Oh Yes I Am Very Observant It Comes With The Anxiety ☺️

sometimes having flatmates is great

I just heard someone burst into the kitchen announcing, “ chat, is this real?” my other fav out of pocket phrase is “its academic weapon time”

For a while we had an unofficially adopted flat plant, which lasted weeks until someone poured protein powder on it “for nitrogen”

We always exchange hellos when seeing each other in the corridor or kitchen, even though we essentially live together

need some socialisation? Hang out in the kitchen and wait for a victim

The fact that a medical studyguide appeared one day in the common room and none of us do anything remotely medicine related.

The group all-nighters for assignments - where we’re all a bit loopy bc it’s late, we’re making jokes to cope with the work, and bantering as we desperately figure out content we should have learnt months ago.

Flat sharing doesn’t come without its problems, but i am SO going to miss this part of college.

10 Flaws to Give Your Perfect Characters to Make Them Human

If you're tired of the usual vices like arrogance or impatience, here are some unique (or at least less basic) character flaws to give your perfect characters: 

Pathological Altruism

A character so obsessed with helping others that they end up doing more harm than good. Their inability to let others grow or face consequences creates tension.

2. Moral Narcissism

A character who sees themselves as morally superior to others, constantly justifying selfish or harmful actions because they believe they have the moral high ground.

3. Chronic Self-Sabotage

A character who intentionally undermines their own success, perhaps due to deep-seated feelings of unworthiness, pushing them into frustrating, cyclical failures.

4. Emotional Numbness

Rather than feeling too much, this character feels too little. Their lack of emotional response to critical moments creates isolation and makes it difficult for them to connect with others.

5. Fixation on Legacy

This character is obsessed with how they’ll be remembered after death, often sacrificing present relationships and happiness for a future that’s uncertain.

6. Fear of Irrelevance

A character-driven by the fear that they no longer matter, constantly seeking validation or pursuing extreme measures to stay important in their social or professional circles.

7. Addiction to Novelty

Someone who needs constant newness in their life, whether it’s experiences, relationships, or goals. They may abandon projects, people, or causes once the excitement fades, leaving destruction in their wake.

8. Compulsive Truth-Telling

A character who refuses to lie, even in situations where a lie or omission would be the kinder or more pragmatic choice. This flaw causes unnecessary conflict and social alienation.

9. Over-Identification with Others' Pain

Instead of empathy, this character feels others' pain too intensely, to the point that they can’t function properly in their own life. They’re paralyzed by the suffering of others and fail to act effectively.

10. Reluctant Power

A character who fears their own strength, talent, or influence and is constantly trying to shrink themselves to avoid the responsibility or consequences of wielding it.

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Sunset at 3:50 and it’s raining all day till then 🤗 what kind of sick joke-

spending 20 dollars is easy but once you do it 5 times uh oh

I keep having to skip club meetings for my school's writing society and it feels like the universe is challenging me to persevere and prove to myself how important writing is to me.

Alternatively, it's trying to save the world from what I might birth into it.

I'm always taken aback when someone asks me if I have a boyfriend because I've convinced myself so much that people perceive me as a sexless entity roaming the mortal world in search of something incomprehensible that I'm surprised the people around me see me as like.... a cishet

Humans are born wanderers. Don't tell me you don't wanna veer sharp left off this trail and get lost for 30 days. I fucking know you do, deep down. You love it.

there used to be so many stars in the sky that you would have to scrape away a dozen of them that splattered on your windshield every time you drove somewhere, but now they're being over-hunted to make american flag merchandise. very sad

just know that if we're discussing something and I say "wait, im confused", 80% of the time YOU'RE the one who's confused and im just being nice about getting you to realise it