#i’ve never been good with numbers

[always-andromeda]

I need to shout it into the void. I didn’t expect it but not only am I doing really well in my statistics class, but I also enjoy it so much. 🥹

[bleue-flora]

Ok, I recently wrote an essay [here] talking about the definition and duties of civil engineering as well as the ethics because of the brain rot @swordfright gave me with calling Dream Sam’s ultimate engineering project. So, because I actually am a civil engineer I took it upon myself to design the title and summary of quantities sheets just like I do at work for roads but with Dream as the project instead. And in honor of angst day sponsored by @sixteenth-day-event, I figured I’d share it because I feel like it kinda works for the prison of the mind prompt.

“Sam’s “ultimate engineering project” he deemed too damaged like a bumpy road or crumbling building that wasn’t worthy of patching and filling in the cracks or reinforcing, that’s too eroded to be fixed and preserved. So, Sam strived to tear him down to the bedrock so he could remake, remold, and reengineer Dream according to his design for the common safety, public health and well-fair.”

{These are very similar to the actual sheets I make day to day, which I shall not share for the sake of doxing my location, but yea pretty much everything has a significance. Some of it doesn’t necessarily make sense but that was because I was more so taking inventory of what we see in lore (so you know I counted ;) lol)}

[titsthedamnseason]

eras tour lookbook: my favorites edition

[ohhcinnybuns]

I need to get this out of my head

Have you watched kaguya sama love is war and if you haven't watch it but if you have then do listen to this

Kaguya sama love is war style soukoku where they try to get the other to confess first

Kaguya-sama: Love is War but SKK Gakuen would be such a great AU! The potential to write them in the most idiotic scenes with two geniuses that seem to share one singular brain cell with each other and trying to get the other to confess? Lol, I LOVE IT! I can imagine them staring each other down with straight faces, but inside, they are thinking about pining each other down in show of dominance 😭 because let’s be real, neither would allow the other to have control over them.

And every time they encounter each other, it’s always a who’s going to get hooked first.

I’ve got a little something for you to read. 👀 ✨

Today, Dazai, Atsushi, Akutagawa, and Chuuya eat lunch together at a picnic table. Dazai and Chuuya’s battle has been silent for a while, but today, Dazai has decided to stir things up. He’s getting a little tired of seeing Chuuya get hit on by every girl and guy in their classroom and watching how others playfully touch his arm or lean against him when they are holding a conversation is driving Dazai mad.

It's painfully obvious that Chuuya is not romantically interested in them. So, he will make Chuuya realize what he could potentially lose.

“Ah, Atsushi-kun, did I tell you I got a new phone the other day? My last phone fell into the school’s fountain, and I was finally able to replace it with a free upgrade!”

“That’s because you decided to submerge your body with the phone in your pocket to take back the coin you threw into the school’s fountain. Remember that?”

Dazai giggles, and Atsushi can’t help but grin at his senpai’s gremlin shenanigans with him. “Has your wish come true yet, Dazai-san?”

“You made a wish?” Chuuya speaks up absentmindedly but it was too late. He couldn’t take it back.

Dazai glances at Chuuya, who has stopped eating, paying close attention with a raised eyebrow and a skeptical look. Dazai rests his head on his hand, a challenging provocation to test the waters.

“Not exactly, but if you want to know what my wish is, I can tell you in secret, Atsushi-kun.”

“R-Really? Oh! Does it have to do with… l-love?” Atsushi tries not to blush at the last bit.

Chuuya ‘hmphs’ out loud with a roll of his eyes. Of course the suicidal maniac wouldn’t directly answer him. “If you’re going to talk about something dumb, then atleast share it with the rest of the table.”

“My, Chuuya! I didn’t think you would care,” Dazai says with pep in his voice. There it was. The snare and reel.

Chuuya’s eyes widen and his breath hitches. The sly fox had him right where he wanted him. Chuuya translated the words in his mind.

“My, Chuuya! I didn’t think you would care about my love life like that. It almost sounds like you are a little jealous and want to know more about me.”

Chuuya was not going to get caught in Dazai’s playful clutches today. He glances at Dazai with a piercing glare while Akutagawa continues to eat his lunch, peacefully, but occasionally giving boba eyes to Chuuya.

“I don’t care, but I don’t see why it has to be a secret unless it involves someone at this table.” His smirk widens. “Is there something you want to confess at this table, eh, Dazai?”

Dazai’s eyes widen and all eyes immediately turn to him. He chuckles nervously, a hand coming to rub at his neck. Chuuya’s volley and fury always hit critical points like a viper striking its prey. Dazai shakes his head, and instead, says, “I suppose I could always send it to our secret group chat, Atsushi-kun.”

Activate trap card.

Chuuya’s eyes narrow and his smirk slowly disappears. “Secret group chat?”

Akutagawa gasps and immediately leans over the table, startling the others. “DAZAI-SAN! I-I want to be in the group chat too.”

“Oh, sure, Akutagawa-san! I’ll add your number right now.”

Chuuya flutters his eyes. “Hey, wait a minute…Akutagawa, you have Dazai’s number?”

“Yeah, I asked him for it. Haven’t you?”

Chuuya shuts up and looks at Dazai who is holding his phone in a show-off manner. “We traded numbers a long time ago.”

In other words, Chuuya heard: “We traded numbers a long time ago. So come on, Chuuya. What are you waiting for? Ask me for my number. Take the step.”

The little jerk was showing off his phone to entice Chuuya to hand over his phone number willingly, but if he did, he would look desperate to know more about Dazai’s wish and show interest in the man which meant he would lose this back and forth game between them. Chuuya bites his lip. Dazai was winning their match…

Atsushi glimpses between Dazai and Chuuya, a light bulb going off in his head. “Chuuya-san, do you want to be part of our secret group chat too??”

Chuuya pauses before answering, seeing Dazai tense next to Atsushi. “But it wouldn't be a secret if we’re all in it?”

“Nonsense, Chuuya-senpai! If you think about it, it’s a secret to the rest of the school. I don’t think I have your phone number to add you in though. Can you give it to me?”

Chuuya immediately lights up with a smile and playfully kicks Atsushi’s legs beneath the bench. “Sure thing, kid but don’t go all soft on me like that, again!”

Atsushi laughs gleefully at the playful banter between him and Chuuya, unbeknownst to the darkening aura of a Dazai Osamu. Someone did get Chuuya’s number, alright… but it wasn’t him.

[seilon]

love when this is referred to as the gifted kid website. shockingly my mental disorders made me mentally disordered and school never really vibed with that so. couldn’t be me

[killakalx]

shopping for a purse for literally the first time ever bc i’ve never cared for them a day in my life

[blupengu]

Y’all is Hollow Knight hard or do I just suck because oh my god??

[pallotdip]

buns

and a yam for good measure

[cuteniaarts]

Fanny, my sweet, beautiful girl

17.11.2012 – 14.04.2019

[mrazfellandco]

i need to know who was actually doing the writing in the diary at the start of episode 3 because i have never seen anybody write their 8s like that before and now i can’t stop thinking about it

[psychoticwillgraham]

tfw ur so good at drag that ur very presence shakes the head honcho of the scene to her very core bc my potential to be a real star terrifies her bc she’s not and bc im better than her. who also tries to sabotage my career opportunities and cut my career at the knees so I’ll never find success just bc she’s pissed that I’m extremely beloved here and she isn’t. imagine having THAT big of an inflated ego from years of being coddled and being around yes men who do her every bidding, that a simple, tiny dog hair covered king, strikes that much fear into her.

I’ll definitely say that my fans are PASSIONATE like seriously. like ppl came to the show JUST for me and agreed to all vote for me so that I could finally get my flowers. I rlly hope somebody got a video of when the audience vote for the win was, bc my ears were ringing after the applause.

[timoswerner]

this has been bugging me so bad for months now but the whole camping out/queuing from early hours of the morning for gigs is so bizarre like when did that become a thing and why do so many people boast about it on twitter

[yourqueenb]

Out of all the mystery books on Choices, were there any that you found particularly fun and/or well written? I'm not sure if it's just me bcs it might be a matter of taste which is super subjective, but something about the way PB does mystery stuff feels kinda...lackluster? I'm not sure what exactly it is about their mystery books (like TUH and MAH), but while they're not necessarily terrible they usually don't feel super satisfying

It’s def not just you. Idk how many times I’ve talked about this, but PB can’t do mystery. I believe that 100%. Maybe in the very beginning they could because I remember enjoying Most Wanted. But I haven’t played it in forever. And all of their mystery books after that have been lackluster as you said. (And I do mean all of them, including VoS and CoP, which are fan favorites).

I think one of the issues is that they always feel the need to make us investigate whatever noble pursuit the person had along with their death. And they really play up the fact that the victim was basically a saint and loved by all. And it’s just like 9 times out of 10, I do not care. It gets annoying and old. One of the other issues is that they also always do the collectibles for clues and stuff. And it’s usually either that you need almost all of them to understand whodunnit, how, and why (see: TUH) or pretty much none of them because they’re actually just extra pieces of information that aren’t all that interesting (see: MaH). Of course the former is worse because paywalling plot/other important story aspects is flat out ridiculous. But the latter annoys me too because premium content should add something to the story, not just little factoids.

I think writing a mystery book is a balancing act. And we all know PB already struggles with balance outside of that. They don’t know how to set the stage, build intrigue, and stop throwing in red herrings to let the story come to a conclusion at the right time. Or if they do manage to build intrigue, they still can’t craft a proper twist that feels shocking but makes sense/is believable at the same time. So that’s why VoS had a good setting/all that suspense throughout, but fell flat in the end. And that’s also why MaH never really found it’s footing as a mystery to begin with imo.

Didn’t intend to write an essay, so last issue I’ll speak on is the fact that PB also rarely writes good villains/a good dynamic between the MC and the villain. I think what their mystery books are missing is the feeling that whatever we’re investigating is a puzzle that needs to be solved. And one of the ways they could create that is by writing both villains/antagonists and MCs who are actually intelligent and fun to go up against/play as! It’s usually that the villain is 10 steps ahead. And not because he/she is particularly crafty but because they dumb MC down to drag the story out for 16-20 chapters. CoP is an exception because MC was actually pretty smart, but we had the dumbass murderer and her even dumber minion. So I truly believe that if we had characters who didn’t just bumble their way through the story and were legitimately formidable adversaries to each other, we would have a lot more fun maneuvering around the obstacles/red herrings/etc. thrown at us and solving the mystery OR being surprised by the twist/resolution but able to pick up the breadcrumbs and connect the dots after it’s revealed

[blessphemy]

was seeing some tumblr post about wage stagnation and cost of living increase

you know I was feeling a little bit of “should I be ashamed?” about myself for not sticking with 1 job for more than 2 years (a combination of circumstances, the fields I’ve worked in, mergers, etc) and not having a Career but then I remembered that in the process of my skipping around I have on two occasions doubled my prior salary (not an exaggeration) so like

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Let’s play a game of “How many sensory items can I accumulate before people suspect there’s something odd going on with my brain”