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[nanamineedstherapy]

kay s like. do u play those chill cozy games?? bc apparently mfs are calling it 'gooning' now??? 💀 like is this a meme or are girls genuinely losing their shit over stardew pixels?? i can't tell if it's ironic or if they're actually out here sweating over pumpkin crops pls explain!! I'm scared

First off: I had to look up wtf "gooning" even was—& yes, I’m Gen Z 😭

Second: I’m guessing you meant "Love & Deep Space" & the whole “men calling it a gooning game” thing? I haven’t played it since launch so I’m not super deep in the lore, but I do catch edits & memes on Insta from time to time. So I’ll answer from my perspective—feel free to correct, add, disagree, etc. 💅

Also: I got this ask super late at night & accidentally stayed up trying to organize my thoughts until 7AM. My neurons are crusty.

But don’t worry, Anon—I got you. 🔍💋

🕸️Why We Love

Gojo, Nanami, Damon, Sylus, Caleb, & The "Grey Kings"

—And Why That Scares Men

Every time I see some man sneering in a comment section about women "gooning" over Love & Deep Space or "romanticising" morally grey characters like Damon Salvatore or Gojo Satoru, I laugh a little.

Not because they’re wrong that we’re invested—of course we’re invested—but because they completely misunderstand what we’re invested in.

We aren’t attracted to these characters because they’re perfect, or because we expect anyone to measure up to their exact shape.

We’re attracted because, despite their flaws—sometimes because of their flaws—they demonstrate what real-world men around us don’t even attempt:

a willingness to hold someone else’s humanity higher than their ego.

Let me explain.

📖1: Tablecloth Men, & the Myth of the "Gooner Girl"

When I hear men call Love & Deep Space a "gooner game," it’s clear they don’t even know what that means—& worse, they’re projecting their own relationship with porn onto women.

For context: in online slang, a "gooner" refers to a man (usually porn-addled) who enters a trance-like edging state, binging porn for hours while hyping himself up. A "gooner game," therefore, is something designed to put women into a similar spiral, completely lost in lust & fantasy.

The insult is absurd on two levels:

Women engaging with romantic fantasy games are not typically masturbating to them the way gooners do to porn.

Women’s desire isn’t purely physical or consumptive—it’s layered, narrative-driven, & deeply tied to emotional fulfilment.

Women might read smut while folding laundry. They’ll sext while making dinner without touching themselves or even being "turned on." They’re capable of engaging sensually & intellectually at the same time.

The very fact that men think reading smut or playing otome equals a woman slack-jawed in a dark room, sweating over her phone, says more about how men experience desire than it does about how women do.

So when men accuse us of "gooning" over games like Love & Deep Space, what they’re really saying is:

“How dare you retreat into a fantasy world that doesn’t centre me?”

🌑2: The Fantasy of the Grey King

Characters like Gojo, Damon, Sylus, Caleb, & even Haibara from my fic "Third Wheeling" are cut from the same cloth:

They’re not purely good.

They’re not purely evil.

They are loyal, dangerous, competent, & painfully human.

But what matters is that in their worlds, they choose the woman they love & orient themselves around her in a way real-life men rarely do.

Take Damon Salvatore.

Damon is a disaster of a man—manipulative, violent, morally bankrupt at times—but his loyalty to Elena is unwavering. Even when she’s not his. Even when she chooses Stefan. Even when she tells him to stop, he does stop, because her boundaries matter to him even when his feelings make it hard. He doesn’t become good because of her; he struggles & grows because he wants to be good for her.

Take Gojo Satoru.

Gojo’s lightness is a mask. Before Suguru, he was untouchable but empty. Suguru grounded him. When Suguru fell, Gojo didn’t collapse, but he stopped caring as much about his own moral integrity, because no one he respected was watching. His loyalty & morality were tethered outside himself.

Take Sylus & Caleb.

These characters from Love & Deep Space represent something real-world women rarely see: men who are successful, confident, & powerful, yet make deliberate space for a woman in their lives. Literally & figuratively.

Another character repaints his bedroom, makes space in his closet, lights candles—because he wants her to feel at home. That’s not "gooning." That’s an emotional fluency men are rarely taught but women crave desperately.

Because love isn’t conquest. Love is making room.

I’ve been thinking about how characters like Damon (TVD) & Gojo (JJK) resonate so strongly with women, not because they’re perfect, but because they’re deeply flawed men who tether their morality to someone they love.

Damon’s loyalty to Elena—even when messy—shows a man willing to reorient his entire self around respect for someone else’s values.

When she’s gone, he spirals because he hadn’t yet internalised that moral compass.

Gojo mirrors this. He was untouchable & irreverent until Suguru anchored him.

When Suguru fell, Gojo started rolling the dice with his own ethics, because his compass shattered.

These kinds of stories show women what it looks like for a powerful man to choose to defer to someone else’s humanity. And for many of us—raised on tablecloth men who can’t hold a conversation beyond porn tropes—that’s revelatory.

It’s why games like Love & Deep Space feel cathartic rather than "cringe:"

– The men are functioning adults

– They make room in their lives (and their closets) for you

– They adapt instead of expecting you to shrink

Meanwhile, male-dominated fantasies keep glorifying underage girls, infantilization, & rape disguised as "spice."

No wonder women turn to fictional men who treat them like humans instead of props.

For some of us, it was more than just escapism.

I was barely in my early twenties when I left a 10-year relationship that left me with PTSD—one I’d been groomed into as a minor, one where I thought crying myself to sleep & being yelled slurrs at was just what love looked like.

Because the truth is—asking for someone who listens, makes room, & respects your mind shouldn’t be a fantasy. But here we are.

And then, somehow, I found Damon Salvatore.

The show wasn’t perfect.

But watching this chaotic, morally grey man choose to orient himself around someone else’s feelings & stay there, even when it hurt?

It cracked something open.

It showed me what I’d been enduring wasn’t love—because if even a fictional man could make space for someone’s boundaries & grief, why couldn’t a real one?

I see women say the same about Love & Deep Space.

You scroll through the comments on their edits, & you see it—women quietly, sometimes even tearfully admitting:

"I finally realised my boyfriend was never going to treat me like this."

"This game helped me leave him."

"I thought I was asking too much—but it turns out I was asking too little."

That’s not cringe.

That’s survival.

Psychologically, this is what we call a [Link] Corrective Emotional Experience—when you encounter a new model of love or safety that contradicts your trauma, & you internalize it as proof that you’re not broken for wanting more.

It’s why these characters feel life-changing.

So, no—I don’t think it’s embarrassing that Damon helped me escape.

Or that Gojo, Nanami, Sylus, Caleb, & many others like Jack Frost or even Nick Wilde—the Fox from Zootopia, help other women escape too.

It’s not silly to want a man who sees your humanity & adapts to make room for it.

It’s not silly to believe that love isn’t about shrinking yourself.

Because the truth is—it should never have been a fantasy.

But for some of us, it was the first step toward reality.

They give you permission to leave the story you were told you had to stay in.

🕷️3: Why Women Retreat to Fiction

Real-world dating for women today is a minefield of men with the emotional range of a dishcloth & the self-awareness of a brick.

They ask what you bring to the table, while bringing nothing but porn addictions, fragile egos, & a phone full of bikini reels.

If you talk about your hobbies? They tune out.

If you mention your needs? You’re "too much."

If you resist sex? You’re "frigid."

If you want sex but also respect? You’re "delusional."

Meanwhile, the male-centred fantasies they’ve grown up with glorify girls who are:

— infantile

— submissive

— underage-coded

— overtly mothering towards their adult partners

— purely decorative

So when women play Love & Deep Space or write fic about Gojo or Damon or Haibara or Caleb, they’re not "deluded"—they’re reclaiming a narrative in which their pleasure, safety, & autonomy matter.

✨4: Why Nanami Feels Like Home (& Gojo Like Sunlight)

And then there’s Nanami Kento.

He is not the loudest in the room.

He does not demand your laughter to feel like he’s alive.

He does not treat your quiet as a defect, or your sadness as something to fix.

He does not make you shrink yourself so he can feel big.

For many of us, Nanami doesn’t even feel like a character—he feels like a possibility we never believed existed.

When you are with a man like Nanami—even if he’s only fictional—you feel, maybe for the first time, that your stillness is allowed.

Your bad days are not an inconvenience.

Your bipolarity is not a moral failing.

Your silence is not a betrayal.

You don’t have to entertain him.

You don’t have to be "on."

You don’t have to drag yourself into manic cheerfulness just to keep him from sulking about your mood.

Nanami just is.

Because Nanami is the kind of man who would simply say,

“You don’t have to force anything. Just sit. I’ll handle the rest.”

And he would mean it.

If Nanami is home, Gojo is sunlight on a day you thought would never get warm again.

He makes you laugh, even when you feel like you’re falling apart inside.

He is a chaotic spirit, but never cruel.

And while he might never understand the weight you carry, he would at least never shame you for carrying it.

By contrast, Gojo is the opposite—but not in a bad way.

He’s not perfect—he’d probably forget the groceries & lose his keys & drive you insane—but he’d always come home to you.

Gojo is the kind of man who would lie down on the kitchen floor with you at 2 AM, telling dumb jokes until you laughed again, just because he can’t stand seeing you cry.

And when you feel ugly or unworthy, he’d just laugh & kiss you & say:

“You’re ridiculous. You’re perfect.”

Some days, you need Nanami: quiet, steady, capable, unafraid of your darkness.

Some days, you need Gojo: bright, relentless, a reason to laugh when you feel like nothing is funny anymore.

🌷 Why Both Matter

And what real life so often fails to give women is even one of those things—let alone both.

Instead, we get men who demand our light but resent our shadow.

Men who say we’re "too much" but "not enough."

Men who say "just be happy" because our quiet threatens them.

Men who cannot fathom that sometimes we are just tired—& that’s okay.

It's called a partnership for a reason. All relationships need balance.

We fall for Nanami & Gojo—as opposites—because they represent the two halves of love we deserve:

Someone who sits with our grief without fear,

Someone who can make us laugh anyway.

We don’t want perfection.

We don’t expect to find a Damon or a Gojo or a Sylus walking into our coffee shop tomorrow.

🧊5: What We Actually Want

We want what they symbolise:

A man who listens even when it’s inconvenient.

A man who orients himself around your humanity without erasing himself.

A man whose loyalty does not depend on whether he gets to sleep with you.

In real life, that looks like a boyfriend who moves his stuff so you can hang your clothes.

It looks like a partner who doesn’t treat your trauma like a buzzkill.

It looks like someone who asks, "Are you okay?" & then waits for the answer.

It’s not that hard.

It just happens to be rare.

A man who makes space for you without resenting it.

🔥6: Why It Scares Men

Because these stories show women that we don’t have to settle for mediocrity.

They teach us that "at least he doesn’t hit me" isn’t enough.

That our longing is not weakness, & our standards are not "too high."

When women retreat into these worlds, men panic. Why?

They expose the ways men have failed to grow.

The men mocking women for playing otome games or writing fic are the same men who think a romantic evening is you sitting silently while they scroll their phone next to you.

🌙 Not a Fantasy—a Reminder

When you’re a woman who has been told her sadness is a burden, her quiet is ungrateful, her darkness is too dark—these characters are not "escapism."

They’re recognition.

We don’t want perfect.

We don’t even want easy.

We just want someone who doesn’t punish us for being alive.

They’re proof that someone—even if only on a page—could hold all of you without flinching.

And in a world full of tablecloth men—who only know how to worship your light & run from your shadow—Nanami, Gojo, Damon, Sylus, Caleb…they don’t run.

They stay.

And that is why we love them.

The love stories we build—in fiction, in games, in fandom—aren’t delusions.

Of what we already deserve, & sometimes what we already are:

— the person who carries everyone else’s burdens.

— the one who stays up to fix what others break.

— the one who never stopped hoping there was more than this.

We love Gojo because he falls apart but keeps showing up.

We love Damon because he’s a mess but still chooses her.

We love Sylus & Caleb because they understand that making space for someone else is not weakness—it’s love.

We’re not "gooning."

We’re remembering.

That we deserve to take up space.

That loyalty can exist.

That love is supposed to feel like home, not a hostage situation.

So if that scares you?

Maybe it should.

Because some of us are done playing NPC to your fantasies.

We’re building our own worlds now.

They’re reminders.

And they’re beautiful.

A/N: I hope I made sense & not overshare. Thank you for the ask Anon!

Also, I feel like these two are the epitome of my argument.

[winedimples]

Fairy on Ice

Bonus downfall duo under the cut!

I went ice skating yesterday and in the midst of all the skaters there were some figure skaters. They were so cool and pretty, like fairies on ice. I immediately had to draw Roolie as one.

[cheesecrackerssoup]

This gives me Yuri on ice but I don’t even ship Rulie and Legend 😭😭😭

[lupafan]

What is a warrior?

What is a warrior? Arrogance? Empathy? Selflessness?.. No. Gladiators with their towering spears, gazing upon their villages surrounded by the vibrant and open lands. Just as a samurai sheathes their katana, or a monk peacefully meditating… What do they all have in common?

Warriors are individuals with an unwavering sense of self.

Chapter 1~

During your wander, you feel as if you’re being watched. Something seems.. off, yet you can’t put your finger on it. You lead yourself out of town into a more rural area. A crimson spear strikes the stone boulder next to you, with a blaze of fire that fills your sight. You hear a prideful chuckle from behind. A woman, under the flag of the spear, looking over at you.

“Haha! Never thought I’d find a curious soul here…” she says, raising her spear above her shoulders, giving you a grin. Her rose tinted hair, like the fury of a flame, her curvy figure, covered by her warrior-like attire, you can’t help but glance a few times.

You take a breath after the unexpected, “Neither did I plan to find someone anytime soon.” Was she following you this whole time? Or was it timing that brought you two together at this very point?

She crosses her arms, “Yet here we are, fate works in amusing ways doesn’t it.” You nod in agreement. She walks right up to you, and asks for your name. Her body in very close proximity to you.

“Rover, you can call me Rover, and you are the... fiery lady of sorts?” She chuckles at your response.

“Quite witty indeed.. I’m Lupa, a fire resonating gladiator.. Pleased to meet you, Rover,” She lets out a soft smile, a small curl to her lips. “You don’t.. seem to be from around here. What brings you all the way out here? Or are you lost on a journey of your own?” She tilts her head in curiosity.

“I’m a wanderer, at least that's the most fitting thing to call me.” She raises a brow, intrigued by your words. “A wanderer, huh? That sounds quite adventurous. So you’re not attached to any particular place? Are you traveling alone?” She asks, realizing she just asked you quite a bunch at once.

You sit down on a nearby set of rocks, letting out a sigh as you feel the release of pressure in your lower back. “Ahh.. well I’m usually alone, unless I’m doing a task or a quest of some sorts.”

She joins you, sitting down on a rock next to you, her cape blowing gently in the breeze. “Ah, I see. That explains things. Travelling alone can be quite liberating though? No? You get to set your own pace and go wherever your heart desires.” She glances at you, her cheek resting on the palm of her hand.

You sigh, “Yeah, that's definitely something that comes with being alone, I am my own.”

She lets out a little giggle, “I respect that, independence is a powerful thing.. So tell me, what kind of places have you been to on your travels?” She leans forward, coming slightly closer to you, eager to hear about your adventures.

You huff out a soft smile, as you explain a summary to Lupa. You’ve been to a bunch of major cities around, met higher ups, been offered places to stay within those cities. You’ve worked alongside some pretty strong people, for various things. All things that seemed to grab Lupa's attention. Her eyes are wide with curiosity, and slight jealousy for the possibilities and astonishment.

“Really?” she says, “You really managed to unfreeze an entire island? That sounds like quite the experience.” She pauses, letting out a little smile. “I bet they were all trying to get you to settle down, they definitely wanted to keep you for themselves huh? But you’re too much of a free spirit for that?”

You nod in agreement, “You're getting it, but if I really wanted to settle down, I would. But it’d just be a break.” She lets out a laugh. “I like your attitude, it fits your free spirited nature.”

She leans forward, holding her face with her hands looking at the grass in front of her. “And when you do decide to settle down, it won’t be for long, just a quick break before you're off again, huh?” You nod again in response to her.

She chuckles, her green eyes with a mixture of admiration and envy of your unrestricted freedom. “Sounds like you’ve got it all figured out, huh?. No ties, no commitments, just.. The open road and endless possibilities...”

She pauses, looking at you with another smirk.

“You know, I have to say. I’m slightly envious. Not of the wandering part, but the carefree attitude. You seem so.. Unafraid…”

You look back at her, a little confused of what she means. “You sound afraid, what is it that you fear?”

She looks down, rubbing her hand on her arm. “Well, most people fear change, the unknown and uncertainty. But looking at you, it seems you thrive on those very things.”

She looks back up at you, her gaze envious of your fearless nature. “You say you’ve been to major cities, met some important people, had opportunities to settle down, but… you choose not to. Why is that, if I may ask?”

You let out a soft sigh, looking up into the clouds in the sky. “I don’t know, I just feel like there’s more out there. Being free, the feeling of freedom is one of the best things you can have. You're not… chained down or kept by something.”

Lupa nods in agreement and smiles, appreciating your honesty. “You have a curious mind, always seeking more, always wanting to know what else is out there. I must agree with you, freedom is like a breath of fresh air, a feeling of its own.”

She looks up at the sky longingly, “That’s quite admirable, you know… not letting anyone or anything tie you down, being able to do whatever you please, go wherever you want…”

You look back at her, seeing her continuing to hold her arm with her hand. “Enough about me, what about you?”

Lupa sighs softly, her shoulders sagging a bit. “Me? Well, I’m quite the opposite of you if I’m being honest.”

She shrugged, but you patiently waited for her to continue. She took a deep breath, “My entire life, I’ve always been bound by something or the other. I don’t remember the last time I had the chance to be a wandering soul like you. Everything in my life has every one of its steps already planned from the moment I was born. My family, society, everyone… They expect me to take on specific duties, certain roles, and play a part in their story.”

She pauses, a small frown on her face and a slight tremble in her voice. “I’ve been raised to be the perfect daughter, the perfect warrior, the perfect princess… It was never my life to truly live, it was always laid out by others…”

You take note of her gloomy attitude, you say trying to raise her mood, “Oh, I see, princess huh?” She nods, a bit of bitterness coming into her voice. “Yes, ‘princess’, I use it so lightly but I really mean what is expected of me. The role that was chosen for me, not one I chose for myself.”

You turn to lupa, giving her your full attention.

“I see where you're coming from here, you don’t see much freedom.” You take a moment to find the right words, not wanting to bring her mood down further. “You know what I think though? In some way you're free, you're here with me, aren’t you?”

A small smile appears at the corner of her lips. “I suppose you’re right. At this moment, sitting here with you. It’s refreshing, being able to talk to somebody about all of this, even if it's just for a little while.”

“Lupa, I think you need to take a break. Try taking it a little easier, would you?”

She leans back, letting out a long sigh. “I’m still carrying the weight of them on my shoulders… But talking to you… I can just.. Be myself, without worrying about what others expect or want from me.”

You scoot over, putting a hand on Lupa’s shoulder. She jumped slightly at the touch but went along with it nonetheless.

“If I were you, I’d try not to think about being what others expect so often, you're not always being watched.” She looks at the arm on her shoulder, not expecting you to do that at all.

“You make it sound so simple.. ‘Don’t think about it’” she took a breath, but continued “I wish it were that easy. When you’ve been living like this your entire life, it becomes one with you, a part of your very being.” She pauses, a hint of burnout in her voice.

“It’s like a constant background noise, always there, always with you, reminding you of what you’re supposed to do, supposed to be. It’s so hard.. To ignore.” The burnout still present.

“We all got to find something to take our minds off of things… You said I’m a good distraction right? That’s something!” You say with a smile on your face.

She returns a smile back, her expression softening. “You are a good distraction.. I feel I can just be.. Myself a bit more. But maybe your right, I should focus more on moments like this.”

“Exactly, plus you never know unless you try lupa.” She giggles at your words, reviving some of the determination in her eyes.

“I’ve been so focused on those other things, maybe it really is time I try to not let the expectations of others consume me completely.” She straightens up, her voice sounding more determined now. “I’ll make time for distractions, for moments like this!”

Seeing Lupa’s mood brighten makes you feel better about coming all the way out here. “That’s more like it, sounds like a good plan to me.”

“It does, doesn’t it?” She smiles, her spirit lifted by your encouragement.. but she pauses.

You notice a slight change in her expression. “What’s the matter?” You say, confused why her mood has changed again.

“It’s just. I think I’ve really just forgotten what it feels like to just.. Be myself.” She pauses, saying nothing more.

You let out a sigh, “You’re still so, focused on what others expect of you. But behind all that, you got to realize there's more to you than just this, warrior stuff.

A look of vulnerability shows on her face, her voice growing softer. “We’re going in a circle now I know, we already went over this..”

You slowly move my hand on top of your head, moving it side to side, your hair soft to my touch. “It’s hard, but you gotta find some time to just relax.

She leans into the touch of your hand, a little noise escaping from her mouth. “Mm.. it’s easier said than done, I don’t get that much time to just.. breathe..”

“Your breathing now.. aren’t you?” A giggle coming from her. “I suppose I am, for now at least..”

Her expression shifts, a more serious tone creeping into her voice. “This.. feeling of freedom is almost like an illusion, something temporary.. It’s almost like a cycle that I can never escape from.”

You keep rubbing her head. “Your not used to it, you need to learn balance.. It takes time. Truth hurts, but the cycle isn’t going to end. The world is still gonna go on whether you want it to or not., but what matters is how you deal with it. Don’t run.. Lupa, learn to be you around it all.”

She takes in your words, sitting there quietly, allowing your hand on her head. “I understand what you’re saying… and you’re right..”

“Just take your time, there's no rush with these things. Your lupa, that's what matters..”

She nods, a soft expression on her face from the gentle repetition of your hand on her head, very.. soothing. “I am Lupa..beneath all the titles and labels, that's who I am.”

She takes a deep breath, her tone filled with new found acceptance. “Thank you.. Again for reminding me, I’ll try harder.”

“Good.” You remove your hand from her head. “Don’t worry about it, just glad I could help.”

Slight disappointment crosses her face as you remove your hand for her head, a touch that brought her a sense of peace and comfort. She quickly suppresses it and straightens up. “You did help..” She pauses for a moment, contemplating something. “It’s getting late.. I should be heading back soon.”

You realize she’s right, unfortunately today’s interaction is coming to an end. “Yeah? Guess it is getting late, slipped my mind.”

She stands up, stretching her limbs after being seated for a while. A sense of hesitation tugs at her expression, the thought of her expectations and responsibilities returning weighing heavily on her shoulders. But there’s also a hint of determination in her eyes, a look on her face to make time for herself.

“I suppose this is where we part ways..” She turns to you, her eyes searching yours for a moment.

“Well, whenever we meet again, we’ll continue our talk.” An almost hopeful smile tugs at the corners of her lips. The thought of seeing you again ignites a small spark within her. Perhaps anticipation, or simply the desire to talk to somebody who understands her again.

“I hope we do…” She takes a step back, her gaze still fixed on you. “Until then.. Take care of yourself.” She leaves off with that, walking away into the distance, back towards the light of the town ahead.

“Well, there she goes.” You say, thinking about the interaction you had with her.

— A part of her wishes she could stay and keep talking with you, to hold onto that sense of acceptance just a little longer. But reality calls, the weight of her responsibilities reminding her that she can’t linger here forever. She takes one last glance behind her, the sight of you watching her go, both reassuring and slightly, bittersweet. As she continues her journey back, the memory of your interaction and your words echo in her mind, those she won’t forget.

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[lupafan]

hi

[cheesecrackerssoup]

Quite the introduction

[r0ttingsystem]

Let's all be in a TV show!!!

> Do this quiz

> do this picrew (Based on urself + quiz answers)

> tag ppl

> profit.

Tags (/nf ofc):

@mxlilly @circus-of-horror @yourleastfavoriteguyinthechair @microsoupmouse @the-firefly-jar-system @punkrockinchair @theplushiesystem @coded-pup @florasolarsystem + ANYONE else who wants to join

[beatriceh0pe]

Way to boost my confidence ig???

@stars-n-kites @afreakingdork @sporeganism

[afreakingdork]

🎶 cause you're old 🎶

@mothmans-left-nipple @tmntxthings @mermmarie @grumpytheunicorn

[tmntxthings]

idk how and i would claim this is completely false but maybe that’s what ppl with such issues would also say, oh the horrors indeed 💀

@marwhoa @dancingdonatello @ashbub @regretisstoredintheme tagging for fun!! <333

[regretisstoredintheme]

ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE IVE BEEN TAGGED IN ONE OF THEEESEEEEE 🥹 this was so much fun!!

I TECHNIcally have blonde hair right now but my roots have grown in a LOT and they didn’t have an option for that 😔😔 love being weird kid rep, though!! I will always be one! loud and proud !

(/nf) I CHOOSE YOU!!: @soradragon @yourlocalartsonist @milks-thoughts @neon-obsessions @cheesecrackerssoup @invisibleboii @saranghoeee @yanteetle AND ANYONE I FORGOT/ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATEEE!!!

[cheesecrackerssoup]

WAAAAAAAA

Anyway, lowkey too scared to tag anyone soooo anyone who sees this can do it hehehehe :D

(That works right?-)

[cheesecrackerssoup]

Why can’t the ship name for Zelda and Link be Zink?—

[licenseddoctor]

Hey kid you want a job?

Great get online and go to a job board. Indeed, Linkedin whatever. Now you're gonna search for a role that's in your city, fits your qualifications, and doesn't seem like a bad time.

See that easy apply button? Don't hit it they just throw those in the trash. Now you're gonna want to go to the company's website and check their careers page.

Oh? That job doesn't exist anymore. Cool go back to the job board and find another one.

Great you found another job, you're on the company's career page and the job exists!! So you're going to need to make an account on the career page website. They're using Workday, the same site as the last job you applied for? Who cares? You need to make another account for THIS job's workday page.

Now you're going to upload your resume. That'll autopopulate about 15 boxes with everything on your resume, except formatted wrong and with tons of errors. So just go through and painstakingly check the dates on all of that and rewrite everything you already laid out in an aesthetically pleasing format on your resume.

Ok time for the cover letter, explain why this specific job and company are deeply important to you. You love their mission statement and wouldn't even laugh if their ceo was gunned down in the street. You'll really want to reiterate the things you just spent the last 20 minutes filling out on the resume section

(Remember to include language from the job description, people who work in HR are lower than dogs and they need patterns or they get confused.) Write about a page, but hey don't sound too desperate or robotic this is where they judge your character!

Maybe add your portfolio site at the end here, who knows if that helps no one has ever clicked mine haha.

Anywayyy time to hit apply! Congrats! You'll see that confirmation email come in and you should be getting the rejection letter in about 2 weeks. Unfortunately your resume didn't have the right buzzwords and the AI auto rejected you :(

Time to start again and try not to kill yourself!

[your-werewolf-boyfriend]

Listen to me

Listen very closely

The above is exactly why half of my friends come to me, and cry they're suffering, and I get to bestow my job hunting knowledge on them. I love this shit, it's a game.

For credentials my fastest job hunting time has been 1 week. I searched for 1 week, got an interview, and was hired within a week. My slowest was 1 month, while out of work, while telling ALL my interviewers that I quit my work without notice (I was testing my interviewers to see how shocked they'd get when I'd tell them why, anyone who wasn't shocked I would tell them at the end that I will keep them in mind (not)). My entire average is 2-3 weeks.

Firstly, what you're gunna do is pick a job sector. You're gunna pick a few of these by the end, but for now pick one. Maybe you wanna do bookkeeping, maybe you wanna do something in doggy daycare. Maybe you're a sous chef. Idk! Figure out what abouts you want first. Do not apply to anything yet. You're gunna look at the job description, I've picked out a few for bookkeepers below.

Now what you're gunna do is you're gunna look for "buzz words", or rather words that are gunna appear commonly and indicate the tone for that job. I've highlighted some, but not all in my examples below

Just look at that snout at how similar those descriptions are!

Now that you've got your buzzwords, you're gunna slap those babies into your resume! You see, since your resume is usually read by a computer first, you're gunna trick the computer into giving it to a person. Really what the computer is scanning for is how similar your resume is to the job description. Remember your bullet points, and to keep it short, try to only have 3 to 5 bullet points per job:

- Processed over 500 invoices a day in an efficient and accurate manner

- Curated reports for management review by utilizing available data

- Monitored and recorded over 100 submissions each day increasing accuracy by 50%

These are some great, made up examples I pulled from those buzz words. You might notice I added some numbers into there. That's something you'll wanna try and note for yourself, how much of something you can do, how accurate, how much efficiency you increased, these look GREAT when your resume gets past the computer and is moved in front of a real person.

Now you have your sector-based resume with lots of buzzwords. This is great! Now for the easy part. You're gunna channel your inner "IDGAF" And you're gunna send that to every listing you like on indeed. Filter for "Apply on Indeed" and spam that shit. Sometimes you gotta answer a few extra questions, but if they give me more than 5 quick questions I trash the submission and move on.

Don't waste your time jumping through hoops, streamline it for yourself and use the same methods companies are using. Push MASSIVE amounts of average quality resumes out. The more opportunities taken = the greater the chance of success. For every opportunity taken you've now pitched a chance of success, for every resume you cannot submit because you're piddling around on their stupid website or answering 50 interview questions online, you send out a 0% chance of success.

So go, try this, and see how it works for you.

Some additional things to consider:

- Add random shit in your resume, I added my "Board Game Club" (BDSM group) into my resume for hobbies and discussed how I got my start using sparklines there

- Never underestimate the flair of a little Clipart fleur-de-lis or something on your resume. Never put colored Clipart, but a little floral or swirl design located somewhere nice makes it stand out

- if you don't have a degree that doesn't mean they won't pick you, twice now I've come to a job without a bachelors and being honest that I was only getting an associates before I think of my next steps

- Embellish, do not lie. Jargoning your job description to make it sound cool and professional is GREAT. Do not give me a resume saying you can use CNC machinery when you've only used a 3D printer. Just tell me you know how to program and manage a 3d printer and want to learn CNC machinery.

- Keep. Your. Resume. To. Two. Or. Less. Pages. You don't need EVERY job, only the relevant ones, if your interviewer asks about the gap, tell them what job you had during that time (or if you wanna lie say you were taking college courses and were on a break, you dont need a degree to say you took courses) and that you only wanted to showcase the most relevant ones

- I'm serious on that last one I'll eat your fucking resume

[cheesecrackerssoup]

Saving this for when I start applying next week

[cheesecrackerssoup]

GUYS??? WHAT THE FUCK??? THE SECRET TIMES ARE SO SMUTTY FOR WHAT REASON???? PROMISED WILDFIRE HELLO????? WHAT??? RAFAYEL??? HUH???

All of the sudden I’m listening to audio smut what the hell, and it’s so worth getting the card for.

EDIT: NO CUZ IM ACTUALLY LISTENING TO SMUT WHAT THE HELL?? I HAD TO RELISTEN TO ACTUALLY BE SURE I WASNT HEARING SHIT.

[cheesecrackerssoup]

I dont know what it is that infuriates me about Caleb other than the fact that he’s really overprotective. Maybe the manipulation? I don’t know, but he’s trying to hide MC from all the bad shit and at the same time trying to make her unaware of said bad shit.

I think that’s what makes me pissed because at least for the other boys they won’t lock us up, they will actually just help us get through the challenges.

I’m a Rafayel girlie so this might be a bit biased but despite how Rafayel can be stalker ish as well as fairly manipulating, I don’t feel a sense of disgust from him as I do with Caleb. The whole time that Caleb was trying to keep us I was pissed at MC for not even doubting him long before. Of course he’s not the same person she knew, hell I wouldn’t have even trusted it when we first saw him.

I know he’s also being treated like a pawn and I’m supposed to feel bad but I genuinely am more disgusted than anything. Safe to say that I really hate all the Caleb cards treating their relationship like it’s normal, and Caleb himself.

I dont even dislike childhood romances, they can be stupidly adorable but this one irks me.

….thanks for reading my rant :D

[liveontelevision]

You monsters?? You managed to get the first tier in less than 24 hours!! Something is wrong with you(I love and appreciate all your support my god)

[cheesecrackerssoup]

YES YES YES YES YES

[cheesecrackerssoup]

Thinking about how funny it would be if Rafayel first really struggled to walk with human legs and had to go training. His workout in game is literally his training 😭😭

[liveontelevision]

Alright, you deprived sinners. You know what to do.

[cheesecrackerssoup]

DO IT DO IT DO IT

[4-the-l0ve-0f-art]

I headcanon that Rafayel is a religious dress to impress hater but he keeps on playing because he want to “show them what REAL fashion is” and has the best fits every round but keeps on losing to some default fit ass player and rage quits and returns again and again (canon event MC can’t interfere (she definitely does NOT join on her alt account and give him 5 stars each round))

[cheesecrackerssoup]

ABSOLUTELY HAS VIP AND A GREAT FASHION SENSE. But then he gets rage baited when people don’t give him 5 stars and just gets banned off Roblox after harassing a couple kids which then MC has to deal with his whiny ass.

[4-the-l0ve-0f-art]

100% gets bullied by kids on roblox too 😭 imagine betraying your people for your lover only to suffer while playing roblox together (peak romance)

[cheesecrackerssoup]

Y’all if it ain’t this I dont want it

[4-the-l0ve-0f-art]

I headcanon that Rafayel is a religious dress to impress hater but he keeps on playing because he want to “show them what REAL fashion is” and has the best fits every round but keeps on losing to some default fit ass player and rage quits and returns again and again (canon event MC can’t interfere (she definitely does NOT join on her alt account and give him 5 stars each round))

[cheesecrackerssoup]

ABSOLUTELY HAS VIP AND A GREAT FASHION SENSE. But then he gets rage baited when people don’t give him 5 stars and just gets banned off Roblox after harassing a couple kids which then MC has to deal with his whiny ass.

[cheesecrackerssoup]

The realest thing I did last night was me reading an opinion about a fictional character and crying because it’s true.

BC WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE’LL BETRAY HIS HOMELAND AND STALK MY ASS TILL WE MEET 800 YEARS LATER AFTER I DIE TWICE. TWICE. If some bitch did this to me I would be pouty and moody like he is too, BUT HE CAN BE SO FUCKING ROMANTIC IT HURTS. STOP HURTING THE WORLD FOR US FUCKER, WE ARENT WORTH IT.

[webism-deactivated20251110]

i want the messy, sweaty, five-rounds, stink up the room, break the bed, stain the sheets, fog up the windows, squirting, cumming, crying, hair pulling, biting, spitting, licking, humping, fingering, spanking, freaky, nasty, pussy destroying sex that only toji fushiguro can give me.

[cheesecrackerssoup]

Real.

[garbagebinne]