#NPAD

[nadiaparkappreciationweek]

(this beautiful poster is the handiwork of our lovely host @sazanes!)

Welcome to our very first Nadia Park Appreciation event!! As there are other appreciation weeks happening around the same time, we will be limiting the event to one day, but keeping it open for entries for at least 2 weeks.

Technically, 25th Oct is meant to be International Artist Day, but because of AW event clashes, we're bringing the date a bit earlier. So this year, we will be celebrating it on 8th Oct. However, we will keep the event open for the month, so that whoever would like to contribute can do that even after the 8th!

Any content is welcome - fic, art, meta, edits, moodboards, icons, even screenshots of her favourite scenes!! Our only requirement is that the content is centered on Nadia, and shows a positive depiction of her.

There is no set theme for this event - anything as long as Nadia is the focus - but in case you'd like a tiny push/inspiration, here are some themes you could try!

• Art

• Boba tea

• Investigator

• Imminent Danger

• True Love

• Fashionista

• Marshmallows

• Girl Gang

• Plants

Fan content blogs help us a lot in promoting our events and are overall awesome, so we would highly recommend checking them out and maybe even trying out some of their prompts too! Here are some you could try: @choicesficwriterscreations, @choicesmonthlychallenge, @choicesprompts, @choicesholidays, and of course @haydenyoungappreciationweek which will be hosting an event from 25-29th Sept!

To ensure you don't miss out on the day, be sure to tag the following on your Nadia posts:

Blogs: @lizzybeth1986 and @sazanes

Tags: #nadiaparkappreciationday, #NPAD, #NPAD 2023

Hope to see you all on 8th Oct!!

#nadia park #perfect match #nadiaparkappreciationday #NPAD #NPAD 2023 #signal boost #3 weeks left!

[sazanes]

"I know it may seem silly to some people, running around the globe for someone else. It's not like I don't love my life before Steve, because I do. But… he makes me happy. And I think someone who understands you, who makes you laugh, and genuinely loves you is worth fighting for."

Happy Nadia Park Appreciation Day!

Today is the day of our beloved cousin, a very talented artist who makes me think of rainbows and sweets, she spreads love wherever she goes and will fight to protect those she loves and even become a detective if necessary. If you are with her, you can be sure that she will do everything possible to make you happy.

Thank you for being so incredible Nadia!

Thank you 🥰 @nadiaparkappreciationweek @lizzybeth1986

#playchoices #nadiaparkappreciationday #NPAD #NPAD 2023 #perfect match #nadia park #myart #digital art

[lizzybeth1986]

Nadia Park: The Moral Epicenter of "Perfect Match"

Nadia has, in some ways, been a polarizing figure amongst Perfect Match stans ever since the series debuted back in 2018. A lot of us loved her spunk, spark, humour and optimism, but there were just as many who found her "annoying", looked down on her for "ditching the group" in Book 2, and dubbed her love for Steve as a " crazy obsession". Of course, there is very little that is accurate about such descriptions and there would be very little chance some in the fandom would view her this way if she were a white woman - and besides, such views entirely miss the point on why Perfect Match needed a character like Nadia.

Nadia starts out as the only member of the MC's (canonically large) family that we see, and the Park cousins often see themselves as a unit, who do most things together and look out for each other.

Her attempts to find true love through Eros, and her recommendation of their services to the MC, is what kickstarts the story, and the series itself ends with the cousins reflecting together on their experiences. She is also an artist, and seeing her beau Steve describe her work as "indescribable" is our first indicator of the Matches' most obvious flaw: that they can't interpret meaning from, or attribute emotion to, the abstract.

But over and above all else - Nadia is the eternal optimist. While in the abstract, her thoughts may seem quite morbid, at heart she is someone who believes the best of the people she meets and tends to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. This is in stark contrast to Damien, who is known for his extreme skepticism.

There are different ways Nadia's optimism is viewed throughout the story. By Damien, by the MC, by the people around her - both those who love her and those who grow to love her. Sometimes as an optimism so extreme as to be borderline ridiculous, sometimes as naïveté. But the value of the perspective she brings can only be understood when you look at the theme that is so central to the series.

What Does It Mean To Be A Person?

Simply put, Perfect Match is first and foremost about personhood, identity, and what it means to be human. It starts out with the possible premise of whether androids are human enough. Both the characters in the book as well as many readers in the fandom initially viewed the Matches as inferior to the "actual human beings" in the series, when it was running. But PM managed to turn such an idea on its head. Even now, the narrative has a deft way of making us ask questions about what personhood and senitence could mean.

Shortly after the MC discovers the truth about Hayden (PM1 Ch10), Sloane says the following about the idea of Hayden being "a machine": We are all machines...Your nervous system works on electrical impulses, and your emotions are regulated by chemicals in your brain. It's just that you're a machine of blood and bone, and s/he's a machine of metal and plastic.

More specifically, the core theme of PM is about how personhood doesn't emerge merely from being creatures of blood, bone and brain; how there is a lot more nuance to the concept of humanity than just that, or just emotions, or just free will. It asks us to explore what being human means to us, what it means to have a soul of one's own. It questions the logic of feeling superior to any sentient being who isn't built exactly like us.

Hayden Young - the MC's Perfect Match - is the character that embodies this core idea, with their questions, their conflicts, and their desire to know more about themselves and their world. The fact that they evolve far beyond their programming challenges the simplistic notion that they are not "person enough", that they can be more easily controlled than humans. Their true beginning as a character begins from the moment they ask "How do you open your mouth and tell someone you don't feel real?" and keeps evolving from that point.

Other Matches show elements of this internal conflict too, though not to the extent Hayden does; Steve chooses to embrace the identity Eros has given him rather than challenge it, Dames' personality stops him from attacking the MC even when Cecile overrides his programming. Harley's mission takes a backseat when they fall in love with Cecile, who is ironically the more inhuman person in that dynamic.

Keegan has their own doubts about Rowan and Cecile, and attempts to find out - through their discussion with the MC - whether the outside world is really worth trusting. All the Matches are programmed a certain way, to achieve certain goals. Yet, each of these Matches find their own ways to exercise their independence.

How does the human end of this fare? That is a question that has varying answers throughout the book, across different characters.

Thematically, Rowan and Cecile perhaps inhabit the bottom-most tier of this hierarchy. They are the villains of the series, and their defeat is the high point of the story. Their villainy manifests in two ways: first, in the way they treat the Matches, their "children" (using and abusing them, discarding them whenever convenient, gaslighting the ones who have only them to turn to, violating every possible boundary to get what they want), and second, in the way they treat other human beings.

They celebrate the pain of other people (Khaan, Damien, the guard Hayden hurts at the SF HQ) when it suits their aims (The Siren Project, mapping the human soul).

Rowan and Cecile are the direct antithesis to the idea that humans could be "superior". They are proof that a person could physically be a "human" yet completely lack humanity.

You also have characters like Damien and Alana. People who are human, people who do possess some compassion and empathy, yet allow their cynicism to justify words and acts of casual cruelty, and engage in dehumanizing the Matches. They prefer to save their empathy only for those they like.

Damien calls Hayden "nuts and bolts, computer for a brain" in a dialogue option (PM1 Ch10), and insists on throwing Hayden and Sloane back into the clutches of Eros, even though they have literally just saved the group. Alana herself actually betrays the entire group to Eros with little to no remorse, and is shown often speaking of the Matches in dehumanizing terms.

(last two screenshots are from the Jazmine Cadena YouTube channel, and only show up if you didn't save Steve in Book 1)

While some may claim that Damien and Alana's suspicions and behaviour are understandable, and the narrative itself doesn't exactly require them to apologise for their behaviour...the harm that their language and beliefs generate lasts beyond those stray moments. For instance, Hayden themselves later confirms how much they dread being viewed as an object and the level of discrimination they will face, once they reveal who they are at Winona's talk show:

Eventually, Damien and Alana are required to change their mind to an extent at least. Once they're deeply involved in exposing Eros, there are less occurances of them using dehumanizing language. They are required to at least work with both people and androids whose views differ from theirs, and tone down the hostility, to achieve their goals.

Damien's story starts with him being a man who is forever suspicious and warning his friends about the relationships they choose to be in. As the story progresses, he learns to open up more, trust his allies more, and eventually even attempts to gently talk Keegan out of killing Cecile just to save them. While he never apologizes to Hayden and Sloane - the people he had harmed - for his earlier behaviour, he still manages to look out for them.

Alana's story begins with her desire to not be tied down yet still have some sort of home base to return to, as well as deep-seated insecurities about her own worth as a partner and friend. While it isn't fully known how much she changes with regards to her attitude towards the Matches, she does take a step back in her jibes and insults, co-operating with the ones who are clear allies, and following the law when it comes to Sirens like Harley.

Sloane and Khaan navigate their relationships with the Matches very differently, having played significant roles in creating and shaping them. Sloane, in particular, believes in the rights of the Matches, and is one of their most passionate defenders. She literally quits her job and betrays her company to save Hayden, and is disgusted by Eros' abusive practices towards the Matches. Khaan is fascinated with the growth the Matches have shown since he'd left Eros five years ago, and tries his best to ensure that Rowan and Cecile cannot make assassins out of them.

However, even with all these good intentions, even Sloane and Khaan cannot fully escape some of their own deep-seated biases as human beings. In PM2 Ch 6, Sloane and Khaan speak of Hayden's many skills as if they're a science project, and when the MC adopts UWU, Sloane repeatedly compares Hayden to them. Both times, Hayden voices their discomfort, which is goes mostly ignored.

After an entire day of grappling with different issues - including Sloane and Khaan leaning into technical-speak when talking about them - Hayden calls them out on the damaging impact of their words:

As with Damien and Alana, Khaan and Sloane aren't exactly required to apologize for this either, or even view the way they speak of Hayden as a problem. But the group as a whole doesn't repeat this behaviour again, especially once the battle with Eros is really on and they learn more and more about the other Matches. Eventually, as CEOs, the two can demand for the investors to stall the Match program and replace it with a rehabilitation program for the remaining Matches. When the MC shows an interest in rehabilitating Harley, Sloane confesses that she, too, finds that the best option. If we do not win Keegan's trust, it is Sloane and Khaan's plans to help the Matches, that makes them reach out.

The MC

Where does the MC fit in all this? That depends on the player. The MC begins by viewing Hayden and Sloane with suspicion (PM1 Ch 10), and rightfully so. Both they and Nadia were the ones directly affected - as clients who were duped and later targeted by the company (who - at this point - Sloane represents).

No matter which choices one goes for when they first question Sloane, the MC begins by viewing Hayden as a con artist who betrayed them. Once Sloane explains Hayden's plight to them, the MC has the option of either viewing them with empathy and compassion (like Sloane does), or with a distinct lack of either (as Damien and later Alana do). They can also choose to either trust Sloane, or demand she earn back the trust she'd lost.

As the series progresses, the MC becomes friendlier and nicer to the two by default, and advocates for the group to rescue Hayden at the Arctic HQ. By Book 2, whether we have saved Steve or not, the MC cares about both Hayden and Steve as an integral part of their group, by default.

Dames does mention, in PM2 Ch1, that the MC's response to learning his identity was different from everyone else's. "You sat next to me and asked me if I was okay [...] you didnt treat me like...whatever I am". By default, the MC is respected and trusted in the group for their compassion by default.

With the appearance of Keegan in PM2 Ch12, the MC is truly faced with the question of how they view the Matches in general. Not just the ones they are friends with/in love with - but the ones they have seen only in passing, the ones they have never met...the ones they have never built any sort of relationship with. The narrative treats this scene as a turning point for the MC - their response to Keegan dictates whether Keegan's flawed worldview (fed by Eros) will change. It dictates how they will act in the series finale - leaving Cecile to the authorities rather than killing her themself all boils down to whether they trust the MC enough to accept their sound advice.

Emphasizing the rights of every Match allows Keegan to learn to trust the outside world; admitting the MC only gives a damn about the Matches they know personally only confirms Keegan's biases. Even if you're a player who is vehemently anti-robot and would like to refer to the "Match" characters in the story as objects...the narrative itself encourages you to think otherwise, or to at least pretend to do so to save your own skin. It is, eventually, the MC who is credited with encouraging certain Matches (like Dames and Keegan) to trust more human beings and hope for a better future.

But How is Nadia the Moral Center of This Book?

So far, we've spoken about the different approaches the other characters (esp the LIs) take to the question of the Matches. We have the skepticism of Damien, Alana's prejudices, and the tendency to be careless with one's language in Khaan and Sloane. In the middle of all this, the MC is allowed to choose which view they align with more (unless it's Rowan and Cecile's). So where does Nadia fit in here?

To understand this, we must go back to the role Rowan and Cecile have to play in the story. As mentioned earlier, they are the villains that the group is meant to ultimately defeat. There is nothing particularly redeemable about them, even in playthroughs where the MC can turn on the charm and flirt with Cecile. Both of them are arrogant, power-hungry, and consistently look down on both Matches and other humans alike.

They also completely, and consistently, lack empathy. No matter who is harmed in the wake of their deranged experiments. We are shown, time and again, a Rowan and Cecile whose victims are left bleeding, hurt, and traumatized - and never given even basic medical attention (eg. Cecile celebrates the advancement of the Siren Project when a Match breaks Khaan's arm, and again when Hayden hurts the human Eros guard at the SF HQ... instead of actually calling for a medic to treat them). In fact, the more pain they inflict, the happier Rowan and Cecile feel.

You cannot find a more direct contrast to this mindset than Nadia's. Not only is she someone with an inherently nurturant personality, someone who protects the people she loves - she is also incredibly empathetic. Very often in the story (especially Book 1) we find her constantly regulating the group's emotional responses. When they seem morose and pessimistic, she demands for them to enjoy the moment. (Some good examples of these are the screenshots below and when she forces everyone out of their "sulky pity party" post the humiliation on Winona's show):

But when the group tries (unconvincingly) to maintain a sense of calm in an abnormal situation, Nadia is emphatic on being honest about the gravity of what's happening:

She also has a keen sense of intuition. When Steve goes missing, with a harsh note indicating that he is leaving her, Nadia is insistent that the real situation can't be as simple. She even formulates an "evidence board" to convince the MC and Damien that they should investigate his disappearance further:

The most obvious conclusion the Park cousins can draw, is that Steve wasn't who Nadia thought he was and had unceremoniously dumped her. But it is Nadia who takes the initiative to look back further on the experiences she has had so far with him, and understand that something doesn't quite add up. It is her insistence that gets Damien and the MC to search further and find Gary, that makes Eros have to recall the model, that eventually gives Steve and Nadia a second chance as a couple (either at Arctic HQ if you save him, or in Tokyo if you don't). The fandom often called this Nadia's "weird obsession", but a desire to not want to give up on others is a trait entirely unique to her and isn't just restricted to Steve.

Nadia is also unapologetic about how she feels or how deep those feelings go - nor does she take half-measures when it comes to protecting Steve. Especially once Eros demands for Hayden and Steve to be given to them (or, in the story where one doesn't save Steve at the Arctic HQ - where the group manages to take Steve with them in Tokyo), she looks out for Steve and makes more efforts to understand his needs. Her brief departure from the group (after funding most of their travel and staying expenses) is both an attempt to return to her job and to allow Steve the space to embrace the identity that Eros gave him. She ensures that he isn't too deeply involved in the fighting and investigating that the rest of the group does. She also understands that while the group can still operate pretty well without her, Steve still needs her support more, to rebuild his own life.

Both Nadia and Steve bear scars from what Eros did to them in Book 1, and - depending on when Steve is saved from Eros - seek to navigate their relationship differently from how they did in the beginning. You will notice that in PM1 (esp Chs 3-5), their relationship progresses at a rate that alarms everyone (including Eros, who note that it is going "ahead of timeline"). By Ch 3 they have moved in together, and by Cedar Rest, Nadia drops heavy hints about being interested in marriage.

Nadia learns and grows from this experience. Once she reunites with Steve, she doesn't take initiative herself to pop the question, instead allowing Steve to determine the pace he is more comfortable with for their relationship. If he was part of the group at the end of PM1, the relationship proceeds at a much more relaxed pace in the second book, culminating in a wedding proposal from him in the finale (he also seems hopeful about the prospect mid-book, responding to a speculation that they may get married in PM2 Ch 7 with "never say never"). If not, they have to rebuild that relationship from scratch.

In a lot of ways, the experience of losing Steve and then understanding who he truly is, makes her not only protective of him but also determined not to repeat what could be past mistakes ("rushing" the relationship, asking questions for which Steve may not necessarily have the answers).

At no point in the story does Nadia ever judge Steve, either before she knows the truth or after Sloane confesses. She senses deeper issues when he leaves, and is reluctant to hate on him as a person even after she confronts Gary. Once she discovers the truth from Sloane, she wastes no time in viewing him as a victim of this situation (which he is!).

On its own, this is great. But what perhaps makes Nadia unique from the other (esp human) characters, is that her empathy isn't restricted to those she is directly attached to, and she doesn't wait to have a deeper connection with Match before wholeheartedly supporting their rights and defending them.

The MC can choose to say similar things and act in a similar manner. But if the player has them respond otherwise, it is Nadia who consistently argues for treating the Matches like the sentient beings...for the persons...that they are. It is Nadia who consistently believes they are worthy of respect and deserve their rights. Anf It is Nadia who is, by default, the most powerful counterpoint to the twisted beliefs of Rowan and Cecile.

Even before Sloane can properly explain Hayden's predicament to a suspicious MC, it is Nadia who realizes that Hayden (and by extension Steve) is innocent. It is Nadia who stands up for Hayden against Damien and Alana, and agrees first to support them. Among the entire group, she is the one who most consistently calls out her friends when they dehumanize and objectify a Match. Even Steve, the Match she loves, is expected to understand this and lend his support to fellow Matches. If he does seem to falter in doing so, she doesn't hesitate to remind him.

This is an approach that most of the group, and most of the "good" characters in the story, follow by the end of the book - but it is clearly Nadia who follows it first, and exemplifies this respect and sensitivity for all sentient beings best.

If Rowan and Cecile are utterly devoid of empathy and humanity, Nadia is the one who is full to the brim with it.

The MC can be credited with changing their minds if they insist that every Match deserves the same respect, the same rights as any human being. But it is Nadia who - in every way, and in almost every scene she is a part of - truly embodies this principle.

At a very important turning point in PM2, Keegan can ask the MC why they care so much about the Matches, why they put themselves at risk for them. The narrative indicates to us that our response changes the way Keegan (who later becomes a powerful union leader for the surviving Matches in the series finale) views not only us but humans as a race. And if the MC treats them with respect and compassion, it allows them to break out of Eros' brainwashing and gaslighting and accept a newer perspective on the world.

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Tagging @nadiaparkappreciationweek and @sazanes for NPAD!

#nadia park #perfect match #nadiaparkappreciationday #NPAD #NPAD 2023 #lizzybeth1986 #content: meta #content: essay

[thecapturedafrique]

NPAD: Art

Happy very late Nadia Park Appreciation Day! As a big TRR fan, I always imagined that Nadia would consider Joëlle Theron as one of her artistic idols, and from that I built a head canon to chronicle Nadia’s path as an artist!

Tagging @nadiaparkappreciationweek and its wonderful hosts @lizzybeth1986 & @sazanes!

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Nadia graduates with her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in NYC in 2015

She goes on to study at ENSA Bourges in France—Joëlle’s alma mater—to earn her DNSEP (the French equivalent of a MFA)

After graduating in 2017, Nadia returns to NYC where she does the standard starving artist routine for a solid year until receiving an offer to showcase some of her work for an alumni showing in Paris

She sends over some of her work and then finally agrees to move in with her cousin Erin, whose previous roommate (my TRR MC Ally) ran off to Europe

In mid-September ten days before the showing is scheduled to end, Liam and Madeleine’s engagement tour stops in Paris

While there, Kiara visits the gallery with Penelope and Hana to do some scouting for her mother, and when Nadia’s art catches her attention, she sends some pictures to Joëlle who is also an instant fan

With several artists having pulled out of the upcoming International Arts and Food Festival, Jöelle reaches out to Nadia to ask if she’d like to have her work displayed during the festival

Nadia immediately accepts; her pieces are well received and garner several high bids, which heralds the start of her career taking off

A couple of weeks later, when she attends Ally and Liam’s wedding as Erin’s plus one, Nadia introduces herself to Jöelle, who is happy to meet her, especially since she can now make the offer of sponsorship in-person

And thus, by the time PM begins, Nadia is an established artist; while the majority of her fan base is European and French in particular, her first independent showing at the start of the series marks her breaking into the American art scene

#perfect match #pm #nadia park #nadiaparkappreciationday #npad #head canons #joelle theron #thanks for encouraging me to post this lizzy! 💕

[kinatechs]

#n-one #npad #tablets #coupons #deals

[roundaboutfolkpunker]

hello... #npad anyone out there....

one of them just said lbgt and i cannot get it out of my brain

#npad #national park after dark

[picassaus]

...Our early hopes, our childhood dream carried On paper airplanes #Picassaus #art #streetart #arts #photo #photography #picoftheday #hope #dream #airplane #paperairplane #npad #nationalpaperairplaneday https://www.instagram.com/p/CeAkcCrK-KA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#picassaus #art #streetart #arts #photo #photography #picoftheday #hope #dream #airplane #paperairplane #npad #nationalpaperairplaneday

[notacomputerorasinger]

The perfect storm (hah) of bad weather, listening to a podcast about a guy who got struck by lightning six times, a superstitious Irish grandmother, and getting myself zapped during a storm over a decade ago means that tonight I am too afraid to wash my hair.

#lightning #lightning strikes #weather #storms #me #personal #npad podcast #national park after dark #the berkshires

[haydenyoungappreciationweek]

Yesterday was filled with all the feels as we explored Hayden's relationships and bonds with both family and friends alike! Day 3 might be a little lighter and funnier, especially since one of our themes includes one of the cutest "wars" between Matches that we know...and another thing we know they love!!

Of course we're going to have one day dedicated to Pizza - the PM MC clearly didn't know what Pandora's Box they were opening up when they asked Hayden and Steve their opinions about pineapple on pizza! And it's a debate the Hayden stans have to this day 😂

Our other theme is the equally exciting Road Trip! Something Sloane's mom Kim regularly does, and something Hayden remembers about their own "mother". We are told at the finale that Hayden, Sloane and the MC plan to have their own road trips with Kim after the events of PM2 are over. We'd love to see what you all think a perfect road trip for Hayden would look like!

Any and all types of content are welcome - fic, art, meta, edits moodboards icons headcanons interactive media...even screenshots of your favourite scenes! Our only requests are that the content is original (no plagiarism, no AI generated content), that it centers Hayden and depicts them in a positive way. WIPs are also welcome!

You don't necessarily have to send your content only on the day of the theme...you can always send it later as long as you tag it for the day it was meant for. We also give a buffer week for any pending works.

Be sure to do the following when you post your content:

1. Use #haydenyoungappreciationweek and #HYAW in the tags, along with the day it was meant for (#HYAW Day 3, #HYAW Day 4 etc)

2. Tag @haydenyoungappreciationweek and hosts @lizzybeth1986 and @sazanes in your posts so we don't miss them!

FAN CONTENT BLOGS are essential to our fandom, and we love supporting them! There are some that are running some great events:

@choicesficwriterscreations - Both fic and art. They have also recently started an LGBTQ-centered archive. Check their roster of events here.

@choicesmonthlychallenge (@choicesseptemberchallenge2023, @choicesoctober) - Any and all content welcome as long as they fit the prompts. Currently running events for September and October.

@choicespride - Any and all content welcome as long as it focuses on queer characters and themes! Currently running Bisexual Awareness Week.

@choicesflashfics - Fics under 2500 words. Here are their prompts for the week.

@choicesholidays - Any and all content is welcome as long as it's on theme. Currently running the Festival of Fears for Halloween!

@choicesprompts - Primarily fanfic. They are now running Smutember, with Flufftober happening next month.

@nadiaparkappreciationweek - NPAD will be happening on the 8th next month!!

Happy Hayden Young Appreciation Week, everyone!!!

#hayden young #perfect match #haydenyoungappreciationweek #HYAW #HYAW 2023 #HYAW Day 3 #HYAW Day 3: Pizza #HYAW Day 3: Road Trip #today!! #signal boost

[nadiaparkappreciationweek]

(Pass plenty of love over to our host @sazanes for this brilliant video!!!)

A huge thank you to everyone who was part of our very first Nadia Park Appreciation Day!! It's been so much fun, seeing the love for her art, her style, her kindness and her fun-loving, never-say-die spirit!! Really brought back so many great memories of her 💖

Our CONTRIBUTORS were amazing - they came up with edits, art, headcanons, fics and essays dedicated to Nadia!! They explored her passion for art, her penchant for accurately spotting "Imminent Danger!", and her incredible capacity for empathy. You made us smile so much with your beautiful work 🥹

@cassiopeiacorvus, @dcbbw, @lizzybeth1986, @sazanes, @storyofmychoices, @thecapturedafrique

Our FAN COMMUNITY BLOGS have been simply incredible: running incredible events while supporting ours. You have been such a wonderful pillar of support and we cannot thank you enough 💖

@choicesficwriterscreations, @choicesflashfics, @choicesholidays, @choicesmonthlychallenge, @choicesprompts

And our precious, wonderful SIGNAL BOOSTERS!! Your enthusiasm is infectious and your support means the world to us. Thank you, so much, for all the love you've given us and this event 😍

@blinkfizz-the-unfortunate-gnome, @dragonknightofsummerset, @grapecaseschoices, @kyra75, @secretaryunpaid, @totojo2, @twinkleallnight.

The masterlist is ready and will be up soon too, and we can't wait for you all to enjoy the incredible work we received!!

To any one who wasn't able to contribute this month and would still like to - please don't worry! We will always keep this blog open for entries until the next Nadia-Appreciation event!! Do tag this blog (or the hosts @lizzybeth1986 and @sazanes) if you ever have anything to put up!! 😁😁

Yesterday was World Artists' Day, and we're so happy we got this video ready just near to this date!! Hope to see you all, and celebrate our brilliant artist, Nadia Park, for more years to come!! 🥳

#Youtube #nadia park #perfect match #nadiaparkappreciationday #npad #npad 2023 #thank you all so much!!! 😍😍😍

[saturdaynightghostclub]

Hi bestie! I wanted to come on here to say that I’m sorry the tiktok girlies went so feral for your writing and made it less enjoyable :(

BUT that being said your writing is so amazing and captivating so I hope you continue to write whatever you want to write on here!

(PS I would love to read your essay on white female fragility in NPAD that you mentioned if you would be comfortable posting it here, that sounds fascinating!!!!!)

Hi lovely!! That’s so kind of you to say, thank you! I would never want anyone to feel sorry for enjoying my writing but sheeeeesh it got intense 😅 luckily y’all are cool on Tumblr, it’s nice and comfy :)

I’m not planning on posting any of my academic stuff publicly because it would be easy to dox myself that way (I presented a lot of it at conferences and stuff that may or may not still live online so it would be relatively easy to find my full name, school, professors, etc if you really wanted to).

However—and this goes for everyone—if you send me a direct message I’d be more than happy to send you screenshots/PDFs of my analytical work as long as you don’t post it anywhere else! I’d actually be thrilled to have someone read it again, I’m really proud of it and I’d love to have people to discuss it with :)

As a matter of fact if y’all have english lit/media takes just hit me up, I’m DYING to have those conversations again hahaha

#anon ask #i’m so beyond flattered that anyone’s even interested in this #i presented that specific paper for the department conference at the end of my senior year and it was the scariest and most amazing thing #so yes everyone let me know if you’re interested OR if you just have english lit takes you wanna discuss #i love literature i love talking about it i love analyzing the shit out of a piece of media please hit me up

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Headcanon: The Park-Tennyson Kids!

(Steve Tennyson - Lucas Till

Nadia Park - Cassie Ventura)

My hc for all my PM universes so far have been that Steve gets saved from the Arctic HQ in each one, and therefore that they get married soon after the finale. I kinda see both of them as loving the idea of a big family, so I gave them 5 kids! (MC will have two, Sloane will have two, and Hamza is basically the big brother to the entire group of young 'uns 😁)

The eldest three of Nadeve's kids are adopted, and the youngest two Nadia had through treatment at a fertility clinic. Kim and Sloane definitely helped her through that process.

Nadia and Steve had taken almost two years before they actually started the procedures for adoption. They spent their first year settling together and being comfortable with each other, and the topic of children came up often during that first year. Both preferred a large family in a big house at Cedar Rest someday, and both were open to adoption and preferring to leave fertility treatments for a little later.

Ruth Park-Tennyson

(FC: Ayo Edebiri)

• One year before they adopted Ruth, Nadia and Steve made sure to do as much research as possible - which organisations, how to prepare their home etc. Nadia was always the kind that grew up in a huge family and loved the dynamics. And the more settled Steve became in the identity Eros had crafted for him, the more comfortable he was with himself and the more eager to grow his own family. So they really wanted to give this first adoption, and this first kid, their best.

• It was (parental) love at first sight for both of them with Ruth. She was a year old when they adopted her.

• Ruth was a voracious reader from the time she turned three. Like most little kids, she loved the "textured" books but soon moved towards picture books, comics and long-form books as she grew.

• She showed an interest in her mom's art but more as an observer than as someone who wanted to make their own. Ruth always had a knack for pulling out multiple meanings and interpretations for a single work of art, a quality that delights and baffles both her dad and her uncle/aunt Hayden (basically these kids are part of all four universes 😄)

• She's a real academic at heart and loves writing. Dark Academia and Gothic Horror are her favourite genres to write. She eventually writes a series of her own and gains worldwide fame as an author.

• As a kid she was aware that her Auntie Sloane was writing books for children, and would often nick her drafts, put on fake glasses and tell her what she liked about it.

• She's quiet in public but VERY bossy towards her siblings. The biggest advantage to that is all of them definitely aced all their languages thanks to their sister 😄

• She gets a PhD in English Literature in her mid-30s. Dr. Ruth Park-Tennyson!

David Park-Tennyson

(FC: Nick Galitzine)

• David was three when Steve and Nadia adopted him, and was roughly the same age as Ruth...maybe 6 months younger.

• People would often say that there was a tiny bit of resemblance between David and Steve, which puzzled the hell out of Steve.

• Steve would later find out that one of David's birth parents was distantly related to his former Handler, Robert Tennyson. Robert Tennyson had based Steve on several members of his own family, which accounted for some of the resemblances.

• Would Ruth read aloud her favourite books to David once he became part of the family? Yes she did. Yes she did.

• When he grows up, all my Haydens (in different universes) realize he has a knack for theatre and can sing. They encourage him to join theatre and try Broadway.

• Like all my Haydens he also enjoys the opera 😁

• He does also eventually launch an independent music career at some point, mostly in contemporary pop.

• Nadia designed the cover for his first album, and his second - which focused on themes of home and identity - featured pictures of Steve, Nadia and their whole family.

Joshua Park-Tennyson

(FC: Rohit Saraf)

• Josh is two years younger than Ruth and David, and was adopted when they both were four.

• Gamer and loves digital art. The gaming company Khaan worked in before taking over Eros, Blue Fire, still operates and has released amazing games in the years since. It's always been Josh's dream to work there.

• Loves art in general...but digital art is where he is most gifted

• His mom Nadia is his biggest cheerleader. His dad too, though it can be a struggle for Steve to comment more beyond "indescribable". (Usually Hayden and Steve bypass that simply by concentrating on story elements or details they notice in the background, so it isn't too hard now).

• Nadia and Josh love different mediums, but every once in a while they like to sit and sketch stuff together. Preferably out in the open!

• Always the first to jump up and go whenever Nadia feels like visiting an art museum or exhibition. For one of his birthdays, they all go to the Louvre.

• He eventually does work at Blue Fire for a few years, then builds his own games and has his own company.

Tabitha Park-Tennyson

(FC: Michelle Lee)

• Tabby is the animal lover of the family and eventually becomes a vet.

• At some point, after thinking over it and seriously consulting Kim and Sloane, Nadia decides to try fertility treatments. By the time she has Tabby, Ruth and David are 7, and Josh is 5.

• The older siblings spoil Tabby silly, and Tabby also joins them in spoiling the youngest, Matt, silly.

• Tabby always brought all kinds of injured tiny animals home, and tried to nurse them back to health or take them to the vet when her parents advised her to.

• She absolutely LOVES Dipper and Sloane's cat Felicette.

• Favourite food (to Hayden's chagrin) is pineapple on pizza. Steve and Tabby always have a dad-daughter pizza night whenever they can 😄

Matthew Park-Tennyson

(FC: Han Hyun Min)

• Matt is the youngest, but ironically is the one who loves to pamper everyone and bake them cookies.

• He will ABSOLUTELY make all the treats, for any house party, by hand.

• He loves baking! He picked it up from Steve, of course, and is the only person who has the privilege of knowing exactly how to recreate his dad's lemon bars.

• He also picked up knitting and crocheting at some point as a stress buster. He often makes cute little things with those skills for not just the family but their larger family (the cousins, the group etc) too.

Family HCs:

• The Park-Tennysons eventually relocate to Cedar Rest sometime between the years of Josh's entry into the household and Tabitha's birth.

• All the kids have a sweet tooth so don't be surprised when food wars erupt just coz they ran out of chocolate lol

Tagging @nadiaparkappreciationweek and @sazanes for NPAD 2023!

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