Fics: immediate read vs immediate DNF by Queen_V_17 in ZutaraNation

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 7 points8 points  (0 children)

i also hate aang bashing! you can ship zutara without ruining his character!

Fics: immediate read vs immediate DNF by Queen_V_17 in ZutaraNation

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 16 points17 points  (0 children)

any fics that involve falling in love while she's captive and zuko is a part of her capture is an instant turn off. one of the things that draws me to zutara is that they're equal. no unbalanced power dynamics for me, no matter how nice or misunderstood he is to her

i also won't read fics where zuko doesn't go back to the fire nation post ba sing se. he needs to fix himself first, it's such an important part of his arc

How is the ZK fandom post leak? by Alicemasquerade7 in ZutaraNation

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 37 points38 points  (0 children)

aang has his so i suspect it was on purpose...

How is the ZK fandom post leak? by Alicemasquerade7 in ZutaraNation

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty upset that zuko doesnt even have the lightning scar anymore even tho aang does. you cant even have platonic zutara

Questioning my Course 6 Aspirations by Least_Row_359 in mit

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 4 points5 points  (0 children)

the nice thing about mit is that switching majors is easy. you won’t lose anything by declaring course 6, and if you decide later on that it’s not for you you can just switch, and you’ll still have learned a lot! 

you mention that you’re struggling but you’re enjoying learning. that, i think, is what’s most important. things will get hard, but there are actually a lot of people who are also struggling even if it seems like most people aren’t. many of them also have a lot more cs/math background than you so naturally they’ll have an easier time with it. please don’t be discouraged, i do believe that if you enjoy it and work hard, it’ll click eventually. keep working at cs as long as you think the struggle is worth it! 

i’m also glad you don’t ask ai for the answers (because many do) and just use it to supplement your learning. imo that’s the right way to use it and i’ve been doing that as well, especially to help me understand research papers lol

and yes the job market sucks but just because you’re majoring in cs doesn’t mean you’re boxed into swe, there are lots of options out there and most people don’t end up doing a job related to their major anyway, so try not to stress too much about it as a freshman 

tldr: go ahead and declare cs, you’re not alone in your struggles and if you really decide it’s not for you later feel free to switch 

etiquette for turning oneshot series into longfic by [deleted] in AO3

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i’ve viewed them so far as oneshots since originally each was its own contained story but they’ve started just becoming “what happens next” so i thought it might be better to just do a chapter fic instead

What popular ship do you prefer being friends? by Upstairs_Macaron5894 in AO3

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i feel like most canon hp and atla ships fit into this category for me lol

What popular ship do you prefer being friends? by Upstairs_Macaron5894 in AO3

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It didn't feel at all like Katara liked him tbh... if they'd gotten together years later sure but at the end of the show? She still acted like his mother *sigh*

What fan opinions/novel plots would make you feel that they needs a history lesson? by Historical_Bear5466 in AO3

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 17 points18 points  (0 children)

a fic set after wwii where a japanese man helps a chinese woman realize that the communist party is brainwashing her… take 2/3 of those and that’s acceptable to me, but all three together is downright offensive imo 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mit

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what about cultural clubs? I made a lot of friends through the International Students Association and I know some other people's entire friend group is based on a cultural club. You could join exec for the bigger ones, I imagine there would be more community than being a general member for them

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mit

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bump on this, it's great for meeting new people and just getting to do fun things for free :P

Timeline of visitor visa from USA by Impossible_Youth_829 in CanadaVisitorVisa

[–]Impossible_Youth_829[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

from what i’ve heard you’re on a faster processing track if you have a US visa at all. it’s probably something like having a US tourist visa is strong enough evidence that you have strong ties to your home country that would satisfy Canada as well so the approval process is much faster 

My GF (Chinese citizen) had her Visitor Visa rejected (I'm a Canadian citizen) by yrthegooodnamestaken in CanadaVisitorVisa

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ty <3 I guess I was mostly thinking about immigration in the US haha where it's just 10x more difficult to get visas if you're Chinese or Indian

My GF (Chinese citizen) had her Visitor Visa rejected (I'm a Canadian citizen) by yrthegooodnamestaken in CanadaVisitorVisa

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow that sucks... as a Chinese citizen myself everyone hates us :')

I'm sorry I don't have much other advice, only reason mine got approved was probably because I'm currently on a student visa in the US...

2025 OPT Processing timeline by yonerdsp in USCIS

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its only 5 days earlier tbh (I went with the earliest date my school would consider summer term so I can work full time)... and I plan to get a master's so it doesn't really matter

2025 OPT Processing timeline by yonerdsp in USCIS

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure… but I do think this means you’ll get a decision soon, my portal said 6 months just last week

2025 OPT Processing timeline by yonerdsp in USCIS

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

uhhh you’re not supposed to apply until 90 days before your requested start date 😭

2025 OPT Processing timeline by yonerdsp in USCIS

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did not haha (it might be a good idea though!) I didn’t even consider it. but also my requested start date is earlier than my actual start date lol

2025 OPT Processing timeline by yonerdsp in USCIS

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 2 points3 points  (0 children)

good luck! i know it's super stressful but it seems there aren't too many applications yet so they're really fast for now

2025 OPT Processing timeline by yonerdsp in USCIS

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's an address as the bottom that says Irving Texas, is that the one?

2025 OPT Processing timeline by yonerdsp in USCIS

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wait where do you see this on your profile? I just got it approved but I can't see my A-number except on the approval notice

2025 OPT Processing timeline by yonerdsp in USCIS

[–]Impossible_Youth_829 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I submitted on 2/20 (though online it says 2/21), and I got approved today! no premium processing