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hiswitchcraft · 1 year

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Hey!! I really like your blog! I'm also trans masc and a witch. I seem to have a hard time meeting and becoming friends with other witches, do you have any advice about that? Thanks :)

Aw thanks! Welcome. Other trans masc witches get a lil favoritism around here, as a treat. I've actually never been asked this before, and I love this question! I absolutely do have advice about that.

How to Meet & Befriend Other Witches

So you're probably socially anxious like me and not gonna like this one, but the answer is interacting with people. You might have to get outside your comfort zone.

If you're on here? Ask creators questions. Reblog posts. Join discussions. Make your own posts even! You could make a post saying you're looking for other witches like you to follow be mutuals with. You could even make content in general. I'll reblog it. Some of the people closest to me, even people who have my personal instagram or people I've met in person were people who just messaged me some questions on here one day. So I'm big on encouraging people to ask questions or just start making content. I'm big on people asking me questions in general, because I have a special interest, but you get the idea.

Anyways do this on any other social media you use too. Find creators who talk about witchcraft on all platforms. Just follow witches and interact with them anywhere you can!

If you wanna meet witches in person, I have advice for that too. I live in what people consider a very conservative and Christian place but there are still pockets of us. Actually the biggest witchcraft event I've ever been to is coming up in March and I'm so excited! There are also local/localish witchy markets that happen all the time. You'd be surprised. So start searching! Join facebook groups, local ones if you can. Look for events on facebook or instagram or whatever. Google *insert your town or nearby city* with words like metaphysical, witch, witchcraft, etc. Find metaphysical shops, witchy shops, markets, all that. Anything you've got nearby. Go consistently. Befriend the vendors or employees. At the same booth as someone? Oh hey, I was looking at that too. See a nice outfit or pretty accessory on someone else? Especially if it's witchy, compliment them. Ask if they're a witch, ask about their practice. Find a way to strike up a conversation and get out there and talk to people.

Basically this whole thing can be summarized by saying get out there and talk to people! In any way or anywhere that you can.

I really hope this helps! Especially as someone who's never answered this before, and who has really enjoyed making content and meeting other witches in all sorts of places 💕

#this post has autism written all over it and idc #fun fact I've actually started teaching more people irl now #I'm gonna start tabling at a local market next month and you best BELIEVE I will be hunting for new witches #hunting sounds so violent but I am merely too enthusiastic #pls forgive me #anyways it's real tags time #witch #witchblr #witchcraft #witch community #meeting other witch friends #looking for witches

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DS9 S1 E20 - In The Hands Of The Prophets

Soooooooooooo.... I finished S1. And I officially hate Space Karen.

I want to get this out of the way so I hopefully never have to say it again because praising this character hurts me deep in my religiously traumatized soul (lol), but she is *really* good. I mean, of course she was going to be well played given the actress who plays her (RIP Louise Fletcher), but she's so fucking good at how evil she actually is. We're meant to hate her, I get that. But the writing and acting is phenomenal when it comes to this level of religious bigotry and scheming.

I have seen actual people IRL that were just a couple steps down the ladder from being pure fanatics to this dangerous level and the shit they've said in some cases were almost word for word how she spun in.

We started out the episode though with a fun note on Keiko joking with Miles and clearly hinting at something that is probably just supposed to be her playing at being jealous but definitely reads as swinger language to me. Which, from what I've gathered DS9 is one big polyam fam so I may be picking up on those vibes.

Which, I'm kinda sad Neela was the traitor here. I called it when the tool was discovered missing though "it" hadn't been revealed to be secret traitor levels yet and I just assumed she used the tool for some reason. I still knew it was her and when the episode went on and murder turned into potential terrorism I was just... bummed. She seemed to truly be getting alone with Miles and the scene in the shuttle def added to my polyam/swinger thoughts, but she really seemed to actually care for him. This didn't take away from my... enjoyment, can one really call it that when one is also seething? Anyway, it didn't take anything away from the episode from me, if fact it kinda made it feel a bit more realistic cause I have absolutely lost people I cared about because of religion. It just sucked.

Then Winn shows up at the school to talk religious nonsense and the "real" trouble starts. Oh I hate that woman.

And then Kira backing Winn? I know she's also got her own spiritual beliefs and journey but that felt... a bit much? Not aligned with who she had been up to this point? Not the teaching the kids part but the "lets separate everyone" idea. It definitely threw me out of the scene for a bit. I accept it, though, based on the very end of the episode where she explained that she hoped her beliefs were as strong as Winn's, but this was the one bit of writing that I disagreed with. If something has to wait to the end to be explained like this, it could use some fixing.

Quark and Odo meeting in secret to talk about a case seems to me like the writers were trying make up an excuse to get them alone together....

Watching Winn turn all the parents and kids against Keiko was frustrating. The Bajorian food seller not selling to them because of this wasn't so much upsetting as it just made me roll my eyes, but I adore Miles for wanting to jump the counter for his wifes honor lol

When the school blew and Miles ran towards it? And then Odo had to hold him back so he didn't jump into the fire? My heart. It was such a good scene.

I think my favorite part of this episode was Siskos speech. The "You've just made your first mistake" speech. I'm being a bit egotistical for this bit, though. I love it cause these are the same exact speeches I like to make in my ttrpgs. The "You think you've won but really you've severally underestimated us and we're going to ruin you now" speeches are my fucking favorite and I live for them. Sisko wins the gold star for this one.

8.75/10 cause I couldn't decide if I wanted to rate this one a 9 or an 8.5 so split the difference lmao

#star trek #star trek ds9 #ds9 #watchalong #star trek deep space nine #space karen #ds9 winn #I hate her so much #fuck winn #in the hands of the prophets

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withloveajaxx · 1 year

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for the ask game!! cinnamon, mauve, blush, fuchsia, lavender, umber, razzmatazz, safron YES <3

IVE MISSED U TOO ☹️💗 & TELL YOU EVERYTHING?? OMG OKOK (it’s mainly me being sad tho bc life is unfair)

I’ve been doing alright, the two times I moved blogs tho,, it had to do w personal problems & some people had the audacity to send in asks that they rlly shouldn’t have bc it made me so damn uncomfortable and it was not helping w my current state so I left :,) THE SECOND TIME I LEFT WAS ALSO BC OF MY PROBLEMS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE and everything was going downhill and I needed a break + people were still making me uncomfortable w their asks (turned them off before I left again) I had accidentally deleted my only moots blog which I had to replace but using the same url (@yonayie pls my layla theme was so cool I miss it) I then deleted my other blog and moved here!! away from the trolls!! and weirdos who can’t comprehend the fact that I’m a minor!!

I spent my Christmas and new years on the verge of tears, it was not fun 😭 my house started flooding on Christmas and it scared the shit out of me!!! & on new years?? i cried bc 2022 was an ass and sm happened it was terrible & we didn’t set off fireworks like we used to so that sucked :,)

school has been a PAIN. I’m a complete loner so that makes everything harder 😭 & my math teacher? literally how did he get hired he cannot teach to save his life he’s so unfair too it’s CRAZY HNGJSJWIJE the only way I get a passing grade is if I self-study and do rlly well on the end of course test in april (which is getting dangerously close im not ready) I dislike my drama teacher 👨‍🏫 I’m okay with my environmental sci teacher + history teacher theyre chill 🤞the workload is manageable so I think I’ll be able to get all of my credits most def!!

oh oh my birthday is on the 27th!! yes this friday pls im not sure if I’ll be able to do anything for it but if not it’s okay <3 (it’d be the 3rd year not celebrating it which is why I’m so chill abt it that’s so sad 😭)

wow omg that’s sm word vomit pls!! why has my life been so depressing I cannot!! i just hope this year doesn’t treat me as badly!! PRAYS 🙏

okay now ur turn TELL ME EVERYTHINGGG <33 (everything that u can ofc 💓)

STOP WAIT,,, I INSPIRE YOU??? HELP WHY DOES THAT MAKE MY DAY WTF YONA PLEASE ILYSM 💗💗

also omg that's a lot that happened in your absence,,, FIRST OF ALL, i will willingly beat up life and people for you i swear,,, those weirdos better watch out for these hands >:((. secondly, i'm sorry that school, christmas, and new year were a pain in the butt :((. i hope everything gets better for you!! and ofc if you need anyone to talk to, i'll do my best to reply mwah 🫶

AND OMG okay what's been happening in my life,,, i'll put this under a cut so ppl don't need to scroll for too long HAHDJXJSJD

OKAY SO FIRST OF ALL... COLLEGE APPLICATIONS. good god those humbled me HAHDJKDKSD LYK I AM ACTUALLY STUPID 💀 the one i recently took was so fucking hard it was not even funny,,, like they put shit i've never learned, heard of, or saw and it was HORRIBLE. i was literally guessing everything math related please pray for my future </33 HAHDJDJKD.

ALSO!! I GOT INTO KPOP MORE AGAIN HEHEHEHE. i recently went to a concert of one of my favorite groups and holy shit. i cried. like so many times. HAHDJCKDF IT WAS CRAZY GETTING TO SEE THEM IRL AND I JUST AAAAAAAAJSKCIISJD 😭😭 i'm also seeing another group next week,,, MY ULTIMATE FAVORITE ONE. and i shit you not i am not mentally or emotionally prepared to see those men up close and on stage HSJFKDKDD

also yea school was a bitch 💀 tons of freeloaders and horrible teachers but yk what,,, i got my report today and i passed so it's okay HAHSJFKKDD. also i'm graduating soon and that's kinda scary n idk how to cope but yes 😭 i'm just hoping for the best and giving it my all HSHDJKKFF

BUT THAT'S BEEN ABOUT IT FOR ME,,, HOPING 2023 IS GOOD TO US <33

also nah i'm making sure your birthday will be somewhat special <33 gonna hold a tumblr party n give u a lil something I SWEAR 💗

#whispers from the wind #summoned yona #THAT WAS LONG HAJFKCKDKF #BUT YES #ILY BAE MWAH

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meichenxi · 2 years

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Hello dear, I hope you soon feel better 💕

38, 69, 77 please

Thank you Karo <3 you are always so kind.

38. Is your life what you expected it would be five years ago?

Wow!! Five years ago I hadn't started university, so the whole thing of having a long-term girlfriend definitely wasn't on the cards (I didn't even know I liked girls!). I've also done more and gone more places than I dared to hope - but like most of our favourite characters I was both wildly insecure and wildly overconfident at the same time, so I did always imagine great things ahead :P

BUT I was also incredibly unhappy at 18. I don't know - I kind of thought I'd simultaneously be a published author by 20 and also probably not be here at all. One or the other! So whilst the whole pandemic thing / staying in your room for two years definitely wasn't foreseeable, I think I would be surprised with how mentally well I am most of the time (or at least much, much better than I was then). I was still suffering from incredibly disordered eating / body image problems and crippling anxiety and depression. So the fact that I'm still here, still going, in love with a different language, still fighting, back on Tumblr and also still writing - 18 year old Melissa would be surprised and very proud! At 18 (get out the tiny violins) I had also never had a friend, and couldn't imagine finding people like me. God that sounds so sad!!! But now I have lots, in real life and online! And that's wonderful! And you're all wonderful! And I'm grateful every day!!!

The whole 'trying to go to Korea' thing would also not be surprising XD at this point five years ago I had just arrived in China for the first time and was always planning on teaching EFL abroad. So I think baby Melissa would be very interested to know the direction her life ended up taking, and how much this language would mean to her five years on.

Here's my time to say this to anyone who's reading: things get better. They can. Recovery isn't linear (I am Very Sad as I write this lmao; it's been a day) but it is possible. Your teenage years are not the high point of your life. Actually, for most people, they are one of the shittiest parts!!

69. Can you be in love with someone and still fall in love with someone else?

I think so!! There are people that I have liked or have wanted to kiss without minimising what I feel for my current partner. (I haven't - that's not the sort of relationship I'm in, and I would never betray her trust.) These are people that I have wanted to kiss out of curiosity and because I think it would be fun - for me that feels extremely different to anything romantic/sexual in a longstanding committed relationship, and wouldn't affect what I felt towards my partner. I think the two can definitely coexist. I would be very happy experimenting with a polyamorous relationship in theory, but in practice, I know my partner values monogamy very highly, and I value HER very highly!! So I am happy as I am :)

77. Is there comedy in all tragedy and tragedy in all comedy?

As someone with at times a somewhat sadistic/masochistic sense of humour at times, I'm inclined to say yes. Maybe it's the #trauma, but I find a lot of things funny - particularly if they are terrible things that are happening to me! HOWEVER. None of my irl friends would probably guess that that goes anywhere beyond standard schadenfreude, because I am aware of where it comes from as a coping mechanism, I'm aware that it's unhealthy, and because I keep a very tight hold on things like that. It doesn't matter how I feel about it. It's incredibly inappropriate for the people going through those things to make jokes or comments about it and treat their suffering lightly. So I don't.

Related, but since I'm talking why not keep talking: some of you who follow me on my personal/fandom blog may already know this, but I strongly believe in the relative importance of morality that we centre around actions rather than feelings. I'm neurodivergent. Yes, ADHD, but also in other ways that I'm not going to discuss because they'd probably get me bullied off the blog lmao - tumblr isn't quite as accepting as it likes to believe. Anyway. If I always measured how I thought and how I felt against other people, I'd always come away lacking. Or one would be measured in centilitres and the other in ells of rope, and the comparison wouldn't make sense at all. So it's enough to say that - for me - the choices that people make are always going to be more telling of their moral character than any thoughts or feelings which are ultimately things they can't control. So yes, I find comedy in tragedy. And no, I don't laugh.

(A more low-brow answer: have you seen Total Wipe-out? Now there's a television program that is 100% comedy. No tragedy except maybe Richard Hammond's hair.)

Thanks Karo!! Much to think about here :D

#cw ed mention #cw implied sh #cw mental health #meichenxi manages #askies #god what an obnoxious tag asfhkjashfksafhak

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hellomynameisbisexual · 4 years

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So You're Feeling a Little Bicurious. We're Here to Help!

8 expert tips for exploring your sexuality.

BY ZACHARY ZANE OCT 18, 2019

After years of wondering if I could ever be intimate with another man, I decided to hook up with a dude my freshman year of college. I figured this "bicurious" thing clearly isn't a phase, since I'd been thinking about it for a few years. The only way I could know for sure if I was actually gay or bi was if tested the waters.

So I did. Alas, I got so drunk in order to have the courage to hook up with another man that I ended up puking midway through our encounter. After the experience, I could not tell you if I was gay or bi. Overall, the experience was "meh," like any really sloppy, drunken hookup regardless of gender.

The thing is, I went about hooking up with a guy all wrong. I had expectations about what I should feel, still struggled with internalized homophobia, and didn't realize that sexuality is a spectrum. I think that's why I felt even more confused after hooking up with a guy.

Still, I'm glad I did explore, and it did eventually lead me to embracing my sexuality, though it took another five years. Nevertheless, there were definitely things I could have done to better prepare myself for exploring sexually with other men. Things I learned years after the fact. Now, with the help of two sexuality experts, I'm going to impart what I wish I knew and had done before (and after) hooking up with my first guy.

1. Start with porn.

You don’t need to jump headfirst into penetrative sex with a man. Porn is a great way to explore your desires in a manner that’s accessible and private.

“As a starting point for acting out sexual fantasies, many people turn to pornography because it offers a ‘safe’ way to explore, especially if you’re a little afraid of acting it out or don’t know how to go about it,” says Dr. Justin Lehmiller, research fellow at the Kinsey Institute and author Tell Me What You Want.

For bicurious men specifically, Lehmiller notes there are plenty of pornos out there which feature bicurious themes. “So that’s probably the easiest starting point for getting a sense of what you do and don’t like,” he says.

2. Move to apps and chat rooms.

"Apps and chat rooms using sexting and video chats are great ways to explore how you feel about engaging sexually with men before jumping into the deep end and scheduling your first hook-up," says Jor-El Caraballo, a licensed mental health professional who works largely with LGBTQ+ clients. It allows you the opportunity to engage with other men sexually without doing anything IRL. (Grindr and Scruff are two good apps to use.)

3. Have a bisexual MMF threesome.

If after watching some bi/gay porn and talking to some dudes on apps/chat rooms, you’re thinking to yourself, alright, I think I could potentially be into this, it might be time to consider having a threesome with a woman and another man. In Lehmiller’s research on sexual fantasies, he’s found that a lot of bicurious guys report fantasies about mixed-gender threesomes. “I think the appeal of this scenario is that it seems less intimidating than hooking up with just another guy,” he says. “A lot of bicurious guys worry about what it means for their sexuality if they experiment with another guy, so being able to explore that with a woman present might make it less intimidating.”

4. Work on reducing internalized shame.

Exploring bi-curiosity isn't just getting out there and doing it with another guy. “It's important for men to understand that we live in sex-phobic and homophobic culture that helps shape what we see as possible for ourselves and our desires,” says Jor-El. This means that we first have to explore how much of our reluctance might be attributed to cultural attitudes and how much of it is solely our responsibility. “Naming that societal homo- and bi-phobia first is an important step,” he says.

5. Educate yourself.

One of the biggest ways to reduce internalized shame and to better understand how your sexuality might not be binary or stagnant (meaning, specifically, that you're not always exclusively gay or straight) is to educate yourself about sexuality. Alas, sex education leaves quite a few things to be desired here in the United States (and abroad, too). Instead of discussing how we come to form our sexual identity, some sex-ed classes never get beyond condoms on cucumbers—or teach abstinence-only curriculum.

"Because we live in a culture that has [negative] perspectives on bisexuality and same-sex attraction, it's important to gain exposure to alternative perspectives," Jor-El says. There are two books in particular Jor-El tends to recommend to his clients. The first is Brene Brown's Daring Greatly, which tackles shame resilience. The second is sexologist Dr. Chris Donaghue's book Sex Outside the Lines: Authentic Sexuality in a Sexually Dysfunctional Culture.

6. Recognize you might not have a big “aha” moment.

When I got to college, I decided I was going to finally explore my same-sex attractions that had been gnawing at me for the past few years. Without going into too many details (you can read about my full experience here), I left that first encounter feeling even more unsure of my sexual identity. I thought I was going to have this big “aha” moment. I’d kiss his lips and immediately realize, “Woah… I’m gay. I’ve never felt like this when I've been with women.” Or it would become crystal clear I definitely wasn’t into men. Neither happened. In fact, I came to the conclusion after the experience that I was straight, and it took me another five years of hooking up with men to embrace the fact that I am bisexual.

7. Talk to a therapist.

As always, it can be helpful to explore this in the safe space of therapy. "With a LGBTQ+ affirming therapist, you can talk through aspects of your sexuality that seem daunting or frightening to deal with on your own," Joe-El says. "This space will give you the security of a confidential and non-judgmental space where you can make your own decisions about what works best for you without outside pressure."

Personally, seeing a therapist was the most helpful thing when it came to exploring and eventually embracing my same-sex attractions. By the end of my third session, I began calling myself bisexual.

8. You can try it, not like it, and you're still straight.

There's this notion that if you so much as kiss a man once, you must be gay or bisexual. This makes it particularly scary and seemingly "binding" when you explore. You fear that if you experiment, and don't like it, people will wrongfully assume you're closeted. You fear that rumors surrounding your sexuality will haunt you for the rest of your life, but here's the truth about experimenting: If you come to the conclusion after hooking up with a guy that you're straight, then you are just as straight as a dude who's never experimented. One sexual act does not define your entire identity. Period.

Now if you're someone like me, who comes to realize, oh yeah, I really can get down hooking up with other men, then welcome to the club, my dude. Your world is about to get a hell of a lot more fun.

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memorydragon · 4 years

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Tagged by @subtextsays I'd planned to do this a few days ago, but the Chinese Government said No. Also, tumblr is now giving me a major issues actually typing right now, so we'll see if I make it. Seriously though, the fuck tumblr. Your post function is nigh unusable right now.

🍓 what do you prefer to be called name wise?

Mem or Memory. I answer to both irl, mostly because people who know my real name tend to just be like, no, you're Mem. I go with the flow since there's really only one name I refuse to answer to anyway.

🍓 when is your birthday?

Same day as Dr. Suess.

🍓 where do you live?

South China. Yeah, it's been a fun year, let me tell ya.

🍓 Three things you are doing right now?

Fighting desktop tumblr because fuck it. I never thought I'd say that the mobile version actually has more functionality, but 2020.

Drinking tea. Because I need tea right now.

Trying to navigate an online teaching system that is entirely in Chinese. It's going about as well as you'd think.

🍓 four fandoms that have piqued your interest right now?

I'm currently in a Tales rabbit hole right now. My Vesperia playthrough has awakened things that I thought had long past and Crestoria is tempting me with a scene of Vicious and Aegis that my brain wants me to write. Because, ya know, there's only like, ten fics in the whole tag for Crestoria right now, so between a ten year old game and a gatcha mobile phone game, I'm totally getting a huge audience for these fics. -_-;;; Though the Tales game I'm currently playing is actually... not going to end up as a favorite, to be honest. Graces isn't vibing with me at all.

DC is still on my mind as well. Vesperia just kind of highjacked a few things.

Whizzy, you need to join me at Relena's birthday party. You really should. XD And it seems I'm not the only one who's trying to drag you down to it again.

Not sure if I really have a fourth one at the moment? Mostly because Tales is actually more than one fandom, I'm just grouping them all together. I'm also currently on the fence of what to do after I finish Graces, because on one hand, I will have a shiny new gaming laptop tomorrow which I can replay the psx version of Phantasia on (or even find Destiny or Eternia on for replaying? It's been so long and I've needed to replay those games for a while now). On the other hand, I also have Xillia, plus the other PS3 Tales games I can buy (Xillia 2, Hearts, and apparently both Symphonia games I need to replay) and I've kind of wanted a replay of Zesty and Berseria. And given how long all of these fuckers are, this ends up being a massive conundrum.

🍓 how is the pandemic treating you?

So, you know how a lot of people have had major stress because their job stopped paying them properly and/or were layed off, had money issues, and anxiety/depression combo? Yeah, I've had all of that several months in advance from everyone else, then had to watch as other people also went through all of that, knowing they were just starting what I was going through. It's not been fun. At least China has actual control over Covid at the moment though, so I managed a quick trip to Shanghai which was fun. If it weren't for the pollution, I'd love to live in Shanghai, not gonna lie. The city made a pretty big impression on me and seems to be more of a San Francisco/Austin sort of vibe.

🍓 song you can’t stop listening right now?

Honestly, screaming/crying through the lyrics of Rent was how I survived quarentine. The lack of getting paid and living through disease combo plus a side of Queer really worked for me. Right now though, I've kind of been on a Carole King kick? Tapestry has been in my head a lot.

🍓 recommend a movie.

Willow. Because Willow is just, so good.

🍓 how old are you?

Too old to deal with the fact that my new job wants to force me to live on the 7th floor with no elevator. Yeah, trying to work around that right now.

🍓 school, university, occupation, other?

University professor now. That's right, I'm now working at a University. May be temporary though, depending on the aforementioned 7th floor business. Mostly because I like breathing, which I can't do very well in this climate's humidity while exercising. It'd be different if like, the stair well was air conditioned (I'm out of shape and would hate it, but I could breath), but if the building don't have an elevator, I know the answer to that...

🍓 do you prefer hot or cold?

Cold. Yes, I live too close to the equator for my own good. Sadly, until the pollution problem goes away, it's as far north as I can live in China.

🍓 name one fact others may not know about you.

I... always never have any idea what to say to this sort of question. I don't really hide things. Like, I'm sure things just, haven't been mentioned, but like, I never know what those are? Like, the top things I can think of that I just don't talk about often are that I travelled around the world preforming with Up With People and that I love murder mysteries (not true crime. Give me a proper Agatha Christie).

🍓 are you shy?

No, not really. I'm quiet a lot of times, which is very different from shy, even though a lot of people don't understand that. I've never had a problem chatting with new people or what not, but in a large group if I don't have anything I actually want to add to a conversation, I won't talk very much. Which doesn't mean I'm not listening, or that if I have something to say, I won't try to speak up, but just... don't really need to most of the time.

🍓 what are your pronouns?

she/her

🍓 any pet peeves?

Another question I never really know how to answer. Like, I'm sure I have them. I'm just generally pretty easy going. At the moment, I suppose female characters who's defining characteristic is that they're in love with a dense protag. Anaden and Graces have been giving me an overdose on those lately.

🍓 what’s your favorite “dere” type?

...I think the only one I actually know is tsundere and I wasn't aware there were more than that.

🍓 rate your life 1-10. 1 being really crappy and 10 being the best you could ever be.

5ish. Was doing better, but then now on top of everything else, I also need to buy a new phone... that's not from China. Which is a lot more difficult when I can't hop the boarder. I actually have to return the phone I just bought because despite what they promised me, googleplay doesn't work at all. So now I have to figure out how to buy a Hong Kong phone without actually being able to go to Hong Kong.

🍓 what’s your main blog?

Random.

🍓 list your side blogs and what they are used for.

I only have Vengeancedragon, which is used incredibly rarely and is mostly for contemplating Vengeance.

🍓 is there anything you think people need to know about you before becoming friends with you?

A friend once told me that the fact my mother put Spock ears on me and took me to a scifi convention when I was 6 months old explained everything about me. I'm not sure if it explains Everything, but it does explain a lot. XD

#memes and things #thanks for tagging me #but seriously the fuck tumblr #I ended up resorting to posting on mobile #because it refused to function

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heisalonetonight · 4 years

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hi!! I just wanted to ask how are you so in touch with Adrien's character?? I've been scrolling your blog for a hot minute so i was just curious, I really love how you play adrien OwO

Oh thank you! In that case you might enjoy some of the fics I am writing with Adrien at the moment (link!). Tbh I guess my ‘being in touch’ with Adrien’s character is a mix of things - first up I’m an author with almost a decade of experience in being one (I started publishing when I was 14, I am now 22!) so that definitely helps with part of it, as well as having a disposition to character archetypes - Adrien is very much an archetype, just one that I adore (and have had almost as many years’ experience writing, they’re my fave archetypes!). But in terms of similarities between us - I was homeschooled when I was 12/13 and very very lonely as a result of it, and I turned a lot more sour than Adrien did. My mum was a lot of fun. When I was in public school, I lost friends bc they thought I was part of a cult! I made plans to leave home very early on. I think most of what we have in common is actually communication skills; Adrien is highly communicative and unusually so, for a 14-year-old boy, he’s very happy and willing to lay himself bare and vulnerable for people in the hopes of working whatever-is-bothering-him out. He actively chooses not to be miserable and not to be angry, and to talk to people about problems before they become problems, and that is a choice I started making when I was fighting my way out of nine years of depression/anxiety (which I now speak about in the past tense), so I guess there’s a lot I can identify with in that. Choosing to feel one way, rather than another; I think Adrien must have been taught from a very young age, by somebody very close to him, that he could control his own reactions better than he could control other people, and that has served him well, even if it is not the lesson they were probably intending to teach him at the time. Adrien could so easily choose to be angry about so much, but he does not, and that he holds onto the fact he has a choice - that it is at the front and centre of his mind almost always - is such a refreshing thing from a kids’ TV series! So what you’re seeing in my portrayal is probably that he does make those choices, again & again & again, and he says what he means. It’s a really noticeable thing when a person irl or a character in a story just say what they mean, and I try really hard to stay true to that with how I write Adrien! Even at the expense of sometimes making him blind to the fact that other people don’t just say what they mean, Adrien really tries very hard to communicate openly and clearly. The honesty and the vulnerability of him is what made Marinette crush on him in the first place! It is such a shame Chat didn’t quite beat Adrien to it, man. But they - each of them - really do mean it when they say they’re partners, through and through.

#ingrid talks #miraculous ladybug #mlb rp #miraculous ladybug rp #thank you for asking and also for sending this in i really appreciate it!#i don't get a lot of feedback on how I write adrien here #so it was really really nice to just find this in my inbox by surprise!#Anonymous

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