So, for the last several months, I was teaching two courses I'd never taught before. This was more than expected, because another instructor quit after the term began... and so I took over!

This term, I hoped to have more time, but... IT HAPPENED AGAIN

This time it was a few days before the start of the term, not a month in, but it's the same basic situation

And now I have the reputation as someone who can pinch-hit and improvise when someone else bails...

As a result, I'm going to again be teaching too much to play as much as I'd like!

Fortunately, Styles does not have many memories left. I'm paring down his registry to remove the superfluous stuff

So I expect to Good End him very soon.

In the meantime, I'm going on hiatus this week.

My remaining goals for Styles are:

1) Not to end up in the Book

2) To run at least one Heart Game, preferably after he gets the memory of the accident back. It may be unscored!

3) To end on a note where he's become a little more reconciled to his past.

scream pinch hit rep...

on one hand tho congrats

Yeah, it's nice that when they say "Hmm... who can come in and be halfway competent without warning or prior experience under heavy stress"

they say "Oh, bring him in!"

And I do like getting a chance to improvise!

But... geez. Pressure's on.

yeah XD i know the feeling

It went very well last term, but I had more support in that circumstance.

but this term you have more practice!

This time... I'm the sole instructor, not one of two sections

Well, not with this course! I've never taught Developmental Bio before... though I TAed it and wrote test questions and graded tests as an undergrad...

oooh

so if I can just remember what I did 10 years ago and avoid those mistakes...

I'll be fine!

congrats but ahh styles

the kids won't know anyway

I think playing Styles was a learning experience! There are a lot of things I'd do differently in hindsight

The manic streak was too exaggerated, and not true enough to canon, which bugs me.

but that's the plus of playing a super-obscure canon, it's not as if I had a castmate who would be totally put off by the problems.

Anyway, I feel as though I've always been a few comments away from just squatting on a team spot... my playing has been irregular. So I'd rather finish him up and open up a Heliodor spot than linger!

Just legacy I whisper sadly

I've failed in general with threading with Heliodor teammates a LOT over the last like six months