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ahhhhhh omg keep your soul!! i did it for free!! you can read it here: Permanent Peonies

thank you so much, you're so sweet!!! i'm glad you enjoyed head kisses, and i hope you enjoy this one too!! i wasn't too sure what you wanted so i improvised a little bit!

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Hiiiii!! I finally wrote it! Sorry it took so long!! You can find it here: I Won't Let You Go

i decided to go with iv since i've never wrote for him before, so thanks for the opportunity!! Also thank you for keeping your soul, i have one and it is more than enough to deal with haha!

As you should! It's just too cutesy, and fits your soft version of him very well. Agreed, he definitely does!

Okay first of all, those are all SO cute omg 😭 They did inspire some thoughts for me, but I'm not sure if they'll be helpful (but I hope they will be, in some way!):

1. For guitar!tech reader - I can see reader being a guitar tech for another band/musician, and when they're home with IVy or III (depending on who you'd prefer to write this for!) they subconsciously/by force of habit tend to their guitars, like general maintenance & cleaning, & they're so "🥺🥺🥺 You don't have to do that"

2. Don't really have much to add to this one because it already sounds like a well fleshed-out idea to me, but I could see creature!Vessel being either a sea creature (a siren, perhaps? 👀) or a forest creature for this!

3. Another fairly cohesive idea already, but I could see this being combined with your thought of a 4+1 for II! Maybe a "4 Times II Lifted Up Reader and 1 Time Reader Lifted Up II" kind of vibe, where the fourth time is reader's break-up, which really did a number on him because he realized just how deeply he feels for the reader, so he starts to keep his distance and such, and the one time for II is reader connecting the dots about this and telling him they're in love with him

~Uni anon

rahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh your thoughts are so good!!

ill steal exactly what you said, it is perfect! i think it might be more like a blurb than a longer thing but we'll see!

I was thinking of doing a forest creature! ik its like the thing i see the most but i just feel like it suits him so well. Like the old pauldron had fur on it and i've kinda been associating him with a forest creature forever. I think i also saw a fic (idk which one unfortunately) where he had antlers and it just kind of fit so perfectly so I probably go in that direction

For the 4+1 I originally thought of doing like "4 times II being protective of reader and 1 time reader is protective of II" but your idea is so much better! Though, reading your version made me also think what if it is "4 time reader cheers up II and 1 time II cheers up reader". The 1 time would be II confesses to reader. Like a grumpy x sunshine situation!

All those current ideas/projects you're working on rn sound so good; I'm sure you'll knock them out of the park, & I can't wait to read them! I'd love to hear what other ideas you've got cooking, too 👀

This is the uni anon, btw! Not sure if you remember me, but I hope uni has been going better & has been kinder to you since we last chatted ❤️

hiiiii hello! of course i remember you!! honestly uni's been fine, but now that is over for the summer i feel a little better

hihi im glad you like the nickname!! im twirl my hair and giggle every time i write it hehehe i'll be sure to write more soft!ii, he deserves the whole world and more 🥰

as for the ideaass there's a few - guitar tech!reader which i cant figure out bc i dont know shit abt guitars so its been in my draft for a little too long :/ - a kind of forbidden romance between creature!vessel and reader where he keeps telling them that they can't be together but he ends up hurt and they heal him and they both confess - reader gets broken up with and goes to see best friend ii and he helps them (while being secretly in love with them)

those are the ones i can find in my awful and unorganized doc i would love to write more for iii and iv but i never really know what would fit them 😔

i'll make sure to check their blog out!

It depends on what field you're in, but it does also sound like to me that there are more jobs out there than is being shared. In STEM fields rn, we definitely need people, but because of all the funding issues many places aren't hiring (or are offering low pay/short-term positions). Based on that & what I've heard from other fields, it seems like there's definitely a need for more employees, it's just a matter of organizations not wanting to hire them (or doing exclusively internal hires) or organizations being so desperate for employees that they'll hire anyone, sometimes regardless of their experience or education.

I hope that all doesn't sound bleak...what I'm trying to say is it's good that you're very aware & thoughtful about your degree/education, but don't be too harsh on yourself about finding the "perfect" & "safe" career because it really doesn't exist (or at least, it constantly changes every few years). I genuinely believe that as long as you choose to study/do what you love, the rest is much easier to navigate than if you choose a lucrative career but you hated it. But of course, that's upto you to decide, & no matter what decision you make, just know that it won't be the "wrong" decision, so long as it's right by you 🖤

(No worries! I forgot to reply, so apologies for my very late one now)

~Uni anon

the issue is that im in art history and there is already not much job now and i don't think its gonna improve any time soon.

i know the skills are kinda important so i'll at least have that but thats not a whole lot and probably wont be enough

so like my only options is sticking with it, get a master, and then hope that i can get a job or change and go into something that has more job options and is less narrow even though i wont be what i really like

so in either case im kinda fucked? idk im not smart enough nor do i have any prerequisite for any STEM majors so i kinda have to stay in the non-STEM realm and hope not everything gets replaced by AI

but yeah thank you for sharing your thoughts on the subject, its really nice of you to take the time to do so

What's extra frustrating, though, is the jobs ARE there; like we're currently severely understaffed at my uni, yet they won't hire more people. It's quite a mess rn tbh, & I definitely understand why it's difficult not to fall into the "demotivation" cycle. Just know that there are jobs out there & you are needed, & hopefully, things will improve soon.

That's good! Getting in touch with your uni people will definitely help. That definitely does suck that the wait is so long, but hopefully you'll be able to talk to someone soon!

Honestly, I don't know how I juggled all that either LOL, but I did. We're all more resilient & stronger than we realize, I suppose.

Sorry again for the rambling, but I sincerely hope you're able to figure out your uni stuff, & that you'll get more motivation/inspiration for your degree/studies ❤️

~Uni anon (uni anon is fine, don't worry!)

thank you so much honestly it feels good to talk with someone who isnt hellbent on not believing me and dismissing my concern over my degree/potential job prospect. like it really relieve some of my stress

bc like the news are literally saying that new graduates cant find jobs but anyone older keeps saying that it is not true and i feel like im going crazy

dont apology for rambling its really appreciated!! 🩷🩷

Of course, happy to help! ❤️ If you ever have any specific questions, feel free to ask! I dabbled in a lot of things as an undergrad (I was a science major with a minor in humanities, an honors student, had 2 part-time jobs, & volunteered as a science tutor...you know, I think another piece of advice I would offer would be to not be crazy like I was & do all these things...😅), so I have a lot of random knowledge of various things & may likely have answers for you (or know who you could ask to get the answers you need).

(That's very kind of you, but no payment necessary! I remember what it was like to be a student, & I currently work at my alma mater. So, I have a lot of empathy for students & just want to make sure they're doing okay. If I ever have any ideas, though, I'll let you know!)

honestly i think the issue with choosing a major is the (potential) lack of opportunity after getting a degree. like every major i can choose seems to have some industry-wide hiring freeze so its just really demotivating. like why even get a degree if i cant even get a job? i try to not be 'demotivated' because of it but it is seriously not working

but thank you for offering to answer my questions!🩷🩷 im trying to go and ask the ppl that work at my uni but sometimes the wait time is ridiculously long (ik they are probably overworked so i dont say anything but it still sucks yk).