#day 5: student

[romanticize-until-you-drop]

2024-09-29

A week’s worth of study pics in chronological order.

I have an organic chemistry test coming up on Monday, and no matter how many questions I do, I don’t feel like I’m prepared. It is, however, unfortunately Sunday, and my last chance to study what I could.

Wish me luck!

[afterthelambs]

i adore Maruki as a character because he's simultaneously the most relatable depressing character that will make you cry with empathy, and the goofiest wettest cat loser in the game like what do you mean youre a licensed therapist and your first response to trauma is to brainwash a girl, project ur relationship issues onto a 17 yr old boy, and then rule the world in a golden leotard? bro went from 0 to 100 so fast??? anyway he's like 30% of the reason why p5r works as well as it does

[suntails]

🐙⚔️

[thelailasblog]

[necromycologist]

all motivational speakers should do the motivational thing and kill themselves

[ra-vio]

Miguuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[hollowflight-propaganda]

Headcanon that the dod have the shittiest immune systems ever

[grison-in-space]

Horrible: last day of conference. consider skipping because exhausted.

except it has the gall to be interesting. disgusting. AWFUL. jail for conference for 10,000 years

[my-rewrite-academia]

Day Five

(Warning for those who care, original characters are introduced. Don't worry, they're minor - none of them will take up much screen time. They're mostly there to expand on U.A. lore.)

So, school goes on as per usual. The teachers teach, the students... student.

Throughout the day, Bakugou is increasingly nasty towards others, calling them by names and mocking them for things out of their control, or accusing them of things they didn't intend to imply.

He calls Momo a 'Spoil Brat' who likes to flex her money, simply because she offers to buy one of those 4-litre water bottles, as Ochako mentions saving up for one. Momo, of course, feels self-concious about this as she didn't mean to rub her wealth in anyone's face, even when Ochako assures her that she wasn't insulted and was actually touched.

He mocks Denki for not understanding an English question, continuing to do so after Denki reveals to be dyslexic, and only rolling his eyes when Mic scolds him. Again, Denki is insulted and feels bad about his intellect, despite being in one of the top-ranked schools in the world, both for heroics and education.

He threatens Izuku with a smoky palm, not seeing anything wrong with it even after everyone, especially Ochako and Tenya, yell at him for it, and after Aizawa warns him to knock it off.

Bakugou doesn't get why people react so negatively, and sits by himself at lunch, waiting for someone to raid his table, only for nobody to even entertain it.

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A Special Offer

At lunch, happenings happen.

Izuku, Tenya, and Ochako are minding their own business, lining up to get lunch, when they're approached by a girl with black hair braided behind her and snow-white eyes, with a red band on her upper arm. She introduces herself as Shuryou Kisai of 3-D, the Student Council President.

She specifically calls out to Izuku, already knowing his name before he introduces himself. She asks him to join the Student Council as the secretary.

Of course, Izuku freaks out, as do Tenya and Ochako, who lets out a large curse and quickly switches back to a too-sweet attitude. Izuku notes that it may just be a facade.

As they're freaking out, Kisai asks them to calm down. Inexplicably, they do. Kisai reveals that it's due to her quirk, 'Suggestion', which allows her to implant suggestions into people's minds, though she can't exactly control them, just make it easier for them to listen to her.

Izuku theorises that it's due to her vocal chord changing to release in specific waves of sound, resulting in a hypnotic tone. It's harder for her to implant suggestions if they have a stronger psyche, and if she's lacking confidence for one reason or another.

Anyhow.

Kisai quickly explains that, due to U.A. specialising in different things, students are often more focused on their education and projects, and the secretary position is seen as far too much work. The previous secretary graduated last year, and the few people who applied for the role weren't qualified or quickly backed out after hearing about the responsibilities.

Izuku questions why she approached him, to which Kisai reveals that she approached Nedzu for a recommendation. He suggested Izuku after revealing his score for the written exam. It's the fourth highest in U.A. history, only beaten out by those whose quirks happened to increase their intelligence. 89.76%. The third ranked was 93.16%.

(This is justified in the fact that Izuku often studied at a much higher level than what everyone else was, due to needing it for his analysis. If Momo took the regular exam, she would likely score higher than that.)

Still, Izuku doesn't think he's a good choice, to which Tenya and Ochako reveal that they would have voted for him as Class President had he not backed out. He sort of freaks out about that too, believing that he would be the worst choice, that he's a nervous wreck, nothing more than a hollow null who would fail at picking up trash.

... But it was Bakugou who told him all that. And hadn't he resolved himself to ignoring him?

Kisai is smiling when he looks back to her, as if she already knew his answer, and he accepts.

-

The U.A. student council is known to be nearly ruthless, handling any concerns the students had, being the people to go to when you couldn't find the courage to face the principal or were too nervous to tell the teachers. They're the ones sorting out the details for festivals and specific days, as well as doubling as the disciplinary committee. They handled club issues, making sure each one was attended to as quickly as possible.

Izuku, after school, arrives in the Student Council room, which is on the third floor of the Practical Building. He is told of what his role entails as the secretary: recording the meetings which is dubbed 'minutes' and is saved to a system the Vice-President, Kiyosumi Ayame, will teach him; collecting other council members for said meetings; taking a roll call when everyone is gathered; take note of any complaints students come to him with, which the others will take care of.

As a student council member, they have to listen to student complaints and deal with them if they're not serious enough to involve a member of staff. If they are serious, they'll be taken to the advisor, Midnight. They also handle school-wide events, such as the Sports Festival, Culture Festival, Music and Play Appreciations and non-traditional events such as CosDay or Bent Day, (which will not be explained until it comes up).

They try to have a meeting every two weeks, though this can change depending on the urgency of the complaint. As for meeting length, it's roughly 30 to 45 minutes. If someone has other duties, they are welcome to attend to them. Their position will not be in danger unless they deliberately skip meetings and do not attend to their duties. While on campus, they will be fitted with a specific communicator, which is basically an earpiece that works on radiowaves, rather than satelite, with a one-mile radius, which encompasses nearly all of the U.A. city from within the school, just about missing the entrance, the USJ, and the edge of the centre (mall).

In reality, students rarely approach anyone but Kisai and Ayame about complaints, so Izuku's job is basically only really based in the student coucil meetings and specific events.

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Consequences

After school, while Izuku is in the student council room, Bakugou is called by Aizawa. He's taken to the principal's office, where his parents are waiting.

Nedzu prompts them, saying he's sure they're wondering why they've been called in, to which Mitsuki just says she's sure it's Bakugou's fault, simply telling Bakugou to shut up when he argues against it, and informs Nedzu about his anger issues that he inherited from her and she can't seem to wrangle.

Nedzu then asks if they're aware of his perfect record, and they are. Masaru comments that it's a surprise but he supposed Bakugou simply behaved better in school and took classes seriously. Nedzu agrees, but only if he is to trust the record. His files also recorded many exams and tests coming back with exceptionally high scores. Mostly 90s. Which is why he's skeptical.

They're understandably confused, with Bakugou reckoning that the exams were a walk in the park. Nedzu reveals that Bakugou's score in the entrance exam, for the written portion, was a 70.36%, which is typical score for most hero course students, but not so much when you consider his high scores in his past exams. From the records, he should have gotten an 80& to even a 90%.

Nedzu believes Aldera doctores his results.

Of course, Bakugou argues against this. He studies, spends at least one day a week revising, does his homework. He wasn't stupid, and he didn't cheat.

Mitsuki, while rattled, tells him to shut up and calm down, because nobody was accusing him of cheating.

Nedzu agrees and says that he was accusing Aldera, not Bakugou. He is smart - you have to be in order to get into U.A. The issue is not with his academics, it's what lying about one thing means for another. The issue of his behaviour. He asks why Bakugou would behave better at a school, which isn't very profilic, than at U.A., where they have a strict policy on behaviour. He suggests that he was, in fact, worse in Aldera.

Bakugou doesn't get it. He just sees his behaviour as a truth his 'sensitive' classmates couldn't handle, or as a simply shove they 'overreacted' to.

His parents are in denial, though their arguments aren't exactly solid, and end up talking themselves in a reluctant acceptance.

Nedzu brought this up to discuss the matter of this meeting: Bakugou's placement at U.A.

Obviously, Bakugou isn't happy about this, arguing that he couldn't kick him out and that he earned his spot. In response, Aizawa states that he barely got in and has been a nuisance ever since, insulting his classmates and attempting to assault another, as well as trying to use his quirk inside class, outside of sanctioned use. He claims that if it he had taken it a single step further, he would have been expelled immediately.

(This is a bluff - the real reason is because the expulsion process is quite complicated, especially because Nedzu forbade Aizawa from expelling anyone on the spot.)

Nedzu advises Bakugou to sit down, stating that he did not say a word about expelling him, merely intending to dicuss his position going foward, and this is not helping it.

Bakugou gets intimidated, though he's a bit confused as to how a rat scares him, and sits back down.

Mitsuki all but begs Nedzu to not expel Bakugou as he's worked hard for his placement, only for Aizawa to reject that notion, saying that everyone in U.A. worked hard to get in, and effort does not mean he deserves more chances than he's already had. (Cough, cough, ironic considering his canon stance, cough, cough).

Nedzu says that he can recognise it's not entirely Bakugou's fault, as it's the teachers job to not just teach, but to guide children and make sure they grow to become good people. In that sense, it is their fault for allowing Bakugou to become this way.

That being said, Bakugou is old enough to know better. He should have come to learn on his own what is right and what is wrong. He still needs to be punished in order to learn that what he did was wrong. He says to Bakugou that he may have scored the maximum amount of Villain Points, but he did not gain a single point in any other, the most important being Hero Points.

How can he expect to blossom as a great hero is he does not act as one?

Bakugou snaps, saying that he gets that he fucked up, but Nedzu can't expel him.

"I have already said I do not intend to. Do you believe you should be expelled?"

And Bakugou think about his bottom-placed ranking in the entrance exam. He was two points away from failing. He thinks about his rank 15 in Aizawa's assessment, a single rank away from being punished. Nobody cared about how strong his quirk was. Not when one of them could make items from her fat, one could use ice and fire, one could use electricity, one could negate gravity. It didn't matter.

Nobody likes him. The extras from middle school didn't matter - they were just sheep following the strongest shepard. They thought he was cool for nearly dying. Worthless Deku saved him. Deku, who isn't good for anything but relieving anger, saved him where other heroes were content to let him die. If Deku wasn't there, he'd be dead. He'd be dead and it was Deku who saved him.

Deku, who everyone liked. Deku, who was popular. Deku, who Hobo hasn't told off once. Deku, who he tried to shove into the dirt. Because Midoriya Deku was better than him.

He thinks about it. And he nods. After all, why would they keep someone who isn't heroic?

And Nedzu grins. Had Bakugou not agreed, he truly would have expelled him. Admitting he was wrong is the first step to improvement. There is room for growth.

That being said, he is not getting away scott-free. He is banned from participating in practical assignments, such as sparring, which was something he looked foward to the most, but doesn't argue against it. He will still be allowed in physical education, as they don't want to restrict his education, but will not be allowed to duel anyone else. If he insults anyone, it will result in being kicked out of the hero course and to the gen-ed.

He will also have to attend mandatory therapy sessions with Hound Dog. It's acknowledged that this is not a punishment and, if his implied bullying is true, (which it is), it's far more than he deserves. However, it is a punishment in the fact that it will help him realise his wrong doings and deal with the fact that it was wrong and he enjoyed it.

Nedzu informs that he may not be able to punish Bakugou for what his did before U.A., but he can make actions according to his behaviour within U.A. A single infracture will lead to his explusion.

He says that there is a chance Bakugou will turn to villainy should he be expelled, but that he is far more willing to allow a villain in public than a villain in his school.

Bakugou reels from that, realising that, despite striving to become a hero, Nedzu sees him as a villain. And from the silence from his parents, so too do they.

-

Notes:

I just want to mention that Izuku's written exam score could have been beaten by Momo, and that it was just for the Hero Course. He would most likely gain a lower score had he taken the business/management or the support exam, as those are more specialised towards those courses

Tenya also scored very high at 87.23%

I do not think Bakugou is book-dumb. That being said, I do not believe he's anywhere near as smart as canon and the canon stats tried to pass him off as, considering the amount of stupid shit he does. He does study and stuff, but he's not as smart of people like Izuku, Tenya, Momo, or Shouto

I honestly believe that I went too soft on Bakugou in this and that I let him get away a bit too easy, but at the same time, I feel as though this is a pretty satisfying consequence for him. He doesn't just get restricted on certain things and shoved into therapy, which he totally believes is for the weak, but he's shown that his entire middle school life is a failure, that he's nowhere near as smart as he thought, and that people already consider him a villain

Conclusion:

Izuku becomes the student council secretary

Ochako is not a sweet summer child all the way through

Bakugou experiences Consequences and is banned from physical activities involving another, with a heavy restriction on his behaviour, and gets shoved into therapy

[romanticize-until-you-drop]

2024-05-11

Just me and LaTeX again at the library.

But on a good note: the weather is beautiful!

[naminethewriter]

Thank You for Finding Me

Chapter Five: Meeting the Students

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@intrulogicalweek

Story Summary: Logan didn’t date or really had any friends but when this strange guy asks him out while complimenting his posterior, he can’t help but be intrigued.

Content Warnings: Panic Attack

~~*~~

Logan didn’t know much about what goes on at Remus’ school. Yes, his boyfriend would rant at him about how annoying colleagues were or how unfair regulations could be, but Remus almost never talked about his students. At least not individually. He would say something along the lines of ‘my class really enjoyed the experiment we did today’ but never ‘this student said this to me’. Logan honestly didn’t think he could name even one of Remus’ students.

And that was fully intentional.

Remus took the privacy of the kids very seriously and urged them to do the same, especially online, so if he had the need to get something related to his student off of his chest, he never went into specifics.

Which was why Logan was very much surprised when Remus came into the library with two teenagers in tow.

“Hey Lolo!” he greeted quietly when he got to the counter. “I need you to whip up library cards for these two.” He motioned behind him and Logan took a moment to properly look at them.

One of them was female presenting, her red-blonde hair tied into a ponytail. She wore a leather jacket over a dark green shirt with a print Logan couldn’t make out. Her jeans had several holes and stains. She was looking anywhere but at Logan, a scowl on her face and her arms crossed over her chest.

The other was quite androgynous with shaggy, shoulder-length black hair. Their clothing style was similar to that of the girl, all dark colors. A black vest over a grey shirt, black, knee-length skirt, leggings and combat boots. Unlike their friend, they looked more uncomfortable than annoyed.

“This is Lilith, she/they, and Elliot, they/them, from my AP chemistry class. And this is Logan, he/him, my partner.”

“This is stupid, Mr. Prince,” Lilith groaned.

“Shouldn’t’ve made the bet then. You played, you lost, now you gotta pay.”

“You made a bet with your students?” Logan asked. He tried to keep his tone neutral but couldn’t hide his disapproval entirely.

“They initiated!” Remus defended. “And I said no several times, but they wore me down with the chicken noises.” Logan sighed and rubbed his forehead but didn’t comment further. “And it’s not like I’m asking anything unreasonable from them. Just get a library card and borrow one book. I’m not even going to check if they’re going to read it!”

“You already dragged us here, isn’t that enough?” Lilith whined, but Elliot elbowed her lightly in the side.

“Just do it. A bit of reading isn’t the worst.”

“Ugh, fine!”

Logan walked with them through the registration process and started the card printer.

“This is going to take a few minutes. How about you two go and find a book to fulfill the other half of your bargain.”

Lilith looked at him funny but didn’t say anything and Remus waved Virgil over, who had just come back from his break.

“Hey Virge! You seem like you might have the same kind of taste as these two, mind giving them some book recommendations?” Remus asked with a grin. Virgil rolled his eyes.

“You just want to be alone with Logan.”

“Mayyyyybeeee.”

“Fine.” Virgil walked around the desk and waved the two teens to follow him. Lilith looked annoyed again, but Elliot just pulled them along.

Logan could just hear Lilith ask her classmate, “Who uses the word ‘bargain’ these days?” before the three of them disappeared between the shelves.

“Thanks for the help, Lolo. It means a lot.”

“I am simply doing my job. But why do this, meus? You usually don’t involve yourself into their lives like this.” Logan watched Remus’ expression wander from guilt to worry to exhaustion.

“I’m just worried. Neither of them has it easy at home, so I thought showing them that this is a place that will welcome them without prejudice, they might use it as a little retreat. And they’re both so smart, they could do so much, but they’re being put down again and again. I just wanted to offer them a safe space to learn because education is what will get them out of there.”

Logan put a hand on Remus’ arms with which he was propping himself against the counter.

“You did a good thing. Everything you can do as their teacher.”

Remus sagged and sighed.

“Thanks. I’m still worried.”

“And that’s good. That will let them know you’re safe to turn to when they need someone.”

“I hope so. Thanks, Lolo. That’s exactly what I needed to hear.”

“I’m glad I could be of help.”

~~*~~

Later that evening, Logan fondly looked at the two pictures Remus had sent him. The first was of him with his two students, the books they chose and their library cards. The second was Remus leaning against Logan’s back and grinning over his shoulder with the caption: ‘Bothering my partner at work :P.’ Remus asked if he could upload the second one to Instagram and Logan agreed. His boss wouldn’t mind.

Logan had his own Instagram after Remus talked him into it though he rarely used it. Mostly he posted a few book recommendations here and there and a few pictures of Remus and him and occasionally Virgil. It was a nice way to organize mementos.

In a few weeks, Remus would move into Logan’s house with him. It was a bit of a rushed venture since Remus hadn’t planned to move out of his flat, but his two roommates had gotten engaged and while they enjoyed Remus’ company, they asked to have the space for themselves. Remus had told Logan that he would look for his own place so as to not overstep his boundaries, but Logan asked him to move in instead. Maybe they were moving a bit fast, but Logan’s been more and more aware of how empty his house was and he felt so much better whenever Remus came over.

He was startled out of his thoughts when the landline rang. That was unusual, but Logan didn’t think much of it and went to answer.

“Sanders residence.”

“Hello Logan. I hope you’ve been well.”

Logan froze and the receiver almost slipped out of his hand.

“Father.”

There was a pause then a dry chuckle crackled through the line.

“I’m a bit surprised you remember my voice so well.”

“I am too.” Logan hadn’t spoken to his father since he’d been seventeen and the man had moved to the other side of the world on some business venture. Still, his cold voice was branded into Logan’s brain. “Why are you calling?” he asked, the shake of his voice probably obvious.

“I… wanted to call for a long time actually. When you graduated. When your grandfather died. When I heard you got the job you wanted. But I held myself back. I thought you wouldn’t want to hear from me, not after all your mother and I put you through.”

Logan couldn’t believe what he was hearing. His knees were getting weak and instead of fighting to remain standing, he let himself sink down to the floor. His father continued after a few moments of silence.

“I’m sorry, Logan. I was convinced that success was everything that mattered in life. That if we raised you on logic alone that you could be the best a human could ever be. I was wrong. Very wrong. I’m sorry.”

“I don’t understand,” Logan whispered, unable to find his full voice. “Why now?”

“I saw the pictures. The one with you and that man. Your boyfriend.”

He stopped breathing. He had no idea what to expect. Logan hadn’t thought about relationships while he had been with his parents and only figured out that he was gay shortly before his grandfather passed. He hadn’t told him. The only person he had ever come out to was Virgil. He didn’t even know what his parents thought of queer people.

“You look so happy in those photos. I forgot how long it’s been since I saw you smile. Forgot that I’d been the one to make that smile go away. I showed them to your mother. She said that it was right to give you to my father. We were never supposed to be parents. I’m so sorry we made you go through that, Logan.”

“I—I don’t know— I can’t…”

“You don’t need to say anything. You don’t need to forgive me or your mother. If you never wanted to talk to either of us again, I wouldn’t blame you. If you’d hung up on me, I would have accepted that too. This is all our fault. You were a good child, Logan. And we held you to an impossible standard. I hope you can find your happiness now. I truly do.”

Tears were streaming down Logan’s face. No words would pass over his lips, no matter how hard he tried.

After a solid minute of silence, his father spoke again.

“I’m going to hang up now. I’m sure this must be overwhelming for you. If you ever want to talk, call me back. And if not—” His voice broke, and Logan’s breath stuttered. “—if not then I will accept that and not bother you again. Goodbye, son. I’m sorry.”

The line was cut.

The phone landed heavily on the carpeted floor.

Logan’s vision was obstructed by tears, and he could hardly breathe.

Had that really just happened?

What was he supposed to do now? He wasn’t equipped for this!

Remus.

He needed Remus.

The sudden need to talk to his boyfriend brought him back to his feet and he stumbled back to the sofa where he had left his phone, dialing Remus’ number with shaking hands.

He picked up on the second ring.

“Lolo! What gives me the honor?” Remus’ cheerful and carefree tone brought another sob out of Logan and before he could say something, Remus reacted. “What happened? Where are you? Are you hurt?”

“Home. I—” Logan gasped for air between his sobs. “Come, please?”

“I’ll be right there. Should I stay on the line?”

“Please!” It was all Logan could bring himself to say, but it was all Remus needed.

“Of course. I love you. I’ll stay on.”

Logan couldn’t get another word out. He simply listened to the sounds of Remus getting ready and the continued reassurances he was whispering into the phone.

Soon Remus would be there. And then he could figure out what to do.

[castielsupernatural]

i think the last 5 days of my life have been a hallucination

[thelailasblog]

[solarpunkani]

Ok fuck it you know something I've never really quite understood about part of the Leftist vs Liberals debate on voting.

So so so many people act like its either-or. Like you're either dedicating your entire life to voting and promoting politicians and phone banking or whatever, or you're a True Rebel waiting for The Uprising to Come and Solve Everything.

But like. In my experience. Me voting is just me kinda go 'which person seems kinda good? Which one at least sucks the least? ok lemme go vote.' and then its anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour tops of my life. And I still have plenty of time to do Stuff and participate in Conversations about Other Important Things. And also you can admit and acknowledge and understand that the system As Is kinda sorta really sucks ass, but also still admit and acknowledge and understand that at this current point in time we are still living in the suckass system and do something to alleviate the suckass At Least A Little while also working to bolster/create/advocate for Other Systems.

I guess just like. it's not a black or white thing. Between 'top 500 volunteers for a specific politician/voting office/etc' and 'absolutely positively not voting at all' there is a gray area called 'vote and then just do other stuff'.

[xyl4-4444]

Doodles from my first day of school

[vaguely-concerned]

I think rye thinks it's incredibly adorable of davrin to be worried about him after the accidental hallucination tea experiment. that stoic option 'you know, I lived a whole life before you' contains a world of 'davrin, I'm a mourn watcher with a severely misspent youth behind me. I've been stratospherically high on things you couldn't and probably wouldn't want to imagine, this is barely a tickle'. to me.