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archandshri · 8 months ago

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22nd March ‘24 - [arch] Mad About Munch, Warm-up sketches and daaarknesss???

Good evening, Shri! I forgot that it is Friday, but at the beginning of writing this, I have an hour and 27 minutes until Friday is over, so I WILL be on time!

Wow, like a lot has happened? But I also don’t have tons to show for it. (it’s because I’m working on cool secret project that I’m not allowed to talk about which is fun!)

Stuff i have been doing

Museums :0!!!! I have been travelling and in my old age apparently, I like old art now???

Gathering a lot of reference images - photos, but also general inspiration

Finally organising my digital space a bit! I backed up like 3 years' worth of Procreate images and cleared out half my iPad

Getting some of my sketchbooks, especially comic development, digitised and onto Google Slides! I follow a similar process to when I was at uni still, with a huge PowerPoint for a project that contains reference images, inspiration, plot bullet points, and links to google docs where I write the scripts, development sketches and finals. It makes it super easy to go back to important parts of the development and be reminded of things I might have lost in the development process

Warm-up sketches because you bullied me into it (affectionate)

Continuing to explore colour

2 things I would like to tell you more about: 1) Edvard Munch!!!!!! If you ever get the chance to visit the Munch Museum in Oslo, do it!! I hadn’t seen a whole museum dedicated to one guy before, but seeing so much of his work in one place, in person really helped me understand it better. They also had a fantastic audio tour to rent that made it super accessible. I had just come from thinking about colour last week and becoming more comfortable with darker colours, and I had been thinking about personality and narrative in settings and backgrounds - both of which he does really well. In particular, The Sick Child, Eye in Eye, and The Sun stood out to me.

2) Play. AGAIN!!!!! I feel like I’m constantly having to fight myself, reminding myself to let go, play around, and explore without the expectation of a final outcome. You told me to try some 20 min warm-up and cool-down sketches - which I’ve been doing and has been going great! They’re not all perfect and aren’t supposed to be, but I’ve also had some really fun outcomes that wouldn’t have happened otherwise. I also feel like I’m getting more of a grip on colour :0

Plus, I’ve found that I haven’t wanted to post my terrible sketches or even my better ones?? Which has been nice to make without the need for sharing. However, I have found myself craving a final image to share with all of Tumblr and Instagram, thinking of possible images that would do well on those platforms. I think there is a small part of me that wants to create those because it would be fun, but I think it’s mostly to fix the number-shaped hole :/ Hank Green made a good video which mentioned the fact that platforms are EXTRA BAD with teaching creators to be addicted to them, even more so than consumers. Video here. It’s good.

I was listening to the Imp and Skizz podcast earlier (Episode - Rendog pt 1), it’s a great podcast, they chat about Hermitcraft a bit but mostly about what being alive is like and being a creator, I really recommend them too. Anyway, Skizz said he was once told to ‘create videos that he wanted to watch.’ And I think it’s a good approach to have when creating. What do I wanna see/ read?

I would love to chat to you about the balance between dark tones and silliness in storytelling too, but it is 11pm and I do have to get up early tomorrow. Plus, I’m not sure I have enough thoughts yet. But for now, it’s left me thinking: what do I want to make? Am I campable of silliness in stories? I want to tell stories with an undertone of darkness, that discusses difficult themes, but how to we do that while keeping it entertaining and not just Too Much(™)?

I dunno, just thoughts I’ve been having. I wanna get them down, even if I don’t have any solutions yet. In the meantime, please accept these sketchbook pages in lieu of philosophical answers.

Thank you for listening to my rambles once again!

Love <3 Archie

Ps. I saw Frozen the musical and it was Very Sibling, and I cried. It made me think of you and I think you would like it (it’s only a bit different to the film but it makes such a difference omg)

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baekhvuns · 1 year ago

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Hellaaaaaauuuur, I'm in Taiwan, but I'm going home soon :/

So CBX, I'm glad they won, but I'm also confused about the whole thing, it's awkward af to be working with people you sued ajgghshgajaasgsdgsd also I wouldn't trust SM, but I hope everything improves and works out well. Baek said to trust him, so there's nothing we can say since we don't know all the details

Omfg, have you seen Shinee in Thom Browne, I can't believe Minho and Jinki are the ones serving skirts??? makes me even sadder Jinki won't be promoting. But heeeeey Shinee variety shows!!!

Baek ILY you came with a whole ass Powerpoint presentation on Ateez's lack of good photos <3333 I feel like I'm nitpicking sometimes, but I genuinely care about the pictures especially if I'm buying albums. I bought so many from artists I don't stan because of the photobooks. TXT for example, I bought two of their albums before I even got into them, because WOW same with NCT. And they don't even need to try that hard, like I said before: some of the pics members post on SNS are much better, wtf??? Very true on the settings + clothes combo, sometimes the colours are so off it makes the photos look even more lacklustre... they rely on members' looks, but they still edit them to the point of the boys looking strange :( Like https://twitter.com/shinestarnation/status/1669978356861874176?t=MOHn2peZLBCxzCiWmfTMAA&s=19 and https://twitter.com/hwalilac/status/1669972664046469123?t=6JuN7g_tRmtkZ2jJofzqLA&s=19 - he looks hot, but come on. This https://twitter.com/pshsource/status/1670647944469696512?t=7ewg9ktCAqqyvfKprFNCBg&s=19 is better, and the lil ponytail is cool, but again it's because HWA IS A MODEL

Now onto the album, yeah it's like Movement and I feel the same about it, except Outlaw doesn't have Cyberpunk <3 each song has cool parts, but they blend together too much. Can't even tell which one is my fave honestly, I still cannot distinguish all of them based on the verses. I haven't listened to the album a ton, because I didn't have time also the album is kinda an assualt on my senses 😭. Coming from me - noise music lover, lmao. Bouncy grew on me, it's catchy, I'd rather if Ateez gave me something else, but it's the only track that's different

Bestie my bff/flatmate met Yuta in Paris and hopefully she meets TY too, but FUCK PARIS!!! This video lowkey reminds me of our meeting, so fucking random https://twitter.com/yutpeu/status/1670738437585108993?s=20

Anyways, you're right Yuta is a great actor, the difference between that movie he did and his current drama is soooooo 😂😂😂 and the fact so many people don't know his voice and claim he can't sing, but he can do this https://youtube.com/shorts/YcuQlxS3hjA?feature=share4 !? 127 has a lot of singers and not enough singing lines, their line up never made sense to me. Like Jaehyun is a good singer with nice vocal tone, not a fucking rapper, STOP IT. I think they'd benefit from having another proper rapper instead of so many vocalists. 2 Baddies is questionable, but Yuta's "fill up the tank pour gasoline on me rah"??? Okay rockstar!

Speaking of Jamal Jeong, this https://twitter.com/jaehyunpetals/status/1669874106874073088?s=20 video is so fucking funny I've been laughing at it for days and not Troye pulling him also?! Have you seen the vid where Troye tells him he was born in South Africa and Jaehyun literally has his "if you're from Africa then why are you white" moment, I CANNOT

Hoooooold ooooon the challenges, first Taeyong x Felix, now Taeyong with Woo and Yunho. The universe knew I'd die if it was Hwa, lol

Can we talk about Hwa's room??? He did not dissapoint me, the only one so far who has a room with some personality, not just b&w hotel look (soz WooSan) or a literal man cave (Yunho). His room is gamer nerd aesthetic x high fashion girlie DID YOU SEE THE YSL STUFF???? ANTHONY VACARELLO WHERE IS HIS SHOW INVITE THEN. The Folklore vinyl made me laugh, I won't comment, but it's a crime his room is so small :///

BODYGUARD ANNIVERSARY SOON WTF?!?!

And wdym HWA AND SAN WENT TO DINNER WITH KAI AND WE WEREN'T THERE

Wow, I'm so normal... https://twitter.com/MAS_43ver/status/1670391008151109632?s=20

He is so great and amazing and spectacular https://twitter.com/shinestarnation/status/1670014890969292804?s=20 - DV 💖

hello!!

Hellaaaaaauuuur, I'm in Taiwan, but I'm going home soon :/ /// So CBX, I'm glad they won, but I'm also confused about the whole thing, it's awkward af to be working with people you sued ajgghshgajaasgsdgsd also I wouldn't trust SM, but I hope everything improves and works out well. Baek said to trust him, so there's nothing we can say since we don't know all the details

HELLOOOO LMFAOOO BACK TO BRITAIN 😭😭😭😭😭😭 i think this is like the first time sm backed off??? no bc some ppl are not able to read,,, im vv glad they have an agreement and now will change things on their contracts, not only theirs but potentially everyone at sm will now have a chance to change those contract terms now,,, cbx really became sm’s character development??? im also hoping they weren’t threatened into this,, but as long as baekhyun says it’s fine then it must be, he’s the lawyer i just hope he isn’t be scrutinized and singled out 😭😭😭 AT LEAST WE ARE GETTING THE COME BACK??? ALL THE PRODUCERS ARE SO EXCITED AND ITS MAKING ME SCREAM BC ANON THIS????

do u hear this (put the volume up rly loud) that baekhyun siren call oMG???? ANON ALL THE BEST OLD SM PRODUCERS ARE COMING BACK??? THAT SIREN CALL??? the way im gonna buy this album the minute they drop the photos omg anon u will not hear the end of me talking about their voices ALL THE SM HIT MAKERS BMWDJWK

Omfg, have you seen Shinee in Thom Browne, I can't believe Minho and Jinki are the ones serving skirts??? makes me even sadder Jinki won't be promoting. But heeeeey Shinee variety shows!!!

 I DID AND IM SO PUMPED??) THE STYLING AND THE TEASER PHOTOS?? TAEMIN BACK TO SKUNK HAIR AND HIS FRECKLES??? OH LORD SM BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH THAT ART,,, see it’s so simple but the depth?? the filter?? wowzie BUT YES SHINEE SHOWS!!! im also quite upset about that but i hope kibum does a ending fairy w onew’s face in it 🤲🏻🤲🏻

NO BC I WAS SO FURIOUS I WANT BETTER PHOTOS 😭😭😭😭 right! like it really matters when a photobook is very pretty,, sometimes i don’t even like the songs but the photobook? im buying it. it’s like a magazine collection for me fbenjck nct’s resonance album was the definition of simple but it was so pretty to look at?? a whole magazine style,,, THE NCT SEOUL CITY ONE IS JUST TO BEAUTIFUL !!!! no bc they really do post better on social media,,, petition for booba to do their actual album’s photo books !! ur right, the clothes are like the same colour as the bland background which just fades them out plus the extra photoshop on their lips that DISAPPEAR???? idk if u saw but i was looking thru the deja vu san photos,,, i think they made his nose longer? i think it may just’ve been me but when i first saw it it’s all i could think off,, those photos with the wire have sO much potential like PUT SOME FILTERS LETS NOT MAKE IT BLAND, USE CYBER CORE LIKE ITS THE PERFECT TIME??? like zoom into some random part of their face,, like just show us art 😭😭

honestly that orange ones are so pretty, i wish they did something like that!! i made a another one that i wish was the aesthetic / theme for this comeback,,, cyber core ateez pls 😭😭

each song does have some pretty good parts,, i also cannot distinguish between them.. they seem very cohesive to each other in a sense if u finish one song u don’t even know u finished it bc the next one correlates to the one u just finished,, ASSAULT TO MY SENSES FBWMDBWMBDWKBDKWHDWKHDKWJDKW LMFAOOOO bouncy grew on me too bc i be doing that dance challenge every second <3

FUCK????? ARE U ALL HAVING A YUTA MEET UP WITHOUT ME???? FUCK ???? WHEN IS JT MY FUCKING TURN FBWKFHWKJDKS STOP U LIVED A WHOLE KDRAMA 😭😭😭

RIGHT!! the movie it fit him so well, like his sharp features just make it even better ??? sm get him into movies??? NOOO LITERALLY LIKE ME TOO I FORGOT HOW HE EVEN SOUNDS LIKE BC THEY DONT EVEN GIVE HIM LINES,,, that’s the problem w nct like u guys have some of the best vocalists in the industry but the songs are too small or the lines are just not being given fbwndbsn RIGHT HE IS HE IS !!! HE SINGS SOOOO PRETTILY PLS LEAVE THE RAPPER TO MARK 😭😭😭 the rAH GOT ME FBANBDKS

JAMAL 😭😭😭😭😭 LMFAOOOO I LOVE KPOP LIKE THIS FBEKFBKW saw a twt that said “how u whiter than a white guy” I SCREAMED FHWKFHWKDHWK

Hoooooold ooooon the challenges, first Taeyong x Felix, now Taeyong with Woo and Yunho. The universe knew I'd die if it was Hwa, lol /// Can we talk about Hwa's room??? He did not dissapoint me, the only one so far who has a room with some personality, not just b&w hotel look (soz WooSan) or a literal man cave (Yunho). His room is gamer nerd aesthetic x high fashion girlie DID YOU SEE THE YSL STUFF???? ANTHONY VACARELLO WHERE IS HIS SHOW INVITE THEN. The Folklore vinyl made me laugh, I won't comment, but it's a crime his room is so small :///

THESE CHALLENGES ATE !!!!! THE TAEYONG ONE FHWKHDKW SCREAMED we could’ve had a kai x hwa x san…..

HE DID NOT DISAPPOINT AT ALL HES SO COMMITTED TO THAT CLEAN GIRL GAMER FBWKDHSK I SAW THE YSL STUFF HE’S ALSO MANIFESTING IT AND SO ARE WE !!!! he’s a swiftie….oh he will go when she comes to sk

san is me in hwa’s room

BODYGUARD ANNIVERSARY SOON WTF?!?! //// And wdym HWA AND SAN WENT TO DINNER WITH KAI AND WE WEREN'T THERE

DONT REMIND ME I WILL DROP THE TEASER THIS WEEK AFTER MY MIDTERMS 🫡🫡 FBWMDBWMDBKW AND WE WERENT THERE??? HOW DARE THEM?? no bc what would they talk about like kai would not speak a word if not spoken too 😭😭😭 these introverts pls LIKE???

Wow, I'm so normal... https://twitter.com/MAS_43ver/status/1670391008151109632?s=20 /// He is so great and amazing and spectacular https://twitter.com/shinestarnation/status/1670014890969292804?s=20 - DV 💖

wow. i just did not let out a shrill.

AANDDD??? THIS LINKUP???

and this titanic thing??? WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND omf they must be mf terrified to be in their, in the dark alone in the water so deep like 😭😭 & like i did not know titanic was that close to canada like damn??? the submarine may have been imploded or flooded?? but they heard knocks from the ocean,,, like omg i hope they find them bc the oxygen is running out,, 40 hours of life support left i desperately hope they find them bc they 19yo kid in it got a whole life ahead omg 😭😭😭 ppl on twt saying titanic still taking lives 😭😭 i hope w some miracle they’re all alive ,,,, imagine them rn in that ocean thinking while we all just sit in our rooms seeing this,, it’s so unsettling my fear of the ocean skyrocketing <33

😀😀

😧😧 LMFAOOO

😶😶

#✉️ : ask #dv 💖 anon

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elysianslove · 4 years ago

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Hiii! I loved your Iwa fluff headcanons and was wondering if you could do one with Suna? thanks <3

yesyesyes i would love to!!! iwaizumi’s version.

↬ when suna was younger, he really, really wanted a pet bunny. like he really, really loved bunnies, and would beg his parents day and night for one. he even made a really badly edited powerpoint on bunnies and why he deserves one (aside the editing, it was a very persuasive powerpoint. they filmed him while he presented it and the video haunts him to this day). his parents were relentless, though, and didn’t get him his bunny. instead, though, they surprised him with a cat. a cat isn’t as high maintenance since they’re very independent creatures, but can also be very fun. they figured any pet would make him happy. they were wrong. suna hated her so much and would never interact with her. like to the point where he nicknamed her “bitch” and now she mainly answers to that instead of her name. but all that only worked against him, and the cat just kept getting more and more attached to him.

↬ suna now loves her so much, and she’s just as attached to him. like he would kill for her, honestly. it’s his cat >>> everyone else. he has an album on his phone dedicated to pictures and videos of only her, and her bed is in his room because she always ends up sleeping there anyways. he realized later on when he grew older that a cat was the perfect animal for him, and he’s not sure if it’s a parents thing and they really knew or they were just winging it and hoping for the best, but she’s his favorite ever and he would risk it all for her.

↬ his favorite sleeping position with her would be when he’s casually laying on his back scrolling through his phone and she comes and crawls along him to lay on his chest. the warmth he feels within his chest like he just gets so giddy.

↬ suna is crazy obsessed with serial killer documentaries, horror movies, unsolved mysteries, everything like that. his favorite pastime is watching and reading these things, but honestly, it’s not even a like, “wow that’s so cool,” and more of a, “suna what is wrong with you???” type of thing, because he’s the type to have like insidious 2 in the background as he does his homework or gets ready or something. it’s kind of scary how unfazed he is with things like that.

↬ but! yeah he’s extremely brave when it comes to horror movies, borderline unhinged, but his biggest fear? his phobia, if you will? spiders. insects in general, really. he will scream like a sixth grader that’s yet to hit puberty if he sees a spider crawling near him. once he was peeing in the miya twins’ bathroom and some kind of cockroach crawling on the wall and nearly fainted. thank god he was already peeing because he would’ve pissed his pants either way. it’s so embarrassing for him, so he’s so good at hiding it. he just freezes impossibly when he notices an insect and doesn’t take his eye off of it until someone else notices it and kills it. there was this instance when they were at a training camp and he kept feeling as if something was crawling on him, but assumed it was just really hot and his skin was tingling from that. something was crawling on him, though, and it was not just really hot. Top 10 Most Traumatic Moments of his life, especially because atsumu’s first instinct was to record the whole thing.

↬ suna is extremely, and i mean extremely, touch-starved. physical touch has always made him uncomfortable for a reason unknown to him, so he never really accepted hugs or kisses from his family, and would feel so icky if he was roped into a group hug b by his teammates. so when he met you, he thought you’d be so against the fact that he’s uncomfortable with it, because who would want a partner that doesn’t wanna touch or be touched? turns out he actually craves it, and needs it badly, he just needed to take his own time and pace approaching it, and with how understanding you were, he doubted he could ever figure this out without you. he just took it slow, you know? but the more he touched you — held your hand, pinched your cheek, rested his head on your shoulder, pecked your lips for a few seconds longer than last time — the more he wanted you.

↬ when suna became comfortable with the thought and idea that yeah, he actually craves physical touch so damn bad, he wouldn’t stop touching you every second he could. he became insanely clingy, no matter if you were in public or alone. just always has a hand on you at all times. when he’s alone with you, he’s always trying to cuddle with you. you wanna sit and chill on your phone and not really talk? sure, just come do it with your head on his chest. you wanna watch a movie and munch on some popcorn and possibly share a drink? of course he’d love to! just come sit between his legs with your popcorn on your lap so he can steal some and also offer you some sips from the drink. you don’t wanna hug him after a game cause he’s too sweaty? that’s too bad, he wasn’t asking for permission. so you see, suna is a clingy mf. like latches onto you like a koala clingy <3

↬ suna’s music taste is very diverse. his favorite genre is alternative and rock, like the neighborhood, arctic monkeys, etc, but he also loves, loves loves glitchcore music, but also will un-ironically listen to kpop, and rap, and hannah montana’s old music too because why not. he just doesn’t care. if a song is good, it’s good. so what if it caters to a bunch of 12 year olds and not him? who decides that anyways?

↬ suna is very good at hair. like so good. as his sister started to get older, and her hair grew longer, she would sometimes ask him to do it for her before school. at first he was terrible at it, except maybe ponytails cause his hair was long enough at some point to push back into a ponytail, but everything else like parting her hair for pigtails or doing braids or a bun… he was just awful. so, in response, he’d just practice. he’d watch videos as he’s doing his little sister’s hair and be so focused, with his tongue sticking out a little and his eyes squinting as he tries to get it accurate. eventually, he becomes a master at it! you find this out when one day, as you’re just over at his house, his sister comes into his room with a hair tie and a brush and he just carries her up onto his lap and braids her hair as he chats with you and it was so endearing and so impressive and you genuinely believe that was the moment you realized you were in love with him.

↬ he offers to do your hair for you all the time now!! especially if you’ve just showered and are too lazy to brush it and tie it in some way, so he does it for you. he’s actually so, very gentle when brushing your hair, you don’t even feel a thing. if anything, it makes you really sleepy.

↬ when he joined the national team and started to become more and more of a public figure, he’d send you really explicit fan art of him and other teammates he was shipped with just to piss you off. if he was feeling really bold, he’d send you smut written about him. he says he wants to make you jealous. he just wants to provoke you in every way possible, really. one time someone made an edit plot twisting you and him to him and like atsumu so he downloaded video star and made such a bad edit of you and him and posted it on his twitter and instagram and it went viral. like it was one of those edits of just pictures flipping and hearts flashing and lights spasming all over the screen it was so bad it made you cry with laughter. that was his way of telling the world, no one but this person for me, right here <3

↬ i think he’d be very good at doing chores and cleaning and all that, despite how lazy he is. i just think it’s a habit kind of thing, where he grew up doing laundry and making his bed and cleaning his room and washing the dishes that he genuinely doesn’t mind doing it cause it’s natural for him. and he’s learnt to enjoy it.

↬ suna’s favorite color was deep, deep purple at some point, but now it’s between green and black.

↬ he’s caught up with all seasons of keeping up with the kardashians. please don’t ask him why, he doesn’t even know.

↬ once when you were out with him you just gave him a rock that was on the floor and he’s kept that rock with him ever since. like it’s in the drawer next to his bed and sometimes he just takes it out and holds it in his hand while he’s doing homework or scrolling through his phone.

↬ he spams you a lot. like at any time time of the day he just sends you a million videos of him doing the most mundane things; he sends you a video of him eating some almonds and at the end it’s just him going, “i’s good,” or him lip-syncing a song you sent him to listen to, or him trying to do eyeliner because why not. or maybe it’s pictures of him and it’s always ridiculous: him exaggerating him thinking, and then captioning it “thinking,” or just a picture of him on the roof with a peace sign and a pretty smile, or a close up photo of his face saying, “miss u.”

↬ he also spams you with memes all the time. and there’s no set type, it’s just all kinds. really corny memes and really cursed memes, wholesome memes and also memes that bully you. it’s all about the versatility.

↬ suna loves to sleep, he really does, but before meeting you, the only place where he could properly fall into a deep sleep was his bed. after meeting you, anywhere where you were next to him was the perfect place to sleep. if he had your presence near him he could sleep, it didn’t matter, especially if he was resting on your lap or shoulder or gripping onto your hand or resting his legs on your lap. he just wants you close to him, you know? like he feels so safe and comfortable when you’re around, it kind of scares him if he’s honest.

#haikyuu x reader #haikyuu headcanons #suna x reader #suna headcanons #suna rintaro x reader #suna rintaro headcanons #suna fluff #sal's fluff tag <3

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imagines-r-s · 4 years ago

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sticking it - j. farabee

chapter 3

a/n: um, so, here’s this. enjoy it. there’s not much to say, just that this is super cute tbh and that farabee definitely knows his Megan :))

taglist: @butgilinsky @barbienoturbby @sunsetholland @lovenhlboys @sortagaysortahigh @hockey-racing-fubol @oopsiedoopsie23 @iwantahockeyhimbo @bbbbruins (if you want to be added, just let me know)

warnings: fluff, this chapter has a lot to do with mental toughness of an athlete, swearing, nothing else i can think of

sticking it masterlist

wc: 3.0k

BZ: hey, i’m outside whenever you’re ready

You grabbed your gym bag and made your way downstairs, finding Joel standing outside his car holding a smoothie and granola bar, “I figured coffee might not be the best thing for you right before practice, so I’m hoping you like smoothies.”

“You might be surprised how many times I made that mistake when I was younger,” you added walking closer to him, watching as he opened the door for you, “oh wow, a true gentleman.”

“I have to get on your good side. Especially if I want to see you in my jersey again,” he said before shutting your door, “do you have good music taste?”

“I like to think I do?”

“Ok, well you seem somewhat confident with that answer, so you can have aux if you want,” he handed over his phone that was already opened to Spotify. Unsure of what he would like, you decide to put on your pre-practice hype playlist that featured Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, Chance the Rapper, and Meg Thee Stallion.

Deciding to just hit shuffle, ‘Captain Hook’ by Megan Thee Stallion was the first to play. You expect Bee to just sit there and let you play your music without objection, but you were shocked when you heard him say, “real hot girl shit.”

“Do you know the whole song or just that?” but as he continued to sing the rest of the song, with the obvious censorship, you were shocked to say the least, “wasn’t expecting that one.”

“I love Meg, not even going to lie to you,” Joel said, shrugging his shoulders.

“Don’t we all, don’t we all.”

Eventually the two of you made it to your gym, Joel bidding you a quick farewell and waited for you to get in the building before driving away. As soon as you entered the gym, you put your gym bag in your locker and joined Nicole and your other teammates on the floor. “Ok, ladies. For warm up today, we’ll be doing 15 minutes of running outside, two ab circuits, and two rope climbs. Nicole and y/n, we need to speak with you right after.”

“Not the ‘Nicole and y/n, we need to speak with you’,” Nicole said, getting her running shoes on.

“I’m more concerned about the cardio, babe,” you said, grabbing your running shoes from your gym bag.

The two of you were the first ones to finish the run, doing your ab circuits and rope climbs as quickly as possible, and went straight to Michelle and Marcus. “Alright, so, your performances at the American Cup were amazing and we’re super proud of you both. But with there being about two months until the US Classics, we want to make sure both of you are practicing safe routines, and safe landings especially,” Marcus said.

“Right now, we just want you two to get a few full out routines a week and marking the rest. Obviously, we will dedicate time to our dismounts and tumbling, etc., it’s just not safe to be going all out and overworking yourselves,” Michelle added,”Nicole, you’re free to go, you’ll be starting on bars with Coach Collins.”

Once Nicole had left, both Marcus and Michelle looked towards you, Marcus being the first one to break the silence, “we assume you heard about Kathryn working the dismount?”

Simply nodding in response, Michelle quickly spoke up,”look, we’re going to be honest with you right now. There is a possibility she isn’t going to compete it and just posted it to scare you, but we do know that you have been cleared to work on twisting dismounts, we just want you to start off doing a single full and the highest you’ll go this week is double twists. We’ll continue working towards the triple and eventually the 3.5, but we’re going slow and most won’t be an actual landing.”

“We have a plan in place we think will work, but you have to follow the plan. It’ll only work if you agree to pace yourself correctly,” Marcus added.

“So, we’ll start week 1 of 8, easing back into twisting. So, twisting drills, lots of twisting into the pit, but we stick with just doing fulls. Week 2 of 8, is going to be starting to work on twisting off the beam, we will just stick with 1-1.5 twists, maybe try a double, but nothing more. Week 3, is going to be getting doubles consistently, and maybe try a 2.5. Week 4, is consistent 2.5 twists and try more drills to get the triple twisting back. Week 5, we do the triples for real and getting them consistent. Week 6 will be working on getting back to doing 3.5 twisting. Week 7 and 8, will have less focus on beam and just work on getting everything else consistently in time for the Classic,” Michelle told you, showing the board that had all of this marked on there.

“Keep in mind, we are just working on getting the dismount back, but that doesn’t mean you only do beam, we have to do other events, too. And you have to follow this plan, do you understand?”

“Yeah, I understand,” you replied.

“Alright, today you start on floor and end on beam.”

…..

The first week was easy enough, you were just doing drills that you had been doing since you were younger, but you knew these next two months would not be as easy as you wanted them to be. Eventually, you had to start working towards the actual dismount. With week two, it was a lot harder than you expected. Although you were doing a skill you had had for years, the idea of doing anything similar to what hurt you still scared you.

Once you were able to get your single twists back consistently, it was onto adding more twists. By week three, you were working on double twists, which was something you used to do as warm-up and now here you were standing at the edge of the beam, unable to move towards the landing mat on the other side. You knew that if you didn’t get it at some point this week, it would push back the plan, which was something you couldn’t afford.

Somehow you got past doubles and 2.5, working triples by week 5. Week 5 consisted of doing the dismount into the pit, which was something you were able to do, but you were stuck in the same spot as you moved onto week 6.

At the start of week 6, Kevin took note of how you were getting home later than he was even after his practice. He took note that you seemed a lot less excited about going to practice, hardly talking to anyone, other than a few spare texts here and there. “Kev, you still planning on coming to the lake with us this weekend?” Carter asked, as the team headed back to the locker room.

“Yeah, I think so. I have to make sure y/n/n is okay though. She’s been overworking herself again and we all know what happened last time she did that,” Kevin replied. He was familiar with how you were able to invest so much time into your sport, and although he was happy that you were able to after so long, he knew that it could be your downfall.

“If she wants to take time off, there are enough rooms at the condo, she’s welcome to come. Plus, I’ll ask Teeks to bring Karly, so she has someone there,” Carter offered.

Kevin appreciated the offer, but he still felt bad. This was a ‘guys’ weekend that had been planned months ahead of time, but he also knew it was an amazing option for you to come and be away from the gym. “Check with the other guys first. I would feel awful ruining the plans we have.”

“Yeah, of course, I’ll ask them as soon as I can and let you know,” Carter answered just as Nolan, Travis, Morgan, and Joel walked into the locker room. He quickly called them over, “Ok, so Kev noticed that y/n/n has been overworking herself and is worried about leaving her here, would it be cool if she came with us? I already offered, but he wanted to make sure it was cool with you guys.”

A series of yes’ echoed through the group. “I can see if Karly wants to come, too, just so y/n/n doesn’t have to deal with all of us by herself,” Travis added, “I can tell Beezer is a little bit too happy about this one.” The group turned towards Joel, who was now sporting a huge smile on his face.

“Listen, I just like spending quality time with my team and their family. Team bonding, you know,” Joel replied.

“Mhm, that’s definitely it,” Nolan said rolling his eyes, “don’t forget the PowerPoint.”

As Kevin left the rink, he checked the time and realized now was the time that you were usually at lunch, he decided to head to the gym to talk to Michelle and Marcus. “Ah, Kevin, it’s so good to see you. Congrats on a good season so far,” Marcus stood up from his desk to shake Kevin’s hand.

“I need to ask something. I know y/n has been overworking and it’s concerning me. Now, I get if this might not be a mutual concern, but if it is, I wanted to ask if she could have the weekend off?” Kevin said.

“Oh my god, please get her out of here. I know if we let her, she would sleep here, but right now, she needs to play it safe or else she’ll get hurt,” Michelle said as she walked through the office door towards the pair.

“Would the lake be playing it safe or no?”

“As long as she doesn’t follow after you and your friends, she’s making somewhat smart choices,” Marcus said.

“That’s valid, I respect it. I’m coming to pick her up from here tomorrow morning during her private lesson with you guys,” Kevin said, to which both of your coaches nodded.

After making some more small talk with your coaches, Kevin made his way back down to the parking lot, running into just the right person, “Nicole, I need a favor.”

“Oh, hey, Kev. How are you? I’m great, thank you for asking. What’s up?”

“Can you possibly sneak into y/n’s apartment tomorrow while she’s at her private lesson and pack her a bag for a four day trip to the lake?”

“Oh, thank God, you’re getting her out of here. And yeah, of course. She’ll get here at 7, so what time do you plan on leaving your place?”

“Well, she’s supposed to be here til 10, so I’ll leave at like 8:30, so just drop the bag off at mine?”

“Yeah, that works. I’ll see you then.”

…..

Shortly after you left for practice, Nicole made her way to your apartment. You had given her a spare, so she had a way in. She quickly grabbed all your hair stuff, a toothbrush and toothpaste, and then 5 outfits, 4 swimsuits, socks, shoes, and anything else she thought you might need.

She made sure to water your plants before leaving towards Kevin’s apartment. Knocking on the door, Nolan was the one to answer, “Hey, Nic.”

“Hey, Nol. I come bearing gifts - well if you consider all my friends stuff I took from her apartment to give her a break from her stubborn self - then Merry Christmas.”

“Nicole, thank you so much. I owe you one,” Kevin said as he rounded the corner.

“Don’t worry about it, I’m here to help her out,” Nicole stated simply,”her chargers are in the side pockets and everything else is in the main part of the bag. Ok, I have to go now, have fun this weekend.”

Nolan and Kevin got the rest of their necessities together before jumping into Kevin’s car and heading to your gym. Michelle was the one to let the pair into the gym, having locked the doors for the private lesson.

They took their time, watching as you were working on some drills with Marcus, but when Marcus’ eyes found Kevin’s he stopped what he was doing. “Hey, look. You’ve been working yourself a little bit too hard recently, so we’re letting you take this weekend off,” Marcus said, guiding you towards Nolan and Kevin.

“I don’t need time off, I’m fine. I- what are they doing here?”

“You’re going with them to the lake for the weekend,” Marcus continued guiding you closer to them, knowing you would try to make a run for it.

“Hey, y/n, we have a bag packed for you already, so c’mon,” Nolan said, calmly.

“I’m not going,” you protested.

“You’re going,” Kevin said, walking closer to you before picking you up and throwing you over his shoulder. Nolan picked up your gym bag from the ground and followed behind Kevin.

“Guys, what the hell? This is like kidnapping or something?”

“We love you,” you heard Michelle say as Kevin made his way out of the gym with you on his shoulder. As soon as you got to the car, Nolan opened the backseat doors and Kevin pushed you in there. You assumed that as soon as they left you would be able to just open the door and run, but you were quickly denied that option when you saw that the child locks were still on.

“The child locks? Seriously?”

“We knew you’d run. C’mon, your coaches said you needed to stop working so hard, so it’s not just us saying it. Now we have about a four hour drive, so I say either sleep or just go on your phone, but please just take this time off peacefully,” Kevin said.

“How am I supposed to do this peacefully when you kidnapped me?”

“Ok, well, that sucks. But Karly is coming too, so you can rant to her when you get there.”

“Bee will be there, too,” Nolan interjected.

“Thanks for the warning.”

“Don’t act all tough, sweetie. Not all of us are blind,” Nolan said, looking towards Kev.

“I’m not blind, I just choose to ignore it,” Kevin replied.

…..

“So, you and y/n, huh?” Karly asked Joel while Travis and Carter were over by the grill, Morgan still inside unpacking.

“I mean I don’t know,” Joel responded honestly.

“Do you want there to be?” Karly quickly took note of the slight blush and small smile that gathered on his face.

“I wouldn’t object, if that says anything,”Karly laughed at the fact that both of you had similar responses to the same question, “what? Did I say something bad?”

“No, hun, no. You both are just a lot alike, that’s all. I think you’d be good for her though, she deserves something good in her life.”

“Yeah, I agree with you on that one,” Joel said, hearing his phone go off, “oh, guys, they’re here, but they need help with their bags.”

As the boys made their way outside to go help with bags, Karly waited inside for you to come in, only to see Kevin carrying your sleeping form with Joel following close behind with your bag.

“Awe, babe. Did you see Bee carrying y/n/n’s bag? That’s so cute,” Karly said when Travis returned.

“Awe, babe, how come you never carry my bag?” Travis said, only earning an elbow to the rib from Karly.

“y/n has been out most of the way home, so we honestly don’t know when she’ll be up,” Nolan said, walking towards the pair.

…..

Shortly after dinner was served, the group made their way close to the deck, Joel quickly finding a spot on the hammock after pushing Morgan off. Travis and Karly sitting near the edge of the water, Morgan sitting right next to the hammock near his best friend, and Nolan, Carter, and Kevin standing and talking.

You had woken up in the familiar room of the condo, quickly changing into comfier clothes and attempting to find the others in the house. When you saw that the house was silent, you quickly came to the assumption that everyone was near the docks, so you got a bottle of water and made your way over there.

“Ah, sleeping beauty has finally arrived,” Travis said, seeing you make your way towards the group.

“Fuck off, dude,” you yawned, “I was tired.”

“Awe, poor baby,” Joel said from the hammock, earning an eye roll from you.

“Bee, you’re in my usual spot right now, I would watch it if I were you.”

“You’re free to join me,” he said, a smirk evident in his voice.

“Oh, wow, the girls are fighting,” Morgan’s voice could be heard from beside the hammock.

You eventually made your way over to the hammock after those on the deck started their conversation up again, “Bee, can I sit by you?”

“Awe, babe, I am going to need to speak up,” Joel said, cockily.

“I’m not doing that again,” you said, walking towards the hammock and quickly pushing the hammock to the side, which caused him to fall out, “awe, babe, it looks like you fell.”

You quickly got back up on the hammock, expecting him to push you over the way you did him, but were shocked when he simply laid right on top of you, his head on your chest and arms wrapping around you, “plot twist,” he said, softly.

“Your face is in my boobs right now,” you stated, causing him to lift his head to look at you, you kept one of your feet towards the ground to keep the hammock moving.

“Your heart started beating faster when I laid down, so either you’re about to have a heart attack or I make you nervous. But honestly, if you want me to move though, I will.”

“No, no. You’re fine,” you spoke softly as he rested his head against your chest once more, your hand finding its way towards his head to play with his hair.

“Hey, we are still over here by the way,” Kevin yelled towards you two.

“Kev, stop. They’re adorable, let them be,” Karly quickly scolded him.

“I’m just going to move, so that way I’m not third wheeling again,” Morgan grumbled.

#sticking it #joel farabee #joel farabee x reader #joel farabee imagines #philadelphia flyers #nhl imagines #nhl imagine #hockey imagines #hockey imagine #joel farabee x gymnast!reader

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semi-imaginary-place · 2 years ago

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I started talking on discord about the rebuild of evangelion movies with some people so you are getting the same text wall as before just said in a slightly different way. I sadly can’t guarantee this is more coherent than the previous walls of text:

i just finished watching the evangelion rebuild movies and now im chewing on furniture like a dog. evangelion rebuild really be like: maybe touching grass would fix you. maybe if you touched grass you wouldn’t be like this. still going feral here. i started watching 3.0+1.0 at like 10 pm and didnt finish it until 3am

yes i really enjoyed the movies. i was rather confused how much world building the 2 continuities shared because they seem to share some parts but not others. overall an excellent experience. most of the changes i am in favor of. By different worldbuilding i meant how adam(s), angels, the seeds of life/wisdom all mean different things and have different relationship depending on the continuity. or how the whole second impact was different, in the anime it was contact with the one and only adam sealed in their egg in antarctica where as in rebuild there were 4 adams. and in the anime both angels and evas are made from adam (except 01) where as in rebuild there isn't that a direct connection angels are just prophesied. so what units 01 and 13 are doing is becoming adams/gods where as gods in the anime was probably referring to the first ancestral race. there's also stuff like how kaworu is only an angel in rebuild where as in the anime he's adam's soul shoved into a lilin body and the anime makes it clear that angel is an arbitrary label that nerv is using as propaganda to designate an enemy. there also doesn't seem to need to be the pilot's mother's soul fused to the eva, more just any soul in rebuild. there's various other small things but it meant i'd interpret a scene one way based on knowledge of the anime and then 5 minutes later have to rewatch it because woops i need to see it under a new perspective. confusing to constantly be analyzing what's shared and what's different worldbuilding wise. but its inline with rebuild's themes of this is all fictional and the story (and worldbuilding) belong to the audience so i do applaud the movies for pulling this off. The simpler remade worldbuilding makes rebuild accessible to new people and it makes the movies able to stand on their own with out 15 books of supplementary material.

rebuild went very post modernism with emphasis on how the interpretation by the audience forms the reality of the fiction, the acknowledgement of the characters that they are fictional. so it leans into the meta and takes the audience out of suspension of disbelief purposefully to remind us this is fiction. and this shift is reflected in moving the focus away from worldbuilding. on a conceptual level i don't think either concept is inferior. personally im a sucker for worldbuilding so that part of the 1995 anime appeals to me. however from an execution stand point rebuild did a far better job, not only with this theme but all of its other themes too. the 1995 anime was successful in delivering its themes too but wow was there so much other stuff in between to get through. Not to mention the actual production meltdown that gave us the infamous powerpoint slide show presentation. In the anime halfway through they just gave up on making events comprehensible and it was big shinji depression times for the rest of the show

the 1995 anime was really weird about women and it always felt really slimy having the female characters be defined by their relationships to the male characters, the strange obsession with pregnancy and a woman's reproductive capabilities and i am so happy rebuild toned that all down. while motherhood continues as a recurring theme its focus is shifted to human connection and family and like caring for one another instead of all the weird bullshit and impregnation metaphors like when gendo implants the adam fetus on his hand and sticking it in rei3 to fuse into one being and start instrumentality.

the shinji gendo fight very much was about the fictionality of the movie. the animation of the evas always made them bouncy and massive like they have a lot of mass but in this scene thye used live action capture so it looked like actors in costumes on set with a miniature town and then shinji crashes into the backdrop/greenscreen and oh they actually are on a set. big YES to the final "fight" of the big mecha action series being two emotionally stunted dudes having a heart to heart and talking it out (Even if i do not care about whatever comes out of gendo's mouth).

rebuild is more direct in its themes than the anime. in the anime shinji only really starts understanding right in the final scenes of end of evangelion that connecting and building relationships is extremely hard but worth it. the omedetou scene doesn't count because no one understood it. where as rebuild it happens in the middle of 3.0+1.0 so shinji has the rest of the movie to talk about how even though you can never truly know another person, its only as an individuals that we can get to know and compliment each other and that process is worth it. Everyone carries their own pain, its not just you. you are not alone. and the solution to pain and loneliness is reaching out to others about their pain and loneliness.

yeh... yeah idk what to make of the timeloops kaworu's been going through. there's so much massive unexplored potential. this and the time between the near third impact and the actual third impact we are teased and hinted at so much but shown like 5 lines. i remember like a decade ago (before i got into eva) when people were losing their shit over that one line in 3.0 where kaworu implies he's been on a journey through the multiverse to find a timeline and make shinji happy. and i mean anno more or less gave his creative blessing to derivative works with 3.0+1,0. but yeah interesting that it is shinji and the characters and evas as concepts that bind the timelines and multiverse together, it's not a shared history with diverging timeslines. I could say that evas are everyone's secret dead twin from the mirror universe that have crossed over and make asuka a talking dog and anno says that just as true an evangelion story a what was actually published. and the implication with the timeloops that by writing shinji’s name next to his in the book of life, kaworu made them and the other major character the constants in the multiverse, not the adams or the angels or any of the worldbuilding or the backstories of the characters. It's just them, the people holding the timelines together.

anyways i really liked rebuilt. I watched the 1995 anime a few years ago just because i was curious to see what all the hype was about and it was ok but i enjoyed thinking about it and reading wiki articles more than i actually enjoyed watching the series. but i actually really enjoyed watching the movies, it was fun, it was engaging, they're good movies. They’re Good Movies!

rebuild also adds environmentalist themes. in ... 2.0? when they visit the marine animal refuge laboratory the question of humanity's role is destroying, preserving, and rehabilitating natural systems comes up. stewardship of natural systems. In that marine species only survive in tanks now. this shows up is a couple more places but the biggest is when asuka, shinji, and rei visit village 3. theres also a discussion of purity and disease in relation to species of earth especially with seele's plans that impure life should be wiped out and replaced with pure lifeforms. the aquarium also acts as a character study for rei and asuka since they are both clones carefully monitored by nerv, their whole lives controlled just like the aquarium animals. rei literally can not live outside of her tank for long, and for asuka its about a place to belong and exist in or having no where else to go. also parallele to what happens to humanity later, in that they can only exist is non-corified areas that are maintained by a barrier.

asuka: the changes to her i find very interesting. they took away her parental issues of abandonment (mommy AND daddy issues wow) which drive her in the original anime to the point of breakdown and catatonia. Instead rebuild gave her existential angst cloning blues and hey wow she actually ended up with better mental health (most of the cast made it out better in rebuild actually now that i think about it). in the 1995 anime asuka is a direct opposite contrast to rei. moon/sun, color schemes, personalities, backstories. but here they gave rei and asuka the same backstory! and im still turning it over in my head (rotisserie style). also asuka shikinami was made for a purpose but made it her own in the end and found her reason to keep piloting. in the anime asuka is haunted by the abandonment by her parents. she tries and fails to weaponize her sexuality in an attempt to be wanted you see her try with kaji and again with shinji, she wants a boyfriend or at least the male attention without really understanding what it means to be in a relationship. and its implied this is partially out of her daddy issues. im not sure what to think about the asuka shinji relationship in rebuilt yet. hmmm i will need to think on this more.

#neon genesis evangelion #nge #rebuild of evangelion #evangelion rebuild

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anxiouspotato · 3 years ago

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So school’s officially done for me! So I’m ranking my classes… seriously… I’m going to look back on this post and go wow! I really felt that way? Also I’m bored with nothing better to do. Anyways… enjoy!

1. Algebra

Yes my maths class ranked highest this year… seriously I loved the teacher! She didn’t put up with our classmates bullshit and she was always happy to help! She was kind and understanding and literally made me love math! That’s a hard thing to do!

2. Band

So this is my second highest class… probably would have taken first… but I loved my maths class… so the director is amazing! He’s silly and we all have so much fun for it being a 7:30 class… it’s the one class that we can all just goof off and be silly and not get in trouble because our director enjoys it as much as we do!

3. Global History

Okay so I’m a bit of a history nerd… like history’s been my strong subject as long as I can remember and this year was no different! It must be something about history teachers because they’re all amazing and silly and bring fun into their lessons. This teacher was amazing and even dealt with my tears on the first day of school when the main office fucked my schedule up. I enjoyed how he also covered COVID news and brought jokes and silliness into our lessons.

4. French

Duh! Of course this will rank pretty high!! Of course like I’ve mentioned I come from a Québécois family and this stuff is mostly review and relatively easy. Other than that my French teacher was amazing and I loved her class!

5. Biology

So I liked this class except for the 65 slide PowerPoint my teacher had for every single unit. Both of my teachers were awesome and this was an enjoyable class for me!

6. English

So this is the last class on my list. It ranks lowest because of the teacher. I don’t mind the class because I enjoy reading and writing but I hated the teacher! Quite honestly, she was a bitch! She was never ready to start class on time and never had all the supplies she needed ready for the day. Besides all of that she also ignored what her students needed. Overall her class wasn’t my favourite.

Honourable mention: gym class

So I’m not sure I would include this as a part of my list but since I’ve reviewed every other class I took this year, I might as well also do gym. I loved the teacher and how care free his class was. I can’t say I enjoyed gym but then again who does? He came up with activities that were so much fun to do and had an enjoyable year. Because of this he gets an honourable mention.

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quilloftheclouds · 5 years ago

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(Inspired by several posts of a similar vein---although this one is perhaps a day late. ^^)

Quill’s 2019 Year in Review!

I originally joined Tumblr (and created this blog) on the 28th of February, 2019! Yep, that’s right! I’ve not even been here a year yet, but we’re getting fairly close now!

SO I GUESS MY MAIN ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS YEAR WAS THIS WRITEBLR’S SUCCESS. But I also wrote so so much of One Siren’s Soul! I started writing the first draft back in December 2018 and folks. Folks it’s just a little over a year and I’m like. Basically done it. It’s at 99.8k words right now. Wow. ANYWAYS ONTO THE STATS~

Top original posts (found using this site):

40 OC Development Questions Part 2 - 1,253 notes - I’m glad so many people had fun with my ask games, it seems! I find it curious that the second one has more notes than the first, hm!

Reblogging Old Original Content - 818 notes - Honestly, this was a post originally made as assurance for myself that people wouldn’t mind me responding to older posts of theirs---it’s lovely the reaction I got to it!

40 OC Development Questions Part 1 - 715 notes - See above!

Planty OC Ask Game - 572 notes - All I can remember about this post is that someone responded with “It’s unfortunate the title was mistyped” and I just... does no one else call them lil’ plantys? No?

Writeblr Hunt! - 570 notes - Makes sense! Also I’m always on the lookout for more writeblrs so feel free to still reblog this one. ^u^

Leaving Comments on Writeblr - 480 notes - Holy MACKEREL I did not expect the amount of attention this post got WOWO

The Dark’s Treasured Glow WIP Intro - 234 notes - This reminds me that I need to remake this, because now I actually have names for people!!

OSS Comic Sans Powerpoint - 200 notes - Oh my stars this is so old. ouo Yet another reminder that I need to remake this, so many things have changed!

(I didn’t count the community event ones because those aren’t really what I’d count as original.)

Number of followers: 3,782 (Holy stars I haven’t checked that number in a while WHAT)

Number of following: 1,011

Number of posts: 4,871

FRIENDS MADE: COUNTLESS

I LOVE Y’ALL, SERIOUSLY. I really don’t think I could have made it anywhere near as far with my writing if it wasn’t for the wonderful encouragement people on here have given me, or the marvelous masterpieces of posts I’ve had the honour of reading! There is so, so much inspiration in this community, and so much positivity! Thank you all for all of your support~ 💖❤️💕💗💞

Here’s a shout-out to just a small fraction of the awe-inspiring writers I’ve met through this blog, and the friends I’ve made:

@bookenders @livvywrites @tenacious-scripturient @mvcreates @pens-swords-stuff @lady-redshield-writes @stardustscribes @lordkingsmith @milkyway-writes @dove-actually @runningonrain @bookish-actor @yearlyaquariace @imaghostwriter @penzag @sunlight-and-starskies @scribe-the-write-thing @royalbounties @ardawyn @dogwrites @abalonetea @vhum @kriss-the-writing-nerd @ettawritesnstudies @emdrabbles @holotones @evelyns-spilled-tea @eluari @surroundedbypearls @cirianne @starlitesymphony @marlettwrites @starrywritingg @ditzysworld @llesbianwrites @roselinproductions @shadescrawls @velvetinewitch @celestialbunnistories @fair-folk-nonsense @erinnharper @radley-writes @drowsy-quill @half-explored

(And many, many others that I’m forgetting only because my memory is terrible, I’m so sorry. <n> Also! Some of you folks haven’t been active recently but I wish you well if you see this. <3)

AND ALSO A SHOUT-OUT TO MY TWO BESTEST FRIENDS IRL @waterfallwritings and @peepos-prose YOU TWO ARE AWES-MAZING AND ARE NOT ALLOWED TO FORGET THAT

#writeblr #writeblr community #writeblr friends #year in review #announcement #personal #i'm sorry for the tags mates i just #i love y'all and your work so much #ALSO Y'ALL SHOULD DEF GO CHECK OUT ALL THOSE AMAZING BLOGS #WOW #adlkfjsldkgsldkgjsdg i feel like i'm bragging i dun like that #oh well #HAVE SOME STATS #also fun fact #the 'year in review' font on that edit thing?#that's the font I made from my own handwriting #hehee

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gyeomork · 6 years ago

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Connections

(jackson wang x reader)

genre: fluff, light smut, college au

warnings: sexual content, mild cursing

word count: 3.8k

a/n: i don’t capitalize my letters in this so if that bothers you, i’m sorry :( also italicized words mean they’re speaking english. also i lol don’t know what im talking about with all that “reading people” shit i just took a wyld guess but i hope you enjoy anyway ^3^

i enter my first class of the year, psychology 3. i take a seat, not really paying attention to who i sat next to. i take my laptop out of my backpack, place it on the table, flip it open and get ready to take notes. it was a new school year and i was not about to slack anymore. sophomore year was a complete shit show and i could not afford that this year, literally. i was skipping class like it was an olympic sport but guess what? tuition still had to be paid. i open up google docs and title the new document ‘19/8/19 notes, assignments & hw ’. the professor begins to speak and my full attention is now on her.

an hour passes and the class was wrapping up. “ok class the homework is for you all to make a powerpoint presentation on the person sitting next to you. you must analyze them as a person, describe their character traits and so on and so forth. think of it as an ice breaker activity and a way to make a new friend. more instructions will be posted online. i count 24 of you so i expect 24 emails on friday 23/8/19. presentations will be the following monday, if there are any questions feel free to email me. class dismissed.” i close my laptop and reach for my bag when i hear a deep familiar voice next to me say “hey! how’s it going?” i look to my right and see jackson, jackson wang. god not again. this man was handsome to say the very very least and a heart throb. i should know because i had him in psych 2 last year. we would almost always end up having to do a project together and almost always turn it in 2 minutes before it was due. it’s not like we were the best of friends and every time we met up we didn’t do work, it was just that we never really did meet up. every time he would text and ask i would be too scared to be in the same place as him because of how intimidated he made me feel. when we did meet up it was the night before so i absolutely had to go, for the sake of his grade. we wouldn’t talk much but when we did he was, for the most part, really nice. “hi.. jackson. it’s going.. good” i say quietly. “oh, that’s good. well if you’re free right now we could go get coffee to jumpstart this little project” god he had the cutest smile on his face. “oh yeah sure just let me get packed up” i said trying to avoid his gaze like the black plague.

after to fumbling with my belongings under the immense pressure his eyes were putting me under, we were finally able to leave. on the walk to the cafe, jackson sparks up conversation. “so, y/n, last year we never really talked much and i was a little let down because you actually seemed really cool. so i’m glad i get to do this project with you. i wanna get to know you” he looks over to me and grins widely. i return a small smile back. “where are you from?” he asked sounding genuinely curious. “the states” i mentally curse at myself for giving such a short, dry answer but he hums anyway. “i’m from china but i came here for a change, you know” “yup” i curse at myself again. a small silence passes, extra emphasis on small. “since you’re from the states do you-“ “speak english? yes” we both chuckle and god he was adorable. “oh cool so we could have our own semi-secret language” i give him a ‘you’re ridiculous’ look and we chuckle again. “so did you teach yourself english or did you go to an international school?” finally! i’m making semi-decent conversation. “international but i did do some studying on my own. so what about you? how did you learn hangul?” “ i loved watching and still do love watching dramas so one day i just got really annoyed with having to read the subtitles and just started teaching myself. i never really expected myself to get proficient at it, it just happened. then i thought i should put some use to it more than just dramas so i came here” wow the way i just rambled on just then. “ so how do you like it here?” he continues with the questions. “at first it was kind of hard to get used to because i went from using english every day and using hangul sometimes to using hangul every day and english sometimes” jackson nods in understanding. “ and then there are slang words that you need to learn and sayings and really understand the culture” he adds on. “ yes! exactly” regret of being so intimidated of him last year now fills me. he’s so easy to talk to. ugh am i stupid?

we reach the cafe and he opens the door for me “let me get that for you” “kam-sa-hap-nee-da!” i said in the most american accent i could do and he lets out an actual laugh that ascends me to the heavens. we both join the medium sized line. “you can just tell me what you want so you can go have a seat and i’ll bring it to you” this man is an angel. “iced americano, venti sized please and thank you” i say with a close-mouthed smile. “coming right up” he reciprocates the same smile. i make my way to a small booth in the corner by the window. i take out a small notepad and jot down things i’ve noticed about jackson. eventually, i get lost in thinking about how sweet he is and how easy he is to talk to and how his laugh is opposite of his deep voice and how his smile makes him look like a baby and then how he turns all hot again and oh my god i have a crush on jackson. like a cue, jackson comes and sets his and my coffee down and takes a seat across from me “thank you so much” “no problem” we both take a sip in unison. “analyzing me already?” he asks grabbing my notepad. all i had written was ‘really good energy’. really y/n? what the hell is that supposed to mean? he makes a ‘not bad’ face and sets my notepad back in front of me. i keep sipping and look out the window. “ok, ok” i could see him trying to hold in a snicker in the corner of my eye. i whip my neck to look and him and ask swiftly “what? why ‘ok ok’? what?”. “hm? nothing” he replies, still trying to hold in that laugh. “wah~ making fun of me already. at least i have something written down” he raises his eyebrows at me. “i have plenty of stuff written down in my head” “oh really?” i say in disbelief. “yes!” “ok. then prove it” i sit back and cross my arms. “just in the last 10 minutes, the things i’ve noticed ok. ready?” i just nod. “shy; when you laughed or smiled you didn’t show teeth. closed off; you chose the booth furthest away from other people. passive; you did nothing when i snatched your notepad. trusting; you trusted me with your drink and that i didn’t do anything to it. physical traits; well put together, pretty-“ i felt my face heat up and i had to stop him. “alright, alright you proved your point.” i waved him off and he laughs. “you asked for it” he says, laughter still in his voice. “i asked for you to prove yourself not show off” i say fake sulkily and extra pouty. he laughs even louder and makes a few heads turn. “ok jackson! people are looking.” i whisper shout and smile at him fully this time. “oh! you’re smiling” he points “you’re not shy around me anymore!” “ok you have to teach me how to read people like that” i rest my hand on my chin and my elbow on the table. “well, for starters, we could go back to the ‘getting to know you’ questions. so, when’s your birthday?”

after hours of talking, we had to leave simply because the cafe was closing. jackson looks at his watch and widens his eyes. “it’s 22:58 (10:58 pm). oh my god. do you have class tomorrow? i’m so sorry for keeping you out so late, i’ll walk you home. where do you live? oh my god i’m really so sorry” he apologized profusely. “no” i say flatly. “n-no?” he furrowed his eyebrows. “i don’t have class tomorrow it’s fine” i let out breathy laugh. “do you?” i raise my brows at him. “no” he sighs out in relief. “alright come on. let me walk you home” i barely take two steps when i stop and drop my head into my hands. “my.. RA. it’s past curfew. i’m dead” i say defeated. “oh my friend i can stay with- she has class tomorrow and she’s probably sleeping” i say gaining hope and losing it instantly. “i guess i’ll just take the warning, it’s only one” i start dragging my feet i the direction of my dorm. “you could.. stay the night with me. my RA isn’t as strict with the rules”. was that nervousness i heard in his voice? jackson? the same jackson that told me stories of him being bold and fearless? jackson? wang? never. “i don’t want to be a burden-“ i wave him off. “ you won’t be” he insists. i look into his eyes and really sink deep into those two chocolate pools. all that is visible is purity and good intentions; i trust him. “ok” i smile. “thank you” “no problem”

we get to his dorm and as he is unlocking the door he informs me that his 3 other roommates won’t be there until late that night so we’re safe from the teasing. he opens the door and lets me in first. it’s dark until jackson comes in and turns on the kitchen light. he sits around the island and i join him. i take this time to look around. right across from the kitchen was the living room that was in good shape for 3 boys, diagonal of the living room was the laundry room that was neat too, there was a walkway from the front door in between the laundry room and the kitchen leading to the living room, and one long hallway/walkway passing in between the living room and the kitchen continuing both ways to god knows where. there was also a sliding door in the living room leading to the balcony. “you must be hungry. do you want me to cook or is takeout ok?” come to think of it i haven’t eaten since lunch. i was so absorbed in jackson that i didn’t even realize how hungry i am. “yeah, takeout is fine” “is pizza ok?” he says pulling out his phone. “oh pizza is more than ok” i say, starting to get excited “ok miss pizza what would you like on it?” “pepperoni please~” “alright.. and the pizza is on it’s way” he hops off the chair with ‘hmph’. he walks over to me and holds his hand out to help me down. “thank you” i take his hand and get off the chair. “come on i’ll give you everything you need”. he leads me to his room at the end of the short hallway without letting go of my hand. he turns on fairy lights that aren’t too bright but are enough to make everything visible. he turns to the left to his walk-in closet to retrieve me a hoodie and some sweatpants. he tells me that when i go in the bathroom there should be an extra toothbrush behind the mirror. i say thank you for the 100th time today and go to sit on his bed to wait for him. “i can put something on if you want” he come and sits next to me on the bed. “mm..” i think about all the shows that i need to catch up on and finally choose one. “can you put on ‘he is psychometric’?” “ohh yes! what episode are you on?” he gets excited. “the last one and it’s so good, i just never have time to watch” “me either” he puts it on the tv and the pizza arrives. “that was quick” i say shocked because my pizza takes at least an hour to come. “yeah the place is right down the block; convenient” he comes back to the room with pizza and shuts the door.

we finish ‘he is psychometric’ and both of the pizzas. “i’m gonna go change” i take jackson’s clothes to the bathroom. i change into the comfy clothes that smells like him and brush my teeth. i pull my hair into a bun that i ruled ok for jackson to see and leave the bathroom. “oh you look good in my clothes but don’t go stealing it now” he says like he’s my father and gives me a stern look. i giggle and say “ok” sarcastically. he goes in the bathroom to change as well. i pull my notepad and pencil out my bag and sit in front of what seems to be his work desk. i write more analyzations and now have to flip the page thanks to jackson teaching me how to properly read people. i’m on a roll until jackson presses his hands on my shoulders and yells “boo!” “oh my god!” i jump and turn around in the swivel chair. “i’m sorry i had to” he laughs at me hysterically. “yah~ don’t do that! stop laughing!” i smack him on the shoulder repeatedly. “ok ok, yah!” he grabs hold of my wrists and is now inches away from my face; staring into my eyes. “i-i’m tired. where can i sleep?” i had to break the growing silence. jackson lets go and backs away “you can sleep on my bed, i’ll set up on the couch” he said walking towards the door. “no” i command, stopping him in his tracks. “ when the guys get home they’re going to ask why you’re on the couch and from the stories you’ve told me, you’re not a good liar” he turns back around but still doesn’t move. “you’re right” he says grinning. “well get on the bed so that when i turn off the lights you won’t trip and break your neck” “alright, no need to reference that traumatic story ok, that was a very scary experience” i say getting on the bed. “i’m just saying if you had a night light-“ “ok! jackson! good night!”

i was on the edge of sleep when i felt a heavy arm fall around my waist and a warm body touching all of my back side. steady breathing was blowing on the baby hairs on the back of my neck. he was sleeping. i suddenly started to feel uncomfortable in the position i was in and couldn’t take it anymore. while adjusting and re-adjusting my lower half, i inevitably brush up against jackson’s area. he didn’t respond so i assumed he just didn’t feel it so i continued on the quest to getting comfortable, all the while rubbing against him with my ass. suddenly jackson grips my hip. “you better stop playing with me” he growls lowly into my ear, ultimately ruining my new underwear i got from victoria secret on sale but i couldn’t possibly be mad at him. the ache in my core was way too strong to ignore so i reply as seductively as i could “who said i was playing?” while pushing up against him. he groans and i feel him grow beneath me. he attaches his lips to my neck and sucks and nips and licks away. he finds my spot at the base of my neck and i let out a low moan. when he feels as of though he’s left a satisfactory mark, he licks and kisses the spot. he turns me to face him and wastes no time in connecting his lips to mine. passion begins to fill the room as he climbs on top of me. the hands that are on my waist start travelling under his hoodie i had on. his warm hands on my bare skin was setting me on fire. one of his legs that was positioned between my legs started to rub against my core. i moan loudly into his mouth and he doesn’t miss his chance to stick his tongue in my mouth. i break the kiss to catch my breath and jackson moves back to my neck to leave more marks. i was lost in my own pleasure when i come to my senses. “jackson” i breathe out. he removes his lips from my neck for a brief moment “yes baby”. “what about the guys?” “fuck the guys” he tugs at the bottom of his hoodie and he looks up at me asking for permission. i nod and he removes the hoodie swiftly as he begins kissing his way down my body.

i wake up the next morning with the comforter covering more than half of my face so the sunlight seeping through the window didn’t bother me too much. i was initially startled about where i was but i soon remembered. then i remember the events of the night before. i turn around to see the beautiful man that shared the events of the night before with me. the light highlighting his features perfectly. from his fluffy, messy hair to his soft, plump lips. i move to brush away the hair that was in his face and move down to caress his cheek. how did this even happen? and how did it happen so quickly? i guess it’s the jackson effect. he flutters his eyes open and when he sees me, he immediately gives the softest smile. he pulls me closer in his arms and whispers “good morning princess”. i hum and say good morning back. “how’d you sleep?” he kisses my forehead. “really good” i take a deep breath, inhaling his intoxicating natural scent. we stay like that for a while until we realize that we have to leave before the guys wake up and tease us. or the extreme awkwardness considering the fact that we may or may not have gotten a noise complaint. jackson gives me fresh clothes to leave in and i freshen up, doing most but not all of my morning routine due to the shortage of time. i grab my bag and exit the room with him. we’re walking down the hallway when i forget my notepad on his work desk and go back for it. on the way back to him i hear voices coming from the living room, i stay out of sight to eavesdrop. “jackson i swear to god you should do my- no our homework for the next week” one voice says, putting emphasis on ‘our’. “i shut my door, turn my music on my speaker up all the way, and even covered my ears with 2 pillows but could still fucking hear you two. jackson i swear to god if you don’t warn us next time” another voice says and lets out a deep sigh. “you guys i’m sorry i really didn’t plan-“ another voice cuts him off . “no you’re not sorry, you’re gonna be sorry when your ass is doing my physics homework for the next week” “i don’t even know how to do physics” “well you better figure it out” i couldn’t hear anymore of this, i had to save him. i walk out into the living room “um.. g-good morning” i wave awkwardly. damn! this is exactly what i wanted to avoid. they all look up at me with wide eyes “good morning” they say all out of sync. jackson stands next to me and holds my hand “this is my girlfriend, y/n” my heart drops, comes back up, does some somersaults, and skips numerous beats. “y/n this is jinyoung, jaebeom, and mark”. i give a small closed-mouth smile. “well, this was fun but y/n and i have places to be” he looks down at me and smiles “let’s go” jackson starts walking to the door and drags me along. i look back and wave goodbye and so do they, still looking baffled. jackson locks the door and we start walking down the hallway. ”i could tell you were uncomfortable so i had to get you out of there” he says with a hint of urgency in his voice and i laugh. “thank you but were we really that loud?” i ask putting emphasis on ‘that’. “i don’t know but what i do know is that i’m that good” i roll my eyes at him “yeah ok”. “so ‘girlfriend’ huh?” he looks down and scratches the back of his neck. “y-yea” his ears turn red. “you haven’t even taken me out on a date yet.” i scoff in fake disbelief. “i was hoping that i could go on a date today and then i could confess to you but i guess i got a little ahead of myself” “you think?” we chuckled. “confession? how long did you like me?” “ever since i had to do that first project with you in psych 2. whenever i’d ask to meet up and you said you couldn’t it always made me think you didn’t like me. and when we did you were kind of standoffish so i gave up. until you sat next to me yesterday” he smiles thinking about it. “i’m sorry that i made you think that i was just so intimidated by you and your good looks and what not.” “good looks?” he raises his eyebrow at me. “take the compliment or i’ll take it back” “oh no thank you thank you”

we leave his dorm building to the parking lot and his car. “i changed up our schedule for today a little bit.” he unlocks the doors and we get in. “what did you change?” he starts the car so the hot air doesn’t literally suffocate us. “after we visit your dorm we have to go to the mall”. he takes my hand and intertwined our fingers. “the mall? why?” i look over at him and furrow my eyebrows. he looks at me and smirks “to get you back that cute little underwear i tore off you last night” brings my hand to his lips and kisses it.

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strictnoodle · 5 years ago

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Sanjivani 2

I finally binged the episodes & here’s my impression so far:

Note: I’ve never watched DMG or the previous Sanjivani. If there’s anything I should know do share, thanks!

**warning: long post + spoilers ahead!**

The Seniors:

Dr. Shashank Gupta the first time I saw him I just had this warm feeling in my heart. The guy has such charisma & radiate so much warmth & kindness I instantly fell in-love with him. I love love his dynamics with every single character in the show. I’m a sucker for platonic bonds and this guy has it all. A father figure & a mentor. Without a doubt my favorite character & I’m very glad they didn’t kill him off.

Dr. Juhi Singh a brilliant neurosurgeon. Kind & soft but something happened that made Dr. Shashank fire her from the hospital. Honestly the flashback scenes made her & Dr. Shashank look like ex-lovers but from what I read that was not the case & I’m glad. I’m not down for a romantic relationship between the two. I love her relationship with Dr. Shashank as mentor-student & I want more of it! She’s such a badass boss lady, I fucking love her. how beautiful is Gurdip? like, wow

Dr. Anjali Gupta I would like to start by saying that Sayantani is a Goddess. This is the first show I’ve seen of her and I. Am. Sold. She carries herself with so much grace & elegance leaves me in Aww every time she’s on screen, the woman commands attention teach me, Queen! Now coming to her character, Dr. Anjali is very determined & ambitious, has her eyes set on a goal but she has certain insecurities especially with regards to her relationship with her father. She does not like Dr. Juhi at all & and I’m very curious to know why. (Is she Shashank’s only family member? where’s her mother?)

Mr. Vardhan Makhija money minded. Likes to mess with other people by feeding on their insecurities for shits & giggles. A certified douche. Seems to have a thing for Anjali. but, like, who wouldn’t? I like him purely because of Rohit Roy’s performance. He’s that character I know I’m gonna love to hate.

The Juniors:

Dr. Siddhant Mathur a charismatic playboy with a good heart but a criminal none the less. I don’t know how to feel about his relationship with his patients. On one hand i like it on the other hand I hate it. He discriminates between his patients according to class & that is something a doctor should not do. It’s completely unethical. I get he has good intentions, but it doesn’t make it any less wrong or illegal I really don’t like how they’re glorifying this on the show. Putting a patient through unnecessarily procedure is a criminal offense & strips him off his medical license. There's no mystery about his character so far. A big softie & an open book.

Dr. Ishani Arora arrogant, rude & has so much baggage. Honestly, she was too much for me at the beginning. As cliche as it is, I am used to warm sunshines girls on my screen but with Ishani it’s like ice, blizzards & snow. I mean, the whole air around her feels cold. Ice. Cold. you know from the corpse? bffs? get it? *winkwink* One hell of a smart woman & savage af. Can be such a bitch sometimes I actually like that about her lol. Has me cackling every time she selectively wipes off human contact. I still don’t know how to feel about her yet, but I do find her background intriguing. If there’s a character I’d pick to analyze, it would be her. A tough coconut.

Sid/Ishani pairing In general I need to be invested in the characters to actually ‘ship’ them which usually happens much much later in a show. So currently I have no impression about the pair other than they look good together on screen but then again it’s a good looking cast & they all look good together on screen. That Juhi/Vardhan face-off? jfc.

Dr Rishab Vaidya A miniature Vardhan but with extra extra slime.

Dr. Asha Kanwar + Dr. Aman Gehlot two peas in a pod.

Dr. Rahil Shekhar even though I haven’t seen much of him, but he seems to me the only unproblematic character out of the lot. please, keep him this way!

Dr. Neil Lama Lau what kind of doctor faints at the sight of blood? shouldn’t that be like a prerequisite for studying medicine? smh.

Performance:

Oh boy.. I have a lot, and I mean ah-loooot, to say about this, but I'll just say the Junior cast really need to up their game to keep up with the senior cast because so far they are lacking behind. The writers really need to put some elbow grease into these characters.

Editing & everything else:

The first episodes were a fucking mess. & Can someone tell me how many hours a day are there in the Sanjivani universe?. I am not a fan of the lighting. I’m all for the ‘gloom’ but this is too fucking much. Like, I get they want to go for the ‘serious’ effect but dude what's the point when people can’t even see? I do appreciate the lack of powerpoint transitions tho and the absence of 100x zoom in/zoom out. +1000 brownie points just for this!

Finally...

I don’t see myself watching the show on a daily basis there’s nothing gripping me as of yet, but i’ll probably binge it every other week or so when I feel like it.

*Special mention to how tellywood finally made use of the cloud! About fucking time.

#first impressions #Sanjivani #Sanjivani 2 #tv: india

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next-time-on-the-reverse · 6 years ago

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Masterlist

So I’m aware this is going to be a long post, and there’s probably a better way to do this but I’m not that technologically advanced, and my old IT teacher was the one teacher who couldn't full screen on powerpoint.

Eobard Thawne

Destroying Lives, one person at a time

You used me

I’m sorry but you don’t exist

How funny, you thought I cared

You don’t need to be alone

When were you going to tell me?

Save them

Why is he bleeding?

From the bottom of my cold dead heart

I sent you for milk

Fragments of Glass

I didn’t mean it

Sometimes I need to remind myself

Husband

Seven, billion people

King

I’m trying my hardest

You made me the bad guy

You’ll end up very disappointed

Elements

Enough

Can’t help falling in love

Anon Request

Happiness

Come with me

Five more minutes

Set things straight

Walking

So bad?

Eo, please

Your future

Doubts

Real Life

Today marks the first day

Congratulations

Thank you

Make Up

Addicted

Verdict

Playground

Jealousy

Nightmares

Happiest Speedster

Interfering

Obsessed

Threaten

Pregnant

Imply

Me?

Told Me

Afraid

Easy Life

When I look at you...I’m home

I’m not him

Fun

Homeward Bound

Prompt #11

Prompt #14

Charleston

Date

You’re alive

Don’t go

Prompt #2

Prompt 10

Prompt 6

His family

Get Some Rest

How Dare you?

Villain Wedding

Eoboy

Worried

Protect

You don’t threaten

Not everyone on the street

Propose

You came

Found Out

You don’t take what’s mine

Save her, please

Touch her again

My mother’s recipe

Prison

Caffeine

Restless

Danger

Just admit it

To Infinity

Remember?

Prompt 7

Eugene

Different

Stop asking questions

Boyfriend/Girlfriend

Pull the Trigger

Hate me?

Meant

Cravings

Bedtime Story

Her Past

Want to know?

Do you miss her?

Is that so bad?

Imagine: Eobard wanting to cuddle with you

Imagine: Questioning Eowells when he confesss to knowing about the particle accelerator problems

Imagine: Suspecting he original Harrison Wells isn't Harrison Wells

Imagine: Knowing Harrison is the reverse flash and scolding him after he beat up Barry in the stadium

Imagine: Eobard Thawne breaking you out of the ARGUS supermax on Lian Yu

Imagine: Eobard meeting your son

Imagine Eobard helping you look after your niece

Imagine: Domestic Eobard

Imagine: Apartment viewing with Eobard Thawne

We wouldn't be in this situation if you had just listened

Earth Two Harrison Wells

Do you trust me?

I don’t know when it started

Wow. Can we just pretend for one second

How many versions of me have you killed?

Rest it before you test it

How do you kill a monster without becoming one

No-one is inherently evil

That is an unholy abomination

You did everything you could

Shouldn’t you be at work?

You haven’t experienced loss

Hey train wreck

You’re going to have to tell them sooner or later

Been there, regretted that

Your Fault

I swear to god

She is- was a better person than you’ll ever be

He’s always been a dick, when we were seven he threatened to sue me

Idiot

You’re a real piece of work

Homework

Waiting

Promise me

Here

Forget your own name

Rain

Prompt #8

Prompt #14

Prompt 15

Prompt #2, #10

Take a break

How’d it get this far?

I love you

I didn’t tell them we broke up

I think I do

Prompt #5

Overworked

Why do I remember you?

Mainly you

Same Smile

I should never have left you

Do you ever think we should

Imagine: Cisco and Barry flirting with you, much to Harry's annoyance

Imagine: Meeting Earth 2 Harry Wells for the first time on Earth One

Imagine: Dating Harry and meeting the other versions of him from other Earths

Imagine: Having a date with Harry that Joe set up with Team Flash

Imagine: Harry bringing you a big belly burger after you have an argument

Imagine: Being Cisco's older sister and HR and Harry competing for you attention

Imagine: Harry surprising you on your birthday

Imagine: Being locked in a cupboard with Harry

Imagine: Convincing Harry to dress up for halloween and get him to answer the door

Imagine: Harry willing you to choose your brother over him

Imagine: Harry comforting you after you chose to kill your brother

HR Wells

Why aren’t you worshipping me, mortal?

My idea of help from aboce is a sniper on the roof

Want some coffee? It’s black

Trust no-one...even the ones that really love you will hurt you eventually

No-one is inherently evil

Let me tell you something

Those things with humps

One may smile, and smile, and be a villain

Y’know that’s not what an apology sounds like

My soulmate is out there somewhere, pushing a pull door...I just know it

Helpless

Free pie

The smile off your face

5 am

Imagine: Getting jealous because HR flirts with Cecil

Imagine: HR asking you to be his friend on Friends-day

Imagine: Not knowing HR is dead

Imagine: Taking HR to a crime scene

Imagine: Being Cisco’s older sister and HR and Harry competing for your attention

Imagine: HR being jealous of your brother

Imagine: Assuring HR that he’s valued

Imagine: Cisco trying to hide the face he lost HR from you

Sherloque Wells

Qui est-ce?

Ward Meachum

Love you too

Distraction

Date Night

Accidents

More than a crush

You’re not your father

Ultimatum

Prompt 12

Innocent Flirting

Baby Names

Prompt 11

Prompt 14

Future Mrs Meachum

Drawing

I’m going to be a dad

Prompt 13

Son

Messed up

Captain Elizabeth Meachum

Newly-Wed

Halloween

Prompt 3

Prompt 15

Toro

Beef?

Nephew’s birthday

Love

Prompt 9

Prompt 6

A thousand Lifetimes

Contract

For so long

Hurt you?

Protective (1)

Protective (2)

Videos

Matt Murdock

Daredevil’s Identity

#Masterlist

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clevertony · 6 years ago

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WOW.

Omg I’m so happy right now.

I’m in the last week of my degree, I’m going for an associate’s in web development (and this program and all the crap they’ve pulled on my class has been a SHIT SHOW but that’s for another post), and we have one class that basically the entire class is one big group project. We’re supposed to be making some website for the school’s IT classes.

The whole class has been awful, the instructors kept dragging their feet with it to the point that we didn’t even have our first assignment in the class until midterms and didn’t get to the point where we could actually start coding until the 2nd week of April (we were supposed to be able to work on the project all semester long), so it’s been HECTIC and confusing and everything is rushed.

We got divided into 2 groups, one group doing the student side of the website and one group doing the faculty/staff side of the website. I’m doing the student side with 2 guys, one who literally seems to not know a single thing about web development and one who is decent enough with the backend but has horrible taste when it comes to the front end. Works fine for me bc I’ve been using html/css since I was 12 so I’m fine with doing the front end stuff, he can do the database, and the other guy can just keep constantly sending us messages about how he doesn’t know what to do and then make a terrible powerpoint that I end up having to re-make anyway. Works alright.

Well I’ve been freaking out lately about how there just is NOT enough time to get this project done. It’s due Friday, and we don’t have a single page fully completed (the home page is ALMOST all the way completed now, just need the database connectivity, but we still need to do 2-3 more pages as well). But omg. I just stumbled upon the other group’s page and I am now SO FREAKIN HAPPY. I’m literally elated. I feel 100x better about our project. This is what our homepage looks like (I smudged out anything that said the school’s name cuz I’m paranoid):

Not great of course, but it’s not terrible at least. It follows the style guide provided by the school in terms of font choice and colors. I used bootstrap so it looks a little more put together. Not a pro website but good enough for 2 years of barely being taught anything by this joke of a program.

It’s the only page we have done right now, but the others all use the same style sheet and the header/nav and footer are identical on every page, so even if we can’t get all the content added to the other pages, at least the layout will make it look somewhat done. But I was still worried about not getting a good grade because of how little time we had to finish and the fact that we couldn’t go in depth (like until 10 mins ago I was sitting here worrying about how the website doesn’t look great on mobile and how I don’t know if I’ll have enough time to make a mobile version). Well I’m not worried about that at ALL now. Here’s the other group’s pages (all of their pages):

(The links on the documents and edit profile pages don’t work btw).

I am ECSTATIC. Honestly I really hope for their sake that this was just some crude first attempt and they’ve made tremendous improvements and just haven’t yet uploaded them. I mean I do feel bad because normally I wouldn’t want to see my classmates do poorly but gods I really needed that confidence boost.

I’ve learned from past solo projects that with the instructors at this school, if you make something look nice, they’ll generally give you an A even if you don’t do all the requirements, because they’re so impressed at your design skills.

My first semester web design class I literally waited til the last minute, did the entire page in about 6 hours, forgot to include some required things, TOLD my instructor that I forgot to include those things on my project review and for the question that asked what grade we feel we should get I said a B, and she literally said something along the lines of “yeah I know you didn’t do all the requirements but I’m giving you 100% anyway because it looks like you put a lot of effort into it” (I didn’t. I could have done WAAAAAY better).

2nd semester we had one big project that was the final project for 3 of our classes. We needed a C# program that was connected to a database, and then we needed to make a javascript heavy webpage that was along the same theme as our program. I focused so much on making my C# program perfect that I ran out of time to do my javascript project. I literally had nothing. During presentations I saw some of the programs my classmates made, and none of them even bothered to change the default font and window color, let alone use images like I did. Got an A for all 3 classes.

So I’m hoping the instructors will just continue their pattern of being wowed by basic css skills and a bit of photoshop knowledge and hopefully we’ll get a good grade even if we don’t finish everything.

God I really feel so much better after seeing that. I’m a horrible person. I shouldn’t be feeling better because my classmates aren’t doing well. But I just can’t help it.

#personal #school

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addiction-artist · 6 years ago

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“Just be honest”

Such a simple saying, but what power it has.

So, I’m standing in line at the MVA Saturday morning (Motor Vehicles Administration, like the DMV to everyone reading from Pennsylvania), and I see that I have a Facebook message from my former teacher. Not just any former teacher, but the best teacher I have had since I began going to school (I’ll explain more later). It has a link to another blog and all I can see is the title “An 11 Year Old Smile”. Automatically, while still in line, I’m fighting to keep the tears from escaping my eyes and to prevent them from making their way down my cheeks. Just the title did that to me. My boyfriend doesn’t really know what’s going on and I have to wipe the tears away as they come, I am at a very crowded, busy MVA. Soon, it is my turn at the information desk. I hand over my information and get a number. I rush to find a place to sit so that I can read the blog. If a title can get me that worked up, just imagine what the content would do.

I find my seat and open the link to the blog. I read the first paragraph and I already start choking on my tears again. Most of the people who know me, know that I cry at anything emotional so bear with me with the tears. I practically hold my breath as I continue to read the rest of the post. A smile made an appearance on my face on more than one occasion, but so did the feelings I had experienced those 14 years ago. I remember the pain I was in, the confusion I had for being sad for no reason, all of the tears I had shed for having the feeling so inadequate at such a young and pivotal age.

For all of those that don’t know, I suffer from mental illness, bipolar II to be exact. That’s where I have more depressive episodes than manic ones. At first, in 6th grade, I was diagnosed with depression. I have been on medication since 11 and I have self medicated later in my life (more on that in a little bit). I resorted to self mutilation in the form of cutting, hitting, and burning myself. It was the only thing that I felt that I could control in my life. The cuts were on my arm and I would play them off as cat scratches from my friends’ cat. Luckily, someone told my teacher about it.

Being an only child from a broken home made it difficult for me to trust people, adults specifically. I couldn’t open myself up to the therapists that I had (starting at age 7). I couldn’t talk to my “friends”. I only say it like that because I did anything and everything that I could do to fit in or have someone like me and that continued on into my adult life. Plus, at that young of an age, I didn’t feel that anyone would be able to relate to me. So what did I do? Who did I tell of my diagnosis? I told pretty much the only person who I could trust, I told my favorite teacher, Mr. Storm.

He let me stay in his class when I would have bad days on his couch. He would have lunch with me when I asked. He was there for me when I felt totally alone.

Each year of school, my depression worsened and with that, so did my cutting. When it was too much on my arms, I moved to my legs. Too much on my calves then I would move to my thighs. When I couldn’t even shave anymore because of the amount that was there, then I moved up to my hips, stomach, and chest. Then the cycle would start over again, usually worse in the winter months because I could conceal more. Cutting became my only relief. So much so, that it had become an addiction. There had to be more. For every 1 that would heal and scar, I would add 5 more. They had to be deeper since it was the only way that I felt I could kill myself. They had to go in different directions so that people wouldn’t say I was doing it for attention. “Down the road, not across the street”. The cutting lasted into my mid-20’s. I have been a cutter more than half my life. I slipped up in May of 2018 and committed myself to a safe place and I have not done it since. It may sound silly, but I’m fucking proud. I am also proud of my scars; I am not ashamed or embarrassed or offended when I notice someone staring. I do not feel the need to wear long sleeves or jeans to cover them up, and I don’t have any plans to cover them with a tattoo. They are proof that I have survived.

My senior year in high school I began to self medicate. I found peace and comfort in drugs and alcohol. They became my best friend, my solace, and my lover. They were all I though about from the time I woke up to the time I went to sleep. I won’t get too much more into it, but at my worst, I was an IV heroin user and I overdosed. I went to jail, 2 rehabs, and a recovery house before I moved back here to southern Maryland (a dream finally fulfilled after years of putting it off). I am in a fellowship today and I have been clean for 29 months now. That’s what is important.

Back to Mr. Storm…

Throughout the rest of my years in middle school and up to freshman year, I always kept in contact with Mr. Storm. He even dejayed at my junior prom. Until 2 weeks ago, that had been the last time that I had seen him. 9 years had gone by before I would see him again. A few years ago, I had found his Facebook and I sent a friend request. Minutes later, I had a Facebook message from him and it said “Wow! How is one of my all time favorite students doing? It is really awesome to connect with you.” That’s from memory so it may be a little off. I would see updates and be cheering him and his family on in their endeavors. Then in December, I saw that he had made a post and tagged many of his former students and asked if we could come in and share our passion with some of his students. Well, I jumped on that faster than anything and before I even came up with a topic, I said I would do it. I didn’t care about the travel, my favorite teacher reached out and I would do anything to repay him. I finally picked a topic I had experience in, which was mental health. I made a powerpoint, printed out some handouts, and packed for my trip.

I get to my middle school after 12 years since I had last stepped foot in there, and so many memories returned. I was so excited and nervous. I was directed to his classroom and stood in the doorway and knocked, I was early but I wanted to talk to him before class started. I actually chose my timeslot so that I could catch up with him in his prep period after. I explained I was nervous. I had shared my experience before and many people know how open and transparent I am with it but I had never explained it to a bunch of 12 and 13 year olds!!! I explained my fears and he reassured me and told me to “just be honest”. So that powerpoint I had spent hours on, was scrapped. I wasn’t going to sugarcoat it with the kids, they deserved the raw truth.

After I finshed, kids were raising their hands, MULTIPLE KIDS! I had done something! A few raised their hands more than once and they were asking the hard questions. “Do I think I would have been an addict if my mom wasn’t?” or “What made you decide to get into social work?” They had actually listened to what I had said. I ate it all up, I loved every question. Two girls came up to me separately after the class ended and one asked “Why did you cut yourself if it hurts so bad?” and another just wanted to give me a hug. My heart melted into a puddle.

I stayed after they had left into his prep period where we caught up some more and I gave a little more background of what I had been up to that would have been inappropriate for the class. I told Mr. Storm that as long as he is teaching, and he is doing this project, that I will be available, year after year until he retires.

We said our goodbyes and exchanged hugs. The rest of my day was like walking on a pink cloud. I was able to help at least one kid with my story and I look forward to doing it many more times.

I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times, Thank you Mr. Storm, for being exactly who you are and the person I needed you to be.

#personal #givingback #depression #cutting #selfharm #drugs

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ashljm-blog · 6 years ago

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Week 7

Creating lesson plans for topic of self love/self discovery & follow up activities

19 February 2019

Back at it with Educational Technology. Wow we’ve made it this far. Congratulations. It’s been an extremely tiring week but hey we’ve gotta get through it.

Let’s get to it!

For this week of of class, during our lecture, we were taught on two new websites that aid in lessons. We were allowed to test the sites out and explore them. We also discussed what we think of them. They are:

1. Sway

It is a function under outlook. It is a more compact version compared to PowerPoint. It has an appeal to the younger audiences as it is more visual and moves. (There have been studies concluding that movement is associated with longer attention spans). As a result, you are more likely to keep the attention of your audience to the lesson.

2. poll.excitem.com

It is a website whereby anyone can sign up for free to set up polls for any question they’d like to ask. Once someone has signed up, they would be given a phone number which acts as an access code to be given out for people to be able to access the question and answer it. After logging in, you can type in your question, customise the question page with different backgrounds and have the option of setting up the question page through sms which the phone number is for, or via online and a code to access the question page or both. It is an anonymous answering system so anyone who gives an answer remains anonymous to both the asked and those who answer the question. The answers are visible on a blank area of the page, answers that have been submitted multiple times will be larger than the rest and coloured. This website makes those answering more comfortable in answering questions with honest answers as they will remain anonymous. It is an ideal website for educators to engage with the their students as the students will not feel judged. Anonymity opens a channel for discussion.

We were allowed to test out the website, writing our own questions. The lecturer then set up a question and gave out the code to be able to access the question page. The question was “what keeps you alive?”. We were all able to be honest so I had no fears over answering it with full honesty. My answer was “music and movies”. Weird but hey they’ve been best buds of mine. Others gave really heartwarming answers but the most answer given was “oxygen”. Cause yeah we do really need that to live.

The lecture ended with a task being given to be done in groups. It was for us to incorporate one of the songs we had thought of from the task given during last week’s class that is about your own identity and self love. We had to come up with a lesson plan about self love and being yourself by incorporating the song chosen and to use the TIP model (which I have mentioned before in a previous post). and incorporating two out of six of the websites that were introduced in class. We instructed to email the finished task to the lecturer just before the next class. We were instructed to email the finished task to the lecturer just before the next class. In a group, we all had our own individual songs picked but we agreed to go with the song I chose that is ‘Bicycle Race’ by the one and only legendary Queen. It is a song that may seem to have silly lyrics to a catchy tune but the lyrics are more in depth when it is actually listened to attentively and understood. This song proved to be a great pick for the task at hand.

Now onto the tutorials!

My group and I managed to finish the task during the break. In the tutorials, we were instructed to discuss as a group how we would carry out an assessment of the students based on our lesson plan. A representative of each group is to present the idea or ideas thought of. The entire class in their own groups had a brainstorming session. My group and I came up with many interesting ideas but we went with the idea whereby students would make a ‘vlog’ or ‘vlogs’ to document on their journey and how they now feel compare to before also how their lives have improved and the lives of those around them. The other groups had come up with such creative ideas that were really good. With that, our class ended :)

Here are the links to the websites mentioned:

1. Sway - https://sway.office.com/

2. poll.excitem.com - https://sway.office.com/

Here are some links to strengthen ‘ movement is associated with longer attention spans ‘:

1. E-book - https://open.lib.umn.edu/businesscommunication/chapter/11-3-movement-in-your-speech/

2. E-book - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-45153-4_3

3. E-book - https://books.google.com.my/books?id=b5B_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA476&lpg=PA476&dq=learners+visual+attention+during+a+multimedia+presentation&source=bl&ots=FoWjMjBUyx&sig=ACfU3U1yYLoD2BTG7vbj7kd8-Qi24hDiPQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7tfXOjM3gAhXYXn0KHSIjAksQ6AEwCHoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=learners%20visual%20attention%20during%20a%20multimedia%20presentation&f=false

I actually had finished this earlier but me being me forgot to save it and lost my work to an abyss where it will never return from while I swore at the screen and it was probably laughing at me from the afterlife. But hey I made it here, YAY ME!

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Podcast: Should Teachers Even Talk?!

Teacher talk. It was good, then it was bad, now it's good again. Are you confused? We are! We look at teacher talk from four different perspectives - time, aim, language and quality (or TALK for short).

Quotes from this episode:

ESL EFL Teaching Tip: Reduce Teacher Talk and Increase Student Talk in the Classroom

Professor John Hattie discusses the importance of Teacher Talk Time.

Teach Like a Champion - Reduce Teacher Talk Time (TTT) and Increase Student Talk Time (STT)

Axl Rose on Jimmy Kimmel live

Should Teachers Even Talk?! - Transcript

Tracy Yu: Hi, everyone, welcome to our podcast.

Ross Thorburn: Hi. Something we do a lot on this podcast is...

Tracy: Talking. [laughs]

Ross: Exactly. Something that teachers are often told not to do is...

Tracy: Talking.

Ross: Yeah, right. I put teacher talk into YouTube and here are the short clips from the beginnings of three of the videos on the first page of YouTube.

[video]

James: Hi, I'm James and this week, I have three tips on how to reduce teacher talk time in the classroom.

Man 1: What percentage of time do you talk in your class? The typical research shows that we as teachers talk somewhere between 60 and 80 percent of the time. Maybe we need to reduce that.

Man 2: In this video, we're going to talk about how to reduce your teacher talk time.

Tracy: It's really interesting. Seems the information kind of negative in terms of the teacher talk. Why is that?

Ross: The general attitude in the industry a lot of the time is teachers should talk less so students can talk more. There's lots of other people that actually say the opposite. Penny Ur, who you know I'm a big fan of, she in her book "100 Teaching Tips" says that teachers should talk a lot.

Our friend Dave Weller, he's got a blog post called Why I love Teacher Talking Time saying that sometimes it's really good for teachers to talk more.

Tracy: Instead of discussing three questions, this time we are going to look at...

Ross: Four aspects of teacher talk.

Tracy: They are...

Ross: First one is...

Tracy: Time, and then how much time that the teacher should speak in the class. The second one...

Ross: ...is the aim. Why are teachers talking? Third...

Tracy: ...is language and what language they are using when they are talking. The last one...

Ross: ...is the quality of what teachers are actually saying. Is it things that are going to be useful for the students or not.

Tracy: They are T‑A‑L‑Q, no?

Ross: T‑A‑L‑K.

[laughter]

Tracy: Kwality. TALK.

TALK

Tracy: The first part is time. Like you mentioned at the very beginning, I think a lot of teachers were told, "Reduce your teacher talk time." What will that mean?

Ross: I think before we talk about what it means, we can talk about why people say that. There's a misconception that the less teachers talk, the more students talk and the more students talk, the more students learn. I think that's a massive over‑simplification of what makes a good language class or what leads to language learning.

Tracy: Yeah, because sometimes teachers, they do need to talk more. [laughs]

Ross: Exactly. I remember, for example, observing classes before and marking teachers down for teacher talk because they didn't talk enough. They needed to explain something more to their students, for example, and they didn't talk enough.

Tracy: That's interesting.

Ross: I've heard of crazy policies from somewhere you used to work. Did they not have like, they even made a ratio of how much teachers were allowed to talk in some classes to how much students were allowed to talk, which to me is just absolutely nuts? It's crazy.

[laughter]

Ross: I heard teachers talking about like, "I wasn't allowed to correct a student error because my company won't let me talk more than whatever is 10 percent of the time in class." If you're doing a class that's focused on listening, then I think it's OK if the students aren't talking very much and the teachers' talking most of the time.

It probably depends a bit on the level as well. If I was teaching very young learners, I'd probably end up talking a lot more than if I was teaching advanced level adults.

Tracy: I think you mentioned a lot why teachers need to talk. Also, on the other hand, when you think about when teacher...

Ross: ...need to shut up.

[laughter]

Tracy: Yeah, don't need to talk that much. For example, we also experience the silence. You see the students struggle in activities or learning process. I think teacher naturally want to facilitate and give a lot of support to the students and then move on to the next stage. That few minutes or few seconds are so precious just to let them to figure out and ask each other, have a discussion.

Maybe use a first language and they can clarify the meaning. I think that's really, really important for the learners. Digest information by themselves rather than passively accept the concept from the teacher. Naturally, we are teacher, we want to help people, so we always want to give them more rather than...

Ross: Rather than figure it out themselves.

Tracy: Yeah. Don't steal that moment from your students. Another thing that I usually suggest to teachers is actually instead of statement, asking questions.

Ross: Can you give us an example?

Tracy: For example, if I say, "Hey, Ross and Tracy, you did a very good job. Well done. And you used these words correctly and you used these tenses very well, blah blah blah." You can just ask a question.

Ross: You would take that and instead, you say, "Oh, guys, what do you think you did a good job of there, how did you manage to complete that activity?"

Tracy: Yeah, something like that. You are giving the students more chance to reflect on what they did and how they did it rather than you summarize what you saw.

AIM

Ross: Let's talk about the aim. Why should teachers talk? What is the aim in teachers' talking in the class? [laughs]

Tracy: I think there are some fundamental functions of teacher talk. Number one is giving instruction. The second one is probably clarification.

Ross: Explaining?

Tracy: Yeah, explaining. What else?

Ross: Correcting errors. I think eliciting as well, we mentioned that earlier. Asking questions to get the students to reflect or to say things. Building relationships and building rapport with the students. Little things making jokes, trying to use people's names. All those things help to reduce student anxiety and all that kind of stuff.

Especially with young learners, storytelling is a big one. I know Dave Wellers is a big fan of that. I think all those things together are giving students comprehensible input, which is going to help them learn the language.

I think I've read Stephen Krashen talk about this, and say that one of the main things that students are paying for or getting out of a language class is someone that's speaking in a specific way that's tailored to them. You are paying for a professional that's really good at changing the way they speak for the students. All those things together should help the students pick up language.

Tracy: I also think about how your language help you and the students personalize lesson or the content. For example, we watched a class together the other day. If you remember in the video, the teacher basically went through all the PowerPoints.

Ross: Yeah, she was teaching how old are you but didn't actually ever take the time [laughs] to ask the students how old they were.

Tracy: Yeah, I think that's a great opportunity to personalize the materials and also make the lesson more engaging relating to the kids. Like how old are you and how old is your mom, how old is your best friend? This kind of thing, and that's definitely necessary teacher talk.

Also, a lot of people are actually using PowerPoint. It seems so much information included on the slide. I think that's also indirect teacher talk. Maybe teachers think, "OK, I put everything on the PowerPoint, and I don't say anything, that means I reduce teacher talk time," but actually it's not.

Ross: We mentioned there then some good aims for why you might talk, good reasons why you might talk. What are some bad reasons why teachers talk?

Tracy: Just repeating themselves?

Ross: Yeah, or even repeating the students. Echoing.

Tracy: Yeah. I think I have different ideas about echoing. I don't think it's that bad sometimes because especially with younger learners, you probably want to emphasize something, so you have to repeat. I don't think it's all bad. It seems echoing is such a taboo word in teaching, but I don't think it's that bad. Sometimes, you probably want to say something to reinforce some positive behavior.

Ross: It does actually sometimes happen in real life. Actually, I can play an example of...this is Axl Rose from Guns n' Roses being interviewed. Check how often the interviewer echoes what Axl Rose says.

[video]

Jimmy: How old were you when you moved to Hollywood?

Axl Rose: I think 19.

Jimmy: 19 years old, and you came by yourself?

Axl: Yeah, I hitchhiked out here.

Jimmy: You hitchhiked, wow. You hitchhiked. How long was it before you guys started making money as a professional musician?

Axl: A few years after we got Appetite going.

LANGUAGE

Ross: Let's talk a bit about language. I think it's something that pretty much all new teachers, and certainly I had a very difficult time doing was grading my language, which just means simplifying what you say for the students.

Before I went to university, I lived in one fairly small town my whole life. Before I went to university, I don't like I realized what words that I used were words that only me, my family used, words which only me and my friends used, words which are only from that town, words which were just...Scottish.

Tracy: Aye. [laughs]

Ross: Yes, that's one for yes. Maybe I knew that but for example, word like, messages, like, "Go to get your messages." Where I'm from, that means go and do your shopping, like your weekly shopping.

Tracy: Really?

Ross: Yeah, or right now you could say, so it's five past 8:00, you could say right now it's the back of 8:00. I remember saying something that to someone at university, "I'll meet you at the back of 8:00," and the person said, "What does that mean?" I was like, "Back of 8:00, like 5 past, 10 past 8:00." They have no idea.

That process of learning to grade your language, it's very difficult to pick up quickly.

Tracy: Yeah, that's a very, very good point. Actually, I'm doing training, usually we focus on language, and we try not to use difficult words but how do we define difficult words?

Even you're teaching in the same foreign country, but different level students and different area they probably exposed to certain topics or things or access to Internet and what they, what they encounter every day is so different. It definitely takes time for people to realize what...

Ross: What's easy and what's hard?

Tracy: Yeah.

KWALITY

Ross: Let's talk about the quality. The thing I wanted to bring up here is the idea that students come to class, and you know the classic joke of the student says to the teacher, "Oh sorry, I'm late." Teacher says, "Why are you late?" The student said, "My dog dead today," and the teacher says, "Your dog died today. Now go and sit down." Is it not funny?

Tracy: I've never heard that.

Ross: It's like the teachers correcting the student instead of responding to them naturally. This idea that you want to respond to the students naturally in the class because that's how people are going to respond to them in the outside world. You don't always have to be in this teacher mode where you are giving instructions or correcting errors. You can respond to them like a real person.

TEACHER TALK WRAP UP

Ross: Hopefully, that helped as a bit of a model. Instead of saying that teacher talk is good or teacher talk is bad, I think when you come to think about teacher talk, you can look at it in those four different aspects. How long are you talking for, the time? Why you are talking, so what's the Aim? What Language are you using? Finally, is it good Quality or not, so T‑A‑L‑K.

Anything else, Tracy, before we finish?

Tracy: When we're a little baby and [laughs] we can only handle a small amount of food, but we have maybe more times every day. Maybe I don't know four or five meals per day and when we grow up and we have more food each time.

Ross: Fewer meals altogether.

Tracy: Yeah, so I'm thinking maybe it's similar to teacher talk. With different group of learners like young learners, you probably want to use teacher talk a little bit...

Ross: At a time maybe but more for the adolescent.

Tracy: Yeah, with adult learners, maybe each time that they can handle a longer period of time and then try to reduce the number of time that we are using big chunk of teacher talk.

Ross: Great. Thanks for listening everyone.

Tracy: Thank you, bye‑bye.

Ross: Bye.

#teacher talk #echoing #TTT #teacher talking time #student talking time #STT

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