This Is So Important To Understand, Actually. It's Brilliant Advice And It's So True And Universal.

Y'know what? I'm gonna do stuff today.

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hahahah well. yeah.

Your last used emoji is how your week is gonna go

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oml thank you- I've never done one of these either-

last song: Snow On The Beach by Taylor Swift (ft. Lana Del Rey)

favourite colour: switches between dark red, blue, and grey

last movie/tv show: Young Sheldon (rewatching because I can't find anything else rn (suggestions are welcome!!))

sweet/spicy/savoury: all three

relationship status: single (but I'm deeply invested in this guy I like, so.)

last thing I googled: typing test

current obsession: good omens, doctor who's anniversary specials, taylor swift, merthur (they keep coming back, but it's ok because I love them <3)

tagging: @smartery @anoncharli3 @studyinghedgehog @shroomjui @ibchemist

Nine People I'd Like To Get To Know Better (Tag)

@gemplans tagged me in this and i squealed out of excitement - thank you! :3

Last Song: erase me // Lizzy McAlpine ft. Jacob Collier

Favourite Colour: yellow!

Last Movie/TV Show: SAW X - my absolute favorite movie series, other than Sir Anthony Hopkins' version of Hannibal (and the subsequent films).

Sweet/Spicy/Savoury: spicy - always!

Relationship Status: happily single

Last thing I Googled: "wooden plank table acnh"... yeah. that game has me in a chokehold.

Current Obsession: my Hobonichi Weeks 2024 planners! (I own two that I will be using continuously.)

i tag @sweetiespore, @properfull0ngaycrisis, @solarsapphic, @houseplanter, @themaidenmoon, @garnishments, @my-newest-anime-daydream, @sex--on--the--radio, and @coliepng!

yall don't have to do this if you don't want to, but I think it's kinda cute :)

thank you again, gem!!

Name(s) – my blog name or my initial, h

Pronouns – she/her (idm they either)

Star sign – aquarius

# of siblings & fun facts about them (if you have any) – two siblings, both brothers (I'm in the middle)

# of pets & their names – three cats and a dog; so four total ---

Fandoms – taylor swift moomin (yet to read the books tho) good omens + bbc merlin (though i'm not in the peak™ phase rn) ---

Favorite color – purple &lt;3 (this changes quite a bit, but for now...) ---

Favorite song – until i found you by stephen sanchez (this changes a lot, but as of rn it's this) ---

Favorite author (of anything readable-- books, fanfics, zines, webtoons, whatever!) – Alice Oseman + Shakespeare, as of right now- weirdly enough- I feel like I need to explain this; basically, we started reading our Antony and Cleopatra in class today and I was kind of fascinated by it, so... yeah- this changes a lot too tho ---

Hobbies – reading, writing, listening to music, ib (🤡), crushing on this one adorable guy ---

Favorite fic type – fluff (esp. domestic fics), but I love angsty ones too, preferrably hurt/comfort tho ---

Favorite holiday – uhhhh Holi and Christmas ig, I don't really have favourite holidays- anything that gives me a day off works, honestly (not sick days tho) ---

Do you have any partner(s)? (romantic, qpp, anything!) – nO- just a crush, but oh well ---

Fun facts about you / anything extra you wanna share! – I adore reading fact books. I also love learning about history and space and prehistoric things too, like dinosaurs :D Both my favourite song and author for this post were determined today, because I'm just like that :') I have an overdue assignment I am currently procrastinating doing because I don't wanna do it, plus it's 12:30 in the morning here and I wanna sleep so yeah :)

tysmm for the tag charlie :DDD @lezvoix, @shroomjui, @smartery

I got bored so here's a little get-to-know-you tag game I think could be fun :3

Name(s)

Pronouns

Star sign

# of siblings & fun facts about them (if you have any)

# of pets & their names

Fandoms

Favorite color

Favorite song

Favorite author (of anything readable-- books, fanfics, zines, webtoons, whatever!)

Hobbies

Favorite fic type

Favorite holiday

Do you have any partner(s)? (romantic, qpp, anything!)

Fun facts about you / anything extra you wanna share!

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Name(s): Loki (highly preferred), Elye

Pronouns : they/them mostly, he/she okay too

Star sign: Pisces

# of siblings: I've got 2! An older sister and a younger sibling. The fun fact about them is that they're also both queer; in fact, my mom is too. The only non-queer person in my immediate family is my dad.

# of pets: 4 cats! Phoebe & Frankie are our girls, Lenny and Murray are our boys :3

Fandoms: MCU (kind of), BSD, OFMD, Ranboo (does his fanbase count as a fandom?)

Fav. color: Don't have one

Fav. song: Aurora Borealis by Lemon Demon

Fav. author: Alice Oseman

Hobbies: singing, acting, drawing, writing, procrastinating

Fav. fic type: Fluff, definitely. I am a sucker for well written coffee-shop and flower-shop aus, too. Smut's fine, but only if it's romantic. I can't do angst if there's no comfort.

Fav. Holiday: Hanukkah or Halloween! I love autumn and winter

Partners?: Yes! I have a girlfriend (queerplatonic) who I love very much, and a boyfriend (romantic) who I love very much :]

Fun facts:

- Even though I'm a cat person, I really, really want a dog.

- I actually used to play sports. Because I don't do gendered leagues anymore, I don't play, but I've been looking for mixed/gender-neutral/queer sports teams. Baseball and basketball specifically!

- I started questioning my identity in 2019; I'm no closer to finding a label now than I was then. The difference is, now I don't want a label. I just am. :]

tags: @neonganymede @cha0ticlesbian @x-chiara @exceleo @brinnybee @autistic-katara @gandalfthemorallygrey @ohboyanotherlokiblog @roachandrenfri @ourflagmeanslokius @exceleo @edettethegreat @swiftlyspidey

these are perfect rn since I have my maths test tomorrow... wish me luck 🥲

for @newscientist https://www.instagram.com/p/CoPPWLcspDY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Happy New Year :DDD

Sorry, I know I'm late, but here I am!!! Happy New Year to everyone reading this, I hope 2024 treats us all better <33

Last year wasn't the best for me, but I plan on making the most of this year. So here's a couple things I'm trying to change, my resolutions, if you will:

Drink more water

Get at least 75% in every exam I attempt

Try and finish all assignments one day before the due date

Try and maintain a sleep pattern; sleep by about 11:30 and wake up at 5:00

Keep a track of my progress

Update my planner/diary every week, at least (also in order to keep track of my progress)

Alongside that, another thing I'm trying out is planning out every deadline and exam I have for the month, which is what this is:

I'm also going to try and use the Reminders app as often as I can so that I can tick off work I've finished before moving on; I also have a notebook for this, but since I work on my laptop I figure it would be easier to keep a track of it here.

Either way, I'm going to try my best to try and stick to my resolutions for this year, if anyone else has made any I wish you the best of luck too!! Let's make 2024 our year, guys, we've got this!

aH- sorry I've been gone a long time, we're having out Trial exams and mine finish on the 10th, so I'll probably come back a little bit after that, see ya, and good luck to everyone else having exams right now too!

I’d just like to say good luck to everyone taking SAT’s or Exams (or any tests for that matter) and I wish you the best of luck on them!

Reblog if you want anon messages of what you would be the patron saint of

One of my biggest nitpicks in fiction concerns the feeding of babies. Mothers dying during/shortly after childbirth or the baby being separated form the mother shortly after birth is pretty common in fiction. It is/was also common enough in real life, which is why I think a lot of writers/readers don't think too hard about this. however. Historically, the only reason the vast majority of babies survived being separated from their mother was because there was at least one other woman around to breastfeed them. Before modern formula, yes, people did use other substitutes, but they were rarely, if ever, nutritionally sufficient.

Newborns can't eat adult food. They can't really survive on animal milk. If your story takes place in a world before/without formula, a baby separated from its mother is going to either be nursed by someone else, or starve.

It doesn't have to be a huge plot point, but idk at least don't explicitly describe the situation as excluding the possibility of a wetnurse. "The father or the great grandmother or the neighbor man or the older sibling took and raised the baby completely alone in a cave for a year." Nope. That baby is dead I'm sorry. "The baby was kidnapped shortly after birth by a wizard and hidden away in a secret tower" um quick question was the wizard lactating? "The mother refused to see or touch her child after birth so the baby was left to the care of the ailing grandfather" the grandfather who made the necessary arrangements with women in the neighborhood, right? right? OR THAT GREAT OFFENDER "A newborn baby was left on the doorstep and they brought it in and took care of it no issues" What Are You Going to Feed That Baby. Hello?

Like. It's not impossible, but arrangements are going to have to be made. There are some logistics.