History PlayingWith / RidiculousProcrastinator

** Lacey has inattentive ADHD[[note]]Formerly known as ADD, or the mental symptoms without hyperactivity, often missed especially in girls due to the lack of "obvious" outside symptoms[[/note]], but nobody she knows understands the three types of ADHD[[labelnote:*]]inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive, and combined[[/labelnote]] and falsely believe that it's "that disorder that gives 9-year old boys a constant sugar high", so nobody realizes it until the damage to her self-esteem has already been done.

** Lacey has [[AttentionDeficitOhShiny ADHD]] and as a result of that, severe executive dysfunction.

* '''Deconstructed''': Lacey procrastinates writing her assignments to the point where she has to rush them and deliver them [[ObviousBeta half-finished]]. This takes its toll on her grades, which might render going to her dream college impossible.

* '''Averted''': Lacey has a reasonable working schedule with some breaks so she doesn't get overworked.

* '''Defied''': Lacey's parents encourage her to do her homework as early as possible.

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* '''Downplayed''': Lacey starts working on it a week before it's due.

** Lacey's procrastination shows her struggle with her lack of self control.
** Lacey has [=ADD=][[note]]The mental symptoms without hyperactivity, often missed especially in girls due to the lack of "obvious" outside symptoms[[/note]], but nobody she knows understands the three types of [=ADHD=] and falsely believe that it's "that disorder that gives 9-year old boys a constant sugar high", so nobody realizes it until the damage to her self-esteem has already been done.

** Lacey has [[AttentionDeficitOhShiny ADHD.]]

* '''Played For Drama''': Lacey's procrastination shows her struggle with her lack of self control.

** Lacey writes an assignment the day before it's due, but it turns out to be because she had many agreements and that she actually did the assignment at the first opportunity she has.

** "[[TruthInTelevision Many pupils procrastinate a lot.]] We should [[AnAesop discourage it]] by making an episode that shows the [[{{Deconstruction}} possible consequences]] of it."
** "Of course we could make this show about a bunch of dutiful pupils, but would anyone find that entertaining?"
* '''Lampshaded''': "My friend Lacey sure procrastinates a lot. She'll probably play games with me today."

* '''Conversed''': "Is that procratinating Lacey going to suffer for it to create AnAesop?"
* '''Implied:''' The day before the assignment is due, Lacey is asked whether it's finished, to which she replies "Kind of". When she comes to school the next day, she's clearly tired, and it's explicitly stated that she didn't play video games all night.
* '''Deconstructed''': Lacey procrastinates writing her assignments to the point where she has to rush them. This takes its toll on her grades, which might render going to her dream college impossible.
* '''Reconstructed''': Lacey gets her act together and learns to work with a schedule.
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* '''Parodied''': Lacey puts off doing the assignment by doing pointless things that she hates because it's still better than doing the assignment.

** "[[TruthInTelevision Many pupils procrastinate a lot.]] We should discourage it by making an episode that shows the [[{{Deconstruction}} possible consequences]] of it."

* '''Implied:''' The day before the assignment is due, Lacey is asked whether it's finished, to which she replies "Kind of". When she comes to school the next day, she's clearly tired, and it's not because she played games all night.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': What Lacey puts off doing depends on the assignment.

** "[[TruthInTelevision Many pupils procrastinate a lot.]] We should discourage it by making an episode that shows the possible consequences of it."

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

** Lacey doesn't do the assignment at all. She planed to build a time machine, then write the assignment, and finally travel back in time to hand in the assignment the day it's due.

** Lacey doesn't do the assignment at all. She pland to build a time machine, then write the assignment, and finally travel back in time to hand in the assignment the day it's due.

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* '''Implied:''': The day before the assignment is due, Lacey is asked whether it's finished, to which she replies "Kind of". When she comes to school the next day, she's clearly tired, and it's not because she played games all night.

%%* '''Implied:''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': "Do you want to go shopping with me after school?" "Lacey, don't you have an assignment to write that's due in two days?" "Oh well, I can always write it later."

* '''Discussed''': "I know doing homework isn't that fun, but I don't think putting it off for that long is a good idea."
* '''Conversed''': "Lacey, if you do your homework now, you won't have to worry about it later."

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Lacey does fun things while procrastinating.

* '''Subverted''': Lacey writes an assignment the day before it's due, but it turns out to be because she had many agreements and that she actually did the assignment at the first opportunity she has.
* '''Double Subverted''': She made the appointments to have an excuse for procrastinating.
* '''Parodied''':
** Lacey puts off doing the assignment by doing pointless things that she hates because it's still better than doing the assignment.
** Immediately after receiving the task, Lacey starts working on it. That is, she writes a title, calls it a day and starts playing video games.

* '''Enforced''': "[[TruthInTelevision Many pupils procrastinate a lot.]] We should discourage it by making an episode that shows the possible consequences of it."

* '''Deconstructed''': Lacey procrastinates writing her assignments to the point where she has to rush them. This takes its toll on her grades, which might render her dream of going to college impossible.

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* '''Subverted''': Lacey writes an assignment the day before it's due, but it turns out to be because she has had many agreements and that she did the assignment at the first opportunity she has.