#just sharp things

[sharpth1ng]

I forgot to show but bf got me a tiny functional switchblade 🖤

[hinamie]

newest issue of first years fashion just dropped

[malsorie]

Nightwarden.

[sharpth1ng]

Most of my job is marking essays and I will tell you this:

1. Most of the time it's painfully obvious when you're using AI because it spits out the most generic takes possible, and it often attributes statements to people who did not make those statements.

2. An AI paper fills me with a vitriolic rage the likes of no other. It makes me viscerally angry that you're wasting my time and yours this way. School is expensive. There are so many people who would love to be here, who would love to actually be learning but they cant afford to. Have some respect and actually use the education you're privileged enough to be able to pay for.

3. An AI paper will get you reported to the academic integrity office, because it's plagiarism. This is not an opinion of mine its a school policy. An academic integrity violation will follow you for the rest of your academic career (if you're even able to get anyone to give you a second chance) and beyond. Its not worth it.

4. A half assed, insane, incoherent paper that I know you wrote the night before? Relatable. Endearing. Ive been there, I can see you trying. You'll get the best mark I can reasonably give you- it might not be a great mark but it won't be as low as a chatgpt mark. You won't get an academic integrity violation on your record and you might actually learn something.

As a TA im always willing to help people if they ask for help. If you're confused or behind in a class I'm paid to help you keep up. Most schools also have writing centers, where you can access free tutors who will help you with outlines and editing your work.

There is no shame using those resources. The students that do use them reliably end up with better grades at the end of term, and they also save time because its a lot harder to spot your own mistakes than it is to have someone else point them out to you.

Ok rant concluded, carry on.

chatgpt is the coward's way out. if you have a paper due in 40 minutes you should be chugging six energy drinks, blasting frantic circus music so loud you shatter an eardrum, and typing the most dogshit essay mankind has ever seen with your own carpel tunnel laden hands

[karta-ri]

WAIT ON THAT DOODLE PAGE

IS THAT.. IS THAT A BEAUTY AND THE BEAST REFERENCE………?!?!?!?!

yeah… 🙈🙈🙈 just a doodle though i can’t commit to a crossover yet

[sharpace]

136. No Shave Challenge

I had to do one post season 2.

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[canisalbus]

Happy non chocolate cake day.

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[sharpth1ng]

Posts my boyfriend sends me

[sharpth1ng]

A gift from my girlfriend

[vaguely-concerned]

little detail I've picked up on: lucanis seems to like it when rook is smart. not in an academically minded way, necessarily, but when they're clever/analytical and clear-eyed about the practical realities of a matter and able to sort out the bullshit. most immediate example that comes to mind is of course when rook points out to illario that zara physically can't have made it back to vyrantium yet by conventional means in the café scene (where they're also backing what lucanis is trying to say, so the approval there makes extra sense), but it pops up in several other places too where rook cuts through to the heart of a problem with that kind of thinking. his and davrin's approval often overlap, but davrin seems to like it when rook is resolute and practical (and kind but don't tell anyone that sssh <3 ilu davrin), where I get the sense that lucanis gets that extra little thrill when they're also clever. in another contrast emmrich likes it when you're curious and openminded and kind (a lot like solas in da:i really) -- more like a life-long earnest academic *would* think about and value learning and knowledge in terms of a process and way of thinking rather than the results that come out of it -- while i think lucanis kind of likes it (and possibly gets a little ah frisson out of it depending on your relationship with him lol) when your mind is a knife. which I think is really neat. also tracks perfectly with him liking both viago and neve too haha. he clearly enjoys the Thinkers of the world.

[lil-vibes]

Day 8: Teeth

Previous/Next

(prompt list here!)

[brokeyourbones]

DC PROMPT

Jason Todd doesn't grow old. Not because he dies. Well, technically, because he did die. When he was 14. And the Lazarus pit stopped him from aging. Forever.

When he becomes Red Hood, he's not seen as a threat at first. Some scrawny, 4'7, barely weighs 60 pounds soaking wet kid with a dumbass mask? Pssh, Crime Alley deals with Batman on the daily, that kid ain't nothing.

Until said kid begins beating their asses. Horrifically. So now, Red Hood is known as the first ever child crime lord.

And the angst? Oh, there's angst. Because rather than dealing with the knowledge that Jason grew up when he was gone, they have to deal with the fact that Jason looks the exact same as the night he died.

Jason is still that scrawny, malnourished 14-year-old, with a smile that could light up the room despite him never showing it now.

Jason can still fit in his old robin costume. He could still. Fit. In. His. Robin. Costume.

That mere realization startled Bruce so badly.

[hinamie]

blue light overexposure dot png

[fascinationstreetmp3]

I have what you're looking for. High quality. Befitting a man of my tastes. I have a room over on Divisadero, not too far a walk.

[s0fter-sin]

vampire au where they can only drink the blood type they were before they were turned. other blood has an almost poisonous effect, burning them from within like acid and drinking too much of it can kill them

in the old days, before the knowledge of blood types, it made humans they could feed on absolutely precious. they're kept safe, pampered and doted on; a vampire’s most prized possession

attacking another vampire's human is seen as the highest insult; not only is it a slight against them, it also carries the implication of "i want you to starve"

it's also used as the cruelest of punishments; starving a vampire for months, until they're feral with hunger just for their torturer to throw in a random human, watching them desperately suck down poison, their instincts begging them to keep drinking even as it kills them

ghost is one of the few who survived it; thrown in a pit so deep, he saw stars in the middle of the day, left with nothing but the dried bodies of the humans roba drained without care, others with their throats slit, blood he can't drink spilled out around them

a taunt of the one thing he needs but will never get

but ghost hasn't survived this long just to give up here

he refuses to die in this stinking, rotted pit

ghost is a force of nature as he descends over roba's manor; killing any who wander into his path until the halls run red. until he gets his hands on roba and tells him a secret:

vampires can feed on the blood of any vampire, regardless of blood type

it becomes a legend in vampire high society; if you starve another, you'd best make sure they actually die

otherwise you might end up piled in a dining room, the vampire you left for dead lounging on a throne of corpses with his fangs lodged in your throat

ghost decimates roba's empire, burning it to the ground until no one dares to speak his name in fear of incurring his wrath. it's incredibly taboo for a vampire to feed off another but ghost's too powerful for anyone to challenge him and the other vampires are too scared to try. scared of what he's willing to do, the lengths he'll go to; not that they'll ever admit it

soap is the first human he ever brings to court; delicately bathed in the finest silks and jewels, his throat always bare so he can show off ghost's ownership, his bite framed in lace

he's not like the delicate waifs the other vampires show off; he doesn't cling to his master, demure and submissive. he shows off his teeth as often as any vampire, fully willing to rip out the throats of any who insult him or ghost

a feral master needs a just as feral pet

[sharpth1ng]

IMO Sid probably does remind him of Maureen and he legitimately seems annoyed with her, but there's 2 unspoken motives here that I think explain his ridiculousness.

The Neve Campbell theory that the massacre was an act of revenge towards Woodsboro as a whole because Billy felt trapped and like he couldn't be himself there

"Maybe some of their anger comes from not being allowed to be who they want to be"

Like. Yeah makes sense to me, wouldn't be the first time someone acted out in violence because they'd been subjugating their identity forever.

I don't even think this applies exclusively to the gay stuff with Stu either, like looking at Billy in every scene before the reveal at the end he's extremely restrained, talks very little, clearly putting a lot of thought into how he's behaving and being perceived. In contrast after he comes out as ghostface he's smiling for real for the first time in the movie, talking the most he has the whole movie, even his physical movements are less controlled.

This isn't a motive I think he would be consciously aware of exactly, but I think these feelings are in the background of his mind, informing his conscious thoughts.

2. The Maureen/mommy revenge motive is an excuse, he just wanted to kill again. He doesn't actually care about Sidney, and killing her makes a good plot. It's the classic serial killer thing, they kill one person and describe the feeling as addictive, something they can't resist doing again.

I think this plays nicely with the theory above, like if we see Sidney as a beard then we can understand how he might (unfairly) come to resent her as he feels like she's an unwanted obligation. He's tired of keeping up appearances with her and acting like he cares about her trauma (and he's clearly very bad at acting like he cares about her trauma, we see that when they argue at school in the hallway).

The frustration he has towards Sidney makes her a satisfying target for his pre-existing desire to kill again. I think he's someone who feels dis-empowered in his life; from his mom leaving to having to hide himself all the time, and killing Maureen made him feel powerful. He wanted to feel that again, so he went after Maureen's daughter and all her friends.

I still don’t understand his motivation for wanting to kill the main girl