#brb vs the academia

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There's something to be said for the forged bonds after you and your classmates in your same degree program have after you take that One Class together.

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are we comic sans or sans comics

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See but the rule at book club is you don't *read* at book clubs (or at least at mine). You make plans, maybe read a few chapters here and there, but ultimately they will fall through in the many cracks of crevices of someone who has five jobs while in school, someone who's working full time and doing wedding planning, someone who just graduated school, and someone juggling senior workloads on senioritis who needs to get their life together. Then your book club still attempts to meet every week with the pretendence of, again, doing more reading, setting lofty goals for the summer (but then life piles up more so only the senior actually gets any reading done, but alas not the planned ones). So anyway our book club is more of a social club where it's just five lovely lovely people meet up to unwind from life and talk about what we are reading whether it was assigned or not.

The desire to join a book club and make new friends and be social vs. Wanting to read what I want, when I want, at the pace that I want, without the pressure of deadlines

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How it Started 🆚 How it’s Going

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Tomatoes Vs. Carrots the healthiest match in the world...your doctor approves!

Credit to :DMC3444

Last Time’s Egao Count: 279

Yuya: Reiji sent me to the Xyz Dimension. My next opponent is waiting there. I made a vow. I will save the world with my entertainment!

Yuya: Huh? That’s…!

Narrator: Action Duel was born from the realization of Solid Vision with mass. This kind of Duel is one where the Field, monsters, and Duelists become one, And send the audience into a storm of excitement.

(Opening Sequence)

Dennis: I’ve been waiting, Yuya.

Yuya: Dennis! Why are you here!?

Dennis: In order to fight you, obviously.

Yuya: Fight me? But this place is…

Dennis: You won’t find Kurosaki here.

Yuya: Huh?

Dennis: He’s gone! Right, guys?

Allen: Yeah! Shun went to the Fusion Dimension.

Allen: He heard about the Junior Youth Championship from some Akaba Reiji guy, But he said that he doesn’t care about it.

Sayaka: I’m sure Shun is looking for Ruri!

Yuya: Ruri!?

Yuya: I see… Kurosaki still doesn’t know about it…

Yuya: All right! I’ll go to the Fusion Dimension, then!

Dennis: Hold it!

Yuya: Huh?

Dennis: Are you running from your opponent?

Dennis: You want to make everyone smile, (Egao Count: 279+1=280) And yet, you’re fleeing from me, the student of the peerless Entertainment Duelist Sakaki Yusho?

Yuya: You were his student!? That’s why Dennis’s Dueling is…

Dennis: Well? Are you going to fight me now? If you want to go, you’ll have to beat me first! Looks like some spectators have arrived as well.

Yuya: Those kids are…

Dennis: Shall we begin, then? Of course, I’m not planning to lose, either!

Duel Disk: Field Magic, Cross Over.

DUEL!

Yuya: I’ll go first! Using the Scale-2 Entermate Gongcat and the Scale-8 Xiangsheng Magician, I set the Pendulum Scales! With this, I can simultaneously summon monsters between Level-3 and 7! Swing, Pendulum of the Soul! Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Come forth! Level-7! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!

Kid: Amazing…

Yuya: I end my turn with this!

Dennis: It’s my turn! Draw! I summon Entermage Bubble Gardna from my hand!

Woman: What are you doing!? I said that you can’t watch people Dueling, didn’t I?

Woman: Come on! I know you’re good kids. Let’s go home.

Kid: No! The person who is Dueling is the guy from back then.

Kid: You said that his Duel is a true Duel, didn’t you?

Woman: Oh!

Dennis: On the turn an Entermage is summoned or Special Summoned, I can Special Summon Entermage Filmsy Slimmer from my hand!

Kid: Come on, Mom! It’s fine!

Woman: But…

Random Dude: Don’t let the kids watch the Duel! How many times do I have to tell you!?

Random Dude: Come! Don’t get involved with those people!

Dennis: Hahahahaha… You’re not going anywhere. Does this card catch your eye?

Random Dude: That card is…!

Dennis: Yup. Say, you want to be turned into card again? If you don’t like that, Stay put, and watch this Duel!

Yuya: What are you saying, Dennis!?

Dennis: I activate the Magic Card, Polymerization! I’m fusing Bubble Gardna and Filmsy Slimmer! Bubbly guardian! Merge with the escape artist who has never experienced predicaments! And become a new witch who dashes across the ether! Fusion Summon! Come forth! Level-7! Entermage Trapeze Force Witch!

Dennis: Then, I activate the Equip Magic, Antique Gear Mask, And equip it to Trapeze Force Witch!

Dennis: Battle! I attack Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon with Trapeze Force Witch!

Dennis: Taste the power of my wicked Fusion Monster! Trapeze Force Witch’s Monster Effect activates! When an Entermage battles, the opposing monster loses 600 ATK!

Yuya: Action Magic!

Dennis: Not going to happen!

Dennis: When a monster equipped with Antique Gear Mask attacks, My opponent cannot activate Magic or Trap Card until the end of the Damage Step!

Dennis: And  when a monster equipped with Antique Gear Mask destroys a monster through battle,  the battle damage will be doubled!

Dennis: I end my turn! Now then, try and defeat me! I am an Academia student, after all!

Yuya: Dennis! Why are you doing this?

Edo: It’s all Academia’s fault.

Yuya: Edo!

Grace: Yuya~!

Edo: To the people who were turned into cards by Academia, We are nothing but a target for their hatred.

Edo: They reject us…No, they reject Dueling itself!

Yuya: But you guys are making up for your errors by rebuilding the city…

Edo: A person’s heart is different from a city.

Edo: They’re not going to forgive us just because everything is going back to normal. For the Academia has inflicted deep wounds upon their hearts.

Edo: If we can at least talk through Dueling, We can maybe find a solution…

Yuya: Don’t tell me… He…

Yuya: Then… It’s my turn!

Yuya: Using the Scales I’ve already set, I Pendulum Summon! Be revived from the Extra Deck! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon! From my hand, Entermate Miracle Mirrabbit!

Random Dude: N-No. I’ll be turned into a card again. No! I don’t want to be a card again…

Woman: It’s okay. You won’t ever be turned into a card again. So, calm down, and watch this in earnest.

Woman: Watch those kids’ Duel.

Yuya: Battle! I attack Trapeze Force Witch with Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!

Dennis: You know that your attack won’t work against my wicked Fusion Monster, don’t you? Because of Trapeze Force Witch’s effect, the opposing monster will lose 600 ATK!

Yuya: Then, I’ll activate Miracle Mirrabbit’s Monster Effect! The target for the ATK modification will be switched to this card!

Dennis: A half-baked trick like that won’t work, either!

Dennis: If a monster is equipped with Antique Gear Mask, Once per turn, it cannot be destroyed by battle or effect!

Yuya: But you’ll still take damage!

Yuya: When Odd-Eyes battles a Level-5 or above monster, The damage will be doubled! Reaction Force!

Dennis: Tch! How dare you…

Yuya: Come on! It’s just a scratch!

Dennis: But you won’t be able to overcome my dark powers with pathetic tricks like that!

Yuya: Oh, the real show is just getting started.

Dennis: What!?

Yuya: That’s right! Its title is… Mirror Magic Show! First off is Miracle Mirrabbit’s entry!

Yuya: Huh? Hey! We’re in the middle of a Duel!

Yuya: Now then, Odd-Eyes’s image will be reflected in Miracle Mirrabbit’s mirror!

Yuya: What!? In exchange for Mirror Mirrabbit not being able to attack, Another monster will be able to attack twice!

Yuya: Now, since Odd-Eyes have received Miracle Mirrabbit’s power, It can conduct a second battle! Attack Trapeze Force Witch!

Dennis: No matter what you do, nothing will change! Due to Trapeze Force Witch’s effect, it will lose 600 ATK!

Yuya: Then, Miracle Mirrabbit’s other effect! This card’s ATK will be modified instead! I’ll double the damage with Reaction Force!

(ZETSUBOU commercial. Brb)

Yuya: Did you all enjoy the Mirror Magic Entertainment Show? Then, I shall now end my turn. Up next is the best Entertainment Duelist of the Fusion Dimension! Dennis Macfield, who has crossed dimensions to deliver a thrilling entertainment show to everyone!

Dennis: What nonsense are you spouting!?

Yuya: Reveal it! Your true self, Dennis!

Dennis: You’ve seen through everything, huh? Then, I have no choice. IT’S SHOW TIME!

Dennis: It’s my turn! Using the Scale-2 Entermage Reversal Dancer and the Scale-6 Entermage Fire Dancer, I set the Pendulum Scales! With this, I can simultaneously summon monsters between Level-3 and 5! Pendulum Summon! Be revived from the Extra Deck! Level-4! Entermage Bubble Gardna! Level-4! Entermage Filmsy Slimmer! I overlay the Level-4 Bubble Gardna and Filmsy Slimmer together! 

Dennis: It’s  time for the entrance of my show’s indispensable magician! The show must go on! Magician of the ether! Swing across the stage with splendor! Xyz Summon! Come on out! Rank-4! Entermage Trapeze Magician!

Random Kid 1: Beautiful…

Random Kid 2: Amazing!

Dennis: The best is yet to come! I detach one of Trapeze Magician’s Overlay Units and activate his effect! Now you get to enjoy his acrobat show two times in a row! The first battle! Attack Miracle Mirrabbit!

Yuya: Action Magic, Evasion! It negates a monster’s attack!

Dennis: Yuya! Because you avoided my attack, My victory is now guaranteed!

Yuya: No! Nothing is set in stone yet!

Dennis: I’ll win. I’ll go for Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon with my second attack!

Yuya: Huh? Odd-Eyes?

Grace: But their ATKs are the same…

Gloria: What is he trying to do?

Yuya: Action Magic, Miracle! The monster won’t be destroyed, and the damage is halved!

Dennis: At this moment, I activate the Quick-Play Magic in my hand: Rank-Up-Magic Magical Force! It can Special Summon a monster that was destroyed in battle, with its effects negated! Using this card and that monster as materials, I can Xyz Summon a Spellcaster-Type monster that is one Rank higher!

Yuya: What!?

Dennis: The show must go on! Magician of the ether! Swing across a grander stage, With even more splendor and magnificence than before!  Rank-Up Xyz Change! Come forth! Rank-5! Entermage Trapeze High Magician!

Allen: Oh! A Rank-Up Magic! Awesome!

Dennis: I detach one of Trapeze High Magician’s Overlay Units, And activate its Monster Effect. Due to this, Trapeze High Magician can now attack three times this turn!

Kid: Amazing! It can attack three times!

Gloria: If this goes through, the match will be settled.

Grace: You’re sure about that? Yuya can just deflect it with an Action Card!

Kid: Ken-chan, they’re dangerous! Stop it!

Gloria: Do you like Dueling? You’ll have a better view if you’re in front.

Dennis: Let’s see if you can keep up with Trapeze High Magician’s high-speed acrobatic attacks! Attack Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!

Yuya: Damn! AAAH!

Dennis: Attack Miracle Mirrabbit!

Dennis: This is it. I attack directly with Trapeze High Magician!

Yuya: I activate Entermate Gongcat’s Pendulum Effect! When there’s no monster on my Field, The battle damage will become zero!

Allen: All right! He’s managed to survive!

Dennis: I end my turn. Well? It was even more exciting than you expected, wasn’t it?

Yuya: No. There’s still more to come! The fun has just begun! It’s my turn! Using the Scales I’ve already set, I can revive my monsters! Pendulum Summon! Be revived from the Extra Deck! Level-7! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon! Level-4! Entermate Miracle Mirrabbit! I Normal Summon Entermate Sword Fish!

Yuya: I activate Sword Fish’s Monster Effect! Until the End Phase, An opposing monster will lose 600 ATK!

Grace: Dennis has no set card and his hand is empty!

Gloria: Looks like Yuya’s going to win.

Dennis: It will be a disservice to the spectators if this show ends with an anticlimax! I detach one of Trapeze High Magician’s Overlay Units, And activate its Monster Effect! Due to this, Trapeze High Magician won’t be destroyed by battle or effect for up to three times during this turn!

Dennis: All right! Can you get all the way up here?

Gloria: Impressive. With that effect, it won’t be destroyed for three times. And Yuya only has 100 Life left.

Grace: In order to get through that effect, He needs a monster with ATK higher than Trapeze High Magician’s. But how many does he need? Odd-Eyes alone won’t be enough.

Yuya: Ladies and gentlemen! It’s finally time for the climax! Watch this, everyone! The glory of victory awaits me on the summit of the tower! I’ll prepare something, so that Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon can take me up there! From my hand, I activate the Continuous Magic, Challenge Stairs! When I attack an opposing monster and it is not destroyed, By releasing a card on my Field, I can attack one more time!

Yuya: Then, from my hand, I activate the Continuous Magic, Hope Stairs! Due to this, a monster that has battled with an opposing monster will gain 400 ATK until the Standby Phase of the next turn!

Reiji: By using Xiangsheng Magician’s Pendulum Effect, He can make Sword Fish Level-4, And use it and Miracle Mirrabbit as materials, In order to call forth Dark Rebellion.

Yuya: Well then! Battle!

Yuya: Let’s go, Odd-Eyes!

Yuya: I attack Trapeze High Magician with Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!

Dennis: Due to Trapeze High Magician’s effect, it won’t be destroyed by battle.

Yuya: Even if its destruction is negated, you’ll still take damage!

Yuya: Due to Hope Stairs’ effect, Odd-Eyes gains 400 ATK!

Dennis: I activate Reversal Dancer’s Pendulum Effect! Once during each turn, When an opposing monster gains ATK through a card’s effect, A monster on my Field will also gain ATK equal to that amount!

Yuya: Then, I activate Miracle Mirrabbit’s effect! In exchange for this card not being able to attack, Another monster on my Field can attack a second time!

Yuya: Odd-Eyes! Make a second attack!

Yuya: Due to its effect, Trapeze High Magician won’t be destroyed, But you’ll still take damage!

Yuya: Due to Hope Stairs’ effect, Odd-Eyes will gain 400 ATK!

Yuya: I’m not done yet! Using the effect of the Continuous Magic, Challenge Stairs, I can release Xiangsheng Magician in order to make a third attack!

Kid: He did it! He smashed through the effect!

Yuya: You’ll also receive damage!

Yuya: Due to Hope Stairs’ effect, Odd-Eyes will gain 400 ATK!

Kid 1: Just a bit more! You can do it!

Kid 2: You can do it!

Yuya: With this, Trapeze High Magician’s effect is now finished. And there’s more!

Yuya: Using Challenge Stairs’ effect, I can make a fourth attack!

Dennis: How unfortunate! Even if you destroy my Trapeze High Magician, I’ll still have 200 Life left! You’ve lost!

Yuya: Action Magic, Miracle!

Dennis: What!? When did you…!?

Yuya: A bit before going up here, I picked up the card you prevented me from taking.

Dennis: But Miracle is a card that negates a monster’s destruction and halves the damage! How are you going to win with that?

Yuya: Right! I’m going to activate this on Trapeze High Magician!

Dennis: What!?

Yuya: And you’ll take damage. Odd-Eyes also gains 400 ATK due to Hope Stairs’ effect! And since I couldn’t destroy the monster, Challenge Stairs’ effect activates! I release Sword Fish, and make a fifth attack! This is the finale of the show! I attack Trapeze High Magician with Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon! Spiral Strike Burst!

Dennis: AAAAHHHHHH!

Allen: He’s done it!

Random Dude: That observatory… Our family went up there before. That’s right… It was the day I won a Duel tournament.

Woman: You said this before. “I’ll entertain my family with my Dueling from now on.”

Random Dude: Right.

Random Kid: Hey! Teach me Entertainment Dueling!

Yuya: Okay! Got it! He has conducted an entertaining Duel, So now, Dennis will teach you all about Entertainment Dueling!

Dennis: Eh?

Yuya: I’m counting on you, Dennis. Teach them the genuine Entertainment Dueling my father taught you!

Dennis: Yuya! Okay! Let’s do this!

Dennis: Thank you, Yuya.

(Preview for Episode 145)

Yuya: In order to save Yuzu… I have to bring back Reira’s smile with my Dueling! (Egao Count: 280+1=281) Kurosaki! Duel me right now!

Captain Falcon: Both Ruri and Yuto are gone… The only thing I have left is Dueling… Yuya! Let’s settle this!

Yuya: Next time on Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V: Unending Rebellion The fun has just begun!

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If I had infinite money I'd stay in college bc there's so many unhinged professors I have to meet /aff

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I know scrolling through studyblr doesn't count as studying but like

*what if it did?*

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so turns out doing homework at 2am was not the right move. i will not be learning from this.

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Hot take: professors should not encourage us to go to things outside of class/homework if they don't offer extra credit.

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I can't hear the words "body language" without my brains defaulting to Ursula

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The problem with Freud is he took a beige flag and then went and decided he was going to die on all of the wrong hills with it.

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grades are an illusion they can't hurt me i am more than a number-

grades:

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I finished my book

What am I supposed to do now

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why is it when the deadlines are screaming in my face do I get the words to write the goofiest fiction fricken ever.

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so i lucked out big time. i found a book that shall be quite useful that is from what I can gather is about Education in Spain but the majority of it is in german (a language I do not speak) except for *one* chapter that is all in English and has some relevant info for this paper.

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maybe if i leave my laptop at home and don't bring it with me to work I won't feel like I need to do school and I'll get a full break in during my shift and I'll actually be able to be more productive when I get back.