#I'm writing my bachelor atm

[potatocatullus]

istg this teacher...

[eolewyn1010]

Two hours and five minutes to 2025.

My sis has gone to bed because she has to work in the morning, and I'm a bit worried if she should go at all because she's not super healthy atm. One friend is suffering a migraine and I hope he can sleep. Another has posted a little bit of contemplation about the year we're leaving behind. Our cats are chasing each other across the hallway because they are silly little creatures. Fireworks are still going on, as they have been for hours. Really, for more than a week.

I'm wondering if I should ask my mother to turn off the TV so I can be a bit alone and at quiet with my thoughts. I could read, I could watch another movie, I could type out messages to my friends wishing them a Happy New Year. Or play solitaire. I'm not sure I wanna do anything; my friend's post put me in a thinky mood.

Yeah, it was a better year than 2023. We payed a price for it, but a better year it was. Here's hoping the next will be better than this one in turn. I'll hand in my bachelor's thesis, get a job, write again... I also made a list of the books I have lying around and finally want to read. Heh, reading went a bit under in all the other Stuff To Do in 2024. I did a year of healing, at least that. I'm not sure I was there for my friends the way I wanted to, the way they deserved, but I think I did the best I could at the time.

I don't hate myself as I did last New Year's Eve. If I found my way back to something of a peace with myself over the course of so chaotic a year as 2024, perhaps 2025 can bring me closer to liking myself.

Wishing myself good luck. Wishing y'all good luck.

[jaybejaybenot]

tagged by @patheticjayce - thanks for the tag :)

whats the origin of your blog title?

i heard viktors va saying it and its been on loop in my mind ever since. i say it to myself when im trying to decide on things. when i made this sideblog i needed a name and was like "well that works" and then it wasn't taken so it was perfect

otp(s)/shipnames:

in arcane, jayvik of course but also zaundads and caitvi. outside of arcane, gotta be spirk and garashir man i love those aliens

favorite color:

red

favorite game:

rdr2, hands down. im a horse girl at heart

song stuck in my head:

a horrible mix between abracadabra and sharks with legs

weirdest habit/trait:

uhh man idk, i drink hot coco in the summer to cool off and i have a truly absurd amount of freckles on my body (i got bored once during SAT testing and counted 583 on my just forearms)

hobbies:

so so many; i'm an equestrian, photography, drawing, writing, book binding, chainmail making, and atm im reading two copies of the odyssey to see where the differences are. those are my main ones at the moment but i've dabbled in so many things lol

if you work, what's your profession?

i work in an entomology museum imaging bees and moths for an international database - i am not an entomologist tho, this just pays the bills and is really cool so i've gotten interested in it as a bonus

if you could have any job, what would you do?

im studying for my bachelors in archaeology so ideally somewhere in a museum doing experimental archaeology work but honestly, dream job would be cattle herding or helping on a horse ranch. i managed a horse farm for a year and god it was the best, my mind is made for manual labor. unfortunately my body would break into shards if i tried it professionally but dream job if i could

something you're good at:

i'm weirdly good at cooking, i can just wing it and come up with something that tastes really good. i made a really good cornbread once but didn't use corn and was actually trying to make a brownie brick so 💅🏼 call me chef boy arby

something you're bad at:

i'm atrocious at focusing. the senioritis is hitting so hard, i can't focus on anything at the moment, even stuff i like. outside of that, im so bad at knowing when to quit. i'm a perfectionist and completionist at heart

something you love:

kindness, the smell of rain and snow before it does, music, horses, people honking in tunnels, my roommates - really hit the jackpot with them they're amazing. i also love committing to the bit, i will do anything for that payoff

something you could talk about for hours off the cuff:

star trek, and spirk. i could literally write a thesis length paper about spirk and how misinterpreted they are in the modern trek era (mostly kelvin timeline, disco/snw is still too new to say for sure) its infuriating. i also have a spreadsheet on them cuz i got really in the weeds a few years back. and honestly i could tie them in with arcane/jayvik now that i think about it, there are definitely some parallels i could draw. oh and also greek mythology i love it so much

something you hate:

people who can't admit they're wrong/don't know/don't like not being the expert on things and who can't apologize. grew up with a dad that was like this so now i try to keep people like that at arms length cuz it fucked me up so bad as a kid

something you collect:

books, coins, bugs, postcards, keychains

something you forget:

so much, i have pretty bad memory problems so i forget a lot of things. i have to ask people about things multiple times so often, its such a pain (and also lowkey scary cuz its a fairly recent development)

whats your love language?

gift giving/acts of service, i love doing things for people or getting them things they want/need especially when they aren't expecting it, or mentioned it offhand or in passing

favorite movies/shows:

star trek - except for that fucking section 31 movie fuck that thing, arcane, rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead, stardust, starcrash, the little prince, silverado and clearcut

favorite food:

mangoes, mini bagels, and this kimchi dip i get at my local farmers market

favorite animal:

horses, cats and whales; got multiple tattoos of all of them

what were you like as a child:

outgoing, friendly, kind of an outsider, definitely the weird kid tho - closet queer meets so much undiagnosed stuff + warrior cats obsession + small christian town lmaooo i was cringe but i was free

favorite subject at school:

history and art are tied, which isn't too surprising given where i am now lmao

least favorite subject:

in my heart i want to love math but math does not love me </3

best character trait:

ive been told i'm really friendly and warm, and would give my shirt to a friend who needed it, and i'm a good listener

worst character trait:

awkward as fuck, i don't know how to talk with people i don't know so i come off as standoffish/shy, i have a hard time being honest with people and trusting people due to childhood trauma (also daddy issues out the wazoo)

if you could change any detail about your life right now, what would it be?

probably just making a bit more money, i can afford rent and such but it doesn't leave much extra for things like tuition and books and things i want to do for myself and it means money is very tight so when things go wrong i'm set back for months. i can't plan for a lot of future things like top surgery or moving abroad to get my masters because of it

if you could travel in time, who would you meet?

funny answer: ea-nasir

serious answer: i'd want to meet a neanderthal or denisovan. i just... i think about them so much, and i love them and i want to know what they were like, did they speak like us? how did their world work? could we communicate?

ok i would tag mutuals but i made this blog like 3 months ago so i don't have any others atm, and all my other mutuals are on my main blog and have been my mutuals/friends for years so if you want to join just hop on!

[bottlecaprabbitgames]

i got accepted at my uni!!! just gotta get my vaccinations and get my orientation done :)

imma do my damnedest to get into the accelerated masters after my bachelors is done as well, to bring my years of learning down from 4 to 3.... but BOY i gotta take loans 🫣 what's a lil more debt amirite

also got a lot of medical stuff going on and testing we're in rn to try n figure out wth is going on as per usual. i do miss writing but atm i am just tryna focus on getting needed QOL upgrades IRL (got a new bed to pay off over time, getting back into college, trying to save money when possible) and gaming has been the only thing to really interest me as of late. I do have some ideas floating around and I have done SOME writing on the chapter of MG:T I'm on, just... not enough 😔

I hope to return to y'all soon with something to offer, other than just life updates <3

[genshinology]

hello everyone! this post contains some important announcements to make and i would really appreciate it if you guys read this until the end :)

1. a lil' update on my writings/works; i am currently in my final season, and after finals, i have interviews on pursuing the bachelor of veterinary medicine as well as the usual medicine course for my degree (my priority is veterinary medicine atm so by default medicine is my second choice). i hope you guys understand where i'm currently standing.. and trust me, i am practically itching to continue the drafts that i have written :cries:

2. after some (and long) thoughts, my heart told me to make a major change to this blog in which i would expand my writing to more fandoms instead of being restricted to only genshin. i am an avid fan of aot, haikyuu, jjk, kny, sxf, etc. myself so it would be a nice shift for me to target more audiences on this site after being here since 2017 (@/genshinology started on 2021 fyi). however, i would love to hear your opinion in this matter first because at the end of the day, this blog was initially catered to genshin impact community and most of my readers are coming from there. your opinions matter to me rn bcs if you guys are okay with it, then i would revamp the whole blog after i am done with all the interviews.

with this, here's a poll for you guys regarding the matter above <3

or, you guys can reply to this post if there are further questions as i would queue this post from time to time.

thank you, and do have a nice day!

— yours truly, auni.

[bybdolan]

What research/projects are you working on atm bestie? Tell us more if you want, I’d love to hear 🤠

I am working on my bachelor's thesis!!! Which is very exciting. Since I am a theatre major, I'm writing it on Stephen Adly Guirgis' play The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (introduced to me by tumblr). Since the play deals a lot with guilt, judgement, forgiveness, and isolation, I am analyzing it as an AIDS allegory - meaning that I am looking at the play and literature on society's and art's reaction to the epidemic in tandem and figuring out what one can tell me about the other. I am a bit nervous that my main thesis is too wonky, however, there are many aspects I am very excited to explore further (e.g. the queering of Purgatory), and I appreciate the insight my research so far has given me into queer history and theory. 'm going to share one of my favorite quotes that I found so far. It is from "Sex, Death, and the Drama of AIDS" by George Newtown: "In his Literary Visions of Homosexuality (1983), Stuart Kellogg saw some of the earlier modern gay literature in terms of the universal theme of forbidden knowledge: to know oneself and one's own sexuality involves the blasphemy of having discovered the secrets of the gods; further, in imagining that one is free, one attempts to possess divine power. Kellogg's examples of gays becoming like the gods (like Odin, who gave his eye in order to obtain knowledge) detail the comparatively trivial gestures of a first sexual experience or a coming out."

[threejadesoflan]

GET TO KNOW THE MUN.

respond to the prompts out of character!

what made you pick up the current muse(s) you have? The answer, as ever, is brainrot. I fell down the danmei rabbit hole after getting the MDZS manhua and am to blame for dragging frexiasought down with me, but it's her who convinced me to make the blog and try writing some of my favourites. That said, I still want to write fanfiction with them too.

is there anything you don’t like to write? Character or ship bashing. I'll never enjoy reading it, and I refuse to write it. Obviously some characters are antagonists, but I'm so tired of Jiang Cheng bashing and Lan Xichen or Lan Qiren bashing. I didn't leave the FE community just to see the same things here.

is there anything you really enjoy writing? Maybe it's because I'm an old woman, but recently I've come to LOVE family content. Mu Qing's style of running his Palace is based on sect culture but also on that. And in general I just LOVE good sibling dynamics.

how do you come up with headcanons? Primarily brainwaves. Typically I bounce these brainwaves off of my notes app or Eva before I finalise them, but there's no telling what prompts some of those. They might come while I'm reading/watching, but also out of the blue while I'm working or showering. I do, however, also have a history of reading fanfics, spotting headcanons or portrayals I enjoy, and stealing them for myself (often with a bit of readjusting to better fit my own purposes). I'm not proud of stealing, and I try to credit the og fics if it applies, but I'm not above admitting it. 

do you write in silence or do you play music? I tend to have speedruns open at all times when I'm home, so I listen to that. Otherwise I typically have music going, though I usually can't sit still when listening to music. I detest silence, though.

do you plan your replies or wing them? I typically wing them. Usually I'll have an idea of how to respond when I first see the post/ask I'm responding to, but as to how I execute that thought and add to it, that's winged. Wung?

do you enjoy shipping? Recently I've come to enjoy more platonic relationships more, but I will always be a shipping whore. I think that my aromantic ass lives vicariously through fictional characters.

what’s your alias/name? BP!

age? I just turned 31 this year and I feel like a relic of an ancient civilisation.

birthday? Mid February.

favorite color? Red and black, judging from my warhammer armies.

favorite song? I go back and forth. Wuji (XiaoZhan and WangYibo version) is very high up there atm though.

last movie you watched? Kingsman. My brother insisted I had to, as a self-respecting Bachelor of English Literature, and he was right.

last show you watched?  I'm actually in the middle of watching the Untamed with Eva! It's a lot better than I expected, the actors very clearly understood the characters they're portraying.

last song you listened to? According to my youtube history, something from the Golden Sun Dark Dawn OST.

favorite food? I would commit a crime for the asian-inspired soups from a local noodle joint.

favorite season? Cranky old woman doesn't like any season. I go from hay fever season into cold season. I'd say autumn, but the cycling roads get super dangerous and the low-hanging sun blinds me. So probably summer, outside of heatwave time, bc both school and work tend to settle down around that time.

do you have a tumblr best friend? Pep and Eva for sure!

[feminetomboy]

hey i'm a new follower and i'm curious about the thesis you mentioned, is there any way for me to read it and what it is about?

Hello!!!! There really isn't a way to read it atm, because unfortunately 1. I am still writing it and 2. It is not in english. But! I can compile everything in here (just sans sources because I cannot quote those by heart) so other people know what's actually the point of my research! Okay, here goes!!!!!

I'm an undergrad psychology student and the theme of my bachelor's thesis+research is The Importance of Sexuality In Long-term Partnership. To be more precise, I'm researching which attributes people who've gone through a long-term romantic partnership find the most important while looking for a long-term partner. And I'm measuring that against a group of people who've never been in a relationship, and a group of people who've only been in a short-term relationship. That's one part of it.

The other part is that I'm measuring people's sexual motivation type (so whether they're more inclined to have sex in order to feel good, or because they want to have kids etc.). I'm looking to see if there's an overlap with ideal partner preference (so, for example, if people who primary have sex to unwind find that trust is the most important in an ideal partner for them).

That's pretty much the gist of it! If you have any more questions, totally feel free to ask me, as there's much much more to the actual theory 🧡

[fairy-writes]

requests CLOSED!

i'm closing requests atm so i can hopefully get through the ones i have. school starts at the end of the month and i'm going back for my bachelor's degree! i'm majoring in english with an emphasis in creative writing so i'll be busy writing other things.

anyway! pls be patient! i promise i'm writing when i can and trying not to burn myself out :)

[ticiie]

week 6: when the doubts creep in

prompt from the off-season winter sport fandom challenge

length: 1508 words

pairing: Gino Caviezel/Marco Odermatt

author's note: trying to make up for missing last week by adding the hint of a road trip but at the same time bending and breaking this weeks prompt again because writing is really hard on me atm

Justin didn't bother getting out of the car and to ring at Marco's door, he just honked three times, loud enough to wake up the entire neighborhood. Marco came hurrying out and down the last couple of stairs before either Justin or Thomas could get out of the car.

“You're late!,” he greeted them.

“And you're early, we're usually the ones left waiting.” Justin took Marco's bag and stowed with the rest of the luggage in the back of his car. After the suit bag was placed securely on the top, Marco and Justin hugged briefly. They hadn't seen each other in quite some time, Marco had been too tied up with work and hadn't found a chance to make it to Mauro's bachelor party so now the excitement for the actual wedding was even bigger. Marco climbed in the backseat.

Thomas acclaimed him with a “took you way too long” and Marco scoffed but gave him an affectionate pat to the shoulder. Justin went flat out and they shot down Marco's street, through the village and back on the highway within the least amount of time possible.

“As much as I'm concerned about us being late, I do fancy arriving at the venue in one piece so would you please not kill us?” Thomas asked. He had his hand clenched around the handle above his head.

“We're late,” Justin said, not even pretending to slow down. Oh, how much he'd missed them, Marco thought and laughed to himself. They told him all the fun stories about the party, most of them involving a drunk Justin and for some reasons Marco didn't quite catch, a pineapple-incident. He made a mental note to ask Gino about it later today. As for now, Marco was just very glad to be back around his teammates. The past weeks had been unusually busy, probably thanks to his very successful season. Everyone and their grandparents had wanted something from Marco and Zoé had done the most amazing job with coordinating the association's meetings around his private appointments.

“So, are you gonna do it?,” Justin eventually asked. He looked at Marco through the rearview mirror. Marco hesitated for a second, which was one way to answer.

“No,” he then added with a sigh. Thomas turned around in disbelieve. “You're breaking up with him?”

“Of course not, are you out of your mind?! I just don't want to pull all the attention on us. It's Mauro's wedding, it's really not my place to spoil it for either of them.”

“Yeah, Justin's gonna do that all by himself if he gets himself drunk again.” Thomas' comment earned him a punch from Justin.

The rest of the drive went by rather eventless. The serpentine streets guided them upwards, in and out of the forest, to the top where the view suddenly extended again and the clear blue sky welcomed them. It was all thanks to Justin’s insanity they made it in time, with the last guests still standing outside the chapel, about to get seated, when he basically threw the car to the side of the street and they all jumped out.

“Thank goodness,” Gino breathed as he spotted his friends. He was standing next to the entry so he could give a sign to the head of the band when it was time to start the music. Many people came so it took Justin and Thomas a bit longer than necessary to squeeze past friends and family members, earning one or two stern looks but the smiles and whispered “hello, great to see you” prevailed. Meanwhile Marco had allowed himself an extra minute to kiss Gino quickly. The older one had forgotten all about his anger and frustration and felt himself relaxing against Marco’s touch.

“You look amazing,” he said and Marco felt his heart stumble in his chest and his cheeks turning red. Even after so many years, it had never needed more effort from Gino than that to make Marco flush, a fact that probably wouldn’t be changing anytime soon.

Gino went to take his position next to Mauro just as the music began. Nina, Mauro’s soon-to-be wife, entered the chapel, looking as beautiful as never before. Mauro clutched his chest. It was hard to decide whether he should laugh or cry out of pure luck. Marco met Gino’s eyes and they both shared an equally affectionate smile. Had it been the right decision to leave the velvet box at home? Gino was the love of his life, no doubts creeping in there. But what if this was the last chance Marco got? The longer he waited, the more Gino might start to hesitate? It was Thomas who helped Marco out of the down pull of his spiraling thoughts. He leaned over and whispered: “You can still ask him, even without the ring.” At first, Marco didn’t react. He kept watching the ceremony. Mauro was taking his vows, stating how much he loved Nina, not just for who she was but also what she had done to him. There was more than one person in the audience who was reaching for their tissues. Marco refused to look up from his shoelaces. The days Mauro was referring to had been long and insufferable. The fact that Mauro had overcome this hell on earth with more positives than he had entered it with was a miracle. For a moment, the only thing audible was the rustling of hankies and people sniffling here and there. Then the first notes of a well-known Swiss pop song chimed up and by that time, even the people who hadn’t lost it completely yet, did so now.

The wedding and the reception were followed by a delicious open-air dinner on the Caviezel-estate. A couple of gazebos had been drawn up on the lawn, all surrounding a hardwood dance floor that was encircled by lanterns and flower décor, giving the whole setting a wonderful relaxed vibe. The band was playing danceable songs, those not dancing enjoyed a good talk along with a fine glass of wine. To wrap it up: it was a perfect night for the perfect wedding. Mauro and Nina were the center of attention on the dance floor. She had taken off her high heels a while ago already and now she was swinging in Mauro’s arms, with her head against his chest. It was obvious to everyone and their grandmother that those two had found their missing piece.

The guys were sitting at their table when Gino joined them. His day had been a lot busier than he had expected and so this was probably the first time he got to sit down properly. Underneath the exhaustion, he was happy though. He smiled at Marco as he poured him a glass of water and accepted it along with the soft kiss Marco placed on his cheek.

“Hey Justin, let’s go check out the photobooth,” Thomas quickly said and got up. Justin protested. “What? No, I only just sat down again, have you even tried the cake, it’s really good!” He stretched out his plate under Thomas’ nose who just motioned in Gino’s and Marco’s direction to make him understand the hint. “Yeah, the photobooth looks fun indeed,” he grumbled, leaving his second serving of dessert behind with a sad look. Neither Gino nor Marco had taken much notice of the conversation.

“I love Mauro but I’m seriously not sad about this day being over.,” Gino eventually sighed.

“Does that mean you don’t want a big party then once you get married?”

“Certainly not as big as this one. I don’t need a hundred guests in our front lawn.” Hearing Gino talk about their front lawn as if it was obvious enough they had already agreed on getting married was the last bit of certainty it took for Marco to do it. “Here goes nothing then,” he whispered and got up from his chair and down on one knee. He took Gino’s hand.

“I love you, Gino. I really do and although I can’t say a lot more about how much I love you without tearing up again, I want you to know that I don’t want to spend my life without you by my side anymore. So, I’m asking you: Will you do me the honor and marry me?”

This time, it was Gino who couldn’t decide between laughing and crying. The big lump in his throat prevented him from speaking so he just pulled out a little box from his pocket and presented its containments to Marco: A simple yet gorgeous ring. Marco just stared at it, giving Gino the chance to find his speech again. “I wasn’t sure if you’d ever ask. Yes, yes of course I want to marry you.” Gino pulled Marco to kiss him, both their faces covered in tears but the joy radiating off their bodies for everyone to see. They didn’t hear the people cheering and applauding, especially Gino’s brother and his sister-in-law. The most perfect end to a perfect day.

[thelastofhyde]

I just have to say I am absolutely IN LOVE with this story and it’s my first time ever leaving a message for a fic so that says a lot… I’ve read so many Joel fics (way too many at this point haha) and yours is one of my favorites. The way you describe every moment, every feeling.. I don’t know where Sol ends and I being while reading it. You are so talented and if one day you’ll plan on writing a book I’ll be the first one in line cause sheesh. I won’t even start on the smut, it’s built up so deliciously, gives me butterflies! Idk how many chapters you have planned for this story but I’ll read all of them a thousand times over just to get a taste of this version of Joel Miller. I’m also around Sol’s age & personality and quite inexperienced sexually & with an attraction for capable older men, problematic relationship with my dad as well so it feels personal to me & I’m living my fantasies through your writing atm haha. You’re amazing, talented, incredible!! Sending you all the hugs

dear sweet anon, take my heart and soul and don't give it back !

"it’s my first time ever leaving a message for a fic so that says a lot" oh, wow. genuinely, wow... i'm honoured that you'd chose me and my fic to be the first you message about. i love that you see yourself in sol, especially after i've attempted to keep physical descriptions of her to a minimum to not take anyone out of the fic (ie. describing a skin tone that may not match whoever is reading). it's such a nice reminder that we don't need physical descriptions to relate or see ourselves in characters. i hope you continue to live out your fantasies as this series progresses! <3

"Idk how many chapters you have planned for this story but I’ll read all of them a thousand times over just to get a taste of this version of Joel Miller." honestly, not even i know at this point how many parts i intend to write for this series. every time i think i've settled on an outline for the whole fic, a new idea pops up and i add another chapter. as it stands, i currently have planned out a total of 12 chapters and 11 drabbles, but that could easily change and grow in length.

"You are so talented and if one day you’ll plan on writing a book I’ll be the first one in line cause sheesh." you're now the second person to bring up the idea of me writing a book ( including the sweet book-shelf anon ) and i really just want to stress how much hearing things like this means to me. i'm currently a student, working on my bachelors degree in english literature and creative writing with the goal of ( someday, hopefully ) working in the publishing industry/writing my own fiction novels, so to have anyone say this is just so incredibly validating to my big ( basically unnattainable ) dreams.

this reply ended up longer than intended, but thank you so much, for all of this! sending you all the hugs back ! <33

[feerz]

Watching Three Houses!!

Live blogging it! (And it got long)

I love Susan's dress so much

Sadie's little wave!

Dave Malloy, I love you so much every time you put instruments on stage

BIRCH TREES!!!! The birds section is so incredibly beautiful, one of my favourite parts

AND THE BIRCH TREES STAND LIKE GHOSTS

Pookie, my beloved. She's so cute

I FILLED THE HOUSE WITH MUSIC

I love her voice change for "and there's no one to tell me to turn it down"

I love them all dancing

"Have you ever fallen in love with someone by looking at their books?"

As someone who loves sorting his books, Susan is very relatable, and that part really scratches my brain

Honestly, I need a full list of all the references and symbolism for the Three Little Pigs

Octet reference!!

This show has great instrumentations/orchestration (? Idk which one it is). Ig like most malloysicals lol

"Fuck around and find out"

I love the crystal soul contemplation. Can't really have a malloysical without some contemplating about souls now can you?

This is so cringe, but every time I heat the "crazy? I'm crazy for feelings. " I think of that même "crazy? I was crazy once, etc"

Scary Pookie

Ohhh, I am Not Ready for the Berries and the Plums....

I was not ready.

"That's alright, Susan. After all, who says it's true" INSANE

THE WOOLF'S SWEATER!! Need it

Sadie, I love you so much. I'm very jealous of her flower suit

Beckett, what is wrong with you (affectionate)

The desert is such a fun song. AND THE HOUSE WAS FUCKING GREAT!! BIG BRASS BED!

All Dave Malloy knows is write beautifully about observing stars, and I EAT IT UP EVERY TIME

As someone who plays a lot of sims and acnh, this hits way too close to home

Props to the actors for when they have to act for the creechers (Pookie, Zippy, Shelob), especially for the voices they do

HURDY GURDY!! What a great instrument, Sadie's so right to be obsessed with it

Grandpa's speel about respecting wood and the instruments reminds me of how in Monk (Ghost Quartet) David plays the last piano in the world because the gods have decreed that we don't treat music as holy enough

They really captured the vibes of acnh villagers, got to love the jock villagers <3

Planking really does make your mind go blank, Zippy's right

NO SADIE, YOU'RE STILL ALIVE. YOU HAVE TO LIVE, YOU HAVE TO LIVE

Why would you give Zippy alcohol 😭😭

God, too soon destroyed me on my first listen

"The Kareoke Incident"

Smh the crowd judging Zippy for wanting a mental health day and setting boundaries

The Quarters thing never happened to me, but to be honest, it definitely feels like a thing that could've happened to me... Dave Malloy, get out of my brain

Man, the second house hits way too close to home

Is the Wolf song just for the album??

"Would you like a brick?" *doesn't wait for an answer, drops a brick on the table*

Yay I can't wait for Beckett and how Not Okay he is <3 (just like all of them lmao)

I love the beef between him and the Wolf

I've been listening a lot to New life, as a motivation sort of thing (ignore what happens right after)

They're all such losers <3 (him giggling about his bachelor pad)

The music in the third house really does make you feel like you're in a basement

The crowd (justifiably) laughing at how bad Beckett's living conditions are 😭

Love the Irish melodies so much

Every time Beckett is going crazy I get flashbacks to Little God (love you J D Mollison)

Love always leaves you is probably my favourite song atm

God the visitor just shatters my heart

CLOCHÁN TIME CLOCHÁN TIME

Susan and Backett doing the same gesture for tracing the tumour that ended up in me!

Godddd wolf dance!!!!!! Susan and Sadie dancing with him (Sadie running to hug him-), but Beckett hiding

I am so so normal about this musical.

"Three little pigs isn't about architecture you know"

Respect your demons. Respect your wolf. And call your sister. The three main lessons you need tbh

Ahhhh them blowing down the brick house from inside!!!!

Just noticed that Sadie has pigtails

I read on Genius that in later versions Beckett didn't put down his grandma's crystal on the table with the rest of the stuff and the implications of that are driving me crazy

Dave Malloy really knows how to finish off a musical in a way that leaves you satisfied and with hope and love for the world

He really delivered, it is so so good and I won't shut up about it for a while

[remuswriting]

The demi/ace thing makes sense. I don't really think about it being demi myself, but I do tend to like how you define y/n so it just makes sense why. It's the older rep and ace/demi thing that draws me to your writing. In other news, good luck with college cause I'm also in the same boat going back a bit later and holy my burn out is so bad atm gonna blame my AuHA lmaoo

I like to write stories where characters aren't explicitly gay/bisexual/pansexual/etc, but I still have how things are in my head. Let me tell you some of the fics that have it. Just know you can still read any of these fics however you want to. All but the first one is not really that important to the story.

Like Y/N in First Words is demiromantic 100%. I don't do the best at representing it I feel, but that's what I thought while writing him. This is the only fic where like his sexuality is important, but I didn't deep dive into it because he's 15 and already struggling. I thought I'd just give him a break.

The Narrative has asexual Y/N but there's also an OC who is aroace. In Cut the Cameras, Y/N is demisexual while Oikawa is demiromantic and asexual. Y/N is aroace in Study Partners. Also demiromantic Y/N in Painting Pumpkins. Asexual Y/N in More Significant Than Gravity. Then most recent to the collection is demiromantic Y/N in Don't Forget This Place.

I think I only have two fics that have it explicitly stated/hinted at about sexuality. An Iwaizumi one where the reader is bisexual, and it's discussed. Then the Kageyama twin one where Y/N says he might be gay. Sexuality in reader fics can be incredibly tricky to do, especially because people are viewing themselves when reading them. However, I do think you can get away with a lot in terms of sexuality/gender identity when writing if you don't make the entire thing focused on that.

Dude, with the whole college thing, I'm struggling. I graduated with my bachelors like two years ago and thought "I'll go back to either get a teaching degree or just get certified to teach ESL!" and I genuinely don't know why I hate myself. Thankfully, I don't have burn out currently, but there's absolutely no telling what the future may bring. Good luck my dude.

[lavend-ler]

I loved Third Time's The Charm l!! Can't wait for chapter 2!!

THANK U SO MUCH!!!!!! 💖💖💖💖💖 thank u so much for reading and enjoying it!

as for chapter 2, oh man, I hope I'll get it out soon! but atm I am incredibly busy. first, I'm writing a fic for my friend rn and second, I'm graduating soon! so to make sure I will be 10000% ready to pass all my exams and get my bachelor's (in a field I LOATHE), I am now spending all my time on studying. optimistically I wanna say chap2 will be out in late June but realistically more like early July

but here's a little sneak peek for u - chap2's title is "Calamity", after King Shelter's "Calamity". no, the lyrics have nothing to do with the chapter lol I just felt that the title fit a lot and this is the style of music I imagine Norma listens to! (me too)

[black-rose-writings]

hello, i enjoy your winx fanfic a lot and look forward to each chapter, especially the last one made me excited

I'm glad you do!

Sorry I haven't been updating too much, unfortunately my hyperfixations have slightly moved on from Winx, leading to a bit of a writers block in that particular fandom. And I'm also researching my bachelor's thesis ATM, but hopefully, I will find time and motivation to write soon.

[game-set-canet]

any update on the thiem and berrettini fic?

the thiem fic is almost finished - i hope to finish it during the next few days! the berrettini one will take some time. i'm currently writing on my second bachelor thesis and so i spend 100% of my writing time on my bachelor thesis atm...but i'll do my best! i'm so so sorry!