#love letters to majors

[elsewhereuniversity]

Once again, some engineering undergraduates have overestimated their own prowess and summoned something when they should have been finishing their homework. The engineering TAs would like to take this moment to remind all the engineering majors that it is not a part of our jobs to track down whatever you summon and that you will fail any and all assignments that summon anything. As per university policy, we cannot grade summonings.

As a precaution, until further notice, the maker’s space is now closed to all students. Access will only be allowed under the direct supervision of a TA (good luck finding us) or a professor (assuming you can find one outside of office hours). All senior theses must be hypothetical - any practical theses proposals have been retroactively rescinded. Laboratory research is expected to continue as usual.

Safety is everyone’s responsibility when working with the unknown! Your TAs have prepared some helpful reminders to reduce the chances this happens again.

Complete the mandatory Elsewhere Lab Safety Training! If you do not complete this by the end of the quarter, things will befall you! Don’t test our patience!

Never work alone in the lab! Not only is this bad practice for most experiments, but two are better than one when it comes to stopping unusual lab problems.

Carry your iron rod, salt packet, and water bottle at all times. Replacement rods are available at the academic advising office, salt packets can be taken from the dining halls, and water bottles can be found at the athletics department.

All projects must be made out of iron. For iron alloys and composites, consult a TA, professor, or postdoc to see if the iron percentage is higher than the threshold.

Follow university policy regarding safety best practices in the classroom and around campus.

Bioengineers: only use samples acquired directly from other labs. Neither Elsewhere University nor the Engineering Department can guarantee that samples arrive uncontaminated (remember the Great Homunculi disaster?).

Electrical engineers: the efficacy of copper against the Fair Folk is still yet to be determined. Do not listen to the upperclassmen who tell you that copper works just as well as iron. This has been suspected to be a way of hazing new students and violated the university hazing policies.

Chemical engineers: use the fume hoods. Accidents happen much less often when working in a well-ventilated area.

Civil engineers: your steel pins may contain too little iron to be useful. Do not rely on them in a pinch. Yes, they look cool, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. Your faculty advisors will be conducting iron checks to ensure you have enough iron on you at all times.

Mechanical engineers: how many times do we have to remind you that just because something could work doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to build it? Remember the machine that nonstop summoned things for weeks? And how hard that was to stop? Please don’t build that again, or anything like it.

And, as always, report accidents to the relevant safety authorities. The sooner the damage is evaluated, the sooner it can be contained and fixed.

On behalf of the entire department, we preemptively thank you for adjusting to this change in departmental policy.

Please understand that your midterm grades will be coming out late, as we are working hard to understand what was summoned and how: if anyone has information about it, please direct it to the Dean’s office.

- your engineering TAs

[hyakunana]

Motivity Builds be like

[marcell-arts]

Wait for me

Viago de Riva & Rook, Andarateia Cantori/Viago de Riva, Lucanis Dellamorte/Rook | G | Angst/Hurt/Comfort #Major In-Game Spoilers

Don't get careless out there. Don't fail. And don't get yourself killed, or I will come after you in the Fade myself. Viago

There was a difference between knowing what magic was, and understanding how the Fade worked. Viago wouldn't pretend he understood how the Fade worked—but he figured in this circumstance, he just didn't care.

"I am going in there," he warned Emmrich, "You will not be able to stop me."

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Or, Viago makes good on his word, and walks into the Fade for Rook. Read on ao3 here

Viago de Riva was not a mage. In fact, he would say he had about as much magic in his blood as a common nug. 

This wasn't to say he was completely ignorant of magic. He had killed his fair share of magisters and apostates, or blood mages who had succumbed to their deepest desires and had laid down for a demon. His epithet may not have been the 'Demon of Vyrantium', but he was not unfamiliar with the slight chill of the Fade when it pressed close to the Veil, as a mage summoned the elements. Nor was he oblivious to the way one's mind could wander into the senseless spiritual world upon sleep. He even had knowledge of all sorts of potions and concoctions that would repel a spell, and dampen their connection to the Fade.

But there was a difference between knowing what magic was, and understanding how the Fade worked. Viago wouldn't pretend he understood how the Fade worked—but he figured in this circumstance, he just didn't care.

"I am going in there," he warned Emmrich, "You will not be able to stop me." 

"Viago, you cannot just walk into the Fade!" Emmrich cried exasperatedly as both Teia and Lucanis struggled to hold the Fifth Talon back, "And we don't even know where in the Fade she is!" 

When Lucanis had come to deliver the news, ashen-faced with haunted eyes, Viago's first reaction had been denial. Teia had gasped beside him and clutched at his hand, but he had only felt numb. 

"No," he had said simply, "She can't be. No." 

Lucanis, who couldn't meet his eyes before, had tried to explain. 

"It was Solas… he must have betrayed her. And now he's free and she is—" 

"No." 

Not his Rook. Not the girl who survived everything life threw at her with a cheeky smile and a witty quip. Not the one Fledgeling who never feared anything, who would light up with joy when others flinched in his presence, who would pepper him with inane questions in endless curiosity. Not the novice assassin who delivered her contracts with creativity and efficiency, with justice yet compassion, with pride yet sorrow. Not the greatest Crow he had ever raised, who always trusted in him, and whom he had grown to trust in turn. She could not be gone. 

Read on ao3 here

[piosplayhouse]

The way scum villain has so many themes about writing/the literary arts and mdzs has so many themes about music and tgcf has so many themes about visual art and how each character that represents each of those respectively has their own struggle with their craft (passion burnout, loss of control over their ip/creation, obsession and dissociation) that gets turned on its head as their stories continue and their art comes to represent satisfaction and connection and devotion and love

[iamfarfromvibingrightnow]

I feel like we as a society sleep on the lyricism that exists within the JATP soundtrack.

Like "I feel your rhythm in my heart. You are my brightest burning star. I never knew a love so real. We're heaven on earth. Melody and words. When we're together we're in perfect harmony", "Consider me the pearly gates to your new favorite thrills", "The rain don't blind the rising souls, they got too much to see", " "If I could take us back, if I could just do that, and write in every empty space the words "I love you" in replace, then maybe time would not erase me.", " The words I most regret are the ones I never meant to leave unsaid", "Love me as I am. I'll hold your music here inside my hands", "When all the days felt black and white, those were the best shades of my life", "Wake up if it's all you do. Look out, look inside of you. It's not what you lost, it's what you'll gain, raising your voice to the rain", "Life is a risk but I will take it, close my eyes and jump", "And I use the pain, 'cause it's part of me and I'm ready to power through it", "Keep dreaming like we'll live forever, but live it like it's now or never"

[sinful-lanterns]

Ahem... Now that's Valentine's Day pray for Reader because their schedule for the day is packed.

The whole club organized soooo many activities or gift for them (and they fought at least 30 minutes for people's order)

Here's someone I thought about:

Breakfast prepared lovingly by our Cinnabae (Imagine a heart shaped pancakes something or like that)

Cuddles or a romantic dance with Hamel either in our dorm or hers

Afternoon with Bai Yi and karaoke (only for you two so she can show off her skills failing)

Lunch with Eirene and Dinner with Chelsea that rent a WHOLE restaurant for us (bonus point if they put some piano music on the background)

Spending the night with Stargazer looking and admiring her the starry sky

-🐾

HELP. POOR READER’S SCHEDULE IS SO JAM PACKED 😨

As an introvert, this is super intimidating but ykw, ILL DO IT FOR THE PTN WOMEN. I’m gushing over Cinnabar making Reader heart shaped pancakes tbh 🥺 I think she’d even drizzle some of the syrup/honey across the stack like a love arrow through the heart…

Also Eirene and Chelsea renting out a whole restaurant just for them and Reader is so extra, but they’d definitely do it. Same with Cabernet and the other rich women, though I can see Cabernet just skipping past dinner and devouring Reader instead for Valentine’s Day.

Besides that however, KARAOKE WITH BAI YI. Imagine her drunkenly singing you love songs while looking at you with that dumb, yet smitten look in her eyes. All the PTN women are just so…in love with you. You truly make them happy and they want to spend as much time with you as they can. (Before the other women get to you first)

[wolfsbanesparks]

WIP game (part 2!)

Rules: You will be given a word. Share one sentence/excerpt from your wip(s) that start with each letter of that word.

I couldn't help myself so I'm taking @cerealboxlore's offer to jump in again since I had so much fun with the first one!

Word: MARVEL

M: "My hero," Lois smiled pulling him close and ruffling his hair.

"I thought Superman was your hero?" Billy teased.

"It's easy being a hero when you're bulletproof, but when you're a squishy little human like us, it takes guts." (One Last Chance)

A: A voice in his ear startled him, warm breath ghosting over his skin. “I could take out that gag and let you scream and scream and scream until your throat bleeds and your voice dies out. But no one would hear you. No one would suspect a thing." (Pretty Little Thing)

R: “Raising that many kids on your own,” he said, pausing as he looked for the right words, the right way to show his support of his teammate. Eventually he settled on keeping it simple. “That must be hard. If you ever need anything, I hope you know I’ll always be just one call away.” (Family Matters)

V: “Vasquez residence,” he said, his jovial tone jarring after the day Billy had had. He almost hung up right then and there, just so he didn’t have to hear it again. (Pretty Little Thing)

E: Every book and TV show seemed to have a romantic subplot, every song was a love song, every interaction a potential meet-cute—it was like the whole world was centered around something he couldn’t comprehend. (Crush)

L: Looming in the darkness, where moments before Billy could have sworn there was nothing but shadow, was the Batman. (Marvels in Gotham)

This was so much fun, but it also reminded me just how much more I need to write lol. But needless to say I am more inspired than I've been in ages!

Feel free to ask me anything about my various WIPs, talking about them is a surefire way to make me want to write more!

Pretty much everyone that I can think of has been tagged in this by someone, so I'll leave it open for anyone to join in!

Your word is: HEART

[linipik]

[PART 3]

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💌~

[laurrelise]

once again rambling about five and lila because i’m fucking pissed. enjoy

“five and lila were perfect for each other because they had so much in common” yet so many perfect couples have absolutely nothing in common???

they could relate to each other in ways that made them hate each other and that’s why they were SUCH good foil characters, i don’t understand why the romance had to be necessary.

there is absolutely no reason that this romance plotline should’ve been created. it was so ridiculously off-focus from what the plot was (AND should have been) and it literally only made the season so much worse.

do writers understand that not every single character has to fall in love with one another? i mean genuinely?

personally i don’t believe five is aro (though he could be ace) because i can’t help but love five’s love for delores (even if she wasn’t real) but i completely understand five aroace truthers because he truly can be independent romantically as we saw in the show.

i cannot wrap my fucking head around the fact that the writers saw two awesome, dynamic, badass characters with arcs and goals outside of love and attention and decided to turn their personalities inside out and upside down for a dumbass dead-end romance that makes zero sense.

five and lila were the only two people on god’s green earth who could understand each other and hated the other for it. why couldn’t they just be frenemies and call it a day?

god fucking damn it i’m so upset

shoutout to 13 year old 58 year old five hating lila and 29 year old lila despising the fuck out of little five !!! <3

fuck you to the worst, most nonsensical couple of all time and space ❌❌

[osarina]

CARINAAAA:D

Thank you for answering my previous question about Chuuya in the civdazai!au but I kinda have another question if you’re willing to answer (it’s about Dazai this time around hehe)

In the og universe, Dazai tries to unalive himself at 14 right? And if I remember well he is saved or at least brought to a hospital by someone / a group of unamed people where he met Mori, right?

In the civdazai!au, since he’s clearly very much depressed and suicidal (as shown in chapter 2), what happened when he was 14? Did he still attempt and was saved but didn’t meet Mori ? Or did they meet but something happened differently that made him not get recruited into the Mafia?

oorrrrrr…

Was Oda the person that saved him back then??👀 (im still trying to figure what is up with Oda in this au lmao)

PS: You don’t have to answer if this is a major plot point!!! I was just curious and your writing is so well thought that I couldn’t just not ask. But thank you in any case! <3

SOPHIEEEEEEEE :D

OMG ... okay i'm not going to get deep into this because it does get into the plot, but i'll tell you guys a bit about dazai's backstory in civzai.

when he was 7/8, his mom ended up killing herself & he lived with his aunt for a few years. eventually, for undisclosed reasons, his aunt ended up leaving him in suribachi city when he was 13/14- he lived there for like 3-4 months before oda found him. dazai did still attempt, but oda stopped him before he could and he ended up taking dazai in -- dazai lived with him for 4 years before oda ended up dying

[thinkingisadangerouspastime]

énouement

T | Major Character Death | 1/? | Grief/Mourning

Her chest heaves. “Stop!” Katara’s voice pitches to a shriek. “It’s not—” —real. Zuko’s teeth dig into his bottom lip, warm copper bursting into the far corners of his mouth. “Why?” (Or: Katara, Aang, Zuko. A tale of love, loss, and love again.)

Read Chapter 1 on AO3

[bloodmoonlich]

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[miscgallery]

Your ptn otp. Hand it over. (So I can draw it)

would it surprise you to that i don't technically have one(?) 😭 iron/anne has been bouncing around in my head lately so if u want u can draw them 👍

another one could be christina/thistle but atm their relationship status is like this in my head:

i can't really see christina/thistle being in an explictly romantic relationship beyond this honestly so idk if this counts as shipping 😭🚶‍♀️

[jankwritten]

Jasico Bingo Challenge: love letter

A sheet of paper, folded into thirds, dotted in places with what must be water and grass stains. The handwriting is legible in some places, and shaky in others. In the margins are small doodles of birds, clouds, trees, and other miscellaneous, abstract shapes, as if the writer’s mind kept wandering. 

TO: Nico di Angelo 

FROM: Jason Grace 

Hey, Nico. If you’re reading this, something probably happened to me. Maybe I hit my head again and lost my memories, or something, and you went through my stuff to try and find things to remind me of who I was. Maybe this fell out while we were hanging out, one day, and you saw it was addressed to you and you picked it up. Maybe I died—

However you found this, I guess, surprise! :) 

First thing’s first: I’m sorry for leaving. I know I begged you to stay, and then turned around and left, and I really hope you understand - I didn’t leave because of you. I needed to find Leo, and leaving with Piper was the easiest way to do that. I had to try and get him back. 

I wanted you to come with, but you were still healing and things were going really well with you and Will. I hope things still are, in fact. Wherever I am, I’m so proud of you for how far you’ve come, and how much I’m sure you continued to grow even after I left. 

I really love you, man. I never got to tell you that, but you’re one of my best, closest friends. You mean so much to me. You showed me a side of the world that I never would’ve seen otherwise, and gave me a space to be myself, and I will never, ever know how I deserved that. How I deserve you. 

Is that out of left field? Haha it definitely is. Sorry. 

I’m sorry. I’m so sorry, Nico. I didn’t want to leave. I’m so sorry for leaving you. I’m sorry I had to go and I’m sorry it had to be me, but it couldn’t be her, Nico, it can’t be her, it can’t be. It has to be me. 

It has to be. 

Here, some of the words are smeared from the water marks. Lines cross through some words that have then been re-written, as if in after-thought the author realized they were too important to delete. 

If you really are reading this, after the worst case scenario, I understand if you’re angry. I understand if you never want to think about me again, after what I’ve done. I’ll understand if you storm to your father’s palace and demand I be placed in the worst of the worst punishments for being so stupid. 

Gods. Gods, Nico, I’m never going to get to tell you how I really feel. About all of this, about everything I’m going through, I’m never going to be able to tell you and that hurts. It hurts more than knowing I’m going to die, it hurts more than getting stabbed and poisoned. I’m going to die loving you and you won’t even know until it’s too late. 

Maybe this is a stupid bad idea. Maybe I should let it die with me. Is it cruel, to tell you how I feel if I’m gone? Does this make me an awful person? 

Shit. I think I’m an awful person, Nico. I’m awful and I’m selfish and I can never choose things for myself, it always has to be for the greater good, so this is it. This is as selfish as I can be. This is all I can be for you. 

I want to see you on the other side. I want you to punch me for getting myself killed and hate me for being a hero and I want you to know that I didn’t want this but it needed to be me. It has to be me. 

I’m still wrapping my head around it, but it has to be me, okay? So if I’m really gone when you’re reading this, okay, you have to let me stay gone. Please. If you get hurt, if you die, and it’s my fault, I could never— 

Here, the letter abruptly stops. Then, it continues: 

That’s all I wanted to say, anyway. That I love you. I love you in any way I can, and even if I’ve done it silently, and stupidly, from a distance, just know that it was there, the whole time. It’s still there, wherever I am. Dead, or lost, or whatever. I love you, Nico. I’m sorry.

-- Jason Grace :)

[knickersbar]

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MAJOR SHOLTO (SOMEONE PROBABLY HAS ALREADY)

I know this has probably been said before in many other ways (it is a decade old fandom at this point) but of course I must add my two cents as always and I'm probably reading too much into this but who cares Major Sholto was or is, in some way or form, in love with John. Sherlock picks up on this (and is openly jealous that there is ANOTHER) He sees himself in Sholto in the same way they care for John. Going out of their way to do things for him, showing up when no one expects them to, as awkward as ever. And Sholto sees it too!!

AND SHERLOCK KNOWS HE BLOODY KNOWS THEY'RE BOTH DOWN BAD THAT'S WHY HE KEEPS BRINGING HIM UP (Mary knows too, when she tells sherlock that neither of them were the first)

When threatening to allow the murder to go through, the only thing that stops him is when Sherlock brings up that he (WE </3) would never do that to John and he gives in. (all of this happening while JOHN IS TRYING TO GET MARRIED IS INSANE) All this to say our clueless bisexual king has been picking up stoic nerds from day one and they would do ANYTHING for him except tell him they're in love with him

[tsspromptmonth]

I'm going to get a medium (1000K) Green Tea with 2% Milk, Cherry/Espresso/Orange/Pumpkin Spice Syrup. Topped with Chopped Nuts, Nutmeg, and Chocolate Kisses

Also known as a Merpeople AU, Hurt/Comfort, poly ship with Roman/Remy/Toby (October Shorts Character)/Orange (your version). Make it Arranged Marriage, Love after Loss, and Love Letters.

My screen shots are from these stories!

Space Brothers by KieraElieson

archiveofourown.org/works/60276034

My Dearest Love by Edupunkn00b 

archiveofourown.org/works/60240454

Fading Fast by Snickerdoodle_Studio

archiveofourown.org/works/53091331

Decoherence 1-4 by Edupunkn00b

archiveofourown.org/works/49643617/chapters/125299183

No Strings Attached by thecrowslullaby

archiveofourown.org/works/60299038

Hop, Skip, and a Skitter by Callypsoboclair

archiveofourown.org/works/60306901

Heroes and Villains by thecrowslullaby

archiveofourown.org/works/60316510

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When it Comes to Spending Time with Those We Love, No Amount of Time's Enough by @naminethewriter