#idk if ill post more of this. it gets a tag ne way

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fuck it bob mod fnaf au

all ive got is that ron dies first (L) and bob is th man behind th slaughter and also theres evil goop or smth. i barely have human designs at all th only design i actually have is ron fazfuck which us why hes th only one colored wAA

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also s/o to the last anon i got before turning my whole ask off for 6+ months who asked how mattel is racist even tho I was literally posting about bpa and johan at the time so it was obvious and also that's not even the first (or last) time mattel, as a company, has had racist media and/or dolls (the freak du chic/haunted/great scarrier reef clawdeen wolf dolls come to mind immediately but I know there are way more examples).

also later on post-ask close I checked the tag to see if I was still really the only one talking about the racism in bpa bc I just can't leave shit alone and I see an anon asking a different blog if bpa is racist bc they asked someone else and didn't get it or something like that. yes I saw that and it couldn't even be funny to me bc I just don't get how anyone can watch the movie and just not get the implications of a country called Johanistan being taken over by a white girl and this being seen as right. I know barbie fans are young but you can't be that young if you are here on tumblr dot com.

but bc I’ve been away for awhile and I’m still pissed about this I will oblige this evening.

let’s start with just the fact that this unseen kingdom with a brown guy ruling it is called Johanistan. just that fact alone. I know how barbie kingdoms are named, I have made a list of them, and fun fact, 14 out of 32 end in the generic latin/greek suffix -ia, which is commonly used in english and also scientific naming. the only one to use -stan is Johanistan, for the kingdom of an antagonist. it stands out immediately, mostly bc the -stan suffix is persian and commonly used in central and west asia. altho Floravia is explicitly in the mediterranean so idk what business they have in central/west asia? I mean why are they in conflict with Johanistan at all? why does Johanistan have to give up its sovereignty and its own monarchy to join with Floravia? this is never explained or even touched upon, but I mean... aren’t the implications pretty bad?

I know this may seem like making out of a molehill, and so what about the kingdom names, and so what if Johan is brown, it doesn’t mean mattel is racist! except movies have to go thru so many layers of approval and development, and apparently, nobody at mattel (or mainframe, the animation studio, altho idk how much control they have) thought to stop and say, Hey, maybe we shouldn’t have our first brown antagonist be the antagonist bc he doesn’t want his kingdom taken over by a white girl over an ill-defined historical conflict between their countries of Johanistan and Floravia. nobody thought to say that, apparently! or if someone did, it didn’t matter bc the movie came out like that anyway!

and BPA came out in 2020. the same year that mattel put these two statements on barbie’s instagram in support of BLM (in may and june), and had Nikki on barbie’s vlog to talk about racism (in october), and also started developing Brooklyn (I assume, given the second statement). so like, sure they can do stuff like that, but they can also be casually and thoughtlessly racist and ppl just give them a pass bc they don’t even recognize it. but I mean, I feel like it’s pretty obvious if you think about it critically for even a minute.

this doesn’t even get into the broader problems in BPA, like the fact that Amelia has no personality or ambition, and she’s queued up to be queen but doesn’t really want the job... and somehow Johan, the ruler of the other country she’s about to take over, can’t take over her country instead bc...? he’s mean? I guess? bc he would be bad at ruling? even tho we are given no indication that Amelia herself would be good at ruling, since again, she has no personality and in fact expresses that she doesn’t like royal life multiple times... but Johan is mean so he can’t have anything. even tho. again. Amelia doesn’t even want the job and we have no reason to believe Johan would be incompetent. so the historical conflict leading to this stupid arrangement isn’t fleshed out, and neither is the current conflict. like the whole plot of BPA is trash even without the racism, like if Johan was white it wouldn’t be a racist movie but it would still be a mess bc nobody at mattel can write anymore. but whatever I’m getting off track.

tl;dr you can argue about whether the treatment of Johan/Johanistan is racist or not but you have to at least acknowledge that it’s weirdly racialized for no fucking reason and that does not help an already stupid and half-assed plot.

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50 questions tag

tagged by @chngbok

1. what takes too much of your time?

school

2. what’s makes your day better?

music

3. what is the best thing that happened to you today?

that ask, where someone said they were also ace and I was the first ace stay they'd met

4. what fictional place would you like to go to?

in a ghibli film

5. are you good at giving advice?

yes, but i'm bad at following it

6. do you have any mental illness?

I mean yeah, like I'm not gonna say, but u could probably easily figure it out

7. have you ever experienced sleep paralysis?

no, tho I think I used to have night terrors where I would scream out and scare my cousins, those were fun times

8. what musician inspired you the most?

if we wanna get all deep n personal n mushy gushy n stuff, then my cello teacher and a rlly close friend of mine, but like not as deep n mushy gushy n stuff, suga, day6, and skz

9. have you fallen in love?

nope!

10. what’s your dream date?

hmm, ig like a walk and just wandering around

11. what do others notice about you?

uh, I've had someone say that when I play cello I act differently, does that count?

12. what is an annoying habit that you have?

talking way too much when I'm w my friends, tbh I need to just shut up when I'm w them and only speak to when spoken to

13. do you still talk to your first love

never had one so, nes

14. how many ex’s do you have?

none

15. how many songs are in your playlist?

uh main one about 2390

16. what instruments do you play?

only cello and piano, tho im trying to learn acoustic and bass guitar, and I do chorus (if u count that)

17. who do you have the most pictures of?

oof I have a fuck ton of skz and suga

18. where would you like to go before you die?

out of the US

19. what’s your zodiac?

aries

20. do you relate to it?

meh, sometimes, usually when I wanna fight someone

21. what is happiness to you?

uhhh,,,, ermmm, I wanna think of some cheesy ass shit, but nothings coming to mind :/

22. are you going through anything right now?

I sure am buddy boy! :)

23. what’s the worst decision you’ve ever made?

uh, deciding to bottle up my emotions in like 8th grade (or maybe 7th), rlly fucked me over tbh

24. what’s your favorite store?

this music store called opus

25. what's your opinion on abortion?

pro-choice

26. do you keep a bucket list?

nope

27. do you have a favorite album?

it's not stray kids, but mitski? be the cowboy? absolutely owns my entire heart

28. what do you want for your birthday?

it'd be nice to see skz live and thank them, yknow?

29. what are most people’s first impression of you?

that I'm younger than I am and I'm quiet, tho idk if that's right bc thats wha I assume is their first impression of me

30. what age to you seem according to most people?

ayy!! I've already sorta hinted at the answer in this in the last one, like I'd say 15-16, tho I've had someone think I was like 14/15

31. where do you keep your phone while sleeping?

next to me, I listen to music through headphones while sleeping

32. what word do you say the most?

not to sound like a stereotypical teenager, but "like"

33. what’s the oldest age would you date?

so, I'm 18 rn, probably like 19 maybe 20

34. what’s the youngest age would you date?

like 17

35. what job/career do most people say sould suit you?

tbh, ppl don't rlly tell me things like this, but when I tell ppl im doing music they're like "yeah, makes complete sense, good choice", so ig music?

36. what’s your favorite music genre?

pfltlbenr, beats me idunno

37. if you would live in any country in the world, where would it be?

I have never actually been outside of the US, but maybe like uh,, idk some place in Europe? where I could go to different countries easily as I pleased?

38. what’s your current favorite song?

nfwmb - hozier

39. how long have you have this blog for?

for a while, but I just started posting on this one in like January and I had another (same blog I just moved, so it'd be my main) that I started in like july/August of last year (so 2018)

40. what are you excited for?

this year to be done so I can finally be some w high school

41. are you a better talker or a listener?

uh, tbh I keep being told I talk too much, so ig a better talker (even tho im shit at talking)

42. what is the last productive thing you did?

hmm, probably get up and use the bathroom this morning

43. what do you want for Christmas?

uh,, tbh idk

44. what classes do you get the best grades in?

music, hands down

45. on a scale of 1-10 how are you feeling right now?

like a solid 4

46. what can you see yourself doing in 10 years?

music teacher? maybe?

47. when did you first get your heartbreak?

tbh, never, I mean i pair a grandparent I was sorta close to, but like that was more of a long term thing, so ig if that counts as heartbreak, then that

48. at what age do you want to get married?

lol. never

49. what career did you want to have as a child?

anything and everything, like for a while I wanted to be a firefighter

50. what do you crave right now?

validation

tagging: @honeyboyfelix @jal-hago-isseo @hwangwhatjin

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the abc tag

i was tagged by @marculees, thank you so much 💓

rules: answer the question in a new post and tag 10 blogs you’d like to know better

tagging: @j-hopes-lady @the-draculina @nakamoto-papoyaki @hiimcaroline @ilysoftjimin @ilucheol @hyucko @jonisuh @cupidjohnny @taeilslut (i just tagged some mutuals i’d love to get to know more, you don’t have to do it if you don’t want to ofc!!)

(a)ge: 19

(b)irthplace: serbia

©urrent time: 11:50pm

(d)rink you had last: sparkling water

(e)asiest person to talk to: @j-hopes-lady ilysm ;---;

(f)avorite song: how would you feel by ed sheeran

(g)rossest memory: uuhh i can’t really think of any!! but any time i cried was gross because i’m a mess when i cry lmao

(h)ogwarts house: hufflepuff

(i)n love: not at the moment!!

(j)ealous of people: i don’t think i am, maybe envious sometimes, but not jealous

(k)illed someone: no????

(l)ove at first sight or walk by again: i suppose walk by again?? because you can’t really judge people by its covers, but then again,,,,,i’m a shallow piece of shit so idk :”)

(m)iddle name: don’t have one

(n)umber of siblings: one 💓

(o)ne wish: right now it’s to be healthy bc rn i’m walking on thin ice when it comes to health lmao

(p)erson you called last: mum

(q)uestion you ask most: i always ask my mum what she’s doing even when she’s not doing anything because i guess it’s my way of starting a convo?? tho it’s a shitty way to do that, let’s be honest

®eason to smile: j o h n n y

(s)ong you sang the last: how would you feel by ed sheeran ;---;

(t)ime you woke up: oops i woke up around 11am i think!

(u)nderwear color: i legit had to check srdjsdhgs but it pastel pink!

(v)acation destination: oh my god, i’d love to go to italy again ;---; more specifically, lido di jesolo skhfg it’s such a nice place. would love to go with @j-hopes-lady there! or maybe prague or budapest idk. tbh any place abroad is a vacation to me lmao

(w)orst habit: i bite my lips way too much and they end up bleeding gsfsgf

(x)-rays: i had a knee x-ray recently

(y)our favorite food: lasagna

(z)odiac sign: aries

[wiener-blut]

aaand the second round bc @fayn3ko tagged me again!! yay!! tysm!! 💕

Rules: Answer the questions in a new post and tag 10 blogs you would like to know better.

(A)ge: 21

(B)irthplace: a cute small town in Saxony, Germany

(C)urrent Time: 8.51pm

(D)rink You Had Last: OH FUCK i didnt drink anything today;; let me get myself some water

(E)asiet Person To Talk To: my gf probably?

(F)avorite Song: there’s no way i can limit myself to only one. Tier/Sehnsucht/Wilder Wein/Sonne/Reise, Reise/Feuer Und Wasser/Donaukinder/Gib Mir Deine Augen; all by Rammstein, what a surprise

(G)rossest Memory: ugh. i only remember that one incident from a few days ago; i wanted to put on my tights and when i slipped one foot in, i felt something gummy-ish on the side of my foot, it was cold and sticky and i just JERKED and got those tights off, shaking in panic and i found a nasty grub in it and i was so fucking grossed out that i couldn’t think of anything else than flushing it down the toilet;;;; looking back, im really sorry for the little thing, it probably had no idea how it ended up in my tights either;;;;

(H)ogwarts House: Ravenclaw

(I)n Love?:  ye, for over 5 years now

(J)ealous Of People?: it’s keepin within limits

(K)illed Someone?: except for the little grub ;__;;;;;; no

(L)ove At First Sight or Walk By Again?: walk by again, definitely

(M)iddle Name: dont have one

(O)ne Wish: uuhh uumm -please insert more unintelligent noises- a good future?? idk??

(P)erson You Last Called: the woman who’s responsible for organizing the dancers for the performance im taking part in on friday/saturday

(Q)uestions You’re Asked The Most: i have no clue, tbh

(R)easons To Smile: music, dancing, friends, animals

(S)ong You Last Sang: i dont sing songs on my own bc i have a terrible singing voice, but i last sang along to “Rainbow” by Emigrate while showering

(T)ime You Woke Up: 11am, as usual

(U)nderwear Color: something between light pink and taupe

(V)acation Destination: Japan

(W)orst Habit: biting my lips hhhhhh

(X)-rays?: only of my teeth bc i had braces

(Y)our Favorite Food: is it lame to say pizza?

(Z)odiac Sign: Capricorn, but Aquarius

and im being a trash pile again and tagging nobody;;

[wingsofthenorth]

More about me :D

Tagged by: My wonderful baby bro who I miss very much @mlkseok

Rules : answer the questions in a new post and tag 10 blogs you would like to know better

(A)ge : 25

(B)irthplace : Heby, Sweden

©urrent Time : 17:35

(D)rink You Had Last : Water~ I drink so much water you guys <3

(E)asiet Person To Talk To : All my lovely friends <3 All of those that are really close to me, hairy leg squad, @mlkseok, @himlarna to name a few ;)

(F)avorite Song : hahahha I can not just choose one xD Here are a few though;

1. Scars-  Sixx: A.M

2. All the Hamilton songs I have heard <3 Like “I’ll be back” don’t you agree @faziothedragon ;))

3. The Jurassic Park theme (because I watched the first three movies this weekend and it’s stuck in my head now)

4.  Idk my spotify is on the other computer and I have been to lazy to install it on this one so I guess this is it for now ;)

(G)rossest Memory : Uhhhh....  (pls do not read if you are grossed out by blood, ticks or broken bones)

The second time I broke my arm (the first time I remember a bit but not actual feelings and stuff), when I could feel that my arm was broken and my front teeth were lose so I could taste the blood in my mouth. I was so freaked out? 

That time one of my cousins fell of a bicycle and he scraped up the whole of one leg. 

Oh that one time when me and my sister had been playing in the high grass and our summer house and then when we got back to the house there was a lot of tiny ticks crawling up our legs and our mum had to pick them off one by one. Oh and later they found a really big one behind my sisters ear that had little tick babies and it was nasty  *shudders*

There is probably more and a lot worse but I can’t think of anything now xD

(H)ogwarts House : Gryffindor! :D Though I would say I have a bit of hufflepuff in me as well :)

( I )n Love? : At the moment? nah I don’t think so :)

(J)ealous Of People? : Mostly not, I love it when it goes well for people, though a bit jealous off my sister (at least when we where younger)

(K)illed Someone? : What kind of question is that? No never! Is this like secret service way to try to catch killers? x3

(L)ove At First Sight or Walk By Again? : I have never fallen in love at first sight, maybe gotten a crush or so but usually I need to get to know the person first.

(M)iddle Name : Julia and my second middle name is Karin.

(N)umber Of Siblings : 1 younger sister named Isabelle <3

(O)ne Wish : To get rid of my allergies so I could eat anything I want, be able to breath normally around animals with furr oh and not get sick from pollen in the spring C:

(P)erson You Last Called : my lovely friend @naricie.

(Q)uestions You’re Asked The Most :  I have no idea xD 

®easons To Smile : I have my summerbreak in 5 weeks, this weekend me and @faziothedragon is going to a comic fair and life is good~

(S)ong You Last Sang : One of the hamilton ones I think xD Does humming the Jurrassic park theme count? Because that was last I think :)

(T)ime You Woke Up : 06:20

(U)nderwear Color : black.

(V)acation Destination : I am going to London and Greece during the summer :D

(W)orst Habit : If part of a nail comes of I have to rip the rest of the way so it’s even. 

(X)-rays? : Yeah broke my arm twice as a child :P

(Y)our Favorite Food : Ahhhhh this again with choosing one >.< For the time being I will say Jossans wok becuase that is what we will eat tonight ;)

(Z)odiac Sign : Aquarius

I’m tagging: @thuviel @faziothedragon @naricie @azumannen @hiccuplicious @chiihun @mullisbullis @chibicloud @poeticalienprince @xinsey

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A-Z get to know me tag

tagged by: @tristealven​ , thanks Elina <3 rules: answer the questions in a new post and tag 10 blogs you would like to know better 💖 tagging: all of my followers (but only if you’re down for it!!) because I’d love to get to know all of you better!! :D

(A)ge: I’ll be 21 in october! (B)irthplace: India, grew up in the US tho ©urrent Time: 1:01am, oh dear (D)rink You Had Last: thai bubble tea!! (E)asiet Person To Talk To: my best friend <3 (even if she lives on the other side of the world from me :( ) (F)avorite Song: ahh gosh, I feel like there’s way too much good music out there for me to pick one, it would have to be like a list or something. Regardless, I can say that Saturn by Sleeping at Last is most definitely on that list (G)rossest Memory: yo I KNOW I have some good ones but I can’t think of any right now lol (H)ogwarts House: gryffindor...hufflepuff...and ravenclaw??? (im a mess) (I)n Love?: with fictional characters? ah yes, always (J)ealous Of People?: now then unfortunately yes, especially of the other reeaally brilliant people in my major because I constantly feel like I’m dumb, but I feel like that’s more envy than jealousy? (K)illed Someone?: lmaooo the fact that this is a question (but the answer is no) (L)ove At First Sight or Walk By Again?: for me it isn’t truly love until you know who the other is personality-wise, so probably Walk By Again? (M)iddle Name: maria! (N)umber Of Siblings: one younger sister (O)ne Wish: to get more wishes?? (P)erson You Last Called: my research professor lol (Q)uestions You’re Asked The Most: ok so I’m gonna steal this from @canonicallyanxious from her own answer of this question for this meme: it’s “where are you from? no, but where are you really from??” bc of how painfully accurate it is omg ®easons To Smile: isak valtersen’s character development from s1 to s4 (S)ong You Last Sang: dodie’s ‘burned out’ has been stuck in my head alllll day so i’ve been humming it just as long lol (T)ime You Woke Up: 10am?? i think?? (U)nderwear Color: this is weirdly specific?!? (but, blue) (V)acation Destination: anywhere that I can visit a salt flat or see the northern lights or just lie on a beach and not be bothered for a month (W)orst Habit: i’m literally the WORST procrastinator ever, it’s partially because of my adhd but i have this horrible habit for constantly doing everything but exactly what i’m supposed to be doing (X)-rays?: yup, once i tore my ligament and they checked to see if I broke anything lol  (Y)our Favorite Food: oh noo idk?! i love food, there’s so many, I can’t choose nooo  (Z)odiac Sign: libra!

[husberttee]

A-Z tag

Tagged By: @taeilsbraces thank youu~

Rules: Answer the questions in a new post and tag 10 blogs you would like to get to know better

Age ~ 18

Birthplace ~ Germany

Current time ~ 00:12 am

Drink you last had ~ Water

Easiest person to talk to ~ My older sister

Favorite song ~ ‘When October Goes’ cover by Ohyuk. It’s just. The best. Listen to it and tell me it’s not the best thing you heard all day

Grossest memory ~ idk mate maybe when i tried to take the trash out and it exploded half way in a pile of maggots. Is THAT the kind of memory this means??

Hogwarts house ~ I get gryffindor and Slytherin about equally often

In love? ~ Nah

Jealous of people ~ Sure. Sometimes............ OFTEN.

Killed someone ~ Not today

Love at first sight or should i walk by again ~ Walk by again so that I can trip you over

Middle name ~ dunt have one

Number of siblings ~ 1 + 3 half siblings

One wish ~ healthy sleep schedule

Person you called last ~ My mum

Question you are always asked ~ ‘What will you do with your life? Why aren’t you in university? Why go to korea next year when you can go literally anywhere else?’

Reason to smile ~ I have a very supportive family and loving friends. Music..exists.

Song you sang last ~ When October Goes by Barry Manilow

Time you woke up ~ 10:58PM

Underwear color ~ Black

Vacation destination ~ Next one is Korea. I’ll go there in early summer next year and stay for a year

Worst habit ~ I won’t say it specifically but it’s something I do because of some type of impulsive control disorder I probably have aND IT SUCKS

X-rays ~ ? did I have any? Yes

Your favorite food ~ I just really like food in general I cant pick a favourite

Zodiac sign ~ Aries, but I can never relate to the stuff people write for it. I’m more of a pisces guy at heart. yay.

taaaggg:

@mama-kisu @inatq @healingdongwoo @reservoir-idol

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Galene (Prompto x FemOC)

Genre: Slice of Life Rating: SFW Pairing: Prompto x Female OC????  Wordcount: 2,113 Suggested Listening: 月に照らされ、風に揺れる華 -- Hanafugetsu Tags: @roses-and-oceans @r-e-g-a-l-i-a @sweetchocobae @rubyphilomela @thirsty-angst-lord @hypaalicious (???? Is this ok??? IDK if ppl wanted to be tagged bc lmao it’s not Ignis) Notes: Yeah, that’s right. You CAN believe your eyes. It’s not Ignis. My muse is out of control and wanted me to do a character study on Prompto. Because of that one post floating around that said he was neglected as a child. Hooo buddy, I had feels. No beta in sight, more experimental stuff. 

GALE′NE (Galênê), a personification of the calm sea, and perhaps identical with Galateia, one of the Nereides, is called by Hesiod (Theog. 244) a daughter of Nereus and Doris.

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Prompto Argentum lived on a borrowed name and made up time. What he wished to belong to him was created for a purpose not his own. He hid this fact through a smile that was brighter than the sun and wider than the skies along with a laugh and louder than the storms. Prompto Argentum was made up of fragments and of broken promises.

As beautiful as the city was, the world beyond it seemed so dreamlike to him. What photos he could take of the jagged horizon were always too blurry, imperfect, idyllic, manufactured. He wanted many things in life, trust, friendship, acceptance, but more than anything, he wanted sleep. Tucked into the corner of the city, a commoner dressed as a Crownsguard in training, he wished for space, a place to think to hear what thoughts could be his and his alone.

Loneliness was something he was familiar with. In a gated community filled with older folks who kept more to themselves than their neighbors, he found solace in capturing moments in time through his camera when his heart skipped a beat at the beauty that surrounded him. Through the click of a shutter and a shy glance up to make sure no one was watching, he hoarded images, hoping, praying that they would live for him. Life for him was perfectly serene, and he had warm memories of trying to take pictures of the void of stars at night above the water.

Prompto found himself walking a lot. Most of the time, it was in the dead of the night when it was quietest and his thoughts almost seemed to collect correctly. Strolling the streets, he learned the corners and the quaintness of his neighborhood as the critters of the night scampered off, eventually leading him to the beach. He never needed music to listen to when his feet lead him to the water. The sound of gently lapping waves accompanied the beating of his heart and provided the booming baseline to his footsteps being the only sounds that he needed to think, to breath, to believe that he was real.

He often counted stars during those long walks, thinking them as a reflection of the freckles on his face. Each constellation he matched fell from the heavens to kiss gently at his cheeks and take a little bit of the stress he felt away from him. As the waves caressed at the corners of his consciousness, he could almost believe he was once born, and not made to be human. As the tide fell when the moon retreated, so did the tension of being and all that was left was his ability to believe.

Fondly, most fondly of all, he remembered the first night to the beach. He sat on a rock that was still holding onto the last vestiges of warmth from the sun, staring out into the darkened waters as moonlight rippled and played across the surface. It was the first night he didn't need his camera to capture the magic of the world around him. As tempting as the water seemed to be, the first nip of autumn air prevented him from dipping his toes into its inky depths. As brightly as he shone during the day, he could not let anyone know how weak he was to illness. That night, he recalls most fondly of throwing the windows to his room wide open so that he could continue to listen to the restless ocean just past his reach.

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Six weeks of regularly walking at the beach and Prompto Argentum began to hallucinate.

There's no way she's real.

Thursday night, just past 3 AM on a routine walk, the peaceful lull of waves was interrupted by the unfamiliar sound of splashing and a voice that shone brighter in the dark night than his smile in the sun. Someone, laughed and sang during his hours of the dead when he was sure no one was awake.

Down by the pier she danced in the dark, glassy waters of the night, laughing and squealing at the fish that darted and danced by her legs. She sang loudly, off key and off tune to songs from at least three decades ago. The way she moved smelled strongly of chrysanthemums and orange blossoms in the summer. Despite the chill of autumn setting in, she flailed and swam in the darkened water as if it was the middle of summer.

Under a waxing moon which nestled between Castor and Pollux, Prompto Argentum met a goddess who was drenched in the light of the stars while moonbeams dripped heavily from her eyelids.

She didn't notice him until he was only about thirty paces from the end of the pier.

"Oh, hello! I didn't think people were up this late! What's up? Couldn't sleep?" Her first interaction reminded him of a wide-eyed curious child, naive to the world.

"I usually take a walk down by here to help me go to sleep" He replied, skeptical, and sure he was still strongly imagining everything.

"No, no. There has got to be a better reason why someone like you would be up this late, walking around here like you've never seen water before." She disappeared underneath the dark surface of the water and Prompto felt himself sigh in relief, realizing the moment was over. When she appeared again, at the edge of the pier, arms crossed on the wooden planks, hair swirling around her face in a tangled mess, he felt his heart stop. "Come on now, there's got to be a story behind all of this."

"There really isn't a story to any of this. It's just... nice and quiet here." He shrugged before coming to his senses that yes, there was someone there and yes, they were speaking to him. He couldn't help but wish that his camera was with him to catch the way the moonlight made her hair looked curled and wild.

"Quiet is the only good thing about this place, really." She scoffed.

"Well, I mean, it's better than during the day when it's all noisy."

"I guess you have a point there." She sighed and shifted her weight a bit, making the planks of wood groan slightly. "There's literally nothing to do here though. All the people are old and no one ever swims in the water during the day. I mean have you seen how much trash there is?"

"Wait, then why are you in the water now?"

"Because I want to be. But that's beside the point. You never really answered my question. Why are you here? There's no way a pretty thing like you grew up here. All the old grannies would be spoiling you rotten to the core. Did you move here recently?"

"I... I grew up here. I just, don't really go out much. But I just started coming to the beach recently. How did you figure?"

Maybe it was just the way the water lapped at her waist as she clung to the edge of the pier that made her seem like a sprite straight out of a fairy tale. Or perhaps it was the moonlight casting a glowing halo around that made her seem absolutely surreal and ethereal to him. Still, a deeply skeptical part of him truly wanted to believe he was imagining this whole scenario.

"Well, first, there are no younger people here. I'm just visiting my folks for a little bit. Been away for a while. I'm an ornithologist y'know. Most of my studies are on chocobos, but I really like to run around finding the big ones, like ruhks! So, my reasearch takes me all over the place." She let out a dreamy sigh and settled her head back down on her arms. "It's nice though, coming back for a bit and taking a dip every now and then. Secondly, if you need to take a walk around here to lull you to sleep from the city sounds, you must be one hell of a light sleeper, kid."

"I'm not a kid! I have a name. It's Prompto. And you'd best remember it. I'm training to be a Crownsguard." Prompto huffed, crossing his arms over his chest. "Look, it's just, nice to walk around here at night. It's like you, coming back to your parents' place."

As much as he tried not to show it, he felt a twinge of envy that she even had a place with parents to come back to. What with how often he saw his own folks, it was difficult to swallow the bitter feeling that was rising from the back of his throat. She, as carefree as the world, had the one thing that he wanted.

"No, no." She countered, shaking him out of the foul mood that was sinking through his skin. "You see, those are two different things. I'm coming back here because I have a familial obligation and it's a free room for a few days before I have to head out again. You, on the other hand willingly bring yourself to walk around in the dead of the night so you could experience 'peace and quiet.' Prompto. You may be a Crownsguard in training, but man, you're weird. Have you ever heard of earplugs? They work miracles on loud noises, and you'll get a lot more sleep that way 'cause y'know, you're not up and about in the dead of the night."

Any chance Prompto had to reply was cut short as she floated off to play with more invisible fish in the impossibly dark water. Prompto didn't really have much of an answer to her question. He could have easily found the quiet he wanted in other ways, but he chose to seek the water as if it was the only place that mattered to him. Perhaps it was that magnetic draw to it that eventually brought him to her.

How sorely he wished he had his camera to catch the stars as they flickered in the night sky while she laughed and sang songs he had only briefly heard in snippets while browsing radio stations.

The rest of the night, he sat at the edge of the pier, feet numb and dipped into the water, watching as she swam around, laughing and talking to her fishy friends. The part of him which thought it was all an illusion at first became the part of him that yearned for her to talk to him and not her silent, swimming friends.

By the time the night waned and Prompto got himself to bed, he refused to open his windows. The sound of waves that night were too loud with the sound of free will and singing fish.

~~

In the morning, at his front doorstep. His shoes and a bright pink sticky note with a message scrawled on it:

Goofball, you left your shoes at the end of the pier. At least the grannies here were nice enough to point me in the direction of your place. You're lucky I'm not your shoe size because I would have made these mine if I could.

The place her name should have been was smudged and illegible. His shoes had been spitefully filled with sand and he couldn't help but laugh at her petty nature. Six, I should have asked for her name...

The rest of his day, the whole scenario of their conversation haunted him. The scrap of paper with her written note burned in his pocket and he found himself constantly fidgeting with it. He found himself forgetting most of what he was supposed to be training for and ending up with more bruises that day than he cared to talk about. Not that there were a lot of people he could talk to about them in the first place.

By the end of his scheduled day, out of sheer frustration and impulse, the weightless note became an unbearable burden to him and he threw it in the garbage.

He destroyed the one and only memento he had from a conversation with a water goddess. Though the object itself was temporal, the memory of her moon drenched figure lived forever in Prompto's mind. And he would chase that image forever move with his camera in hand.

Prompto Argentum lived on borrowed time and makeshift memories. However, he'd now count the pictures he's taken and they would more than make up for the lost time that wasn't his.

[re-fi-ne-ment]

INFP callout post

Like, directed at other INFPs.

1. It is not a vital part of the INFP personality to be constantly depressed

Scrolling through the INFP tag (especially the quotes and confession blogs) makes it seem like every single INFP is depressed and will be for all of their lifetime. Which is.. not true..

Of course depression is a real problem, and yes, INFPs are a type with a high depression rate - but I’ve seen people act like they’ll never get out of depression because they are INFPs. I get the feeling that some are straight up refusing to get help because it became part of their identity to be depressed. And that isn’t what MBTI is all about.

I’m not trying to hate on you, I’m just saying that you shouldn’t let “being an INFP” stop you. Try to use your Ne more, it’s healing for you. And get help if you need it.

On a side note, I also think depressed people are likely to mistype as INFPs, if they only have a vague understanding of MBTI and mistake depression symptoms for MBTI preferences. “I don’t go out (anymore) - introvert. I stay in my head a lot - intuitive. I feel a lot - feeling. I can’t plan ahead/think clearly - perceiving. Must be an INFP.” Also, Si/Ni-Fi loops and Fi grips seem to be frequent reasons for depression, which may be another reason to mistype as a Fi-dom, idk.

(Furthermore, all these “INFP=depression” posts send a weird message to “new” INFPs who just search the tag to find relatable content.)

2. INFPs and mental illnesses/neurodivergence

First of all - of course INFPs can be neurodivergent.

But when you’re doing your online tests, please keep the Fi-Ne tendency to relate to everything in mind. When reading about the symptoms, Fi is likely to say “That’s me!!” and Ne is likely to say “I completely understand this!”. And if you’re also enneatype 4, then there’s the tendency to see mental illness as the reason why you’re so misunderstood.

For example, I (INFP, 4w3) once got high online results for schizoid, narcissistic AND histrionic personality disorder just because I could relate to (or understand) several of the symptoms. I’m pretty sure it’s not even possible to be both schizoid and histrionic. Correct me if I’m wrong.

The thing with PDs is, they are constantly there. Slight traits of PDs can and will be found in people who don’t have them. Relating to disorders from time to time doesn’t mean you have them.

Self-diagnosis should only be the first step. Please go to a specialist and get a professional diagnosis if you feel you might actually have a mental problem, don’t just use a personality disorder (or any other disorder) as a “cool and special identity trait”. That’s actually pretty ableist, even if you don’t want it to be.

3. INFPs and school

I keep seeing posts that go like “I’m an INFP, that means I’m super intelligent but school just doesn’t get me and therefore I get bad grades :((”.

Newsflash: You shouldn’t 100 % believe everything 16personalities dot hell says.

Intelligence isn’t strictly tied to your type. There are more or less intelligent people of any type.

Also, maybe your current style of learning doesn’t fit you. I might make a post about the way I personally study in the future, maybe it could help you. Not to brag, but I graduated from school as the best of my year, and I am an INFP. It’s possible.

Just stop using “but my MBTI type :////” as an excuse please.

Rant over.