Confusednconfusing - That Intern You Regret Hiring

Just landed an internship!!

after months of applying

and I’ve had Stupid with Love running through my brain all day since ❤️

maybe bc I listened to it earlier today

Anyways Good luck to students applying rn! job applications r a bitch stay strong 🫶

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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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.

literally shoved it back under the rug and went 'i'll deal with it when its time TM'

time TM never came

in honor of ace week id like to shoutout every asexual who first thought they were bi/pan because they looked at all the genders and felt no difference and zero is equal to zero so they said "huh. must be bisexual" and then shoved their sexuality back under the rug for 3-5 years

this show asks all the real questions like what if you adopted a kitten and it was a shark. what if you caught a corgi and she was the missing rich daughter that always sets a narrative in motion. what if you were a detective and there was another detective and there was an fbi guy and another fbi guy and your adhd induced sixth sense only made you aware of your position as a fictional character in an elaborately spun story. what if you were a piranha in the stream of the universe. what if you spent six years gaslighting your disabled sister to make up for a lie that you took too far. what if you broke up your band. what if your band sucked. what if you were scott pilgrim a little bit

Turns out I like learning math, what I don’t love is other people’s lives depending on my math