#i meet a lot of ppl every day

[kashmirichaiwithmehr]

if you drink flat whites ily

#i am a barista i have opinions on this ok #mehrtalks #i meet a lot of ppl every day #and flat white drinkers are very pleasant ppl #this is an elite order #underrated #ive noticed that the most common order i get of this (either if im cashing someone out of getting a mobile order) -> #is almond milk flat whites #even better bc i love almond milk #flat white #flat whites #coffee #coffee order #cafe #barista

[tangledinink]

Wait wait wait

You do witchcraft???

That's so cool! I had no idea there were other witches in the TMNT fandom!!!

What kind of witchcraft do you practice?? Personally, I deal mostly with divination, but I'd love to hear more about other people's crafts!

I do! ^^ Though admittedly my practice has been a little bit dormant as of late because I sort of fell out of habit after An Event which was a Bit Disruptive to My Life lol. But I guess I kind of dabble in a bit of everything? I dunno if I could pin myself down to just one kind of practice yet, I still sort of consider myself a Baby Witch. But I really like making little spelljars and casting candle spells and things of the like, and I've been trying to learn tarot for a while now! I also really like making and drawing sigils... For a while part of the joy for me has been just Learning New Things.

^ ft. gecko enclosure and tail lol. BoS and altar not pictured.

#ive got kind of a budget witchcraft thing going on lmao #coz thats kind of my fav part of it? that you can kind of just do it however a little bit so long as you have like #intention and are mindful #all my spelljars are the bottles that vaccines would come in at my old workplace (i used to work at a vet office!) #and since we would mostly just throw them out i could just take them and repurpose them so now ive got a ton #ive got a small collection of crystals coz i like those #my practice is a lot of meditation and grounding and mindfulness and shit like that #blah blah blah tricking myself into taking care of me etc etc #for a while i would. like. every day meditate ground and choose an intention for the day #and pick out some pocket crystals to bring with me that matched that intention #but then my schedule got fucked in eight different ways = 3 = so im working on getting back to it #eventually lol #honestly i love talking abt this stuff and would love to get back into it/meet other ppl who do witchcraft its been a hot second since #like #ive truly indulged... #asks #anon #witchcraft #witchblr #i gotta follow some witchy blogs smh lemme know if yall have any suggestions

[hwaitham]

luckie clover for each of my dear pals . .

#𓈒 ۫ 𝓹𝓾𝓹𝓹𝓲𝓮 𐂯 𝓹𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮𝓼 ₊⠀ೀ #permission 2 be sappy for a rllie quick moment ?? #it is just ! such a gift to know u all ! ! muties n regular non - nons n quiet frens on here alike . . #i miss each of you every single day n im so grateful that we get to spend time together on this spiritual plane < 3 #u all each shine a light in my life in ur own individual precious ways n i am so ! ! starstruck ! #so in awe ! that the universe gave us the privilege of getting to experience each other ! ! 🥺 #u mean the absolute world to me n i kno i say it a lot but i rllie do love u ! ! ! #ur love n friendship n kindness is what keeps me smiling n i hope mine cn do the same for u in return :< #keep radiating U ! ! ! i cant wait for us to meet again in future lifetimes ♡ #Sorrie for this silly post buuuut . . it is js so bright outside n im sitting on the balcony n can see ppl sailing on the lake n like ! #im Alive ! Weee are alive ! ! together ! walking hand in hand under the same sky ! #no matter what the sun will alwys come again to shine down on us :-D

[willowfey]

starting to think maybe waking up with an anxiety stomachache every single morning and then needing to spend the entire day trying to get rid of said anxiety just to maybe have a few minutes in the evening of feeling relaxed before going to bed is perhaps not normal

#the first thing i do when i become conscious is check my phone to make sure nothing terrible happened to anyone i love while i slept #i never ever ever have plans and if anyone Else has plans i feel sick with anxiety until they’re back from them #if i have smth planned that week i feel completely tense and on edge until it happens #i didn’t used to be like this i hate hate hate it #i used to feel safe in my little house in the forest where i knew everyone in town and knew my way around with my eyes shut #it’s still the only place in the world i feel safe. that’s so unfair #my separation anxiety is ridiculous. if my mom goes to the store and doesn’t answer a text right away i start panicking #if my sister goes to a class or smth idk what to do with myself until she gets back #if i’m in the shower or have the fan on or headphones in suddenly i’ll think i hear someone shouting and i’ll have to quickly turn it off #ever since i moved here it’s been getting worse. i don’t feel safe here to begin with i feel so out of place it’s unreal #but then covid and trauma with my mother’s health and my uncle dying and multiple relatives getting sick and things happening to my friends #i know i have ptsd from very specific things that happened and i live on a hospital path so every day i hear sirens #and every time i do it fully triggers an anxiety attack in me for at least an hour. and my mom too #since being here my hometown burned and friends i thought would never grow apart did and my brother moved out #i know a lot of that is just Being In Your Low Twenties but also some of my worst trauma has happened in the last handful of years and now #now i’m just always scared. always uneasy. always worried. never fully relaxed. never feel fully safe. & idk how to be myself through that #i’m always paranoid and i never trust people irl anymore. ppl my mom or sister meet. i am so suspicious of them constantly. #if anything small changes at all i can’t handle it. my ability to deal with change has gone so downhill #in the last 5 years of being here i realised i was autistic which led to me unmasking a bit and that. comes with pros & cons doesn’t it #my own health has declined. my body changed a lot in ways i wasn’t prepared for and i had to get rid of most of my comfort clothes #sometimes i just wanna sit on the ground and cry about it and not have to also be the one that picks myself back up. y’know??? #but at the very least i’d love to just wake up One Day w/o feeling sick with anxiety already. just one day i want to wake up feeling rested #i want to be myself again but can i start with not being scared? not being tired? i don’t know what to do anymore #i just watch my comfort videos and read my comfort fics and stay in my daydream world

[eff-plays]

I love hearing your takes on Astarion and the Tav's who are romancing him, it makes me feel less like a jerk for being annoyed by all the same things.

Glad to hear it!! I do sometimes feel like a jerk when I make those posts because at the end of the day, people who write bland OOC fanfic aren't hurting anyone.

But I also think that I'm not really hurting anyone by talking about the stuff I dislike, either. If someone is hurt by me dunking on a trope they like/have written, that's not my problem lol. Like I'm not talking directly to them or saying they can't write or enjoy it, I'm just expressing my own opinion on a general trend.

I just can't comprehend how my enjoyment of creating something would be hurt by some anonymous rando saying they don't like similar aspects of it, so whenever people do get upset it's like ... Okay? Did you need my permission to create? Do you need to believe everything you make will be for everyone forever? To me it's like ... keep scrolling, ya know? Block me if you want, it's whatevs.

It's fine to have opinions and dislike things. As long as you're not a dick directly to the people who make the things you dislike and write them hatemail or mean comments/reblogs, who give a shit, ya know?

So like ... I think even if we are jerks, it's like ... fine? It's fine to dislike things and to express your dislike of those things. Especially when it comes to general popular trends in fandom and media. Especially on your own blog and when it's not directly aimed at any particular person.

#anyway yeah #a lot of people in writing circles on tungle hate fae stuff for example but i've always loved it #so even when ppl i usually agree with go “ugh ew fae i hate it” i go 'yeah understandable' and then write more fae shit #cuz like #i like it #and that's none of my business if they don't #they're not forcing me to not write fae and i'm not forcing them to enjoy it #it's like ... fine #ya know? #who gib a shid #that's my take on it anyway #obviously i understand it can suck when people hate on something you enjoy sure #but at the end of the day i think a lot of people online would benefit from growing thicker skin and start enjoying shit #without expecting to never meet anyone who might not enjoy the same shit they enjoy #like if i started caring about every negative opinion of things i enjoy online i'd never enjoy a single thing again

[100blocks-archived]

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#would i get shot if i said i still miss dtkq #like even if some of it wasn’t real and they were playing it up or whatever the fuck those guys chemistry on stream was Magical #like i’m sorry it’s just true #and every day i want to kms over karl and q being the very first ppl george wanted to call when he landed in florida #or karl and q streaming to raid into george’s meet up vlog #throwing all that away over a fucking minecraft server …. you could tell they both mean(t) a lot to the dteam i can’t pretend it’s not so

[pepprs]

i will shut up abt this i promise but like. the concept of being in a stable safe mutually loving whatever relationship is INSANE . like how can you ever feel bad about yourself or wounded or whatever again. it’s like a superpower or somethi ng. <- doesn’t know what she’s taking abt bc she’s never experienced it or the absence of it after having it merely the negative space of it and is filling in the gaps w logic or something. but it’s INSANE to me. like of course i feel like shit about myself i am catcrumb unloved.jpg!

#purrs #imbeing insane about it i know it’s not that simple / reductive and i will still feel like shit abt myself once im in a relationshp (if i #get to be ♥️) and there are lots of other legitimate reasons to feel shit agtbyiurself. but it’s like no ficking wonder i feel inadequate i #am a 24 year old who lives at home and has never held a hand or whatever next to two 50sometjinf year old married men with pets and phds. of #course i am going to feel inadequate and stupid and lonely. like i canttttt 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 and th w worst part is you can’t just go out into #the world saying that and looking for that it has to find you so i will not join any dating apps or whatever but i don’t fucking go anywhere #so im not going to meet anyone and i knowi am so young and stupid and just having a horrible day that is reminding me of horrors. but the #way i am mentally shoving my whole fist in my mouth. OF COURSE I FEEL LIKE SHIT I DONT HAVE A LIFE PARTNER!!!!!!!!!!!! I DONT HAVE THAT #SAFETY AND STABILITY AND TRUST AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE!!!!!!!! AND I NEVER HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #delete later #like this is what makes me crazy abt parents and kids too and whyi don’t think ihave kids. bc i think (and i know this is wrong / unhealthy) #it is a primal human need to be mutually someone else’s number 1 person and when you have kids it’s like you’re gonna love your partner more #than the kids and then the kids (read: me) watch that and get fucked up over it. but also that could just be me reacting to the UNSPEAKABLE #psychological damage of being a twin. which again is ridiculous bc it’s n out like abuse i just had to share something with someone else si #since before i was born and ofc there was more like actually kind of abusive stuff on top of it LOL but that aside. idk what im saying i #just feel so crazy. the amount of composure it takes me every day to not start SCREAMING with frustration and envy when i see ppl being #RIGHTFULLY DESERVEDLY visibly confident and loved. like ok valentines grinch go sit in the drainage pond forever please. but it’s so crazy #like how are you supposed to go through the world unaware of how much love you’re missing out on because you’re young and then you realize I #it and then somehow you miss the train and you are scared you are going to d*e alone ♥️ im normal

[basslinegrave]

idk if its just nervousness/anxiety or what but im feeling super sick... what going to the movies does to an introvert mf!! and i was looking forward to it 🤒

#i also cant decide if i should go in an hour or 2 cause theres plenty of time(movie starts in 3 hrs) but the ppl wanna meet an hour b4 that #but if i went to the later train i would get there so-so #hmm #time to eat every possible tummy ache medicine in the house #i actually did and i felt better... for 30 minutes #but honestly a lot of times i go to the movies and dont have anything before that i end up feeling nauseous there cause it stressing me out #in the way that its just one thing to do on that day and i cant miss it so i just do fuck all and wait... and anxiety rises for no reason #but i honestly feel quite calm? so idk whats up. its like subconscious #and uhhhh im also kinda excited so idk really. i dont understand my brain #oh well gonna go get ready

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

#i was supposed to spend the last 2 days prepping and relaxing for the start of this big project tomorrow #but ive spent thr last 2 days frantically coding as fast as i could and focusing v hard to get a lot of bullshit done #and ive fixed things since yesterday. the changes i had to make were too too bad bc the thing that went wrong was so fucking weird #but it should be okay by tomorrow. knock on wood. but this does mean ive done fuck all to prep for tomorrow #so we r winging it bby. ugh. just gotta fucking pray that everything goes ok. pls let nothing b broken and let everything seal properly 🙏 #i was also supposed to meet with my boss today. probably for her to make sure i dont fuck up this project but apparently their safety hood #was having an emergency... whatever that means. so im sure shes having a week as well. and im free to fuck everything up for everyone #ugh. im so. theres a certain point in burning out where youre not really in pain anymore. you dont really feel anything all your joy and #hope dissolves away and u just exist to be useful. and i feel like its easier to maintain that than trying to b happy #i do not advise that bc its a fucking miserable. wasteful way to live but i dont really have time to try for anything better #god. i really hope my measurements friday dont take a full 8hrs. i dont know if i can handle that. literally i would have stay intensely #focused with my brain being Interrupted every 5min so i can manually record data points. its gonna b agony #so that fun. but maybe it wont. maybe itll be great and fun and ill have a wonderful time. seems unlikely but ya never kno #lets not think abt the fact that having to rush all this is preventing me from being able to do all thr other bullshit i need to get done #to prepare for the future. future? what future? hard to imagine from the bottom of this pit im digging myself #sigh. in a few months i can leave this place and never come back. soon but not soon enough #lol i was literally crying listening to cold play earlier bc idk thats the type of music my parents would put on at parties in summertime #so it evokes a v specific mood. which is i guess me hiding away from ppl at parties haha #back when i didnt have to worry abt things so much and i could just listen to the frogs chirping and watch the fireflies #oh god. now my boss is asking if i reached out for help tomorrow. no. lady i would rather drink bleach than have to direct an undergrad #tomorrow. its 10pm im fucking tired. just let me be sad. did i reach our for help? no my brain is on fire #tomorrow is gonna b a long day ugh #unrelated

[transdib]

me: spends the better part of 2 years slowly being online and talking to people less and less, not responding to messages, not organising any irl get togethers or cancelling last minute cuz i cant handle it

me: *feels isolated, depressed, like a failure, feels unloved, feels guilty and nostalgic for the old days, feels ive grown distant from all my loved ones, and have bad cyclic thinking about how maybe this is all for the better and i cant fucking handle seeing anyone and going out is a big fucking effort

me: 

#life of doge #this is probably a cry for help lmao idk #im still trying to figure out why this got triggered tho i have a pretty good idea why i think.... #but lemme tell you #lockdowns meaning i couldnt organise things + the incessent anxiety of leaving the houe #cuz what if theres covid what if i make my disabled housemate sick #resulting in organising meet ups feeling Abstract and Impossible #plus my neurodivergent arse dedicating every god damn fork i have into having a fulltime job #which not even neurotypical ppl should be expected to balance with personal life #those 2 things are certianly not helping #and coincidentally those 2 things happened within the last 2 years #i was online a lot more bc of lockdowns and before my job #but since starting work ive just. i just cant #those arent the only reasons of course but they certainly are not bloody helping #i miss how things used to be.... #here ive been spending years explaining to a loved one that isolation bad #and now im falling into those exact bad cycles and habits and thought patterns #of course its not true isolation like im leaving the house almost every day for work #but just. the wall ive put up and how i practically dont use my phone anymore and im impossible to contact #i hate it. i hate how thats what ive become #and i hate how its probably deteriorated at my relationships #bc it means im not being the friend i want to be #so of course ppl are going to give me the same energy back #of course me feeling unloved and uncared for and moved on from is literally all my fault #i have no one to blame but myself #whatever. im just so fucking over feeling like this. #negative -

[kxllerblond]

On Clark && Organized Crime.

I really emphasize the fact Clark dabbles heavily in the criminal world (and corporate business overworld) and that he has a reputation, but also is a relatively mysterious individual-—you may have asked yourself how the fuck he manages to be some business-equivalent of John goddamn W*ck and does so while being a supernatural creature.

We've been over the HOW in terms of how he has the influence he has, the connections, etc. Clark works OBSESSIVELY, he's toxic about it to the point where the only reason he hasn't fucked his own health is because he's got the perks of being inhuman. I really hammer in the fact that Clark NEEDS to keep busy and so he dumps just about all of his waking energy into what he does and with the combination of supernatural perks && his own unmatched drive, he accomplished an insane amount in a mere 20 years that could rival just about any multi-generational crime family at this point. I touch on it a little more in detail HERE.

WHAT'S HE DO?

What does he bring to the table? What has gotten him so well connected and powerful? As one might expect from the son of a demon-— he's a deal maker, a deal settler, and a deal enforcer. He's your middleman they can't say no to and, more importantly, he's one that don't WANT to say no to. He brings other things to the table that's earned him some respect like being insanely reliable and always delivering on his promises and, of course, the fact he's got enough money and favors pocketed it makes him valuable just to be in business with.

On the less savory side of things, there are certainly stories ring leaders tell their underlings to keep them in line and many of them may or may not involve Clark and what he has may or may not have done to groups that have gone back on their word with him or went so far as to double-cross him. Rooms of gore, entire crime families wiped over night if they were lucky, killed in every way but physically if they weren't. Gnarly stuff and gnarly punishments for what Clark considers the biggest affront to him. Needless to say, with statements like that, betrayal doesn't happen much nowadays.

Got a pretty decent example of something he might get up to if you reeeeally peeved him off HERE.

BEING IMMORTAL IN A MORTAL WORLD

Arachno, you may ask, how the fuck does he exist like this for twenty something plus years and do the things he does and not be found out? Does no one ask questions??? The short answer is: he really only half avoids it and also people would rather believe a nonsensical lie than they would to accept some batshit truth.

The long answer is he has a plethora of aliases. Frankly, you could be working with or for him and not even know it. Aside from that, he sends liaisons in his stead at times, he impersonates as his own grandson, was his own son before that. Sometimes, he just goes as Mr. Thompson in person, sometimes he only communicates via voice or text. Between all these mediums of doing business, it just further lends to his wild ass reputation. Which leads us to...

THE DEMON OF WALL STREET

An annoying moniker he's earned (much to his chagrin) and is due to the culmination of his own dark reputation, the manner in which he conducts business and settles deals, and also because of the fact there are totally grandpappy crime lords out there on their last leg who SWEAR they remember dealing with the same eerily beautiful blond man in a suit that their predecessor is working with now despite how humanly impossible that would be. Some real Age of Adaline shit. Mr. Thompson does get tossed around a lot, but this title is what you'll hear most often-—especially when you're in a pinch and looking for a last ditch solution to a problem. This is where I get a lot of the OMG!! HE'S JUST LIKE JW from because, really, that's how he gets talked about-—like this scene for example.

Really, he's just some highly professional, efficient, and will-driven businessman that can be like a force of nature if you personally agitate him. Truly an angel to some, a demon to others.

GETTING IN CONTACT WITH THE DEMON

Sort of just an altered version of how you'd get ahold of him in a supernatural sense. He's got a business card with nothing but a number that usually gets passed around by people he's already worked with, sometimes it's by word of mouth. You call or text this number, you get meeting instructions, the line becomes unreachable.

#if i was a canon this would be cool as shit but because clark's an oc i know i gotta defend this shit with my LIFE #anyway besties this is literally all he does. he is ALWAYS doing stuff either underground or over. but literally every day he is in meeting #he is making them business smoves. so like with hustling like that this is totally a realistic outcome oKAY #i also really want to emphasize that he really only has things like time and stamina etc on his side. clark does this to keep occupied and #so he doesn't just strongarm shit with his powers because that would make things easy and that defeats the whole purpose of this dfkjbgd #so he really just UHHH explodes ppl or uses his powers when like he has no other choice :') #i also take a lot of inspo from BBC sherlock's moriarty (i know im soRRY) #consulting criminal sort of. if you have a problem he fixes it. easy :))) #(;hc) #cw long post #this was WAY MORE put together in my head at 9am fkjgdgf i get out of work and im so fog brained aaaaaa #anyway i love clark pls talk to me about him being a fucking boogeyman esque character in the criminal world fkjdbgdg #;important

[itsukicoded]

i think i may never date fr

#the more i think abt ‘romance’ per say the more i think i enjoy the idea of being so friends w someone that you’ve blurred the lines #but that’s abt as much as i would want from someone #and ig im so programmed to think i should be pushing past my ‘comfort zone’ that the fact that established relationships n things make me #feel uncomfortable to think abt is something i should just ‘work through’ when like. im already weirdly….well i would be very loyal <3 #let’s say that. but then i hate the concept of dating in general like having to get gifts and anniversaries and this and that it’s kind of #exhausting yo think abt either u like sitting on the couch w me & grocery shopping together or not #ig also bc so many ppl i see dating don’t do much but talk abt how they’re dating or talk abt how attracted to each other they are #like i reject the idea of being autistic until i listen to ppl talk abt things like that i don’t understand and i don’t want #like i don’t like marriage abt i don’t want any legal joinings and i like living alone #im not really sure why ppl say dating is ‘a lot of work’ and i don’t understand how ppl can be so needy to break up when they don’t get #phone calls and texts every single day why not getting a ‘good morning beautiful’ text is hurtful bc to me that feels so shallow TT_TT #and i begin to think maybe im not a person who should be dating the rituals behind it is something i can’t understand #and i can’t imagine meeting someone who wants exactly nothing like i do #and even if it is say ‘bc of trauma’ i think it’s kind of unfair that ppl can’t meet someone ‘uninterested’ in ‘romance’ at their ‘level’ #but instead someone ‘uninterested’ in ‘romance’ has to work to fit the ‘standard’ of romantic living #personal

[bomnun]

becoming acquainted with and talking to someone who’s kind of a hobby fansite and sees shinwon almost every week widened my perspective a bit, but one of the main things it does is actually make me admire him more. his mental resilience and the way he goes to work week after week, being friendly with the fans who come to see him. he’s well aware that things are a mess and the fans are beyond exhausted too, and all of them would rather see him under very different circumstances, but he still greets everyone in a friendly way with a smile that doesn’t seem forced, and listens to and empathizes with people. his friends have comebacks, multiple of them even, and he’s always supportive of them too. i know we don’t know celebrities, but I really think he’s strong for continuing to do this, for over a year and a half, and he seems to Care and aim to be warm and supportive.

#he was really tired on Saturday when they did the open studio #so he was all dressed up but the people who didn’t get in #(the raffle to get in was a whole mess and it was mostly unis who bias other members who got in #so many of the kr Shinwon Stans I follow were a bit sad about it) #and the ppl who usually (it’s not always the same people every day but there are a few who come semi regularly) #meet him waited but he didn’t come out #and it seems he was really exhausted that day and had some other thing he did before the recording #bc today he was trying to make up for it to the people who came #and from them it doesn’t sound like it was forcible or compensation you know #I still think Bamra should set up some kind of schedule or notify people when he’ll want to come out or not #bc it is tiring to meet fans every week like that #and keep a mask up if you don’t feel great mentally (which he says he doesn’t nowadays) #idk this is super rambly probably kind of overstepping fan idol boundaries a little … I shouldn’t think this much #t says #also I can’t imagine…talking… constantly #but he also does seem happy to see fans there a lot of the time #like actually happy . not acting happy #so it would be best for everyone if they can think of a way to schedule it somehow :/ or plan so it’s not every time they record #but often enough for both him and the fans to get positive energy from it #in general he likes meeting fans and seeing fans a lot

[aroaceofthesea]

Do you guys ever. Keep meeting the same person randomly for like a week and then go months without seeing them? Even tho you havent changed what you do and they have no reason to either?

#this has been happening to me so much this year #there was a time where i met this guy from music like. every single day for 2 weeks like why💀 #we had barely ever talked we could catch up the first day but then? what were we supposed to talk about??? #(and still he insisted on not ignoring me😔😔) #or like in the mornings? i used to find someone every day for a week and proceed to never find them again? #(this has changed recently bc i go very late every day but i used to always get basically the same train and this happened idk) #or there was this time when i started being late if i was at aprox 10 past 8 going into the train station i would meet this girl #and then it stopped (sure there was a while when she had exams and a while when i did but thats over i should see her every now and then?) #idk it feels like its happening a lot and i dont understand whyyy #i keep meeting ppl bc somehow theres always someone arriving at the same time as me at uni or things like thay #but its like a few weeks of someone and then it stops whyy #theres ppl i wanna keep meeting ppl i wanna stop meeting why does it have to work like that #mine #rant #life

[ftmbruce]

i think i actually have a hard time conceiving american accents that are not southern or even as southern as my area is. i was watching this video and i was like he acts like a northener until he mentions he's from the south and im like oh and i start to notice he definitely is. in my head everyone just sounds like this

#lot of ppl moving to this town and i meet people every day who cant understand MY accent...man... #customers mocking my accent and laughing and being like oh no im not being mean its just funny! why...are you here... #go back up there where no one serves sweet tea

[lilnasxvevo]

I can’t believe a year ago I thought Chinese names were hard to remember (for Me Personally not like as a general universal rule). I feel so dumb now.

#granted I still do struggle sometimes with names from languages I’m unfamiliar with #like I do occasionally to this day confuse Combeferre and Courfeyrac’s names from Les Mis #i think in general it is a little easier to remember names if you either 1) know other ppl by that name or 2) know what the name means #like for me. and maybe this is just how my brain works but I don’t think it is. #if I meet someone named Matthew I’m very likely to remember their name because I’ve known a lot of people named Matthew #and I will immediately associate this new Matthew with all the other Matthews I’ve met #so when I try to remember their name and all the faces of every Matthew I’ve met pop into my brain I’m like AHA #and as for the knowing what a name means thing #idk I can’t explain how it works but it just does #like it’s easier for me to remember Sun Wukong’s name if I know that Wukong means ‘awakened to emptiness’ #it’s easier for me to remember Jiang Wanyin if I know Jiang means river and Wanyin means ‘to recite at night’ #and I also think it gets easier with Chinese when you get more familiar and start to realize that there aren’t that many different syllables #in pinyin #so even though two people having the same given name is really rare #you still start to recognize syllables from different peoples names and different words you know and then you have those associations #like it’s easier for me to remember the name of. idk. Jin Lan City from SVSSS if I just remember it’s like the Jin and the Lan from MDZS