#essay submissions

[etherealacademia]

after 5 years of university my best skill as a recent grad is the ability to write a whole 1000 word essay the hour before it's due.

[randomnameless]

A Master’s Thesis for a university no less

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Yep, I’ve seen that!

at least that people got some dedication, I nearly died when I wrote mine but it wasn’t for shitposting so maybe that made it even more tedious lol

But I’d say, how can you even write a Thesis about something as empty as Fodlan? I think the writer mentionned how Supreme Leader didn’t attack civilians but... while we don’t see her do it, Ashe mentions they’re starving, Baldo’n’Waldi must come from somewhere (the experiments started in Remire, before the War, but obviously to be used for said war in, basically, Supreme Leader’s maternal territories!) and I guess the religious people fleeing the Empire or not bothering to send letters to their friends who don’t hear about them anymore since the war started must have been busy Zumba’ing with Rhea in the 5 stars Enbarr resort.

As someone from SPE (!) mentionned, the Fodlan games take explicit care not to have anyone seriously challenge her beliefs of criticise her, or give spotlight to her main, self-perceived, nemesis who... well, is either fridged, exists off-screen or gives infodumps before dying.

Which makes any discussion about a “Just War” completely moot - Watsonian wise, especially if you take Fodlan as this entity functionning under the Crust System - same, Doylist wise, with any comparisons with real world Conventions (iirc OP mentionned that one of they juries asked if taking a dragon prisoner could be considered a war crime or something like that lol) because, hey, it’s a video game basically centered around a gameplay mechanic of depleting a red unit’s HP bar by hitting them with a weapon.

This is basically a really good shitpost which shows a lot of dedication - and that’s the kind of stuff fandom thrives for (remember zigludo chan sama senpai’s wiki page?) !

but as a serious/discourse/meta piece...

It’s basically the same redshit 10k words, with a bit more formatting and no word limit.

I mean, I used the search engine for “nabatean” and found nothing, and I think you can’t valably discuss Supreme Leader’s motives, ignoring this 

“You are a child of the goddess. You must not be allowed power over the people!“

part of her reasoning to fight against the Church.

Not wanting to give that chamber pot any credit, but if they sprout heinous arguments to support their fave, imo, it’s basically because even the members of that hellpit noticed Supreme Leader’s, uh, fondness for Nabateans as a species, and since she can’t do anything BaD or be wrong, it means the species are BaD.

[incorrect-hs-quotes]

DAVE: you feel like youd write five paragraph essays on r/aita

ROSE: ...I can neither confirm nor deny.

[dapg-otmebytheballs]

Welcome to philosophy with Dan Howell, today we will discuss such important topics as "Love isn't real" "Democracy is problematic" "A life without dips is no life at all" and "A clone is not meaningfully different in any way from the thing it is a clone of"

[daily-hanamura]

its sweet how when naoto goes "this kinda my fault :( cuz of me you might be in trouble" yosuke immediately goes "nuh uh" so casually

[mikibagels]

Have ya ever drawn any of the other pillarmen? Just curious ^-^

I have drawn Ka-chow and Wam-uwu 👉👈

I still have not drawn Esideez nuts because he's my least favourite pillar man :/ it doesn't spark slay in me idk sorry my opinions change all the time don't take this as a permanent stance

[soulmvtes]

i live for my diss supervisor's academic validation

[skrunksthatwunk]

ohhhh this essay was like. definitely plagiarized at least a little bit (<- peer reviewing in the club tonite)

[lesbianboyfriend]

i write one sentence and then go on phone for an hour..

[incorrect-hs-quotes]

TA: hour long viideo e22ay

GA: 👎 

TA: youre ju2t a hater

[undertale-fic-librarby]

Featured Fic Friday!

Welcome to Featured Fic Friday! A day where I, or someone who suggests one, tell you about a fanfic that I really enjoy! Spoiler's under the cut! Today's featured fic is...

The Deep End by Yessica (Teen And Up, Complete)

There must have been a mistake. He doesn’t belong here. Life is great. Monsters are free, the surface is wonderful and things couldn’t be better. So the fact that Papyrus still wants to die, isn’t really a problem, is it?

I want this fic to be featured because it explores the affect of Resets on Papyrus (which isn’t something I’ve seen a lot of) and the writing style makes the characters feel like real people.

This fic also explores Papyrus’ character in detail such as seeing how Papyrus always suppressing/ignoring his negative feelings could result him and the people around him.Something that should be explored I think a lot more in this fandom.

It also shows the strain on between both sans and Papyrus as both try to ignore their own issues to keep pretending to be ok.I think it’s best summarised in the authors words(chapter 7 end notes)

“The Papyrus I write isn't always very accurate to Canon!Pap, so I guess I kind of want to see what makes him tic, specifically once reaching the surface. Most people seem to imagine Pap taking to surface life like a fish to water, but I don't see it that way.

For me, Papyrus has been living lies his entire life, only holding out because of the persona he uses and the distance that allows him, the predictability of the timelines and the assuring knowledge nothing is permanent. On the surface, that all changes. Truly the worst ending for him, and it just becomes to much.

I wanted to explore that theory, but also offer a story about recovery, I do quite some awful shit to our favorite skeleton in my stories, and I'm a sucker for bittersweet or even truly bad endings. But in this case, I think he deserves a break. Recovery is possible, but it's a difficult road full of potholes.”

Disclaimer this fic does get a bit dark.

[carryon-countdown]

❄️COC 2023 Wrap Up🍂

Hello everyone!  

The Carry On Countdown of 2023 has sadly come to an end. We hope that everyone who participated had a wonderful time. The admins sure had a blast feasting on all of the fabulous content from this year's countdown.

We hope everyone will remain inspired to create even more fantastic Carry On related content into the new year.

But before we say goodbye to you all, it’s time to welcome new people onto the Page of Honour!

What you need to do to get your place on the Page of Honour:

You need to have completed all 30 COC 2023 prompts on their set days (If you posted a prompt within a day or so of its set posting date that’s perfectly fine, but, for example, if you posted a prompt for Day 8 on Day 11, that’s a bit too late)

You need to DM @carryonmylovelies ​with an explanation/link of where to find all of the work you posted for this year’s countdown (Can be simply saying what tag everything is under on your blog, or a link to your ao3, etc.)

You’ll also need to let @carryonmylovelies​ know whether you want your blog or another platform where you posted your content (such as ao3 or instagram) linked on the Page of Honour. You can only choose one.

We hope we made this clear, and please remember our ask box is always open for any questions you may have :)

We wish everyone who celebrates a very happy holidays, and we hope everyone will have a terrific 2024.

With lots and lots of love,

The admins of the 2023 Carry On Countdown ❄💘

[hotvintagepoll]

when vincent price is up again in round 2 i have propaganda so u better @ me. or else.

Once round 1 is finished I'll post a list of everyone who made it to the next round. Send me your propaganda then and I might add it to his description!

[hotlosers]

whats been the funniest submissions so far

we don't want to ruin the thrill TOO much but here are a few:

just ken of Barbie (2023)

goro akechi of persona 5 being submitted (checks spreadsheet) (does math) 27 times

squidward (Re: Why should they be crowned king of losers: "clarinet player". Submitter then proceeded to copy paste the entirety of "I'm Not a Loser" from The Spongebob Squarepants Musical)

[svtskneecaps]

friends and fiends if this truly spells the Over for the qsmp i may let the brainworms that have been festering in me for MONTHS--A YEAR, EVEN--win.

i may summarize the goddamn fucking lore.

[casiavium]

Can't sleep again. Thinking about how I don't like knight/prince(ss) as a trope. Besides the fact that it's boring to me. This isn't "discourse" or a call out or anything it's just a personal interpretation and analysis

while yeah there's nothing wrong with that level of power imbalance in fiction, these tropes always act like that's a cute thing which I just find to be. 😬 y'know. Referring to a character as a "pet" for the royal one without understanding that that's. not a great dynamic to have. The "don't call them toxic or problematic!" When the relationship is inherently not equal and can never be without issues, but this can't possibly be discussed because then the person who ships it is a bad person 🙃

and for someee reason still bitching about the "more obvious" power imbalances like enemies, who most of the time end up being MORE equal because they're the same person same situation different fonts

It's fine to me when it's used as an insult (something something loyalty) and then there's discussion of "you know you mean so much more to me than that", or when there's a Very Obviously Fucked Up imbalance that is Very Obviously Not Normal and yet the one that gets the short end of the stick is like "fuck this I don't care that you think you're better than me. Your power only exists because I give you it, so be very careful how you use it" (and when they use it wrong there are consequences that don't get magically forgiven)

If the one with less control isn't very very aware of how much power the other has over them and could exert if they wanted to (but also the fact that the relationship and its genuineness hinges on their agreement) it gets a bit too concerning for me. If there isn't a certain level of meta intertextual analysis and understanding of the way the very much dominant/submissive dynamic works then it's just. Not interesting and often frustrating

Edit: this should have said intra-textual ("in the text itself", which I apparently not a word) not inter-textual (between texts)