#i need to read something else of yours soon! I've got some deadlines coming up so naturally my brain is like 'HERE ARE FIC IDEAS'

[darsynia]

I am very much behind on my reading of your stories, only halfway through Just Right, buuuut. First that came to mind was 'Dine chewing on Tony - and basically admitting her love to Steve in the process - when she was to decide whether Gold Steve should come to the mission. Cause FACTS about Steve💕 (and the sideffect was sweet bonus)

Closely followed by the end of the chapter and Steve's Flustered looks good on you. Top characterisation, dear✨

Thank you so much! I really enjoyed that speech, just the idea of going off like that and the words hitting everyone who hears them in different ways?? And thank you so very much for the compliments about characterization! I really am excited about how you'll (eventually, when you have time, all good thoughts and encouragements for your academic and other endeavors!!) feel about the rest of the story! The last 3 chapters in particular 🥰💚😘

Given that there are two Steves in the story and they both need to feel in character and yet noticeably different (at least to Dine), this was very encouraging to read, thanks again!

#darsy twirls her asks #anika ann #i need to read something else of yours soon! I've got some deadlines coming up so naturally my brain is like 'HERE ARE FIC IDEAS' #like... brain NO! #*gets out the spray bottle*

[venetianwindow]

5 lessons from my first year of university

Introduction

Recently I've been reflecting on my first year of university while mentoring younger students at my institution. Speaking with them got me thinking about what valuable lessons I took away from that crucial time. I decided to make a post about it! These are generalised advice that I hope will apply regardless of your area of study. I'm considering an architecture/design school-specific post for the future -- let me know if there is interest in that. :)

🪴 1: Know all your deadlines.

Staying on top of your assignments is vital, especially during the most hectic exam/submission periods. I suggest having a calendar to keep track of all your upcoming deadlines. Either physical or digital will work fine; I personally use a combination of both. It's also worth finding out about your deadlines as soon as possible. Your modules may provide you with a termly overview early on - if you receive this or something similar, make good use of it to plan ahead.

🪴 2: Ask questions.

There is nothing embarrassing about asking your professors/tutors when you don’t understand something! It saves you from worrying about the knowledge gap in future study sessions. Don't wait for anyone to ask -- often someone else will have the same question, but if both of you think the same and neither step up, neither of you will get an answer. Be brave, it's worth it.

🪴 3: Use all the resources at your disposal.

There are a lot of advantages to being a university student -- namely, you have a plethora of academic resources available. For one thing, make the most of your libraries as much as you can. If you're looking for a text, your university library catalogue should be your first port of call; very likely you will find it there. Similarly, get ahold of any online journals that your university account can access. Academic papers are brilliant research resources. Outside of campus, see what your university ID can get you -- apart from student discounts, it can also give you easy access to some external institutions that may hold useful resources for your studies. Find out what's available and make note of them, you never know what might come in handy!

🪴 4: Find some comradeship.

Here I am specifically speaking of making friends within your programme/course. Depending on your cohort size, this may be easier or harder. There will be times when everything piles onto you and you're busy to no end. In those moments, having comrades to continue onwards together is crucial for the basic needs of staying sane. Mutual support goes a long way, so try to build some relationships with others studying the same subject as you. As people in the same boat, they will understand your academic struggles and worries. Some may even be able to help you out and/or offer useful advice to alleviate your stress. (That being said, having friends outside of your subject can be useful when you need to destress and get away from your daily toil. A healthy mix of both is the best solution.)

🪴 5: Engage with your studies proactively.

The university experience is highly autonomous; you get as much out of it as you put in. Not only is it the first taste of independent living for many people, but it is also a time when you are fully responsible for your academic pursuits. Go out there and explore! Engage in activities outside your classes that speak to your interests in your field. Read outside your prescribed reading list. Volunteer for a charity that organises events to your tastes. If you don't know what you're most interested in yet, that's fine -- use this time to try new things and find out what that is! Being in university is a stage of life brimming with opportunities. Seek and you shall find.

Thanks for reading! 🌟

☞ studygram

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[greydiminishing]

Jan 20, 2024

Since my last writing about two and a half weeks ago, I've packed up, moved 6 hours away to school, unpacked and moved in, and had a whole week of classes! Well almost whole, it was a 4 day week.

I am doing,, just okay. I am so excited to be back on campus and in school. But I feel super behind since I've failed so many classes previously, and took basically 3 semesters off. I'm essentially a 22 year old 3rd year. I've been a student in this school for five years. I was supposed to graduate this year, but I have two more years left, at minimum. Some of the kids I have classes with were highschool freshmen when I was a college freshman. I feel self consious and ashamed about that.

I also feel like i'm already behind in some classes after only two actual class sessions (tues/thurs and wed/fri classes). I didnt get as much studying done as I would've liked in those five weeks that i time blocked (But getting into time blocking was definitely worth it, thats helping me so much).

I haven't had to do any actual math in TWO YEARS. I celebrated taking the "last math class of my life", completely forgetting that I need to take a calc-based physics class. Now im struggling in class to find the sides of a triangle with sohcahtoa 😭 If i don't glue my eyeballs to khan academy i'm gonna be a wreck trying to integrate and find derivatives.

And one class has an "Assignment 0" which is just downloading and setting up all the software we're gonna be using, and just trying to clone my gitlab repository took me several hours to figure out.

All the deadlines and assignments and quizzes and project dates has my head spinning. One class requires you to upload your notes to the lecture video before every single class (m/w/f class, so 3 times a week), and its something like 10% of your final grade. Idk i just think thats stupid lol. And I can't help but write notes differently when i'm concious of the fact that someone else will be reading them :/

But I will be studying hard, and getting stuff done early as to not fall behind.

That was academics, now onto my roommates.

I was placed in a random campus apartment with 3 other roommates. We each have our own room, but share the living room and kitchen. They're nice and i want to be their friend so bad, but I'm so socially awkward and i don't know how to make friends 😭. The thing is, I'm coming into "their" apartment mid-academic year, and thats only because their other friend moved out for an internship or something, so I got put in the vacant room. They're already a little friendgroup, the three of them plus the friend that moved out which they're still in group chats with. They might've even know each other before living here, they seem pretty close.

They're not intentionally excluding me or anything, but everytime i'm chatting with them it feels so awkward, and when I go back to my room and I can hear their fun conversations finally ignite. They talk about their mutual friends, and their parents, and plans to roadtrip. Then I go back out to fill my water bottle or make tea or something, mostly an excuse to join their conversation, and the conversation goes back to quiet and polite. I know I act the same way around new people as well, so its not their fault, but I dont know what to do, how to get around this. I heard them from my room talking about anime, and I so badly wanted to join them, but I didn't know how to do so naturally without creeping them out like I was eavesdropping their convo the whole time. You can only go fill your waterbottle so many times.

Its already the end of week 1 and i've barely talked to them. I'm afraid if we don't get more friendly soon, as time progresses, we'll get more stuck in the same routine and we'll only be able to be awkward and quiet around each other for the rest of the semester. I want to suggest we order some food tonight and maybe watch a movie, but idk is that weird? To suggest out of nowhere and not really knowing them? And theres no TV so we'd have to watch on someones laptop. Aughhhh idk. Plus I really need to get started on all this work i already have. Maybe i'll suggest it next weekend.

I'm already planning on making cookies for everyone tomorrow. A freshly baked cookie is the way to friendship, surely?

#journal

[citronsblog]

Hello! I'm not sure if I've requested this to you yet/you already wrote this, but could you do Teruteru, Ryoma and maybe Hifumi (if you can/want to) who have been drugged by a love potion and falls (even harder) for the reader (who has already fallen for them?)

Notes: Yes!! I’ve been reading some of these like this and now I’m really really exited someone asked me to! Apologies about hifumi’s being bad ;;

Warnings: ;; these are probably written out of character

Characters: Teruteru Hanamura, Ryoma Hoshi, Hifumi Yamada

Teruteru Hanamura

Teruteru already had deep feelings for you, always going above and beyond to impress you with his cooking. He felt nervous around you, but in a good way. You give him a feeling of warmth and happiness and he loves it.

When he directs his flirting to you only and you mention it he will try to cover it by flirting with a few other people. Truthfully he got nervous when you said that and he didn’t want to creep you out

One lucky fateful day Teruteru had been taking a break from cooking and went to relax with you and a few other of your classmates. He brought drinks for everyone including himself, but he didn’t see what he grabbed for himself. Thinking it was just a new soda he drank it and started to feel tingly.

After about 10 minutes he got even more nervous around you, feeling weak in the knees every time you would laugh or even talk. He excused himself from group and walked off swiftly.

This made you worried you had done/said something wrong. Standing up you dismissed yourself from the group and went to find the cute chef.

It wasn’t impossible to find him. After figuring out he wasn’t in the kitchen you went to him room.

Knocking on the door and waiting for a few seconds. You hear a click and see the pudgy chef looking at you with a flustered look.

“Ah! Y/n! I- you.. you need somthin’?”

“No actually I just wanted to check on you. You left so quickly and I just got worried I guess.”

Teruterus heart was racing. After assuring you he is ok you left him be but his thoughts were filled with you.

The next couple of weeks went on like this. He would try to avoid you so he he wouldn’t step out of line and say anything he would regret.

Of course you started to feel like something was your fault so you confronted him

“Hey! Teruteru… can we chat? It’s nothing bad so don’t worry!”

“Erm… o-ok darlin…”

“Why are you avoiding me…? I understand if you don’t like me anymore but you don’t have to force yourself to hangout with me if that is the ca-“

“No no no no no! It’s not that at all! I- well I might as well tell you. I’ve had feelings for you for a while now. Well awhile back I might have sipped a live potion by accident but since I already liked you it made my feelings increase and well… I didn’t want to run you off so I tried to not make you uncomfortable… I’m sorry.”

“Teruteru! You should be sorry! Why didn’t you tell me in the first place… I like you as well!”

“Huh?! I- what! No way no way!”

Standing up he grabbed you hands and gave you a kiss. It was a sweet, love filled kiss.

He truly was happy in this moment, and what made it even better was your smile lighting up your face

Ryoma Hoshi

Oh goodness this man adored you so much. He loved everything about you!

You both met during class and just instantly clicked, sharing the same interest.

Over time you two would open up more and share about the past, comforting each other when needed.

Ryoma developed feelings for you because you have such a kind heart and he admires that <3

Well! One day kokichi decided to pass around drinks to a few people… one of his victims happened to be Ryoma.

Ryoma reluctantly took the drink and drank all of it.. unfortunately it was too late and he was told it was a love potion.

After having his feelings for you develop he started to talk to you less and less.. even locking himself in his dorm.

Eventually you had to make sure he came out and got food. More or less you made him go get food with you.

You decided to chat over lunch with him. Having a long chat about how he should take care of himself and not shut himself away. Soon enough he confesses.

“S/o…. I- I have deep feelings for you. I know this is selfish of me but I constantly crave your touch. Your smile, laugh and presence is everything to me. I truly like you… I understand if you don’t like a murder like me.”

“Ryoma Hoshi! Don’t you dare talk down to yourself! You are so amazing! Of course I feel the same way!”

Poor Ryoma was so confused

Give him a hug and a smooch <3

He loves you so much.. you constantly support him to do better! Ryoma is so happy with you

Hifumi Yamada

Hifumi is always happy to have you around! You share common interest and you always seem to give him honest feedback about his work!

He enjoys your company and is always happy to draw and/or write for you!

Hifumi already has a small crush on you but it seems to become more and more every day

You had just left his dorm and he had to continue his work but everyone needs to take breaks every once and awhile. He decided he needed a drink and he happened to see OKE on his desk. With out thinking he chugs it back and feels quite refreshed!

But oh no! Now he has a urge to go and see you!

Hifumi goes searching for you and when he find you he just sits down and starts to talk again

You were really confused… he had already shown you his newest drawing… did he need feedback on something else? If not he needs to go back to work so he doesn’t slack on his schedule!

After announcing that to him he quickly tells you that he is all caught up (which is a obvious lie) and he can now talk to you!

Smiling you just allow it bud after a few days of him doing this you wonder to yourself what is going on!

You confront him about it and it slightly pressures him into spilling

“A-ah! I suppose I might of drank some sort of… potion that might of strengthen my feelings for yo-“

“Gasp! Mr.Yamada! You share these feelings as well!”

After a small moment of confessing you both come to terms of agreements and end up cuddling while you make him finish up his work.

“No, I won’t give you any more attention if you don’t finish up your work! Also no more t.v! I don’t want you to miss that deadline!”

He loves you a lot and is grateful for you <3

#hifumi yamada #hifumi yamada x reader #hifumi x reader #ryoma hoshi #ryoma hoshi x reader #ryoma x reader #teruteru hanamura x reader #teruteru x reader #teruteru hanamura #dangangronpa

[positivelyadhd]

Hey, so, hope you don't mind the ask but my psychologist and I recently discussed the possibility that I may have ADHD and I'm trying to look seriously at what symptoms I share with ADHD but it's kind of hard to judge because I mean if I have gone undiagnosed this long then how am I supposed to know what 'normal' is. Anyway I've had pretty intense-easily formed hobbies my whole life; I am either all in or all out, can get obsessed with a TV show/fandom easily - and I'm only recently beginning to question whether these could be a hyperfixation So what exactly does hyperfixation feel like / how do you recognise when something is a hyperfixation?

this is a really long answer i apologise anon!

I get that! it's hard to work out lines between what makes something an adhd symptom and a general thing people do since a lot of adhd symptoms seem to be things many people experience, they're just a lot more intense. I think the main difference between adhd and a neurotypical having those "symptoms" is the severity? as far as i'm aware, for something to be an adhd symptom it has to have a significant impact on your life rather than just something that happens. everyone loses things occasionally but do you lose literally every important thing you have when you need it? everyone forgets things, but do you find you forget important information/deadlines ect to a point where it effects your relationships/work/school? finding that line can be difficult especially when you've spent your whole life thinking everyone else experience what you did and sometimes it can be a lot to come to terms with all the ways we see/experience things "differently". I'm still always learning about things i thought everyone did but turns out they were adhd! it's complicated for sure but your psychologist definitely wouldn't have brought it up if they didn't think you had it! sorry, that paragraph was a bit rambley but i hope some of that was useful.

as for hyperfixations, i can only really talk about my experience with them. hyperfixations are basically as you described, just a really really intense interest in something, they can last months or years or sometimes just a few days. it's different for each person!

for me, i usually know i have one when i feel obsessed with something to the point where it starts to take up a lot of my life. things like, i find a way to link everything in my life to it and it seems to be the only thing i think or talk about or i hyperfocus on it. like, the last time i got really into a book series i did nothing but read it for a week straight and one of my friends had to check up on me because they hadn't heard from me in a while. or when i got breath of the wild and got over 70 hours playtime in the first week of having it and again, my gf was worried i was mad at her because i hadn't been around all that much but my life had just been consumed by the game. those are only my really intense ones and i've definitely had more mild hyperfixations that are more casual but still something i care about a lot. that,, makes it sound like hyperfixations are bad don't get me wrong they're super fun! but yeah, i think the intensity and it taking up a lot of your life is what makes something a hyperfixation rather than just an interest. and of course, everyone experiences them differently if you experience something different to what i described that doesn't mean its not a hyperfixation! to me it like what you experienced is similar to what i get but,, i'm not a doctor so i can only really tell you my experiences and what i think.

I apologise for how long this got anon! but i hope this helped in some way! i hope you can find an answer soon <3

#this is SO LONG dear lord #but seriously i love answering stuff like this never apologise for sending it #opening letters #hyperfixation #long post #anon #mia gives advice

[sombreboy]

Hi Mino, how's the new year going for you? Any new goals or is that not your thing? I've got yet another deadline soon so naturally I'm scrolling through tumblr for emotional support, and then I'm planning on playing the witcher 3 when I finally have free time. I read the new chapter of mused obsession and poor jimin...I felt really bad for him. Although he ends up being in the wrong as well, its in an understandable way though he needs some serious love and support. Kinda sad to think that despite being a model and up-coming star he still feels so badly about himself with the inability to say no to people. Jungkook genuinely infuriated me, he was just so emotionally clueless, and I know he was drunk but I just...how did he not put it together? And still having videos of your ex that you still watch? I mean, I guess they didn't have a bad break up but still...that might just be a me thing, and I am beyond baffled as to why namjoon follows jungkooks bidding. Like yeah sure be friends and all but stalking a person's house? Whats the thought process, how is he so unfazed? I thought it was interesting hearing that a flash had gone off while jungkook and jimin were kissing, and taes actions in this chapter make me nervous. Jimins ex is despicable, it seems like he just enjoys having a hold on jimin no matter what the cost to him and he comes across as a social climber. Idk, he's kinda like the worst parts of Jungkook, but at least jungkook loves jimin in his own way. This chapter was really enjoyable to read, seeing the text messages and how it started off a hopeful nice night to just anger and despair - you took us on a roller coaster. You and Chimoona are too powerful, thank you so much for writing this, you're both really talented and you just make the character feel flawed and real, and yeah I just think you're awesome. Take care and stay safe cause covid be really scary nowadays. 💜🌼

My life is no different than before the new years, and It’s alright. <3 Ohhh let me tell you, Mused obsession is a rollercoaster that has just begun. I personally really like Namjoon in this one, and I think few might notice why eventually. I can say already that they weren’t really.. ‘exes’. It was something else that can’t be put into words, but hopefully it’ll make sense in the next chapters.

Jungkook on the other hand, he’s a total mess of a man. He’s selfish, irrational, obsessive. It is his way or the highway. His temper is awful. But his love (obsession) for Jimin is his everything.

Seung I also like. I love to hate him. I hate to love him.. He makes you mad, and I love when emotions are stirred.

I can’t wait to share what happens next. Just a shitshow of emotions and crazy things. Always grateful for chimoona for creating this story with me, mashing our one braincell together to just indulge in our imagination. xo