the arc of everyone taking turns to help her out of shell was super sweet. Especially her just rambling her heart out about games to Joker. The amount times I do this to my older brother about whatever I'm into atm. I do wish we got ahold of her mom's research for her at some point.

Slight tangent from the tier list but p5 felt like a very weird time capsule to me. I'm very late to this party, but the year the game came out is the year it takes place. Which means I would've been the same age as Joker. The game does date itself several times and weird looking back on it.

Now Sumi and Akechi are just in separate tiers even though they should probably be in the top tier. I started the game not caring to much but grew to really adore them! I think a replay will make me pay attention to both of them more. because I noticed more stuff was off with Sumi very early (lack of blood first awakening, her school ID having a brown hair/a mole). It just bunch clues that don't get pay off till veryyyyy late in the game.

It's pretty apparent they crowbarred Sumi in the first part of the game. I think execution wise it could adjusted a bit to work better. I still think there is more to explore like her relationship with her sister and parents. Also would've killed to go to one of her meets/competitions. I wanna be her #1 cheerleader! Would love to cosplay her thief design, Violet, one day!

Speaking of her thief design sense so much of her character is emulating others and confirmed her violet design is based off Joker as her idea of "rebellion" I really wish she got a new design to further show her coming into her own. Unless it is confirmed somewhere she really was scrapped femc at one point. There's really little reason why her outfit has nods to jokers. At least change the color scheme to be more in line with Ella and her gymnast outfit. And her persona. being based on Cinderella is an odd choice for me. I feel the better choice to keep with the trickster theme is Odette/Odile. Last I wish I had few more scenes with Maruki post her 2nd awakening.

For Akechi... One of my old coworkers compared him to Dimitri from fe3h. I love Dimitri, he's a favorite character for me. But all I knew of Akechi was that he got shipped with the Joker a lot and he's "mean/tsudere". Other than that, nothing! I didn't know he was a murder going in. So to spite said coworker I kinda went in determined to dislike Akechi for poor Dimitri comparison (said co-worker kinda like bashing me for fe3h characters I liked and overall was not the most fun talk to about games I played.).

As a result, I didn't pay much attention to him at all in early support. Further into game, i noticed more Lupin the 3rd references so i kinda wondered if he was gonna be Inspector Zenigata (who is my favorite from The Little I've Seenof Lupin the 3rd.). But he kinda off put me off because I called him forcing the prince persona from when you met him. As the game went on I figured out he was black mask and just got more and more worried about the guy. It becomes pretty obvious by Futaba Palace he's gotten himself into something he not gonna easily get out of. It's pretty clear holding back what wants to say. Even when he joins I recall very long text messages about the "motivations" of the black mask killer. It's just him spiraling into an indirect makeshift confession of his crimes.

And the third semester where he little more honest in how he acts. He is not at all what I expected, his navigator lines are indeed hilarious to me (the delivery is similar to Hubert from fe3h they share eng voice actor) for the most part he gets the ball rolling and helps spearhead the 3rd-semester palace heist. He's very blunt but I wouldn't call him "tsundere" or "crazy" at all. He has trust issues for sure but The navigator lines seem to exception, as he comes off pretty level-headed outside of combat. He is very upset at the fact he got left off easy, he wants to face the consequences of his actions and works to make sure it happens. I really ended up adoring him sumi by the end of the game Though I still don't think Dimitri's comparison is apt. Besides the hair?

I have so much to say about akechi and sumi but I'll stop here!

This is more of an issue I have with the player/writing but you really can't reach out properly to any of the cast. Joker kinda feels like he's stuck as a rule of cool protag. So it seems a lot of the cast is talking at him. It's like the devs were a little torn on what direction to go with him. He's more like the smug scheming Lupin the 3rd vs gentlemen thief angle of the OG Arsene (and Miyazaki's Lupin 3rd run as well). So they kinda don't wanna make the player feel bad at any point if that makes sense. It's nice to see the original director did see this issue and fixed in his newest game metaphor (voice acting does wonders yall)

Even if you as the player get to point out stuff like where you need to go next. The game has to stop you until another character (generally Makoto) gives you the green light. The game seems to have a bad habit post Makoto joining, of having her and Futaba just info dump on the player which extenuates the issue. The only time they kinda dump an explanation I didn't see coming was how the whole interrogation room stunt worked. I'm honestly very surprised there wasn't more emotional fallout from said stunt. I know it's based on an actual Arsene Lupin story but one of the moments in the game post the reveal I was taken aback by.

I think my biggest issues with the game are the emotional tone and whiplash it can have from arc to arc. The support lines feel separate from the characters in the main story (even though they continue to lose ends from their initial arcs). I get there are a lot of characters to balance and some do end up fading in the background if they aren't stuck expositing the next plan at you. But it feels certain comedy moments really shouldn't have happened due to what occurred in the previous arc and in character support links.

There is also the issue of the game being very... aimed at the male audience. The first arc has the main antagonist a predatory adult sexually assaulting students. But you playing as a student can romance all the older adult women. Almost every female support you have, you can also romance. There are also several points in the game where you can pick a girl and go on a date or go with ryuji to hit on women who don't wanna be bothered. Even near the end of the game on Valentine's Day/Christmas the game hammers in how "sad or bad" it is if you choose to not romance anyone ( which I choose to do purpose). Even the way your support links with how the teacher starts to feel very invasive to her life outside of school. Ann at the start of Yusukes arc just makes me feel terrible for her.

I know I'm biased due to being a lady but it's just not cute nor funny to me guys just walk up and don't go away. I really would've been fine just sitting on the beach with Morgana or getting ice cream rather than getting forced into dates.

Well that's all for my word barf, if you read this I'm sorry. I'm not very eloquent as you can tell. Despite my complaints, i did enjoy the game i just think it has a very shakey execution on its themes for what ever plot currently demands in the moment.

[hislittleraincloud]

Sorry, but the above post's conclusion is incorrect. 🫠💀✨

In before the "Happy Birthday Wednesday" posts that will no doubt come on the 13th of this month.

Netflix Wednesday is not a Libra♎. She is a fiery Scorpio♏.

And I'm not just writing that because it benefits me and my intentions with my own story. This is all Netflix Canon (N/C) that people seem to have just...overlooked for some reason.

The events of the show take place within the span of about/just over one month,

from the beginning of October 2022 (when she attacked the water polo team/Dalton) to mid-almost late-November 2022. Five weekends of action go by:

Harvest Festival***,

Poe Cup****,

Rave'N,

Parents' Weekend, (This one is an 'off' date, if only because of the suicide note, but regardless of the 9th, the weekend is still in November.)

Mayor Walker's funeral. We know that Outreach Day was on a Wednesday, since Fabian was murdered that night, and Wednesday went to the morgue the next night and states that it's "Thursday, 7:23 P.M." into her recorder during her preliminary autopsy. Enid faints at the Bundy Board (LOL) the next day which is a Friday, etc., etc. Friday was actually a very busy day for Wednesday, no wonder she needs quads over ice. 💀

Mid-fall semester (we know it's fall/autumn because of the Harvest Festival...I grew up around these things because I'm a Masshole) is about mid-October, since the U.S. school semester starts in either late August or at the latest now is early September and ends a few days before Christmas break in December (that's not counting Thanksgiving break in late November, which is shorter and purportedly the break that's taken early). That's when Wednesday arrived at Nevermore, and the Poe Cup was the weekend after she arrived.

ETA #482637263: Outreach Day happens the week after Wednesday arrives at Nevermore. Donovan tells Noble that he "ran into [Lucas] and his friends at the Weathervane last week" on Outreach Day.

The Rave'N is a Sadie Hawkins Halloween dance, and theirs takes place the last weekend in October 2022.

The next weekend after the Rave'N is Parent's Weekend, which means the first week of November's already passed.

The suicide letter in this scene was likely misdated thanks to a very shitty props department, as it should be closer to the 4th or 5th according to character dialogue (Parent's Weekend happens a week after the Rave'N). But whatever, it is dated November 9, 2022 by the fast & loose props and editing department (and since Burton signed off on it, it's canon). Maybe props was trying to be cute because November 9th was a Wednesday.

Pretty much right after her parents leave, Enid and the Nightshades throw her the surprise birthday party in Crackstone's Crypt (beginning of Quid Pro Woe/6). It would make sense that her birthday was November 13th/Sunday, since everyone was already casual, and the next day would have been a school day, when Wednesday was up drawing the Gates Mansion gates. We also know that they asked Thing to hide her Taxidermy Kit birthday present during their visit, and the ice was still pretty cold/hadn't melted yet, so her birthday was right after they left. (Note that they didn't even acknowledge it before they left...LOL...that dynamic is something I'm exploring in my fic. I also acknowledge that for all we know, it could be ✨magic ice 🧊✨).

Things we cannot put stock into:

The actual real world Full Moon calendar, and applying it to the show's timeline. The show is a mess when it comes to this and the writers took very big creative liberties with the Full Moons. The Beaver Blood Moon, the lunar eclipse moon, happened November 8th. On the show, that "Blood Moon" was fictionalized, and happened well after the 8th. So yeah...the show's full moons do not coincide with our reality. And that's fine, it's just a feature of their world's rules. Kinda like being on Tatooine and having three moons. Perhaps the differing moon thing is intentional, given the focus on moon phases with the Nightshades' emblems:

🌚🌒🌓🌔💀🌖🌗🌘🌚

What Wednesday says about her birthday to Weems *. It was her first few hours stepping foot in Nevermore, and Wednesday was out to create an image for herself...one where she says crap for shock value/mess with people she doesn't know. She was born in mid-November, but it's quite possible her parents lied about it being Friday the 13th since November 13, 2006 was a Monday (and it probably didn't occur to Wednesday to question it). Or, Wednesday knows it's a lie and just pushes it. Regardless, Netflix canon-wise, she was born sometime after November 9th (the date of Reggie's fake suicide note). For me as a writer, it seemed to make sense to keep the day at 13 no matter where it landed, since it's obviously easier to lie to a child about which day of the week they were born ☠️

*Another example of her First Day lies (though she does continue her messed up lies throughout the show) is what she says to Enid during her tour.

Enid: Rumor's been swirling around that you killed a kid at your old school and your parents pulled strings to get you off.

Wednesday: Actually, it was two kids, but who's counting....

She didn't kill anyone. She just maimed/castrated Dalton.

I know y'all want her to be a Libra for some reason but it just doesn't work in this version of canon...or really, any version of canon if we're just talking about astrological signs. Our girl is a Scorpio...anti-social, manipulative, violent, and passionate about the things she's passionate about.

This is nowhere near N/C Wednesday's personality...even the most twisted fan fiction can't get her these unless she had a brain transplant with someone like Enid:

When I first saw the gifs and posts in this fandom back in the spring about her being a Libra I just couldn't. It's still puzzling, it's almost like the basic qualities of the signs are being ignored because everyone is neglecting to see her sarcasm for what it is (meaning that essentially, if this were a real world thing, her ruses are working to confuse).

This here embodies who N/C Wednesday is:

(Though for her, those weaknesses are her strengths.) That's just one site, I'm not an astrologer, etc., but I've known the basics since I was a kid and was interested in this crap (😂 I read a lot of weird shit when I was little).

Anyway. Sorry to tip any Libra ♎ scales. In Netflix Canon it's impossible, since she first arrived at Nevermore in mid-October.

ADD 10/13/23: Since today is the day fanon is going to rear its head, I have another tidbit: It also makes sense that Wednesday was conceived on 'the most romantic day of the year':

Gomez and Morticia probably had a really, really nice Valentine's Day. 🫠✨

***I damn near forgot about the Harvest Festival, but that only strengthens my timeline, since it just adds another weekend and would place the Rave'N on the 29th of October.

**** God, these extra notations are insane so I'm just going to have to make another whole ass post. TECHNICALLY the Poe Cup takes place on a Tuesday, unless we're adding days in between Ophelia Hall's victory and when Wednesday first goes down to the Poe Statue (like I do in my story), because Wednesday does say that Xavier "didn't seem surprised when she showed him the drawing LAST NIGHT", which means via show canon: Poe Cup & Nightshades kidnapping = Tuesday, Outreach Day/Fabian's murder = Wednesday, Wednesday at the morgue = Thursday, Wednesday asks Xavier to the Raven/gets dumped on (and Xavier gets his "last minute invitation" from Bianca) = Friday, Rave'N = Saturday. But it makes zero sense to put the Poe Cup on a random Tuesday, unless the date itself is important for it.

Wednesday's Zodiac Sign is Libra!

Investigating post...

Establishing show timeline:

1. Claim: the Year is 2022

Proof: Weems! The first Poe Cup took place in 1897 and the current one is the 125th...thus, 2022.

Now lets narrow that year down to at least a season. I say Fall!

2. Claim: The Show runs from somewhere September-ish to about late-November/Early December.

Supporting clues:

School is already in session in the first episode. Could be anywhere from first school day to several.

Undetermined time later we learn that Nevermore doesn't usually accept students mid-term implying that it's not definitely not between terms or end of school year.

Wednesday tries to escape during the Harvest Festival which is typically a Fall event.

Weather: everyone is running around in light clothes and leaves are bright green in the first two episodes, going steadily browner and yellower. SNOW in the last episode. Which means that Season 1 definitely ran before the Winter and ended with an early Winter break.

Number of full moons in show: 3

Episode 1: Why aren't you wolfing out? My guess is that this was the September full moon around mid-month because school was already in session.

Then we know that no more than a week passed between Episode 4 and 5 because in E4 Wednesday sneaks into the coroners office just before his last day (and Thing sticks bubblegum on the camera) and in E5 Reggie the coroner dies...and the Sheriff claims he saw him last week.

Episode 6: Wednesday's birthday episode and the Gates Mansion incident.

My guess is these things all happen in October because we haven't had a full moon episode since the first and the few time flags we do have indicate that only a couple of weeks could have passed since Ep1.

Episode 8: Full bloodmoon. Enid Finally wolfs out.

Logically since the Gates Mansion full moon wasn't a blood moon an entire month must have passed between Ep6 and 8 making this somewhere around November which matches the weather signals.

3. Claim: Wednesday could only have been born on 13th October 2006.

Now this is just math. We know from Episode 6 that she's turning 16.

So that means she was born in 2006.

It's standard Addams Family lore that Wednesday was born on Friday the 13th.

And 2006 only had two Friday the 13ths: January and October.

And since we established that the show runs during the Fall semester...

Wednesday could only have been born in October - which is right on brand for her anyway because it's also the month of Halloween! YAS!

[assim-eu-sou]

And here I am, at the end of Violetta Season 2. I didn’t think I would be making this post so soon, but life works in mysterious (unhinged) ways. The timeline of me having arrived at this point is unbelievable, even to me. I watched the season 1 finale on October 9th. 1 week later, I wrote my first fic for the fandom. A week after that, I started my first multi-chapter fic. And a week after that, I finished the first part (5 chapters) of that same fic. Now, today, November 14th, just over a month later, I’ve finished the season 2 finale. This was all pretty surprising, considering the last time I wrote fiction regularly was when I was in middle school. Finding out that I still have that creativity was a really nice surprise, and it was also so lovely to have support from the fandom, my friends. Also, it took me over a year to watch season 1, so the difference in pace was DRAMATIC. Going from barely tolerating the show to whatever this is? We have to laugh.

Season 2 came into my life at just the right time. At the risk of putting all my cards on the table, I spent the better part of this semester in what I can look back and recognize as a high-functioning depressive episode. I kept up with my responsibilities and performances as usual, but mentally I was Not Having A Good Time and my intrinsic motivation just wasn’t there. This was upsetting because it is my last full year on campus and I had hoped to enjoy all of the wonderful opportunities I have as much as I could, especially after having lost so much to the pandemic.

However, I feel that I started getting myself back in October, slowly but surely, in conjunction with my descent into season 2. I was excited to see what plotlines each new day would bring as I kept watching, and when I started writing Planets, aspects of my day-to-day life that felt mundane became part of a larger story. Lately, when I’m going from here to there considering what is next on my schedule, I find myself thinking there is so much good in my life and what a blessing it is to live it.

It might sound stupid to some people that a show like Violetta could make such a difference, but to me, media is art, and I wouldn’t be a musician if I didn’t believe art has the power to impact people in significant ways. It wasn’t just the content though. It was the sense of connection that came from experiencing it with others. If I take nothing else from Violetta, I will always have the people it brought into my life, who I cherish. Honesty, you can only begin to conceptualize what you mean to me. In the end, I feel that there are no coincidences, and the way we all crossed paths was a masterful plan of galactic proportions.

So, thank you to everyone who watched me embark on this journey through Violetta Season 2, and especially to those who went on it alongside me. Getting to experience this with you will now and forever be a pivotal part of my 2022. The fun doesn’t end here though… oh no. It’s only beginning. No one is prepared for the cataclysmic event that will be me watching season 3. Myself included.

[julietas-basil]

Putting her elbows on his desk and bent down when he ask a question, so he can can see her breast

Dear anon you gave a kick right into my writer's block,

here you go

The sound of the ticking clock played repeatedly on his mind, counting every second Agustin remained glancing on the damned paper. Nothing seemed to make sense in any of those questions, his fate was seale; that until the end of this semester he was pretty sure he wouldn't have absorbed a think of what was said.

And if we counted in, That woman in front of him he was on 9th cloud for,he was doomed-

Agustin used his hand to brush away the falling strands from his grown fringe sighing in desperate relief of his cripling fear, He tapped the tip of his pen rhythmically against the wooden surface of his desk.

With the annoying pace he had set,there was only single goal in his mind;to attract the attention of his fairytale goddess...

The old student shifted his seat to spreading his limps comfortably on his remained space,definately annoying the student sitting next to him

" What are you looking at Valentin?"

Julieta altered the direction of her interest towards the mustache boy. If he planned on getting her undivided attention,there was one thing he was undoubtedely a good student at. Her body tensed, lifting herself firmly on her hands.

"Mr. Rojas! could I be of any help?" The curly haired woman prepped herself on her most regal tone to address herself. She took her cat eye glasses gently off her nose, placing them on her work surface.

Agustin lifted his palm to report his queries to the tensed woman.

"Ahhh yes! I would like to ask you a question about the fuction al side of the eukaryotes-"

Julieta didn't say anything she rather turned on her heel to strut towards her quite memorable scholar. The woman pushed a messy strand of the side of her nose,before leaning a little towards Agustin.

The student beckoned at the woman, not even moving from his seat. Julieta glared at him. She was his teacher for God's sake what was he trying to indicate? Her nerves tensed quickly,but she wasnt gonna get fired because of him after all...he is the only one.

The older woman clenched her teath bearing her fury at the back of her brain.

" I cant understand-" the rest of what followed was transformed into pure misunderstanding, as Agustin went from whispering to mouthing a whole sentence. Julieta moved her eyebrows in question as she tried to make out the alien words.

" Come closer, I don't bite." Agustin gave her a flirty but toothy smirk, causing Julieta to blush ,whilst the anger in her stomach transformed in burning arousal. the woman shook her head vigorously "¿Perdón?" what kind of communication was he going to have with her? Telepathetic maybe.

Agustin trembled as his tutor situated herself on her elbows setting her lips next to his ear, her exhales resting every time atop his pinna,the rest tingling a part of his neck. The tall adult found himself tagging on his trousers, as the heat in his centre grew effectively into an unbearable erection.

In the meantime her perfume hit the bottom of his nostrils, taking into her flowery scent as he started mumbling out his questions. He was a little occupied to the crook of her kissable neck before his eyesight dragged further into her cleavage, her shirt having a wider neckline.

He felt a familiar sensation burn through his restrictive clothing- digging his digits into his thigh- trying to calm the hardness that poked profusely on his pants.

He bit his lip, as his view traced towards the exposed flesh, ivory breasts wonderfully peaking out from her black ,half-lacy brassiere, wanting nothing more than to taste the glorious mounts with his mouth and skillful tongue. Julieta seemed to explain something that was long lost. Whatever she whispered into his ears, didn't make it to his brain, at least not like her sweet perfume and her heavenly body did...

" Alright Guys you have 30 Minutes left! Try to write as much as you know, even by your words..." Julieta exclaimed looking at her handwatch then at the half full amphitheater.

Agustin never understood when Ms Madrigal strayed away from his presence, still too dumbfounded to process the reality that acted out in front of him. He looked at his bulge slowly, tapping quickly his foot on the floor, in an embarrassing attempt to relieve the aching tent that created in his clothes.

This was going to be a long day...

[seashq]

students !   it is time for summer vacation and our eighth land destination of the semester. exciting !  the ss university will be docked in california until we resume travel on august 26th, 2021. students will not have access to the ship during this time. starting monday, august 9th, students will be required to leave the ship and either travel home, go somewhere else, or travel to the school-sponsored summer vacation destination of las vegas, nevada.

ooc guidelines and notes: students are highly encouraged to split their time between home/travel and las vegas !  this means you can have remote threads  ( text threads, written gif threads of students on the phone/facetime/skype, etc. )  as well as threads in vegas with the rest of the student body. we don’t care about timeline during this event so don’t stress about organizing your time. students writing from home and in vegas can happen simultaneously. the main thing we want to ensure is that no one is left out or isolated during this event since it is so long, so we highly suggest you have your student spend at least a little time in vegas so you can properly write with everyone. if we see people bubble rping during this event we will break it up and contact you privately. 

on that note, students may travel in pairs, but unless they are family we will not let groups of 3+ students travel together to various places. since this is a long event, it will lead to cliques and we absolutely are not going to allow that. 

during their time in las vegas, students will be at the world famous caesers palace hotel & casino. this luxe resort hosts more than 20 restaurants, 7 pools, spas, casinos, theaters and various shows, and stunning architecture. students can room alone or with whoever they want i pairs. the vegas strip of hotels is highly connected though, so students will have access to visit all the other major hotels and see their themes, arcades, shows, events, spas, and whatever else they may have. students will be on summer vacation for travel and in las vegas starting august 9th, monday morning, and return to the ss university on thursday morning, august 26th. beginning tomorrow, all open starters must be tagged with #seasevent and take place off ship at students’ travel destination or in las vegas. post new starters for the event and make new connections !  you may continue old threads during this time, too. 

below are some ideas of tourist destinations and things to do while in vegas:

tons and tons of casinos for 21+ students

blue man show at the luxor

forum shops at caesars palace

hot air balloon rides

helicopter tours of the city and canyons

hoover dam

grand canyon day trip

ziplines

emerald cave kayak tour

luxury car rentals

murder mystery dinner shows

high roller observation deck

red rock canyons

mob museum

grand canal shops at the venetian

bellagio botanical garden

fashion show mall

stratosphere tower

titanic exhibiton

gold & silver pawn shop

neon sign graveyard museum

freemont street

shelby car museum

skiing at mount charleston

cirque du soleil

haunted museum

coca cola factory

mnm factory

springs nature preserve 

arcade at nyc casino 

mini theme park at circus circus

madame tussauds

shark reef aquarium

secret garden & dolphin habitat 

flamingo wildlife habitat

las vegas motor speedway

mandalay bay beach

las vegas natural history museum

plenty of local shows, concerts, etc. check stubhub for realistic suggestions. keep in mind our rp is not during the pandemic, so if you see anything closed due to the pandemic, ignore this. we are on an alternate timeline. ty !

and many, many other places. we recommend you check out some online travel guides.

behave, students. don’t give our university a bad name. no vegas weddings. please like & reblog this post once read so we know everyone sees. -dean murphy

[kuzocho]

imposter syndrome | Bakugou Katsuki

summary: a short drabble in which Bakugou silenced your imposter syndrome the night before the final exam.

word count: 1k

pairing: Bakugou Katsuki x fem!reader

an: wrote this on a whim to comfort me the other day, so its completely self-indulgent lmao. however, if you find yourself thinking the similar things, please remember that your head is lying to you. You’re not stupid. You’re enough. You belong.

"Quit staring at the ceiling and fucking sleep already."

You startled a little at his low voice. Fuck, if you didn't even realize he was still awake, how could you possibly be successful tomorrow?

"Stop thinking so much, it's too loud", Bakugou said and, after you stayed silence due to a lack of words, sighed. "It's because of the exam tomorrow, isn't it?" It didn't sound like a question.

You hummed.

He turned around, finally facing you, his head propped up on his hand. He wasn’t really angry or annoyed. Instead, there was a concerned look on his face, accentuating the dark circles under his eyes, giving away that he was nervous about tomorrow, too. Only for completely different reasons.

"Fucking talk to me about it, dumbass."

Your eyes hushed back to the ceiling, taking in the shadows of the curtains on it. You cleared your throat and then, after a couple of more seconds, whispered, "I won't pass, 'suki."

Truth be told, it wasn't exactly what you wanted to say. You just wanted to scratch the surface bit, lifting a bit of the weight that settled on your chest and mind, explaining enough to your boyfriend that he could fall asleep next to you. As he should. As he needed to.

But now you had dived in headfirst and given by the sound Bakugou made, he wouldn't let you alone until you told him everything.

"That's bullshit, why shouldn't you?"

You sighed. "Because I'm too weak."

"Yeah, right, as if I'm together with some extra who can't kick ass", he snarled.

The weight on your chest got heavier at his words, making you suffocate. There was pressure behind your eyes. You squeezed them together.

"Katsuki, please." Trying to push the tears away, the heels of your palms pressed on your eyelids, making words spill out of your mouth instead. "Yes, that's exactly it. I'm weak. I don't belong here. I don't know anything about rescuing people and doing hero work and my quirk is not suitable enough and I don't even know why I didn't quit al-"

"Oi, hey, would you just breathe for a second?"

A warm, gentle hand wrapped around one of your wrists, peeling it gently of you eye, a stark contrast to his pushing tone. He let it drop between your bodies before doing it again with your other hand.

As the white dots slowly disappeared, you did as he told you, taking in a shaky breath. You still wanted to cry and the heaviness was also still there, but at least you had said what was on your mind.

"What result did you got on the first exam, back when we were first years?"

The question caught you off guard and you shot him a confused look. His face was neutral now, not giving away any thoughts and emotions.

"C'mon, fucking answer me, so I can go back to sleep."

"Uh, I think I was the 14th?"

He chuckled. "You were the 13th actually, but whatever. And then the first exam last year?"

Not knowing where he wanted to go with this and how this had anything to do with tomorrow, you answered, "9th."

"Correct. And the first exam this year?"

"5th. I really appreciate you reminding me of my gr-"

He clasped his free hand over your mouth. "Just fucking wait, you impatient woman. How many times could you beat stupid Deku during practice so far?"

Furrowing your eyebrows, you mumbled against his hand, "Twice."

"And Icyhot?"

Maybe, you thought, you slowly got the direction he wanted to go with you. Freeing your mouth, a slight smirk creeped up your face. "Four times."

"And me?" There was a sour look on his face as you turned to him and you wanted to wipe it away, but instead, you said,

"Six times." Your smile grew wider as he sighed, "and that was only this semester."

"ha, don't get too proud of yourself. I just had bad days then." He placed a hand on your cheek, the calloused pad of his thumb stroking your cheekbone. "Just because it took you longer to climb to the top, doesn't mean you don't deserve it."

"Bu-"

A low growl left his lips. "I told you to wait, haven't I? You're making me sleep-deprived, so you at least own me to keep your sweet mouth for a minute."

You pressed your lips together, feeling guilty.

"Good. I don't know who told you you wouldn’t belong here, but that's the biggest pile of shit I have ever heard. And I heard a lot. You fucking worked your cute little ass off to get better and you even beat me sometimes. And, as much as I wish it had been pure luck, it wasn’t. You are not some fucking extra like that asswipe of a grape. And tomorrow, you're going to pass, become an official hero and then we'll get to be the best. Nothing else will happen, you fucking hear me?"

Too stunned by his words, you stayed silent. His words made you think back of all the hours you had slumped over your desk, studying late into the night before you had to get up early to hit the gym. You remembered all the sweat, the tears, the blood.

It took you a second to realize that the urge to cry was gone. The pressure on your lungs was still there, but you could breathe better now.

"Thank you, 'suki", you whispered, finding his eyes. What else could you say?

The corners of his lips lifted up a little. "Always."

You kissed him, short and sweet, and then snuggled into his chest. "Maybe we should sleep now."

Even though you didn't see it, you could practically feel his eye-roll. "Don't pretend like it's my fault we're up at this hours, stupid woman."

His arms wrapped securely around your frame and by the time he kissed the top of your head, you were out like a light already. "You're lucky I love you."

[heloisedaphnebrightmore]

Update!

Hello my lovelies,

Some of you might have seen that there are no fics scheduled for the upcoming days and weeks and there is a reason for that. Yesterday was my last assignment submission, I have done 2 reports and an in-class exam in this week and they have had a tole on me. I didn't write any fics in this period, because obviously my studies were more important.

I'm quite proud of myself, because through out my 2 semesters I have only took a 2-week hiatus from writing which in the end turned out to be only 1 week, but other than that I have been posting fairly regularly and I still got mostly As for my assignments. I personally think that's something I can be proud of.

However it has also taken a toll on me. I am at a stage where I'm just plain exhausted from simple tasks such as waking up and going to sleep. Laying in bed and doing nothing or going for a run, whatever it is, I'm just tired to do it.

So, as hard as it is to make this decision, I had to do it so I can recharge. Therefore, I will be taking once again 2 weeks of break from posting. I will be on Tumblr, I will probably be reading and reblogging stuff. I doesn't mean I will not be writing, because I love it, probably I will still be writing fics since I escape into writing almost every single day. The issue is with producing content and scheduling and it just feels like a chore at this point.

I will give myself two weeks off from writing and hopefully when I start posting again, it will feel as natural as before. I love sharing my fics, I love seeing all your reblogs and comments, but I have fallen into a hole where it feels like a necessity to post instead of being fun.

I will still be here, you can send me asks, talk to me and I have quite a few fics in my masterlist so you can go ahead and read, I just need to take a bit of break. I will be back to writing on here by 9th May, hopefully :)

I hope you can all understand my decision!

Thank you so much for being here, Heloise Daphne Brightmore

[zimms]

congrats on finishing high school! that's awesome! do you have any advice for someone finishing their junior year of high school? I'm really stressed with my exams right now, and I don't even know how to start looking into colleges. thanks

hi anon! thank you so much for asking me; i’ll try to help as best as i can, but as i’m from the uk, our education system is slightly different, so i’d recommend not taking everything i say at face value

(also holy shit this is long, sorry!)

exams:

if you have an exam specification (what will be included) or your course outline, use that to tick off content as you go. i know it sounds obvious, but i found multiple gaps in my notes last week when i was revising for geography, so this just makes sure that you've got everything

draw up a calendar grid of your exam period (be it one week or four) and schedule in when your exams are. then if you can, allocate the day or night before that exam to your final push on revision (as much as people may say cramming is a bad thing, it gets the job done). if you block off these days for just that subject, it stops you from procrastinating revision by studying for other exams (if that makes sense), whose content might distract you from what you need to know

write your revision out by hand. i don't care if it doesn't look perfect or if it's slow, write it out by hand. i don't know if there's any science behind it, but if i physically write it out, i find it sticks better because i put more effort into it.

speaking of which, mind-maps / knowledge blurts, whatever you want to call them, are your friend. just put everything you need to know down on one piece of paper. it might be cramped or messy, but if necessary, you can stare at that piece of paper before the exam or get someone to test you on that if they can read it.

if it's still not sticking, write it out again. in year 10 (9th grade), i had a really important exam that i'd stupidly signed up for and i just never learnt the content because i was lazy (don't be like me), but in the two days before the exam, i completely panicked and i just wrote out all the content. first into bullet points and sentences and then into more condensed bullet points, finding the most important content as i went along.

looking at colleges: (i know this is pretty different because in the uk we apply for specific courses and can only apply to five universities, but i'll tell you how i narrowed down my options)

first of all, before i get into my method of choosing colleges, i just wanted to say that you should definitely apply to colleges if you want to! the university i'm going to in september was kind of a long shot for me (and a couple of my teachers doubted that i would get in, especially compared to some of my other friends that were applying), but i managed to get in, so you should at least try and give it a shot!

firstly, find every university that offers the major(s) that you want to study and stick them in a spreadsheet (in one column)

now figure out the things that really matter when you're applying to colleges. this can be things like accomodation quality, where the college ranks nationally for your major, how far away it is from home, or financial aid. this is really applicable to you and you only.

for example, my spreadsheet had Ranking, Length of Course (3 or 4 years), Grade Requirements, Distance from Home, Joint Degree, Contact Hours, Study Abroad, Appealing Modules, and Scholarships

list these categories along the top of the spreadsheet in a row so that you've got a blank grid. however, also add a column for Instinct. i found this to be one of the most important categories, as the only universities i visited in person were the university i accepted and my back-up uni. as annoying as it is to say it, if you can get a clear idea of the vibes, it will get you a long way. (to help with going with your instincts on colleges, i'd recommend visiting campus during the semester if you can rather than during the summer or spring break as you'll get a better idea of how the students really behave, rather than reading off of a script on a tour)

once you have your categories, rank each college on a scale of 1-3 in each of these categories (use a 0 if something's not applicable, like study abroad for instance) based on how optimal it is for you. for example, i wanted to be at a uni that was more than 50 miles away but 150 miles was the optimum amount. so i scored places under 20 miles away and over 250 miles away as a 1, places between 20 miles and 50 miles as a 2, places between 150 miles and 250 miles also as a 2, and then 50-150 miles as a 3.

as you're filling these scores in, you'll probably start figuring out which colleges you definitely don't want to go to and you can just delete them from your list as you go.

then add the scores and you should have your top 5/10/20 colleges that you should visit, either virtually or in person

however, don't fall into the trap of just using the scores. if you find yourself reluctant to eliminate a college because you like the vibes, then simply keep it on the list. if you find that you don't like a place, simply delete it. for example, one university was ranked at #2 on my spreadsheet, but i simply didn't want to go there, so i deleted it.

then just go and visit them, but don't forget first impressions and vibes go a long way!

i hope this helps!! good luck with everything anon!

[cdelphiki]

From one homeschooled person to another, do you ever have to deal with people chalking up any of of your flaws/eccentricities/gaps in your education to being homeschooled? If so, how do you prevent yourself from a) exploding b) exploding privately or c) complaining to a complete stranger over the internet? Apparently it's totally okay to be ignorant so long as you spent eight hours a day in a public education facility from k-12, but heaven forbid your homeschooling parents neglected anything.

The good news is, the older you get, the less people care. But the bad news is, they never stop attributing anything they perceive as negative about you to you being homeschooled. I remember having people go ‘oh’ in that, ‘ah that makes sense’ kind of voice whenever I said “actually I was homeschooled” in response to being asked which high school I went to.  It’s sadly just something you have to grow a skin against, and kind of stand proudly on the fact you were homeschooled.

So, I usually like going the route of “yeah well eat it I’m doing great” when someone says anything negative about homeschooling. MY opinion is actually high school is completely useless and NO ONE needs it. People get real ticked when I say stuff like that, especially people who worked their butts off during high school and did all those fancy AP classes and extracurriculars. In my opinion children should be taught the basic foundations, reading, writing, math, science basics, and general overview of history and then allowed to learn whatever the hell they want. The whole ‘unschooling’ or ‘montessori’ methods of schooling. Far better. Produces children who want to learn, rather than children miserable because we trap them in prison for children for 8 hours a day for 13 years of their childhood. Honestly.

So, I was homeschooled throughout high school and my mom did not pay one lick of attention to my education. She had a kindergartener and a 6th grader, both with serious learning disabilities to homeschool, so me the seemingly well behaved, self motivated 9th grader who SAID ‘yeah I did my schoolwork today’ was probably doing fine. Whatever. (spoiler alert, I never did my schoolwork. Ever) Fast forward to when it was time to start college, I literally made up a report card. It was based on the curricula my mom handed me, that I did sometimes read. But the grades were just me going ‘yeah I’m really good in history, A there. Math? Eh I’m pretty bad. How about a low B. Yeah that looks good.’ My mom signed it and I sent it in with my college applications. I took the SAT and did fine. Nothing spectacular, but I did slightly above average, which was well enough to get into the local state universities.  

Then I pulled a 4.0 my first semester. And that opened all the doors. I was able to transfer to any school I chose (and wanted to pay for lol). 

So whenever people start to balk about me not even doing high school, much less being homeschooled, I point to that.I ended up graduating with honors, then went on to grad school with a full ride and did pull a 4.0 that entire time. (I got mostly As in college, with a few Bs and one D. In spanish 101. So it hardly counts 😬) Now I’m doing well in a federal career, and no one cares whether I did high school. Because, guess what? High school is useless. 

Basically, you just have to develop a thick skin and take on the attitude of “Yeah, well, shove it I’m awesome. Sorry your parents made you go to prison for 13 years.” 🙃

I will say my parents highly sheltered me as a child. I was not exposed to lewd stuff as a child, and most definitely never got the jokes and innuendos people around me made or were made in movies and TV and such, if I was allowed to watch the TV program in question. I grew up on discover channel. And obviously that translated to me being very sheltered in college and not getting it when people made a ‘funny joke’ that was really just some sexual something or another. And really, my attitude there was, instead of get all embarrassed when they laugh I didn’t get it to ask “Yeah, and is it a problem I don’t have a dirty mind?” Because, well, is it? Even now, at 28, while I’m far less sheltered than I was at 18, I often tell people “Wait, don’t tell me. I don’t want to know” because, really, I don’t want to know about so much of the nasty stuff out there. 😂. 

That’s my long, rambly thoughts on that. I’m sorry you’re having to deal with people’s crap in this matter. If I were you, I’d feel sorry for them for having to endure prison for so many years. Sounds awful, tbh. 🙃