#because fml

my profs consistently tell me I’m one of the top students. my bosses have been pleased with the quality of my work. I have a lot of experience, and I network and make sure to reach out to people socially, all things people have commented on positively. I am, by most measures, doing everything right. 

so why can’t I get a fucking summer job there? while I appreciate that I actually got notified I didn’t get the position I interviewed for last week, I know who did get it...my best friend in the department. who I gave my interview prep material because she wasn’t as experienced and hadn’t done an academic job before, and who already has another paid internship for the summer. (I am doing my best not to hold this against her, though I’m feeling pretty bitter at the moment and not sure I’m up to spending money to celebrate her birthday in a few days)

what a great question! thank you for asking!

(and fun fact: Fleamont and Euphemia are canon! JKR came out with a brief history of the Potter line here that confirms that.)

i hope your morning is goin’ great-

but,, mine isnt-

because i am craving d e a t h.

mood swings suck and they are a absolute bitchass motherfucker

Unharmed In The Flames by threerings

Chapters: 1/2 Fandom: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín/Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén Characters: Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén, Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Follows mostly CQL/The Untamed canon, Post-Canon, Post-Seclusion Lan Xichen, Two lonely and touch deprived boys, Drunk Sex, ish, Mentions of Lan Xichen/Jin Guangyao, Mentions of Lan Xichen/Nie Mingjue, Jiang Cheng POV, Oral Sex, Hand Jobs, Frottage, Anal Sex, First Time, Developing Relationship, Romance and Trauma and Sex, But like not heavy trauma, more working through the aftermath, two broken people...together

Summary:

Jiang Cheng pays a visit to Lan Xichen after two years of seclusion. He finds a different man than he used to know and together they begin something new.

“I...” he began, then had to lick his dry lips. “I know what it’s like.” Lan Xichen met his eyes, raised his brows. “To lose...someone. To be betrayed.” He stopped, wincing. “To feel betrayed by someone you trusted.” He swallowed, closed his eyes for a moment. “To lose them, too.” He felt Lan Xichen’s gaze on him, but couldn’t look up. “Anyway,” he continued roughly, “I’m sure you’re handling it much better than me.” He downed the remainder of the wine in his bowl.

Lan Xichen surprised him with a huff of laughter. It sounded dry, twisted, more bitter than he could imagine a noise coming from the First Jade could ever be.

“Hardly,” said Lan Xichen.

Chapters: 1/6  

Fandom: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Anime & Manga), Irish Mythology  

Rating: General Audiences  

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply  

Relationships: Mizuno Ami & Zoisite, Minor or Background Relationship(s), Chiba Mamoru/Tsukino Usagi, Senshi & Shitennou, Chiba Mamoru & Shitennou, Tsukino Usagi & Inner Senshi  

Characters: Zoisite (Sailor Moon), Mizuno Ami, Chiba Mamoru, Tsukino Usagi, Kino Makoto, Aino Minako, Hino Rei, Jadeite (Sailor Moon), Nephrite (Sailor Moon), Helios (Sailor Moon), Kunzite (Sailor Moon), Shitennou (Sailor Moon), Inner Senshi  

Additional Tags: Immram, Hero's Journey, Fairy Tale Style, Alternate Universe - Fairy Tale, I never set out to write ensemble fics, they just turn out that way, Weird Irish Fairy Tale matter-of-fact gross stuff, like casual reference to cannibalism, and cutting parts off magical people and creatures??, but it's literally nowhere near as gross as i could have made it, tags will probably mutate, no betas we die like men  

And theyre evidently a very complex character that the main protagonist cant understand, and eventually after all of the hardships protag experiences there's this big "twist" in the end that just reveals that the "antagonist" is just neurodivergent in some way/has BPD