Growing strong

A mess™ | Professional procrastinator | Lesbian extraordinaire | 20 | she/her

[secretly-magic]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapter 5 of my Lady Dimitrescu fic is out now! This one is heavy on the angst and hurt/comfort. So if Red (Taylor's Version) didn't fuck you up enough, this will do it.

[secretly-magic]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapter four of my Lady Dimitrescu fanfic is out now! If you like wlw romance coupled with smut, fluff and hurt/comfort, then this is the fic for you!

[secretly-magic]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapter 3 of my Lady Dimitrescu fic is out now!

Finally, the smut you all have been craving!

[secretly-magic]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapter 2 of my lady Dimitrescu/Maiden fic is out now! If you like wlw romance, angst, hurt/comfort and smut, go give it a read!

It's my longest fic yet and I'm only 2 chapters in, I hope you'll stick around for the ride.

[secretly-magic]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Lady Dimitrescu's personal maid is caught in a compromising position. Shenanigans ensue.

The first chapter of my two-part Alcina Dimitrescu/reader (or random maid) fic is out now!!

If you enjoy hurt/comfort, angst, fluff and smut, give this a read! As always, let me know if you enjoy it!

[secretly-magic]

Chapter 3 of my Cruellanita fic is out now!

It’s been 84 years... But finally, the third chapter is out! If you like wlw romance, angst, hurt/comfort, fluff and smut, go check it out! Leave some nice words for me if you enjoyed it!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[obscuritiesoffbeat]

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[oheyitscryssi]

[iimperius]

↬ death eaters icons

↬ if you save, like it please

↬ cr to @galathyniuspoem on twitter

[nympholouis]

you know what, i know too much about america. social media is so american-centric i could probably tell you more about there than my home country. i would like to forget some information about america please. i would like for someone to say “I am from Oregon” and for me to reply “haha is that some kind of herb?”. please erase america from my knowledge. thank you

[thewriterslament]

how to write that 17-page essay that’s high-key giving you anxiety

so it’s 4am and you’ve had three cups of coffee but you’ve only written two sentences. you look at the prompt and find it has ceased to make sense. “how the fuck am i gonna turn this into a 17-page paper” you ask. 

never fear! your friendly neighborhood college fuckup is here with an answer. buckle down and get another cup of coffee; you’re in this for the long haul. (literally. this post got long because i’m apparently incapable of writing short posts, but i also pulled a 3.9 cGPA using this method so i’d say it’s worth the read.)

first, a cheat: email your professor and ask if you can use subheaders. subheaders eliminate the need for smooth transitions between portions of your argument and also create a ton of white space, which can help you reach page count. 

second, a tip: don’t be afraid to meet with your prof. this essay probably isn’t a take-home exam; it’s likely that your prof set this paper to give you a chance to learn and write about something you enjoy. shoot your prof an email saying “hey, this is what i’m thinking, this is what i’m struggling with, can i meet with you to talk it out?” 9 times out of 10, your prof will say yes. if they say no, talk to another prof in the same discipline. otherwise talk to your uni writing center or a friend of yours. worse come to worst, shoot me a message.

what you’re gonna do now is outline the fuck out of your paper to procrastinate actually writing it. 

step 1: take apart the prompt. it’ll be asking for a few different things; mark these things with different cues: brackets, underlining, different colored pens, whatever. this structures your response.

if you don’t know your thesis yet, that’s fine! let it develop naturally as you conduct your research and plan your argument. you can change it as you go - that’s the point of researching the topic. no one will know what your first draft thesis was.

step 2: look at the dismembered prompt. write bullets with brief explanations for how you’ll attack each part of the prompt. these can be detailed or as vague as “look up that one reading and use it as a counter argument.” then figure out the best way to organize the bullets. if nothing makes sense, that’s fine too. you can write each chunk of your argument and structure it later.

these bullets make good subheaders. js.

step 3: under each bullet from step 2, list out what info and evidence you need for that aspect of your argument. don’t worry about details yet; focus on structure. write these bullets as though you’re talking to a friend about what your argument is and why is works. let it be stupid. let it be simple. say shit like “freud was a bitch and i can prove it.” 

step 4: now that you have a rough draft of your outline, go back and fill in the details. remember, you’re still outlining! you’re basically redoing step 3 with the bullets you made in step 3. this is the part where i take the most time and put in the most effort.

i tend to reach page/word count easily if my outline is half the length the paper needs to be, so i keep outlining until i reach that point. this ratio might be different for you. if you can figure out your ratio, it can tell you if you need to look for more info or if you’re good to go.

make a note of what you’re citing but don’t worry about actual citations. i like using gdocs because you can easily paste a link to your source in a comment. this way, the sources don’t clutter up your doc or artificially inflate your page or word count.

be silly! be stupid! use swear words and memes and internet lingo. you’re just outlining right now; you don’t need to sound smart and professional. you should be focusing on what you want to say, not how to say it.

by the end of this process, my outline is basically my paper in bulletpoint format, without any fancy jargon or quotes or cited evidence, and usually not in complete sentences. i’ve essentially tricked myself into writing my paper by saying “i’m just outlining, it doesn’t really matter.” it’s also less daunting to write the rest of the paper when you know you already have 9 pages done instead of 0.

step 5: write the damn thing! open a fresh doc for your paper and view it side-by-side with your outline. now you get to make your bullets sound pretentious and academic. insert quotes and other evidence. turn “freud was a bitch” into “freud knowingly perpetuated several falsehoods for the sake of his personal gain, thereby undoing decades of progress in the field of psychology.” 

don’t worry about citations right now, though! do what you did in your outline and insert the citations as comments at the points where they need to be. creating citations will interrupt your flow.

step 6: once your paper is done, go back and add citations! this can take up to an hour depending on how many sources you have, so budget your time appropriately. 

holy shit! you just wrote a whole damn paper! i’m proud of you, buddy. go buy yourself a milkshake and take a nap. 

[uchicagoadmissions]

[prostatestar]

Zeus: Basically the god of the universe

Hades: King of the underworld, Ruler of the dead

Poseidon:

[illuminachos43]

[zeusfuckedmymom]

Odysseus, peeking through the boards of the Trojan Horse, knowing damn well he’s the baddest bitch around:

[neon-elliot]

[neon-elliot]

[dearherondale]

I found this youtube comment and honestly,,,, true