#and I have OTHER exams to revise for

[helloidkwhatimdoing-0]

Clawing at the walls of my enclosure

[memesthatonlycatertome]

My brain coming up with ideas / theories / scenarios after the new Zaros audio:

What if... (Sorry for my english, i hope this makes sense...)

The Earis didn't steal Zaros idea and the corrupt judge changes their answer, so the Earis had to improvise.

Didn't Zaros say in one of the audios, that Earis was dreaming of doing something else (Part 3?). The Earis wanted to travel/see the world, maybe study science, be a painter or dancer, etc.... What if the Earis had originally - once they grew up - accepted their responsibilities, sacrificed their life to learn and live up to the expectations. But now they see a tiny chance to break out of their "golden cage". They see that Zaros really wants to help the people and that he would do what is best for the dominion. That he would be a good enough eminence. But the Earis can't tell anyone that deep down they wanted to leave their life at court behind because they don't want to disappoint their mother or anyone else. They also feel bad for dreaming of a life outside the palace and being "irresponsible" to what is expected of them. They know some nobles / judges try to manipulate the trials in their favor and wouldn't want Zaros as the new eminence. So the Earis plays the game. They try to upset Zaros, so he pettily puts in more effort to win in the trials. The Earis is intelligent and actually likes Zaros. They think Zaros likes them back but the Earis wants their freedom, so they try to make Zaros dislike them in order for him to try to be better at everything and to get him to win the Contention. The Earis knows he will win, that is their way out. They have their bags packed and after it is announced that Zaros is the new eminence, they quietly leave without anyone noticing. They are finally free to do what they want for the first time in their life as an adult. In the end Zaros sees the Earis happy to leave quietly with all their things already packed and realizes:

Rereading this, i realize i may have watched the old Barbie movies one too many times as a child:

Anyway... me waiting for the next part of the noble trials:

[plangentia]

when will exams stop being cruel and allow my girlfriend and i to see each other again

[yaminerua]

I once read a soulmate AU for a different fandom where the way the connection eventually manifested was that whatever someone wrote or drew on their own skin, it would transfer to their soulmate’s. And I was thinking of the applications of it for Rimster given that time Rimmer resorted to scrawling revision notes on his arms and legs.

Like, Lister’s probably used to occasionally seeing some exam notes and other things pop up on his skin from time to time given how often Rimmer takes exams but usually it’s been within relatively normal boundaries. He’s not gonna judge. He doesn’t know much about the person on the other end of their inked connection but he hopes with all the tests they seem to take that they’re doing well. Sometimes he’ll even scrawl a little ‘good luck!’ on himself as a kind of encouragement to them.

The very first time something like this happens, Rimmer freaks out. Because oh holy smeg he has a soulmate! There’s someone out there for him! A real honest to god person!! Meant for him!! All the years of his brothers teasing him, acting like the universe would just skip bothering to assign him one, are washed away to be replaced by an initially heart-bursting glow of elation, but it’s followed swiftly by a deep-seated dread. Because oh god anything he writes on himself will be seen by this other person. What if he smegs the whole thing up!? He’s already caught their attention with his revision scrawlings, he’s going to have to tone it down to something that won’t be off-putting…

Fast forward and Lister has joined the Red Dwarf crew and it’s like any other day. He’s left his annoying bunkmate to stew in pre-exam nerves and he’s out and about on the ship, maybe trying to flirt with some of the lady officers when suddenly he notices his hand rapidly becoming covered in words, scrawled in a panicked frenzy, first across his palm, then the back of his hand and down onto the forearm. And yeah, sure, this has happened before, it’s no big deal. Except this is the most chaotic it’s ever been, especially since it’s now trailing right up his arm and if he doesn’t get out of public view people are going to notice.

So he runs back to the bunk room, hoping to grab a jacket or something to cover it up but he freezes as soon as he’s half-pulled it on because he spots Rimmer. Smeghead Supreme, Arnold Judas Rimmer, sitting with a textbook on his lap and his shirt sleeve rolled up, utterly engrossed in his pre-exam stress-induced frenzy of copying as much of the text from the book onto his own skin as possible.

The realisation hits like a truck and Lister cannot believe it. He refuses to. It’s gotta be a coincidence. Rimmer wouldn’t be the only person in the universe cramming for an exam, surely! Just because he is doesn’t mean what he’s writing is the same as what’s still being hurriedly scrawled up the inside of his left arm. The universe wouldn’t play that cruel a trick on him! Surely!

Rimmer hasn’t even noticed him come in and he’s muttering out loud each word as he copies it out from the book and Lister can only watch in horror as he sees the exact same words blossom across his own skin and oh this CANNOT be happening!!

So now you have Lister knowing that the universe has somehow, bizarrely, chosen to pair him up with Rimmer, and Rimmer blissfully unaware of the fact that the soulmate he’s yearned for his whole life is the lazy gimboid who just interrupted his revision by tossing an unwashed shirt at his head.

[irhabiya]

death and pestilence on all my professors

[amicus-siderum]

Actually, I think Kaeya would be a really good influence on the young people and children of Mond.

Yes, he's horrible at taking care of himself, has terrible coping mechanisms and is just downright not in a good mindset whatsoever. However, when it comes to others, he tries his darn hardest to make sure they take proper care of themselves specifically so they don't turn out like him.

He invites his knights to the tavern after a successful mission - drinks on him. He won't force anyone to drink alcohol if they don't want to. If he knows someone has problems with alcohol, he won't suggest a tavern outing. Kaeya knows how difficult it is to keep those in check and doesn't need to put anyone else through that. (There are exceptions, obviously, such as coaxing info out of suspicious persons via loosening the tongue with alcohol, but that's different.)

Kaeya sees Rosaria smoking behind the church, he joins her, keeps her company, asks for a cigarette too. He tells her she really should quit, it's not good for her. Rosaria mumbles under her breath, calling him a hypocrite, but if she notices how he orders her chocolate and different snacks at the bar to keep her from getting antsy and in turn keeping her from going for a light, she doesn't mention it.

Jean isn't taking care of herself? Long hours at the office, little to no food, horrid amounts of caffeine instead of sleep? "Jeanie, there's an issue that desperately needs your attention! Yes, it's very important, follow me! Why are we going to your house? Well you see, this is where the very important matter should be. It's you. You're the important matter. You need sufficient rest to function properly. Much love and understanding, goodnight." Jean would argue with him, call him a hypocrite, if as soon as her head hit the pillow she wasn't immediately out like a light.

I like to believe that Kaeya also teaches the children of Mondstadt all about the importance of self care, as in eating regular and nutritious meals, getting enough sleep, getting help when they're sick. He educates them about different substances, why they're bad and how to use them safely if they desperately feel like they must. He doesn't make it a whole 'thing', it just somehow comes up in conversation, but he does stress the importance.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not making him into a saint by any means! Kaeya doesn't care enough to intervene if some drunkard is drowning their troubles at a tavern or if one of the townspeople have been skipping a suspicious amount of meals. It's not his issue, not his problem, he doesn't care. However, when it comes to the people he does really hold near and dear (read Diluc, Jean, Rosaria, Klee, Bennett, etc.) he will take matters into his own hands.

I think Kaeya knows the theory, he knows what should be done really well, he just doesn't do it himself. And because of that, Kaeya hurts. He doesn't want people he cares about to hurt like he does. So he makes sure they too know the theories, but actually put them to practice too.

[forgotten-daydreamer]

Took twice the max dose of melatonin before the final revision for tomorrow’s exam, I’m shitting my pants and I genuinely don’t know anything as thoroughly as I should but if I sleep less than 4 hrs before it I just know I’m gonna do even worse somehow

[getbreaded]

Just submitted the SI project, honestly not my best work haha. But sometimes that's all we can do. I did well in the other 3 projects, so hopefully it won't influence my grade too much.

Here's to accepting our failures lmao

[mossflower]

Hi! Happy New Year! How’s the Classic Who watch going? Still in the first season, right?

happy new year to you too!! it’s going extremely slowly lol. as in ‘have only just started watching the daleks’ slowly. my excuse for this is that i am also mid-homestuck reread and mid-exam revision and there is only so much my brain can focus on at once

[theflyingfeeling]

oh for fuck's saaaaaaake 😐

[himejoshibutch]

i forgot everything i studied for these past 6 months how is that even possible

[mainfaggot]

i have an exam at 5:45 pm Today and I was planning on studying for an exam that'sthis sunday for like 2h Before going to write the exam that is Today but I don't wanannananana

[imsorrymyusernameishardtotype]

Sometimes i wonder "did something happen to my wife?"

And then i worry a lil and then i see she liked my posts and im like "im glad she is still alive but perhaps a lil stressed uwu"

[vilelittlecritter]

You people are assholes and cruel I should have never fuckin said how old I am now go to hell.

I have had to endure the most strenuous types of bullying that shall leave scars on my psyche for the rest of my life

I hope you disgusting ruffians are pleased with your efforts to torment me as they have worked to high affect

I shall never doze away to escape from the troubling thoughts now plaguing my mind from this horrendous bullying

[kaserolly]

Me remembering that I still need to study for the re-examination session (which is in the same week as my bday, but it's ok tho cuz my bday falls on a Sunday) so that I can take the exams I failed this uni year

[sunuism]

everyone please pray or manifest for me that i get one of the easy texts for my exam pleaseeeee