hi anon!! i totally get this feeling! i am coming up on the end of my contract soon so i totally understand the stress of finding new work. it can be very hard to accept words that encourage you not to value yourself only based on your career, especially when we live in a society that essentially asks us to do that, but instead i'd prompt you to ask a few questions to figure out what you want. i don't know what you study, but i think it's foremost important to know whether you feel like you absolutely want to work in a field related to your expertise. when i graduated in 2021, i struggled a lot to find a job in my industry because of the market at that time, and i ended up taking a year and doing something else. ultimately i found myself unsatisfied and was really determined to have a career in climate, so that became a hardline for me. but if you feel comfortable looking for opportunities in other sectors where you have skills, that's also okay! i feel like we're always taught that our job has to be something we love, but i also think it's okay to treat your job as other things too. you don't /have/ to love your work. there are other outlets to do what you love. maybe your job is just a method for making money. maybe it's a way to learn new skills. maybe it's a pathway for developing new connections. the economy is pretty unfriendly right now, things are expensive, and the world and workplace environment is rapidly changing with ai and geopolitics, so i understand why there's some apprehension to take your first step into the job hunt. but i think your concern can also be spun as an important value that you can portray to recruiters and hiring managers when you start applying and interviewing too! people seek connections with real individuals who have real emotions and thoughts about this. staying true to who you are and articulating what you think has always served me well in seeking work too. i hope this is a little bit helpful, i'm sorry i can't offer any more advice! feel free to reach out to me whenever <3

you bet your bottom dollar i do. ahem

i say this both from a biased perspective (as someone who has both josh and jun as biases) but also what is ovbviously a very unbiased, scholarly, sophisticated perspective (/j!!!): junshua is one of the best ships in svt! at first glance it might not jump out to people which i think really speaks to who joshua and junhui are as individuals. they are both extraverted but don't really forwardly demand attention as loudly as some of the other members of seventeen. junhui often comes across as quiet and like a wallflower, and he doesn't always interject within a large group. meanwhile joshua always makes space for other people, especially for people he cares about. i feel like this leads to people not necessarily thinking about their synergy, when in reality they're the type of people to meet eyes across the room and laugh together at a joke they think is funny, even without anyone noticing. their temperaments also go together really well. junhui can be quick to anger and get frustrated easily, but he's also full of quirks, humor, and is quite gentle. he's really emotionally intelligent (i don't think someone can be a good actor without having that quality tbh), and i think joshua needs that in his relationships. the two of them are both quite calculated in what they reveal, but i think junhui's freespiritedness and general lack of concern for what people think of him brings out a sense of comfort in joshua, who is pretty upright and deliberate, but also has this passionate, silly, intensely loving, and even judgmental side to him too.

not to mention their origin story, both having to learn a second language together and taking korean classes in seoul as trainees! like that was definitely a moment of deep bonding that i'd love to know more about! and probably a shared sense of responsibility that was deepened by being part of the hyung line (but having two very secure, dedicated leader hyungs slightly above them in the hierarchy!) i am sure there were things at that time they could only share with each other, esp. before minghao arrived

this is so all over the place and also getting very long but i'll also add junhui is super fucking hot and classically handsome and i know josh just goes fucking wild for that. a tall hot talented dude? sign him up like damn

a clairvoyant calligraphy is such a delightful thought and i am such a sucker for alliteration. as usual, i love your musings very much, and you aptly put that snippets give us the chance to pick up on detail, which leads me to say i am always very pleased with how much you do when you read my work. some of your guesses about seungkwan's character are so very astute my goodness!!

thank you so much for reading superposition, too. it can be strange to read fics without any context for the fandom about which it's written, and any dedication of time to my writing is always extremely appreciated. it was both a personal piece and a cathartic one, and strangely lighthearted despite having somewhat of a heavy backdrop. anyway, i hope you also have a lovely day, and that winter is treating you just as kindly. i wanted to say i read this message midday today and it motivated me to sit down and write (playfully!) this evening when i almost did not at all, so extra thanks for that.