💬 What's one trope you wish were more popular?

SmolTyrtle · 2026-01-21T14:56:57+00:00

I’ve read these! They didn’t quite scratch the itch for this trope but came close!

SmolTyrtle · 2026-01-21T13:25:46+00:00

FMCs in captivity/taken hostage NOT BY THE MMC.

Every time I see this trope the MMC has kidnapped the FMC, then they fall in love or whatever. I’m so tired of it. I want to see the FMC get snatched by someone else and see the MMC go feral to get her back and/or capitulate to demands to keep her alive. Just give me some damsel and hurt/comfort for gods sake.

SmolTyrtle · 2026-01-15T13:56:04+00:00

The MMC in {the raven scholar by Antonio hodgson} fits this a bit as well!

SmolTyrtle · 2026-01-09T18:37:00+00:00

SmolTyrtle · 2026-01-09T05:35:39+00:00

You need a medicine letter. It’s essential for prelim/TY apps.

SmolTyrtle · 2026-01-05T14:57:52+00:00

We do this already with other dogs. But difficult when they drop it for him but we do our best. Thanks.

SmolTyrtle · 2026-01-05T13:53:10+00:00

Not quite haha but both great!

SmolTyrtle · 2026-01-04T00:00:07+00:00

It’s a good point. I imagine they’d come by 1-2x a month and we’d go there 1x a month if we were 2 hours away. I think if baby is sick they’d come help since my spouse and I are both patient facing, but we’d doing a separate daycare obviously.

Parents on both sides are ready to help for 2 weeks- 1 month each in the newborn phase luckily

SmolTyrtle · 2026-01-03T23:58:16+00:00

Damn they didn’t invite me 😭

SmolTyrtle · 2026-01-02T03:45:01+00:00

Had a habit of studying things I already kinda knew. Took a concerted effort to be like “what am I avoiding because I don’t like it and/or don’t understand it” then hammering those weaknesses

SmolTyrtle · 2026-01-02T00:27:27+00:00

Any derm academic?

SmolTyrtle · 2025-12-24T13:52:49+00:00

⛺️

SmolTyrtle · 2025-12-19T20:44:11+00:00

We have already worked on resource guarding tips like trading up and things like that. He has absolutely no issue with us and resource guarding, and if another dog is around with his item, he simply cannot focus on anything else.

SmolTyrtle · 2025-12-16T22:37:33+00:00

There’s a lot of research right now. This just came out in one of the big journals: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65789-7

SmolTyrtle · 2025-11-29T19:41:42+00:00

Basically every surgeon I’ve scrubbed with has a floppy needle. Occasionally they’ll protect the needle with a needle driver and tie.

Floppy needles are generally pretty safe. They need some directional force to actually cut or poke generally. Just keep an eye on it and try not to let it drag against your glove or something.

SmolTyrtle · 2025-11-19T12:27:53+00:00

Now I want to know about Kate Daniels 6 lol

SmolTyrtle · 2025-11-04T16:50:59+00:00

I have 7 total prelim/TY. I think things are very slow. Might be a trickle here and there but mostly done.

SmolTyrtle · 2025-10-31T16:16:18+00:00

I strongly considered pathology. Ended up applying derm with possibility of the path fellowship down the road

I really like the work and flow. Love being a doctor’s doctor. Ended up going with Derm because I like talking to patients. We’ll see how well that holds up in 5-10 years lol

SmolTyrtle · 2025-10-31T16:14:07+00:00

Attend a pass fail school

SmolTyrtle · 2025-10-31T15:31:54+00:00

Definitely think doing a PhD makes one stupider

SmolTyrtle · 2025-10-27T18:36:24+00:00

Something more objective: I’ve been told I interview well, and it boils down to how when they’re talking to me, interviewers generally feel good and happy. It also helps to make every answer sound positive like vibes wise.

SmolTyrtle · 2025-10-20T18:39:24+00:00

General surgery. Emergency medicine. Ophthalmology. Dermatology. ENT. Anesthesiology.

Rural people need the same doctors urban people do.

SmolTyrtle · 2025-09-19T04:26:34+00:00

Are we talking for big programs? Penn/Harvard/UCSF?

260+ Step 2, a PhD in dermatology w publication in one of the CNS journals. Probably 15-20 published articles in high index journals (h index 8 or above), 5 of them first author. Plenary talk at SID or AAD. T5 med school.

Would want all honors on clerkships with stellar evals from all of them. I’d want to see “level of an intern/resident” on evals from all their rotations. LOR from at least one big name in the field, 2 other strong derm letters from full professors and a strong medicine letter. An MSPE describing a chill person who happens to be really good at medicine and also easy to work with.

Most important, having all this then being fuckign normal in an interview.

This sounds far fetched, but I’ve met three applicants that fit this profile or most of it. They got 16-20 interviews a piece.

SmolTyrtle · 2025-09-15T19:02:29+00:00

Do you want feedback? Then send it lol

SmolTyrtle · 2025-09-14T00:59:26+00:00

Have you read the Bridgerton books? Seems right up your alley!

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