#and sleeping at last has an album called 'enneagram' so I listened to that

[autisticempathydaemon]

Hello there! I'd love to have a match based on your opinion. I love your content!

-> Song I'm fixated on | Repeat Until Death - Novo Amor – "I can't seem to let myself leave you / But I can't breathe anymore / I can't seem to not need to need you / And I can't breathe anymore" (Anchor too, but this one has been more on repeat).

-> Enneagram type | Type three. Eight and six were the next ones though!

-> Imaginary friend | I don't really remember much about it, but when I was a teenager, I remember having a lot of OCs as imaginary friends. They were all interesting, and my favorite one was one named Ciel. He was tall, lanky, and really serious. His hair was white with a red strand, and his eyes were purple. He had pale skin and a vitiligo stain on his right eye. He always wore dark clothes. Mostly a dark, emo style. I miss him.

-> Go way to sleep | I start with audios (mostly Guy or David's playlists) but I end up listening to my sleep playlist. It has calm songs or just songs I feel like listening to.

-> Name change | yes! I don't really know why I chose my current name, and if I had a reason at all. If I did, I forgot. I used to have an oc who I called that name, though, and I believe I liked it so I took it from him once I decided to change my name. It was the last time I changed my name, as I went through a lot of them before.

-> Favorite audio | Currently, I'd say Guy's stolen hoodie audio. Either that one, or the friendsgiving audio with the damn boys.

-> Least favorite rboy | I'd say Vega or Blake. I'm sure their storylines are cool, but I'm not personally interested in them. (I haven't listened to Vega's storyline because of this). No hate to them, because they're really cool characters, they just bore me.

-> Favorite Show/Movie | not a book guy, but I can easily tell you all the plots of each episode from The Mentalist. Is not a super popular show, but God do I love it. As for movies, I'd say 'Mary Poppins Returns' and 'The Pacifier' are two movies I can say by heart. I've seen them countless times and I never get bored of them.

-> Platonic rboy | I absolutely adore Asher, but with him, I don't really see myself with. He's amazing, and I'd love to have him as a friend because from what we've seen, he's loyal and utterly amazing, but not really my type.

-> Comfort topic | Probably redacted, or talking about what I did that day. When I talk with my boyfriend before bed, we always end up just talking about how our day was and what are we planning for tomorrow, and I often start telling him stuff about whatever audio comes to my mind. I also like doing random silly games, such as asking questions, or opinions on something.

-> Comfort drink | I don't have a car, and I don't really buy drinks outside. But I do love chamomile tea and Sprite. I'd say Sprite is my go-to, and chamomile is a good alternative if I don't have a sprite. I also adore apple juice, but not all brands, just a specific one and that one only.

-> Favorite playlist | Don't really know if it counts, but I can't stop listening to PORTALS lately. I'm obsessed with the album and I can't leave it for a second. I do have a playlist though, it has a few songs I'm obsessed with (ex. What are we gonna do now - Indigo De Souza, Sex on Fire - Kings of Lion, Grocery Store - Cavetown, and so on!) And I absolutely adore that one too.

-> Guilty pleasure | Probably redacted, honestly. Or shitpost videos that literally don't make any sense and shouldn't be as funny as they are, but I die with them. I also love watching ts4 builders making different building challenges/houses.

-> Facts about myself | I'm a really stubborn guy, and sometimes I try to do every possible thing to fix a problem either than asking for help from someone who I know can easily help me fix it. I don't like bothering people with things I think I'm capable of solving, or even with things I know I can't. I like baggy clothes, and when I go shopping, you'll see me buying clothes based on the fabric rather than the pattern/color/style. The first thing I check about any clothing item is if I like the fabric of it. And if I don't, I won't buy it at all, no matter how much I like it. I like dogs, the color red, watching kid shows, and eating ice cream in excess. I'm scared of darkness, any kind of horror games/movies, bugs, and loud noises.

I hope that's enough! I really can't wait to see what you do with me. And I'm excited to reveal who I am once you do! It was super, super, super fun to write this down, so I'm already having tons of fun. Tysm!!

Type Threes (and Eights and Sixes actually) can be characterized by their stubborn, can-do, do-it-yourself attitude. They either, respectively, feel the need to prove themselves capable, feel it is their duty, or feel doing it themselves is the only way to get it done properly. This gives you major Smartass vibes that would be balanced well by having Aaron as a partner. 

Aaron, as an oldest child and a high-achieving professional, is wonderfully capable and dependable. That doesn’t mean he needs to be or is capable of keeping that up all the time, but it does mean you can rely on each other when the other isn’t feeling up to task. Your independent natures can balance one another, give you a safe place to land and lean should you need it. 

Also, he strikes me as the type of dude who adores a good, weekly crime procedural. Aaron is so cozy and domestic in his own special way; I could see y’all being very much at home, on the couch, in your jammies, watching a particularly favored episode of The Mentalist together. 

Song: 

If there is a load you have to bear/ That you can't carry/ I'm right up the road/ I'll share your load/ If you just call me

Again, depending on each other is a throughline I think works very well for the both of you. Also, we know Aaron’s a fan of classic country, so him liking some classic soul is not a big stretch of the imagination. (Oddly enough, this works really well for Aaron and Elliott’s relationship too, and ain’t that a kicker.) 

Runner-Ups:

Huxley would be a good contender given he’s dependable and reliable like Aaron. I also have this adorable image of him growing the chamomile for your tea which I can’t get out of my head. David is the above traits plus dog. There’s nothing quite so simply silly as pairing a dog person with a werewolf lol

Note: I'm sorry, you were supposed to get this, like, two days ago, but the tumblr app kept deleting this despite all the times I hit save. Thank you for being patient!

Want a match-up of your own? Read this post, and tell me about yourself! 💌

[mehoymalloy]

LISTEN when I tell you "Post-Panic Attack" is thee most THEM thing I have ever read. Both of them play that role for each other at different times and it makes me soooooo 🫠 Especially this part:

You think you've seen every ugly corner of this whole rotten world, but listen: There is an infinite number of things we don't know and, statistically speaking, at least half of them are probably very, very beautiful.

Like that is Them. That's thee thesis of what they both say to each other during their own worst moments in When the Darkness Comes, when they're afraid this whole journey they've been going on might be nothing if they can never the learn the truth of this ancient, forgotten war.

I also utterly adore 'the only one who will never leave' by Amanda Lovelace for Untalla and that excerpt of 'Things I Would Like To Tell You but Probably Won't (At least, not for a very long time)' by Kalyn RoseAnne Livernois for Silga!

All of your poetry selections fit too fucking well, for that matter—those are just the ones that punched me in the gut the hardest. Thank you so much for finding and presenting them!

And boy do I have music options for ya! The bulk of the writing playlist I made for When the Darkness Comes ended up being primarily about Operation: Enduring Victory and its soldiers. But the first ten or so songs of that playlist are dedicated to Silga and Untalla, and I went ahead and made separate little playlists for both of them:

Untalla was clearly difficult for me to nail down as well, considering she only has 5 songs, two of which are from the Horizon Forbidden West soundtrack itself.

But Sleeping at Last's 'Atlas: Enneagram' album is like a litmus test for the soul; whichever one makes you cry hardest is likely about you. So it's always fun to match songs from that album to characters. I gave Silga the song Five because of the overall air of curiosity habitually held at a safe distance:

I want to watch the universe expand I want to break it into pieces small enough to understand (...) A white flag waves in the dark between my head and my heart My armor falls apart As if I could let myself be seen, even deeply known Like I was already brave enough to let go (...) I finally feel the universe expand It's hidden in heartbeats Exhales and in the hope of open hands

Meanwhile, Untalla got Eight, because she has suffered so much and is overall a very hardened character, but those experiences have given her a surprisingly deep well of empathy and care for the vulnerable beneath that stony exterior:

I remember the minute It was like a switch was flipped I was just a kid who grew up strong enough To pick this armor up And suddenly it fit (...) I'm standing guard, I'm falling apart And all I want is to trust you Show me how to lay my sword down For long enough to let you through (...) I'ma shake the ground with all my might And I will pull my whole heart up to the surface For the innocent, for the vulnerable And I'll show up on the front lines with a purpose And I'll give all I have, I'll give my blood, give my sweat An ocean of tears will spill for what is broken I'm shattered porcelain, glued back together again Invincible like I've never been

The literal song When the Darkness Comes is on both of their playlists because it opens with lyrics that immediately bring to mind Silga's little breakdown moment with Untalla later on in the fic:

You can fall asleep on my knees And I'll hold your hand Separate yourself from the darkness in this world And slip into a peaceful land

But the title itself is of course what the whole fic is named after because it calls back to that very first Old Ones recording Silga hears, that she then follows all the way into the West to find the rest of:

"Paul—I couldn't raise you via Focus. I hope this gets to you, somehow, along with the gear for the stand at the Reno line. Just wanted you to know that all the bitterness is water under the bridge. I only remember the good things…and I'll think about them when the darkness comes."

I get emotional simply by listening to that song now, as you can likely imagine.

For the Character Ask! Right backatcha while I think on your asks, 17 and 18 for Silga and Untalla!

(in reference to this ask meme)

17. Quotes, songs, poems, etc. that I associate with them

18. What they’d go to see a therapist about

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gonna drop the entirety of this under a read more bc it's likely to get long with even just the poems (no, I did not leaf through my collection of 15+ poetry books just for this) (also, no songs, sadly, not yet. I'll send you a message on discord tho if I do decide on some in the future)

also, the reason this reply is late is because I wanted to take my time with finding the right songs, but then that never happened because of me losing my mind over Jesse and Emily once again other distractions, so I figured I'd rather get around to it now because I love them and I think about them all the time and I didn't want you to think I was ignoring them

Untalla is a bit hard for me to pin down, so I'm going off vibes here

i never expected death to be my most faithful companion, but she is the only one who will come without having to be asked. - the only one who will never leave (from the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace)

This is me, I am the eye of the storm and my heart is a little broken. But if you want me, I'm yours. (from Pillow Thoughts by Courtney Peppernell)

[..] The Grieved - are many - I am told - There is the various Cause - Death - is but one - and comes but once - And only nails the eyes - There's Grief of Want - and Grief of Cold - A sort they call "Despair" - [..] (part of poem 561 from The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by.. well, Emily Dickinson, my eternally beloved)

Silga is a whole load of grief and longing, if I had more hope-filled poetry books I would have tried to find a hopeful one as well. I think that would suit her, but alas

what do we do with all the things we need to say to someone we'll never see again? - maybe that's why i write (from to drink coffee with a ghost by Amanda Lovelace)

I wish that it were easier for me to explain that you won't really get inside my head for a long time even though I want you to crawl inside my mind as badly as I want to curl up with a flashlight inside of yours and read for hours on end [..] (part of Things I Would Like To Tell You but Probably Won't (At least, not for a very long time) from High Wire Darlings by Kalyn RoseAnne Livernois)

[..] The thing about heartbreak is it feels too big for your body. You become cavernous - A walking Mariana Trench. Nobody knows how deep you go because the pressure is heavy enough to fold bodies into paper cranes and naive enough to call this beautiful. [..] (part of Survivor's Guilt from Wrong Side of a Fistfight by Ashe Vernon)

..and THEM because I love them

I was lying beside you and you had this half smile because my hands were drifting down your spine. And you looked at me and I lost track of everything. Because I realised just how badly I want under your skin. (from Pillow Thoughts by Courtney Peppernell)

[..] Do not dote on me Do not say anything about my eyes when we are watching the stars I will know you adore me by the way you remove the space between us before we fall asleep It will be in your eyes even when you didn't mean to tell me [..] (part of Irromantic from High Wire Darlings by Kalyn RoseAnne Livernois)

[..] Find the pocket of your heartbeat where you keep Forgiveness. We will try again tomorrow - I know you've got a bone to pick with tomorrow, but it's coming anyway. [..] You think you've seen every ugly corner of this whole rotten world, but listen: There is an infinite number of things we don't know and, statistically speaking, at least half of them are probably very, very beautiful. (part of Post-Panic Attack from Wrong Side of a Fistfight by Ashe Vernon)

as for therapy.. oof.

how many hours do they have? lol obviously a LOT of grief counselling, trauma processing for both of them. and maybe they can go to couple's therapy together, even if they're not dating, just to figure out how to best communicate and support each other. and maybe figure out what kind of intimacy is the kind they want and can handle. sometimes it can help to have external structure for those kinds of conversations

[gayfandomblog]

I remember the minute It was like a switch was flipped— I was just a kid who grew up strong enough To pick this armor up And suddenly, it fit God, that was so long ago, long ago, long ago... I was little, I was weak and perfectly naive And I grew up too quick Now you won’t see all that I have to lose And all I've lost in the fight to protect it I won’t let you in, I swore never again— I can't afford, no, I refuse to be rejected

[...]

Here I am, pry me open What do you want to know? I���m just a kid who grew up scared enough To hold the door shut And bury my innocence But here's a map, here's a shovel Here’s my Achilles' heel I’m all in, palms out, I’m at your mercy now and I'm ready to begin I am strong, I am strong, I am strong enough to let you in.

Sleeping at Last - “Eight”

[itssideria]

atlas: enneagram + the dream smp characters, a post: part one

so, if you don't know, Atlas: Enneagram is an album by musician Sleeping At Last, centered around exploring the nine enneagram personality types!! it's an absolutely gorgeous work of art and it makes my heart soar, and you should all absolutely listen to it!! in the meantime, i'm gonna tie each song to a dsmp character. this is the first in a nine part series >:)

ONE - c!TOMMY

Hold on for a minute / 'Cause I believe that we can fix this, over time / That every imperfection is a lie

Now hold on, let me finish / No, I'm not saying perfect exists, in this life / But we'll only know for certain if we try

can i just rave about how perfect this song is for c!tommy? because i really, really want to. right from the start, we've got the best parts of him, the parts that stay constant through his character arc. we've got the hope, the spark – the little voice that whispers 'get up, try again, i promise you it's not over.' the entire dream smp storyline is shaped and driven and defined by c!tommy's insistence to keep trying!! for l'manberg, during the revolution and during pogtopia and during the sixteenth. for c!wilbur, over and over, even no one else would. for l'manberg again, on doomsday, shouting that it wasn't gone yet when even we the viewers knew it was. for c!tubbo as they sailed off to meet c!dream, for he himself when everything in his life went to shit, and he still stepped off that tower.

and this is how his arc starts. he looks at things that have no business being fixed, and he says fuck you and tries anyways. and it's not always the best idea, is it? but damn it if he won't try.

The list goes on forever / Of all the ways I could be better, in my mind / As if I could earn God's favour, given time / Or at least congratulations

which moves us into why c!tommy is so driven to fix everything around him. because holy shit this guy's got mountains of trauma, and he feels responsible for just about every bad thing. like, it's what the other server members say, right? they tell him he's the worst person there!! it's what c!dream repeats, too, during exile, as he systematically tears c!tommy down. he's told, over and over and over, all the ways in which people think he could be better.

but it's more than that, isn't it? because like. it was c!tommy who pressed the button in the final control room. him who (in his eyes) couldn't convince c!wilbur to not blow up l'manberg!! on doomsday, fucking doomsday, he asks c!dream why he couldn't just do it all to him!!! like, he genuinely believes he's done all that wrong!! he literally scrambles for a chance to say sorry to everyone!! c!tubbo, and c!jack, and all of l'manberg prior to doomsday, he apologises and tries to do things like kill c!dream or stick with the very sketchy c!wilbur post-revival, because he really does think that he owes them this apology. that if he does do it enough, the guilt will go away.

Now, I have learned my lesson / The price of this so called perfection is everything

and this decision, to atone for all this guilt c!tommy feels? it fucking tears him apart. he pays and pays and pays, he loses his discs and his city and all three of his lives, and it does not end. he wants to try, he wants to try so much that it hurts, but that ambition's going to destroy him – it's taken everything and it's still taking, and if he doesn't watch out, he'll have nothing left.

I've spent my whole life searching desperately / To find out that grace requires nothing of me

and right now, it looks like he's starting to realise that :)

because c!tommy is a spiteful little shit, and everything has changed but his stance has not – that things can be fixed, that things can be better. and especially c!tommy himself. he stops visiting c!dream. he entirely avoids anyone – and i mean anyone – who so much as looks at him the wrong way. he's started to stand up for himself and his friends again!! he goes to therapy, and he holds post-revival c!wilbur at an arm's length, and decides, you know what, this asshole's worth fixing, too. he stops doing the bad shit – stops trying to give and give and give, and instead just... enjoys himself. goofs off in las nevadas. makes ghostbur a monument. jokes around with c!beeduo. and it's not perfect, and he still feels like he owes revivebur something, but. he's trying, you know? he's trying to learn it.

I, I want to sing a song worth singing / I'll write an anthem worth repeating / I, I want to feel the transformation / A melody of reformation

and he's gonna keep trying, despite it all. he hasn't lost his vision, not at all – he still wants to have fun, to get better, to fix his friends and get his old life back. he still wants it more than anything. but a lifetime of chasing those wants has hurt him and worn him down. he still wants to do the things that matter, but the things that matter have changed, haven't they? for both better and worse, haven't they changed? they've hurt him and so he's set them aside and made them different, but they're still there!! the guy who keeps trying is still there :)

I'll hold it all more loosely / And yet somehow much more dearly / 'Cause I've spent my whole life searching desperately / To find out that grace requires nothing / Grace requires nothing of me

and this, i hope, is where c!tommy's going :)

i don't want him to lose his optimism. i don't want him to stop trying, because it's such a c!tommy thing to try. but i want him to pick his battles. which he's already doing with revivebur, isn't he? standing up to him when he can, avoiding people who have hurt him, facing his trauma head on. i want him to hold onto the things he loves more loosely, yeah, but i want that absolute love for them to stay. i want him to become friends with c!wilbur again, to keep his friendship with c!beeduo, to hold on to the different and new things that matter. i want him to stop giving pieces of himself up – no more discs or cities or gambling with lives. and c!tommy hasn't done that stuff in a long, long time.

i want that arc to be completed, basically. and honestly, guys?

i really think he's getting there :)

[drabsyo]

Phoenix here! Thanks a lot, and I hope you don’t mind but I took the liberty of sending you something already XD Ah I was also curious; what songs do you associate with Fleurmione or feel that it sounds like and fits such a pair?

A Fleurmione Playlist you say...

ALRIGHT. Here we go again... 👀👀 And I suggest you buckle up, because... well, you’ll see.

Bookstore Girl - Charlie Burg from Album: Two, Moonlight 

(I mean, the name says it all. Seems like someone’s been stealing glances at the bookworm at the library...) 

“Oh, bookstore girl, I wonder what your name is, You know you're famous in my group of friends. Oh, bookstore girl, I feel a sudden urge to, Purchase the book you shelved the other day.”

Literature Lovers - Jose Vanders listen at time stamp 29:39

(Ah, falling in love in the library? Pretending to be more interested in the books rather than the company? Too afraid to admit to that unspoken something? Sounds like an average wlw Tuesday at Hogwarts.) 

“She's a fiery way with words, Or so you have heard. From your friends and, what will you do? With those hopeless two, Both pretending to be literature lovers instead.”  

Metaphors - Keaton Henson 

(Finally admitting to falling in love at the library, despite the goings on in the Triwizard tournament... Fleur’s just so in love, and they’re both so young, but Hogwarts makes it seem like they have all the time in the world to stay in love.)

“And I love that you talk about Dylan Harry, And all the books you read, I know you so well, didn't notice any spell. But you seem to be taking the lead, And not to mention, Despite pretension, You are infinitely interesting to me.”  

Blue Notes - Jose Vanders

(That vacation to Fleur’s home during the summer? The little bubble of safety before Hermione disappears into the fray.)  

“And we'll confess our interest in each other, Though we've known for a while, Then we can listen to records with the lights off, And you can draw letters on my hand, And we can talk about predestination,” 

Two - Sleeping At Last from Album: Atlas Enneagram

(Because Hermione’s fifth year at Hogwarts is hell, and Umbridge is absolutely rotten. And she misses the French witch so terribly. But at such a distance, there’s only little Fleur can do to help our bookworm.)

“Sweetheart, you look a little tired. When did you last eat? Come in and make yourself right at home. Stay as long as you need Tell me, is something wrong? If something's wrong, you can count on me. You know I'll take my heart clean apart if it helps yours beat.”  

To Build A Home - The Cinematic Orchestra, Patrick Watson from Album: Ma Fleur

(Shell cottage feels, anyone? Because I think this one broke me.)

“There is a house built out of stone, Wooden floors, walls and window sills. Tables and chairs worn by all of the dust, This is a place where I don't feel alone. This is a place where I feel at home, 'Cause, I built a home. For you For me Until it disappeared, From me From you.”

Novels - Rusty Clanton from Album: Calm & Normal

(Because Hermione can’t tell Fleur what their quest is. And she has to go. She doesn’t know when she’s coming back, if she’s coming back at all. And running away from everything just seems so easy.)

“Let's save up for something new, Someday I won't have to wait for you. What if I asked, What if I asked you to stay? What if it cost, You, your heart and your last name?” 

Land of the Living - Roo Panes from Album: Tiger Striped Sky

(And so the battle is over, the war is won. But not all victories are forged in glory. There’s healing to be done, scars that needed tending. But not for the first time, Hermione thinks with Fleur by her side, things might just turn out okay after all.)

“I hear the voices of my childhood singing, It's the world beyond those doorways where we used to play. I know a land called the Land of the Living, It's the world beyond those curtains where we learned the play. Oh, we'll go back, we'll go back to the beginning, And we'll pickup on the trails of forgotten ways.”  

You wanted a Fleurmione playlist? 

There’s. Your.✨Fleurmione. Playlist!✨;)

Happy listening! 💙💖

[greylunar]

hi tal!! i’d genuinely call you one of my favorite ppl on the planet ☺️ so i’m a bit nervous reaching out to you again, but i’ve been listening to a lot more sleeping at last recently, which has brought me back to your uquiz. i listened to 4 on enneagram and felt a similar sense of being “known” as i did when i took your quiz & got ravenclaw. so i was wondering, is there a big correlation between your enneagram & your house? i’d assume there would be! (ty for millions of things!! bye! 💕)

Hello Madi!!! I super hope that I just haven’t gotten to your first ask yet, and that it didn’t just get lost somewhere in the interspace, since you seem absolutely lovely and I would hate to make you nervous even a little bit about anything, but especially about me not answering an ask. I’m,,, very bad at social media and the internet, in general, hehe and so I’ve been answering asks fairly sporadically and in less and less of a sensical order as time passes. I still have my goal of answering everyone, and I will not be shaken from it! It just might take me a while hehe. But I love you all and you all deserve the best answers I can give c: 

I’m so glad you’ve been listening to sleeping at last though! Funnily enough, my favorite songs by him aren’t on the enneagram album, but I love Mercury, Light, and Sun the most c: Funnily enough, I actually don’t know much about enneagram on its own, and for the most part I did the lyrics for each house based on gut interpretations of specific lines, rather than correlations between each type and house! Hehe I wish I was smart enough to know the intricacies of both and tie them together, but I can do you something hopefully as good which is to tell you what each Sleeping at Last song’s lyrics vibe with! 

One is interesting because I think the overall song could very easily be Gryffindor, but its the specific line  “The list goes on forever of all the ways I could be better in my mind, as if I could earn God's favor given time, or at least congratulations,” that makes this song Slytherin for me c:

Two is where we get into the limits of the sorting house system, or I guess more specifically where the enneagram and sorting house system don’t really categorize the same things. There is no house that is the house of love, or self-sacrifice, or anything like that, because those are much more universal traits and why this song kind of hits different for a lot of people. The line that I put in the uquiz was "I know exactly how your rule goes / Put my mask on first / No, I don't want to talk about myself / Tell me where it hurts / I just want to build you up, build you up / 'Til you're good as new / And maybe one day, I'll get around / To fixing myself, too," as a Hufflepuff line because,,, yeah. In a weird way though, I feel like two as a whole vibes with Ravenclaws who I think even more than puffs have a tendency to lose their sense of self when in love and when caring for others in their life just because they’re still curious as to who their self is, rather than being more sturdy in it like a hufflepuff.

Three yall this is it you’ve broken Slytherins down to their bare essentials

Four is my perfect Ravenclaw song and so I’m very excited to hear you are both a Ravenclaw and a four!! It’s really validating hehe and also the song itself is just so beautiful that I’m really glad you are able to listen to it and connect to it and feel seen and held by it, I know how important nine was for me so I’m just really glad that comfort comes your way through this song c:

Five I think balances the rather unconventional line between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. It’s the want of certainty while being surrounded by the unknown of the Gryffindor, and the want of the unknown while being surrounded by certainty of the Ravenclaw. The sense of being outside a group even while part of them harbored by both houses, the emotional armor often built by both houses, and the hesitation of both to let people in. The sort of pent up energy of a Gryffindor or Ravenclaw not doing enough although they may not even know what their definition of enough is. 

Six. Y’all the ludicrous amount of character playlist six is on for me. The line I put in the quiz,"I wanna believe / No, I choose to believe / That I was made to become / A sanctuary....Is that courage or faith / To show up every day? / To trust that there will be light / Always waiting behind / Even the darkest of nights" is tagged as Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, but the second line from this song in the quiz "I had the most vivid dream / My feet had left the ground / I was floating to heaven / But I could only look down / My mind was heavy / Running ragged with worst case scenarios / Emergency exits and the distance below / I woke up so worried that the angels let go" is just so core Gryffindor and the entirety of the song as a whole is so Gryffindor that to call it anything else would be a travesty on my part. 

Seven. Oh wow hey the way my dyscalculic ass forgot about the number seven and just straight up did not put this song in the quiz. This is fine hehe. I mean, its Gryffindor, utterly. This song always reminds me of laugh drunk nights with my friend @sammansonn (ironically a Slytherin) trying to decide whether or not we’re gonna steal a shopping cart and singing a little too loud for passersby. I like to think we make each other braver, so maybe that’s why its Gryffindor.

Eight is the perfect example of the venn diagram overlap of Gryffindor and Slytherin. "Now you won't see all that I have to lose / And all I've lost in the fight to protect it / I won't let you in. I swore never again- I can't afford, no, I refuse to be rejected" vs “I want to break these bones 'til they're better I want to break them right and feel alive / You were wrong, you were wrong, you were wrong- My healing needed more than time” vs “I remember the minute. It was like a switch was flipped / I was just a kid who grew up strong enough / To pick this armor up / And suddenly it fit" vs "I'm all in, palms out, I'm at your mercy now and I'm ready to begin / I am strong, I am strong, I am strong enough to let you in. / I'll shake the ground with all my might / I will pull my whole heart up to the surface / For the innocent, for the vulnerable / I'll show up on the front lines with a purpose,”...like we can all see the transition from Slytherin to Gryffindor and the strange muddy middle ground of both their paths to healing. I really think the only difference between a Slytherin and a Gryffindor is what you’re trying to heal from and how you’re trying to do it.

Nine. Listen it could all be bias. But there’s not a single part of these lyrics that hit the part of me that’s a Hufflepuff on purpose. 

I hope that helped, and wasn’t way too much to read hehe. Thank you for asking, and even more for sharing your positivity and light with me, you made me smile today and I was really glad to come back and answer this ask. Have the best day ever Madi, and an even better day every one after that c:

[lyricistrito]

look what quarantine's done to me, fuck-

i am obsessed with psychology and personality types

they're just so fun to learn about so here's a brief summary of what ive been up to so far:

mbti (myers-briggs type indicator): i am an infj-t (the rarest typeee), i took the 16personalities test. to learn abt this i looked for vids on youtube and found frank james' channel. he is an infj too and he explains why infj's act a certain way in different scenarios and the different types of infjs there are. he also makes funny sketches about all of the types in different situations. here's a link to his video on '16 personalities social distancing'

enneagram: i am a type 8 (the challenger) and my tritype is 854 (the scholar). frank james doesnt do many videos on this typing system but he does have a few. what did help me learn about this, though is his 'intro to the enneagram' video. after watching i scrolled through the comments for a bit, there are a lot of knowledgeable people that spoke about their types and stuff. the enneagram is more about how your fears and traumas influence the way you are around people and his video explains it well.

there's an artist (previously an 'emo band' lmao) called sleeping at last. their music is so good omfds. they have an album called atlas: enneagram which has each song dedicated to each enneagram type. each song highlights the type's fears and emotions very beautifully. i suggest yous do the truity test, find your type and listen to the corresponding song, i related to mine so much-

im gonna update this when i learn more about other personality typing systems but yeah, ive really enjoyed learning about this so far :)

[rileyjackscn-a]

task 001 → statistics.

Riley Lorde Jackson.

BASIC INFORMATION.

Full Name: Riley Lorde Jackson

Nickname(s): When they were younger, people would call them Bite-sized because of how small they were before their growth spurt. Once they began to grow into themselves and became more involved in the hacking community, they reclaimed and repurposed the name going by Byte. More widely used nicknames include Riles, RJ, or their middle and last names: Lorde or Jackson.

Age: 26

Date of Birth: November 15, 1993

Hometown: Mystic, CT

Current Location: Mystic, CT

Ethnicity: Exact heritage unknown.

Gender: Non-binary

Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs

Orientation: Queer is their preferred label for their sexual and romantic orientation. Simply put... they’re just not straight.

Religion: Agnostic and very Spiritual

Political Affiliation: Leftist

Occupation: Audio Engineer at Mystic Radio

Living Arrangements: Apartment with roommate(s), which can be seen here. With their podcast, they end up having quite a few professional visitors over, so they enjoy having a somewhat fun, polished place for people to come back to; although, they may admittedly go a bit too far with all of their refurbished musical instruments and skating gear for appliances and furniture. 

Language(s) Spoken: English, ASL, Coding languages including but not limited to: HTML, CSS, Java, JavaScript, Pyton, Cobol, C, C++, SQL.

Accent: General American accent ( see here because i love their voice sm )

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE.

Face Claim: Quintessa Swindell

Hair Colour: Medium-dark brown like this

Eye Colour: Medium/dark honey brown

Height: 5′6′’

Weight: 114 lbs

Build: Lean ( lean muscle from their continued yoga and skateboarding )

Tattoos: A tattoo on their side of a scene from a protest ( in Atlanta not L.A. ), a tattoo on their right hand as seen in this picture, the following coding tattoo on their right bicep.

Piercings: Double pierced lobes, double helix on their left ear, septum piercing, left side of their nose pierced. 

Clothing Style: Androgynous skater is their go to style as seen here; although, every once in awhile they do enjoy playing with their style and present more feminine or masculine. That being said, they always will steer towards more of a skater or grunge style.

Usual Expression: They always look like they are up to something, small smirk or at least an amused expression. ( x )

Distinguishing Characteristics: natural hair, playful grin, high cheekbones, large eyes

HEALTH.

Physical Ailments: Asthma, Scoliosis, High Blood Pressure.

Neurological Conditions: N/A ( currently, although history of Major Depressive Disorder )

Allergies: Lactose Intolerant

Sleeping Habits: Their sleeping habit is that they have no habit when it comes to sleep. They will wake up at 6 AM some days and noon others. They will fall asleep at 9 PM or at 4 AM others. A lot of it will depend on their work schedule.

Eating Habits: When they first moved to Atlanta, their diet was horrible as they forgot about eating while trying to ‘make it’. After getting their bearings, they have maintained a much more regulated diet. Due to ethical and health reasons, they are now vegan, and seldom break it.

Exercise Habits: Despite making fun of it when they first weaseled their way into a yoga instructor position, they have fallen in love with yoga and will commit to setting aside time for it each day. They also continue to love and regularly skateboard. 

Emotional Stability: They’re fairly stable at about a seven on the outside. They act out emotionally when someone wrongs them or their loved ones, but they do it in a way that is calculated and precise ( even if still irrational ).

Sociability: They are extremely social, and they really try to avoid from having too much alone time.

Body Temperature: They’re almost always cold. Living in Atlanta heat was perfect for them, and now that they’re back, it’d be a shock to find them without a sweatshirt or jacket nearby.

Addictions: N/A

Drug Use: Fairly regular marijuana usage and social ( though rare ) shroom usage. They used to use much more frequently and a wider range of drugs, but they have stopped and are firm about only using natural substances.

Alcohol Use: Social usage. They usually drink beer or tequila.

PERSONALITY.

Label: Playful Hacker

Positive Traits: Charismatic, Confident, Ingenious, Adaptable, Sociable

Negative Traits: Critical, Rebellious, Cynical, Flirtatious, Secretive

Goals/Desires: They really want to be able to conduct a score for a film ( or any size ) some day or help produce an album or song. Short term, they want to be able to move out of Mystic permanently, and they are even interested in moving internationally.

Fears: They’re scared of being alone and dying alone, they’re scared of the future, and they also hate and are terrified of clowns.

Hobbies: skateboarding, yoga, researching random topics, making their podcast, writing/composing music

Habits: rubbing their fingers, drinking coffee in excess, bouncing their legs when making music, pulls on/adjusts piercings

FAVOURITES.

Weather: warm & sunny

Colour: golden yellow or bright orange

Music: They don’t have a specific style that they like. It really depends on their mood of the day. They will even listen to old school bluegrass, which throws people off. They are very into music that can make them feel something, whether that be emotional and ready to cry, relaxed and like you could drive for hours with the window down, or energized and ready to dance.

Movies: They love indie movies, sci fi movies ( about space in particular ), thriller/cerebral flicks, and bad horror movies.

Sport: Skateboarding

Beverage: Ice coffee

Food: They snack obsessively on kale chips drenched in cayenne.

Animal: They loves cats and have one of their own.

FAMILY.

Father: Daryl Jackson ( deceased ), veteran

Mother: Nancy Jackson, caretaker and nurse at nearby assisted-living center.

Sibling(s): N/A

Children: N/A

Pet(s): One cat ( unknown breed ) named Tony Pawk

Family’s Financial Status: Working class

EXTRA.

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio sun — at their best, they are focused, brave, loyal, faithful, and ambitious. At their worst, they are jealous, possessive, secretive, dominating, and resentful. 

MBTI: ENFP-A ( Campaigner ): The Campaigner personality is a true free spirit. They are often the life of the party, but unlike types in the Explorer Role group, Campaigners are less interested in the sheer excitement and pleasure of the moment than they are in enjoying the social and emotional connections they make with others. Charming, independent, energetic and compassionate, the 7% of the population that they comprise can certainly be felt in any crowd. // “It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for ��� and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool – for love – for your dreams – for the adventure of being alive.” // At their best, they are curious, observant, energetic and enthusiastic, excellent communicators, know how to relax, and very popular and friendly. At their worst, they have poor practical skills, find it difficult to focus, overthink things, get stressed easily, highly emotional, and independent to a fault.

Enneagram: Type 8 is also known as The Challenger. Eights see themselves as strong and powerful and seek to stand up for what they believe in.

Temperament: Sanguine

Moral Alignment: Chaotic Good — A chaotic good character acts as his conscience directs him with little regard for what others expect of him. He makes his own way, but he's kind and benevolent. He believes in goodness and right but has little use for laws and regulations. He hates it when people try to intimidate others and tell them what to do. He follows his own moral compass, which, although good, may not agree with that of society. Chaotic good is the best alignment you can be because it combines a good heart with a free spirit. However, chaotic good can be a dangerous alignment when it disrupts the order of society and punishes those who do well for themselves.

Primary Vice: Lust

Primary Virtue: Diligence

Element: Fire

[icameheretowinry]

Current Favorite Music

Rules: list your top 10 fav songs/music that you’re currently listening to.

I got tagged by @jessthebooklover. Thank you!! I’m also going to do the explanations like you did bc I think it’s super cute ^^ Buckle up, kids. This is gonna get UGLY. 

1. Our Song - Hoppípolla (I’m OBSESSED with this band. They just released their first album a couple weeks ago, and it’s all I listen to. The songs are in Korean, but this is some of the most beautiful music I’ve heard in any language. They’re really unique in that they don’t have a drummer, but a cello player instead. The dude has a masters in music, and it’s a JOY to watch him perform. They have covers in English if you want to ease yourself in, but I seriously can’t recommend them enough.) 

2. Happiness - Red Velvet (If you’re having a bad day, this song will literally turn it around. It’s a BOP.) 

3. Ring - Phoebe Ryan (I first heard of her/saw her perform for the first time when she opened for Eric Nam at a concert I went to back in February. This is her newest single and I’m in love. The queen snapped.)

4. Red Moon - Kard (Another group I’ve fallen HARD for since the beginning of quarantine. This is the title track from their latest album, and it’s SO CATCHY. They’ve mixed Korean, Spanish, and English in few of their songs and I freaking love the combo. The members are also hilarious.) 

5. Nekojarashi - Radwimps (Same band that did the ost for Your Name. Pretty sure this is their latest single. It was written for a freaking commercial, but it’s a beautiful song about sharing small moments of happiness with others.) 

6. The Kill - Thirty Seconds to Mars (It’s a classic angsty mid-2000s rock song. What’s not to love? These are my musical ROOTS, people.) 

7. Four - Sleeping At Last (They did a whole album where each enneagram type got its own song. This song is the one for mine. If you know your type, listen to the corresponding song on the album to feel really seen and called out. It’s wonderful.) 

8. Bandaids - Keshi (I love Keshi so much alright, and his new album was AMAZING. Super chill music that hits you right in the feels. Sign me up. Probably my fav song by him behind Atlas and Skeletons.) 

9. Sweet Night - V, of BTS (I still need to see Itaewon Class, but this song off the ost is just beautiful. I didn’t expect V to sing in English, but I’m not going to turn it down. It’s dumb how many times I’ve looped this...) 

10. The One - Kodaline (Easily one of my favorite bands. This song is a little cheesy, but my heart busts the biggest uwu whenever I listen to it.)

Tagging: @emberstreak, @roses-fandom-mess, @divineworm, @valenshawke, @xxmurplexx, @magnoliaalchemist if you guys want! 

[danyka-fendyr]

Eight

Alright everyone, so this is just a little thing I made for @dreamwritesimagines writer’s block challenge. Because she is an absolute love, she let me write it about Matt Murdock rather than, say, literally any of the characters I was really supposed to write it about. I named it Eight because recently I’ve been getting a little into enneagrams because Sleeping at Last released an amazing album about them and I feel like Matt would be an 8. So many of the lyrics on track 8 describe Matt to me. It’s a bit short, but that’s because I still have homework to do, lol. I hope you guys like it! Dream was kind enough to let me use the prompts, “We’re not together, we’re bros- I’m gonna be his best woman at his wedding. “ and “You? You’re my superhero crush?” I love her brain, and I love her stories, so I feel very lucky to get to make this. Thanks so much Dream!

Warnings: None because for once in my life I’m not murdering anybody. Really just some pg-13 action type stuff.

Wordcount: 1864

I'm standing guard, I'm falling apart And all I want is to trust you Show me how to lay my sword down For long enough to let you through

-Sleeping at Last, Eight

Matt Murdock was undoubtedly a complicated man in every sense of the word. He usually looked like he had fallen asleep in an iron maiden, and not the band, he left at the most inconvenient times, and he slept with more women than one could reasonably count on both hands.

You were very unsure why you were friends with him. Frankly, it seemed like a terrible idea. You were definitely not the kind of person who found yourself friends with an insane person.

“I would disagree with that.” Matt interrupted you.

“Hey! I was trying to inner monologue.”

“Yeah, well, you were outer monologuing.”

“Not the first time.” You sighed, leaning forward on his couch to touch your toes.

“I can’t see what you’re doing but I can tell it’s dumb.”

“You’re so mean to me.” 

In spite of that, you sat back up, rolling over to lay your head in his lap. Matt didn’t have to think before sinking his hands into your hair, playing with it. You sighed, closing your eyes against the glow of the neon lights swimming across the walls of his otherwise dark apartment.

“You really have the worst view, you know that?”

You could hear Matt smile. “That’s not what you said the first time you saw it. You called it, ‘enchantingly urban,’ as I recall.”

“That was for your benefit. It’s crap.” You opened your eyes again so you could glare at him accusingly. 

“If it’s so bad then why do you crash on my couch so often?”

“Because my roommate, though I love her dearly, snores like Mr. Snuffleupagus if he was dying.”

“Big Bird’s got a gun,” Matt sing-songed.

“Was that even a thing when you were in school or is this just another result of the creepy amount of time you spend with children.”

“A. It is not creepy. I just happen to do a lot of pro bono work, and children just happen to usually be broke. B. I think you’re just asking that question because you’re trying to avoid the elephant in the room.”

“Wait, there’s an elephant in the room?” You sat up. “Matt, I think you’re seeing things. Oh wait...”

“That is really not as clever as you think it is.”

“Oh no, it is. And you love it.”

“Alright, you’ve got me there.”

“Seriously though. Is there an elephant in the room I just don’t know about? Because as far as I’m concerned we’re peachy.” You tucked your feet up under yourself, the material of Matt’s couch digging into your skin.

“The fact that you’ve been here, sleeping on my couch, almost every night this week.”

You frowned. “I thought you said you liked having me around.”

“I do. But having you around this much sometimes interferes with my...social life.”

“Oh, ew! Too much information, Matthew!” You recoiled, putting your hands over your ears.

You and Matt had been friends for roughly forever. Okay, so it hadn’t been that long. It had been a few years though. In the timeline of Significant Matt Life Events, you had met him pre-Karen Paige, post-Foggy Nelson. It had been a match made in heaven when you accidentally walked into him and he, with all the snark in the world, had asked you how you had managed to bump into him even though he was the blind one. He thought he was funny, but you weren’t as amused. Foggy asked you for your phone number, one bad date lead to a great friendship, and the rest was history.

“The elephant in the room is Foggy’s new girlfriend.”

“Um...I think she might take offense to that, Matt. Like, a lot of offense.”

If he looked about 2 inches to his left he would be glaring right at you.

“No seriously. I don’t get what you’re trying to get at here, Matty.”

“What I’m trying to say is that Foggy hasn’t dated anyone since you. I was just wondering...how you felt about that.”

It was at this point in time that you started dying laughing. It wasn’t really that funny, but in a way, it was. You? Heartbroken over Foggy Nelson, a man you had gone on one date with once, years ago? Unlikely. You said as much.

“Okay.” Matt sounded oddly relieved. “I just wanted to make sure. They asked us to dinner tomorrow night, but I was prepared to make excuses for you.”

“Ooooh, dinner? Sounds perfect!” You gave Matt your toothiest smile, even though he couldn’t see it.

“I’m not paying for you.”

You punched him in the arm. “Meanie.”

Dinner with Matt and Foggy’s new girlfriend was an interesting affair. Not because Foggy’s new girlfriend wasn’t nice. She was! She just also mistakenly assumed you were on a double date. You weren’t!

“So, Matt,” she started, taking a sip of her drink. “Enough about Foggy and I. How long have you and Y/N been dating?”

Matt looked more surprised than he probably should have given that they had been asked this question a few times.

 “Us? Dating. No.” Matt laughed. “I think you misunderstood. Y/N and I are just friends.”

“Yeah. We’re not together, we’re bros- I’m gonna be his best woman at his wedding. “

“Oh, I’m so sorry. You two just seemed so comfortable with each other, and...” She glanced down to where Matt’s jacket lay over your shoulders, your fingers intertwined over the table from where you sat on the opposite side of the booth in the cozy little Italian restaurant you knew was run by one of Matt’s old clients.

Now, listen. You know what it looked like. But there was a very simple explanation for all of this. You had gotten cold outside, Matt was a gentleman, your hands were also cold by proxy, you liked hand-holding, you liked Matt- Okay. So you liked Matt. Was that a crime?

That being said, it was none of anybody’s business.

“Oh, don’t worry about it. Truth is, I’m already taken,” you said.

“Oh?” She seemed very surprised by that.

“Yeah. Daredevil has my heart. I love me a vigilante with a good butt.”

Foggy snorted. He was always very very amused by your innocent crush on Daredevil. You could never tell why, but you just assumed it was because he had a great sense of humor, even though he was rarely so entertained by your other jokes.

“You could say he’s a handsome devil,” Foggy chimed in.

“Ha! That’s a good one.” You grinned.

The night carried on in much the same way, though Foggy’s date seemed a little perplexed by the dynamic between you and Matt. You were pretty sure that at some point she went back to assuming you two were dating just because it was easier for her to handle. You couldn’t blame the poor girl. Even you got confused sometimes by the fact that you were not-dating Matthew Murdock. Matt liked to keep things confusing.

By the time you stumbled back to Matt’s apartment, you could barely keep your eyes open. You were a night owl, admittedly, but a night out on the town always left you feeling drained. Accordingly, Matt agreed to let you stay on his couch again. You could have loved him for that alone.

“Matt?” Your voice was quiet, hesitant as his keys jangled in the lock.

“Yes?” He opened the door, leading the two of you inside.

There is silence for a moment as you two shuffle your way inside, Matt’s cane tapping against the floor out of reflex. Your hands are still intertwined, and you don’t know how to say what you want to say next. You’re not even sure if you should say it.

“Can I ask you something?”

“Sure. Is something wrong?”

You take a shaky breath, stepping away from him and letting go of his hand. You can’t look at him right now, but that doesn’t really matter since he can’t tell the difference. You stare out his window instead, watching the neon signs buzz into the night.

“What would you say...if I told you I was a little bit in love with you?”

He doesn’t say anything, which in your mind is answer enough. Contrary to popular belief, you can actually take a hint. The message from Matt is loud and clear, ironic given all the silence surrounding you.

“I would say I’m glad I’m not the only one because I’m a little bit in love with you too.”

“You are?” You pivot to face him, eyes wide.

“Yes. I never wanted to say anything though, because I always thought you were still a little hung up over Foggy and...I don’t know. I date a lot of women and I didn’t want you to think you were just some passing phase or a replacement for someone or anything like that. I guess I just-”

You cut him off. You know it’s rude, but you can’t yourself. With greedy hands, you grab his face and press his mouth to your own.

Kissing Matt is a very physical experience. With him being blind, it’s like he’s trying to soak up as much of you as he can. Matt has all the prowess kissing you you would expect from a man with his experience, and it takes your breath away. His mouth moves against your own with an intensity you couldn’t have predicted, one hand tangling in your head. You feel his cane fall to the floor when the other hand wraps around your waist, pulling you flush against his body, skin on skin.

When you pull away, you can barely breathe, barely think. It is a rush to kiss Matt, and suddenly you have an idea of how he gets women into bed with him so easy. You would probably do anything he asked you to right now.

“I...If we’re going to do this, I have to tell you something,” he said.

“Yes. Anything.” Your eyes are still a little glassy.

“I’m the Daredevil.” He says it all in one go, spits it right out like he’s ripping off a band-aid.

There is a beat.

“You’re the what now?”

“I’m the-”

“No I heard you.” You pull yourself out of his arms, taking a step back in surprise. “You....You? You’re my superhero crush?”

“Yeah...sorry about that. I would have told you sooner, but I was afraid you would get hurt if you knew, but if we’re going to do this for real you have to know. I don’t want someone coming after you and having you be unprepared and-”

“Oh my gosh is that why Foggy thought all of my Daredevil comments were so funny?” You screeched.

“Yes, probably, but I don’t think you’re listening to me right now-”

“I can’t believe this! I just totally made out with my superhero crush. You felt me up!”

Matt sighed. At a certain point, he always realized he was never going to get through to you.

“Want to do it again?” He offered.

“Heck yeah!”

So you did. And that’s the story of how you somehow ended up dating your superhero crush. Who knew? Dreams really do come true.

[dceshims-blog]

↳ damn, is that MOON DAESHIM ? the IM CHANGKYUN lookalike gotten quite the reputation around here. the 23 year old RAPPER / PRODUCER has been in london for ONE year now. people say they are only HEDONISTIC + SELF DESTRUCTIVE, but they’re actually CHARMING + ADVENTUROUS once you get to know them. don’t get too comfortable, though, no one knows HIS AGENCY / COMPANY PAID TO HAVE SOMETHING HE DID HIDDEN FROM THE WORLD.

 HIYA  HEY  HELLO,  i'm  gem,  i'm  21+,  i  go  by  she  her  pronouns  &  live  in  the  cst  !  i'm  also  a  hot  mess  who  likes  hurting  my  characters  ...  hence  the  reason  that  dae's  life  is  as  big  of  a  mess  as  it  is.  he's  a  new  character,  which  means  not  everything  is  fleshed  out  like  i  would  like  it  to  be  but  you  can  find  his  basic  information,  stats,  bullet  point  bio,  personality  &  a  few  wanted  connections  ideas  under  the  cut  !  

tw:  mentions  of  alcohol  abuse,  drug  abuse,  car  accidents,  hit  and  run  scenario,  death  &  injuries  !

                                         basic  information.

full  name:  moon  daeshim. nickname(s):  moon,  dae,  shimmy,  daedae.  (  the  last  one  is  use  by  his  mother  &  mother  ONLY  ) age:  twenty-three. date  of  birth:  tbd. birthplace:  daegu,  south  korea. gender:  cismale. pronouns:  he  /  him  /  his. orientation:  pansexual. occupation:  rapper,  producer,  composer. language(s)  spoken:  korean,  english,  japanese,  chinese,  thai,  french  &  spanish.

                                    physical  appearance.

faceclaim:  im  changkyun  (  i.m  )  of  monsta  x. hair  color:  changes  pretty  frequently,  currently  black. eye  color:  brown. height:  6  ’  0  ". weight:  175. build:  athletic. tattoos:  quite  a  few,  far  to  many  to  name  ...  mostly  black  &  grey. piercings:  7  in  his  left  ear,  8  in  his  right,  tongue  piercing,  eyebrow  piercing  on  his  left  brow  &  scars  from  old  snake  bites  under  his  bottom  lip.

                                                    health.

physical  ailments:  alcohol  abuse,  drug  abuse. neurological  conditions:  n/a. allergies:  seasonal  ailments. sleeping  habits:  3-4  hours,  restless,  tosses  &  turns. eating  habits:  lives  of  of  fast  food  &  take  out  usually,  sometimes  goes  to  'fancier'  places. exercise  habits:  has  personal  trainers  who  he  works  out  with  three  times  a  week. body  temperature:  hot  natured. addictions:  alcohol,  tobacco,  drugs,  sex. drug  use:  frequent. alcohol  use:  frequent.

                                       personality. (  pt  1.  )

label:  tbd.

positive  traits:  charming  &  adventurous. negative  traits:  hedonistic  &  self-destructive. fears:  tbd. hobbies:  cooking,  video  games,  shopping,  board  games,  swimming,  poker,  going  to  the  movies,  traveling,  exercising,  eating  out. habits:  jiggles  leg  up  &  down,  taps  feet  on  occasion,  runs  fingers  through  hair  often,  constantly  glances  at  his  watch,  rolls  his  eyes,  cracks  knuckles  /  bones,  shifts  in  his  seat  when  nervous  /  irritated,  clenches  jaw,  gestures  when  speaking,  props  feet  up  on  desks  /  tables,  constantly  checks  his  phone. quirks:  wears  a  lot  of  jewelry,  good  with  technology,  paces  back  &  forth  when  in  deep  thought  or  when  nervous,  mumbles  to  himself  on  occasion,  constantly  on  social  media,  bites  &  chews  on  lips,  night  owl,  addicted  to  texting,  can  play  musical  instruments,  dyes  his  hair  a  different  color  constantly,  addicted  to  caffeinated  drinks,  always  has  to  have  the  'best’  of  everything  he  owns,  has  to  have  a  fan  on  to  sleep,  chews  ice  cubes.

                                              favorites.

season:  fall,  winter. color(s):  matte  black,  chrome,  army  green,  gold  &  silver. music:  will  listen  to  anything  as  long  as  he  likes  it,  doesn’t  matter  what genre. movies:  watches  pretty  much  everything,  mostly  enjoys  suspense,  action  &  comedy. sport(s):  doesn’t  really  care  for  sports,  watches  it  if  it's  on  at  bars. beverage(s):  anything  and  everything,  other  than  sparkling  water. food:  anything  from  luxurious  5  star  meals  to  instant  ramen  cooked  at  home. animal:  dogs.

                                                  family.

father: tbd. mother: tbd. sibling(s):  n/a. children:  n/a. pet(s):  tbd. family’s  financial  status:  upper  class.

                                                  extras.

zodiac sign:  tbd. mbti:  entp-a.  (  the  debater.  ) enneagram:  type  eight. (  the  challenger.  ) temperament:  sanguine. hogwarts  house:  slytherin. moral  alignment:  tbd. primary  vice:  tbd. primary  virtue:  tbd. element:  fire.

                                             biography.

born  in  daegu,  south  korea  to  two  extremely  wealthy  parents.

his  father  was  a  very  well  known  idol,  his  mother  a  fashion  designer.

meaning  that  dae  was  in  the  spotlight  since  BIRTH,  he's  never  known  anything  other  than  fame  &  fortune.

that  of  course,  went  to  his  head  from  a  very,  very  young  age  &  it  caused  this  sort  of  god  complex  in  him.

his  nannies  HATED  having  to  work  for  his  parents  &  take  care  of  him  because  he  made  their  lives  a  living  hell  basically.  not  because  he  was  MEAN  or  something  like  that  but  because  he  was  just  picky  &  was  used  to  getting  what  he  wanted.

which  did  cause  him  to  be  bratty  &  he  did  have  the  tendency  to  throw  fits  when  he  didn't  get  what  he  wanted,  always  going  to  his  parents  whenever  the  nannies  wouldn't  give  dae  what  he  wanted  &  they'd  end  up  either  quitting  or  getting  fired.

things  didn't  really  change  through  the  years,  to  be  honest.  he  got  less  'whiny'  about  things,  but  was  still  use  to  just  asking  for  whatever  he  wanted  &  getting  it  as  soon  as  humanly  possible.

he  was  fourteen  when  he  first  started  showing  interest  in  music,  though  he  didn't  follow  in  his  father's  footsteps  by  becoming  a  trainee.  he  was  more  into  producing  &  composing  than  anything.

it  wasn't  until  a  few  years  later  that  he  started  rapping  to  the  music  he  was  composing  in  order  to  try  &  get  them  bought  by  companies.

people  thought  that  he  was  actually  wanting  to  be  a  rapper  instead  of  just  a  producer  /  composer,  so  when  the  companies  kept  asking  him  if  he  was  interested  in  being  a  rapper,  he  figured  why  not.

that  was  the  start  of  his  career,  his  first  mini-album  skyrocketed  his  name  further  into  fame,  quickly  becoming  the  most  talked  about  rookie  in  the  business.

things  only  got  better  from  there,  each  album  he  dropped  debuted  at  the  top  of  charts,  keeping  his  name  in  the  spotlight  CONSTANTLY.

after  years  of  that,  things  started  getting  to  him  ...  the  stress  of  always  having  to  drop  something  new  and  fresh  caused  daeshim  to  start  to  spiral,  drinking  &  doing  drugs  almost  every  night  as  a  way  to  get  away  from  all  of  it  even  if  it  was  just  for  a  few  hours.

this  started  the  rumor  mill  to  begin,  articles  of  his  partying  ways,  the  clubbing  &  everything  like  that  starting  to  pile  up  one  after  the  next.  as  well  as  the  rumors  and  scandals  of  his  nudes  being  leaked  &  him  taking  home  as  many  people  he  wanted  to  because  he  truly  just  didn't  care  about  his  image  or  anything  like  that.

it  was  his  twentith  birthday  that  would  change  EVERYTHING  for  dae.  he'd  decided  to  go  out,  celebrate  by  drinking  &  going  wild  for  the  night  ...  stupidly  driving  home  from  the  club  that  night.

mid-way  home  he  happened  to  get  into  a  crash,  car  getting  totaled  as  well  as  a clipping  a  few  passer-bys ...  causing  one  to  pass  away  &  the  other  to  get  severely  injured  as  well  as  dae  getting  a  laundry  list  of  injuries  as  well.

he  was  okay  enough  to  walk  away  from  the  incident,  though  not  without  some  problems  of  his  own...  walking  back  to  his  agent's  home  as  it  was  the  closest  thing  he  could  get  to.

he  wasn't  expecting  his  agent  to  instantly  try  and  cover  everything  up,  calling  doctors  to  come  visit  daeshim  at  his  home,  sending  people  out  to  clean  up  the  scene  of  the  accident  &  make  sure  that  the  people  who  were  witnesses  or  involved  were  paid  off  to  keep  their  mouth  shut.

that  guilt  weighed  on  him  pretty  instantly,  his  injuries  being  hidden  from  the  media  while  they  healed  and  the  other  people  involved  continued  to  be  paid  off  so  that  no  one  knew  what  had  happened.

he  dealt  with  all  of  that  for  a  few  years  but  after  a  while,  he  couldn't  do  it  anymore.  deciding  to  publicly  declare  he'd  be  taking  a  break  from  making  music,  producing  &  composing...  taking  time  out  for  himself  &  his  own  mental  health  &  wellbeing.

it  was  only  a  week  after  that  when  dae  found  himself  in  london,  hoping  to  be  able  to  start  over  the  best  as  he  could.

                                    personality. ( pt 2. )

literally  the  Worst.

is  a  rich  bitch  and  makes  sure  EVERYONE  knows  that  even  if  he  doesn’t  speak  it… comes  in  the  form  of  his  clothing,  sports  cars,  accessories… literally  everything.

has  kinda  made  a  name  for  himself  in  the  london  that  isn't  to  far  off  from  what  the  media  constantly  talked  about  and  that's  him  being  a  Party  Animal.  goes  to  clubs  /  bars  every  weekend  (  sometimes  more  frequently  depending  on  his  mood.  )  as  well  as  a  bit  of  a  'player’.

extremely  hedonistic  and  a  bit  of  a  shopaholic.  is  always  seen  with  the  latest  &  greatest  makes  and  models  of  things.  always  has  designer  clothes  on.  always  is  out  shopping  for  something  new  at  least  three  times  a  week,  sometimes  more.

can  be  pretty  cocky  at  times,  he  knows  how  he  looks,  he  knows  how  much  money  he  has  and  sometimes  he  lets  that  go  to  his  head  &  his  ego.  though  he  TRIES  not  to  be  like  that  just  because  he  honestly  can’t  stand  when  other  people  boast  about  their  wealth  or  looks  on  a  daily  basis.

is  actually  really  relaxed  when  it  comes  down  to  it,  as  much  as  he  loves  to  party…  there’s  a  part  of  him  that  just  loves  lounging  at  home  watching  movies  just  as  much.  but  usually  refuses  to  do  so  alone,  will  invite  someone  to  come  over  just  so  he  doesn’t  have  to  be  in  his  (  cough…. giant …  cough  )  house  alone.

tends  to  hate  being  told  what  to  do.  comes  from  having  to  conform  to  what  his  agent  /  company  wanted  him  to  do  &  say  for  as  many  years  as  he  did  so  now  he’d  rather  just  do  what  he  wants,  when  he  wants  to  do  it  and  because  of  that  he  can  be  a  little  bit  selfish  sometimes.

he  wants  to  be  able  to  LIVE  and  have  fun,  do  what  he  wants  on  his  own  terms  and  go  from  there.

genuinely  not  a  bad  person,  though  his  ego  &  cockiness  sometimes  tend  to  cover  that  side  of  him  up. as  well  as  the  grief  &  guilt  of  what  he’s  done  in  the  past  causing  him  to  be  extremely  guarded.

loves  to  SPOIL  the  people  he  knows,  if  he  goes  out  shopping,  he’s  probably  buying  something  for  his  friends  in  the  process.  

is  the  type  of  person  that  just  loves  to  give  people  shit  but  does  so  in  a  loving  &  caring  way.  aka  will  roast  you  but  then  offer  to  take  you  to  dinner  or  something  like  that.

he’s …  trying.  not  trying  his  BEST,  sure.  but  he  is  still  trying  and  ig  that  counts  for  something,  right  ?

                                                plot ideas.

flirtationship.  he  absolutely  LOVES  to  flirt  his  ass  off…  with  whoever  he  can  because why  the  hell  not  ?

enemies.  whatever  the  reason  might  be,  they  just  don’t  get  along.  maybe  they  just  bicker  back  and  forth  or  perhaps  they  actually  just  despise  each  other  in  general.

hate  sex.  lsn… i’m  a  sucker  for  this  and  there’s  a  lot  of  reasons  someone  could  dislike  or  hate  dae  &  well  he  also  like  sex  so  why  not  pair  the  two  things  ?

best  friends.  he’s  never  really  had  anyone  he  fully  thought  he  could  rely  on  or  lean  on,  so  someone  he  met  here  who  he  bonded  with  instantly  would  be  gREAT.

will  add  more  as  i  think  of  them  !

[trustyourgutblog]

The One Where We Give An Overview of the Enneagram

For today's blog post I wanted to talk about the Enneagram.

It seems like everyone has their thing when it comes to personality tests/descriptions - whether it be Myers-Briggs, horoscopes, the color test, etc.

My thing is DEFINITELY the Enneagram. I've developed a habit of regularly guessing the people in my life's "type" and convincing people to take the test. I first took the Enneagram a year and a half ago. I now know that my result at the time was skewed because I was in intense turmoil - more on that later. We then dived into the Enneagram as part of my RYT200 training and I became very fascinated with it. Most recently, I gave a Lunch & Learn presentation at work on the Enneagram.

Before we really dive in - a few quick notes:

I am NOT an Enneagram coach. This is a real thing and there are people out there but this is purely just a passionate hobby of mine.

Most of the information I will describe is sourced from the Enneagram Institute.

Pictures are sourced from Contemplative.org

A great resource to take the test for free is: https://www.eclecticenergies.com/enneagram/test

So…

What exactly is the Enneagram?! Whelp, it's a personality test. But it also has been around a LONG time and has entire institutions devoted to studying it. It is based around 9 "types," has "growth/stress paths," "wings," and "centers," and "healthy/unhealthy levels". These are a lot to get into but are essential in truly understanding who you are in relation to the Enneagram, so my current plan is to get into them in specifically dedicated posts.

It should be noted that it is "common to find a little of yourself in all nine of the types, although one of them should stand out as being closest to yourself. This is your basic personality type." Most of the major Enneagram authors agree that we are all BORN with a dominant type - so nature rather than nurture when it comes to the enneagram. Other important things to note include:

Types are gender-neutral; no difference for male vs. female.

People don't change types. Growth and stress paths can get confusing with this BUT people's basic type is their basic type forever.

The numbers on the Enneagram are value-neutral - no type is "worse" or "better" than the other.

I highly, highly, highly encourage you to take the test. Personality tests can seem trivial, but the Enneagram is important in how we relate to others. It helps us empathize with other's motivations, realize our own patterns and motivations, and be more in-tune with others.

After you know your type, I would highly encourage you to look into some of the following resources:

Read about your type on www.enneagraminstitute.com - this page also has fantastic articles on how types interact with each other in relationships as well as a daily email list that can provide horoscope-style introspection for the day based on your type.

Check out some awesome Instagram pages!! I am listing a few of my faves below. They are a blend of "oh shit I feel CALLED OUT" and "hahahah this is what 'The Office' meme fits my enneagram type."

- @enneagramandcoffee

- @enneagramashton

- @enneagramexplained

- @enneagramandmemes

- @enneagram.life

- @socialenneagram

- @enneadogs

- @consciousenneagram

The Typology podcast. So so good.

Sleeping At Last!!! Their band released an "Enneagram" album - they wrote a song for each type. It will PROBABLY make you cry when you listen to your type's song. They also have a podcast. And last but not least, they have a collaboration with The Giving Keys with a necklace that has a word for each type.

I'm excited to dive in more to the Enneagram over the next few weeks and I'm extra excited to hear everyone's type so if you know your type, feel free to comment below or tell us!

[hotchley]

🐨 Okay, I have a burning question—what’s your Enneagram? You know Sleeping at Last, their number songs? One through Nine? That’s the Enneagram! It’s a personality test with nine different types and subsets of various combinations of types. I’m a Three! My church does some stuff with it—mostly they make all of us “leaders” take it and then we make nerdy jokes at each other about ‘typical Seven behavior’ and whatnot. But yeah, the songs are based on each type, and they are scarily accurate.

I discovered their songs…well via a fanfiction (a GLORIOUS one, I will say, for a smaller fandom I went through a phase with) that used it for a chapter title and excerpted a song. It was called Eight, for some reason. And then I realized that holy crap, there are more of these, and they’re GOOD, and they’re based on that personality test I’d had to take literally a week before! So I listened to the Three one, and literally cried it was so beautiful. I then listened to the whole album and made multiple friends take the Enneagram test before showing them the respective song. That’s how I got into SaL.

I was rereading that fic today and remembered you like SaL, too, so, I figured I’d ask! If you don’t know your type off hand (not everyone is as nerdy as I, haha), it’s just a free online quiz. I predict you’re a Nine, Eight, or Two. But I could also be very wrong. I’m bad at predicting.

Putting it all below the keep reading :)

I love a good burning question!

I'm actually a type Four lol. So... yeah not your guesses, but it's nice that you tried! Funny story: when I read the description for Four I was like: I don't want to be like that- ohh that's why...

Although it has been a while since I've done the quiz and a lot has changed in my life over the past three years so maybe I should redo it...

I love the enneagram album, even though I've never listened to it the whole way through (only Four and maybe a few of the others? I'm not sure)

I read the thing for a type three and I can see that! Your church sounds great- me and my sister (when we were in that phase) would just go to the other: that's such a type *number* thing to do (even if it wasn't lol) Also, I love hearing about your church please send all the funny stories!

Ahh I love Sleeping At Last and I'm so glad you found their songs because all of them are just so good

Four is just <3

The first song of theirs I listened to was Saturn and it was honestly the best thing I'd ever heard. Light is also amazing- I wanted to do so many Hotch and Jack fics based off of that song, never did, but the ideas are in my brain!

I love that people remember me liking SaL, it's very sweet! I think I might redo the test now, but at the moment, I'm a Four!

[wackus-bonkus-maximus]

i'm so glad you decided to talk about harry potter because hehe now i get to too.

ahh i'm so happy to be that 9 who can give us a good rep <333333 it's also such a joy for me to have made a new 2 friend who's so sweet and openly caring and has SUCH a good heart omg <333 love everything you have to say about all our favorites, even if our opinions differ ;))

nothing in your post came across self-centered at all! it was actually perfect the way you related traits you see in harry and adrien to ones you share in common with them. i mean i did the same in my luka type 9 analysis didn't i? this is how we relate to characters, and why they become so beloved to us. the more you see yourself in them, the better the character they are, right?

ok so, you are SPOT ON about adrien & harry's self-sacrificing tendencies. it's such a core 2 trait that i look at them and think hm, yeah, i could give an essay on why they're type two's an A+. i see so much love in both of them, which is also a trademark of the 2. they really would do anything for the ones they love, even die for them. i love that that was the point of harry's story, and i hope and pray that adrien's goes that way as well.

i'm gonna sound like such a 9 but 😂 i think the value of character analysis through the enneagram is that we can have such diverse perspectives on each person. it's so beautiful to me that people can see qualities and patterns in FICTIONAL IDIOTS and go, omg, they're like ___ because ____. so i can't even call your opinions on harry or adrien wrong b/c you see something in them that really is true, just in a different way i understand it!

"[Harry]'d very much not like to be needed or noticed at all, thank you very much, and would love to live his famous Quidditch wife's shadow (Ginny's an eight; no, you probably aren't going to change my mind) <-- couldn't agree with this insight more. throughout the books i see harry just wanting to chill and learn some magic, and yes be v content to live in ginny's shadow forever. also she's totally an 8. i absolutely love their dynamic because he's a 9w8 which is where he gets his Confrontation Skills and Sass, and ginny's an 8w9 which is why she's so Chill and Cool.

and wow, really?? it was my fic opened your eyes to the nine's???? that is huge lol. i'm glad i did it in an efficient way <333 i hope it helps you understand nines better irl and in literature! actually i hope it helps you understand all the types i use, or at least my interpretation of them. (and btw, i'm so excited to bring nino into his odnlb role. he's the one i have down for 2 so i think you will like what i do with him <3)

gonna go off on a tangent here but some of the best 9's i've seen in lit/media are:

edward ferrars - sense and sensibility anne elliot - persuasion (pls don't watch the 2022 netflix movie) aaron burr - hamilton: the musical nick miller - new girl anne perkins - parks and rec bruce banner/hulk - mcu

also if anyone hasn't listened to the enneagram album by sleeping at last, PLEASE DO THAT. it's absolutely beautiful and i think the songs that resonate with you will make you cry :') also he is a 9 just saying ;))))

gonna end w/my favorite sleeping at last quotes for 2's, 7's, and 9's:

2 - "No, I don't want to talk about myself/ Tell me where it hurts." 7 - "A secret handshake between me and my one life/ I'll find the silver lining no matter what the price." 9 - "Who am I to say what any of this means?/ I have been sleepwalking since I was fourteen."

I'm curious how you perceive Luka in the show. I love what you've been doing with Luka in "one does not love breathing", with accentuating personality traits that we've seen evidence of in the show - Luka lying to Marinette about not knowing Ladybug and Chat Noir's identities, and not speaking up in Ephemeral about knowing Chat's identity, even though it was pertinent to Ladybug's plan (I wasn't too happy about that plan, but it's not relevant here), seem like the inspiration for Luka's whole "stay quiet about what I know because if I rock the boat it could cause harm" stance in your fic. The show didn't really make it clear why Luka made those decisions, but through your Luka's actions, I can better see what might have been going through Luka's head in the show.

My own feelings towards Luka have always been... frustrating. He's a nice, kind guy, no doubt, with most of what we saw of him in seasons 2 and 3 were just him being selflessly enamored with Marinette, but without any of the negative feelings that I'd normally expect from anyone who's pining over an unrequited love. I can sort of see why he was popular for that - he's about as unproblematic of a dream boyfriend as you could get - but I just couldn't look at his depictions and reactions in the show and make him into a full person, with his own thoughts, feelings, problems, and complex internal emotional world, especially since he mostly seemed to exist for Marinette. The big standout during that period that helped to develop him further was that 30 second cameo where he interacted with his sister, since it showed his feelings and interactions with someone else he cared about.

I did get a lot more from him in season 4, with him being frustrated and hurt about Marinette vanishing on him all the time, even if he still took it insanely well. I loved seeing that he can have negative feelings for his own sake, not just for Marinette's, and that he has some emotional baggage of his own, with his mom refusing to mention who his dad was. I still have struggled with understanding him at times - like trying to figure out what he was thinking that prompted him to directly lie to Marinette when she asked him whether he knew hers and Chat's identities - but they do show some more complex character traits, even if I'm not completely sure of what they are. Though I like your idea of what character trait prompted him to do that.

Anyway, I'd love to hear more of your thoughts on what makes Luka tick in the show. I don't see many of analyses of him that I agree with - either they're overly negative and ascribe some form of malice or abuse to his actions (which is nonsense, Luka doesn't have a mean bone in his body), or they're overly positive, and put a spin on his actions as being more wholly virtuous than I think is warranted (like the whole "he sacrificed his honesty in Wishmaker because it would freak Marinette out if he answered her question truthfully, he's so selfless, only thinking of what's best for her" thing).

*cracks knuckles* buckle up breathers and breatheren, it's luka analysis time.

to start off, the show doesn't do the greatest job with consistency. sometimes its own characters will be ooc, especially marinette and adrien. in dearest family, she despairs over stealing galette when she's never had an issue with it before, and adrien dates marinette without telling her is identity in cat blanc (something i really don't think is consistent with his character but w/ever). if you see an inconsistency in my analysis of luka, it might be because of the show's flawed depiction of his character.

that being said, i knew the minute luka learned ladybug and chat noir's identities and decided to do NOTHING that he was an enneagram type 9, just like me. way to put me back on my enneagram shit again. I even have him typed as a 9 in my miraculous enneagram post if you're interested in that.

i liked luka fine in the show until wishmaker, when they finally gave him potential. he then became one of my favorite characters because he became interesting. you look at him on the outside and you see a guy who's easy to get along with, understands everyone's points of view, and will lend a listening ear when you need him. these are what make him such a nice person and probably why everyone in the show likes him. i mean, marinette broke up with him after lying to him for quite some time and still didn't tell him anything, and he comforted her with a hug because he could tell she was going through it. after wishmaker, it is very clear he is afraid of rocking any boat he's in because he's actually really afraid of causing conflict. for luka, conflict = separation (exemplified by his parents' relationship), and if he is separated from people he cares about, he will be alone.

luka is someone who is always trying to make connections with people by understanding them. he likes to listen to everyone's "inner melodies," which i think is just lukaspeak for comprehending people in depth and seeing their perspective. i truly think he gets stuck in other people's perspectives rather than his own, as evidenced by how he refused to speak up about ladybug's plan in ephemeral and how he gently guided marinette to adrien by telling her "knowing the whole other side of someone helped me love them more." it's my opinion that luka thinks he's less important than the people he cares about, and so in a sense "goes to sleep" to his own wants, needs, feelings and opinions. this is why he doesn't tell marinette and adrien the truth in the show, and what i expanded on in odnlb; luka really just did not know what to do, and before he knew it six years had gone by, and he didn't know silence could be so dangerous.

a lot of people said they "forgot" about luka in odnlb until chapter 7, when he was facetiming adrien. i actually really really loved that because it was just so LUKA of him to be forgotten. he doesn't think he's important compared to marinette or adrien, and so he talks to them about their issues and ignores his own need for growth/action. luka's sin is sloth, which might sound like the least harmful of all the 7 deadlies but which i think i've shown can be extremely sabotaging to others and to himself. it's also a character trait i've not seen portrayed too often, but whenever i do the characters are really interesting. those of you who don't have this issue will easily think, "all he has to do is SPEAK." well, that's literally the hardest thing for him to do! because if he does, he's going to rock the boat and lose connection, and that's the thing he's afraid of most.

this was a great ask, @flightfoot! i love all your questions but this has been my favorite so far!