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why you can (and should) write

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 a/n: is that how you format author's notes? it is now! whew what a mess, i hope this is at least coherent. i tried to avoid sounding preach-ey or like some sorta inspirational speaker cause that feels annoying and condescending, hopefully that worked. writing isn't sacred. which sounds obvious—the act of putting words next to each other is second nature to us. we write when we text a friend. we write when we name files on our computer. when we make shopping lists and other reminders to ourselves.  "oh, but that isn't REAL writing", you might be thinking.  for a long time, i would've agreed. there's real writing. and then there's the silly unserious unimportant writing that most people (and i) do.  but hold it a second. "real" and "fake" are bold distinctions to make. to quote the professor responding to my half-assed answer in an 8am discussion section i skipped the reading for, "please elaborate on that." to be a bit dra...

normalize failure — Bocchi the Rock and how to be human in a world that doesn't like humans

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(yes the title's a bit long-winded sue me) it's been more than 2 years since Bocchi the Rock started airing. if you haven't seen it yet, you should do that. if you're not into that type of stuff, then what are you doing here.  the show itself does a lot to build on the original manga by aki hamaji : banger ost, really creative animation direction, and incredible work by the voice actors. but i wanna focus on its protagonist, bocchi herself. ( Bocchi the Rock , episode 2) more specifically, why does this pink anxiety blob live rent free in my head? (oh, spoilers ahead, though this isn't a show that minds that much) "girlfailure" is a character archetype defined by being pathetic to the point of endearment. these are your huohou star rails, cirno touhous, the entire konosuba squad, etc. train wrecks of characters, massively flawed to the point of being entertaining. and there's bocchi, of course. the thought of starting a social media account turns her ...

among us (test)

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