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Bachelor of Commerce, what courses did you take?

So I've been setting out my Accounting major courses to do BCom 101 and BCom 102, as well as COML 111, ACCY 130 and ACCY131 and MGMT 101 for the final mandatory subject. ECON 141 and 130 were recommended, and I was going to have them as my final two (yes I know I could just not take MGMT but thats more a self confidence thing for me and being more assertive)

But I've been thinking about learning NZSL, and there are two first year courses. Should I take those two instead of the Econ subjects? I took Economics at high school, so I understand it. What minors or additional courses did you take?

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u/Famous_Program8956 — 3 days ago

Do you ever feel like you don't deserve to self harm

I just broke my 299 day streak, and I felt like I wasn't crying for long enough. I wasn't hurting for long enough, and I hadn't earned the self harm. Anyone else feel that way?

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u/Famous_Program8956 — 3 days ago

Why is Lila at the Gabriel Show?

She is supposed to be in Abu or wherever Prince Ali was from, why and how is she at a Gabriel show? Or did they run out of generic background characters

u/Famous_Program8956 — 15 days ago

Looking for a fic

So theres a fic where Sabine and Tom know/figured out that Mari is LB, so when she gets sick they would take the miraculous and be Ladybug for her. I remember there is a plot point where CN is flirting with LB and Tom goes to scold him and CN's like 'wym this is what your supposed to do with a crush' becuase of how Lila and Chloe would treat him

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u/Famous_Program8956 — 23 days ago

Best Animatics

I know this is going to be a very heated topic, but I want to make a playlist of the best EPIC animatics for people to watch so they have the best EPIC experience. (These people include someone whose girlfriend despises EPIC and shits on it so I have a very high bar to meet here guys, its a miracle I've even convinced them to give it a chance).

I already have 'Open Arms' and 'My Goodbye' by mircsy, 'Ruthlessness' by Neal Illustrator, potentially gigi's 'Puppeteer' and 'No Longer You', and BrittPowwPixel's 'Hold Them Down' (and I don't want Neal's 'Get in the water' because it's not finished, and I want them to have an authentic experience for 'Six Hundred Strike', and the speech at the start isn't canon)

So yeah, any recs would be loved, feel free to debate in the comments, I'll watch both either way.

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u/Famous_Program8956 — 26 days ago
▲ 20 r/merlinfic+1 crossposts

Looking for a fanfiction

I wanted to know if there were any short fics that have Camelot's reaction to Emyrs. I already have:

Emyrs the Really, Truly Terrible by lindenwaverly

That Time of Truth by hwc

Haven't You Heard by CaffeinatedFlumadiddle

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u/Famous_Program8956 — 1 month ago

How did Hopper have Power?

Its like 11pm so forgive me if this makes no sense.

The cabin had a working TV and phone. That implies that they had power, and therefore had a power bill. How tf would that happen? Like did they charge power to 'mysterious cabin in the woods owned by a guy in on a conspiracy' like what?

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u/Famous_Program8956 — 1 month ago

OG Kwamis

I'm trying to make an alternate miracle box and need some OC Kwamis. They are going to be a minimal purpose to the story, I just need kwamis and their concepts, they aren't going to be transformed.

All of these concepts need to fall under creation, but not in the way you think. In this fic, Miraculous fall under Creation when they rely on something in order to work.

"Creation Miraculous need an external dependent in order to be used. For example, the Bunny Miraculous. The Bunny Miraculous depends on a timeline or reality, otherwise the power would not be able to be used. If reality is destroyed, the Bunny Miraculous is rendered void. The power can navigate timelines, but if there is no timeline, it doesn’t work. The Snake Miraculous is similar. It allows the holder to create a checkpoint that it can rewind back to an infinite amount of times unless they detransform. This is also Creative, as it requires a timeline and reality to be operational. The Butterfly Miraculous is Creative, as it requires both an object and a person in order to be operational. Likewise, the Peacock miraculous requires an object to be operated. Both of these miraculous can create an enhanced individual, although the Peacock can create its own while the Butterfly needs a pre-existing person. The Horse Miraculous enables the holder to teleport, however it requires the existence of a destination to work. The Dog Miraculous can fetch whatever items its ball has touched, however again, it requires these objects to be functional. The Goat Miraculous allows the holder to create any object that they want. The Pig Miraculous shows someone the deepest desire of their heart. It falls under Creation as it requires someone to use the power on.”

But yeah, those are the rules of this universe. In this universe, there are twenty miracle boxes with 19 miraculous inside, as one was taken from each box to form The Mother Box. I just need to make the rest of Tikki's miracle box

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u/Famous_Program8956 — 1 month ago

Crossover Episodes

So I was wondering what the crossover episodes are between the different series, because the watch order that I have has me switching between a show every single episode. I want an easier way to do that, which is why I want a list of what episodes so that I can just watch the whole show up until that point, and then switch to the other show. But when I tried to find them myself, I get majorly spoiled >!which is how I found out about Laurel dying !<in season 4 of the Arrow. If someone can provide me a list of crossover episodes after that ⬆️ point, that would be so helpful. All I'll do is highlight it on my little google doc and make a note of which series so that I can watch in a more convenient order. Thank you so much!!

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u/Famous_Program8956 — 1 month ago
▲ 241 r/MiraculousFanfiction+1 crossposts

Why is this actually something that would happen?

(Not my fic)

The Growing Pains of Child Soldiers by BloodWolf13. Awesome fic, awesome line right here.

u/Famous_Program8956 — 2 months ago
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Kristoff's Background

We all know the classic 'prince love interest trope'. And it is honestly? Getting overdone. Kristoff is currently the only Disney Princess Love Interest who is not a royal.

'Oh OP, what about Eugene? He's not a royal, he's a thief'

Wrong. Eugene was great in Tangled, and his character development was great in the animated show. But, just like the rest of them, is a royal. And I don't mean from marrying Rapunzel. His biological father was the King of a Kingdom that was destroyed and he was made to protect. Making Eugene actually Prince Horace.

And don't get me wrong, I'm glad we got to see where Eugene came from. But I don't doubt that Kristoff's background will also be explored in the next two stories. And I swear to freaking god that if they make him a Prince I will geniunely freak out. Because half the point of these princess movies like Cinderella is that anyone can be a royal. Unlikely relationships is the trope of most of these. And if they do to Kristoff what they did to Eugene, it will annoy me so badly. Like if its something like 'Kristoff is actually the 14th Prince of the Southern Isles who ran away' that is gonna pmo

Just like, be more original? Like Eugene's story could have easily been the son of a guard who stayed behind to guard the King and stufd, sending his son away. That would've been cool and paralleled with Cassandra again. Making love interests with unknown backstories just royalty feels lazy

(No hate to Tangled the Series, I love it and Eugene's story so much, I just don't want every single male love interest to become just another generic royal)

Edit: okay I forgot about Aladdin and....the two other guys mentioned who I haven't watched the movies of. But my point still stands that making him a Royal is lazy writing. Also, I know people haven't watched the Tangled series, which is why I explained a little about what they did with Eugene

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u/Famous_Program8956 — 2 months ago

Controversial Text Recommendations

Hi there! So my class is doing an internal called Critics where we have to write an essay on a text (book, film, or series) that has divided critical opinions. I will formulate a hypothesis, find two critics with different opinions, and write a report discussing the hypothesis and each opinion. For Example: 'Titanic is a misogynistic film because of Rose's vulnerability' (not my e.g.)

When I say 'divided critical opinions' because most of the above is directly ripped from the report description, I mean it is a controversy that has two sides, and I will be discussing the presentation of the issue, not the actual issue (e.g. how racism in the text is portrayed NOT about racism in general)

Any suggestions on texts and the critical opinions would be so great. I will likely not reply until tomorrow as it is 11pm where I am and I need to go to sleep. Thank you lovelies!

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u/Famous_Program8956 — 2 months ago
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Controversial Film Recommendations - Read Full Post

Hi there! So my class is doing an internal called Critics where we have to write an essay on a text (book, film, or series) that has divided critical opinions. I will formulate a hypothesis, find two critics with different opinions, and write a report discussing the hypothesis and each opinion. For Example: 'Titanic is a misogynistic film because of Rose's vulnerability' (not my e.g.)

When I say 'divided critical opinions' because most of the above is directly ripped from the report description, I mean it is a controversy that has two sides, and I will be discussing the presentation of the issue, not the actual issue (e.g. how racism in the text is portrayed NOT about racism in general)

Any suggestions on texts and the critical opinions would be so great. I will likely not reply until tomorrow as it is 11pm where I am and I need to go to sleep. Thank you lovelies!

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u/Famous_Program8956 — 2 months ago

Fanfic Recs

I would love some new longfic recommendations. Not AUs but the actual miraculous plot. Okay with crossovers depending on the fandom. I especially love fics that challenge things I didn't know I need challenged - like in Crimson and Noire by 11JJ11, which addresses the aftermath of akumatized victims and public treatment of them, or Cat's Cradle by Darthaster12, ScalesAustralia22, which addresses the boundaries of the miraculous and Ladynoir dynamics

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u/Famous_Program8956 — 2 months ago

Love Square Deep Dives/Ranking

Lemme start this off with saying that I don't hate any of these ships, please don't come at me for my opinions.

  1. Adrienette (Season 6)

Girl you can't tell me this isn't an unhealthy relationship. To Adrien, their relationship is great, but no boo boo, it's not. I don't think I even need to explain this one, but I'll give it a try.

Lying, PTSD from Gabe, Lying, Marinette literally willing to do anything for Adrien (boo that aint healthy), LYING

  1. Ladrien.

This whole ship is a glorified celebrity crush. Yes Adrien is Chat and knows personal things about Ladybug, but she doesn't know that! Yes Ladybug is Marinette and knows Adrien personally, but he doesn't know that! It's just them putting each other on pedestals they'll never be able to live up to.

  1. Adrienette

Again, this whole thing for four seasons was just Marinette putting Adrien on a pedestal and everyone enabling her unhealthy obsession with him. Not to mention the literal international stalking.

  1. Ladynoir

Let's get into the problematic stuff first, starting with Chat Noir. This is a guy who is used to his boundaries being crossed, and people throwing themselves at him (Chloe) whether he wants it or not. He has no bodily autonomy with his dad, who seems to only encourage the people who do that with him. He has learned that when you have a crush on someone, you throw yourself at them and push past their boundaries whether they want it or not (Chloe and Lila). Not to mention this guy is severely homeschooled and would've expected life to be like the movies and whatever Chloe told him. The best example I can think of right now is James and Lily from Harry Potter. James pushes her and is a dick about it for 6 years, flirting and trying to get with her despite Lily saying no, and he eventually gets the girl. So Adrien learns from that sort of example, that being pushy will mean they eventually give in. I don't mean to be undermining or defend Adrien, I know that it was not okay to be constantly doing it. This isn't an excuse, it's an explanation as to why he was doing that. That's why I'm really glad that Ladynoir wasn't the first couple to become canon out of the love square, because that pushes this same idea of 'push and they'll cave eventually'.

And now it's Ladybug's turn. And I do believe that this is partly Whiny Chicken Legs' fault, because he gave Ladybug favouritism, and barely interacted with Chat, meaning he was less prepared and aware, and less involved. If he'd been more involved, he would've been included more and Ladybug wouldn't've had to bear the brunt of the responsibility. But since Chat never even learnt where Whiny Chicken Legs lived, he could never go choose his own miraculous holder or anything, and it was harder for him to be included. And since Whiny Chicken Legs encouraged excluding Chat so much, Ladybug followed his example and didn't tell Chat anything.

But that's the problematic stuff out of the way. Now let's get into the fluffy cute stuff. This is still healthy because they can be honest with each other. A big part of relationships is honesty and being open, and that is something that Ladynoir can do. Ladybug is always under tremendous pressure, and she is constantly on the verge of a mental breakdown. Chat Noir is the only person who could really be there for her, and they support each other so well. They can be honest with each other anonymously.

  1. Marichat

And here we have reached the least toxic!!! Yay! Celebratory ice cream (screw you andre we aint buying from you) 🍦

Why is this the least toxic? Because these are their true authentic personalities, and they don't have to put up an act. Around Adrien, Marinette is always stuttering, and never able to talk to him. She puts him up on a pedestal and can't see him a person rather than an idea. But around Chat she is actually herself, and she can speak normally.

The same is true for Chat! He has such pressures to be the perfect public image in his home life, that Chat is his true personality. He gets to experience free will and can do anything he wants without his father's judgement. And unlike with Ladybug, he's not obsessing over her.

So yes, that is why Marichat is PEAK - True Authentic Selves, No Putting the Other on a Pedestal, Person ≠ Idea

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u/Famous_Program8956 — 2 months ago

Sophie's Parent - Theory!

Okay, for the sake of this we're going to assume elf gender is determined the same way as human gender. For human gender, females have two X chromosomes (XX) and males have one X and one Y chromosome (XY). They each pass one onto their children, so males determine the sex.

But what if the Black Swan didn't want a boy. I know elf boys act a LOT different to human boys, but the Moonlark would be growing up with humans and would turn out more like human boy/girls. Human boys are considered to be, stereotypically, more reckless, thoughtless, and immature than girls.

So what if the Black Swan 100% wanted a girl. and how do they guarantee the gender? Two female elves. Oralie and another female elf donate their dna, meaning that the Moonlark would be guaranteed to be a female.

So my theory is that Sophie is a the first biological daughter of two women. WLW representation for the win

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u/Famous_Program8956 — 2 months ago

Jolie Ruewen is Alive

I've had this theory for several years now. Girl was a conjurer and could summon any object to her if she knew its location. Fire is a light source. Snaps her fingers for a leaping crystal and boom, she's gone.

Where is she though? Forbidden Cities. She wouldn't risk being around the elves bc of the Neverseen, and she showed empathy for humans.

So theres my theory. Fingers crossed

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u/Famous_Program8956 — 3 months ago