#grad is coming up

[bishicat]

6 songs on repeat 🎵

Thank you to @weirdhorsegirlonline for the tag!!! <3

Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths

Father and Son by Yusuf / Cat Stevens

Better by sign crushes motorist

Theatre by Etta Marcus

End of Beginning by Djo

Change by Alex G

I've been going through it 👁️👁️.

I don't want to pressure anyone, but I'd love to tag @totentnz @housevael @seraphfighter @sacredcyber @glitchinginthegarden @vaamiel, and anyone else that wants to join in the music fun~

[chatlote]

Just because you don't love yourself it doesn't mean I will stop loving you.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Burning Rotten Bridges

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[pastelstrawberriess]

((HI ITS @THEFINALWITNESS)) UR TAGS FILLED ME WITH SUCH UNEXPECTED JOY I AM CHEWING AND GNAWING AT THEM. Y'SHTOLA RHUL IS SO SELF-DESTRUCTIVELY BENEVOLENT AND LOVING AND I AM GOING CRAZY FEELING LIKE SO FEW PPL SEE THAT!!! SHE LOVES THE WOL!!! IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE INTERPRET IT PLATONICALLY OR ROMANTICALLY OR ANYTHING ELSE SHE *LOVES* THE WARRIOR OF LIGHT SO MUCH.

the way her dialogue with the player changes after reuniting in rak'tika will live rent free in my brain forever. i could not BELIEVE the shift but it struck out to me immediately how obvious it was she was lowkey reeling from a combination of "what is fucking happening to you" and "i can't believe i almost killed you" and "i'm so fucking happy to see™ you" and "i wish i could see™ YOU and not whatever is HAPPENING to you" AND IT'S SO!!!! HOW DOES THIS NOT REND PEOPLE TO SHREDS ON THE SPOT. HOW CAN ANYONE CALL HER BORING OR JUST THE COOL KNOWER OF THINGS. TAKE HER TO VANASPATI AND TELL ME SHE'S BORING OR ONE-DIMENSIONAL. I'M THROWING ROCKS (NOT AT YOU I'M OVERJOYED BY YOUR TAGS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RESTORING MY FAITH IN Y'SHTOLA NATION)

YEAH!! YEAH !!!!!

and regardless of platonic vs romantic interpretation, even her famously memeable moments are indicative of a genuine care for the wol. like, pre-shadowbringers y'shtola would not have made a casual sexual joke toward you, let alone several. that can be read as flirting or as the kind of dumb shit that two best friends say to each other, but it doesn't matter!! she's opened up to wol enough to banter on that level!! on urianger ass slap level!! but everyone just uses it as milf fuel! STAY AWAY FROM HER !!!!

the "I wish I had the echo so I could see into your heart without the need for words" moment! again, regardless of whether or not you read that as platonic or romantic, it's indicative of great care! she's saying "I want to understand you. actually, I do understand you because even without knowing what happened, I know that this was immensely painful and I don't want to inflict it upon you again." and then she prefaces asking the wol to recount the events with "when you're ready" .... I also vaguely recall a time (don't remember the expac so if someone knows pls say so) when everyone was ragging on alphinaud and y'shtola was the one to be like "okay hey, this is a bit too much. let's cut it out."

her calling out thancred during shadowbringers and holding him accountable for his behavior toward minfilia/ryne? love. always asking the wol to accompany her and help her observe ruins/artifacts/etc. and asking for their opinions (which is also keeping the wol in her constant sight™ in the event of the slightest change)? love. her being the one to voice that ryne should have her own name because she doesn't deserve to live in someone else's shadow? love. she's a lover. she's brutally honest and she's a reliable friend and everything that she does is rooted in love because she wouldn't ever put in so much effort or hold such high standards for something she didn't care about. one of the most layered and interesting characters in this entire game, not just waifu bait. god.

[mikoworks]

Are y'all ready for the ending of "Always There?!"

[welcome-to-green-hills]

Hi Y’All❤️✨

I know that many of you are returning to school this week after a restful holiday break. So I’d like to take a second to wish you all best of luck for the next chapter of your educational journey.

Use this time to grow your brains, learn something of interest, something new, and to expand your horizons. Kick ass this semester😎

[anna-scribbles]

h-how do you ever finish any of your work? genuine question because you seem to be productive despite your agreste syndrome and I need to learn your ways. but also how do you ever finish any of your work

unclear. last night i stayed up and finished a report worth 25% of my grade at about 5am, arrived on time for my 9am lecture, and spent about half of it zoned out while thinking about seventeen year old emilie agreste. and i was one of the most active participants in the class discussion

[10yearsofdnp]

January 3, 2015: Phil hosts his first liveshow of 2015, where he shows us what he got for Christmas and drops the lore behind Holly the house rabbit and why he and Martyn had bunk beds growing up! 🐰👽🎄

[ode-on-a-grecian-butt]

OH I forgot to share this. Rosie graduated from puppy school

[arithmonym]

i want to start HRT, but i’m stymied by the fact i’m still on my parents’ health insurance + the fear they could find out before i’m ready as part of their explanation of benefits.

… then again, my mom sent me to a conversion therapist when i was thirteen for gender dysphoria, so can they REALLY be surprised?

[pacific-coast-hockey]

hello! coming in peace as someone who’s pretty new to hockey and who wants to understand the cuda better. if you're willing to share, i'd love to hear more of your thoughts on bordeleau/guschin/cardwell and their futures with the sharks. the narrative i feel like i hear the most is that time is up for bordeleau/guschin - not quite skilled enough for a top 6 role, not strong/big enough for a bottom 6 role. the sharks roster is obviously not a meritocracy rn - but should it be? i think the sharks org keeping wsh up and bordy/guschin down show their long term visions for these guys pretty clearly. i guess my question is if you disagree with them about what might be best for the org long term. i think there is obviously some disagreement with roster decisions from the perspective of like ... we like the cuda guys and want them to succeed, but i'm wondering if you think the sharks org is being a little short sighted here? do you see any value to swapping wsh with a call-up from like, a business perspective? even if they get some nhl time (and are put in a position to succeed during it), and look great, at this point would it change anyone's mind in the sharks org about whether or not it makes sense to keep them around long term? should it? idk, i think the sharks think this short term roster management is all just gonna come out in the wash long term when (hopefully) wsh is more developed, and i'm curious if you disagree about that aspect of things.

My personal and precious blorbo feelings about Goosh/Cardsy/Bordeleau, I disagree wholeheartedly with any assessment of Gushchin that he is not ready for the NHL. He is not being given a chance at the NHL level. Bordy and Cardsy are more complicated. The Sharks is not a meritocracy but they are actively failing to develop some very good prospects too. We're like if the Dodgers were a hockey team but a really shitty version.

For Gushchin, they have been constantly moving the goalposts for him for three years: the org need you to work on [x] before we call you up; he works on [x] and does it near perfectly; the org says, no, you need to work on [y] before you get a real shot; he works on [y] and makes huge gains; the org says no, no, you need to do [z]...etc. The difference between him and, for example, Will Smith is that Will Smith has been given now months to stake a claim in the NHL, has played a majority of games in the months he's been up; Goosh gets called up for a handful of times and is benched or scratched immediately. How the fuck is he supposed to get used to the pace of play and a vision of NHL ice if they scratch him every time he's up? You cannot stick prospects in the press box for two weeks and expect them to learn anything.

Bordeleau and Cardwell are slightly more complicated; Bordeleau has been plagued with the "not trying hard enough" assessment for going on three years, and while it's true he's not our most skilled prospect, he was also playing injured for much of his first full year in the AHL and I think that hurt his development. Cardwell, meanwhile, played major juniors until the pandemic and then professional hockey in the SHL before coming to the Sharks -- he has an expansive view of the game, but not one that is refined. He is a hard worker, but he has holes in his game -- and these are holes he is very much trying to fill. None of this is a knock against either of them, and imho, Cardwell's got time left to prove himself, but the ways they were treated by the org were contingent on Bordy's injury and Cardsy just need to work on stuff.

In my opinion, any discussion of whether or not the Sharks are rebuilding well right now starts with looking, unfortunately, at the current Montreal Canadiens. The Montreal Canadiens have one of the youngest teams in the league by average age and are two points short of a wildcard spot. They're not out of the wilderness yet, but they're getting very, very close. Knowing a handful of Habs fans and having watched from the sidelines the way their team has developed both a culture and a game that has the potential to be very, very good in the next 3-5 years -- that was a team that actively encouraged a young core to develop together. They had high draft picks and good prospects; rather than letting their prospects atrophy in the AHL for years, they started calling them up as soon as they showed that they were capable, and let them stay up for long periods of time to learn how the NHL works. They now have a tight young core who went through some huge growing pains when it came to play but have a lot of potential to do some really, really good stuff.

Even if Goosh were given a real chance at the NHL level with the Sharks, the Sharks have imho so thoroughly given up on him that he's not in a position to succeed with this organization. Saying that makes me want to throw up, but if he's not already being shopped, he's certainly requested a trade. Similarly with Bordy - they gave him several weeks when he was playing injured, took that as a sign of his ability, and haven't really given him a meaningful shot at it since. Cardsy's got at least the rest of this season to try to stick the landing, so I hesitate to make any predictions about him.

Warsofsky would scratch the entire team for zero corn chips. He can and will bench any player for no discernible reason, from my POV as a fan. Our forward roster is a hot fucking mess of vets + two teenagers, two 20yo Swedes and Ty Dellandrea. If Mike Grier can tell me how we're supposed to build the future of the forward corps around Wennberg and Goodrow, I'll stop talking shit immediately.

However, none of this should really be as frustrating as it is because the Sharks have historically never been good at prospect development 🤷 So like why I am so mad that I saw Henry Thrun up for two straight seasons over Valtteri Pulli who showed more defense responsibility in one shift in the thunderdome AHL than Henry Thrun will show in the NHL for an entire month. Like....that's the Sharks org lmao. We fucking suck at prospect development.

[okayto]

Tip: if you find yourself having to continually post introductions and "about me"-type things—for example, being a student in an online-only program that always always starts with a mandatory introduction post— save all your introductions in one document.

This allows you to remember, reuse and reconfigure what you've used before without using the exact same thing every time, and keeps them all together so you don't have to go hunting them down.

Second tip: this goes triple if a "two truths and a lie" game is part of the post requirement.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[queenie-official]

are you guys gonna be mad with me for having to push back part three till next thursday 👉👈😔

i’m just a girl

this next part is going to be the longest since it’s the final part and there’s a lot i want to cover, and i still haven’t even gotten the chance to sit down and start working on it (excluding yesterday where i spent all day building R2 instead of writing 👩‍🦯👩‍🦯)

i’ve had such a busy schedule the last two weeks 😭 yesterday was the first time i’d been able to even sit home all day and relax, but if it’s any consolation after this i won’t be pushing it back anymore- part 3 will be out the 29th.

i’ve already got the outline!! love you all and i am so sorry for doing this again 💀 (promise this is not gonna be a royal heart situation where i don’t update for almost a whole year 👩‍🦯👩‍🦯)

[disengaged]

i wanna live on my own again …. i’m so ready to put my books on a shelf and my clothes in a closet

[celenawrites]

mhmmm thinking of biker! Simon 'ghost' riley and his amazingly smart gf who's a woman in STEM