#(Anxious munday meme)

[townofcadence]

✏️ !!

✏️ for mun to write you a note

Hi friend!! I think I saw you around initially because of rps with Butch actually-- and I adored their dynamic, but also your character in general enough I wanted to write with you as well. I love how sweet she is but how feral she can get when she wants to! I think Anna is such a cool concept and you put so much thought and effort into her! I'm glad we got to start interacting and I genuinely enjoy the dynamic we have set up, including a little of what we chatted about too. I'm really excited to keep interacting and getting to know you!!

[picketmundays]

Munday Menu

I decided to make a universal post for Munday questions since I have so many cluttering up my blog ATM

General Munday Question - For those who don't want to send a gimmicky ask

Random Lore - If you want to know anything about the world that hasn't been covered yet in the blog

Character Asks (prompts mainly stolen from @ask-anxious-sylveon) - Send a character along with an Emoji (you're free to use other Picketverse Characters as well)

📸 - Desire Camera

⏪ - Glimpse into the Past

⏩ - Glimpse into the Future

✨ - Random Character Fact

🎁 - Character Info

🔍 - MISC Questions about them

♥️ - Crackship Meme

🖌️ - Paintbrush Meme

More to be added in the future

[botanikos]

Good evening!

I have some. . . . words to spill! Let's see how I do, shall we?

First and foremost, I am beyond emotional from the events of earlier today in which I was gifted absolutely stunning work of Stolas's head! At the time, I had no idea who was reaching out to me and telling me to expect this gift. I was puzzled, mildly anxious, and just. . . . in wonder. Truly, I had no idea how to feel. Even now, I am still a whirlwind of feelings! Of course, I am INCREDIBLY appreciative and just basking in such kindness!!

Words fail to capture everything I am experiencing, and how this has left a little darling imprint on me. A positive one, of course!

So, since it's Munday, and the glow of this is still surrounding me, allow me to explain a bit of why I struggle with accepting any measure of kindness or gifting — ( putting it under a cut since it's just a rambling of my feelings / explanation to some things )

There is a monster in my head that grows, grows, grows with teeth and claws and sometimes, it whispers to me: You are undeserving. Do not accept this; what have you done to earn it? Who do you think you are?

This monster never leaves. It is always at my back, looming, watching, waiting for the days I am at my lowest. Even on my best days, it casts a mighty shadow! I could use my own money to purchase something for myself and regardless of what it is, I will feel dread and guilt and regret. Every vacation I have ever taken or saved up for? Promptly after if not during, I feel guilty. Asking for or needing genuine help? Oh boy, time to feel guilty and project that I am a burden and wholly incapable of anything!

I understand and know well enough that my value as a person is not tied to anything in particular, but the inferiority complex and anxiety really like to keep me pinned down sometimes! It's something I've been working on, and I've been doing better! So, so, so much better!

But it is largely why you rarely see me participate in those memes seeking positivity, compliments, questions on portrayal, etc.. For one, I just do not do well with receiving compliments ( goes in hand with the above feelings ); I prefer to be a giver rather than a receiver! And secondly, they can be a slippery slope into dangerous territory ( worsening those feelings / inviting responses that might not be constructive ).

But goodness me. . . . Those thoughts reared their ugly head when I was gifted this incredible piece of art out of nowhere! And I'm crying yet again, as I type this. Of course, I know why Alex gifted it to me, he explained as much, but my heart is so full and also just. . . . I cannot explain it. Genuinely, I am at an absolute loss for words.

I don't come here expecting anything aside from writing, having fun, and making connections with you lovely people. The friends I have made in the RPC & bookish communities have been the best of my life. The support I have seen, the creativity I have witnessed, the passion and individuality — you are all remarkable individuals! You have absolutely no idea how much it means to me to come on here and see you having fun, getting to either witness or be a part of the good times and memories we're all making!

So please, understand that I absolutely value, appreciate, and adore each of you so entirely, and anything and everything you throw my way!! . . . . I just cannot find the appropriate words or reactions at times!

Thank you for being here, thank you for staying a part of this whacky community, thank you for sharing your craft with us, thank you for being my friend, thank you for just being you!

Love you all,

Jude

[horrifichaunts]

What are some things you worry about in terms of new people?

Stranger making small talk, yay or nay for you?

Anxious Munday Meme!

That i’ll put my foot in my mouth and overtalk in IM’s and peeve them off. I am a very lonely thing and I get genuinely excited by social interaction, and sometimes it makes me a chatterbox. It’s bit me in the ass before when I was just starting to RP on tumblr and the fall out still lingers in my head though it's been years. So the thought creeps up a lot when i'm meeting new folks on here.

I’m always up for talking, even if we’ve not talked before. Shooting the breeze or if you guys genuinely need someone to talk to. I’m here for it.

[viciousbite]

Does knowing the other mun make writing threads easier or harder?

Anxious Munday Meme // @lured-into-wonderland

// Easier, so far at least. We don't have to chat constantly, but hearing a word here and there on tags feels nice. But this isn't necessary either. I don't mind writing with people who doesn't talk oocly at all. Cause I understand writing is an escape from real chatter too for some. But for me, if you give me the go to come to your dms whenever to gush about or threads / muses, you may or may not have hard time peeling me off when my ramble moods hits.

[schattenmagier]

What’s a tip you would give to people trying to get to know you? / How hard is it for you to approach new people you want to interact with?

[ Anxious munday // Accepting! ]

What’s a tip you would give to people trying to get to know you?

// As in me, the mun? Uhhhh I mean. It's pretty simple imo? Just slide in my tumblr dm's/discord dm's! You can also scream at me in all caps XD And don't mind me being reserved at the beginning. Sometimes it take me a bit to warm up to someone. But I am not annoyed by you if you do start talking to me!

How hard is it for you to approach new people you want to interact with?

// Honestly? It became better over the years. Some years ago, it took me AGES to approach someone. Sometimes I am still anxious if I do approach someone (which is mostly just sending them an rp meme to start interaction) but it's way better than before. I am still reserved about sliding into someones dm's before we had interacted rp wise.

[electricea]

@dog-tagged sent - What genres do you like writing the most? ( Casually Sweet Munday Meme - Accepting! )

⛵ - What genres do you like writing the most?

I like writing most genres, I think short of some extremely bizarre (and I mean extremely bizarre, like extreme body horror/horror or just straight up nonsensical) I like to keep an open mind when it comes to genres and I do try to cover my bases and have a wide variety available.

Although when it comes to genres I find the easiest and most comfortable to write - slice of life and fluff, easily. I think slice of life is just incredibly easy and natural to fall into because I mean everyone can relate to just everyday stuff and there's no deep thinking or researching required. You could just write about two muses walking home from school together or playing video games together, experiences everyone can relate to.

Also, I know some people might find slice of life to be incredibly boring but as someone who gets pretty turned off by having to do a lot of research or digging into potentially complex universes/fandoms just to be able to write with someone, I just find slice of life to be comfortable and fun - boring is in the eye of the beholder. Maybe you think a thread of two muses having a movie night is boring and contributes nothing but to me (and I would hope the mun involved) it's fun and not all threads need to serve a purpose or provide some big development. Not every thread needs to be rich with lore or backstory. I find everyday life to just be incredibly fun - there are so many experiences in life to draw from and write about.

Fluff, my reasons are much the same - who doesn't love some snuggles after a long day? It's cute, it makes you smile and likewise it doesn't need to have some huge stakes or serve some major development - sometimes you just want a cute cuddling thread and there's nothing wrong with that. Again, if it's fun and cute to the people involved, that's what matters.

I'm already a pretty anxious and easily stressed person by nature so more often than not, I'm more drawn to these easy and comfortable genres.

[deathblossomed]

❓ — three adjectives that describe you 🎮 — favorite video game(s)? 🖊 — any tattoos?

Munday meme

❓ — three adjectives that describe you

uuuh... empathetic, creative, anxious

🎮 — favorite video game(s)?

Dragon Age 2, specifically, though I do love the rest of the franchise (new one comes out next month ;v;) Also love the LoZ games. I tend to like RPGs. Borderlands 2 was also really good.

🖊 — any tattoos?

No tattoos or piercings, I'm a big baby and deathly afraid of needles. also mom would not be thrilled with me. If I did get a tattoo I'd go for more artistic style ones and I'd like to get my old dog Bear's paw print

[overx]

How hard is it for you to approach new people you want to interact with?

Anxious Munday Meme! [still accepting]

[[Oh I am the worst at this. There are people I have been mutuals with for literal years and never spoken to until a third party introduced us directly. And not just mutuals but like, we have followed each other across several different blogs (both mine and theirs) for mulitple years levels of bad.

Some examples of this include but aren't limited to my wife Cris (@thegatesofinfinitespace ) and Spoop ( @darckcarnival ) and in both cases someone else had to put us into a group chat before we started talking. Oops.

I try to at the very least send memes / asks/ headcanon stuff to people who I'm moots with as a sort of gentle ice breaker but even that is kind of tough for me at times.

I also am pretty bad at DMing people first. I've managed it a handful of times in the past but that required me already knowing they were interested (they sent asks, liked for starters, etc). Like in theory I know if we're following each other, people want to interact with me, but in practice I am very bad at remembering it.

Most of the people you see me regularly interacting with and reaching out to approached me first and did so several times. They have effectively brute forced me into friendship and it's working 10/10 love my extroverted buddies because without them I would be lost.]]

[amischiefofmuses]

Anxious Munday Meme! || Accepting

@countlessrealities asked: What is something you want people to know right away about yourself? What are some things you worry about in terms of new people?

I think the most important thing for people to know right about me is just,, I'm a silly little guy. Just a goofy fella. I'm here purely to have a good time, to interact with people and bring joy while enjoying myself too. I'll never find interactions with my mutuals a bother. EVER. Nor do I take things too seriously. Dropped thread? Chill, we'll write another. Accidental mistake in the writing/presumption about my character that isn't true? I'll message you politely to give you the heads up if you want to correct it but even that doesn't have to happen, we can just ignore it and move on lmfao- that's all. It's VERY difficult to annoy me. One of my worries is annoying people or upsetting them by coming across wrong/too intense. That's something I think about A LOT and I may seem twitchy to people in the beginning because of that fact, double checking I've not annoyed them or just,, apologizing for interacting with them, tbh. It's nothing personal, I'm just autistic and have been told countless times I can be 'a bit much' so I don't want to sour blooming friendships by coming across that way. In fact I often start interactions with people with the warning 'I can talk a lot, I promise I won't be upset if you tell me to stop'.

[never-surrender]

How would friends describe you for the lovely people trying to get to know you? (Friends may send an answer to this question with the ask). On that note: You are a lovely, kind, and hilarious person which an insane amount of creativity and your writing skills are book-publishing worthy! I'm blessed to have you as a mutual, writing partner, and buddy!

anxious munday meme \\ accepting

Uuuuuh.. fuck Idk bro, I'd have to ask my friends how they describe me. I'm not good at questions like these askdjhf but I suppose if I had to guess (outside of what you've described me so kindly as), I'd say they describe me as a kind, supportive friend. Or I'd like to think that they would. I try to be.

[king-and-his-consorts]

Anxious Munday Meme! | still accepting

_____

This is actually an incredibly difficult question to answer.

The short answer is the best way you'll get to know me is if we share fanart we find of our muses because that gets me to talk about our muses, which is how I tend to open up to people about other topics and grow friendships.

the long answer is:

I can be a bit of a difficult person to connect with, I feel. This is because even though I love to talk to other muns, I have a very difficult time making the small talk that is needed to make friendships. I tend to suffer from an inferiority complex. I feel like all my RP partners are so fucking cool and awesome but have a terrible tendency to see myself as annoying and pointless. I always want to talk to my partners but often feel like I'm going to be an annoyance and a bother if I reach out so I just don't talk to them.

I am trying to work on finding more of a backbone but it's hard, especially with my mental health the way it currently is. I tend to click open the messenger or discord thread I have with another mun and stare at it. I'll spend a good ten minutes debating on sending a message because I'm desperate to strengthen those friendships but by the end I usually talk myself out of it and close the messenger again.

But, bouncing off all that, I would actually say that the easiest way to get to know me is to ship with my muses (especially Sanji, I love talking Sanji dynamics). I tend to let my mouth run when talking about shipping dynamics (or friendshipping in the case of Ikkaku and Herbert). I LOVE to talk shipping dynamics and scenarios. Talking ships actually helps me open up and connect with the other mun quicker than talking other subjects because my brain stalls on small talk. Then once that bond grows, I'll actually start talking about other subjects with the mun I now have a deeper connection with.

The problem there in lies with getting to the shipping stage. I'm usually too anxious to ask people to ship with me. I don't want to overstep boundaries. For example, LuSan is my favorite ship but it's not a very popular ship (from what I see). So, I just like never ask to ship it but I also enjoy them platonic or queer platonic. All the people that I play the ship with, my partners all asked me if I would like to play it once they found out I liked it.

So I kinda live in a sad little limbo of always wanting to ship but never having the nerve to ask. Which in turn leads to me struggling to connect to muns I really, really wanna connect with.

It's dumb and I hate it.

My work around I've found to getting to know me is to send fanart or aesthetic pics back and forth because those spark character, aesthetic, or topic discussion. Which I honestly love because I got a lot thoughts rattling around in my brain.

TL;DR - Discussing shipping our muses or discussing fanart we share back and forth.

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@ikkaku-of-heart @lovehungered

[enruiinas]

What is something you want people to know right away about yourself?

        Anxious Munday Meme! // accepting!

     Okay, since I've already talked about how I want to help my RP partners as much as I can, and how I understand that the brain is messy and a lot of us are... really freaking anxious, I'm going to do something that's really difficult for me. I'm going to be upfront about something that would be helpful for me.

     At the end of the day, most of my excessive anxiety comes from not knowing where I stand with people. I operate under the assumption that if you're following me, you've read and understood my rules & have that no pressure mindset I'm most comfortable with - but. There is a particular anxiety-soothing magic in being told outright "Hey, I read these things, and I want you to know I 100% get it." Or even "this is all really great, but one request for me personally - I'm not big on meme spam". It's okay if we're not 100% on everything! There's no bigger comfort to me than being explicitly told what kind of interaction you're looking for/would like to have out of our mutual status.

     This is why I feel so strongly about interest trackers. To me, a mun filling out my interest tracker is the most outright way you can say "Hey, I see you, I know these things, I still want to write with you, here are the things I'm okay with." You are giving me permission to be myself and letting me know that I am someone you want to talk to. That said, I no longer have an interest tracker, because I know they annoy a lot of people (I don't think that's personal, I just think people don't think to SEE interest trackers that way) and I set myself up for being discouraged every single time I post it. I don't say that to guilt people - I think it's more my fault, because I'm not great at outright saying, "This would really help my anxiety and let me be the best RP partner I can be". In my head it becomes "nobody filled it out because I am exhausting and not worth a couple of minutes" - and I know that's not true, but again. Brains. Rude.

     Knowing how I get in my head and hurt my own feelings, it's probably in my best interest not to bring it back/set myself up for that. What I will do instead is list some questions I generally have/would like to know about people that could help me be a slightly less anxious mun - in case anyone ever does feel like something is off and wants to give me that explicit permission to interact. You don't have to answer all of them. Hell, you don't have to answer any of them. But if you feel like we could have a better connection or I could be a better writing partner to you, I think these could help any anxiety issues I'M having to make it that way.

Do you want to write with me? (I know it seems silly and should be obvious, but yes, sometimes if we've had a shy start or haven't found our footing yet or just whatever, just being told someone wants to write with me, well - there's not a lot of issues that can't solve.)

Do you want to talk OOC (either about RP stuff, or real life stuff, or both.)?

Do you prefer one ongoing interaction, a "few" (like, up to 5?) or many? (5+ - BRING THEM ALL).

What kind of dynamic are you interested in exploring between our muses? What kind of threads (genre, canon or AU, etc) do you enjoy or not enjoy?

Is who I am as a roleplayer going to hurt or upset you? Things like: Being slow with replies (I don't put a timeline on them. Sometimes I reply to stuff instantly, sometimes it takes me 6 months to get an idea for something - this is why I like lots of interactions/options.) Replying out of order. The fact that I struggle with silly/lighthearted stuff and have to be in just the right rare mindset to do them because I don't have a funny bone in my body. Occasional hyperfixations on certain threads. A tendency to favor replies for my affiliates when my time is limited, because those are the ones I know best OOC and I know they understand me, so yeah. They're easier to reply to - they've given me that permission to be Saro. Sometimes posting memes, meme calls, or starter calls even if I'm already behind on things. Liking meme or starter calls even if I'm already behind on things. Enjoying receiving and sending meme spam. Some of these are not things I can or will change. I will never commit to being a fast replier, responding within a certain time frame, or replying in order. I can't. So it may turn out that one or some of these things are deal breakers for us and that's okay. I'd just rather be upfront about it both ways. Some of these things are not dealbreakers, and just useful for me to know. If you don't like meme spam, okay. I won't meme spam you. If you don't want me to like your inbox calls if I owe you stuff already, totally get that. I just need to know what I should or should not overthink with someone to truly get to know and be comfortable with them!

[ikkaku-of-heart]

@enruiinas asked: - Do you feel awkward/nervous/etc trying to get to know people? - Ask anything you’ve wanted to know! Literally anything this is an invitation for knowledge. Apologies if you’ve talked about these before, but some “what were the moments” questions for you! How did writing Ikkaku come about for you? Was there a canon moment (or NOT one, but you wished there was?) where you were just like “Oh yes, this needs to happen!” Same for the LawNa ship! I’ve read Ikkaku’s wonderful TEDTalk and your fics of course, but was there an epiphany “oh hey, this ship works!” moment for you? Anxious Munday Meme (Still Accepting)

💛 I absolutely feel nervous trying to get to know people. I'm friendly and nice, but I've had some bad experiences in the past. Oftentimes I'll worry that I'm annoying them, or that they're not actually interested in what I'm saying, or that they'll get too personal too fast and turn me into their therapist and trauma-dump on me, or I'll accidentally cross a boundary or say something stupid that will make them hate me, or that I'll get attached only for them to get bored of me and move on. Frankly, I frequently over-analyze my online interactions with people for both legitimate reasons and ones that are just in my head. It's awful lol.

💛Ok, so this is a doozy of a question(s) but they're all good ones so you're getting an in-depth answer.

How did writing Ikkaku come about for you?

Honestly, it started with me writing Ikkaku in my LawNa fanfic Welcome to the Heart Pirates, Nami-ya. She and Nami roomed together on the Polar Tang, so they interacted a lot, and I found I enjoyed fleshing out Ikkaku's personality and backstory the more I wrote her. She has so much potential, being the only woman on the ship, her job, her dynamic with Law, all of it. Then I discovered RP and decided that would be the best place to indulge in writing her, since I figured not many people would be all that interested in reading any fanfics about her. It helps that I had @cxnsolatio and @shambledsurgeon around to encourage me and gave me some great Laws to work with when I was first starting out.

Was there a canon moment (or NOT one, but you wished there was?) where you were just like “Oh yes, this needs to happen!”

See, the thing about Ikkaku is that there are barely any canon moments or information for me to work with. She's pretty much one degree away from being an OC, which is both difficult and fun. It's also made me feel hella protective of her and how she's viewed/portrayed/written. I both want Oda to give more information on her, and don't because I don't want to risk him saying something that contradicts my headcanons.

But there is one canon moment we got from the anime that I was over the moon about and said “Oh yes, this needs to happen!” and immediately added it to my portrayal. That's when we saw her with two swords in Wano. I didn't care that it contradicted my original headcanon about her using primarily a taser/baton. It was so cool and badass that I instantly accepted canon and found ways to marry it with my original headcanons, making it so she did have sword skills, but preferred to use non-lethal weapons until she hit the New World, where she realized she needed to take combat more seriously. Add in a time period where Zoro would have canonically traveled on the Tang with her, and it all works out beautifully and that crumb of canon is fully embraced. It's sad I don't see it more.

Same for the LawNa ship! I’ve read Ikkaku’s wonderful TEDTalk and your fics of course, but was there an epiphany “oh hey, this ship works!” moment for you?

Hoooooo boy. I won't keep you all day, but essentially what made me realize LawNa worked and had such potential was when I started analyzing the parallels between Law and Nami's backstories. They're both opposites and the same. Rescued by Marines who take a parental role? Check. Ostricized as a child? Check. Trained by a monstrous pirate that covets them for their skills and intelligence? Check. Betrayed by a Marine? Check. They would be able to understand each other in ways no one else really could. Add in the fact that Law could easily steal anything for her and Nami's an island of sanity and intelligence among the Straw Hats, and it immediately worked in my head.

[captivemuses]

How hard is it for you to approach new people you want to interact with?

Anxious Munday Meme!

That can kind of vary?? I'm a bit weird in that for as social as I can be I can be an absolute chickenshit talking to people first (literally took me almost a week to follow and say anything to @frozenambiguity before I finally did) but once I start talking to someone and loosen up it's usually hard to get me to shut up lmao.

[wayward40k]

How scared are you of people, compared to how scared they should be of you?

Anxious Munday Meme!

Sometimes I legit feel tears welling up in my eyes as I hover over the 'send' button to throw a meme in someone's inbox, that's how anxious initiating contact makes me. Most of the time I don't have the energy to force myself to do it... so I send random shit on anon instead...

No one should really be scared of me? I know some of my writing/typing can come off as blunt or aggressive, but that's not really the case in private DMs, I think? If anything I think I'm much more annoying than scary...