Academic by day. Fangirl at night.

[boomer-mythology-destroyer]

[letheyim]

The fruit was never an apple.

[romemok]

it's the acting for me

[janployshompoos]

I had so much trouble with drama scenes. Fundamentally, I don’t cry.

BASED ON 2 STORIES | EP6

[digitaldiscipline]

This is the 85 year old creator of Roger Rabbit:

[nsasquith]

@drarrymicrofic | prompt: Inclined | wc: 381 | rated: M

Breathless and spent, Draco tumbles down onto the bed. He’s laughing. A real, genuine laugh. He turns his head and finds Harry beside him, flushed and amused and a little bewildered.

The reason why sits on Harry’s finger.

A gold band.

The only thing he’s wearing.

“So?” Draco asks, shifting to face him properly.

“So what?” Harry counters.

Draco is in no mood to draw the process out. He crowds into Harry’s space, nipping gently at the sweat-slick skin of his neck, then soothes the sting with a kiss.

Against his ear, he says, “You’re wearing it.”

Harry looks at him, eyes half-lidded. “So I am.”

“I’m going to presume, then.” Draco takes Harry’s hand, draws it up, kisses the ring he had slotted onto his finger half an hour ago, then holds it tight.

“Presume?”

“That you’re saying yes. You didn’t say it earlier.”

Harry’s lips twitch. “You didn’t exactly give me the chance.”

“Is it a yes, Harry?” Draco presses.

He knows it is. It has to be.

How can it not be after everything? After the war and the trials, after both of them becoming Aurors, after the fights and the arguments, after the shared drinks where absolution was found at the bottom of a pint glass and resurrection between the sheets.

How can it not be yes, when even after all that, they spent months denying themselves the joy and love of each other because they both felt like they didn’t deserve it?

Harry tightens his fingers around Draco’s.

He tilts his head, fondness written plainly across his face. “I’m inclined to acquiesce.”

“Inclined to acquiesce,” Draco repeats mildly. “Wow. Swallowed a thesaurus, did you?”

“Swallowed something,” Harry mutters, arching a brow. “Swallowed your brain through your—”

Draco pinches his waist. Harry laughs, and then Draco is tickling him properly, ruthless with it, fingers digging into every vulnerable place he knows by heart.

“Draco—fuck—stop—”

“Answer the question.”

“I did!”

“You used four syllables too many.”

Harry squirms beneath him, panting and helpless and wearing Draco’s ring.

“Yes,” he gasps at last. “Yes, I’ll fucking marry you.”

Draco stills and for a moment, the room goes quiet around them. Then Harry reaches up, cups Draco’s face, and smiles.

“Since you’re so inclined to ask.”

[spaghettiwoman46]

Ugh they are always doing this

[keepcalmandcarriefischer]

Little freaks

[fatliberation]

I don’t have time to unpack my full thoughts on the whole argument of ‘you shouldn’t be a burden to the healthcare system’ but I would like to chime in on it:

so, all athletes should immediately stop playing sports. construction workers, anyone with jobs that put them at risk, they need to find different employment. people with uteruses shouldn’t ever get pregnant, either. actually you know what? don’t enter a car or vehicle at all! and don’t even get me started on old people. what age do we think they should just give it up & throw in the towel? 50? 60? after that they become way too burdensome. it’s a problem.

sweet baby eugenicist, your anger is misplaced. they want you to blame yourself instead of their crumbling system. you should be asking, what kind of a fucking healthcare system is it if it can be burdened by the very thing it exists to provide? which is healthcare?!

[starlight-shadowbanned]

also it seems pretty adjacent to nazi “useless eater” rhetoric

[nsasquith]

@drarrymicrofic | prompt: But(t) | wc: 571 |

Unfortunately, Draco was very used to hearing but.

“Mr Malfoy, thank you for your Healer application. Your NEWT scores are exemplary, and we thoroughly enjoyed reading your dissertation. We would love to offer you a position at St Mungo’s, but we’ve decided to move forward with a candidate whose public profile is less complicated.” “Draco, I know our parents want us to get married, and whilst I think it wouldn’t be a terrible arrangement, I just can’t do it. You’re lovely and all, but I have to think of any children we might have. It would be so difficult for them to have a Death Eater as a father.” “Darling, you know I adore it when you visit. I really do live for them… but perhaps it would be easier if you came when it was dark out? So the press didn’t see you.” “You can work in the DMLE admin department, Malfoy. The pay is as shit as the hours, but it’s probably more than you deserve.”

So used to hearing but was Draco that he lived in a constant state of flight. One foot out the door. His heart tucked away safe and sound. It was easier to keep his guard up than risk the pain of letting someone close enough to wound him properly.

You would think, with so much practice, that his walls would be impenetrable. It took Harry Potter returning to England after years abroad for Draco to learn this was simply not true.

Polite smiles as they passed each other in the corridor became small talk in the cafeteria queue. Small talk became shared jokes over lunch. Shared jokes became Harry waiting by Draco’s desk at the end of the day, asking if he wanted to get a drink. One drink became two, became Harry’s hand on the small of Draco’s back, became trysts in the supply cupboard, nights at each other’s homes, weekends away, until somehow—impossibly—all of it became whispered promises between the sheets that Draco didn’t believe.

But gods, did he want to.

He wanted to believe so badly that, despite half his heart constantly bracing for the inevitability of but, the other half lived in hope of a full stop.

It came on a Wednesday evening. Harry and Draco stood side by side at the hob, both tired from work, both still in their shirtsleeves, cooking dinner together like they did most nights.

“You’re going to burn the garlic,” Draco said, reaching past Harry to turn down the heat. “Add the stock now.”

Harry did as he was told. “That enough?”

“Perfect. Add the rice and let it simmer for fifteen.” Draco glanced at the oven. “I think the chicken is almost done, you know—”

“I love you.”

So sudden it was that Draco froze. He braced himself, waiting for the but.

I love you, but this is difficult. I love you, but people will talk. I love you, but I don’t know if I can.

Only, it never came. Instead, Harry took his hand, threaded their fingers together, and stood so close that they were chest-to-chest, and Draco began to wonder.  

“I love you,” Harry said, softer this time. “That’s all.”

Draco swallowed. His heart was no longer tucked away safe and sound. It was right there in his throat, beating itself half to death because it was true.

“I love you too,” he said, his voice trembling.

[alexandriad]

woman yelling at cat meme but make it ancient greek red figure pottery

[swirling-orbs-of-disorder]

From ancient to abstract, this one sure got around.

Japanese one made no sense to me until I finally saw the “sale sale/sasa lele” version. セール　セール。 But then it’s a meme so it has to be misspelled?  🤷‍♂️

[everyone-loves-purple]

tHERE ARE MEMES IN THOSE HIEROGLYPHICS

[fromsiberia]

Ohhhhhhh…. Chinese and greek are my favourite, but there is more!

[carys-the-ninth]

The problem with commercial F/M romance is that it's written by the most heterosexual women alive and reading it you feel yourself slowly suffocating from the Gender of it all like a fish in a eutrophying lake. And what we actually need as a culture is F/M written by insane bisexuals violently allergic to heteronormativity

[moniquill]

The problem is the insane bisexuals are not interested in commercializing. They write for free and publish their works on AO3.

[antivillain]

I got you fam--I made a book list for this.

Still Queer Bi The Way

Super queer women and men in relationships with each other. Bi, trans, ace, or otherwise not straight despite appearances.

Queer M/F for all your queer M/F needs. These romances might be straight passing at first glance but fuck the first glance they're queer as hell.

I especially rec The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes for the most incredibly chaos bi be queer do crimes energy.

[xixsem]

I DID THIS IM VERY PROUD OF IT YOU KNOW WHY

BECAUSE

WAIT FOR IT

LORDE OF THE RINGS

[vixyish]

But every day’s like

Gold ring, greybeard, trippin’ on the mushrooms

Blood-mad Nazgul trashin’ the hotel room

We don’t care

We got to Rivendell across the stream

And everybody’s like

Mountains, dwarf mines, presents from the Elf Queen

Rowboats, rock paths, Gollum on a rope leash

We don’t care

Yeah we’re simply gonna walk in there

[breewolfstuff]

Cuz we’re going to Moooooordor

(Moooooordor)

[zhenya-grey]

I finally found the original. I will now put it on my blog, bless this legendary post that ended up a meme

[bitchesgetriches]

Hey bitches! I need help.

So I’m in college and I have no idea what I want to major in. My heart says literature but that isn’t going to make me money and college is EXPENSIVEEEEE. So I’m looking at a program called ‘interactive art and technology’. I know graphic design itself isn’t a huge moneymaker but this program combines UX UI design, game design, programming, etc with graphic design and everything. I have no idea who to talk to to make sure that this is a lucrative career. A prof I had told me that graphic design is a lucrative career but I don’t believe her cause she’s probably been out of the market for years. I wonder if my advisors will even give me a correct answer about asking for pay (I’m kinda ashamed of asking about pay myself), and I wonder who I can ask? How do I know if it’s a good industry to work in? How can I get an honest opinion of it? (Like, I know programming is a moneymaking major but since this program is arts oriented to, I wonder if it will even be lucrative?) And what do I do if it turns out it’s not a good major to be in?

Sorry, I know that was a lot 😅😅 hope y’all have a good day!

Not to worry, pet! We have a couple of articles on the best way to choose a college major and career:

High School Students Have No Way of Knowing What Career to Choose. Why Do We Make Them Do It Anyway? 

The Actually Helpful, Nuanced, Non-Bullshit Way to Choose a Future Career 

Your College Major May Not Prepare You for Your Job—but It Can Prepare You for Life

The tl;dr of it all is that Glassdoor.com is a great resource for comparing salaries, getting employee reviews of companies, and figuring out what it's really like in a given profession.

We also recommend requesting informational interviews from alumni who work in the field you're targeting. Good luck, sweet pea!

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[sword-sorceress]

As an English Major let me tell you that while not stereotypical a "Money Making" degree, literature class teach you some of the most important lessons.

How to understand what you read.

In a world that is getting more and more anti-intellectual, being able to understand information is going to be a huge leg up. You could do so much with an english degree that they dont tell you. So many places are just concerned that you have a degree.

You can use that degree as an analyst, writer, or hr. Its scary, but its not useless. Granted I became a librarian and am honor bound to hype up the humanities but my point still stands. Life is full of twists and turns and what you get your degree in doesnt need to dictate your life.

[ace-of-bass]

Helpful STEM prof (computer science) here!

Totally agree with the English major above, and adding:

You can always take classes outside your major. Maybe you do a literature degree but take a coding class. Maybe you do the art & tech major you mentioned but also do a few literature classes. You don't even have to officially minor. No one can stop you from taking classes for fun.

Also, your advisors & professors will not lie to you about pay and which fields make lots of money and which do not. They may not have the most updated information, but most of your professors (particularly the young-ish ones) will have at least a vague idea of which majors/professions lead to easy jobs and which do not. I don't know the exact starting salary for computer science/engineering, but I know my bff who majored in CE has always made a comfortable living and never had difficulty finding a job. I know my friend who did journalism was broke the entire time he was in college and had to take unpaying internships (the devil's work). I know my friend with a master's in anthropology works for a school district and is paid a medium amount but is also taking a night school coding class to open up more options. These examples aren't specific advice to you, but your younger professors will have similar examples from their friends and your older professors will have examples of students they taught who recently had to get jobs in (or outside) the field. So I would trust your professors in general, though if you get a vibe that one specifically is misinformed or untrustworthy you don't have to trust them. Just ask a different prof that you do trust or that does seem informed.

[swimmingblue]

I'd also say not to pick a major or career just because it makes a lot of $$$.

Because that way there's a good chance that you'll end with good paycheck but also be very unhappy. And that can suck ass. So it's good that you're thinking about career options where you can make good money and support yourself, but also think about what you might enjoy doing.

[onetwothreemany]

I was a linguistics and French Literature major in college (ask me about horny troubadours!) and was frustrated with myself when I got out, because I thought my degree was kind of "useless". I went on to get a master's in wildlife ecology and I now have a very successful career as a data scientist in a variety of tech industries, and you know what? I'm one of the few people at my job who can WRITE.

I can tell a story, not just with data but with words. I can write a convincing and persuasive PRD. I can draw connections between disparate parts of my job and my company and tell others about them with metaphors that make them go "aha!".

This isn't a thing I see from the folks who didn't have a good background in literature.

"Liberal arts" degrees are very good at teaching you how to connect, how to think, how to tell a story from a jumbled mass of facts. They're good at teaching you to question sources and biases and seek out context. They're good at teaching you to break down complicated things into understandable language.

And let me tell you, that is a RARE skillset in the tech world. Once you learn how to market it, you become very appealing to employers, and even more valuable as a coworker.

[twoleggedmermaid]

Here to "second" what folks have already said. My degree is in Communication Studies, which was widely regarded as useless because it taught general com skills and theory, rather than technical skills for a specific career. I'm so glad I got it. Instead of feeling locked into a specific career path, I can apply the skills I learned to almost any job, and I have (verbal com for deescalation in a shelter, essay skills for grant writing and copy editing, interpersonal com to understand the organizational politics and what's being said between the lines).

If you're going to spend a lot of money on a degree, spend it on something you enjoy learning, or at least that interests you. A degree in a specific field is NOT a guarantee of a job in that field, no matter what the recruiters tell you. Spend your time, money, and energy on something you find worthwhile.

[alta-et-astra]

Software engineer here. While my computer science degree has served me well in the ten years since I graduated college, the advancements (or rather, perceived advancements) in AI are killing college grad entry level positions and the tech industry just isn't as stable as it was promised to us back when I was in college.

Now, knowing how to code is super useful, especially when the bubble pops and CEOs decide it's cheaper to pay people to code rather than burn a tree and pay OpenAI, but becoming multi disciplinary, especially in the humanities will only be more helpful not less. That said, if you're interested in coding, take at least a couple of classes in it. I think that in itself is useful foundational knowledge regardless of the degree you choose.

[2boldlyqueer]

I changed majors 5 times! And transferred to a different school halfway through my degree. I have a friend who transferred 5 times in 4 years. Even if your school requires you to declare freshman year (my first school had such packed requirements that you had to start first semester to graduate in four years), you aren't locked in! Even with 5 major changes, I absolutely could have done the degree in 4 years if I hadn't had health issues.

I'll also seconding (third?) what twoleggedmermaid said. I have a Comm degree with a concentration in PR. I haven't had a single communications or PR job, but the skills I learned have been extremely useful in every job I've had since.

One more thing you may find helpful is that many schools have a major called something like Interdisciplinary, Multidisciplinary, or Independent Studies. It's more work on the front end, but you essentially get to make your own major. Before I transferred and switched to Comms, I was developing a multidisciplinary track for Science Journalism, concentrating on environmental issues and human Ecology. I was combining courses from the human eco, journalism, and English, plus intro level stuff in most science fields. I was even able to design it in a way that would've let me get a Creative Writing minor, which is where my non-science passions lie.

Basically, even if you have to declare early, you aren't locked in. You have more time to take different classes and see what clicks. (Also, if you're really concerned about spending money on classes that won't help, consider getting an associates degree. It's 2 years and then you can transfer to a 4 year college and finish that in 2 years, because you already covered everything that's not in your major. )

[afloweroutofstone]

This captures everything I love about being online

[omgthatdress]

ily, menswear guy

[ravendognerd]

This is fascinating

[metamorphesque]

— Tennessee Williams, Notebooks

[metamorphesque]

[ text ID: I am sitting at my kitchen table waiting for my lover to arrive with lettuce and tomatoes and rum and sherry wine and a big floury loaf of bread in the fading sunlight. Coffee is percolating gently, and my mood is mellow. I have been very happy lately, just wallowing in it selfishly, knowing it will not last very long, which is all the more reason to enjoy it now. I suppose life always ends badly for almost everybody. We must have long fingers and catch at whatever we can while it is passing near us. ]

[catchyvideos]

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