Kingdom of Knuffel

hiiii
lemme br-br-break it down for you

fanfiction fest: fanfiction festival. it can work like people submit prompts, writers choose prompts and submit stories based on those anonymously, and then there are reveals: like the writers' ao3 usernames so people know who wrote which fic.
or it can work like an exchange: to submit your prompt, you have to write someone else's prompt.
ocs: original characters (which i'm sure you know, but anyway.)
rpf: real person fanfiction. fanfics about celebs instead of fictional characters yknow
bandfic: the fandom is a band. in my case, the kpop group EXO
au: alternate universe. so i'm taking these boys and writing them into a different fictional universe where they're not band members. and maybe not that similar to their real life personalities either.

anyway.
how are you?

Oh thanks for breaking it down for me! :)
What does original character mean? I've read it lots of times, but couldn't make something out of it :o

I am good, trying to find my way into my everyday life again with work, exercise, a little studying and friends. :) How are you?

Julez: Not real life commissions, if that's what you're thinking lol Here in kofk!

I actually listen mostly kpop lol

Original character is just a character you've made up c:

I love how you say little for the studying part lol

@julez you're working and studying at the same time
i want exercise too but it's not gonna happen until i finish my final year of college and am back home, unfortunately. what kind of exercise are you doing?

and an oc is yeah that, what nan said

@nan kpoppppppp

Hey guys! Anything interesting happening?

DC, not for me, really. Working, meeting friends, trying to ameliorate my French. Yea. The usual.

Nan, thanks, now I finally get the OC part xD Has bugged me for years :D
Haha, yea, just a little studying :P

kylian, well, not really at the same time. This year I've been working/going to work August-October. This is summer break in college anyway, so these two things don't overlap :)
Oh I am doing lots of different exercises, recently joined the gym, but I did exercises at home before. I love running, but also doing stuff for legs, shoulders etc. Also started doing courses like Zumba :)

@candy: i'm continuing an rp with tinker bell that has been long and unwillingly under hiatus. and i'm starting one with eruvandir. i'm excited!

@julez: that's really nice i'll be taking a break year after college and i intend to do something like that. intern at a publishing house, get a yoga instructor's license, and a certificate in korean. also prepare for my master's degree entrances. it's like i've been studying my whole life and i am determined to take a some time away to experience work, to treat my body better, do other things i'm interested in

i wanted to intern during a summer break, like you. but it didn't work out. in my first year we had field work during summer break, for one of our courses. in my second year i applied for honours and i was supposed to work towards my thesis during summer break so yeah... that went by in studying as usual and now i'm in my final year so anything i want to do will have to be after i graduate!

You have nice plans there!
I want to do an internship at a publishing house, too!
What are you studying?
Yoga is not my thing, but I wish you luck with that, too :)
Sounds like you and I have much in common though.

What I am doing is not an internship though, it's just seasonal work. It is great though. Although the weekend was hell. I am so exhausted, but two more days to go..

i'm studying humanities! and i'll apply for a masters in literary and cultural studies, eventually!
yay i'm a much better reader than a writer so i'm not very enthusiastic about going into academia or teaching. i'd much rather work with stories, or large tracts of text in general- as long as they're not science related. still not over the trauma of high school
what kind of work do you want to do in publishing? i want editing or acquisitions; something with a focus on reading
yup, it does seem like we have quite a bit in common
ooh, what does seasonal work entail? it's great that you're enjoying it, even if it's tiring at times!

Oh so cool! :)
I am rather the writer than the reader, although I also like reading a lot. And I love science and doing research (but not the reading part about it xD) So we are actually interested in the opposite aspects of humanities. :D
I studied cultural studies and English for my undergraduate and my master's is linguistics, I am still doing it :)

My seasonal work is giving guided tours in a palace in the city I live in :) Super nice, but super exhausting, we have to stand all day basically, talk all day, deal with stupid questions..