#i saw this as the status of a friend on discord and it really resonated with me

[punemy-spotted]

cactus, abelia, daffodil, sage, edelweiss, jasmine, palm tree, nutmeg, papyrus 😁

Oh! So many!! Thank you, friend, this was very sweet of you!! I will try (and inevitably fail) to keep from rambling too terribly, but know that I love and appreciate you so dearly for this!!

This got long, so answers are under the cut! 💖💞💖

Get to know me!

cactus ⇢ something you’re currently learning (about)?

I'm learning French! All over again. I am haunted by the Duolingo owl and its reminder to keep my streak up and have so far done pretty well for someone who usually absolutely sucks at remembering to do things on a daily basis!

abelia ⇢ do you have a particular piece of jewelry you always wear or can’t part with?

I answered this here, but basically: I do not! I'm not much of a jewelry wearer, in truth. I tend to fidget, and in fidgeting, break things. I do wear jewelry often though, mostly when I need to look professional or if I'm going to an event — my mother's costume jewelry from India is... not an everyday thing though, for sure.

daffodil ⇢ do you have siblings? if yes, in what ways do you think you’re similar to or different from them?

I have a younger brother! He's the smarter one, the much more put-together one, and the definitely way better at his job one. He's in college now, about to graduate, and having all manner of adventures I was too scared to have at his age.

sage ⇢ what ‘medium’ of art (poetry, music, fiction, paintings, statues etc.) is the most touching to you? why do you think that is?

Music really gets to me. I grew up really immersed in religion and so many of our prayers are "sung" rather than said aloud, and so the way I learned the history of my faith is through music. I find myself closest to the Divine when I am listening to music, and growing up as part of an Abrahamic faith, I do resonate with Christian allegory because those are stories I remember being sung during majlis too. Every prayer I remember is because it was sung to me when I was learning it, and to this day, I keep those same tunes.

edelweiss ⇢ how’d you think of your url/username? what’s it associated with to you?

Puns. Oh lord, so many puns. My username was something handed to me, after I made so many puns I earned the name Puntessa (Pun + Contessa) and then the name Punemy (Pun + Enemy) as well as numerous jokes about them spotting me the moment they saw [Puntessa is typing...] on Discord.

jasmine ⇢ do you have a movie or book you loved but will never watch/read again?

There's this Bollywood film, Bajirao Mastani, that I absolutely adored. It was cinematic and beautiful, the costume and set design were sublime, the story was heartbreaking, the music still resonates with me... and then the ending happened and it was just so absolutely poorly done that I can never watch it again because I'm convinced the ending was when they ran out of money and just gave up. Awful awful awful CGI.

palm tree ⇢ do you have a fictional villain you shouldn’t like but love regardless?

I mean like... all of them? Listen. As a Captain America fan, as someone who considers Steve Rogers to be their comfort character, the fact that I am head over heels in love with Helmut Zemo is an actual problem and I should probably feel guilty but I don't. I'm gonna just... make it work, one day.

nutmeg ⇢ how’s your room/home decorated? do you have a specific theme or style going on?

Chaotically. I have books everywhere. Laundry that still needs folding. None of the posters I bought to put up in my room are actually put up. It feels a bit like a dorm room that I keep telling myself I'll decorate one day, but am often too busy/too tired to actually decorate. Maybe if I settle somewhere more permanent I'll hire someone to decorate my house in the dark mushroomcore aesthetic I desire.

papyrus ⇢ if you put your ‘on repeat’ playlist on shuffle, what’s the first song that comes up? what do you like about it / associate it with?

The first song that came up was Lay this Body Down by Sam Lee and I've had that one on repeat for days working on Sixteen Tons so I associate it with that fic, with exhaustion and giving just a bit too much of the self, with that nasty habit of people-pleasing that so many are afflicted with these days, and with becoming the monsters our parents make of us, baring our throats to the sky as we cry out for something more than the inevitable.

You know. Healthy thoughts.

[unragazzovero]

🖥🎮

MUNDAY  ASKS !

🖥 — favorite platform besides tumblr?

Honestly... I'm not sure. Does discord count? LOL. Otherwise RP-wise uh... I'm cool with writing on discord too. Don't gotta worry about aesthetics much or people probably silently judging us.

I'm hoping like if tumblr seriously goes downhill (like twotter did), maybe there will be an alternative to this hell site and we'll be able to customize our text posts much easier like back in the old days where tumblargh did not fuck everything up. Maybe people will be able to post pronz again lolololol.

🎮 — favorite video game(s)?

There's quite a lot. I don't really have an all time favorite, but if I had to list maybe a top 10 (in no particular order) that comes from the top of my head, I'd say...

Nier Replicant - IDC if this game was not the greatest to Automata players or even the people who played this before Automata. I fucking love the "Drakenier" lore. The designs are amazing. The songs are also fucking beautiful and amazing. The timelines can be kinda confusing, but you really don't have to play any of the Nier or Drakengard games in order to understand anything.

Lies of P (despite it being soulslike, which are games I kinda hate cuz I'm more of a casual gamer and I don't like being burnt out so much to where I'd avoid playing for a few weeks or so)

Tales of Destiny - A classic. Honestly the story is kinda cheesy. Basically you find a legendary sword that can talk to you, and then you meet other fellow "swordian" holders. And then someone tries to destroy the world, so you, your fellow "swordian" holding friends, and other friends have a goal to stop the dude trying to destroy the world. This has always been my favorite Tales game though and always will be. The manga is good too. I also actually liked the sidequests of this game~

Final Fantasy VI - Though I never beat it, but I love this game to death. I also love how the main villain is just merely a psycho maniac. He's practically the Joker (NOT THE ONE FORM PERSONA 5!!!!!) of this game. There is also a character in this game that shares my alias: Celes~

Final Fantasy IX - I kid you not, I hardly ever cry over games, but maaaaaaaannnnnn. There was a part in this game that legit made me cry.

Resonance of Fate- Also never beat this cuz I'm still fucking stuck at that stupid "statue escort" mission. I am also damn out of practice with this game. Like I forgot how the combat system works, and the last I played this game, yeah... I forgot everything LOL. The combat system for this game is definitely kinda tricky)

Eternal Sonata - Give this game a remake or remaster, damn it!!!!! I never beat this game either, but everything I saw of it omg I fucking love it. Beautiful story and characters. Honestly this game is mostly about Frederic Chopin but anime LOL. Still a great game tho, and I think you might like it too if they were to ever at least remaster this game and port it

South Park the Stick of Truth - ...You know this game LOL. But honestly when I first heard of SOT and FBW, I thought they wouldn't be good cuz usually games based off TV shoes or movies that got made into games tended to be shitty. SOT was great though and I felt I was watching the show! I also loved their medieval aspect ehe. I just loved they were making fun of medieval times, and the 4th wall breaking never gets old, especially from South Park. This game brought me back into my love for South Park and its legendary comedy.

South Park the Fractured But Whole - You know this one too LOL. Also ehe. "But Whole"... :smirk: Anyhoo, this game got me writing Craig and fucking loving Craig LOL. I also love this game was making fun of Marvel and DC Comics, basically LOL. I still have hope that South Park Studios will make more games like SOT or FBW. I know their latest game Snow Day was a shit show, but I also get they wanted to try something new, so I try not to like judge 'em too much for it ehe.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia - The remake of the second fire emblem game (Gaiden). I fucking adore the art. The art was also drawn by Hidari. I think he was known to have drawn most of the art for Sound Horizon (which is my favorite JP theatrical band btw that people may now also know as Linked Horizon). Story-telling was great. I also loved the new add ons and the new characters that were never in the original game. I wish some of these new characters were not done so dirty though, but aside from that FE Echoes is mmmmmmm good shit.

Kliff is the best boy btw.

[legendary-alliance-stance]

the pact commander be like

[theofm]

𝐰𝐨𝐰  𝐢'𝐦  𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲  beyond  excited  for  this  !  to  say  i’m  rusty  is  a  total  understatement  ,  but  we  here  to  survive  (  not  thrive  )  in  this  house  while  i  get  reacquainted  ..  my  theme  is  also  a  work  in  progress  because  tumblr  decided  to  ATTACK  me  with  an  invalid  html  error  ,  but  we’re  pushing  through  .  anyway  ,  all  that  aside  ?  i  go  by  leesh  &  i’m  living  it  up  in  the  pacific  tz  (  pst  )  .  my  pronouns  are  she  /  her  &  if  you  want  to  find  me  on  discord  i’m  at  𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 🥳#9405  .

*  𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐠𝐨𝐬  here  and  do  i  have  the  tea  for  you  .  theo  is  back  in  bridgehampton  for  the  summer  ,  living  off  the  richards’  family  $758 million  net  worth  .  must  be  nice  to  come  back  home  to  the  hamptons  ,  i  wonder  what  his  fellow  class  of  2017  grads  think  of  his  return  .  you  know  ,  he  was  known  around  town  as  the  conciliatory  and  for  bhs  senior  superlatives  he  was  crowned  as  most  likely  to  become  a  motivational  speaker  .  i  wonder  if  that  still  holds  true  today  ,  a  lot  can  change  when  you  go  off  to  the  university  of  california  —  los angeles and  study  political  science  &  international  relations  .  either  way  ,  i  bet  he  is  still  very  venturesome  ,  debonair  ,  heedless  and  boisterous  .  hopefully  this  time  next  year  the  plans  to  get  a  master’s  degree  &  get  accepted  into  the  pathways  internship  program  come  true  .  in  the  meantime  ,  i  look  forward  to  seeing  him  blast  3005  -  childish gambino  at  every  hamptons  function  .  it’s  going  to  be  a  wild  summer  home  ,  welcome  back  .  (  jacob  elordi  )  .

.  *     ›     statistics  .

𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞  :  theodore  richards 𝐧��𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬  :  theo 𝐚𝐠𝐞  +  𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞  𝐨𝐟  𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡  : august 29th ,  1999  . 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥  𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧  : virgo 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫  +  𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬  :  cis  male  +  he  /  him  𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞  𝐨𝐟  𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡  : new york , new york 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞  𝐨𝐟  𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞  :  bridgehampton  ,  new  york 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥  𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧  :  heterosexual 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜  𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧  :  heteroromantic 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧  :  student 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲  :  american 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲  :  caucasian 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬  𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧  :  english 

.  *     ›     background  . 

—  born  to  jacob  &  marissa  richards  ,  the  former  a  composer  &  the  latter  to  become  a  u.s.  ambassador  ,  theo  was  the  product  of  a  love  story  for  the  ages  .  originally  marissa  cardiff  ,  his  mother  was  born  into  a  wealthy  and  politically  tied  family  .  the  high-status  claim  that  theo  is  so  accustomed  to  originated  here  ,  privileged  having  been  an  understatement  .  so  when  she'd  fallen  in  love  with  an  aspiring  musician  &  composer  ,  her  family  was  far  from  happy  .  her  &  jacob  hardly  cared  ,  believing  that  they  could  live  a  happy  life  without  the  wealth  and  support  of  the  cardiff  name  .

—  insert  theo  ,  the  pride  &  joy  of  their  marriage  &  for  a  while  ..  the  glue  keeping  them  together  .  co-parenting  was  the  first  of  many  faults  for  the  older  richards  ,  disagreeing  on  matters  constantly  &  beginning  to  struggle  financially  without  the  support  of  marissa's  parents  .  for  the  lifestyle  his  mother  wanted  him  to  have  ,  primed  &  proper  with  the  best  brands  to  his  name  ,  she  realized  she  hadn't  set  him  up  for  success  in  this  way  .  the  household  began  to  erupt  in  constant  fighting  ,  a  battle  that  a  toddler  was  painstakingly  unaware  of  .  jacob's  anger  issues  were  becoming  more  &  more  prominent  ,  continuing  on  until  marissa  eventually  deemed  her  current  situation  no  longer  ideal  for  herself  nor  for  theo  .  she'd  gathered  their  belongings  in  the  middle  of  the  night  &  vanished  without  a  trace  ,  knowing  that  the  cardiff  name  &  the  power  attached  to  it  would  be  enough  to  protect  them  both  from  any  repercussions  .

—  of  course  ,  theo's  grandparents  welcomed  them  into  their  home  with  open  arms  .  they  were  simply  thankful  that  their  daughter  was  finished  chasing  what  they  saw  to  be  a  wild  fantasy  ,  a  romeo  &  juliet  plot  destined  for  failure  from  the  beginning  .  from  then  on  ,  they  both  lived  at  the  cardiff  estate  .  theo  ,  shoved  into  a  private  school  uniform  &  sent  to  become  exposed  to  a  world  of  money  &  power  ,  his  mother  rising  in  the  ranks  to  eventually  earn  her  spot  as  a  successful  u.s.  ambassador  for  the  country  .

—  theo  was  primed  and  polished  to  follow  in  his  mother’s  footsteps  in  politics  ,  the  expectations  in  his  life  having  been  clear  from  a  very  young  age  .  follow  the  sought-after  path  of  the  his  family  ,  or  suffer  the  consequences  .  his  grandparents  ,  though  loving  ,  pushed  obligations  onto  their  grandson  to  make  a  name  for  himself  .  they  ensured  that  his  father  was  kept  out  of  his  life  ,  battling  &  paying  him  off  until  he  had  eventually  stopped  trying  to  reconnect  with  his  son  .  they  told  him  not  to  make  the  same  mistake  as  his  mother  ,  bolstered  him  on  a  path  to  becoming  notorious  in  the  field  of  politics  .  this  came  with  immense  pressures  ,  especially  with  his  own  mother's  absence  due  to  work  (  among  other  things  )  &  wholly  believing  that  there  was  no  other  path  that  he  was  fitted  to  pursue  .

—  however  ,  it  wasn’t  as  if  his  path  of  politics  was  unwilling  in  any  way  ,  his  participation  in  various  policy  projects  throughout  high  school  &  extra-circulars  such  as  model  un  had  piqued  theo's  interests  in  a  different  area  ––  politics  .  as  with  most  things  ,  he’s  motivated  by  doing  what  he  can  to  please  &  earn  the  affection  of  the  people  around  him  .  with  that  being  said  ,  working  in  politics  would  allow  him  to  accomplish  that  goal  .  as  incentivized  as  he  is  by  the  notion  of  making  a  direct  difference  on  the  people  around  him  &  his  country  ,  with  such  a  line  of  work  comes  great  pressure  . 

—  while  theo  was  completing  school  &  living  with  his  grandparents  ,  his  mother  was  either  away  for  work  or  entertaining  the  likes  of  what  theo  had  come  to  know  as  many  different  men  .  following  her  failed  marriage  ,  she  became  a  serial  dater  of  only  the  most  elite  &  wealthiest  that  bridgehampton  had  to  offer  .  eventually  ,  she  settled  down  once  again  ..  but  only  after  theo  had  grown  up  for  practically  his  whole  life  disapproving  of  the  men  she  was  with  .  his  step-father  &  step-sister  joined  their  family  in  theo's  early  high  school  years  ,  &  the  four  of  them  packed  up  &  moved  from  the  cardiff  estate  to  a  mansion  of  their  own  .

—  moving  across  the  country  to  attend  school  at  ucla  absolutely  changed  his  life  .  being  exposed  to  a  whole  new  sea  of  people  did  wonders  for  the  boy’s  social  life  ,  &  being  away  from  the  pressures  of  his  family  made  theo  feel  like  he  could  finally  breathe  for  once  .  he’s  coming  back  to  bridgehampton  with  loads  of  new  memories  &  stories  to  share  .  still  ,  something  about  high  school  resonates  with  him  —  he  holds  the  connections  he  made  there  closer  to  his  heart  ,  &  there  was  no  denying  his  excitement  when  it  came  time  to  return  home  .  he  still  holds  out  hope  that  maybe  one  day  he’ll  be  reunited  with  his  dad  ,  but  he  seemed  to  have  vanished  off  the  planet  .

.  *     ›     personality  . 

—  the  need  to  fight  for  attention  &  acknowledgement  from  his  own  family  remained  strong  .  from  this  ,  a  desire  to  be  liked  above  all  quickly  emerged  .  displaying  an  agreeable  personality  has  always  been  theo's  way  of  life  —  partially  because  the  extrovert  within  him  prefers  it  ,  but  also  because  of  the  male's  constant  seeking  of  approval  from  those  around  him  . theo  struggles  to  always  be  the  guy  that  everyone  expects  him  to  be  &  never  stumble  or  make  a  public  mistake  .

—  high  school  was  certainly  a  whirlwind  for  theo  .  he  was  one  of  those  individuals  that  knew  practically  EVERYONE  ,  &  he  exerted  effort  to  make  himself  particularly  likeable  to  all  .  he  was  rarely  home  ,  either  hitting  after-school  spots  with  friends  or  attending  parties  whenever  they  were  thrown  .  he  was  also  involved  in  various  clubs  ,  teams  &  associations  ,  taking  any  opportunity  to  meet  people  .  undoubtedly  ,  he  managed  to  receive  quite  a  bit  of  romantic  attention  in  high  school  too  ,  &  i  would  have  expected  him  to  date  during  those  years  .

—  paired  with  his  sociability  is  a  certain  level  of  carelessness  that  tends  to  get  him  in  trouble  .  when  he's  out  of  the  watchful  eye  of  those  around  him  ,  he  is  more  than  likely  to  conjure  up  a  few  schemes  despite  the  risk  .  he'll  jump  at  any  opportunity  to  follow  someone  into  complete  darkness  ,  i  really  don't  know  how  i  produced  such  an  idiot  .  but  ,  to  touch  on  another  side  to  him  ––  the  hopeless  romantic  energy  is  strong  in  this  one  .  he  falls  hard  &  fast  ,  is  loyal  to  a  fault  &  is  absolutely  a  relationship  type  of  guy  —  even  if  he’s  had  his  fair  share  of  hookups  in  high  school  &  at  ucla  .  always  being  surrounded  by  people  has  caused  theo  to  develop  a  fear  of  being  alone  ,  the  root  cause  behind  his  attachments  to  others  regardless  of  the  relationship  .

—  it’s  not  always  easy  maintaining  his  composure  .  there  are  many  days  where  theo  naturally  exudes  his  personality  ,  genuinely  enjoying  the  company  of  others  &  wanting  to  earn  approval  from  the  people  he  cares  about  .  other  times  ,  it  proves  to  be  more  difficult  ..  particularly  when  it  comes  to  controlling  his  anger  &  other  impulses  that  can  arise  when  he’s  rubbed  the  wrong  way  .  though  his  mother  &  grandparents  influence  most  aspects  of  his  life  ,  his  temper  is  one  thing  that  he  inherited  from  his  father  .  sometimes  the  thought  of  bringing  dishonour  to  his  family  or  the  repercussions  he  could  face  as  a  result  of  his  actions  are  enough  to  settle  his  irrationality  ,  but  every  once  in a  while  he  loses  control  .  i  wouldn't  put  it  past  him  to  have  gotten  in  physical  fights  or  developed  some  enemies  along  the  way  ,  &  his  temper  could  easily  lead  him  to  end  up  in  a  sticky  situation  .

—  when  theo  is  alone  &  quiet  strikes  him  ,  he  has  a  tendency  to  become  buried  in  the  worries  &  pressures  that  could  very  well  consume  him  at  any  moment  .  the  less  he’s  by  himself  ,  the  less  he  has  to  think  about  the  future  or  his  fears  ..  like  the  possibility  of  ending  up  alone  .  he’ll  take  any  opportunity  to  be  surrounded  by  people  ,  receiving  the  social  interaction  he  craves  &  keeping  his  mind  off  of  the  more  negative  aspects  in  his  life  .  if  that  isn’t  an  option  ,  theo  will  turn  to  spotify  or  his  guitar  instead  —  he’s  always  played  &  has  found  music  to  help  him  drown  out  what  he  otherwise  considers  to  be  the  deafening  silence  that  welcomes  his  deepest  &  darkest  thoughts  .  once  he’s  had  a  night  out  with  those  closest  to  him  or  he  takes  time  to  indulge  in  his  music  ,  he  finds  it  much  easier  to  keep  up  the  demeanour  that  is  always  expected  of  him  .

—  despite  his  distaste  towards  his  mother's  marriage  ,  the  male  is  rather  protective  over  his  step-sister  &  others  that  he  considers  himself  closest  to  .  fierce  loyalty  &  protectiveness  mixed  with  his  anger  are  sometimes  a  recipe  for  disaster  ,  so  i’d  watch  out  for  that  one  .

.  *     ›     headcanons  . 

—  aesthetics  :  blasting  music  while  driving  around  the  city  at  3am  ,  setting  5+  alarms  and  ignoring  them  all  ,  leather  jackets  ,  sneaking  out  ,  empty  beer  bottles  ,  profanity  ,  ray  bans  ,  parties  ,  holes  in  walls  ,  restless  nights  ,  takeaway  coffee  cups  .

.  *     ›     connections  .

if  you  managed  to  make  it  through  my  rambling  mess  ,  i  have  to  thank  you  .  now  we  get  onto  the  good  stuff  ,  huh  ?  i'm  just  going  to  list  some  of  my  most  wanted  connections  ,  but  i  also  love  plotting  based  off  chem  so  you  can  fully  expect  me  to  want  to  learn  everything  about  your  muse  in  order  to  do  so  .  without  further  ado  ..  here  we  go  !

ex(es)  :  like  i  said  ,  theo  falls  hard  &  fast  &  definitely  exudes  simp  energy  sometimes  .  i  could  see  him  having  dated  quite  a  bit  ,  &  i’d  be  open  to  ex  connections  that  ended  on  good  terms  ..  bad  terms  ..  anything  at  all  .

fwb(s)  :  could  be  past  or  present  ,  i  mean  ?  a  man  has  needs  DSKJSDNJKSD  your  muse  or  him  could’ve  caught  feels  which  caused  them  to  end  it  ,  it  could’ve  been  because  he  attends  school  all  the  way  in  cali  ,  maybe  it’s  a  new  thing  now  that  he’s  back  in  bridgehampton  .  just  gimme  ..

bro(s)  :  theo  is  honestly  SUCH  a  bro  .  give  me  his  best  guy  friends  from  guy  school  who  he  always  hung  out  with  ..  give  me  them  treating  each  other’s  houses  like  their  own  ,  all  the  late  night  shenanigans  but  the  occasional  emo  talk  when  things  get  deep  .  the  more  bros  the  merrier  ,  maybe  even  a  guy  squad  ?

idk  i’m  so  bad  at  these  ,  just  give  me  chem  based  things  thanks  !