It’s too bad tumblr wasn’t around 10 years ago when I was still actively reading the series. (FTW you began the series when you were barely old enough to be a novice and now you’re too old to be an Accepted).
Back when I was around 18, I had a lot more fire in my belly. I got into politics and associated with a lot of people on the far left, hoping to change the world. Blue to the core.
As I got older, I grew tired of it. It’s all the same to me. Granted I’ll stand up for what I believe in; there’s no question about that. But I don’t want that life anymore. I don’t want the stress, and my body physically can’t handle much more of it. (Stress-related heart problems.)
Once I got diagnosed with ADHD and began taking medication, I got back into school at the age of 24 as an anthropology major. I’d known for years that I was wasting my time working in retail, but I knew then for sure that I belong in academia. I don’t belong in the, no pun intended, blue collar work force.
Now, 26 years old, I’m very happily employed at a historical archive and am very much enjoying my life as a student.
Constantly lost in thought? Check. Goes off on a tangent when some one mentions the right topic? Check. Nearly cried when she got to touch a 300+ year old St. Augustine anthology? Check.
Brown through and through.
PS, *spoiler* Verin joining the Black to “study them” was the single biggest Anthropologist thing I had ever heard of.
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