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Anaïs Nin, from a letter to Joaquin Nin, featured in Reunited: The Correspondence of Anais and Joaquin Nin, 1933-1940

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A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis

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To be chosen. To be cared for. To be loved. The sweetest thing. The warmest thing.

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I love that thing when people get a little bit tongue-tied and garble what they’re trying to say so they make a little “blegh” 👅 noise and start over. verbal reset button. hitting the top of the tv to unscramble the signal

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⌨ What’s a situation you’ve always wanted to RP with the muse? 

((Answered here! To add it's still something I've been thinking actively thinking about heh))

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💡 What inspires you to write the muse? 

(( For Jonas and Mr. Fox both I've always been really fascinated with the whole culture of stage magic as well as the history of it so a lot of that is inspiration for them both! With Mr Fox in particular history is a huge part of his inspiration I've always really loved it and also having had the experience of having relatives and ancestors who served in the military, fought in major wars and sadly seen and heard many stories about how deeply it affected them it seemed natural to also make that part of his character))

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More Munday questions

1. How do you draft your threads usually?

2. Do you believe in long notes threads or each time the plot changes, you write a new starter?

3. Do you feel jealous of doubles? and if no, please share ways for others to learn.

4. What grammar rule you think you cannot overcome even though you train through writing replies?

5. Would it make you happy if someone corrected your writing mistakes, perhaps gave you feedback?

6. What is something that you didn’t think you will write but now you are writing it?

7. What is something you didn’t think you have a problem writing it and now you stopped writing it?

8. What makes you stray away from canon material and base your character, in case of canon muse, on your own headcanons?

9. Do you feel comfortable writing with canon divergent muses? 

10. Is your muse an easy muse to ship with?

11. When do you think a ship is not fruitful for your muse development or enjoyable to write?

12. Have you ever been in a tough situation because of an RP partner bailing out on you and then resurfacing back so abruptly?

13. Have a ship partner promised a ship with your muse and ignored you afterwards?

14. What is the most annoying fact or trait or fanon that is attached to your muse and bothers you?

15. Does it bother you that sometimes your writing partners focus on certain partners and does not write with you until a certain hype is over?

16. Do you agree with people refusing to write with minors?

17. When do you block someone?

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oc asks: not-so-nice edition

alone: How does your OC deal with loneliness? Have they ever been completely alone before? How do they act when there's no one around to see them?

betrayal: Has your OC ever been betrayed by someone they thought they could trust? Has your OC ever betrayed someone who trusted them?

bound: Has your OC ever been imprisoned or captured? What happened? How did they get out? Did the experience leave any scars?

break: What would cause your OC to break down completely? What do they look like when that happens? Has anyone ever seen them at their lowest?

desire: What's one thing your OC wants more than anything in the world? Are they open with that desire? Why or why not? What would they do to fulfill it?

failure: What's your OC's greatest failure? Have they been able to move past it? Does anyone else know about it?

fear: What is your OC's greatest fear? What do they do when confronted with it? Are they open with their fear, or do they hide it away?

future: What's the worst possible future for your OC? Are they taking steps to avoid that outcome? Are they even aware it's a possibility?

ghost: Who or what haunts your OC? What happened? How do they live with their ghosts?

guilt: What is your OC guilty about? How do they handle their guilt? Do they try to avoid guilt, or do they accept it?

hate: What does your OC hate? Why? How do they act towards the object of their hatred?

heartbreak: Have they ever had a relationship that ended badly? Experienced some other kind of heartbreak? What happened?

hide: What does your OC hide? Why do they hide it?

hunt: Who or what is your OC hunted by? A person, a feeling, a past mistake? Is your OC able to let their guard down, or are they constantly alert?

mask: Does your OC wear a mask, literally or figuratively? What goes on beneath it? Is there anyone in their life who gets to see who they are under the mask?

midnight: What keeps your OC up at night? Do they have nightmares? Fears? Anxieties? What do they do in the small hours of the morning when they should be sleeping?

mistake: What's the worst mistake your OC ever made? What led to them making it? Have they been able to fix it? How have they moved on?

monster: Is your OC monstrous in any way? Is there something that makes them monstrous? Are they aware of their own monstrosity? Do they accept it or reject it?

nightmare: What does your OC have nightmares about? How do they deal with their nightmares? Do they tell people, or keep it to themself?

pain: What's the worst pain your OC has ever felt? Do they have a high pain tolerance?

secret: What's one secret your OC never wants anyone to know about them?

skin: How comfortable is your OC in their skin? Do they grapple with anything that lives inside them—a beast, a curse, a failure, a monster? How do they face the smallest, weakest, most horrible version of themself? Are they able to acknowledge it at all?

torture: Has your OC ever been tortured? Would your OC ever torture someone else?

wound: How does your OC handle being wounded? Are their wounds mostly physical? Mental? Emotional? What's the worst wound your OC has ever experienced?

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⌨ What’s a situation you’ve always wanted to RP with the muse?  .

🎭 How similar are you and the muse? 

(( I've got my funky cool wishlist of scenarios here because there's a LOT of situations I'd love to do with them both...god it's hard to pick just one though. Let me get back to that question after I've thought it over a bit!

Jonas and I are both definitely Anxiety Beasts and there's a good many of his other positive and negative personality traits I share with him. Thankfully I do NOT share his habit of abusing alcohol or drugs. Of the two of the boys Jonas is probably the most similar to me. Fuck if I know what parts of my personality Fox emerged from lol))

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🔮 What do you see in your muse’s future? 

((GOOD QUESTION. There are a few things that comes to mind. Main thing is I do eventually want to see Jonas and Fox separated with Fox having his own body again and I have some rp ideas in that regard that I've been kicking around but that's still a ways away. I've also got some ideas along those lines for Fox and Jonas to each gain a special ability or two in the process of that. Fox currently has a couple of them that I've not really gotten a chance to show off properly yet. And I do want to see both boys in a happier place than they are now especially Fox because he's got a LOT of stuff going on with him. And I might also introduce Jonas's dad and sister as muses on here too and play around with him getting in a better relationship with them both. There's a lot buzzing around in my head that I hope I will get to share on here sometime or another!))

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Mun talks about the Muse

Send one of the following to ask the mun… (please specify muse for multis)

✍ Favorite thing about writing the muse? 👀Favorite thing about the muse’s appearance? 🌌Favorite alternate version of the muse? 💕Favorite ship for the muse?  💔Least favorite ship for the muse? 💢Something about the muse that annoys you? 😈Worst thing you’ve ever done to your muse?  😂Funniest thing that’s ever happened to your muse?  💡 What inspires you to write the muse?  📷 Favorite picture/screencap of your muse? 📑 Favorite part of your muse’s backstory?  📝 Favorite headcanon for your muse?  😒 Is there anything canon about your muse that you ignore?  🔮 What do you see in your muse’s future?  🔥 Unpopular opinion about your muse?  💭 Favorite memory of the muse?  😩 Hardest thing about writing the muse?  ⌨ What’s a situation you’ve always wanted to RP with the muse?  🎭 How similar are you and the muse? 

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loving a character so much will unlock such vulnerable and cringe parts of you that you try to suppress so bad but you can't like it's so humbling

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“can mutuals dm you?” my mutuals can fire me from a cannon through a brick wall, looney tunes style. as long as we’re all having fun

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Jonas blinked mid-buttoning, his confusion and concern pretty obvious. Antares could practically hear the record scratch noise.

" I mean..." he began, shaking his head and continuing to button up his shirt. " You're...hurt? I'd be some kind of a heartless asshole to just be like 'wow haha you're pretty messed up well good luck with that! ' and just go on my merry way and leave you there. " He turned his head inquisitively. " Maybe uhm maybe you should lie down because now I'm thinking you might have hit your head too hard or something? How many fingers am I holding up? " He held up three, looking at Antares with his worried brown eyes. " I dunno if I said who I am yet but it's Jonas. Jonas Copperheart. I can get you a drink too if you need it. "

" I'm trying really really hard not to...think about that..." Jonas answered in a very watery-sounding voice and then proceeded to mumble don'tfaintdon'tfaintdon'tfaint as he walked with Antares. And no that wasn't aimed at the one who was ACTUALLY injured...

The hotel room back at the Oasis 5 was shabby but clean and as soon as Jonas got him inside and on the bed, he immediately went into the bathroom, shut the door and was promptly sick, although he tried his best to be quiet about it. After a bit he came out in his tank top and started digging around for another shirt.

He also brought out what looked like sweatpants and a t-shirt and laid them on the bed before he pulled his own shirt on and buttoned it up. " Phyllis -she's the owner here- she gave me some of her son’s old clothes a while back but they're way too big for me. They probably could fit you though, if you feel like you could manage a shower or something. Also what kind of snacks do you want? "

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Jonas's breath catches in his throat at those nails digging in. His face goes red. There's a lot of conflicting emotions going on, a lot of confusing responses going on in his mind and body both. That giggle...it's the voice of his beloved there's no doubt but why does it make his skin crawl, why is he feeling this way?

He trusts Etienne...

" Y-yeah sweet boy...Having...fun..." he says, his voice as weak as the rest of him felt.

He trusts Etienne. Etienne wouldn't hurt him. He loves Etienne. Etienne loves him...

He stares up into Etienne's too-bright eyes. His trembling hand comes up and rests lightly over the hand of his boyfriend, a hand he'd only known to touch him in love and affection, a hand with nails now pressing with malicious intent in his exposed throat.

" I k-know...you...wouldn't hurt me...Etienne..." he says, his voice barely above a whisper.

♦ - grab my muse’s hair and yank-The Merchant, because it's just kind of a bastard lmao.

Without warning Jonas finds his head jerked painfully back and freezes. His eyes roll around and look up to see...Etienne? When did he get here? And how did he sneak up so quietly on him? Jonas's heart starts hammering a mile a minute in his chest (fear? or excitement? maybe a bit of both this is Jonas we're talking about) He winces because Etienne had kind of a rough grip on his hair but he still gives Etienne a shaky smile.

" Ehehe we're...we're feeling...f-frisky today? " he asks weakly, ignoring the voice in the back of his head shouting that something is so so wrong here. But...how could that be? This is his sweet Etienne right? He trusts him...

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When Butch grabs him around the leg and pulls him into his lap, boy does his little face go very red VERY quickly. He can't help a little hitch in his breath either, although he quickly tries to compose himself. Then Butch cheerfully says his bit and gives him a smooch on the cheek...and he can't help it, he presses his hand over his red face and starts giggling quietly because Butch is just so damn cute about all of it. The way he says the words, that smirk of his, his eagerness to play along it's all so fucking adorable.

" Un...ehehee! Un autre? " he finally manages. " Another? You...ehehee! You say...yes please? "

He peeks out at Butch, looking over his handsome grinning face trying to decide what sort of kiss should come next when he asked for it. Should he tease a little and do one on the opposite side of Butch's cheek to match the one he gave him? Should he be a little bolder and maybe plant one on his upper lip or his chin close to his mouth? Decisions, decisions! He's pretty sure he's at the disadvantage here. Butch is by far MUCH better at flustering him and he barely has to do anything but smirk and wink! But maybe...just maybe if he plays his cards right he might get the upper hand again. Or... plays a little dirty ehehee.

" Mmm and you better say it quiiickly....otherwise I might have to start breaking out the disgustingly cute french endearments while I wait! " he added. He leaned forward just a little to get closer to Butch's face and crooned out, "...mon nounours, my teddy bear ehehee..."

Jonas couldn't help it then, a little giggle escaped him because seeing Butch really getting into trying to speak French even without the flirtatious overlay honestly delighted him and made him feel warm all over. Jonas had been trying his best to brush up on his rusty french lately anyways. He made a mental note to himself that if Butch was willing, he'd be fun to practice with.

" Allllmost perfect, " he said, wagging his finger with one eye closed. " Have to continue to practice, n'est-ce pas? But anyways, what you just said...that's basically 'yes please' The next word you need to know is 'un autre?' That means 'another?' "

Jonas scooted himself just a little closer as he went on. " But-but now it's not all just a language lesson I did say I was going to teach you how to flirt like the French, right? So let's start, " he said his grin turning sly.

He got up on his knees on the couch and promptly gave Butch a kiss right between his eyebrows. " It's a little bit like a flirty game of chicken and eheheh...feel free to match the kisses. If you wanna. So I ask...un autre? Another? If you want another all you have to do is say...oui, s'il vous plaît. "

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" Ehehe! " Her playful poke got a quick tiny grin out of him and as soon as her arms were over the back of the couch, he sidled up beside her, wiggled down a little and settled himself comfortably in the space underneath her arm so that he was looking up at her a bit. " You suuuuure you're not the irresistible one here I mean look I'm practically in your arms already! "

His hand reached up to hers dangling over the back of the couch and took it, intertwining his fingers with hers. He took a moment to study her hands; definitely those of a scrapper if those knuckles told him anything. He gave those scarred-up knuckles a very gentle little smooch.

" Ehehe. Look, if you have the bad memory here we're in trouble 'cause mine is shiiiiit. " His eyes looked around thoughtfully again and he pressed his free fingers lightly to his forehead in exaggerated concentration. " But wait wait something else is coming back to me...something uhhhhhh something about ginger snaps and unwrapping them. Ohhhh wait I know what it was! We were gonna sit here and I was gonna start calling you OBNOXIOUSLY cute French nicknames like ma choupinette, my cute little cabbage and mon mignon, my cutie, and it was just gonna get worse and worse until you figured out a way to get me to shut up...mon caneton, my baby ducky...wak-wak..." He made a little quacking noise with a smirk on his face.

" Preeeetty much, " Jonas said. " I said you were a seductress and basically that other bit translates as 'For you, baby, I'll get the moon'. " His expression softened and his hand took hers very gently. " You ARE really, really cute Rachael, " he said with a smile and planted the softest little kiss on the palm of her hand. " J’aimerais mieux te connaître ...I'd like to get to know you better. If you're ok with that. "

He then tapped his finger against his lip, looking up at the ceiling with a playfully thoughtful expression on his face. " Also wasn't there something we talked about like with my shirt hmmm what was it..."