go find yourself, or whatever

#2: "hi [professor], hope you're doing well! unfortunately, I'm [sick/stuck at work/dead] and won't be able to submit [assignment] by [due date]. could I please have an extension? if not, is there anything else I could do to make up this credit? thanks so much, [op]"

The FIRST SENTENCE is the thing you want the recipient to do. Do not make them guess.

I want to let you know about ... (This email is to inform someone of something not to ask them to do anything)

Could you please do ... (This is a request. You want them to do something).

I'm looking into x and wondering if you can help me (this is also a request but for information instead of an action).

People do not want to read an email and even if they do read it, most people are skimming and not interested. Tell them what you want first, then provide context or other information (when you need a thing is often key). If the email is informational, you can even add "you don't need to do anything, this is just to keep you informed!" People will appreciate not having to figure out what you want from them.

If you can't articulate what you want the recipient to do with the message, you are not ready to email them. I read too many emails where I have no idea what the person wants from me.

also you are never going to be safe for people for whom english is their second language. if someone clarifies their meaning and apologises and you can't accept that over the original wording then don't bother pretending to be autism friendly.

and like part of my autism is that i become convinced that the way i interpret words is the way that they're meant. my autism is disabling to my communication abilities. i have poor emotional regulation, i jump to conclusions. a lot of my reactions are informed by prior negative experiences. i can and probably have been overly defensive in the past.

and i've been misinterpreted so much and had my words picked over and mocked for saying the wrong things and mocked for being unable to say anything at all and it always feels devastating. it's ironic that the same disability that has me treated poorly would have me react poorly to a similar situation, but that's just how it is.

But it’s Neil isn’t it. He is the character who haunted every narrative. Kevin was devastated when he realized who Neil was, said ‘of course we remember you’ as if there was no other possibility. Riko had a public meltdown when he found out them basicaly tried to drag Neil to his side. Jean called Neil his ‘misplaced forever partner’ and cared so deeply for him without ever even meeting him. Stuart Hartford clearly loved his missing nephew so much that he made a deal with the FBI and risked pissing off the Moriyamas to save him from his father. Ichirou Moriyama himself met in person with Neil to actually hear him out, then killed his own brother because Neil implied he should.

Mans was haunting the narrative of half of the people in AFTG without even knowing it and that’s exactly why his reappearance threw a bomb into the order of things so much so that the story ends with Riko dead, Nathaniel Wesninski and half his people dead, the Moriyama empire entirely altered, Tetsugi removed from power, Kevin finally free, and Jean on his way to being free.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Female Founder/Odo (Star Trek) Additional Tags: Missing Scene, shapeshifters scissoring, Bad Sex Summary: