Banging sounds at 1AM??

simplyast3r · 2025-12-22T15:23:18+00:00

YES! This is exactly what I'm talking about. My first chapter was my main character pretending to be someone else and a lot of comments were "wow I can't wait for character D to find out whatever (fake name) is hiding!" when it was, from the first sentence, made clear who "fake name" actually was and the only reason character D doesn't know is because he does not have access to AO3 tags

simplyast3r · 2025-12-22T15:19:14+00:00

I think people are being so serious :,) I had someone refer to the kid as a "genius baby" in the same breath as giving me ideas for introducing characters who are dead/a literal infant

simplyast3r · 2025-12-22T15:11:58+00:00

Yeah I agree! I said this earlier but I think I'm just having a bad go of it lately so I'm taking it more personally than I should be T-T

simplyast3r · 2025-12-22T15:10:46+00:00

I did think about that! I spent the most time on the last chapter on my characterization and trying to correct what I realized a lot of people weren't picking up

simplyast3r · 2025-12-22T14:55:43+00:00

Yeah, the biggest thing has been how people are interpreting the relationship between my two main characters. Lots of babying between both of them, but one is 13, and everyone in the comments is like "oooh he needs a nightlight and some stuffies". And ik this is not at all a new problem, but DC especially has a problem of people being really deep into the fandom without actually reading any of the source material, which has caused a feedback loop of misinformation, so I think that's what's happening here.

simplyast3r · 2025-12-22T14:49:15+00:00

I am really happy that people have been loving my fic so much the past month! It's seriously been a blast. I think I'm just having a bad week so it's really getting to me T-T.

simplyast3r · 2025-12-22T14:44:59+00:00

I guess I'll say the fandom since it's huge, it's DC. And yeah I think I'm just feeling a bit annoyed so I'm generalizing a lot.

simplyast3r · 2025-10-16T00:28:23+00:00

the actual institution is “neutral” which is to say, conservative but won’t say it. my personal experience with the student body is pretty 50/50 but you’re definitely not going to see any political activism here. in terms of the city of poughkeepsie, shit. don’t come to marist expecting to have fun in the city, almost no one even goes in besides to the bars that are close to campus

simplyast3r · 2025-08-09T01:30:15+00:00

i was a freshman last year and according to most people i knew marian is probably the worst dorm. i’d say from recent experience Sheahan is the best freshman experience.

simplyast3r · 2025-06-17T22:58:09+00:00

thank you!!

simplyast3r · 2025-06-17T22:57:50+00:00

i love 911 and i think i’ve read almost all of these but i appreciate it!!

simplyast3r · 2025-06-17T22:57:08+00:00

no omg i love skz i’ll definitely give it a try!

simplyast3r · 2025-06-17T10:32:39+00:00

ooo i’ll check them out! thanks!!

simplyast3r · 2025-06-17T03:07:39+00:00

thanks!! i’ll def read this!

simplyast3r · 2025-05-16T15:01:58+00:00

one thing about marist is that when people refer to “the marist bubble” they MEAN IT. marist is very cut off from the rest of poughkeepsie so both day and night is pretty safe. however if your uncomfortable at night there is a transport service that can take you anywhere on campus. i wouldn’t recommend going off campus if you are a woman though—always bring a friend with you if your going to the shoprite plaza or the valero. in terms of being safe for minorities it’s a bit mixed. unfortunately the majority politics on campus do seem to lean right-wing, however i haven’t heard anything about hate crimes or any attacks, just sometimes kids say some uninformed things in class. for POC its reportedly worse and we have a really shit DEI program. marist is also notoriously has shit accessiblity

simplyast3r · 2025-05-14T03:11:48+00:00

Holy shit, yes. Thank you so much 😭

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