#I am so mitigated

[stitchposts]

"how's the embroidery going?" well my furnace broke like 3 hours before a massive snowstorm so there's that edit 1/7/25: heat restored! thanks for all the well wishes you guys

[rileys-battlecats]

was trying to figure out why I feel so Wrong rn and I think it's because I didn't follow my usual daily routine like At All and now my brain is freaking out. woke up at a vastly different time, had entirely different tasks throughout the day, took a nap at a weird time (to make up for the fact I had about 3 hours of sleep last night), zero human contact for the past 15 hours, and ate different food from usual (various leftovers from social events/thanksgiving, instead of cooking for myself like normal). and before I really realized that these were all things that were Bad For My Brain I was just wandering around my house like "why do I feel like garbage?? I've literally been outside so much today my brain should be happy"

ANYWAY here's to me not remembering I have issues with unstructured living because my days have been so similar for the past 4ish years that I straight up Forgot that things being too different too fast makes me crazy ✌️

[deoidesign]

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[frustratedpker]

Good thinking! I think that's the only logical explanation too. It does make sense and it has to be like this, taking into account the chronological order of the events

Personally, I am kind of mitigated though. When I first read the first issues, before anything about him was revealed I headcannoned him in his late '20s (like 27-28). Obviously, that doesn't add up with the rest of the information we got later. So, all information considered, I personally would now place him in his '30s.

Still, let me explain my initial line of though:

It baffles me how young he looks without his helmet (at least to me). Still, I don't know whether it is just the art style or a deliberate choice of the artist. But we should take into account that these short stories are a much later addition to the source material and are actually spin-offs.

Still, judging from his personality alone (no backstory involved), I'd make him much younger. One would imagine that by his age he would have developed some brains, but that's the main point of his whole character. He used to be curious once and has been succumbing to the same fatal flaw ever since. Him being in his '40s highlights that even more than him being in his -let's say- 20's when this kind of immaturity is natural and to be expected.

Also, other traits he displays (like letting others push him around, impulsive actions) are generally associated with younger people (stereotypically speaking, it can happend to anyone). Which makes me wonder about the attitude of his colleagues like Angus etc. Not that I believe that he would be any kinder if he knew (because I suppose he doesn't) Camera 9's actual age.

Plus, he hangs out a lot with Lyla who (despite being an android) I would place in her '30s. I always imagined these two as belonging to the same generation.

(I know that him being in his '40s doesn't contradict any of the aforementioned)

Extra note: if we take into account the headcannon that he lost his nationality because his country doesn't exist anymore, we could find an approximate birth date for him, but since this isn't a headcannon I comply with I won't analyse this point of view

Doing the math (according to my headcannons):

Graduating at 21, working at newspapers and making a name for a couple of years [3-4] (I always imagined him as someone with an almost instant success in the field - just to make his downfall even more angstier), so he starts the hot spot coverages at about 25-30 and keeps going for some years (not many). He loses his nationality, becomes Camera 9. You are right here, he mustn't have been working at 00 for a long time since people do remember Stefan Vladuck.

So, I'd say he's 35+ when the actual story takes place. I like the number 37 for some reason.

Our views don't differ a lot. But it is as if, in my mind, Stefan is 27, 37 and 45 at the same time depending the point of view I analyse him from xD

But technically speaking, anything from 30+ could be possible chronologically.

Hello! I hope you're doing well! I was thinking about Stefan (to no one's surprise) and I was wondering how old he could be. As a Stefan expert, I'd like to hear your thoughts on this subject

Hi! I'm doing well, hope you're well too.

I would say in his 40s, based on what he has done so far. We would also have to consider how long he has been Camera 9, but let's speculate:

I don't know how old you would typically graduate from journalism school, but let's assume around 24-25, then, I guess he didn't started as a hotstop journalist right away, he likely worked writing articles or notes for newpapers. Maybe he started his real career in his late 20s or early 30s. He did make a name for himself in the field. He is talented, so it may happen right away, but I'd say it took some time, so maybe mid to late 30s? Maybe he lost his nationality around that time, too... and we don't know how long he has been Camera 9, but it can be THAT long since people still recognize the name Stefan Vladuck (though nobody knows it's him).

I may be missing or overseeing a lot of details, but, yeah, I would say on his 40s.

What do you think?

[quatregats]

Also in other foolish illness news I stripped my bed this morning because I was so sick of the sheets smelling like fever sweat and thought it would probably help but now I'm wondering why I did that. Now I have to like...actually wash them. Girl help

[qoldenskies]

Also you 🤝me

Doing Bad Things Happen Bingo looking at Rise and cackling wickedly…..now to make them their own separate thing or write more CC brainrot

always the option to mix it up a little !!! i'll probably be writing a little cc if i get an idea for something really good with my bthb but im probably going to focus mooostly on original prompts so mess around. do what your heart desires!!!

[a-lonely-dunedain]

54, 55, 57, and 36 for Ethedis/Corunir 💜?

36. Who’s more likely to fire up the stove at 2am because the other woke up in the middle of the night hungry? Ethedis would be. Corunir of course would never ask her to, I don't think he likes to ask people for things, but Ethedis will never pass up an excuse to do something nice for him <3. Currently I hc elves don't need to sleep as much as humans do, so odds are she was probably awake anyway

on that note, a cute thing I should also mention: though she's awake for a lot of the night she stays in bed with Corunir anyway. No one else is awake and she doesn't have much else to do, so she just likes to relax there and Be Held <3 (of course in my hc Corunir is a big cuddler. why give him such big arms if not to Hold the Ethedis?)

54. Who’s more likely to carry the other to bed?

So Ethedis would really want to, but the thing is, Corunir is a big guy and she's a lil elf with lil noodley scholar arms, it just isn't happening. Corunir would be more than happy to scoop her up though, she weighs about as much as a small sack of flour to him <3 (I am also a huge supporter of the hc that elves are just, slightly less effected by gravity, so Corunir is initially very shocked at how easy she is to pick up)

55. Do they like watching clouds or star gazing?

Of course! you know how elves are about stars ✨

Eth probably has a massive pool of knowledge about constellation Lore™ built up over her years of study that she would be more than happy to dump on Corunir at a moment's notice <3 and he's happy to hear all about it! (even if she does end up going on for so long that he falls asleep 😅 in his defense, it's very late and the sound of her voice is just such a comforting thing to drift off to, who can blame him really?)

57. Whose the serious one when grocery shopping and who likes to toss random things in the cart?

in a modern AU Corunir is in charge of making the grocery list and sticking to it. Ethedis, filled with the whimsy and impulsiveness of a young elf, is in charge of tossing Fun Treats™ into the cart whenever he's not looking (they are not leaving the store without at least 1 (one) new scented candle or potted plant)

[yrlocalghost]

there has got to be some kind of long term consequence for living in a way in which you fear for your life almost 24/7

[ereh-emanresu-tresni]

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[macden]

THANK GOD THERE MIGHT STILL BE HOPE

[lobotomy-lady]

my cousin has a strong fear of being attacked by a sharks & he was talking about how he's never gonna swim in the ocean ever again & I was like "that's silly, there's 1 fatal shark attack every other year in the US & only around 15 per year in the entire world. unless you're an australian surfer your chances are basically zero" & he was like "hm. fascinating. now tell me about the plane crash stats" -_-

[amrv-5]

in my cutthroat careerbitch era

[yuwuta]

i need u to post more of your opinions bc everything you’ve posted recently has had me nodding my head. like what u said about those tiktoks people make about people’s profiles on dating apps and the surveillance state and how whiteness is the standard in a lot of self insert fanfic/fanart or just fandom in general to the point that people don’t notice how they box brown and black people out of participating. i’ve been thinking a lot about stuff like this recently and it’s kinda consuming me. like i really hate how racism is still so prevalent in fandom. the other day this fanartist i liked (not anime) deactivated bc people asked her to draw nonwhite and not skinny characters and she went on a colorist crash out bc she only wanted to draw her characters with paper white skin which then opened the doors for her followers to be racist. then “her sister” posted her ai generated apology that uses her bad mental health as an excuse while people became even more racist. like it makes me want to tear my hair out

SHJSDKD i’m happy to hear you like my annoyed rambling posts and i feel you, the rage is extremely consuming. not even joking, for both of our sakes, we have to remember to breathe and count the blessings around us bc it really is so easy to be mad at everything all the time always 😭😭 sometimes i believe in the benefit of the doubt, as in someone who isn’t black/brown and/or darkskin might be used to the way the world presents content, particularly content surrounding love and entertainment, and might have inadvertently been taught to mimic that isms so deeply engrained in it, but you can always tell by their response to being correct, and a colorist crash out and ai apology is absolutely crazy work omfg

[eclipsecrowned]

listen still in recovery mode but one blog specific thing i want to focus on is that i am processing some Big Feelings regarding recent events in the publishing world and simply put if you see me retooling one of my most beloved muses as azhr*rn from t*nith lee's body of work or even just making an oc that bears some resemblance to an old muse we're not going to talk about it.

[thementalistscandidate]

For the last 3 days or so, my face has been having a horrible eczema flare up, just the top 5 layers on my skin nothing but flakes. Itchy, uncomfortable, painful and I could Not figure out why until my mom commented thinking it was stress and I was like no that’s not it but idk what it is. And she was like “oh, I changed the washing liquid from the non-allergenic non-bio to bio, maybe that’s it?” And I had to try not to scream and sob while going “Aha maybe, could you perhaps not use that please?”

[naomiknight-17]

Mom had a lunch date with some coworkers today, and we had planned that I would meet her at her place after to do a resistance training video and then make dinner

But when I came over she was like 'oh no we don't have time to do that, help me make banana bread' so I did, like a sucker. Then I helped make dinner (I say helped but I did like 70-80% of the baking and cooking) and then we had dinner together and I went home and collapsed on the couch

I was so worn out I fell asleep for like 90 minutes. Then I was awoken by my nighttime meds alarm, took my meds, did a load of dishes, fed the cats, and had a shower

Never got that exercise in, and now it's 2 AM, and I'm exhausted

Guess I'll just have to turn in and try again tomorrow