C. DaWorld

“I cried so hard during the exam, my professor had to call me in so I would identify letters for him that he couldn’t read anymore.”

(whispered aggressively halfway through a 90min linguistics lecture) “What fucking class is this? This isn’t biochem!”

“Who brought their dog to the lecture and why is it loose?” “Oh, Emma belongs to the head of the cultural sciences faculty. She likes to explore while her mom is lecturing.”

“This class literally makes me want to send a pipe bomb to the faculty.” (said right outside the lecture hall blocking the door, with their prof standing right behind them, trying to pass)

“I almost wrote ‘do you even read this’ into my paper because there is no way he sends all of us feedback that quick.” “Did you?” “No, I’m scared. What if he does correct all of our work that quick and that’s how I find out I just work astronomically slow??”

“Hello class. Across the hallway over there is my office where my son is currently being babysat through zoom by my mother. If you happen to see chaos while my back is turned, please let me know.”

“How would you like to receive feedback on your work? In person, per email…?” “I would prefer not to get any feedback.”

*student reads explicit buffy fanfiction to the class for their presentation on vampire depictions in pop culture while the chronically offline prof in the back furiously takes notes and looks genuinely awed*

Here are some things that may happen when your character realizes they are in love with someone. These can be totally obvious or be super subtle. I think that can depend on your character's mannerisms and personality! Have fun writing!

Notice everything. They start to notice things about the other person. Have freak outs when they notice they notice. They notice nervous ticks, small details no one else notices, patterns.

Hyperawareness. They become hyperaware of their own bodies and what they are doing as well as the other person’s body. They are unable to think about anything other than how close the person is. What they smell like.

They may change their behavior. They may become mean, guarded or distant. They may embrace it, try to see how the other person feels. All that matters is nothing is as natural as it had felt like before. They may realize they want to share everything with that person or notice that they have been sharing everything and stop. Inconsistencies may occur where they are normal one day and distant the next while they try to make it appear like everything is the same.

You may not be able to fight like a samurai, but you can at least die like a samurai.