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ennaku-sirri-da · 1 year

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Uyir-kaga eluthukal ( Letters for life )

[ ID: Small sized digital fanart of Putunia Mollar, Jimothan Botch and Trencil Varnnia from Smile For Me the game. Trencil and Jimothan are close to game style while Putunia is more in the artists simplified semi realistic one. The sketch is somewhat messy and is flatly colored.

The changes to her are scruffier hair, a visible big nose, a toned down reddish-brown skin tone and the dress she wears is simply patterned like a purple petunia such as the skirt bottom having a splash of spotting.

Jimothan gestures to the first vowel of the Tamil alphabet written in a book that is 'A' pronounced like the 'u' in 'nun'. There are papers, pencils and a rubber scattered behind this book. Jimothan is saying," A for Annam" which means swan. Putunia is sitting in his lap and leaning forward horizontally to the open alphabet book. She says "A-A-A..." but Jim corrects her," No baby it's "Ah"..."

Jim is wearing a baniyan and blue dhoti. Behind him Trencil garlands his arms around Jim's neck, listening to it all with a neutral expression. The background is a pale gradient of green, yellow, red. End ID]

HAHA get it, get my pun, does anyone get my Tam pun🥸( disguise emoji with glasses and moustache indicating amusement in this context)

But yeah since Tunia has the heritage, but due to her circumstances she does not know her parents and didn't have a chance to learn her mother tongue, later on Jimothan teaches her from scratch best as he can. He isn't a teacher by job but he sure can darn try atleast for the basics. Tunia calls it's her "Tamil Tution" with "Jim-Appa"!!! He isn't a 100% serious and boring in it all the time, come on guys this is our community daughter. He does uppu-muttai with her, which is like.

You carry around someone like a 'salt bag' and keep asking how much people will pay for them, like those guys who sell things on the road. However once he gets a high bid Jim simply says she's too precious to give sorryyyyy X ) (X eyed face emote with smile ) !!

And you know, I projected here BUT I think since he did not like, grow up a Lot in Russia in my HC but was US-raised then as for his own language, Habit can speak reasonably well in casual conversation but more formal stuff and bigger words are lost on him. He can write the script from muscle memory since he was taught when young but he didn't use it much later anymore in an English world, so he cannot form many written words on his own. And he can't read very well. So yeah there's a lot of room for improvement if he'd like and I'm learning too hdjdjdh yanno.

BUT! He has an accent doesn't he? Correct me if this sounds contrived BUT for that one I reasoned that his parents were just-arrived immigrants, so he probably picked up their speech patterns ( But mostly from his mother and also his uncle who helped her raise him in the early years as her husband's brother-in-law and her own brother ). Uncle Grigory lives back in Russia though( I'll figure out a specific place) and later on he only sees him during month-long vacations. And the last thing was that Habit really did not interact well with so many people as he grows up more so that relative isolation might be a factor too. That said considering everything( it would fade) the accent probably isn't like thick, but noticeable if you listen.

Anywayyy what I wanted to say is that Habit probably tries to learn more about this stuff too either self taught or with help and I like to imagine Putunia and him bouncing off what they've learned that day with each other. Also they make each other say things in the other's language just to hear them butcher it LMAO Putunia I BET as a Certified Baby Kid just, catches Habit's face and pulls it around to make him say the sounds like stretching him for " EEEEE" SHES PUPPETING HIM 🥺 ( pleading emoji )

Fun fact: There is actually a Super Special Hatch at the back of Habit's head and if you find it, open it, and stick your grubby hands in then you can PUPPET HIM AND MAKE HIM SAY WHATEVER STUPID THING YOU WANT!!!!!!

#i say #txt #jimothan botch #Putunia mollar #Habitician #habiticians #s4m #smile for me game #trencil varnnia #dr habit #(talked abt in the description)#my headcanons #headcanons #roseverse #au #s4m au #fanart #my art

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herovillain · 3 years

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#i think i've come the concluion that im gonna switch majors #like ive always wanted to do something in film cause it just makes me happy #but i choose prelaw since i do like justice and stuff #but i cnat see myself doing that really #but my promblem is i dont want to waste time and money on a film degree for it to worth nothing #law is just safer #but its a lot more expensice #i hateeeeeeeeee #this #i wish my family had enough money so i could do whatever i wanted #so i could take risks #but no #i have to pay my own tution #so i cant really afford the risk #mind full

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blissfulparker · 3 years

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So my grandma asked how much student Uni payment whatever is for me rn. I told her and showed her how much and she straight up went “their making you pay that!? No wonder your sad all the time.” Thanks grandma but even she agrees the uni system is fucked up

When universities have a section called “other” when telling you where your tuition goes to but doesn’t say what that “other” is 😍😍

#kats anons #or if you do the math for how much you’re paying for a dorm you realize they are just scamming you #you don’t even get a full bedroom yet they have you paying 1000+ a month in your Tution for it😳#like bitch I’m not pissing with these locals give me my own potty #and that’s why I’m living at home and saving for an apartment my first two years😍#but I do understand not everyone is in a situation like mine where my parents are supportive financially of my college but please if you-#-can look for easy scholarships!! even just 500 helps so much

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whaleofatjme1920 · 2 years

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[Shay, Darkwood, 19, She/They, Platonic, The Wolfman/Lucjusz]

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Ahh,, I'm back at it again wolf boy. Actually is wolf boy even correct, you so fucking old. Maybe wolf urn?? Like dude should you be an crusty rusty bag of bones by now. My favorite bag of bones tho.

Anyways I got the letter, fun shit. Someone threw it at my window and I think I collectively saw the afterlife for a minute but ya know.

Glad to hear business is thriving, gotta be on the grind for the bag at all hours. I'm doing that and I think I collectively lose it when I do as well, just slowly desending into madness. It pays good though so like hey tution is getting paid somehow. To answer the burning question, yes there maybe an couple people relatively that have made me angry. Popped my rice krispie treats per say but I'm not telling you cause the last thing I need is to be booked for accomplice to homicide.

Ah yes the religious zealots that have almost everything closed every Sunday. It's an pain but I make do. But yes I'm supposed to be poking dead bodies down the line, right now just going through the crash intro to it all. I've seen pictures of the dead but nothing inherently exciting. I would take you up on the offer, do some grave robbing like the days of old. In your time I believe, that was the way to learn how to be surgeon. Bring your own dead body to class.

Anyways Communist Peepaw, hope this letter somehow gets to you. People are getting unreliable and at this point I think I may have considered summoning something to just take it over. Or I conned some guy into wondering in, either way there's probably food this time around, don't know how you feel about dark chocolate let alone if you can have it. Like your dog right? Maybe not, shit I might just have sent you poison esstiental. Have fun with it though! :)

- Shay

[Disclaimer: Letters To Those You Hold Dear (Valentine's Edition) is a special event I'm holding from February 13th - February 23rd 11:59 PM. Find the guidelines HERE so you can send a letter or two to those you hold dear <3.]

Привет Shay,

See, this time I gave you a proper greeting, and you still have the fucking nerve to insult me as you do. Fucking cryptid that can't even drive straight. You call me old, and then you call me 'communist peepaw'? You remember who you are conversing with, да? Still, there is admittedly a charm to your anomalous behavior.

I did not... Send anyone to throw the letter at you? Interesting, how people take my commands. I think I scare them to the point that they think if they do not follow my specific directions to the letter, I will come and devour them. I would do so with or without their insubordination, but-.

I have told you time and time again that the business I am in pays more than well because humans can be sick fucks. Have you ever considered an apprenticeship? I have contacts who are looking for underlings. Not me though, you stay safe. Please, by all means, tell me the names of the people who make you upset. I have been looking for fresh meat for a while, and I cannot keep eating clientele. It is bad for business. Very bad. I would not mind eating religious zealots though. I wonder if their belief in god makes them sweeter? More bitter? I should be taking notes.

Pictures do not compare to the real thing, we both know this. I could easily show you a real dead body, just name the time and place. I have been yearning for air that doesn't feel so stale. The woods cannot recuperate after that ugly fucker tried to set it ablaze, and while I enjoy the scent of burnt shit like anyone else, I have a headache. Maybe we should rob a grave, just for the hell of it. You are a witch, right? Can ward off whatever spirit gets angry at us for disturbing their eternal slumber. That would be fun, or do you still wish to be alone on a Friday night?

Party foul for the chocolate question. You should know me better than that.

опа!

- L.

[Attached with the letter is a bottle of Russian whiskey and a note tied on a string to its neck reading: 'I didn't know we even had whiskey here. Beer, sure. Champagne, yes. But whiskey?']

#letters to those you hold dear #lucjusz in himself is a warning #darkwood wolfman x reader #darkwood wolfman headcanon

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unchecked-too-long · 2 years

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Sinf E Ahan Episode 1 initial thoughts

Okay, so for a brief summary, the show is about 5? girls from different backgrounds trying to step ahead in their career, prove themselves to family, or improve their family's financial situations, by joining the army. Because clearly that's the only way to achieve glory :) jk jk.

spoilers ahead for the entire premise in the first episode.

Yeah so. I plan on doing this similarly to how I did my ehd e wafa posts so let's just start with my reactions to the leads. Please note that I still do not remember any of their names because clearly ISPR has sworn to make everyone's work harder, including their own by having way too many plot lines.

First we have Islamabadi girl # 1

She's a nice kid. She's throwing a surprise party for her older brother who's been away for quite some time as most military brothers are. She's also very mad because she thinks getting admitted to MIT is conquering the world and since she isn't the one getting admitted and also acts like a habitual topper this added to the fact that she's on a gap year is clearly the end of the world. Matters are only made worse because of general annoying nature of rishta searching and being constricted because of it being on going. And thus decides to go through a rebel phase and join the army.

Y'know. She sounds like pretty sound rep for an upper middle class Islamabadi what could possibly go wro-

Yeah she thinks screaming into the phone to trick her brother into coming home earlier is a completely reasonable thing to do. Excellent. That was actually so random I just stared at the screen for a full 2 minutes not registering what else happened because bro what.

Anyway next we have Islamabadi girl # 2

Her parents fight a lot. She would very much spend her time in her very expensive closet room (which I am jealous of) instead and post pictures online and occasionally go on dates with? her friend? her boyfriend? her cousin? i don't even know? so they can have a roasting match. After her mother tells her she can't ever possibly be as cool as General Nigar, she decides she is going to go through a proper rebel phase and join the forces as a lawyer.

How much of that was because she just wanted to get away from home again I don't know but that was probably a factor. Understandable tbf. She is a little off but that's fine. Or maybe not because she's an influencer which automatically makes her unrelatable I'm sorry <:')

Then we have the resident Pashtun from Peshawar:

She would probably kill her fiance and her brother if murder wasn't illegal. Her hobbies include shaming her brother for not getting maths at the dinner table during revision in place of her dad, sketching herself as a soldier, and feeling mad she isn't allowed to work or accept money for the tutions she's been giving kids in her entire extended family and her mahala. Very understandable.

Her sister is extremely sly, a skill developed from trying to keep a vague sense of peace in the household since her childhood, probably, and makes a deal with their mother to let the elder take the entrance exam in exchange for her accepting her mangetar. Bad plan. It results in shoes flying. As they should.

And then we have Arzu (I think?) who is a Lahori and a Christian:

She's a teacher, is probably underpaid, and struggles to make ends meet for her and her family, which includes her parents and two younger siblings. They live in a rented apartment owned by her boyfriends father (an unnecessarily huge red flag), and financial issues regularly make it so she has to get said boyfriend to talk to his father and get them extra time to pay. To fix this, she decides she wants to try out for the entrance exam, and is immediately met with ridicule from her boyfriend, who probably deserves to get tied onto a raft and dropped into one of Lahore's various ganda naalas. I may change my mind about him later but so far. Well.

Either way she deserves a better neighborhood, a house of her own, and a better boyfriend.

Last but not least, we have our baloch rep:

She comes from a small village and her father has lost his right to his land because of debt to the villages sardar. She's also the only educated girl in her village due to her fathers support, knows how to use a rifle, and is pretty straightforward. She appears to want to build a career of her own and looks so heartbroken at hearing that there's potential rishtas I wanted to give her a hug.

She was the first character introduced but I feel like we didn't see enough of her to be completely honest. Or maybe I was starting to zone out at the end of the episode ahaha. She's definitely the more interesting out of the five, and I'd put Arzu after her. Also her father gets the role of the kind, witty elder man this time around. No ISPR drama is complete without that clearly.

All in all I'm not sure why we needed two Islamabadis, not that I have anything against them but like. Still. The cast seems fine and all but I am really concerned with how they're going to handle all 5 plot lines, given how that played out with ehd e wafa.

This is only one episode in though, hopefully this one will be better idk.

#pakistani dramas #sinf e ahan #i promise i'll have the characters names in the next post #it'll be considerably shorter two but well

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aghoulishomega · 3 years

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I want to share a cool shop I found.

CryptidScents on etsy is a small queer owned one person shop, that specializes in cologne/perfumes using natural ingredients. Kat is really amazing, and I'm currently working with them to come up with more scent ideas in their shop! They have a real passion for producing natural products and avoiding synthetic ingredients when possible.

While mainly specializing in cryptid/occult inspired scents, Kat can work with you to create your own blend for a custom cologne. I will be working with them to develop some of my own omegaverse headcanon scents, and a few inspired by local paranormal legends. Keep an eye put for more post involving those.

They have only had one sale so far, so go give them some love! All profit goes back into creating new scents for you to enjoy, and paying their tution.

https://etsy.me/35MqzS8

#alpha/beta/omega dynamics #omegaverse #a/b/o #omega #omegaverse headcanon #miscecanis #miscelupus #cologne #small business #queer owned business #queer #lgbtq #alpha/beta/omega headcanon #alpha/beta/omega #abo lifestyle

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popculturebuffet · 3 years

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Goof Week: House of Mouse: Super Goof or Wish I Could Fly Like Super Goof (Patreon Review for WeirdKev27)

Hello all you happy gorshers and welcome back to Goof Week, my week long celebration of Goofy’s 89th Birthday. And today I take my once a month trip down to the house of mouse as part of my patron kev’s yearlong celebration of the show’s 20th anniversary. And since I had this theme week in mind I asked him if it’d be okay if he strictly randomized goofy episodes, he said yes and here we are.

Luck was on my side as I got what I remembered was one of my faviorite episodes of the show. But before I can get if it lived up to the hype or not a brief word on Super Goof.

Super Goof is actually from the comics, first debuting in a story where Goofy thought he had super powers and fought the Phantom Blot in a cowboy hat.

This concept was a hit so in 1965 Goofy was made a superhero for real with Super Goof #1. This dosen’t suprise me: this was the height of the silver age: The Lee and Kirby age of Marvel was in full swing and DC was still doing gangbusters. So there was market for a superhero spoof comic starring one of Disney’s best and brightest characters, who was given a bunch of super peanuts called super goobers to give him superman powers. What DOES surprise me is the series lasted 74 issues from 65-84. And what’s more insane and wonderful? It didn’t get canceled because of low sales or anything. That was simply when Gold Key shut down... and Gold Key was FOUNDED three years before it meaning this book lasted the company’s ENTIRE lifespan. I’ll say that again, a book about goofy eating peanuts that started because of a story where goofy thought he was a superhero and fought a cowboy phantom blot, lasted 74 issues and only ended because the publisher shut down. That... is one of the most amazing things I have ever heard in my life. I’m genuinely impressed... this isn’t even a bad concept, I likes it and wish Disney would give it a full series. Farmer could do wonders with it. I’m just amazed that this odball little comic took off like it did. And as one final fun fact much like Superman, Super Goof set off the trend of Disney’s classic characters becoming heroes, with Donald’s own Papernik/Duck Avenger following in his footsteps. I REALLY want a Disney Superhero Verse in animatoin now, I know there was a mini series like that. And I will have to visit these comics at some point I just simply didn’t have room in the week with a movie review tomorrow. .

So with all that out of the way how does Super Goof do on screen and does the episode hold up? Join me under the cut to find out.

As usual for HOM I’ll be doing the shorts and overarching story seperate soooo

How To To Take Care of Your Yard:

Look anyone whose read my stuff or even just my goofy shorts special will know how much I love the How To Shorts and how this series is responsible. This admittedly isn’t one of the BEST of them.. but it’s still fun to watch. Even a forgettable How To Short is still GOOD. It’s abotu Goofy taking care of his yard over the four seasons and has some decent gags but nothing really standout. I Honestly DO wish I had more to say but this one’s just okay and it woudln’t stick out as much if both the wraparound and the other short weren’t so spectacular. Speaking of which.

Locksmiths: This is one of the few shorts I VIVIDLY remembered from childhood and for damn good reason. This is THE best short i’ve seen so far for House of Mouse this year and for good reason. The premise is simple enough: The Golden Trio are locksmiths.. who end up getting locked inside their own office just after Minnie calls with something urgent to tell them.

The results are comic gold, with the standout bits being Goofy’s keys which is just such a wonderful hurricane of puns with some great visual gags to start it off that I can’t help but love it

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There’s TONS of other good stuff too: The boys fishing for the key, Mickey opening a ton of doors in a sequence MST3K would be proud of and the finale with the boys falling out the office. This is a true , hilarious classic and my words can’t really do it justice. Seek this one out on it’s own or in the episode you will not regret it. A true classic for Disney Shorts period.

Super Goof:

So onto the main story. Goofy asks Clarabelle out and she’s not only incredibly receptive but simply asks to check her schedule.. which he interprets as no. I would make a joke here but i’ts clear from previous episodes HOM goofy has Low Self Esteem: he was utterly crushed not having a valentine and by his friends all wishing he could be less Goofy. So him overreacting like this is in character and comes off as endearing: it’s not that he thinks so low of her he’d think sh’ed pull something like this.. it’s that he’s so doubtful of someone liking him for who he is deep down he self sabotages something I can PAINFULLY relate to as that’s one of my biggest personal issues hands down.

So outside presumably on break...

Not THAT kind of break. Though since I bring it up: they both were wrong. They WERE on a break, and it was wrong of tweedle dee and tweedle dum there to keep needling it ESPECIALLY since their the ones who TOLD HIM to hide his sleeping with the waitress and took NO responsibility for that. Rachel treating it like an affair constantly when she’s the one who wanted space and didn’t give him any paramerters for said is fucking terrible. It’s telling that in the reunion trailer everyone but Matthew LeBlanc, who was clearly just having some fun agreed they were. That being said Ross still slept with someone five seconds after being on said break, still listneed to the two of them on hiding it when it was a bad idea, and STILL caused said break by being a clingy asshole to such a degree even his previous history of being cheated on does not justify or excuse how badly he treated Rachel. What i’m saying is they both sucked, and thus deserved each other, and by the end NEITHER was remotely likeable, with both having done terrible things both in said will they or won’t they hellscape and outside it, with Ross dating a student and Rachel dating her assistant.

Anyways after that thing I clearly needed to get off my chest, we get a narration informing us a METEOR IS COMING and it strikes the peanuts Goofy’s depression snacking on, as a result he becomes SUPER GOOF! And after a display of his powers with various disney characters (finding Gepetto and Pinocchio in a whale, saving the dalmations from cruella , lifting the giant from the littlest tailor) and finds he has a narrator. No really Goofy notices and is not happy about it despite all superheros having one. I mean he’s not wrong, look what the X-Men’s did to Cyclops:

But regardless he has him and Goofy flies through the air with the quickest of ease through the house of mouse impressing everyone who has no idea he’s goofy. This gag is a carry over from the comics and a transparent parody of the superman clark kent thing. But it works because Goofy still uses his name in costume, still has his hat and really changes nothing about his appearance. It’s simple but sometimes you just need a very simple gag to work and overxplaning it spoils the whole thing. Trust me I know as a certified experinced fuck up.

So after the first cartoon Super Goofy guest stars, and we get some neat gags with the disney movie characters, though my faviorite is Peter Pan’s reactoin of “He Can fly he can fly he can fly, big deal. Anyone can do that”. It’s both perfectly in character and utterly hilarious.

Goofy however starts to feel disheartneed as everyone compliments him.. and Minnie says he’s better than a regular goofy as do the others minus Mickey because he’s a good egg. And Clarabelle but he misinertperts her like of super goof as her liking him better as that.

So fed up with everyone liking him better, Goofy throws away the peanuts, which he kept in his hat.. though one did fall in his waiter’s uniform. Remember that. The narrator questions if this is really the end and what if there’s peril but Goofy’s stubbornly instiant he won’t do it no matter what.

Cue the what: another MUCH LARGER metor heading straight for Mainstreet

Goofy refuses to summon super goof despite the danger... Mickey has an apt response for him

This is the one scene I don’t really like: Goofy has a righ tto be upset they all prefer someone who just showed up hours ago over him, especially beceause it IS him, to the point Daisy was upset she got a picture of goofy instead of super goofy because J Jonah Jameson’s not going to pay for pictures of his next door neighbor. But Mickey has a right to not want to die horribly in a cataclysm of fire.

So Goofy mopes off like his son to go save the world, fine whatever. Only as is cartoon law, the trash has been picked up meaning he dosen’t have any goobers.. except the CHEKOVS GOOBER. With it he chews it, flies up and has a truly impressive display holding it back while it’s just over clarabelle before dispoising of it. he hits on her in super form but she says she already has date with regular goofy. Goofy’s confidence is restored, he’s probably getting laid tonight and we close on a Mike add for a school for Goofy’s. How much is tution.. asking for a me.

Final Thoughts: This wraparound was great, a few small flaws but it has a great, engaging charcter driven story with some delightfully silly jokes that are right up my ally. It’s easy to see besides my love of superheroes why this one stood out to me: It’s funny, heartwrenching and stars one of my faviorite character.

The shorts are also good, one that’s okay , a bit too long but not bad, and one that’s an utter masterpiece. In fact the only reason the first short feels so long is you really want to get back to the main plot fast, and that’s not a bad problem to have. This was an excellen tepisode and I recommend seeing it out.

Before I get to my whole patreon speil, i’d like to say that House of Mouse STILL is not avaliable on Disney+ for reasons that haven’t been made clear. As such it’s on my Not Streaming List, a list I keep and update reguarly of shows that SHOULD be streaming on a particular service and have no clear reason NOT to be such as musical rights issues like the ones likely keeping shows like Drew Carrey, Northern Exposure and Murphy Brown off streaming. So check that out if your curious, link is on my main page and hit me up if you have any suggestoins for it.

So thank you for reading and if you liked this review give it a like and consider joining my patreon at patreon.com/popculturebuffet. As a patron you’d get access to exclusive reviews, the patreon’s discord and to pick a short each time I do one of these shortstaculars. Donald’s comnig next month and the deadline is in only a few days to join up for said month so the clock is ticking. Even a dollar a month helps me reach my stretch goals so please i fyou can sign up today and if not, I understand and i’ll see you at the next rainbow

#goofy #goofy goof #clarabelle cow #house of mouse #mickey mouse #donald duck #minnie mouse #daisy duck #superheroes #super goof #goof week

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guccibanban · 3 years

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I've been wanting to write about my dog for so long and I guess since I cannot sleep, Now's the time. Ever since I was little, I've always loved dogs. I even wanted to be a vet ao I can be close to animals and treat them. Sadly, we didn't have much to pay for the tution and not all schools is offering that course and I didn't want to be far away from home.

For so long I wanted a dog but my family isnt fond of them. They're scared of dogs so as long as I'm living with my family, I need to respect their wishes so I never tried to get one yet I yearn for one. Then one day, my cousin's BF got her a dog. Luckily we live in the same compound so that dog became partly mine by that I meant I treated her dog like it was my nephew. I bought his dog clothes and I was almost always at their house so I can visit her dog. Unfortunately after 2 years of adventures, her dog met a car accident. I remember it so well since I heard about it while I was mid shift in my work and I bawled my eyes out while working and wanting to go home. Anyways, fast forward.. I still dremed of having a dog but same situation, I cant have one. Also I was single that time and for 5 years.I came to a conclusion that its fine if I ended up alone. Because as a kid my dream was to get married, have a great wedding and have my own family but as we get older closing to a certain age and like I said not having any relationship for a while, I kinda gave up the idea and instead I made a new dream. To work hard, buy my own house and get a dog. Then I'll live peacefully alone with all my dogs. I was set with that idea and I really thought that its far away in the future, like 5 to 10 years? Since I need to move out before owning a dog but almost 2 years ago a miracle happened. I met Gucci 🤎 and now she's the most important thing in my world.

How did I got her?

So few weeks or days before we got her my sister was talking about her friends having dogs and she was joking with one of her friends about it cause her friend's dog is pregnant and she said oh its so cute can I have one when she get the puppies out as a joke and she told me about it. But came a month after the puppies were born my sisters friend asked her if she wanted 1 puppy and said they can bring it over. So immidiately my sister called me asking if I wanted a dog and of course I said yes but i asked her is this a joke?! Also she has to tell our mom about it and so we had my mom go to my room so we can tell her and at that point she cant really do anything bec my sister's friend was ready to give the puppy. So then I called up my cousin to get ready cause finally Im getting a puppy and I know she wanted to come as well. So my sister, her family, my cousin and I drove up to the meeting point and there it was.. a brown 1 month old puppy in a carton box. It was love at first sight. The moment I laid my eyes on her, I already know how much love I have for her and thats How I met Gucci. It took us a few days probably 2 to 3 before we named her because we cant find a name so fitting. We didnt want to call her Choco or Toffee cause it doesnt feel right. BTW, she was dark brown with black streaks when she was a puppy. Also she is Half Shih tzu and half aspin too. We then decided on Gucci, first time I called her Gucci, I knew thats the name for her.

Meet Gucci and fall in love with her the same way I did. BTW, She's almost 2 now. Exactly 1 year and 7 months 🤎🐶 I'm excited to show more of her in the future and our 1 year and 7 mo adventure together

#Guccibanban #gucci #Dogs #Puppy #Dog #Love #Mybaby #Baby #shihtzu #aspin

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therapy101 · 5 years

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What is your opinion towards tution-free college I've seen posts where people only agree with it b/c "its less stress/less to deal with". I'm personally against it mainly because: it's completely unfair to pay off someone else's tuition and recieve absolutely nothing in return and it may cause mental harm towards the tax payers, who only want to provide for their own. I also believe that people learning to handle very large investments like tuition, should do it on by themselves.

I’m very pro-tuition free college.

As a society, we agree to pay taxes in order to fund our society as a whole, not just ourselves. My tax money already goes to things I may never directly benefit from: military and veteran benefits, roads in towns I don’t live in, security at Mar-a-Lago, etc. And I would much rather my tax money went to something that helps poor college students than something that helps corrupt billionaires. That doesn’t mean I receive “nothing” in return, because I also get government benefits as a result of taxes: my K-12 education, federal student loan programs, research and healthcare funding, etc. It’s a give and take for everyone. In addition, societal-level action that improves outcomes for other people will often indirectly impact me- when our population is better educated, that helps everyone.

As for your other point- sure, learning money management is important. But I disagree that taking on debt is the right way to accomplish that. A position that says to people who want higher education, “figure it out yourselves,” means that the people who will actually have access to education & be able to build a financially secure future with their higher education and training are people who already have the money and privilege to afford it. I might agree with you if college still cost as much as it did 40 or 50 years ago, and could be paid off with a summer job- but it doesn’t. Asking poor people to go into massive debt in order to have a chance at the middle class is immoral. And it’s not good for anybody- the current trillions in student debt in the US is depressing the economy, decreasing home ownership, even decreasing new births.

And frankly, although “less stress” isn’t the whole reason to have tuition free college- it does matter. Stress literally kills. It’s not a trivial issue and shouldn’t be treated as such.

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coffeekaspbrak · 5 years

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Coffee date- Kay x Bev fic

Author’s note: Sorry if this is cliche or has lots of typos, we just need more McMarsh and I’m here to provide y’all

Beverly Marsh had been up for 27 hours.

She’d pulled some late night stunts in the past, but never 27 goddamn hours.

The insomnia had painted streaks of purple underneath her eyes, ever noticeable against her pale and now greasy skin. She hadn’t showered in those 27 hours either.

A double major in graphic design and fashion combined with a job at the bookstore hadn’t lent itself well to hygiene or sleep.

Needless to say, as a college student, Bev was pretty broke. Her aunt had helped her pay for school itself but she didn’t have the means to spend much outside of tution. She certainly didn’t have cash to be blowing on a five dollar cup of frothy coffee.

But spring midterms had kicked her ass right into starbucks at four o’clock that morning.

She had finished three projects in the past five hours and still had four classes to go to and a shift to work at 7 am and so it was too late to go bed. So, forgive her for drowning her sorrows and class induced insomnia in an overpriced latte.

The still chilly March air had shut the door behind her with a slight bang that made her jump, eyes flying open. The few customers in the shop stopped glanced over with surprise, the loud sound cut through the calm, tired atmosphere of the store. Bev felt immediately out of place as she walked slowly up to the counter. Her overgrown red hair hung down to her ears in messy, unbrushed curls that she pushed out of her face to see the drink options.

“Hello, what can I get for you this morning?” the preppy looking kid working asked her with a tired smile. Bev knew that exhausted, customer service smile as she would be sporting it later. She smiled back, “Almond milk latte please.”

The kid picked up a sharpie and a cup.

Bev stared to the side, taking in the customers here this early.

The sound of the door opening and then closing abruptly with a slam brought her eyes to the entrance of the shop. There, coming closer to the line, was a woman with curly dark hair and the most gorgeous dark brown eyes Beverly had ever seen. She seemed to walk in slow motion as Bev’s eyes widened and followed her movements to the space close behind her. They met eyes and the woman smiled at her, a bit awkwardly, “Hello.”

Her tone made Bev realize she was being a total creep to this poor, hot woman.

“S-sorry,” she said loudly, turning back to the cashier who she realized has been talking to her. “Ma’am?” He asked with a quirked eyebrow.

“Sorry what?” She asked.

“Your name?” Damn she was off her game.

“Oh,” she blushed heavily, “Bev.”

“3.25 please”

Bev handed him five dollars and told him to keep the change. She shouldn’t have given her current financial situation but she was too flustered to wait.

She moved to the side of the store to wait for her drink and buried her face into her hand.

Of course, today of all days, she had to embarrass herself in front of someone cute, as if the lack of sleep wasn’t enough to ruin her day.

She then felt a presence in the space next to her and breathed in a scent, a bit like honey. She kept her head down, not wanting to embarrass herself more.

The barista, a different one from before looked at the cup and tried to read the smudged handwriting before rolling his eyes and announcing only, “almond milk latte!” And placing the drink on the counter.

Bev perked her head up and reached towards the cup.

Before she could pulled away, her hand collided with another.

“Oh,” she blushed and pulled away looking up at the person who’s hand met her’s. It was the same woman from earlier, because who else would it be.

“No, no,” she pulled away, “You ordered first, it’s yours.” She kept a gentle smile on her face. “I like your rings, by the way.”

Bev looked down at her own hands, almost forgetting she had the rings on, “Oh, thanks, I like your jacket,” she responded, gesturing towards the girl’s green bomber jacket.

“Thank you,” she said, tucking some of her hair behind her ear.

The barista called out again, “Almond milk latte!”

“Now we can just see,” the woman picked up the latte that was put down first and squinted, trying to read the cup, “Bec?”

Beverly suppressed a laugh, now feeling more comfortably confident, “Bev. Starbucks doesn’t play around with screwing up names I guess.”

The girl’s eyes lit up slightly, “Oh dude, it’s a total marketing scheme. Get a messed up version of your name, post it on Instagram, boom free marketing for Starbucks.”

Bev laughed tiredly, sounding kind of crazy, sleep deprivation made lots of stuff funny. “You’re so right I hadn’t even thought about that.”

The girl stuck out her hand, “I’m Kay,” she said.

Instead of shaking it, Bev picked up the other latte and read it, “Well looks like this is for Kip, but I won’t tell if you won’t.” She placed it in the Kay’s hand, who

laughed an angelic sound. But then kept on laughing, hunching over.

Until there were tears in her eyes.

Bev was faltered if a little confused.

“I’m sorry,” she breathed, “That wasn’t even that funny, I just haven’t slept in 24 hours.”

“College?”

Kay nodded, still laughing, “I’m a political science major.”

An older man glared at them for taking up space in front of the counter.

Kay collected herself, “I’ll get out of your way, sir,” She said still smiling. She motioned for Bev to follow her out the door. Which Bev gladly did.

Once outside Kay giggled again, “God what an asshole. Can’t he see I’m trying to have a conversation with a cute girl?”

Bev blushed and then retorted, “I know right.”

“Hey,” Kay touched her shoulder, “Do you have anywhere to be right now?”

“My first lecture is at seven, I’m all yours.”

“Cool,” Bev could see her cheeks turn darker, “Wanna walk for a while?”

She nodded, “I’d like that.”

The two made their rounds around campus, in which time Bev learned that Kay was planning to go into law with her degree.

“I’d love to be an environmental rights lawyer. People act like I’m just some tree hugging hippie but I really want to help the earth.”

Bev didn’t know much about environmentalism besides the basics, but Kay makes her want to learn more as her eyes light up with passion and her voice blooms with interest.

Bev had told her that she was double majoring “Graphic design and fashion,”

she motioned down to her gray sweatpants and crewneck sweatshirt, “Believe it or not.”

Kay laughed, “Sleepy chic. It’s cute on you.”

Bev thought her cheeks must be tomato red.

Half way into their conversation about what kind of music they like, Bev began shivering a bit. She realized that she was definitely underdressed for the weather, only prepared for a short coffee trip.

“Oh, are you cold?” Kay asked, looking concerned.

“A little, but it’s fine-“

Kay was already taking off here jacket and wrapping it around her shoulders.

They eventually found themselves near the bookstore where Bev worked.

“Wanna stop inside? I’ve got my key.”

“Of course.”

Bev took to showing her around the place and watching Kay nerd out about some of the ones she’d read in her classes. She’d talked for a while about the book they were reading in her gender studies class while Bev smiled completely entranced in her excited voice and her beauty.

Kay suddenly blushed and looked up at her, “You aren’t bored of me talking yet?”

She shook her head, “I don’t think I ever could be.”

Kay stared into her eyes and moved herself closer to Bev, placing her hands on her face. She smiled as their lips connected, Bev brought her hands to Kay’s hips. She tasted like honey chapstick and good coffee. The kiss was gentle and over way too soon.

“Oh shit,” Kay said, looking down at her watch, “it’s 6:45, I better start walking.”

“Oh my god, that went by fast, almost three hours.”

Kay grinned slyly, “Time flies when you’re having fun.” She walked over to the counter and pulled out a pen.

“Give me your arm,”

Bev stuck out her arm and Kay wrote something on it, before throwing the pen on the desk and pressing a kiss to Bev’s cheek. “I’ve gotta go. Call me.” She hurried out the door. Bev watched her and was reminded of that phrase,

Hate to see you go, love to watch you leave.

She looked down at her arm,

A phone number was written along with Kay (or kip) McCall and a heart.

For once in her life, Bev was happy to be up so early.

#it 2017 #beverly marsh #kay mccall #mcmarsh #it fanfic #it stephen king

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the-orangeauthor · 5 years

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Okay so tumblr keeps rotating all my pics 🙄 and I did not check the quality of the pic of my laptop before turning it off 😅. But, on the bright side, I have been very productive these last 3 days.

I did a shift on friday at the tution centre

I have done my turkish lessons every day for the last 3 days

I tutored for 3 hours on saturday

I saw a post with a digital monthly spread so I made my own

Started writing the next chapter of DOTD

We did the toothpaste and flash pic thing and it was really fun

I have an induction day at uni tomorrow and I am so excited to go back!! So, in spirit of starting lectures the following week I created a digital monthly spread for october and I kinda really love it.

The microsoft store is crap so I used a basic whiteboard app and made it. Took a while cuz it was my first time really paying attention to the details of bujoing but it was fun!! I will still be using my blue journal for day to day things like noting assignments etc but I like having a monthly spread too. I'll try get a better pic of the spread too.

Any recommendations for a good and basic app for a monthly spread??

🧡 Day 24, 25, 26/100 🧡

#study motivation #watercolor #education #positivity #bujo spread #monthly spread #100 days of positivity #100 days of productivity #i am prepared #and excited #yay!

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dazzleyourmindseye · 6 years

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Hey everyone!

I’ve finally set up a gofundme account to help pay for my college tuition this term. Please check it out! Anything helps!

Hi! My name is Kendall and I am in my last year of community college. I'm 23 and I live on the central Oregon coast. Unfortunately my cost for tuition for this term is beyond my means, and I have drained my family dry for previous costs. Medical costs for my father, who lives in permanent hospice care, take up most of the family's income, and while I work, I barely make enough to buy my own groceries, epecially now that my hours have been cut to accommodate my full-time class schedule. My mom graciously allows me to live rent free, but almost an hour away from my college campus, so my transportation costs eat up even more of my meager paychecks. I am majoring in Aquarium Sciences and I have over ten years of experience in this field, volunteering at aquariums when I was only 12 years old. So this means a great deal to me. The last 3 years have been a struggle, but I am almost there! I have to raise $3,000 to pay for this term's tution by March without putting even more strain on my family. Anything helps! Even a couple bucks gets me one more meal or bus fare for the day. Thank you for donating!!

https://www.gofundme.com/hxnxhr-my-college-tution

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ellie-thompson1 · 5 years

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This podcast introduced us to the lying issues within education such as finanial issues.

It got me thinking when one of the participants mention that although we are taught to follow are passion etc sometimes are passions can become burdens especially if the income isn’t there and people stuggle finanically. People should ask themselves there goals from education and is it fanically stable - this is were things like the ux school app will fill in a missing space in education, I believe anyways.

Something else that is quite relevant and relatable to me and lots of other students today tend to be the amount of money we pay for years of education. Some student also tend to have part time - full time jobs to help pay for schooling. This can be a hard thing for people to juggle at times and I think there is a lot of pressure, particularly if you arn’t putting 100% into your education because jobs take up whatever time you have outside of university/college hours.

When the students go into work, do you think employers should provide some kind of extra help? - again this is why something like the ux school would be evidently useful for many people, as for me building the UX hub its free and wouldnt cost businesses money or time. Rather employees and students would invest their own time into learning whenever it suits them best. This emphasises on the point that at the start of this project i was thinking a lot about students in university around the age of 18-25 but there is much more users that could benefit from such a tool and this podcast has opened my eyes to this. Particularly to possible users that are already in a job, perhaps there company is working on a project that a particular individual(s) has never been taught or worked in before, this is were a platform such as UX hub would be beneficial.

In this podcast there was a short clip about donalnd trump talking about how there are kids coming out of some of best universities and not getting employed cause they dont have practial experience. They emphasises that the best way to learn is by doing and this is something I have certainly realised throughout my years of education.

Touching on the university side of things a lot of students tend to not know what they want to do as a career - some may have ideas but what happends when they pay there tution fees and realise its not for them? Its a waste of valuable time and energy and they discuss throughout how people should be able to test out different areas people would particularly be interested in taking a career in, this way people have an idea of what they want to do. Yet again another point as to why more education platforms are needed so that this problem can be solved.

Lastly another topic discussed was how teachers need to be given different ways to teach rather than the traditional classroom - different ways of learning through doing and allowing students to have personised education weither it be specific learning preferences, flexibility and time. This was really good to hear because thats excactly what i UX hub is going to be about - personalised education.

#ixd303 #ux #education

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lentils-writes · 7 years

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Day 12: Arranged marriage AU with this prompt that I found:

okay but like two friends getting married for cheaper tution like hah we are geniuses this is a fool proof plan and we are completely platonic everything is fine haha i didnt just notice how beautiful your eyes are and how soft your hair feels LOVING THIS CHEAPER TUITION EVERYTHING IS FINE

(I am SO SORRY this is late I got very carried away I like pining ok)

Kara checks her phone on the bus home and, of course, there’s a text from Melinda. That’s not weird; they text each other every day. What is weird is that it’s just a link to an article and the headline is “Get Married, Save Thousands on Tuition.”

Kara opens the article, skims it, and then replies.

??? what do u mean by this article???

I think it’s pretty self-explanatory.

it’s rly not

explain pls

Well, we both got into U of C, right?

yeah...

But I’m a California resident and you’re not. You’ll gonna be paying an extra twenty grand since you’re out-of-state. If we get legally married, you’ll count as a resident.

Kara feels her face getting hot and glances around to make sure no one is looking at her.

what r u saying

It wouldn’t be a real marriage, calm down. Just so we get tax breaks and lower tuition. I think we could even qualify for the family housing if we’re lucky. It’s way cheaper than the dorms.

wow ur moving kinda fast there

we haven’t even gone on a real date :P

Hey, I took you to see Jupiter Ascending when you were here during winter break last year!

i don’t think that counts

we got kicked out

YOU got us kicked out for laughing too loud!

Anyway, sorry if this is weird. We don’t have to if you don’t want to. I just thought it might be funny.

it is pretty funny

i gotta think about it tho

No worries. Practice starting, bye

Kara stares at her phone for a long moment, thinking. It’s not that she cares that much about marriage or thinks of it as this super important sacred symbol of love or anything. It’s something she’s thought a little more about since New Mexico legalized it when she was a freshman, and then again since the Supreme Court decision last year, but she’s in high school. The idea of falling in love and getting married is so far from her reality that she almost can’t imagine it.

Plus, it’s Melinda. Melinda is the most important person in her life - ever since they met three years ago on Tumblr, Kara’s spent hours talking to Melinda, becoming closer to her than she’s ever been to anyone else. She has friends at school (Alex, Sara, Zoe), but she’s always felt weirdly alienated from the rest of her classmates. Melinda likes to listen to her talk about Greek mythology and weapons history and all the other weird shit that most people find confusing or just too weird. Melinda makes her feel normal. So maybe marrying her best friend for a few years, and then divorcing a few years later, wouldn’t be the worst thing. Especially if the benefits are really that good.

---

Kara’s mom is weirdly supportive. “I know you and Melinda are close,” she says. “And you’re eighteen, I can’t stop you. I just don’t want you to get hurt. Be careful not to take it too seriously, okay?”

Kara hugs her mom and rolls her eyes. “I won’t, Mom,” she says. “We probably won’t even sleep in the same bed or anything.”

When she Skypes Melinda to accept her “proposal,” Melinda smirks. “I told my parents. Dad thinks it’s weird, but he likes the idea of not having to file my taxes for me. Mom lectured me for half an hour in Mandarin about and then said, ‘At least you’ll have someone to look after you, keep you out of trouble.’”

Kara giggles. “Tell her I’ll try?”

“Please. I’m the one that keeps you out of trouble,” teases Melinda. “So, I guess now we’d better figure out how courthouse weddings work. Can you come a couple days early so we can do the ceremony?”

“Yeah, I think so.” Kara nods. “We haven’t booked plane tickets or anything yet. I haven’t even really started packing.”

“Oh, and we should probably get rings. Doesn’t have to be fancy ones, just to keep up the facade. You might even be able to find something at Claire’s.”

“Yeah, I can do that. Can I stay at your place the extra couple days?”

“I’ll have to ask my parents, but probably that’s fine. They like you. As much as they like anyone, I mean.” Melinda chuckles. “I think you being a girl is helping. Mom’s never been that weird about my girlfriends, but I’m pretty sure she thinks it doesn’t really count unless I’m with a guy.”

Kara snorts and rolls her eyes. “Well, either way, it’s only four years. Then you can go off and marry a nice doctor or whatever they want you to do.”

“No, not a doctor. A lawyer. Not that I’m planning on marrying either one. Maybe not at all. You might be it.”

Kara mock-flinches. “So much pressure! I could sour you on the concept of marriage forever.”

“You could,” teases Melinda. “Okay, I have an essay to write for AP history. Later.”

“Bye,” says Kara, signing off. She has homework too, but instead of working on it she finds herself opening a new tab and going to Target’s jewelry section. Just for laughs, of course.

(The one she ends up picking out, and taking the bus to get the next day, is silver and has two curving lines that cross over each other, with a line of clear gems set into one of the lines. It sort of reminds Kara of an infinity symbol - ironic, but it’s fifteen dollars and won’t look too cheap.)

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Neither Kara nor Melinda opt to wear white dresses to the courthouse. Melinda because Kara’s pretty sure she doesn’t own a single dress, and Kara because she doesn’t own anything white. She wears her favorite red summer dress and a sapphire necklace her mom insisted she take. Melinda wears a button-up shirt and her nice leather jacket. Kara’s starting to feel like maybe the necklace is too much, but Melinda smiles at her and says, “It brings out your eyes.” Kara says thank you and then laughs, and she’s not sure why.

They mostly spend the time waiting to be called in for the ceremony teasing each other about who’s going to do what. “I don’t bake,” Kara says, “so forget about coming home to fresh-baked cookies.”

“You should make us that pasta salad your mom gave you the recipe for, though,” Melinda says. “That sounds amazing.”

“If you rub my shoulders after dinner?”

“Deal.”

The officiant seems to take their giggly familiarity for actual romantic affection, and the ceremony takes only a few minutes. Kara expects it to feel more important than it does, but before she knows it Melinda is slipping the ring on her finger and pulling her in for a quick kiss at the end of the vows. It’s over before Kara can really absorb it’s happening.

They hold hands out of the courthouse, and Melinda grins over at her. “So,” she says. “How’s it feel?”

Kara shrugs, grinning back. “Totally normal.”

“Good,” Melinda says. “I guess maybe we should’ve practiced kissing first, but he didn’t seem suspicious.”

Kara shrugs. “I dunno. I think it was fine.” She hasn’t been kissed in a long time, not since early junior year when she and Beth broke up. She just hasn’t really had time to worry about finding anybody else.

They go get ice cream and shoot each other secret smiles. Kara eats a chunk of her coffee ice cream and stares at the little silver ring on her finger. It’ll take some getting used to.

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They get a tiny one-bedroom apartment in the family housing complex, which is way nicer than the dorms even if it doesn’t come with furniture. Melinda’s parents help them buy a cheap bed frame and mattress. “Having only one bed saves money,” Lian May says, when May tries to protest. “And there won’t be enough room for two in this tiny place.”

Melinda makes a face at Kara behind her mother’s back, but Kara just shrugs. It’s not like she hasn’t slept in the same bed as other girls before. It’s no big deal.

There’s a ton of orientation activities for them to go to, but they end up skipping out halfway through and going home to order a pizza and watch Netflix. “I guess we could’ve said we were gonna go Netflix and chill,” teases Kara.

Melinda rolls her eyes and bumps her shoulder. “Dork.”

Kara gets a job in the admissions office, and Melinda ends up working at the on-campus gym. Classes start, and they fall into a routine. They switch off cooking every other night, except if someone has a group meeting or evening lecture and then there are usually leftovers in the fridge. They get invited to a few parties and wave at their neighbors and get pretty good at the whole acting-married thing. Kara finds that the story of how they met doesn’t actually need that much editing; people seem to find it adorable. She meets Bobbi in her intro to human biology class, who tells her about the on-campus LGBT+ society (which, apparently, had had a booth at the clubs fair that they skipped) and gives her her number to hang out later. (Kara tries not to laugh out loud; go figure the only time another queer girl’s ever given her her number, it’s in a totally platonic context.)

And then, a month and a half into the school year, Kara has to consider that she might be falling in love with her “wife.”

Or at least she definitely wants to bone her. She figures that out one night when Melinda’s taking a bath and Kara barges into the bathroom to pee (nothing new, they’ve been doing that since the first week here) and notices, holy shit, Melinda has incredible boobs.

Melinda is reading and, when she notices Kara staring, she looks at her, puzzled. “What?”

“Uh,” says Kara, quickly looking away. “Nothing. Just wondering what you were reading.”

“Just a book for European History. You alright? You seem nervous.”

“I’m fine!” Kara says, too abrupt.

(She ends up having some confusing sexy dreams that night, and luckily Melinda has an early class the next morning and she doesn’t. Once Melinda leaves, she gets herself off quickly and hopes maybe that will be the end of it. Maybe it was just her body needing an orgasm.)

(It wasn’t.)

After that, she starts noticing other things: how shiny Melinda’s hair is in the sunlight, how satisfying it is to make her laugh or smile, how strong her hands are. About a week and a half after the bath incident, Melinda offers to give her a shoulder rub and Kara’s heart starts beating so fast she’s sure Melinda can hear it. But she just nods, and it turns out Melinda’s hands are amazingly strong. Kara probably makes some embarrassing noises, but Melinda doesn’t say anything about it, just smirks and says, “Glad you’re enjoying it.”

“I’m just really tense,” mutters Kara, blushing.

“Hey, I get it. My algebra prof is being a pain in the ass and assigning a ton of homework.” Melinda smiles sympathetically at her. “Anytime you need another one lemme know, okay?”

“Th-thanks,” says Kara. “I can try to do it for you too?”

Melinda shrugs. “Sure.” She shucks off her shirt and turns her back to Kara. “You ever done this before?”

“A couple times,” says Kara, “but I don’t think my hands are as strong as yours.” She starts kneading May’s shoulder muscles anyway.

“Mm, this is fine,” hums Melinda. “Thank you.”

Kara tries really hard to do a good job, and also not to notice how soft Melinda’s skin is.

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Finally she can’t take it anymore and texts Bobbi to meet up with her for lunch. Bobbi’s probably her closest friend on campus (besides Melinda), she can trust her with her secret.

“Hey,” Bobbi says when she arrives at Teriyaki Madness, setting down her styrofoam container full of food and sitting across from Kara. “What’s up?”

Kara purses her lips and then finally says, “It’s kind of a long story, but it has to do with me and Melinda.”

“You’re not really a couple, are you?” Bobbi asks.

Kara’s so startled all she can do is squeak, “Um.”

“Dude, I figured out you guys were faking it like the third time we all hung out together. You guys are obviously super close, but when you hold hands or hug or kiss you’re so awkward. Like, I’ve had friends that were in LDRs and when they were together you couldn’t pry them apart. Not you guys.” Bobbi raises an eyebrow. “I mean, I’m guessing you got married for tuition, right? Mad props. My last ex wanted to do that but I knew we’d end up divorced in six months.”

Kara puts her face in her hands and groans. “Is it that obvious?”

“I mean, I dunno. I’m pretty perceptive. I think probably most people aren’t thinking that much about it. But anyway, what did you wanna talk to me about? You guys okay other than, y’know, not actually being a couple?”

“Um,” says Kara. “Well.” She stares at her soda, unsure of how to say I wanna have sex with my best friend-slash-wife and also I might be falling in love with her?

Bobbi looks at her for a second. “You’re not like, in trouble, are you?”

“No, no! I mean. I’m okay, I just…” Kara swallows and then mutters “ImightbeintoherIthinkmaybe.”

At that, Bobbi laughs, then slaps a hand over her mouth. “Jeez, sorry, that was mean,” she says, but she’s still grinning. “So you, what, figured out you like her now?”

“I guess,” says Kara, eating a piece of chicken. “She’s...we’ve been best friends for three years, she’s the person I know best in the world. Maybe I should’ve seen this coming.”

Bobbi shrugs and replies, “Hey, just ‘cause you’re close with someone doesn’t mean you’re gonna wanna bone them. Izzy and I practically grew up together and I can’t imagine being into her, she’s like my sister. If I had a really hot sister, I guess. But I’m not interested in her that way. Anyway. What are you gonna do about it?”

“I don’t know!” says Kara. “What am I supposed to do? ‘Hey, best friend who I’m legally married to, I’m thinking maybe I actually wanna date you and not just pretend, how do you feel about that?’ That’s so weird.” She sighs. “This is stupid.”

Shaking her head, Bobbi says, “It’s not. You really just need to talk to her about it. I know it’s gonna be weird, but if she’s not into you too, then you guys can talk about you like, dating other people. Or you can come over and I’ll buy you a shitton of ice cream and we’ll watch dumb movies. Whatever you need.”

“Or I could just never say anything,” Kara says. But she makes a face and nods. “Thanks for listening.”

“Hey, no worries.” Bobbi pauses and then adds, “Listen, if she’s not down for whatever, I’m also available for a friends-with-benefits thing, if you want.” She gives Kara an exaggerated wink.

Kara snorts. “I’ll think about it.”

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It takes Kara a week to figure out what she wants to say, and then another week to figure out the right time to say it, which means that once she’s finally gotten up the guts it’s midterms week and she and Melinda are so busy they barely see each other. Then after midterms she waits a week or two just to be sure, and then it’s the week before Thanksgiving and it would just be weird to make things weird before Thanksgiving, so she waits some more. (She ends up going home with Melinda and meeting many members of her extended family. To them, she’s just Melinda’s roommate, which is okay. It’s kind of nice to not have to pretend.)

And then it’s the holiday season.

Bobbi’s taken it upon herself to badger Kara about talking to Melinda give-or-take once a week, and by this point she’s just texting stuff like DONE YET? in all-caps. You have to tell her sometime!!!! Bobbi writes. You can’t just NOT!!!!!

u wanna bet

You’re going to die of blue balls or something!

i don’t think that’s possible, bob

and i don’t even have balls

Ok maybe not but seriously, this is ridiculous

Finally, one night they’re watching a movie and Kara blurts out, “I have to talk to you about something.”

Melinda pauses the movie and glances over at her. “What’s up? You okay?”

“Yes. No. I mean-” Kara sighs. “It’s embarrassing.”

Melinda looks even more confused. “What do you mean?”

Kara bites her lip. “I...I like you.��

“Oh.” Melinda just looks at her for a moment.

Kara’s starting to get progressively more anxious and angry with herself when Melinda adds, “Well, good, ‘cause I was trying to figure out how to tell you that I’m into you. It seemed like a bad romance novel cliche.”

Kara laughs, maybe a little hysterically. “Wait, how long have you been…?”

Melinda coughs. “This whole plan may or may not have been my way of trying to tell you.”

“Mel, oh my god! It’s been months! Why didn’t you-”

“Same reason you didn’t,” Melinda says, nudging her with her shoulder. “Too chickenshit to say something.”

“Shit,” says Kara, putting her face in her hands. “I’m sorry, I didn’t know - I’ve been stressing since like before Halloween about this! I told Bobbi and she’s been bugging me to tell you!”

“Oh, Bobbi knows?” Melinda snorts. “Great. So we’ll never hear the end of that.”

“Well, I usually tell you about this stuff, but I couldn’t! Oh my god.” Kara laughs again. “So I guess...now we get to figure out how to date for real?”

“I guess,” Melinda says. “You wanna make out for real?”

“Oh my god, yes.”

(Bobbi never does let them live it down. And they don’t get divorced after the four years are up.)

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