#Competition deadlines

[lycan-trophy-wife]

what is the difference btwn landscape architecture and architecture? =D

So architects design buildings and landscape architects design basically anything outside of those buildings. Public parks & squares, private gardens, Parking spaces, sidewalks and much more.

Landezine is a website where you can find a lot of notable projects & get an idea for what landscape architects plan. Looking in the 'projects' section on there will usually show you a pretty diverse range of projects from different studios.

In university we do have classes together with architecture students, tough that's mostly for basic design & drawing stuff. Most of my classes are specific to outside areas, like 'plant planning' (which plants work for certain areas and how can I include them in those areas?) or 'garden monument care' (researching a historic outdoor space/park/garden by taking stock of what is there right now and finding sources on its history, then evaluating the current state in regards to the original plans / historic layers, and then deciding what needs to be done to honor the history but also make it suitable for the current conditions and use)

[erikkarlsson]

to all the sports “writers” mad that sharks winning the lottery proves that “tanking works,” i regret to inform you that this team actually tried very hard to win every game. they just suck.

[geospiral]

“I want to be someone’s stepping stone; I want the memory of me to haunt that person so that I may live through them and be beside them without having to stay. I know that's selfish and cruel, but if the path has already been laid out for me and I have no choice but to die, then I want to at least be able to choose who I die for. And to be honest, I will probably regret this decision when I’m lying there and spitting up my own blood, but at least it will be mine… and I think I can rest easy knowing that.”

Moran, a top student when it comes to all things excluding singing, can best be described as being Anakt Garden’s very own “Thinker.” Often found sitting on the very left edge of the garden’s box, she is willing to lend an ear to those in need.

Alien Stage OC Base made by @shakingparadigm

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Anakt Garden:

Moran is not a person who will intentionally seek other people out, but she does enjoy when others come to her, usually in the form of seeking guidance. This guidance can range from simply helping a fellow student with their class work to teaching others some of what she knows about the Segyein’s entertainment industry, a topic that she is familiar with due to her upbringing. 

She likes talking about philosophy, giving general worldly advice, and being a mediator to her fellow classmates, trying her best to be an impartial judge.

Moran also likes “reading” other people’s fortunes as a kind of game. It’s not anything serious; you ask her a specific topic about the future, such as “Am I going to pass the test?” and then give her as much information as you can about your chosen topic in order for her to make an educated guess. If she guesses correctly, you have to give her something, and if she doesn't, then she’ll give something to you. The items are nothing big, just small treasures like a pretty stone from the stream or an Anakt Garden lollipop. Moran also keeps a small collection of things she finds or is given in case others would just like to do general bartering with her; however, she doesn’t hold any real attachment to the things she collects and will usually trade her items away in exchange for short-lived treats such as candy, drinks, or a bubble wand.

Moran gets along fine with the other students, and although she can be pretty blunt at times, to the point of unintentionally seeming rude, she does her best to stay on everyone’s good side. She was raised with many others under her Guardian, so she has always been used to living alongside her fellow humans; however, the experiences were not great, causing her to have trouble telling when others genuinely like her or wish to be her friend. It doesn’t help that it only seems that her classmates come to her when they need something.

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Background:

Moran’s Guardian, Rheya, is a well-known and respected theater director with a theatrical troupe composed of the many humans under her, raising them from a young age to be her personal actors. By having her plays consist of an entirely human cast, Rheya is able to push the limits of her plays' theatrics in ways that she simply could not when working with her fellow Segyeins. Her plays are touted for their stories and visual spectacles; however, they can tend to be extremely dangerous for the humans involved, with many sustaining real injuries throughout their performances.

Despite the humans of the troupe referring to Rheya as their "mother,” they do not view one another as family but rather as competition when it comes to gaining their Guardians' affection. Bullying amongst the group is commonplace; if one person is punished, everyone is, which leads to that one individual being viciously humiliated and outcast by their peers and being sent down levels in the troupe’s personal social hierarchy.

(Note: The troupe’s hierarchy is loosely inspired by that of the video game Rule of Rose; I haven’t played it, and it's basically impossible to do so without pirating, but I got the idea from the video analysis of the game by RagnarRox.)

Rheya did not want to stop her storytelling at just theater production; however, she wanted to extend her reach further and saw Alien Stage as a chance to do just that, devising a long-term plan to craft what will hopefully be one of her best stories. She wants the story to go like this: she will choose two of her humans, one to send to Anakt Garden and the other to stay with her, molding him into the next big celebrity pet. The one sent to the garden, Moran, would be used as fodder in order to boost the fame of the other human pet, Adam, under the guise that the reason she trained for and performed in Alien Stage was to gain the other’s attention, subsequently dying in the competition. Upon finding this out, Adam would then go on to perform in the next Alien Stage season after her to avenge the women who loved him, winning in the process.

Rheya doesn’t have any faith that Moran can survive her Alien Stage season, and neither does Moran herself, but while Moran is in the garden, she hopes to find someone who she can truly die for in the competition, someone she actually cares for, unlike Adam, whom she barely knows and has never loved. If Moran must die, she wants it to be meaningful to her and the one she adores. She wants to make it her own choice.

[kangaracha]

thoughts and prayers for me trying to finish this 7k fic in one day. it is 7pm. i have written 4k.

[blog-on-a-log]

log here! i've written a short script for a writing competition and i was wondering if any mutuals or followers would like to read it and give me feedback on it! dm me, and i'll link you the doc!

[cheeto-flavoured-pasta]

GUESS WHO FINISHED WRITING RoA DRAFT ONE

[godreallyisawoman]

self portrait as the sun

I am warm and burning. I am bigger than you can conceptualise / and small enough / to hide behind your finger.

I provide for my plants and watch as they turn to face me. I am scorched and scorned and revered as spiritual.

I am cracked pavement and hissing rain. inquisitive, curious, cowering in the dark.

I want more than this / I watch her curve across the sky / that luminous space wreck

I am causing shadows that fall onto people I have come to care about; time slips away from me. How long have I been here?

I become more of myself around her, I recognise we are made of the same magnetic field, the same electricity, the same dust

I am lost, floating / I am collapsing in on myself / in time I will turn cold

[swim-culture-is]

older swimmer culture is going from competing to training and coaching at the same time

(rip my sleep schedule)

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[elvendorx]

regulus being a bitch to james who's trying really hard to be friends with his boyfriend's brother just writes itself. james can tell regulus is being a dick but that just makes it funnier for him and means that he can say mean things back without looking like an arsehole. sirius tunes them both out but occasionally catches an insult and laughs regardless of who says it so neither of them feels left out (he lets james get away with more/worse tho)

[reitziluz]

the hard part about this round of apartment hunting and moving places isn't the actual apartment hunting and moving places.

it's how none of my conditions like any of what's going on whatsoever.

(wish me luck)

[just-some-guy-joust]

Tiebreaker Round

Please reblog/reply/send me an ask explaining why you think either Lovesick or Axolotl should get to move on. You have until the end of the day. Whichever side convinces me the best, their champion will get to move on. Good luck

[willczek-art]

Portrait of my bro, she lives in a nachos~

We're taking part in a small fanart collab competition and this was a bonus round prompt ^u^

[rotgospels]

regretting telling my priest about wanting to do a phd bc now there is so much pressure to get accepted and start asap (i’m constantly getting asked about it bc he told the parish) when ideally i’d actually like to take more time to research my project while doing further theological study before starting. 

[frankenfossil]

hi! I just binge-read all of the bright side in a few days (thank you, obscure webcomic tournament) and just had to come here and say how good it is. truly wonderful. recommending it it all my friends. I hope you enjoy making it as much as I enjoyed reading it. anyway thank you for bringing so much joy to my life lately, it means a lot.

Omg!!!!! This is so lovely!!!!! I'm so so glad!!! Yes I do love to make it, it continues to be my most powerful brain worms, really anybody enjoying reading it is just a big bonus 😆 but for real this message brings me huge huge joy and means a lot also, really touched that you sent this! Thank you!! I hope you (and any of your friends, wah) continue to enjoy!! ;_;

[merevide]

i really don’t gaf about the emmys (if none of the yellowjackets cast are nominated for anything i will destroy the academy by hand)

[youngestdaughtersyndrome]

literally doing work 24/7 but i dont even mind it ..... logically i know i have the brain of a working breed bc i need and i love to have tasks to do ...... i was so stagnant when i was doing nothing all day but oh well cant change what happened ..... i am breaking free of the anachronism like a butterfly from a chrysalis