#one thing about me is that i do need academic/class satire to survive the world i'm living in

[postgraduate]

lol to be perfectly honest, i am having a ball writing niles crane on disco.rd. what began as me angling, "let's push the diane/niles bff agenda" is still me angling, but also me -- who accidentally became a SchOlar of gothic art/architecture -- pondering how niles and maris, these two bizarre characters, live in a gothic house with alleged genuine 15th cent. decor in the middle of SEATTLE.

i don't have the time nor mental bandwidth for tumblr rp :o( but i do have time for, and lots of fun with, intermittent disco.rd writing & making inspo sideblogs for the cheers/frasier universe characters like some kind of unwieldy stickerbook

[wolfy22bookie]

Rules: It’s time to love yourselves! Choose your 5 favorite works (fics, art, edits, etc.) you’ve created this year and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you’ve brought into the world in 2020. If you don’t have five published works, that’s fine! Include ideas/drafts/whatever you like that you’ve worked on/thought about, and talk a little about them instead! Remember, this is all about self-love and positive enthusiasm, so fuck the rules if you need to. Have fun, and tag as many fellow creators as you like so they can share the love! <3

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I was tagged by @flipredmonkey. Man this is hard because most of my work is academic and has nothing to do with fandom...Oh well I’ve written a few papers I'm proud of this semester.

A Seasonal Surprise (Din Djarin x Cara Dune)

This is my debut fic in fandom and I’m so very proud of it despite its flaws. I just can’t believe it is still getting kudos and love after 2 months. It was a late night decision to write and post this since it wouldn't let me sleep. Then I couldn’t sleep because I was nervous about seeing the reactions. It gave me courage to write more of the genre and post my second one.

I’ll Fly For You (Din Djarin x Cara Dune) 

I am known in my department at my small University as a drama queen and as a very passionate person. One of my professors describes my writing as me tearing off my shirt in outrage while arguing a point. So writing such a soft moment was a challenge and I’m quite proud of the result. My favourite review of this one is @maryscarlett2u describing it as “a Hersey Kiss of a story”.

Here comes the unpublished stuff! Most of those are just assignments from my classes because I’m a student and have no life!

“GER297 Creative Projet Part 1 A” GER297 From Cosmos to Chaos: The Discourse on Nature in German Culture (That's the name of the class)

I am terrible at naming my assignments so it is untitled. It is a soliloquy from Ursa Minor (The Little Dipper, or Little Bear, constellation) to Ursa Major (The Big Dipper, or Great Bear, constellation) while she is dying on Earth. I find it so sad and beautiful. It’s meant as a critique of light pollution and how difficult it is to stargaze in cities. I might actually post this on Tumblr... I love it so much, but I had to analyze my work and that might have been the bullshitest literary analysis I have ever wrote because I knew exactly what the author meant by the choices so I laughed so much when I wrote it and just put so many footnotes calling myself out on my bullshit. It was a fun one.

“REL112 Final Project” REL112: The Traditions of Ancient Israel

Another assignment! A little background here: Ancient Israelite Mythology, the precursor to Judaism, was polytheistic and Yahweh had a wife/consort named Asherah. So I wrote a play on some stories taken from the Hebrew Bible where Asherah is nagging Yahweh for stuff he did, for example planting the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in Eden instead of on the Moon. I found it hilarious and so much to write. Satire is not a style I'm used to, but I really liked playing with it. 

“The Red Berry Theory” Used in 3 classes out of the 5 I took this semester.

This one is purely academic. This is basically a theory/allegory that tries to explain xenophobia and scapegoating as a survival defence mechanism driven from the fear of the unknown mixed with ego and hate, which equal assholery. I still need to work on it to polish it so I can argue it properly, but I’m proud of that one. I might even make it my doctoral thesis in 5ish years (I have so many years left of studies!! Good thing I like studying.)  I first wrote it for a class discussion forum, but I used it in essays to argue the cause of scapegoating minorities. Also it surprised my German Professor because I’m forever on the record for saying “But I don’t wanna think!” It was a joke that became a running gag in the department. 

This is my 5 works! I tagged whoever wants to do it because almost everyone was already tagged... @ooops-i-arted, and @maryscarlett2u I think weren’t tagged already... if it was the case I'm sorry.