#ty for trying to learn /gen

[midnight-soulless-system]

so i’ve seen people against afab and amab and i figured an intersex person who’s engaged with fighting for acceptance would know sort of the right answer? since you’re in the demographic these things would hurt the most (warning for genital talk?)

when i’m talking about people who a doctor said “yeah that’s penis enough” or “yeah that’s vagina enough” they were assigned male and assigned female. that’s the event that separates them. from my perspective saying idk “people with penises” isn’t correct bc 1 people get surgeries to remove or add things in both trans and health surgeries and 2 if your genitals are “male enough” that you were assigned male but you have noticeable female aspects to your genitals does it exclude you to say penis?

i call MYSELF afab because my experience growing up female has affected my gender identity and i know you can call yourself whatever you want bc it’s your own experience, but since people started arguing about the term i don’t know what to call people anymore when i’m talking about human bodies (like in the last thing i reblogged, I’ll stay off tumblr a bit so you can actually find it. also bc i have class soon. I’m not saying that when i see a person in the street i need to point and say AFAB lol).

If any of this is phrased like it makes NO sense i woke up like half an hour ago sorry. and if any of it is phrased harmfully please correct me. i really hope i got my question across at some point in this because i don’t have the brain power to proofread past some spelling errors yet today

I'm gonna be SO honest, when I read the '“yeah that’s penis enough” or “yeah that’s vagina enough”' I heard snoop dogg saying it, but with the body of my doctor and that was so fucking funny BUT ANYWAYS

It depends on what you're talking about. People with penises is in fact vague! It includes micropenises, can include clitoromegaly depending on the scenario, penises, tdicks, etc.

We should be getting more specific. For example, if we're talking about penis health or dpecifically foreskins, say people with foreskin. If we're talking about prostates, say People with prostates. If it's inner labia or outer labia, say that! People with a womb, People with cervixes, etc.

"from my perspective saying idk “people with penises” isn’t correct bc 1 people get surgeries to remove or add things in both trans and health surgeries and 2 if your genitals are “male enough” that you were assigned male but you have noticeable female aspects to your genitals does it exclude you to say penis?" Again, it depends on the question. For the second part, the penis is what would have been the clitoris had there been those hormones in the womb (or the lack thereof) or they were androgen resistant. It is not what would have been the vulva, womb, labias, cervix, or the ovaries.

(still answering the quoted text). If they had somewhat female genitalia (say, the scrotum or testes weren't fully developed, they had a womb (undeveloped or not), etc.) then they would apply to those type of questions/groups (people with a womb etc.). Depending on the scrotum and testes development, they may or may not be included in people with vulvas, or people with testicles/scrotums. In most cases you'd either just listen to both advice and see if that applies to you or just try all the advice.

Basically, if they consider what they have is a penis, it's a penis, especially if they have a glans. Just remember penis is not all of the sexual organ, same as vulva.

Also with trans people that got bottom surgery, it still applies to them. If you're saying people that were BORN with x genitalia, then they'd still be included because they can still answer. Again, different topics need different specifics.

"i call MYSELF afab because my experience growing up female has affected my gender identity and i know you can call yourself whatever you want bc it’s your own experience, but since people started arguing about the term i don’t know what to call people anymore when i’m talking about human bodies (like in the last thing i reblogged, I’ll stay off tumblr a bit so you can actually find it. also bc i have class soon. I’m not saying that when i see a person in the street i need to point and say AFAB lol)." Ok, understandable. Whatever gender you grow up as doesn't have too much to do with your AGAB rather than your SIG (socially imposed gender), at least not once you hit puberty. The thing about agab is that it is often not necessary to talk about and it's annoying as fuck when people bring it up unnecessarily. It says nothing about what genitals you have, what you look like, how the hormones in your body work, or how you grew up. All it is is an event that happened when you weren born where a doctor looked at your genitals and made their best guess.

Like, it is unnecessary to say "I'm amab/afab nonbinary how do i look more androgynous :)" because bitch!! that doesn't give me any information 😭 And people often just use it as a way to be like "Oh yeah I'm afab/amab so I have a vulva/penis". Like, did we forget about how people do not need to know wtf is in our pants? It's not necessarily an identity but an event that happened.

Anyways, I hope this helps? And I hope I don't sound rude and got my point across, sometimes I talk in circles or repeat myself. If you need me to clarify lmk :D

[kiyo-cant-write]

hey, this is my first time sending a req, but can you write azul learning that reader has a crush on jade? like they tell azul and whenever they’re asked why they like him, they say something like “he’s cute” or “he’s so babygirl” or something and they’re just totally smitten

sorry if reqs aren’t open! ty <3

reader with a crush on jade talking to azul ✧･ﾟ

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Thank you for requesting! Yes, they are open (for anyone wondering!) Very happy to write some biases because I have a personal situation atm that is very stressful for me /gen pos

I love this request and I am excited to tackle it. I saw a few ways for this to go and ultimately went with the most comedic route!

So I am sorry if you wanted unrequited love, pining, and angst. Feel free to request again with more details if you think my take wasn't what you were looking for xD

Anyways, enjoy!! ^^

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Summary: [Name] has one person on their mind and his name is Jade Leech. However, the person they choose to share these sentiments with is Azul Ashengrotto, owner and proprietor of the Mostro Lounge. And he is so happy to hear about it (/s)

TW/CW: None

Notes: gender-neutral reader, the reader is Yuu/Ramshackle Prefect, they/them pronouns for the reader, pre-relationship Jade/Reader but Jade isn't really present for most of it in narrative-

Guest Stars: Floyd Leech, Jade Leech (mentioned, brief)

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Azul Ashnegrotto (& Jade Leech)

Azul is annoyed from the moment it comes up.

He thinks that this meeting will be about business and instead... It's about Jade. Jade? Not even the twins, literally JUST JADE.

He wants to sigh but withholds it for the first half to be polite.

[Name] is very passionate in their rant[?] about Jade.

They say many phrases that Azul does not understand.

He knows many things... slang just isn't one of those things.

He hardly understands why they are so captivated by Jade.

Jade isn't a bad person, outright, but to Azul, he's just... been there. The same could be said of Jade's twin brother, Floyd.

Azul wants this interaction to be over, it's awkward.

But [Name] did not answer, they just kept on yapping. /ref

This is getting tiring for the young merman. What even... is this?

As it continues, Azul finds himself starting to see their point.

This octomer maybe realizes that he is bisexual during this interaction. But he's not sure he wants to think about that yet.

He does not intend to help [Name] woo Jade unless they ask.

Floyd is also there. Being Floyd.

Azul was quite sure he didn't plan for this today. It wasn't on his schedule, he couldn't imagine why it would be. Who let them in? He sighed at the thought. He knew that this was an esteemed guest of the Mostro Lounge, he should be nice to them, they were a "friend" to him now, after all... And he valued them within reason...

Floyd had gone as far as to say that he and [Name] were the "best" friends of the group. Azul didn't really care. But he supposed the value must be true if the twins were interested. Jade seemed equally enthusiastic about this when it had been discussed.

Sigh. But this? This was pressing every button he had in the worst of ways and he was having trouble ignoring it. Every word grated on his last nerve and made him want to scream (and that would not be good for his image!).

"[Name]..." he began, only to be cut off by their (ongoing) speech.

"Azul! Don't you just love Jade?"

Azul paused. What? What did [Name] just ask me? Had he misheard them? He had to have misheard them. There was no way...

Composing himself, he answered.

"He is an associate of mine, yes—"

He was cut off by [Name] before he could finish the sentence.

"But isn't he dreamy?" they asked him.

Double what? Oh, this was happening. Joy.

"Well, you see—" Azul began, trying once more to explain before he was cut off again by the over-excited Prefect of Ramshackle.

"I just think he's so babygirl."

"You... what?" Azul said, turning to them with enough force to be cause for worry about the state of his neck.

"I said—" [Name] attempted to repeat before he cut them off.

"No, I heard you," Azul told them, "You consider Jade as a woman?"

This had to be some kind of land thing. Right? That, or he was once again spending too much time with books and not enough time with real people. It was just as his mother and grandmother had always said back home under the sea. He sighed at the very memory of it.

"No?" [Name] said, "Well, I mean, unless I should. Should I?"

Azul thought about it for a moment. Jade wasn't one to care about gender but he had never mentioned anything about womanhood. Noting that he answered their question with honesty.

"...He hasn't said anything to me about the matter."

"Oh, good. I wouldn't want to misgender Jade."

[Name] seemed relieved.

"You. I. You?" for a moment, Azul was at a loss for words, "Nevermind. [Name], what in the world has you so captivated with Jade today?"

They seemed to melt a little at the mention of Jade's name. They were clearly... invested in Jade. Surely this wasn't normal? Was it?

"He's just so—"

Azul sighed, cutting them off to explain he understood the concept.

"A young girl, I heard you the first time," the octomer said.

"He's just so perfect I can't even right now!!" [Name] gushed.

A second sigh escaped Azul, he wanted this moment to end. It was painfully awkward to hear about his... colleague like this. Not to mention inappropriate! They should just go tell Jade about this interest they had. Why him? What did he do to invite this?

"That makes two of us, though my frustration hardly lies with Jade."

"Hm?" [Name] asked, confused by the statement.

What did Azul mean by that, exactly?

"Nothing, nothing," Azul assured them through gritted teeth.

Like that, [Name] was back on their Jade high.

"Just... Jade."

"Indeed, er, I suppose," Azul said, relishing in the quiet that grew between them as [Name] observed Jade working from afar.

Jade and Floyd were waiting tables today. Floyd had complained that he was not in a "cooking mood" and decided that running orders around the lounge was much more "fun." That one gave Azul a headache, but that was normal.

Regardless, Azul only had one thought as [Name] watched Jade...

Silence! Sevens, finally.

But as he took a moment alone with the subject, his mind wandered down every path that [Name] had suggested about Jade, about the world. What would be different if Jade were a woman? Was Jade attractive? These were possibilities that Azul had never entertained.

It was enough to push toward a headache if he wasn't careful. Too much new information could be harmful to the mind, he knew this well. But it was something that his thoughts seemed to hook into, holding on tightly as if to say "Try to take this from me."

Azul's mind was a montage of every moment between himself and Jade (Floyd was also there but that was not important at the moment) since they had come to land. From Land Camp to Night Raven College... He had spent a lot of time with Jade.

Had something changed? For him? Jade? Anyone? Floyd?

...Maybe not Floyd. Unless? Hm, the twins in this light. Men in this light. Men? Men? Oh, dear. Well... it was something to think on. Something to not tell Mother, or Grandmother... or Stepfather...

"..."

He stood silently until [Name] poked his shoulder.

"Uhm... Azul? Are you okay?" they asked him, seeming a tad worried.

"Hm? I am fine, I suppose. You've given me something to..." the octomer trailed off for a moment, "Think on, I suppose."

"I did?" they asked, confused at the statement.

He didn't want to elaborate on this just yet. Too soon, far too soon.

"You did," he told them, "Just some... New information."

"Oh," [Name] said, "You're welcome, then?"

They laughed albeit a bit awkwardly as they spoke.

"SHRIMPY!!" a voice rang out from across the room.

Ah, they were noticed by a moray. The moray was sprinting toward them, closing in. Closer, closer... Target acquired. Squeeze. It was much gentler than when Azul instructed Floyd with clients.

"Hi, Floyd!" [Name] greeted him.

"Heyy," Floyd offered, "What are you doing with Azul, huh? Is he keeping you to himself?~"

[Name] tilted their head to the side at the question. What did Floyd mean by that? They liked Jade. They thought Floyd knew that but they shrugged it off as a Floyd-ism.

"We were just chatting," they told him.

"Maa, sounds boring! Wanna come play with me?"

Azul was almost thankful that there was a distraction from his obvious inner confusion. He had to hand it to Floyd's eccentricities, they came in handy sometimes (not often, but sometimes).

The eelmer picked up the human and slung them over his shoulder with ease. This was why people were scared of Floyd. He has monstrous physical strength.

"Eh?? Floyd, where are we going?" [Name] asked him, holding onto his shoulder to keep from accidentally falling onto the floor.

"We're playing 'Let's Bother Jade'!" Floyd told them, running toward his brother at the same speed he'd run towards [Name] earlier.

Azul turned to see Floyd (and [Name]) inches from colliding with Jade (who was holding 4 plates of food)...

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Imagine the rest for yourself~

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[paramountinplace]

any further thoughts on how the YJs use sign language to communicate with one another? love the idea of them using it to quietly communicate / check in on each other while they are out and about

YJs Sign Language HCs

A big one for them is just the silent "Ok?" check-in when they're out places. They all do it and all know a few different responses beyond a simple 'yes' or 'no,' like something along the lines of 'yes but not for long' or 'no but I will be' or 'yes but I need ___.'

They all have namesigns so as not to waste time fingerspelling each other's names if they're out in public and something happens. Natalie's is a combination of the letter N and the 'headphones' signs. Van's is the V sign tapped against the left cheek twice (she was the one to come up with it because Tai tried to get them all to use the sign for 'car,' but Van wanted something a little easier). Tai's is the sign that indicates 'tying shoes' which is a combination of the 'shoe' sign and a tying motion. Mel's is just the sign for 'frog', which she insisted on. It can get mildly confusing, but they've all mostly taken up just signing 'frog' with one hand and 'M' with the other to clarify when they mean her and not a real frog. And so on and so on.

Everyone knows how to ask to leave in sign language, as well as asking to use the bathroom, indicating if they feel sick, and 'emergency' which usually means something more along the lines of 'something bad happened, just be aware.'

They use it with Van if she's having a tough dyslexia day and is struggling with processing words. It generally uses a different part of the brain than speaking/listening, so it's a big help for her. She'll sometimes end up signing along with her words just to make sure she's getting across what she means to. It slows her brain down a little because she has to think about her hands/face moving and helps her make sure she's choosing the right words.

Jackie and Shauna end up creating a bunch of signs that only they know the meaning of so they can communicate with each other even more secretly. They're not quite fluent enough to have an entire conversation, but it's enough to be confusing if any of the others were to try listening/watching in.

Nat and Lottie are some of the more fluent ones besides Tai and Van. Lottie knows a lot of baby sign language, which in many cases is slightly different than standard ASL. Nat can flip easily between that and normal sign language.

Akilah gets really into learning nature-related signs and gets very excited to show everyone what she's learned when they go out on walks or hikes. Beyond that, she only knows the basic signs that they all know to be able to communicate out in public, but her knowledge of animal/plant based signs is extensive.

If anyone's having a conversation late at night and they're trying to be quiet, there's a big chance they'll slip into signing. It doesn't necessarily work for more complicated stuff, but if someone just wants a drink of water or to climb in bed with someone else, they'll use it to keep quiet.

Mari struggles with signing a little bit because she's already translating between English and Spanish in her head quite often, so adding another language to the mix is a bit hard. She's embarassed about not being so adept at it and for a while makes a lot of comments about how it's dumb and they should all be able to just use their words becuase they're not babies. She backs off the comments once she starts getting the hang of it and maybe after someone sits her down for a talk about how it's not always that easy for everyone to just use their words (she knows that full well and crumbles almost immediately).

Sometimes Jackie forgets she's supposed to make facial expressions to go along with her signing, so she'll deadpan sign something to someone and they'll be like 'are you okay??' and she's like 'yes? what?' why wouldn't I be?"

Gen is quietly very good at signing. She becomes the quickest at fingerspelling without anyone realizing and then whips it out and they're all staring at her confused because she went so fast they only caught every other letter. She knows it's not the most effective manner of communication to fingerspell things that quickly, but she gets a kick out of being able to call people names without them knowing right away.

Also, I think this goes without saying, but the grammatical structure of signed languages is very different from spoken/written ones, but I didn't write anything out like it would be signed just for ease of reading! Something like 'I would like to leave now' would be more like 'I-WANT-LEAVE-NOW' when signed.

Would love to hear anyone else's thoughts on this! Thanks for the ask, anon!

[captain-pheonix]

Omg I cackled at the last one and just had to request another head cannon! This time mainly with Sniper, feel free to add whoever else you’d love to add in! Anotha short!gn!reader but this time they’re a gremlin who has a tendency to take, or rather steal, the person they’re interested in’s stuff. Like, snipers hat, weapons, etc and doesn’t find out till they’re on the battlefield. Other mercs are welcomed to be added into this, sniper is just fun to mess with lol

Hope you feel better soon darlin! 💖

A/n: Ty pookie bear <3, tysm for sending in another request! I love this one too 😆!! I decided on Sniper, Pyro, and Scout! Hope you like it!! (Sorry my stuff has been taking really long recently, writing isn’t my job and I have other stuff 😓)

⚠️ Content warning for stupid use of Gen z terms (blud, rizz, little creature) ⚠️

Sniper, Pyro, and Scout w/ short!reader that steals things

Sniper:

- Blud gets so annoyed after a while

- secretly thinks adorable because of his huge crush on you 🙄

- When you first stole his knife bro ran around the whole base after you and then pretty much tackled you to get it back

- he acts angry when you steal his things but simp(ly) cannot stay angry 😔😔

- (the goofy juice has kicked in when writing this, I apologize)

- one time when you’re both chilling in the Sniper’s Nest he hid a piece of taxidermy like a lizard hand or something under his hat

- you try stealing it and get a bit of a scare

Pyro:

- 50/50 with them. They could go nuts if they find out you’re stealing stuff or just act like a little kid like “give it back >:( “

- with the first one they’d likely end up leaving you completely alone if you just give their thing back

- *cue apocalyptic horror movie scene pyro with axe in hand down the hallway*, *you give them back their thing you stole*, *immediately happy again*

- is going to give you head pats fr

- thinks you’re a little creature (just like them)

- invites you to very important tea parties

- you 10/10 cause mischief together

- stealing everyone’s things by your side (#couple goals)

Scout:

- can unfortunately catch up to you easily

- there’s an unspoken competition between you two to tackle each other the most

- probably joins in on your whole stealing things from each other game, completely outruns you

- gives your things back though, because he’s just so gracious

- I feel like he’d love lifting you up, even if you don’t entirely love it

- you probably learn to get really fast because of running after him to get your stuff back

- you two = too cute

- roughhousing with each other 24/7

- Scout finally feels like he has someone to share his energy with

- healthiest relationship bro has ever had

- I feel like he’d actually be in the relationship because of you, and not just to rizz you up

- you totally make him feel like he isn’t crazy for all his large amounts of energy he has

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Ty for reading! Reblogging appreciated!!

[shawsimmer]

Hiiii ! Hope you're doing well :) I love love love your Raines' gameplay ! I was wondering if you could show us their house ? It looks so cozy and colorful ! Thank u

hiii! ty & i hope you are as well :) and sure! here are the most recent photos of their home, except i haven't redone venus' room yet now that she's a (pre)teen. it was sooo hard to find a house with enough rooms and space for them.

it's always gonna be a wip bc it's always changing. i really need to give eva, judah, and kato a better bedroom. it's so bland compared to everything else. also if you see windows missing nO YOU DONT.

i play with aging on ( though i'm quick to turn it off when things feel rushed ), but i don't think my age settings are very consistent lol. i'm so bad about moving tf on. i like really long and drawn out gameplay. i feel like it gives me time to really develop every sim and get to learn their personalities, likes/dislikes, etc. i mean, i've been playing w my current sims for years and i haven't made it past gen 2 in either of my saves. i used to get really bored with my sims and gameplay in general (school, job, marriage, baby, repeat) because i wasn't that attached to any of them. i never got to know them or have them accomplish anything because sim days are so fast. playing w long lifespans allows me to get everything i want done in each life stage and it's honestly made me love my sims that much more. fun fact: i created eva and her save for the sole purpose of wanting to try out short lifespan gameplay ( for quick casual gp + less screenshots so i could just enjoy the game w/o the pressure of posting) and i told myself that i'd stick to it....and well, we see how that went. also i do like seeing my sims age, even if it's bittersweet, though i'm not looking forward to any of my sims dying. i've never had a sim that i actually care about die :(

settings: newborn 7 days, infant 14 days, toddler 16 days, child 28 days, teen 28 days, young adult 40 days, adult 60 days, elder 60 days.

also each season lasts 2 weeks in my game. i wish it were longer, but i absolutely despise winter in game.

[dollarstoreartsupplies]

things that remind me of the nerdy prudes

(because like two people reblogged this one i did forever ago for the losers and i forgot how fun these are)

grace:

getting veggie tales songs stuck in your head as an adult, knee socks, eating all your broccoli, sparkly butterfly clips, watching sunlight glint off a lake through the treeline, guinea pigs, friendship bracelets off a water bottle, being secretly glad when someone you don’t like turns out to be a bad person, a bunch of cellophane candy wrappers crinkling at the bottom of your purse, being a little too into archery at summer camp, pastel bible highlighters, banana pancakes, tying way too many ribbons around the advent wreath, leggings under dresses, daydreaming about how you’d escape if you ever got kidnapped, strawberry ice cream, roller skating with almost too much protective gear on, cloud gazing, obvious family secrets that everyone refuses to tell you, feeling weirdly guilty for ordering your steak rare, bringing too many swaps to girl scout camp so you can trade with everyone, asking a new friend for their email address, long denim skirts

steph:

really dry liquid lipstick you bought in your freshman year of high school but refuse to throw out, 24 hour diners, typing in all lowercase but never actually changing the setting in your phone, listening to music you hate but gaslighting yourself until you enjoy it, really dark purple nail polish that looks black, collecting crystals even though you don’t really believe in them, saying your team bella (but secretly being team jacob), getting mad your vape was confiscated at your high school graduation, one million rings, coffee ice cream, tinfoil in a microwave, exclusively wearing sports bras, shoplifting, pink monster, thinking cigarettes are really hot, never wearing a jacket even if your cold, penny boarding, drinking four loko, regretting four loko, refusing to put your hair up even when you really should, kuromi, half fallen down led lights, playing your mom’s old guitar, sour skittles

pete:

planetariums, being overly competitive at board games, ginger ale, using a chapstick until it runs out, really liking marshmallows, really liking hot chocolate, hating marshmallows in your hot chocolate, buying a bunch of cool notebooks and never using them, forever dm, pretending you didn’t find asdf movies as funny as you actually did, m&ms, freezing cold hands, hand-me-down sweaters, only ordering chicken fingers and french fries, being intrinsically trusted by cats, carrying a clarinet to school every day, skipping episodes of next gen if they don’t feature data, praying on the first day of school that your teachers didn’t have your older sibling, transition glasses lenses (that you absolutely regret), dry krave cereal, secretly finding most museums really boring, grow-your-own-geode science kits, wing tip tap shoes, messenger bags, only doing extracurriculars that look good on college applications

ruth:

your comfort gay newsies fanfiction from middle school, being jealous of your younger sibling, those phone cases with glitter and charms floating in water, team edward and team jacob, wishing you hadn’t quit dance, buying fun jewelry and never wearing it, being devastated your hair is too dark to dip dye in kool aid, sticky lip gloss, painting every nail a different color, self sabotage, crushed velvet scrunchies, the grease soundtrack, wanting to be a rockette when you grew up, never learning how to do make up, begging to do figure skating as a kid, begging to do beauty pageants as a kid, begging to do cheerleading as a kid, turquoise braces bands, sinclair gas stations, showing up to an audition that you didn’t realize had a dance call, dunkin’ donuts munchkins, squirrel girl comic books, one half of a best friend necklace you wore longer than you should have

richie:

trying to get the marble out of a ramune bottle, wearing big headphones 24/7 (even if they aren’t playing anything), staining your best friend’s bathtub blue with hair dye, sour patch kids, enamel pins, discord calls across like three different time zones, the charlie bone book series, getting in trouble for drawing in class, being the friend with a car but also being a terrible driver, a pokémon card binder, that one kid who was really, really good at cup stacking, wearing shorts in the middle of winter, thirty-nine minute long voice memos, being exceptional at claw machines, vocaloid songs, your pet parakeet hanging out on top of your head, that one vaguely traumatizing round of the pocky game from seventh grade, regularly broken duolingo streaks, getting in trouble for bringing a real katana to your freshman year halloween dance

[souryogurt64]

how did u get ur job.. gen curious i need a big girl job

Someone who read my zine/Tumblr reached out to me on Instagram about being friends when I posted about moving to Chicago. We went out for coffee a couple times. She was a few years older and was the only person I knew with a "real" job and she was a content writer. I asked her for advice and she told me her company was hiring a copywriter and I ended up getting the position. (I did work really, really hard on the interview/presentation process).

After 2 years in that position (and working really hard), and talking to my manager about my career goals and telling him about the Viral Video, I got promoted to influencer marketing. I've only been doing it a month but I am a lot happier. (English/Comm double major).

I did get nervous I wasn't going to get it so at the last minute I had also applied for a bunch of research positions at a university. I wrote a personalized cover letter / resume and tied it to the job description as much as possible. They invited me for an interview after I got an offer, and when I declined they asked if I was sure and told me I was their top candidate, but it was hybrid and paid less so I did not want to take it regardless.

I would say personal network, write a cover letter / resume almost from scratch for the position, extreme confidence in the interview (talk to a peer not a grown up), studying the company/field, trying not to be resentful of the level of work in the interview process, being able to answer the "time you failed" question (accidentally made a mistake and proactively fixed it and learned something), and not being afraid to be yourself in a pragmatic way are all good tips.

Tying your achievements to numbers (easier when you've had actual work experience), recognizing your actual strengths (Ie, if you rarely miss class or an assignment, hitting deadlines is a better skill than "can use Google docs"), not being afraid to talk about personal projects in the right spin when appropriate, all helped me.

[delilahprofitt]

@crashandfurious ty for tag like always crashie!

currently reading: postcards from the edge!

last song: chateau lobby #4 (in c for two virgins). i haven't listened to father john misty since high school but yesterday i remembered how jb liked real love baby (← normal way to engage with music)

last film: oh. room. it was all right. i only watched it 'cause i read the book in an effort to try to learn to write better kidfic

last series: pop star academy :)) ty for the reminder to cancel my netflix; i literally only got it for that

sweet/savory/salty: sweet i think <3

tea or coffee: shitty black coffee from the office keurig right now. but chocolate ibarra

working on: THE MAPHINZ DIVORCE FIC which is going to be over 10k i fear. have not forgotten about red sun either. also this lettymia (maybe it's gen, idk) lompoc years foster care a.u. i've been toying with for a while... ...and finally getting my stupid fucking license (crashie we are in the same boat 😭). and fixing my potassium levels and NOT DOING ANY MORE EXTENDED FASTING!! at least not after these next few months. and applying to postgrad fellowships. and a legal memo about a specific kind of chatbot for my job lol

TAG NINE PEOPLE YOU WANT TO GET TO KNOW MORE tagging everybody even those of you who haven't been on here in a hot minute but hi @omegatual @billys-pilgrimage @jenluvr2001 @acequidwrites @imdreamingwiththestars @indignancies @siewmai @purrtyhatemachine @imaginemnu no pressure ever~

[kooldewd123]

actually i don't think i've ever put my thoughts out there about why i'm on team sequel for plza so i might as well throw them out into the ether before it all becomes moot in less than 24 hours:

i feel like people generally agree that pokemon z never coming meant that gen 6 never really got to reach its full potential. obviously, plza isn't going to fix those games, but i would love to see them take another crack at that setting to see if they can't learn from their mistakes and elevate the characters and plot concepts from xy that people have been lukewarm on in the past. like, i don't really care in the slightest about trevor, tierno, and shauna, and i know i am absolutely not alone in that. i would love it if this game could make me care about them. or with zygarde, it'd be cool to see how it actually winds up tying into the present-day story, since i assume whatever plotline they spin with it will be in some way inspired by the scrapped plans from z. and on a more selfish note, a sequel set entirely in lumiose city sounds like the perfect opportunity to do more with emma, one of the most underappreciated characters in the franchise.

so, like, mechanically, how is this game gonna work? how are they gonna fit an entire pokedex into a city environment? what seems like the most logical option to me is that over the course of the game, as we help develop lumiose city, we're gonna be doing stuff that brings pokemon in, like building parks and such, so that by the end of the game, we'll have created a city that wild pokemon of all shapes and sizes can comfortably live in. that... doesn't really sound like present-day lumiose city to me. sure, humans and pokemon live together, but it's not notably more well integrated than any other city in the pokemon world. i think it may feel a bit discongruent if the lumiose city we create in the past doesn't line up with the lumiose city of the present. (again, this is all based on my assumption of how the gameplay progression will function with basically no evidence as of yet, but it feels like a fairly safe bet to me?)

with what little information we have, it's generally assumed that this game will be based on the haussmann renovation, a public works project from the history of paris. one of the neatest connections we have that ties this together is the fact that the haussmann renovation was roughly contemporaneous with the start of the meiji restoration over in japan (which is what pla was based on). which is actually pretty cool! it means that a plza set in the past will be taking place at either the same time as, or slightly before, pla (depending on how much game freak wants to smudge the years around). and honestly, i don't have a problem with this on its own. i think tying the games together like that through real-world history is a lot of fun. my main concern is that i don't entirely like setting the precedent of legends games taking place specifically in the mid-to-late 19th century. one of the big things that immediately made pla stand out was how novel and unique its setting was, and i would like to see future legends games continue to try new things like that rather than settle into a specific era.

with all that said, i will still be excited for this game no matter which time period it chooses. i'll welcome a new cast, i'm sure they'll find a way for the progression to make sense for the time period it's in, and two's not a pattern when it comes to things like this. it's just super fun to engage in this sort of speculation when we have so little known for certain and so much excitement for more.

[ilikemicrowaves]

Sry, i find you very intimidating but I would very much like to ask your thoughts on Moonelian. -🎩 for anon signature ig idk I'm sry

AAAGH, I LOVE MOONELIEN!!!!!!!!!! I ship Moonelian mostly a qpr. I rotate them in my brain a lot because hffhjdj they would help each other in so many, and not only would they help each other but they would gen like each other. And (to me at least) it's easy to imagine both chataracters' thoughts and feelings develop for each other.

In the beginning, Carnelian does not want to talk to anybody or to be at jma, but after loosening up thanks to Umber, then she'd stop actively trying to stay away from dragons as much. She'd still not be around them as much. It would take her a long time. And once Carnelian, not by choice, (Kinkajou never leaves her alone, and Moon is just there because of Kinkajou) starts talking with her clawmates, that's when she starts to truly realize that atleast some of her wingelt is okay to be around. Then Kinkajou, Moon n Carnelian become friends happily ever after!!! I think Moonwatcher would be curious about Carnelian, considering Moon knows about Carnelian and Peril possibly having some sort of friendship back in the sky kingdom. Moon would probably avoid Carnelian a bit since her mind is so aggressive, and so is Carnelian herself, but the Moon would probably try pushing herself to talk to Carnelian because 1) Kinkajou is trying to make their Winglet one giant happy friend group . 2) Secretkeeper would want Moon to push herself to make more friends. Once Carnelian stops actively avoiding everyone, then Moon gets the chance to talk with Carnelian. Talking to quiet and tolerant Moonwatcher is definitely a break from hearing hyper and idyllic Kinkajou, so I think not only Carnelian would appreciate it, but so would Moon.

I like to imagine that Carnelian is impressed by Moon a lot of the times, considering the amount of nightwing hate, like how they can't hunt, has been implanted into her brain. So whenever Carnelian goes hunting, she might hint for Moonwatcher to join her or bring Moonwatcher a snippet of her meal. I also like to think that Carnelian does not know much about her own tribes culture, only knowing little from her battalion because of the war. As well as what I feel like was implied of Carnelians character, being an outcast. So Moon does a little bit of reading and learns more about skywings out of boredom. Maybe she finds out about a holiday and asks Carnelian if she enjoyed it or planned to ask to go back to the kingdom to celebrate it. Carnelian would stare at her like, "What r u talking about." Moon gets it approved by Tsuanmi to celebrate at Jma and Carnelian gets a taste of skywing life outside of the military, with some other tribes tossed in.

I'm sure I have more to ramble about but ty fir the ask!!!! Also, I've never really thought of myself as intimidating, so that was smth to read lol /pos. No need to apologize for it!! But it's okay to approach me with my thoughts on things, especially if it's about Moonelian.

[lost-in-lamentation]

prompt 5 with mammon ? ty even if u don't do this one ! ^^

a/n: i just read the first few chapters of the new nightbringer season and i CANNOT stop thinking about this man

prompt #5: mammon + "i don't really know how to dance." "it's never too late to learn."

content: learning how to dance in mammon's room in the middle of the night.

no warnings but like last time, not really beta read. also tried my hand at a different style this time around.

fluff. mammon × gen!reader (you/your).

“that was a good movie,” mammon yawns from his spot next to you. the couch creaks underneath as he shifts his weight to the other side. 

“yeah, it was.” the time on your d.d.d. screen reads quite late, numbers back in the single digits as you stay up past the threshold of a new day. “it’s probably a good thing it ended up having a ballroom scene. at least i know what i’m supposed to look like tomorrow at the gathering.” 

mammon tilts his head at your remark. “you’ve been to plenty of his parties before. what’s new about tomorrows?” 

“the fact that i have to dance.” you sigh at the idea, face falling as you utter the word. 

the demon sits upright now, expression contorting as he tries and fails to see where the nerves are stemming from. “what’s wrong with dancin’?” 

“mammon, i don’t really know how to dance.” 

his eyes meet yours, sapphire glinting with sudden adoration and tenderness. “never too late to learn, MC.” suddenly the embodiment of proper etiquette, mammon bows to you, extending a hand in invitation. “dance with me. i’ll lead.” 

“you’ll laugh at me,” you hesitate.

“not this time,” he assures you.

you’ve always known your limits. you know what you can and can’t do, and dancing has always been on the “can’t” side. but perhaps, with mammon easing you along, you can surpass that limit just for tonight. your hand slides into his, holding fast and locking together as though your fingers were meant to be with his. mammon guides your other hand to rest on his shoulder before he takes hold of your waist. when you gain the courage to look up at him, mammon tears his gaze away from you. you can hear him muttering an excuse, but the close proximity has your heart pounding in your ears. somehow, you manage to choke out an apology (for what, you’re not sure), but the smile he gives you in return begins to soothe the noise that roars in your head. 

mammon begins, despite his prior embarrassment, to instruct you, always adjusting to your pace. your steps are slow and heavy, yet mammon remains patient amidst it all. you begin to harbour your doubts, brows furrowing as you try and speed up, but mammon holds you steady when you stumble, pressing a kiss to your forehead. his lips brush against your skin as he reminds you that you’re still learning. 

a part of you grows frustrated; you should have started learning earlier or refused to dance altogether. and yet, another part remains calm, soothed by the way mammon’s breath fans across your cheek. your steps eventually match mammon’s, bodies attuned to the ending music of the movie credits, and to each other. 

in the gentle glow of mammon’s room, you learn to dance. and underneath his touch, you learn just how much he loves you. 

a/n: i'm thinking he might be a little ooc here but idk i was just really feelin this vibe

reblogs are really appreciated (´ω｀) ♡

[saturn00l]

courtly x lizzie headcanons? /gen

ty for asking <3

They dated pre-Wonderland curse. They tried to keep a long distance relationship after they were separated but mutually decided that it wasn’t right for them.

The two met in spellementary, before the Queen of Hearts went insane. There were still whispers about her and Courtley, who was inside the castle as a servant, overheard the rumours. She was curious about her daughter and the two met that way

Lizzie was interested in Courtley’s blunt and mischievous attitude. While Courtley wasn’t trying to steal her destiny, she still had a habit of pulling pranks and being a tiny terror. Lizzie liked her because she wasn’t allowed to be like that

The two would “swap lives” and live life like the other, which would cause them to become closer and catch feelings. Lizzie would dress more like a servant to hang out with Courtley and learn the ways of jesterhood while Courtley would dress up in suits and act like a royal. That’s where Courtley earned her desire to steal Lizzie’s destiny

Lizzie confessed first and fell harder. When they broke up, Courtley realized that she was unintentionally using Lizzie to get to a higher place in life and that she was probably somewhere on the aro/ace spectrum

When Lizzie first caught feelings for Kitty, she had a mini-crisis where she was worried that she only liked her because Kitty and Courtley shared several traits. She didn’t want to make Kitty think she was a rebound. It took a while to recognize that it was beyond that

Kitty and Courtley squable all of the time. Despite the whole destiny-stealing thing, Courtley and Lizzie are still friends and enjoy each other’s company (completely platonically)

that’s all i have <3

if you have anymore questions, please ask!!!

[bred-toaster]

Intro bc i should do one

I go by Orel/Five/Bred Pronouns fluctuate but if you don't know you can always ask or use it/vomit (or just it/its if you're not comfy or certain using neos)

(i am also aroaceflux!!)

Basics:D

I am an artist (I usually try posting my art under the "bred-toaster" tag), a writer, and I have a ton of ocs. My favorite colors are green and pink, and I love music. I usually draw my favorite ocs, so most of my art is filled with these characters. My special interests are MLP and FNaF, and I love anatomy of the human body and learning about it. I don't plan on doing anything big with this account except having fun. You can find some oc stuff from my work in progress toyhouse here or this wip google doc here!

And my strawpage is here! https://bred-toaster-.straw.page

More about me:D

Some media I like!!

My Little Pony (all gens), Hannibal, Horror movies (usually spanning from the 70s to the early 2000s), Moral Orel, Good Omens, Hazbin Hotel (though mostly for Alastor; I do not support Vivziepop.), Five Nights at Freddy's, BoJack Horseman, Hellraiser, Bones and All, Undertale, Corpse Bride, John Doe, DDLC, A Classroom Bereft of Angels, What We Do in The Shadows, Gravity Falls, Camp Camp, PPG, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Heathers (both movie and musical), Ghost Eyes, etc.

Music!! (if there is a problematic artist, I separate the art from them!!)

Gorillaz, Deftones, Slipknot, Nirvana, Fiona Apple , Tyler The Creator, Melanie Martinez, Jazmin Bean, Sir Chloe, Will Wood, Mom, Baby Bugs, Neil Cicierega, MSI, Ghost and Pals, Get Scared, Odetari, Type O Negative, Mitski, Rebzyyx, TLT, Weezer, iDKHOW, The Birthday Massacre, Hatsune Miku, etc.

Hobbies!!

Drawing, writing, oc lore building, hand sewing, scrapbooking, a bit of crochet, collecting occasionally, dressing up, bracelet making, collecting fake human teeth, etc.

I don't have many rules on my acc but just be a decent person lol, have a nice day and ty if you read this far!!

[stitching-in-time]

Voyager rewatch s7 ep9: Flesh and Blood

This is a two parter they aired as one double length episode, but honestly I think it could have been a regular length episode. It didn't feel particularly special or epic, and there was a lot meandering around the same points over and over, which could have easily been condensed. I'm tired of having so many Doctor-centric episodes so close together- they've been focused on him so much that I started to forget that some of the other characters even existed. I was actually taken by surprise when Chakotay appeared on screen in this one- I literally thought 'oh, he's a Voyager character too! That's right! I forgot about him!' And that's not good!!

Even beyond my dislike of the Doctor as a character, I'm not super into episodes that debate hologram rights, since artificial lifeforms personhood was already established in the Next Gen episode 'The Measure of a Man', and also because I just don't think they should be making sentient holograms in the first place. AI is just not something humanity needs to create in real life, and I'm not into it in fiction either. Sentient computers are totally unneccessary, they will always end up killing us, it's never gonna be good! Didn't anybody read Frankenstein?! Obviously the Hirogen didnt, because they used the holodeck technology Voyager gave them in 'The Killing Game' to create holographic prey that learns and adapts, which ends up turning on them, and killing them instead.

While I do appreciate that they made an attempt to have some continuity from The Killing Game', I think it's kind of negated by not tying it back to that story's theme of the forward thinking Hirogen trying to change their way of life for the better. It would have been more interesting to see what effect the concept of simulated hunts had on their society, rather than just having them program the holograms to be too smart, so now they're killing everybody. Since these are different Hirogen than we met in Killing Game, that implies all the Hirogen just embraced the holographic hunts easily, which seems unlikely, but ok. I'd honestly have rather had a story fleshing out the Hirogen culture as more than just bloodthirsty hunters (with no women apparently???), since they're very one dimensional when that's all we see of them.

But once again, it ends up being a Doctor story, since the rogue holograms kidnap him and try to recruit him to their cause of hologram liberation. They say they only want to find a planet of their own to live in peace, and they try to convince the Doctor to join them. It seems to work, because the Doctor is swayed enough to betray Voyager to help them, even though he knows they've killed lots of people, and altered his program so he would experience what they did in the hunts in an attempt to gain his sympathy. If holograms really are as much real people as flesh and blood people, then messing with their minds without their consent should be no-no, but I guess the Doctor is cool with people who violate his rights as long as they're holograms too. But this is apparently not a red flag for him, since he decides to go live with the holograms when they reach the planet. (Wtf?? He's that easily persuaded to leave Voyager? I guess it's not the first time though- I honestly wish he would just leave for good if he hates them all that much- I wouldn't miss him!)

They end up kidnapping B'Elanna too, so she can help them set up a new holo-emitter they need to live outside of their ship. She's obviously not happy about it, but she strikes up a friendship with the hologram's engineer, Kejal, who seems much more reasonable than their increasingly fanatical leader, Iden, whom the Doctor has become friendly with.

At first, Iden seems reasonable, but he gradually slides into thinking he's a god. (Once they start inventing patriarchal religion, you know bad shit is gonna go down!!) The Doctor finally realizes that Iden's a little crazy when he says he doesn't want any organic art forms in their hologram society- and tbh, I think realizing that Iden hates opera, and won't want to hear him sing ever, is the real reason the Doctor decides to go back to Voyager again, lmao. But then Iden starts attacking ships, stealing their holograms, and killing their crews for no reason, and the scales finally fall from the Doctor's eyes, and he agrees to help stop him.

Voyager had been tracking the Hirogen ship that was tracking the cloaked holograms, and with their help, and that of Kejal, they manage to disable the holograms after Iden decides to hunt the Hirogen for sport like they did to him. They rescue B'Elanna and the Doctor, and the Hirogen engineer Voyager rescued decides to join forces with Kejal, to reprogram the rest of the holograms so they won't be vicious killers anymore, in the hopes they will finally live in peace.

Once again, the Doctor gets no consequences for his actions, despite having quite literally betrayed Voyager by giving the holograms information that allowed them to disable and almost destroy the ship. By going along with them for so long, it led to the deaths of a transport ship crew, and a dozen more Hirogen. Janeway says it's okay though, because he's just doing what he believed was right, and she has to treat him like a real person- but even if he were a real person, his actions are still very much not okay!!! Tom did what he thought was right without her persmission once, and she threw him in the brig for a month! Harry got in trouble for having sex with someone without asking permission! But the Doctor put Voyager in danger, got people kidnapped and killed, and he gets no punishment?? What??? I guess rules are for the rest of the crew, but Seven and the Doctor are so special that they're above the law and get to do whatever they want! Ok, fine, whatever, Seven and the Doctor are always right and everyone else is always wrong, got it! *eyeroll*

Once again, we wasted not one, but two whole episodes on the Doctor, who learned nothing, and will not be a better person for it going forward. Despite the extra long run time, the plot still felt kind of jumbled and hard to follow, and the scenes with the Doctor and the holograms felt repetitive and tiresome.

Tl;dr: Yet another pointless Doctor episode that didn't have anything new or interesting to say, and failed to give him any real character growth yet again. Could have easily been a shorter episode, or better yet, a different storyline all together.

[strawbbybnuuy]

Heyo, random dude here, but I saw your tags about rambling, and that you pointed out your bad habit, and I just sincerely wanted to say you're awesome for realizing this about yourself, and I give you all the credit in the world for it because a lot of folks wouldn't try to think critically in that aspect, let alone actively work to improve themselves in such regard. I've been on this site for 13 years give or take, and folks like you are the reason this site stays amazing. <3 /gen So I legit just wanted to drop in and say damn good job on your end, and all the love to you, random user!! I hope you enjoy Tumblr for years to come!!

ACK TY THIS MAKES ME FEEL SO MUCH BETTER. I genuinely like tumblr but I have had minimal online presence anywhere else so my online etiquette as a whole is lacking so I am trying my best to learn. (And tumblr is pretty open in how you can interact with it, so I’m learning on hard mode lol)

The community I’m in can be pretty negative/criticism heavy so I forgot how it might feel to have people point out the flaws in something you post or reblog about, and that was my bad. I wouldn’t like that in my artwork or my text posts. I then realized I subconsciously wasn’t respecting gif makers by complaining about something on a gif set… When they actually do a lot of wonderful work for the community. Thank you gif makers you guys are so damn cool! <3

I say a lot of things in a lighthearted manner that doesn’t mean to offend but it clicked that criticism is still criticism and complaining is still complaining even with an upbeat tone or if it’s sandwiched between a joke. It’s still hurtful! And now I know that so I can avoid doing it.

Thank you anon <3 I appreciate the encouragement. I really want to be kind- and of course I can’t make everybody happy, but I can do small things to make my and other’s online experiences better.

[eriisaam]

ty for sharing pkmn leak related stuff! i found out about it from your posts. really fascinating! and tbh gettin to see the scrapped/recycled/conceptual designs and their different versions has been like. affirming creatively, lol 😄

its cool when creators knock somethin out the park first try. its also cool to see somethin start out Sorta Fugly and get to where it needs to be. and it's alright (good even) when some concepts stay concept and are discarded. like to see the process :)

Welcome! Happy to share~ Beta content had been pretty much my childhood, and pokemon in particular had been eating good a lot lately. It's surreal how far we've come back when pokemon's beta hints were small and vaguely sprinkled (such as design docs of pokemon as a concept pitch, or little things like the bird typing's existence as exposed by glitches like missingno), and the only hints otherwise were eye witness accounts or what former and present people at Gamefreak were willing to share.

You're right too that it has been very affirming to see the process of how a pokemon design starts and how it led to what we know of them now. Just seeing the entire process (as almost forbidden-knowledge as it feels at times, and more with how these leaks come about in other times), it also feels... kind of humbling? That we're not so far off from a lot of creators we end up making fandoms around. Just when we only see this:

It's easy to lose sight of how it took all of this to get there:

Among more rougher examples than even these were it not for the image limit.

And even the concepts themselves are just so fascinating how much times changed that what info we started with were things like these:

And now we're in an era we can actually see more of those one-off stuff in-process like these:

Even the stuff we found tells so much history about the game and the design, from the little things like how Lugia's concept name as "Pokemon X" was more on-the-nose originally:

To things like what we learned from the past leak and this new one of the kind of design direction the pokemon designs took that we couldn't see from the outside.

For instance? In the past leak we had a lot of general ideas, some familiar that they probably (or definitely) evolved into pokemon that we know and love, but others took a bit of a jarring turn even by pokemon standards.

We had all of these pokemon before who look fit for a horror aesthetic, or a more mature-minded design direction (like we would eventually see in a lot of digimon, monster rancher, and yokai watch designs, among others) and these are so far-removed from typical pokemon designs aiming for simplistic designs and easy-to-draw rules that you could easily tell people these were from a different game altogether, and it would be really easy to believe it. But then in light of the new leaks, we got designs like these:

Almost identical to the same design principle as those jarringly-different pokemon, no? So it's like this was attempted many times to have unsettlingly-complex designs time and again in development from gen I thru Gen III and then attempted yet again on and off even into BW/Gen V, but it was settled to make them generally consistent every time and going forward. We did have designs that bordered on complex, mind (groudon and kyogre, xerneas and yveltal, pokemon of those sorts), but even their complexities didn't reach this kind of darker and mature-ish tone like these ones.

For all my misgivings with Nintendo as a company entity, or not liking how often and constant the fandom rivalries get whenever there's a new mon series to the family genre and Pokemon happens to be front and center in the thick of it always, as a game with such a huge and vibrant history behind the scenes in what crumbs we get of its development, it's always an amazing sight seeing how much the series tried to evolve the way it has, and it's near and dear to me whenever we get more glimpses of the process.