Hello yes, this is my horde: we have trinkets, tomes, and tumblr posts. I am currently enjoying mainly Rain World and various writing / worldbuilding stuff, with bits of The Magnus Archives, Wings of Fire, and other randomness too. Peruse my various interests as you please, but don't be rude
I’m a frequent patron of paranormal Reddit threads so I’ve read possibly well into the hundreds of short ostensibly true personal stories of the unknown befalling an unexpecting person, but absolutely none of them have been constantly on my mind like the short and baffling story of a man who, while at the grocery store, was pointed at by a toddler who proceeded to say his full name
i like to think Jon just picked up skills with help from the Eye, not for the purpose of being a hobby, but to solve problems he noticed but didn't have the needed skills to fix (like plumbing, electrical work, et cetera)
like imagine:
basira or melanie comes into the institute late, maybe they forgot something or maybe they're just trying to fuck with the Eye, regardless, they hear suspicious noises coming from Jon's office and throw open the door, brandishing their weapon of choice to find Jon sitting in the dark, illuminated only by the screen of his laptop and,,,,coding ?
they demand to know what he's doing because since when has Jon known about anything computer related ?? he looks up, fairly annoyed, though whether from the intrusion or his current project is unclear, and explains that the institute website is dreadfully out of date (forcing people to actually come into the institute) to the point it borders on serving the Spiral ("it's worse than yale's art website ! have you seen the yale art website ?!") and he's decided to fix it. mostly to fuck with Elias. but also because it needs to be done by someone. better him than another avatar
Melanie / Basira leave Jon tapping away at his keyboard in the dark, utterly bewildered, but hey, at least he's not traumatizing random passersbys anymore
Jonny, I stumbled apon your blog on complete accident and it may have been the best accident of my life. I have but one burning question I must know-
What is your favourite animal?
Oof, what a question - there are some real bangers out there in the ol' animal kingdom.
As a kid I was very into tigers. Loved those big stripy fellas - my grandmother used to cut out pictures of tigers from magazines and present them to me in a manila folder when I visited. I never asked her to do this and didn't have any use for the pictures, but she gave me a lot of them.
Penguins are also up there - waddling around having a good time. Feeding time at the penguin habitat is always a highlight of any zoo visit. Sure, maybe they make houses out of their own shit, but who are you to judge?
Seals as well, especially when they're fully in orb mode. Just wobbly ocean friends!
Plus, if I'm down the aquarium anyway, I always make a beeline for the pacu fish. Big, dumb motherfuckers just swimming about like idiots - they bring me a lot of joy. Plus I recently discovered they have human-like teeth, so that's a win for team Your Nightmares.
Also sharks. Every week is Shark Week if you're not a coward.
In the end, though, if I had to pick a current favourite, the one that brings a smile to my face even in its crudest doodle rendition, why, 'tis none other than the humble crab. They come in a plethora of shapes, sizes, colours and flavours, and every one of them is just a silly little guy.