#I just. you guys r making me genuinely emotional ty so much for understanding

[burnededens]

   ( avan jogia, trans male, he/him, assassin’s creed: syndicate ) * &. i know it must be scary for you, jacob frye, after not surviving the takeover. to turn into someone like jacob "jake” fowles, a twenty-five year-old bartender at dragon’s breath brewery & fighter at the ring, right here in castle town. just remember that you are as charming as you are reckless, and to be wary, be safe, be true to who you are : neutral through and through. ( hylia gets assassin’s creed on main )

   SO FUN FACT - I have been wanting to write this character in this group for months and it is absolutely a crime that it took me this long to pick him up but here we FINALLY are ! I’m genuinely shocked he’s the first Assassin’s Creed character here because I personally think all of the characters are phenomenal and it was either gonna be this character or the protagonist from two games before ( Edward Kenway of Black Flag ) but I have a slightly greater preference towards Jacob so !! Behold the living embodiment of chaotic good !! Obvious tws for death , violence , and murder under the cut because this is a series about assassins , but also gang stuff ( and a very small bullying mention in the post-snap portion ) too. I hope this is easy to understand !! 

BEFORE THE SNAP  /  J A C O B   F R Y E .

S’OKAY again I will always try and explain the games’ history and Syndicate’s specific plotline in the simplest of ways - and especially because AC can get very confusing very fast. Thankfully Syndicate is one of the more straightforward entries , but before I get into that , I have to give a basic rundown of the lore since... it will not make sense if you haven’t played any of the games.

A long long long time ago , there were these people called the Isu , and the Isu crafted something that the AC franchise refers to as Pieces of Eden. The Pieces of Eden ultimately has access to control other living beings , and they were extremely powerful.

Flash forward a little bit where you have two forces - the Knights’ Templar and the Assassin Order/Brotherhood - that struggled for these Pieces of Eden for two very different reasons.

The Templars valued order and wanted to use them to control others to achieve a utopia - believing that human corruption & essentially free will were what caused most evils of the world.

The Assassins valued freedom & wanted to preserve the free will of the world , believing that control would do them no good and a mutual understanding under this freedom would be what created a utopia.

So basically , Templars wanted peace via control and Assassins wanted peace via freedom.

Templars wanted the Pieces of Eden to control , and the Assassins knew this was Not Good and often sought to keep the Pieces the fuck away from the Templars ( at least , that’s always how I saw it. )

Of course , because we’re now on like ten main games and seventeen spin-off games it’s OBVIOUSLY way more complicated than that , just that’s the most nutshell way to explain everything. That being said , let’s jump more into Jacob & Syndicate. 

SO JACOB. Jacob is one of the two protagonists of Syndicate , the younger twin to the other protagonist , his sister Evie. They were born in Crawley , raised by their Assassin father , but while Evie was always more . . . into the Brotherhood and assassin ideals , Jacob always was more of a rebel & a free spirit. But nevertheless , he grew up an Assassin like she.

Flash forward years later where the main plot of Syndicate starts , during the Industrial Revolution in 1868 , where the twins are set on heading to London , which is pretty much entirely under control of the Templars ( namely Crawford Starrick and his network ) & their syndicates ( ha ha hA ).

This . . . is sort of where Jacob & Evie separate in terms of goals - Evie’s well-aware of the Pieces of Eden and aims to collect them before the Templars do. However , Jacob’s more so intent on taking down Templars & liberating London from their control. He goes as far as to even starting a gang with his sister - known as the Rooks - to combat the Templar-controlled gang that has London’s boroughs in its grasp known as the Blighters. 

Evie’s basically like “okay we’re going to collect the Pieces of Eden so the templars don’t have them bc Starrick will be more powerful if he has them” but Jacob says to her “fUCK YOU I’M A MAN WHO’S GONNA FREE THE PEOPLE” and. Yeah.

Throughout the game , Jacob’s the twin that exhibits a more impulsive , reckless , yet well-meaning approach to problems - and that sorta kinda . . . means that when he solves problems , he also accidentally makes other problems , and his sister has to clean them up because hey , you killed this Templar leader and angered a bunch of Blighters and we are fucked and Jacob can’t really. Grasp that because he’s too focused on freeing London NOW and taking out Templars NOW and [ Sleeping With Sirens vc ] do it NOW and remember deal with it LATER.

There’s a few cases where Jacob has even so ( both unintentionally and intentionally ) teamed up with Templars because he thought they could help him accomplish his goals in taking London back from them.

He teamed up with Pearl Attaway ( a businesswoman who controlled most of London’s transport and wanted basically a monopoly ) and didn’t find out until later that she was a Templar and had to assassinate her since she was the exact type of controller he wanted to rid London of

But also he struck a deal with Maxwell Roth ( basically a Blighter gang leader who had a shitton of power ) to work with him - but Maxwell saw this as let’s cause as much chaos as possible and fuck the consequences where Jacob saw it as more let’s fix problems by any means necessary and he had to shut down the deal when he saw Roth really just . . . didn’t give a fuck about anyone , including innocents. Jacob’s whole goal was to free and protect the innocents , he just didn’t care how as long as nobody got hurt.

AND THAT’S HONESTLY WHAT I LOVE SM ABOUT JACOB LIKE ... Jacob. Is the epitome of chaotic good like he cares so much about people and protecting the innocents & saving them from control that yeah he doesn’t really . . . consider the consequences of his actions especially when his actions are so chaotic but his primary goal is to free the people of London by taking down Templars and he doesn’t give a fuck how he’s going to do it , he just operates on his code of making sure none of the good people get hurt and the bad guys go down. 

Eventually in the game he did come to realize the errors in his own work and way of thinking - he didn’t think much of the consequences , and therefore caused more of a wreckage than he aimed for. He loved the idea of freedom , but drew the line at absolute careless anarchy like Roth.

Basically be a REBEL not an ASSHOLE.

I love this kid tho like he’s so witty and rebellious and chaotic but also good-hearted and will still help even tho he might complain a lot about it ( looks at Abberline and Darwin ) and he !! He honestly acts before he thinks but I find those characters so refreshing esp bc he’s very emotional and adamant about acting on how he feels and his ideals and it’s honestly so. Idk I really like that about him.

He’s also canonically bisexual and that is something I will never shut up about but if you fucking even tHINK ABOUT ROMANTICIZING ROTH & JACOB’S RELATIONSHIP ( like it’s p much confirmed Roth had a thing 4 Jacob but it’s not. That’s not a Good Thing ) I will personally throw some hands with you. 

...Jacob and Ned however-

SPARE NED?? SPARE NED MA’AM??? 

But honestly anyway TLDR; Jacob is a Victorian chaos-bringer who doesn’t really think much about the shit he does but has a heart of gold he’s just. He’s A Lot. He’s a lil bitch but a good kind of lil bitch.

ALSO ALSO ALSO I AM,,,, not exactly entirely sure where I’m pulling Jacob yet like I could pull him from the end of Syndicate’s main story but also there’s the Jack the Ripper DLC which makes me... feel things, but Jacob’s also significantly older than and a good bit of that DLC’s a bit triggering - long story short, we love and will protect Jacob Frye with our entire lives. 

AFTER THE SNAP  / J A K E   F O W L E S .

So PERSONALITY WISE - Jake isn’t much different from his past self ; the only thing is he never grew up with his twin sister , raised an only child , and because Jacob & Evie are meant to balance each other out , he essentially grew up without an entire part of him he isn’t even aware of.

He was adopted - adopted by a working-class family from London that moved to Castle Town , and that was where Jake was raised.

Now , he was always a bit of a rebel. Always a problem child from the start. There were hundreds and hundreds of cases where he was reported either talking back to teachers , misbehaving in class , sometimes even getting into fights with other kids whether it be they were picking on him or someone else.

And he always liked the thrill of being that rebel - being that miscreant that earned a reputation ; never a mean person , never a bad dude , just somebody who . . . acted out. Acted out for whatever reason - mainly because he never liked the idea of obeying or because he taught the rules were stupid or because the rules meant some people were gonna get inconvenienced. Like , if you see someone getting bullied , why just tell an adult where you can solve the problem right then and there and sock the bully in the jaw ??

That was it. That was Jake’s philosophy.

His parents sent him to multiple hobby & art & educational camps & stuff to try and see if he could find some sort of hobby that would sorta get him out of this ‘problem child’ thing - but it never really worked. He always either got sent home earlier or was asked to never come back because hey , you can’t start a rebellion in the boys’ cabin because you didn’t like the way one of the counselors instructed you about knot tying. 

Never worked out , his parents thought he was smart and would make a brilliant lawyer or doctor or something - but nope , he graduated high school , attempted college but dropped out after two years , and when his parents kicked him out , he crashed with a few friends and made a living on odd jobs before he scored working as a bartender at Dragon’s Breath.

And also . . . both fighting at The Ring and also underground matches for some coin.

Yeah. 

It’s sorta-kinda through this he ALSO became aware of the other people who had to resort to means like this to survive - eventually starting his own gang of people who operated on sorta-kinda Robin Hood like terms - protect the less fortunate , combat the gangs who caused way more problems than he’d like , and also to basically uhhh flip the bird to the rich.

You guessed it - they’re called The Rooks and they’re not really . . . big , they’re just kind of. There. And nobody knows Jake’s the leader but it’s not like he’s really pressed if anyone finds out. 

It’s overall not entirely different from his pre-CT life other than obvious modern differences and LACK OF EVIE sooo. Yeah !!

I’ll hopefully work on a WC page for him soon but as of rn I just kinda want to get some threads going - hope y’all enjoy my dumbass kid xoxoooo

#castletown.intro #death tw #violence tw #murder tw #gang tw #bullying mention #abt tag tbd #took me long enough 2 pick him up my god #also maxwell roth has no rights.

[screechthemighty]

anger and distrust in daredevil 1.01, “into the ring”

I really thought I was just going to talk about Matt’s confessional scene to start this off, but nope, this boy has got to hit me right off the bat with those issues. We’ll be starting with the confessional scene, though, because it hurts me on a deeply fundamental level. Remember, these are the ground rules for these meta posts, so keep them in mind!

There’s a lot to unpack in the confessional scene, to be honest. We’ll start with the length of time between confessions, because I think it says something significant. Now, I can’t really say how devout Matt really is, because the show is mostly only interested in Matt’s Catholicism for the pretty symbolism and the moral debates (which I take issue with as a practicing Catholic, but w h a t e v e r, we’re not here to talk about that). But in general, your average practicing Catholic probably goes to confession about once a year, since that’s the minimum requirement (once a year around Lent/Easter, specifically). Matt hasn’t been in “too long.” Since he was effectively raised by nuns from age ten to age eighteen, I assume he’d know about the once a year requirement. This means that he’s been actively avoiding doing even the bare minimum required to him as a practicing Catholic--and I do think Matt is, at the very least, still Catholic at heart. He takes the word of his priest seriously, he spends time at church (though not attending Mass), he takes the morality of Catholicism seriously (see: anti-death penalty Matt Murdock in season 2, especially, my favorite canon detail). So if he’s not going to confession and, presumably, not going to church (though again, the narrative is mostly interested in the window dressing aspects of Catholicism and not the actual practicing part and I promise this is my last bitter moment for the post), then he’s avoiding it for a reason. Avoiding it, I think, out of fear, because what does he do when he finally does get into a confessional? He doesn’t directly talk about himself. Not at first. Instead, he talks about his father.

I think it’s important to acknowledge that, in talking about his dad, Matt is really talking about himself. I mean, yeah, he is talking about his dad, but it’s a way to start talking about his feelings without directly addressing them. This becomes clear to the audience with this infamous line:

Be careful of the Murdock boys. They’ve got the devil in them.

Here’s the thing: we don’t know anything about Matt’s extended family. There’s no mention of his grandfather or any uncles (which has made my life as a fic writer living hell, let me tell you), so we can only assume that the Murdock boys here are Jack and Matthew. And he could’ve made it singular. He could’ve said that his grandmother said “Be careful of that Murdock boy, he’s got the devil in him.” But he is tying himself to his father with that line, and in doing so, casting the story he tells in an entirely different light.

A line that stuck out to me is “Every now and again he’d get hit, and something in him would snap.” I’m going to be bringing this one up when I talk about Matt in “Nelson v. Murdock” (AKA the pain episode), but in brief, the implication with Matt has always been that he’s been harboring his rage for a long time and one incident made him snap--the little girl he heard in the apartment. But I think it’s more than that. I think there were a lot of hits that lead to him snapping--that one hit was the one that finally broke him, like how his father would take a lot of hits before the blow that did it (letting them break their hands on him (also I love that quote) until it was too much to bear). Now he’s hit, now the devil is out, and he’s in a confessional crying because he can’t put it back. But he can’t admit to this being about him--not until the end when he says that he didn’t understand it, not back then--so he talks about his father. And emphasis on that crying bit. He doesn’t cry when he mentions his father’s death, but he starts crying as he talks about his father’s anger because it mirrors him. Because he’s admitting to the thing he’s been suppressing for years, decades, and has been so afraid of, but now can’t contain.

The idea that it can’t stop now pops up at the end of the confession: “I’m asking forgiveness for what I’m about to do.” It’s easy to joke about how that’s not how confession works or say that this is ignorance on the part of the writers, but I think it runs deeper than that. He’s not looking to stop, and he’s not even really sorry (”I’m not asking repentance for what I’ve done,” when we find out later on that the night at the docks is not his first rodeo). But he knows he’s going down a path that will take him to a dark place. That’s why the fear. That’s why the confessional, some last-ditch effort to save his soul. But he doesn’t stop. It’s inevitable. That anger is a part of him, and he can let it out like his father did, or he can let it burn him up the way it has since he was ten.

I don’t think Matt realizes that he has reasons to be angry, and very justifiable ones (we’ll get to that as the show progresses). I really think he sees this as something inherent in him--something he saw in his father, but something that he’s terrified of in himself. I can’t imagine how stressful it must be, being afraid of yourself like that for so long. He mentions in “Nelson v. Murdock” that he fought against it, and goodness, how exhausting. To fight against something you don’t really understand. That you think is inherent to you and not a symptom of a much wider problem. That can’t help his self-worth, or his emotional control. He never learned how, and now all he can do is let it out by hitting people, and think he’s damned in doing so. No wonder Matt has avoided church and confession for so long. Facing himself is terrifying.

Speaking of the much wider problem, let’s talk about Matt’s paranoia.

This is easy to miss, because Matt’s crazy theories are generally right. But they are still crazy theories. Matt finds a woman who claims not to have murdered someone, despite all evidence to the contrary. Obvious solution? She was totally framed. Now, the audience knows Matt is right, but it’s telling that Foggy Nelson--a cum laude graudate of Columbia Law who is no dummy--doesn’t think of this. He assumes Karen’s guilt, and has every right to based on the evidence that he’s given. Not to mention that, while I know the show has always showed Matt’s lie detector as being 100% accurate, but there’s also definite proof that Matt isn’t always the best judge of character (more on that in season two), so realistically, he only has her word and her heartbeat to tell him she’s not lying. But he believes her, and assumes...the worst possible thing.

Then again, after Karen nearly gets killed, when he immediately jumps to the conclusion that there’s a cover-up, when Foggy (again, a man who’s arguably a better lawyer than Matt) misses this and has to have it explained to him.

Then again, when he’s talking to Karen and postulates about how she’s still alive, again jumping to a crazy worst-case scenario that deepens the conspiracy. Not only that, but he nudges her into the conversation about the file, and then stays awake to follow her right it it. Because he knew she’d lie to him and that he could exploit that to get the information. He doesn’t trust her when she says she didn’t get the file--his default assumption is to assume she’s keeping secrets and act accordingly so the situation works out. All of this goes back to one very important detail about Matt Murdock: he doesn’t trust easy. He doesn’t trust institutions. He doesn’t trust people. He expects that they’ll lie and cover up their asses and he knows how to play the game now.

Again, this is a really easy detail to miss since all of Matt’s theories are right. It’s an easy way for the narrative to set up Matt as a competent lawyer and crime fighter, but realistically speaking, if you were Foggy and your legal partner started saying that kind of thing to you, you’d wonder if he was crazy. We know Matt is right. The evidence is there. But that evidence can arguably point to other things, other outcomes (that’s the entire point of a setup). So why is Matt’s first impulse to assume that they’re being played?

Answer: it’s the first hint of Matt’s deep seated trust issues. And we’ll be talking about those a lot more as the season goes on (especially in season 2, but there’s some stuff in season one as well, trust me).

And now, here’s some assorted thoughts that will be important later/I don’t really have a lot to say about except they make me cry:

It’s interesting to consider Matt’s default position as charm, to the point where Foggy actively tries to stop him from being so. He seems confident, assured, like he knows how to command a room, so why does he only seem to have a string of broken relationships and one friend? I think that really speaks to Matt’s charm being performative rather than genuine (though not entirely, as regular Matt can be extremely charming (more on that when I cry about Clairedevil)). But that’s something I’ll have to gather more data on before I really go in-depth with it.

“At this point, I’ll settle for just one [innocent soul].” A remarkably bitter comment to make coming from a guy who seems to care a lot about other people. It makes sense, seeing how he was just fighting human traffickers the other night, but it does speak to a depression running deep in his bones, if you ask me. He’s experienced so much darkness even before he put on the mask for the first time, and now he’s seeing the worst of the worst (with even worse to come). No wonder the guy has depression.

“You don’t necessarily show the best judgement when beautiful women are involved” is a line that is going to HAUNT me come season 2, let me tell you.

I find it interesting that they cut to Matt’s reaction after Karen says that they killed Daniel Fisher “because of me.” Camera cuts like that are a deliberate choice--they wanted us to see Matt duck his head, lick his lips the way he did. He looks uncomfortable. He calls her Karen for the first time afterwards and promises to keep her safe. Is this where the seeds of empathy are first planted? A connection between two people who both blame themselves for the death of someone else?

This episode marks the beginning of Matt’s sunglasses as shorthand for emotional vulnerability, and I’m just going to do a masterpost of all those moments because it’s really interesting and I love it.

It’s interesting to me that the voice he picks from the crowd and chooses to pursue is that of a frightened child--the voice screaming “Dad, Daddy” paralleling a moment to come in episode 2, when Matt finds his own father’s body. But that’s a bit of narrative symbolism we’ll get back to tomorrow.

Finally, it’s SHOCKINGLY depressing that the first act Matt Murdock commits in this show is one of self-sacrifice. He pushes that man out of the way and is blinded in return. Ten years old, does the right thing, is punished for it. Doing the right thing--or at least trying to--and being punished is going to be a recurring motif in Matt’s life. He tries to help and ends up a broken shell, physically, with a soul he thinks is on the fast track to hell. Again, no wonder he shows signs of depression.

#daredevil #screech cries about matt murdock

[lovemesomesurveys]

1: Do you have a crush at the moment? More than a crush, but yeah.

2: Have you ever been deeply in love? Yes.

3: Longest relationship you’ve ever been in? My technical relationship with the title only last two months. It really didn’t feel like a relationship, though. My three year up and down whatever it was I had with Joseph was what I consider to be the closest thing I had to a relationship, and also the longest. How sad, I know, but there were real, genuine, intense feelings there and when things were good, it was good. I look back now and see what a mess it really was, but like I said, it’s the closest thing I got. And when it ended for good, it sure felt like a heartbreak like an end of a relationship would feel like.

4: Have you ever changed for someone? You could say that.

5: How is your relationship with your ex? There isn’t a relationship. He was texting me a bit last summer, and we ended up meeting up once for lunch. Prior to that, we hadn’t been in contact for like three years. I haven’t heard from him since last summer, unless you count a few “likes” on Facebook or Instagram now and then.

6: Have you ever been cheated on? No.

7: Have you ever cheated? No.

8: Would you date someone who’s well known for cheating? No, I don’t believe so. Why would I be so different that he wouldn’t do it to me? If he’s known to be a notorious cheater then already there isn’t any trust there.

9: What’s the most important part of a relationship? Trust. <<< Which is why I really don’t think I could date someone who’s well known for cheating. Also, communication is very important.

10: Do you like to be in serious relationships or just flings? I would like to have a serious relationship.

11: When you are dating someone do you believe in going on “breaks”? I’ve never been in that situation, but I have suggested it to a friend before. I don’t know if they’re good or not. I guess it just depends.

12: How many people have you ever hooked up with? Zero.

13: What’s one thing you regret saying/doing in a previous relationship? I just regret letting someone use me and play me for so long. For letting them want me when it was convenient for them, and tossing me aside when it wasn’t.

14: What age do you think is appropriate for kids to start having sex? I have an issue with the use of “kids” in this sentence. I would say kids shouldn’t be having sex.

15: Do you believe in the phrase “age is just a number”? To an extent. If you’re consenting adults, then do you. Personally, I wouldn’t want to date someone twice my age but that is just me.

16: Do you believe in “love at first sight”? No. I don’t use the word “love” lightly. It’s not something I just throw around, and that’s why I don’t understand the whole “love at first sight” thing.

17: Do you believe it’s possible to fall in love on the internet? I think so. You can get to know someone still, and probably even more so. People can pretend to be whoever they want to be online pretty easily, but also there are people like me who are way more open and honest online. With someone like that, you could probably have a deeper connection. You might feel more comfortable opening up to someone online because you don’t have the fear of the judgment and reactions you might get face to face. It could be really good on the emotional level at least. I also think being with the person “in person” would be necessary at some point, and it could change things. That’s when you really see someone and how they act. It’s when you learn more about their quirks, habits, and personality. That might not mesh as well as the emotional attachment you had online. But then, that can happen with someone you met in “real life”, too, once you move in together. Soo. This didn’t make much sense, did it? lol, but what I’m trying to say is that yes, I think it is possible.

18: What do you consider a deal breaker? I would have to say abuse and cheating.

19: How do you know it’s time to end a relationship? I guess it’s just something you know. It’s something you feel.

20: Are you currently in a relationship? Nope. I have a lot to say for someone who hasn’t truly been in one, ha.

21: Do you think people who have dated can stay friends? It can happen. Sometimes couples just feel they’re better off as friends, and it works out better for them that way. I think as long as it’s mutual and there aren’t any romantic feelings involved anymore it can work.

22: Do you think people should date their friends? Sure? My actual ex and I were best friends first. Joseph and I were friends first as well.

23: How many relationships have you had? Like I said, I’ve only had one with the bf/gf title where it was established that we were together. It didn’t really feel like a relationship to me, though. With Joseph, it did in some ways. We did couple-y things and acted like a couple. We’d always kiss each other hello and goodbye. He’d always have his arm around me while out in public as if to say, “hey people, she’s with me.” And other things that made people think we were a couple. So, I still count it. SO, to answer the question I’ve had two... I guess. Kinda.

24: Do you think love can last forever? As long as you’re living.

25: Do you believe love can conquer all things? Not all things. Sadly, sometimes it’s not enough.

26: Would you break up with someone your parents didn’t approve of? It’s important to me that my family and whoever I date get along. My family is important to me, but if the person I’m dating is meeting my family then they’re important to me as well. I’d want to know why my parents didn’t approve. What their reasons were. I’d want to try and sort and work things out. Maybe it’s misunderstanding. If their reasons were justified, like the guy was a jerk, abusive, etc, then they’d obviously have their good reasons. I’d already know the person wasn’t a good person to be with if that were the case, though. If their reasons were ones that I just didn’t agree with or think was silly, then no I wouldn’t.

27: If you could go back in time and give yourself one piece of advice about dating what would it be? Find out what their intentions really are and see where things are going early on. Don’t let them say all the right things and talk the talk, but not back it up. Don’t let them play you or use you. Be straight up about things upfront before it goes on too long.

28: Do you think long distance relationships can work? Yeah, if both people are willing to work for it. <<<<

29: What do you notice first about another person? I really don’t know. It’s like an overall thing at first, I feel like. I don’t zone in one thing.

30: Are you straight, bi, gay or pansexual? Straight.

31: Would it bother you if your partner suffered from any mental illness? Well, I suffer from mental illnesses. So. I don’t like the use of the word “bother.” I feel like a burden because of my health issues. I feel like I annoy and “bother” people. I know I can be difficult to be around when I’m in my super low moods or my irritable, crabby moods. I’d be understanding of someone else dealing with those things because I do, too.

32: Have you ever been in an abusive relationship? No.

33: Do you want to get married one day? It’s not something I’m thinking about or can see happening for me.

34: What do you think about getting your partner’s name tattooed? I wouldn’t do it.

35: Could you be in a relationship without sex? Maybe. I mean, I’m still a virgin so I don’t know.

36: Are you still a virgin? Yes.

37: What’s more important: Looks or personality?

P e r s o n a l i t y.

38: Do you enjoy love films? I’m a sucker for ‘em.

39: Have you ever given anyone/received roses? I’ve received them, but not from someone I was dating or interested in. I got them for my graduations.

40: Have you ever had a valentine? Yeah.

41: What’s your imagination of a “perfect date”? I always think of like walking around the boardwalk, grabbing a snack to eat to share, playing some games, ride some rides. Sit on the beach and look out over the ocean. Something like that. Or Disneyland!

42: Have you ever read “Romeo & Juliet”? Yep, it was a required reading in high school.

43: What’s more important: Your partner or your friends? You shouldn’t have to choose. They’re both important people in your life.

44: Would you consider yourself “romantic”? I haven’t really had enough relationship experience to know. I’m a sucker for the romcoms, but I don’t know if I, myself, am romantic. I want to be the that’s on the receiving end of the romantic gestures.

45: Could you imagine to date one of your current friends? Ty is my friend, so yes.

46: Have you ever been “friendzoned”? Yep..

47: Which “famous couple” is your favorite? I don’t have one.

48: What’s your favorite love song? Hmm. I don’t know.

49: Have you ever broken someone’s heart? Yes. :/

50: If you’re single, why do you think you are? Because no one wants to pursue a relationship with me? It’ll seem like someone is interested, and maybe even show that they are by what they say and do, but even still they don’t want to be with me. They just want me when it’s convenient. Or, they’ll say they like me but still don’t want to be with me because they have other things to focus on. I’m not worth it, I guess.

51: Would you rather date someone who’s rich but a douchebag or someone who’s poor but a nice guy? I don’t care about your money. I want a guy who genuinely loves me and I love them, and are caring, sweet, loving, understanding, trustworthy, loyal, has a good sense of humor, etc. It’s the personality that matters to me. If you’re a douchebag, I don’t want anything to do with you.

52: Are you good at giving other people advices regarding dating/ relationships? I was always the person my friends came to despite my lack of relationship/dating experience. Somehow, I was able to give advice on such topics.

53: Are you jealous of couples when you’re single? Not jealous. I get a little envious sometimes or feel a little sad just cause I wish I had that.

54: How important is it to make a relationship official (p.e. on facebook)? It’s not official until it’s Facebook official, obvs. Hahahah.

55: Would you consider yourself “clingy”, “overly attached” or “jealous”? I’m what I call a closet clingy person. I don’t really express it, but inwardly I kinda am. I just don’t want to appear that way.

56: Have you ever “destroyed” a relationship? No.

57: Do you think it’s silly to consider suicide because of a broken heart? That’s rather insensitive. I don’t ever think someone should commit suicide, but this question belittles the person’s feelings by the use of the word “silly”. If you haven’t experienced heartbreak, then you don’t know how it feels. It’s a bitch.

58: Are you the “dominant” or the “submissive” part in a relationship? I am more of a submissive person in general. I don’t like using those terms; though, because in this context it sounds like the dominant person is a controlling person. I don’t want to be controlled in a relationship.

59: Have you ever forgotten important dates like your partner’s birthday or your anniversary? I’m great with remembering birthdays, actually.

60: What’s your opinion on open relationships? Not for me.

61: Who’s more important: Your partner or your family? Again, why are we saying one is more important than the other?

62: How do you define “cheating”? Being intimate and/or having sex with someone other than me. There is also such a thing as emotional cheating.

63: Is watching porn while being in a relationship inappropriate? To me, I don’t think so. Porn isn’t my thing, but I guess if my significant other wanted to watch it then go ahead. As long as they’re just watching it, and not engaging in something with someone else. And as long as they’re not more interested in that than in me.

64: Do you think Valentine’s Day is overrated? I do.

65: Would you consider yourself a “cuddler”? I haven’t had much experience with it to be a certified cuddler, ha.

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