#bc my mythology class in UNIVERSITY

[each-uisge-enthusiast]

my hottest classics take is that i think there is substantial enough evidence in the actual text to believe that a woman either did write or helped write the homeric hymn to demeter

[44-traumabasin-44]

So, Deteriorating Waters Heart went to the hospital at one point via being stabbed with Soul's Trident, and I was doing my daily pacing-in-my-front-yard-imagining-myself-answering-a-Q&A-as-if-I-was-famous, yeah? (Well, except this time I was imagining DW Heart was real and he was being interviewed by my fanbase, my fantasies get pretty wild.)

I imagined DW Heart would have an adult version of Gruelling Duty in his universe…

…what's Gruelling Duty? Well, in the Pillow Club universe, Gruelling Duty is a cartoon about superheroes in Hawaii of all kinds of species in the Pillow Club universe, all in one place, as if they all evolved together as one in the same environment.

This is also where the fictional "God-Killer" concept was first used in the Pillow Club universe; at first, it was only told in mythology of gradient sticks (a type of stick figure from one of my original stories), but it quickly became a trope in the PC universe instead, similar to how things like zombies or mummies are taken from mythologies or cultures and pop culture-ified.

But that's besides the point; I had the idea that in Deteriorating Waters, yk, Pillow Club but edgier, that Gruelling Duty is instead an adult animated show, to reflect how DW is an adult series instead of the children's series that PC is.

Which leads me to my idea that DW Heart, who was a """""freshmen""""" (heavy quotations bc DW takes place in Iceland but has intentionally (in a bad way) very American-based societal structure), so like around fourteen-fifteen for his species due to weird Axon-species-workings, wouldn't be allowed to watch an adult show in the hospital.

Instead, I imagine that DW Heart, with three big holes in his belly rapidly gushing out acidic blood, half-conscious probably hooked up to a lot of things and too weak to hold his phone to tell his friends he doesn't know when he'll be back, or even tell them he's gone at all, away from home for weeks and cut off from the outside world with the corrupt healthcare system of the Deteriorating Waters universe, had to watch propaganda young children's cartoons teaching him that he's a cuck for not having magic and deserves to be working class and have a fraction of human rights in the most condescending way possible for all those agonising days he thought his insides would spill right out of his torso.

Enjoy, I hope that was as much of a roller coaster for you as it was for me thinking about it.

[holdingonforheaven]

for the wip titles game, i'm curious about "RELG 224"? :D

I may or may not be vibrating with excitement bc I'm so happy you asked about this one

RELG 224 is a working title (the full title in my doc rn is "RELG 224 - [insert more here]") for the CodWan Week Modern AU: Teacher/University/Academia prompt. They're both professors in the religious studies department; Obi-Wan teaches classes about mindfulness and meditation, and Cody teaches about religions of Polynesia and the Pacific Islands, with a specialty in Māori mythology. It's a small school and they're both new adjuncts, and the department admin made an error when designing the schedule for the lone adjunct office, so they end up double booked for office hours...and there's only one desk. Mutual pining ensues.

Thank you so much for asking!!!

[coolbeansnico]

INTRO POST BCS WHY NOT!!

Hi I'm Nico :]

I'm autistic, trans and queer and my pronouns are he/it

Fandoms: Good Omens, Moomin, BBC Ghosts, The Mighty Boosh, Doctor Who, What We Do in the Shadows, Horrible Histories, Yonderland, The IT Crowd, Ride The Cyclone, Percy Jackson, Avatar the Last Airbender n so many others tbh

Oh n I love movies especially rom coms, coming of age and indie shit

Other interests: Mythology, world cultures/geography, queer, film, art and fashion history & analysis, vampires, music, poetry, humanity in general and anthropology

Fav music artists: The Cure, David Bowie, HOZIER!!, Chappell Roan, many many others

Fav books: ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE (I'm actually insane about it), Cemetery Boys, Good Omens (duh), The Percy Jackson series (also duh), Rainbow History Class (its non fiction but it's a book so it's going on here)

I'm very opinionated at times but I promise I'm open minded and not trying to argue, I'm always down for constructive criticism or healthy debate and I love getting other people's perspectives (as long as ur not rude or a bitch abt it ofc)

Please use tone tags

I'd prefer not to share my age, but please know I am under 21, so keep that in mind, and don't be a creep. But please don't patronise me 😃👍

Anyways bmf if: We have the same interests, you think im cool, ur chill idk 🤷

Buh byeee!!

[cursedbluebird]

Celebrating TOA and the people who contribute to make our group what it is.

Repost, don't reblog. Only fill in what you feel comfortable sharing!

Happy anniversary, TOA! Here's to many more years spent together.

tagging: you

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Name: Rosie

Pronouns: she/her

Birthday (no year): March 24

Where are you from? What is your time zone? Nebraska, CST

Roleplay experience: since 2009

Got any pets? Freya and Bast the naughtiest kitties in the universe

Favorite time of year: Fall

Some interests and things you like: sewing, thinking way too much about clothes

Some funfacts & trivia about you: - I wrote my undergrad thesis on the progression fashion of the 20th c, but I am terrible about keeping up on modern fashion

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play? L E G E N D O F Z E L D A.... I love Majora's Mask... Hero of Time my beloved baby boy..... I also love Okami so much. I'm a sucker for fairy tales and mythology.

Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon: I'm actually not a big pokemon person! I started with Y. Ghosts and Psychic are my faves, particularly Mimikyu, Meowstic, and Hoopa. Gengar is also shaped like a friend :)

How did you get into Fire Emblem? I had been interested in the series since the GBA days but it wasn't until I got my 3ds and awakening that I got the chance to play a game.

What Fire Emblem games have you played? Awakening, Conquest & Birthright, 3H, Shadows of Valentia

First Fire Emblem game: Awakening

Favorite Fire Emblem game: Fates or 3H

Any Fire Emblem crushes? Oh my God Niles hi tee-hee... Tho Seteth damage art did get me into playing feh... And uh... My husband does look like Xander ...and his name is.... Alexander........🥴 I've posted my questionable taste in fe characters you can find it in the chat if you search

If you’ve played the following games, who was your first S support? - Awakening: Chrom- Fates: oh good God idr.... Kaze? I know I did Niles in one run... Did I do Stahl in Birthright? Kaze in conquest and Stahl in Birthright sounds right- Three Houses: Dimitri - Engage: haven't played engage. Place your bets for fun

Favorite Fire Emblem class: I like the magic classes! Healing and attacking! Tho Camilla's malig knight does have a special place in my heart 💜

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class? Dark magic user...I do not escape the goth aesthetic.... Unfortunately I am too much of a noodle to be a malig knight 😞

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation? Fear the Deer!!! (Side note, bless my luck bc when I ordered a leftover bundle from fodlans fables I got the deer. A cosplayer I look up to also offered me her deer pin from the fe3h preorder bonus which had me 🥹)

If you were an Engage character, which Emblem would you Engage with? I don't know what this means but I copied this from Erica and her answer was funny.

How did you find TOA? I track the Marianne tag on Tumblr and saw the previous Marianne drop. The old shit post emblem group I was in was falling apart and I thought it would be nice to join a new one.

Current TOA muses: Marianne, Camilla, Triandra

Who was your first TOA muse? If you don’t have them anymore, could you see yourself picking them up again? Marianne my cursed little blue bird 💙 I've thought about dropping her, thinking that maybe someone else would do a better job, but I just can't let her go.

Have you had any other TOA muses? Other than cami and Tria nope

Do you think you have a type of character you gravitate towards? Um??? I don't know? I got told that Tria was a Rosie muse when I reserved her so I guess y'all know better than me lol

What do you believe you enjoy writing the most? I like writing horror and setting the scene :) my favorite part about combat events is describing the creatures we're facing from my characters pov

Favorite TOA-related memory: What Kent told Mari in her first lore event about the importance of healers have lived rent free in my memory since it happened. Also Griss trying to blow himself up in the arena and despite his best efforts not succeeding.

Got any delusions that didn’t see the light of day in TOA that you’d like to share? Charlotte is one I've thought about and is the one most likely to send Triandra packing....there are an awful lot of men at the academy who would do a great job taking care of her and her family 😏

[oreganosbaby]

for a while on here i feel like “race in bio” was seen as an important disclosure, like kind of a ~privilege acknowledgement~ thing?

Since I've already been informed of this in a reply, I'm just gonna use this to talk more abt it lol.

It's very whatever as like something not reinforced as a social more but lmao if it was, it would be such a fucking mess bc it does assume a lot about the idea of race e.g., what constitutes as relevant information in defining one's race and how racial privilege differs within different contexts. then, there's the whole issue of "whiteness" and by extension, the modern conception of race within the so-called 'west' (also a vague idea) as it exists as a result of colonialism and how an idea of a broader whiteness is far more potent in contexts like that of the United States wherein not just the history but the national mythology involves racialism in that colonial sense. So now, in a world where the States is the dominant cultural force, there's a whole other dimension to treating this understanding of race as universal rather than culturally contingent. Even the idea to denote race is very American to me because I think that Americans see race as such a primary part of identity because of their history and national mythology which informs their contemporary social world in both an informal and formal institutional way. It would be very funny if people started writing their like, class or something or fuck, their wage or salary in their bio. Like, what if?

The other thing about this is that like, people could lie about their race and you just have to go off good faith which is like... okay it's funny tbh. I think, though, my bad faith or cynical assumptions about this were as kind of an embarassing and pathetic "white guilt" thing. I'm not saying I still think that and y'know, at least I never thought of it as people doing it in bad faith. Again, it's a non issue becausr this isn't treated like a norm but, it's just interesting how people decide to define themselves publically and what the implications, intentional or otherwise are.

[thatrandomfanartist]

So I made a college/highschool Fionna and Cake au.

Aka hear me talk of my au--and ART :D

There's some design stuff I've made Prismo, Gary, Fiona, etc. the idea is they live in a semi-magical world run by gods and everyone goes to school to either study the world like on real school or to learn how to do a magical job for all.im calling it wishcollege au bc I called it that when I was working on prismo's idea he is going to this college to learn to become a wishmaster

he's just an intern/ wish trainee rn. The Valerian wish college is run by Principle Scarab or- Principle Devon Nolan is their first name but it's all fake. Valerian Is a plant w flower that treats ocd symptoms, migraines, hyperactivity,, and. But also bears pin/white/magenta flowers that attract insects. I thought it's be fitting. He's a pic from Prismo's PG in my sketchbook:

Now the highschool, Valerian highschool is run by Gary Schmitt-bubblegum whose been around practically forever. Prismo goes here too bc they're still in HS and just duel enrolling, they're in HS bc they show no ambition but in college bc they seem extremely excited and ahead of your wisher peers when it comes to wishmaster training specifically. There's still over 17,650 yrs, an adult I suppose although still sorta teen. Studies a few thingsHe also has an interest in band and plant biology but wishmaster is their career. Here's a pic of Fionna and Simon doodles just bc:

And here's one of Principle of college, Scarab/Nolan Earl m.p. Devon: he just hates his job being stuck as a college professors full time. When he was taught he showed interest in what he was learning but was forced into being someone that taught the same exact thing instead doing it himself. He feels betrayed but too lawful (bc in the human realm he does have follow citizenship standards and laws) to do anything heinous about it. He's mostly demon part pure light but not in story sense in a biological sense made of light instead of other actual matter particles. Of course Prismo is part Demon too so they somewhat find common ground but Prismo got too invested in career and doesn't care about that phase. The scarabs a bit of an ol' grump. The only class he teaches himself is the materialization of wishes through light formation class (long name obviously not what they call the class fr xd) which is what they majored in and excelled. He was too authoritative to be a wishgranter so a prof and principal is great. They get into run-ins with Prismo or Raj lots bc it cares about her studies but not her school's rules. Nolan doesn't place much concern on this, views Prismo as a headache and silly but not a threat. Fun, they are buds though as time moves on and his grades improve too (iykwim -jk im jk) .

Professors for highschool I know are: -Bubblegum, not Gary but we have a few repeats from AT as well FAC universes bc they're combined on this one alternate world based upon a more modern Ooo. So Bubblegum teaches bioscience and in college as well as HS the botany club/class! :D -Marcy is a band instructor but also substitutes for botany class in high, Bonnie and Marcy are dating still.cx bc it's a good ship -Ellis P. Is band instructor as well he does brass since Marceline does woodwind and string

-Simon teaches wizardry and magical objects bc it's a mix of what they did as ice king, what they used to do, and what makes more sense in the universe am dplanet they're on. He'd obvi be a prof + when he was ice king I feel like he'd teach smthn as well such as like science behind temperature and stuffs. -Betty is also a teacher there and is partially still combined with Golb. She teaches mythology at first, then, science and magic behind love, then both but ends up taking up religious studies a lot when they get old. Simon and them are happily married but they both gets harassed at work alot

I say band but they have orchestra not band, that's for both college and HS that it's orchestra.

[adashofniallandasprinkleoflunacy]

I’ve never been a percy Jackson girlie bc in middle school I refused to read them bc I was living my “I’m not gonna like that I’m not like other girls” era but I’d seen so much on my fyp about it so I had to start the books and lemme tell you Drea I’ve gotten sucked into them so much like I finish a book and immediately start the next they literally got me out of my reading slump I haven’t read this much in so long and I LOVE IT SM being sucked into these worlds to escape my life is my new coping mechanism

No bc I hadn’t read a book as a hobby since I was a sophomore in high school cause junior year is when all my AP classes started and i had bought the first book of Trials of Apollo back when it came out but never got to read it and I was cleaning up my shelf before our trip and saw it and was like u know what now that the semester’s over let me read this and I got sucked right back in!! I finished all 5 books in the span of the last 3 weeks KSNDNSNDNS

I’d forgotten how much I love Rick’s writing style and his humor and just how much I adore the characters 🥹 diving back into that universe has reminded me of how those books literally shaped my personality and my own writing so much it’s crazy SKDNSNSN

Also after you finish both of the Percy Jackson series, I definitely recommend you read his other stuff, starting with The Kane Chronicles, which is based off Egyptian mythology!! SOOOO GOOD DUDE!!!!! AND ITS ALSO GETTING MADE INTO A SHOW BY DISNEY+ JUST LIKE PJO!!!

He also has one with Norse mythology that I plan on reading next cause I also started it but never finished it but I remember loving!! And all of these series occur within the same universe, so he’s actually written short crossover stories between them, which I also have to catch up on!! And tbh I’ll probably reread PJO before the Disney series drops just so i have a refresh of it all AKMDNSMS

but yeah Rick is an amazing writer and all of his books def live up to the hype!!

[fandom-monium]

Best Friend’s Brother AU

BFB Au

Cleaned up a bunch of doodles i did for this au. In this au:

modern, human, no magic au

boi has raccoon eyes in EVERY universe

boi has flapjack themed socks in EVERY universe

he wears a lot of black. and yellow. but mostly black bc its practical. easy to clean, easy to style. It goes with everything.

Hunter and Luz are siblings. Hunter was taken in before Luz was born

him and Luz fight. A lot. As siblings should

For reasons, the Nocedas move to Bonesborough just before Luz starts high school. Hunter's adaptable he doesn't care

their first day at Hexside, they split since he's 2 years older, and soon Luz becomes fast friends with treehugger Willow and eventually mythology-obsessed Gus

Hunter reluctantly gets befriended by the Blight twins. They're friends now, there's no escape

Hunter got his left ear pierced when he was in middle school. The pain traumatized him so it's just the left. Doesn't get more until 2nd year high school. Can't stand the idea of piercing his right tho. Not sure why

Now a solid friendship, Willow feels comfortable enough to visit Luz's house

Was NOT aware the cute but intimidating new student from school lives here and thinks she's got the wrong house

she doesn't. He welcomes her in, explaining Luz went out for a minute but should be back soon.

They're both pretty shy at first. On Willow's end, they've never talked and this boy is older, not to mention he seems to be friends with Amity's older siblings. Not the best line up. For Hunter, he's only seen her in passing, only heard Luz brag about "my bestie, Willow" this and that. Neither of them have much to go on, but this is his sister's best friend, this is her best friend's brother, and they are gonna make an effort because they love and care about Luz, and they understand getting along is important for her.

So they talk. Small talk, but they talk, slow and a bit awkward as teenagers are. "Oh, what track are you in?" "Into any sports?" "Whats your favorite color?"

Hunter hates small talk and meeting new people is terrifying; it's not so bad bc he recognizes Willow and it's only her, but she notices he's getting more nervous. She opts out of the conversation first, giving him a reassuring smile, "Sorry if I'm keeping you. I'll just wait here till Luz gets back."

And he is NOT having it. How dare this v cute girl come into his house, under his roof and be all considerate and accommodating??? No. No he will not be bested like this.

He waves her off and returns her smile, continuing the conversation with renewed vigor.

Luz returns just as Willow's starts going more in depth about her more exotic plants (she mentioned she has her own little green house at home and Hunter has never been more intrigued). She is v much elated to find her bro and best friend are getting along. Sadly, they have to end the conversation there, and as they part, Hunter going up to his room and Luz tugging Willow to the next room, they exchange a "Nice meeting you!" "You too. See you around..." but it's actually nice and both look forward to the next time.

While they don't hang out at school, they start talking in the halls whenever they pass each other. The Blight twins say nothing when they notice Hunter taking the long route to their next class.

Willow frequents the Noceda household. A lot. In her defense Luz is needy and constantly needs love and affection, so she's invited everyday. But even Luz has a life outside the house, has other friends and school activities to attend to. So she ends up resting at the house like a pitstop, doing homework and stuff, waiting for the bus or for her dads' to pick her up (sometimes Hunter will keep her company)

Hunter falls first in every universe.

BFB!Hunter | BFB!Willow

[goldenn-moments]

absolutely losing it over your 'mind your business' wille screencap this is pure gold 😂😂

also your thoughts!!! *discreetly slides you a can we be friends note haha stealth mode 100*

I'm so glad that my roommate is a heavy sleeper bc I may or may not have had a happy freak out when I saw I had another ask in my inbox skdvxksbd. I'm very glad you liked my "mind your business" wille, I made it in three minutes on my phone when I was ignoring my work <3

and OMG my thoughts. okay, I decided like, ten minutes ago that tomorrow I'm actually gonna post my whole lengthy thing of what I want out of s3, but!! here are some of my random thoughts that have been plaguing my brain:

starting off strong with the first thing I saw when I opened my notes app - this random idea that I had for a wilmon au: wille and simon as orpheus and eurydice. I got this idea bc I saw one of those "no one would sit at my grave" "he would" edits that are making the rounds on tiktok, and all the comments were saying "wille would follow simon to the grave" etc etc. and bc I'm a greek mythology nerd, my mind immediately went to the myths and then I was like "omfgs orpheus and eurydice." I can't decide who I want to be who bc on one hand there's simon who is clearly the musician out of the two. on the other hand I have this vivid image of wille going to the underworld and begging to save simon, willing to do literally anything to get the love of his life back

sticking on the greek mythology track for a sec (apologies, this probably wasn't what you were expecting, but I was one of the first members of my high school's greek myths club for a reason) - I love thinking up aus, and in a world where greek gods and young royals coexisted in the same universe, simon is 100% the son of apollo. like are you kidding me??? the sun was made for omar (and simon by default) (yes this is inspired by omar's insta pic)

pov outsider is like, one of my favorite things ever. in every fandom I'm in I inevitably search for it on ao3. and so I just love thinking abt what the people around simon and wille are thinking - like what do rosh and ayub see when they look at wille and simon???? they see their best friend who is strong in his beliefs against the upper class somehow being wooed by the prince of all people, then they see said prince break his heart, and then months later after they try to convince their bestie to move on, said prince is on national television basically proclaiming his love for their bestie. like I want to know what they were thinking!!! I want to see into their minds. I wanna know if they were somewhere like idk, maybe their school was broadcasting the thing or smth (idk what time of day it was sorry), and they don't wanna watch bc fuck him, he hurt their best friend, but then???? he turns around and takes back control of his own story and says no to harmful and empty traditions???? like if I was them I'd be losing my shit, full on what the fuck mode and texting simon to tell me everything bc I need to know what's happening

I also want to see into the minds of the average hillerska student. like they had front row seats to the Drama that is wille and simon - what were they thinking whenever their prince and that non res kid slipped into the music room together??? when simon nailed wille w the ball and the most reaction anyone had was the guy who was clapping behind simon??? what did the choir thinking when simon led wille away??? (bc they have to have the best seats in the house - they've been humming along to simons love song for wille for a while now, they gotta know it all, lmao). basically these pov outsider thoughts aren't fully fleshed out, but they rattle around my brain all the time and I'm always here wondering what people are thinking

something I want in s3 that's probably gonna be on my list: simon getting the fucking respect he deserves. like out of everyone at that school, wille is the one who respects him the most. wille was the first one to look past his societal labels and see the brilliant, shining boy that simon is. and yeah they've been dealing with all their shit so that distracted from it, but now that they're out, that there's no more hiding (they're stepping into the light skxjsj) - even w all that, I highly doubt that the majority of the hillerska population will give up their prejudices just like that. so I'm expecting to see students be kinda nasty, like I wouldn't be surprised if vincent ramps up his douchebaggery in s3 bc he's an elitist asshole. and bc I'm expecting that to happen, I'm also expecting wille to snap at anyone who tries to belittle simon, laying down the groundwork for simon to have his footing w all those rich kids and stand up for himself. idk, I just really want simon to be respected at school at the very least, bc we all know that the royal court ain't gonna be respecting him

on the topic of the royal court: fuck jan-olof. all my homies hate jan-olof. if I was in a room w the worst person alive and jan-olof, there'd only be one person in that room w me and it'd be that bitch jan-olof. I hope that while wille and simon are busy smiling next season, jan-olof will be suffering immensely

speaking of wilmon smiling, I need at least seven seasons of them just being domestic happy bitches after s3 is over please and thank you Lisa <3

I have a lot of vague fic ideas that I wanna flesh out, so hopefully I'll get the brain power to do that during winter break. some of those ideas are: a pov outsider from krissy's pov set in a hypothetical s3 where simon and wille are at the palace. they've just had a tense meal that was after an intense royal court meeting, and miss ma'am is frustrated. she goes on a walk to clear her head, only to end up hiding behind a corner bc there's wilhelm and his boyfriend, standing in the gardens under the moonlight. and she doesn't know why she doesn't immediately step up and make her presence known - maybe it's because she wants to understand why her son is so willing to throw everything away for that boy, or maybe it's because now, bathed in the moonlight, is the first time she's seen her son genuinely smile in over a year. it's the first time she's ever heard him giggle like that since he was a child being chased by erik, and it's all because of that boy who helped cause all this trouble. and it goes on and she eventually leaves but gets an appreciation for the way her son is never more alive than when he's with simon. I'm tentative abt writing this bc I haven't written in krissy's pov, but who knows. my OTHER idea I came up w like, after I finished s2 and had to silently freak out bc I was stupid and finished the show in the middle of a lecture hall😭 basically I wanna write all these times simon thought "I love you" but never said it and the times he finally does - I have another page in my notes app for when those moments should be, and who knows! maybe I'll write them one day

another thing I wanna write that's completely out of left field: just inserting magic of some kind or another into the yr universe. I have a bad habit of making everything magical bc thats where my eternal brainrot lies, so. if anyone wants to see that, hmu and I'll share some of my many ideas w the yr universe and magic (this includes many crossovers bc I'm also really bad at stopping myself from crossing over all my fandoms in some way shape or form)

anyways!! this is completely incoherent and an absolute mess, but that's kinda how my brain operates so I hope you liked at least some of it, lol. thank you so much for this ask, my excitement for being able to ramble abt yr is through the roof *discreetly accepts the can we be friends note bc hell yeah we can, your stealth mode is so good, 10/10*

[everythingsinred]

apparently zoe’s friend coined the phrase “slavaboo” to describe the strange subsection of people who are a little too obsessed with communism and the ussr, call each other comrade, joke about gulags, and pretend to have slavic accents, etc. u know. people who are superficially interested in slavs without knowing anything about slavic culture or history. they took the form of annoying white american boys throughout high school for me and would mansplain to me (incorrectly) about MY culture and history as if their terrible fake russian accent that they put on for kicks trumps my years of being an actual serb. now its tiktok girlies wearing ushankas and making really uncomfortable content about communism and eastern block “aesthetic”.

like on the one hand ushankas are just hats and im really not interested in gatekeeping my culture bc ive always wanted to share it, but tbh what pisses me off is that these ppl ARENT interested in the culture. ill always think back on that post abt cultural appropriation i saw a few years ago, that rightly challenged white ppl pulling elements of poc culture into their lives without first understanding the cultural significance. but that post then turned around and recommended aspects of european culture, specifically slavic and eastern european, that white ppl could use instead (folkwear and holidays), and that pissed me off.

in my balkan class we learned that eastern europe, particularly the balkans, are viewed as europe lite. it’s a strange place to be because obviously were white. thats just a fact. but western europeans view us as savages, uncivilized, a barbaric and war-torn land of backwards people. the first day of class my professor asked us to tell us words we associated with the balkans and GOD DAMN was there plenty of orientalism in that american university classroom. for most of our history we’ve barely been considered europe. our relationship with the word “europe” is so complex and difficult to properly explain. western europe doesnt consider us europe bc were not on their level. so getting grouped in like that, having someone outside of that group give other white people permission to “use” our culture with the same cavalier attitude that they would appropriate poc culture? its UNPLEASANT. i dont like it.

i guess what im trying to say is that knowing about russian war tanks and pilots is cool and all. gushing about eastern bloc architecture and wearing ushankas is fun. but slavic history is a big mess, torn between wanting to be part of the civilized “europe” but also not wanting to reject our specific culture (like the conflict between westernizers and slavophiles in russian history).

im thinking about the heartbreak of telling classmates and friends that i was slavic but having them be more interested in my barebones knowledge of russian history and culture rather than asking me about my serbian culture. that all i was to them was an excuse to talk about the soviet union or the warsaw pact when my country was never even a part of either. they’d get grossed out by the food i brought to school, demonstrate no interest in my culture at all. id watch their eyes glaze over when i excitedly asked them if they wanted me to write their name in cyrillic or teach them serbian phrases... its all so surface level and vapid. tbh really cringe. thats what yall are. cringe. using ur stupid fake slavic accents, calling each other comrades, making jokes about the ussr and gulags as if theres any humor to be found in a gulag. sickening behavior.

i WANT people to be interested in my culture but i want them to appreciate it. i dont want them pulling aspects that they can use for the aesthetic, or for them to oversimplify slavic history or make jokes about the ussr or gulags. i want them learning about folklore and mythology, actually listening to our music (and maybe actual folk music, not just the russian techno ppl like). look at our art, our stories. we have a rich and vibrant and varied culture with many influences. its not all blank cement buildings and ushankas. we have a lot of beautiful culture to offer and it pisses me off how ppl dismiss it.

[bugbbear]

what would the hermit's university major/minors be

(obvious disclaimer that its the characters and not. yk.)

my own list is under the cut but i wanna know what yall think. if you agree/disagree, why, etc.

UPDATED once (updates marked with *, credit in tags)

so ive organized this into chunks based on who would live/room with whom.

also only one redstoner gets to be a computer programmer bc thats just too easy. most redstoners are engineers. the ??? are bc im unsure abt the answer, or just straight up done have one.

TEAM ZIT:

impulse: civil engineering

tango: mechanical engineering

zedaph: ??? engineering

3/5s OF BOATEM:

mumbo: secure system design

grian: architecture major, business minor

scar: business major, architecture minor

NEWBIES:

pearl: ??? astronomy?

gem: environmental architecture

PRINCESS PAIR:

xb: marine biology (im so funny)

keralis: urban architecture

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etho: hes just On Campus*

bdubs: interior design?

SHAKESPEARE:

cleo: sculpting major, mythology minor

joe: political science major, sociology minor

HAVE MY PUPPIES:

ren: theatre

doc: quantum and experimental physics

VAULT HUNTED:

iskall: ???

stress: ???

(im already at a loss for ideas guys help)

IDK WHO THEYD ROOM WITH HERES THE REST:

cub: business analytics and astrophysics double major*

false: business but actually undecided*

hypno: intelligence analysis*

jevin: ???

TFC: tired professor of a required class they all have to take

beef: science of game design

wels: medieval studies

xisuma: computer programming (lol)

[smidgen-of-hotboy]

JET FELL IN LIKE ALICE AND WONDERLAND- idk why but that is so. Funny to me. Ik it's serious, he fell in lost his mind and came back not the same and not normal... but cmon. Anyway.

So you've mentioned Earth like a handful of times now and also at some point you've mentioned space so now I gotta ask: is this a multi planet, multi dimensional (fae, living, otherworld) universe?

"Where's Juno going to find organs? In this economy? No way in hell" WELL NOW I KNOW WHAT I KNOW ABOUT JET- would it be so far off to say that Juno could ask Jet about how he can go about getting those organs to feed his freaky fae beastie?

I've never seen nor read Percy Jackson, tho I am familiar with Daedelus' labyrinth (I took a creative writing class 2 years in a row, same content both years, and it was centered around mythology) With the way you've described the Otherworlds I'm getting massive The Backrooms vibes. (And I hardly understand that, just the surface level concept)

THE WARDEN SOUNDS SOOOO COOOOLLLLL AAAAA!!! I love all the different appearances you've described it taking, what about Buddy? I'm assuming Buddy has encountered the Warden too bc of her vigil? And Ben's perception rips my heart out!! Ooooooo poor Benten TT_TT

AND OH MY GOD- Sarah Steel is a very interesting character to me. She's mentally ill and paranoid and needed so much more help than what she had available. So for her in this au to have one happy normal child one day, and wake up the next to twins and one of them is a little too much like her- I can only imagine the horror she felt. How much worse her paranoia and mental illness became. To feel like your going fucking crazy but knowing in some capacity you're not.... my favorite aspect from canon is that she both adoringly and loathfully called Ben and Juno "little monsters". I take it in this universe because of her rejection of Juno that doesn't exist?

Other Questions:

Whats everyone thoughts about Juno lugging around Peter and devouring him bit by bit? Where did Juno get his glowy rifle from? Is there a story behind that? What's the full story behind Juno and Peter meeting and Juno shooting Peter in the leg? How did that happen? (details! I want details!) Does Peter ever give him a name to use? (Ie Duke Rose, Perseus Shah, Ransom, etc (i think it would be funny if Peter does give a name and each time Juno is like "is this really it?" And peter goes "no of course not why the FUCK would I give YOU my NAME?! You SHOT ME!" and juno just shrugs like "yeah well at least i didnt leave you to rot and die now did i?")) Do you have an equivalent for Mag? How about Slip? What about the Kanagawas?? Sasha and Mick?? DARK MATTERS??? (I'm so so sorry I love world building and nitty gritty little fine details. I am obsessed with understanding and knowing every aspect of a world, right down to the super specific location events take place in even tho it likely doesn't matter and no one will ask)

Hey! So, uh, I have some more stuff for the fae-hunter jupeter au, if you'd like to hear it? Regarding some more about the background and things and the other characters and also some intrusive thoughts Juno has regarding the cannibalism?

Oh fuck yeah babey lay it on me. This is the best Steel Twin Birthday Present and no other holiday or event going on irl I could've woken up to ever! And also does it mean anything if I say I have more thoughts on my monster hunter au bc I have a lot of new thoughts about it

[studywurfavwasian]

My professor is unintentionally hilarious so I started keeping a list of things he’s said.

My entire department at my school is just filled with hilarious and genuinely kind professors. I am so lucky to have them teaching me a subject that I thoroughly love and enjoy so deeply, as they are so passionate and so dedicated to encouraging academic and personal growth. Not to mention they love a good rant. My friend and I literally plan our schedules around which prof is teaching the course bc we just love some of them so much. 

(This is how we ended up both enrolling for a course about Greek & Roman science & technology, where we may have to write a 2000 word essay about olives. But yk, the olive was so important to Ancient Greek society, and I love olives, so it’s fine.)

But there is this one professor who stands out from the others. For some background information, this professor was one of my first professors at my university. In my first year, he taught me three courses (Latin & Classical Mythology), and I did a Latin reading group session with him, and I had my Greek Literature course with him (so I’ve spent a lot of time studying with him). Studying Latin can be so intimidating (for good reason, the case system is absolutely overwhelming when you first start learning it), but he created such a positive environment that I ended up being able to fall in love with Latin.

This professor is not always the most...organised (he left answers in our online tests by accident at least twice), and just goes on various tangents that take up most of our lecture time. (Although, I think this trait is common in the humanities. Literally look at what I’m doing right now). He likes to go on and on about literature and Hebrew and his years in grad school where he spent hours pouring over translating Plato or Aristotle or Gorgias. I personally find this entertaining and love learning from his little tangents. Plus sometimes he says some pretty funny things. Which I will now share a selection of with you.

**For Legal Reasons (ha), take the quotation marks with a grain of salt.**

“Conserve me sounds like you’re an autumn peach waiting to be put in a jar!”

(Context: we were translating the sentence: ‘Conservate me!’ which does directly translate to ‘conserve me!’ but ‘protect me!’ is just sooooo much better.)

“I suck.” *ends the Bongo meeting*

“Did I do something stupid? I do that a lot.”

*someone asks a question* “Oh, I don’t know.”

“Sometimes I get worried that nobody can hear me, so I have to ask.” *Five minutes after nobody could hear him and he didn’t ask*

“I was driving yesterday and I saw a vanity plate, in Latin! Latin is everywhere!”

“It was all leading up to this very high point of learning Latin!”

“Is anyone listening?” *No response* “Okay.”

“This is my cat Mango” (during online classes)

*Late for a lecture and Mango jumps up on his desk* …. “oh, mango!” *exasperation*

“Does everyone get that?” *No response* “Okay.”

“I get tired of hearing myself talk.”

“There’s a problem with calling it Archaic poetry. But, I’ve called it Archaic poetry.”

“How can class be over just when we’re going to talk about Socratic Irony?” *ducks head in sadness* “I’m just going to go outside and lie down” (it was raining) “…. okay class is over. Mark this as the most pathetic class you’ve taken at [redacted].”

(Context: he showed up ten minutes late and the lecture was very disorganised (I think he did a good job!))

*Begins gesturing to the blank title slide of his powerpoint* “Notice the nice ancient map I have with ocean all the way around, and then all the continents with a nice short kind of Africa, and everything kind of roundish, smushed together, with the Mediterranean (Old world) oversized, Black Sea oversized, and everything stylized once you get out to the East.”

“Some colonial asshole probably, who lived a really dull life and wanted to oppress people.

(I can’t even remember what lecture this was from. I’m thinking it’s our geographical literature lecture. And he’s right lol.)

“Don’t tell the bartender that you’re there for the Inklings, he won’t care. It’s not like I did that or anything.” (Talking about the Eagle and Child pub)

“Scholars are fairly certain there was no access to google at this time.” (Talking about the year 280 AD)

*Everyone in the class agreed that we hate Plato.* Someone says: “I have beef with Plato!” He laughs and just dejectedly says, “aw. I love Plato.”

“A hoplite was kind of like the middle class who could afford heavy armo-- actually, you know what, we don’t need to talk about that.” *moves on and doesn’t finish his sentence*

Some other things he has done that I think are wonderful:

When we were studying Herodotus’ Histories he told us about how when he was in grad school, he used to read Herodotus to his daughter as a bed time story. It got to the point where she would ask for a Herodotus story.

Came into class, took out his laptop, wrote a website URL on the chalkboard, turned around, told us we had to go to that link and fill out a survey and then walked out of the room with all his stuff and didn’t come back for fifteen minutes.

Always had at least one typo in all his pop quizzes. On our quiz for Poetics he wrote ‘Aristotle’ as ‘ARistotle’ and my friend and I looked at each other and made pirate hooks with our fingers.

Hosted a Latin reading group in the summer and gave the people who had been studying latin for less than a year the Vulgate and Ovid’s Metamorphoses. (I gave up so quickly). But went on a ten minute ramble about the word ‘fiat’ and the subjunctive mood (which helped me a lot in second year).

While studying the Vulgate he went on a mini rant about St. Jerome and talked about his authorship when it came to his Latin translation, which spiralled into a 10 minute discussion about Hebrew and his frustrations with it.

Our pop quizzes were 5 multiple choice questions and we finished them before he finished handing them out, only for him to be shocked each time.

Agreed that the Greek Gods act like a squabbling family in the Iliad.

Laughed at my friend’s theory that between the Iliad and the Argonautica it was like they had grown up, and agreed.

Pronounces ‘circe’ like ‘sirsaayyyy’ (very long ‘ay’ sound at the end)

Whenever he writes words on the chalkboard he accidentally writes them in Greek (ancient Greek isn’t a pre-req for this class), and then has to take a minute to figure out how to write it in English.

Said: “Why does everybody read the bloody Republic? Read Symposium” only to realise like 5 minutes later THAT HE SCHEDULED US TO READ THE REPUBLIC. 

TLDR - He’s a very funny man. And he’s a very good professor. He did create what is probably one of the MOST CONFUSING ESSAY QUESTION I’ve ever had the displeasure of creating a thesis for, but that’s beyond the point. I would go on forever, but this is already long. 

[ao3feed-larry]

i could feel the tension, we could cut it with a knife

by alwaysxlarrie

Being a transfer student, Louis is focused on finding a good, solid friend group. What she hadn’t prepared for, though, was meeting a pretty girl with curls, dimples, and the softest, tempting skin in the process. How is she supposed to resist?

or, feeling #100: the felicity of the first touch.

Words: 4362, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: One Direction (Band)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F

Characters: Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik

Relationships: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson, Minor Liam Payne/Zayn Malik

Additional Tags: i just realized i forgot niall, don't ask me how that happened bc i have no idea, niall sweetie i'm so sorry, Girl Direction, Female Louis Tomlinson, Female Harry Styles/Female Louis Tomlinson, Female Harry Styles, Minor Zayn Malik/Liam Payne, Alternate Universe - College/University, American Louis Tomlinson, American Harry Styles, American Zayn Malik, American Liam Payne, in my head they're all canonly british but in reality there was no britpicking done here so, Mythology References, it's just mentioned as the class louis and liam are taking but, Movie Night, Flirting, Awkward Flirting, Banter, Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Fluff and Humor, Humor, Crack, Fluff and Crack, i think, I Tried, Pining, Mutual Pining, OT4, rip poor niall, No Smut, unless you count a steamy hug at the end, Teasing, Meet-Cute, Sexual Tension

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[judjira]

hi joo (if it’s ok to call you joo), so tell me a lil more about all your future wips. i’m blown away bc 14?! 🙃

yes absolutely call me joo !!

so yeah, aside from the seven plot bunnies you can see in my pinned post, i have seven more wips that ive basically conceptualized and outlines (a lil)

1. 3mix/dahyun band au - this one's basically a spiritual successor to "pretentious" in that it's a trio plus dahyun, except it's angstier ! it also talks about another type of poly relationship that i don't really write too much about, but is interesting nonetheless (shoutout to my (not real) mom for inspiring this part of the fic ily)

2. dubchaeng actors au - this one is a self indulgent acting au bc i study acting techniques as a theater major wahaha so basically dahyun and chaeyoung are actors that learn two different acting techniques, the adler technique and the strasberg technique, and they become rivals bc they don't like each other's techniques (i suggest u look them up, the original people who made these techniques also had a rivalry ! its pretty cool, although stanislavski/meisner is my preferred technique)

3. dahyo demigod au - this one's a doozy and bc i love writing mythology, if you're familiar with the ulster cycle of irish mythology, there's a hero named cu chulainn who's the son of a sun god who gets taught the ways of war by scathach, a sort of immortal witch/warrior maiden who teaches heroes (if u play fgo u're probably familiar with them) in this au, dahyun is cu chulainn and jihyo is scathach, im tryna do research for this one cus im not too familiar with irish mythology, but i'm probably not gonna stick too close to the actual mythology cus vibes HAHA

4. dahmo genie au - this au is a very neat one, it's based off of a short film i watched many years ago called "friend like me" (2016) its on youtube i suggest u watch it ! basically, momo's a kid who found a genie lamp when she was young, and asked for a best friend. out comes dahyun, a genie who becomes her best friend (lowkey inspired by dahyun with the genie costume HAHA)

5. dajeong serial killer au - ahhh this is a really good one and the subject of so many conversations with my (not real) mom that it literally has an au of itself. basically, dahyun's the heir of a mafia gang who's attracted the attention of jeongyeon, who's a serial killer. they elope and go on the run from rival gangs that hate dahyun's family and dahyun's own family (ive written the ending to this but barely the beginning HAHAHA)

6. dayeon artist au - this one's still in the conceptual stages of writing (as in i have nothing on it yet and it exists solely in my mind palace) but basically it's a dystopian au with the upper class bourgeois people and poor lower class people. nayeon's a well-esteemed, rich artist that does works for other rich people, while dahyun's a rebel and a revolutionary artist who tags buildings and makes protest art (this will hopefully come in time for me to take my art of protest class huhu)

7. dayeon magical realism au - this one's,,,a little hard to explain, because it's based off of a filipino short story called "the kite of stars" (its in english, so i suggest u search it up and read it !) basically its the story of a rich noble girl who wants to create a kite that can carry her into the sky so she can be seen by a stargazer she's fallen in love with, so she goes on a journey to gather all the parts of the kite, joined by a butcher's boy who's fallen in love with her. in this au, nayeon's the rich noble girl, mina's the stargazer, and dahyun's the butcher's boy (yes unrequited love wahaha)

THOSE are my future wips, i ALSO have three aus that im working on that honestly may never see the light of day if i dont finish my current wips HAHAHA these are vaguer, more universe style instead of a single fic, so these will probably consist of multiple oneshots and drabbles !

1. darkest dungeon 2 au - alright COMPLETELY self indulgent holy shit i just love darkest dungeon. if you haven't played, it's basically a grim, eldritch horror vibe game where you take heroes on expeditions to destroy evil creatures and monsters. the second game focuses on the heroes traveling a world plunged into insanity and darkness to try and destroy the root of evil at the base of a mountain (its super fucking cool) anyway, yeah each member of twice would be a hero here, trying to balance saving the world, dealing with emotional trauma, and loving each other all at the same time (tbh dont expect much from this, its super self indulgent and it might not make sense to anyone HAHA)

2. magic school au - am also super excited for this one !! now u may think this is hogwarts but no ! it is actually a full magic school au that i've created from the ground up (kind of, its based on dnd magic HAHA) this was originally made for a world that i created for dnd (yes im a nerd ok) basically each member of twice is a student that's part of a special fancy organization that takes care of student and faculty requests ! yes its cute some of them are elves, theres lots of magic and monsters, but most of all, it's basically magic college HAHA my (not real) mom requested a fic, and i kinda got ahead of myself and made a whole ass au with like three or four oneshots planned !!! (this one's for u mom ily)

3. my apartment au ! this one's KIND OF based off of supernatural (the show) except a lot more lighthearted HAHA, basically dahyun is the landlord of an apartment that only houses supernatural and mythological creatures ! so each member of twice (besides dahyun) is a creature of mythology that stays in the apartment. this au is special cus its my first attempt at an OT9 ! just one big poly soup of everyone loving each other (but still dahyun-centric mostly hue)

so yes, these are my aus and wips, if u want a more in depth explanation of these plots (or the plots in my pinned post) feel free to send another ask !

thank u for letting me ramble hue