#ngl really enjoyed his autobiography

[idontshitpostbuttheolympicpark]

was nobody going to tell me that when rossi signed his yamaha contract 5 people broke into the medical tent at midnight to have somewhere secret to discuss the contract, got discovered, hid under a table, before staging a bizarre scene with vale's guys making smalltalk at midnight to hide the yamaha guys or was I just going to have to find that out myself

[1d1195]

Bestie I had to search my email for the answer to the personality quiz because i took it YEARS ago lol The email said INFJ-T but then I decided to take it again because I think i have changed a bit since then lol The one I took today, i got INFP-T which is the "mediator". I think in some ways most teachers having an extroverted personality makes sense in my head lol In my head it also makes sense that might would be an ambivert but then again idk lol And i Use to LOVE those buzzfeed quizzes! I have a vivid memory of taking those quizzes with friends on the school bus ride back home in middle school lol

Your bf may have a point bc it's pretty common that when parents want to be "friends" instead of "parents" with their kids it mainly stems from other issues which then their kids are exposed to that. BUT I AM IN NO WAY DISSING YOUR MOM! literally being a parent is hard and that's just a generalization and very simplified version from what i've studied!

It's okay! I dont think any less of you or anything negative like that! Some people just don't get too much exposure with other cultures and that's okay as long as you are respectful, questions are always good to ask! Especially with Latinx/Hispanic cultures, they often get clumped together but there's a lot of diversity within those too! Ngl i BAWLED my eyes out Coco when it came out and I saw it in theaters with my parents and they cried too lol But its a yearly rewatch just to cry lol especially since my family actually celebrates the day of the dead it's in some ways therapeutic lol and I've never seen Encanto but i have seen clips and generational trauma is REAL so i understand how people found it so appealing, plus the songs were catchy lol And don't worry about unloading! At least for me, if it got too much I would tell you and I feel comfortable to do so because I know you wouldn't do anything with negative intention!

i will be SAT when you get to TA Harry! my TA is just SO AHHH like idk something about his vibe is something! Like he exudes confidence but not in a way where he's a jerk! plus bestie... HE HAS A SLEEVE OF TATTOOS! he wore a short sleeve today and ugh😵‍💫 I was going crazy in my head! i HIGHLY recommend going to a drag show! i love the drag scene! I think you would probably enjoy a nice drag brunch since those are mainly not in clubs or late at night lol But i do get not wanting to do too much when it's not needed lol like I DONT BLAME YOU!

BAHAH A COUPON! i kind of love thinking of it like that now! And my week is going okay! I went to the bookstore on campus today and got one of those "blind date" with a book so that was fun! I hope your week is going good!! ILY SO MUCH!! thank you for always taking the time to read my messages and responding 😭-💜

I so had a feeling we'd be similar!!! INFJ/INFP either way. I know there's a distinction but four out of five is pretty normal.

No my mom is def one of my best friends and that comes with good and bad. My mom relies heavily on me emotionally and kind of physically. My dad's in rough shape and my sister is also one of my bff's but she's useless when it comes to family stuff. Do you have siblings? I think you said you were an eldest daughter (but I totally could have made that up).

Okay long-winded thing that I talked about with my sister the other day, here we go: I saw this thing that said "you're only remembered for three generations." I thought that was so devastating and tragic because I hardly know my great-grandparents and I know NOTHING about anyone before them. I think I said to my sister word-for-word: "ya know, Day of the Dead is where it's at. That's how you're remembered that is the nicest, sweetest way to remember your family, your heritage." Like I'm really into my ancestry and I want to know more (but there's really not much about us--bunch of European peasants more than likely HAHAHAHAHA). But part of me wants to write an autobiography (it would probs be the MOST boring biography in the history of the world). It just seems sad to me that after a few generations I'll be forgotten, through no one's fault or anything. It's not like I'll be a famous politician or celebrity or a composer. It's just so wild. Anyway, all of this to say I think Day of the Dead is SO nice and cool (also it kicks of my b-day month) But I would love to learn more about your culture if you'd like to share! 💕

A SLEEVE OF TATTOOS OKAY SAY LESS 😍🤤 I'd melt. TA-Harry is writing itself! I have a thing about forearms--not like in a WEIRD way just like okay what was the reason for someone's forearm to look sexy? Like how does that work. There might just be something wrong with my brain.

OMG I've never tried a blind-date with a book! I love it! That sounds like so much fun! Let me know how you like!

LOVE YOU!

xoxo

[clairebear1298]

okay, long-winded and rambly essay on sheldon’s sexuality incoming below:

first, let me address the line in the newest young sheldon. ultimately i do find it irritating and incongruous with things said in the past, but here are some ideas that could maybe help it fit in with the previous canon.

     1. keep in mind that adult sheldon is presumably narrating ys to an audience, be it to the public in an autobiography, a series of stories to his children, or something similar. so he could be... not exactly lying about his true feelings so much as omitting certain truths to put forth a certain persona that he wants people to perceive him as? it’s a weak argument, and not one i necessarily agree with, but it’s possible.

     2. when sheldon mentioned the whole “closing his eyes and thinking of science” on his honeymoon, my first thought was of new york when he drags amy to the hotel room. but then i remembered the other canon sexual encounter on their honeymoon, which was back in legoland. this one makes more sense for me that sheldon would maybe behave this way, since it had been about five months since the last time they’d had sex and only their fifth time having sex at all. he’s still not used to it, but the second time on their honeymoon the memory was fresher on what to expect so maybe he was able prepare/enjoy himself more.

     3. sheldon and amy didn’t start (semi) regularly having sex until after they were married, and back then there were six to twelve month gaps between each encounter. it’s entirely possible that sheldon didn’t feel fully comfortable with sex until he started doing it more often and accustoming himself to the act.

     4. sheldon specifically said he felt this way on his honeymoon. he didn’t say that he felt this way every time he’s ever been in bed with amy. so maybe his feelings on sex have evolved since then, or maybe he just had honeymoon jitters, who knows?

     5. i always go back to sheldon’s wedding vows, when he tells amy he’s “overwhelmed” by her. sex is overwhelming to anyone, let alone sheldon who’s extremely sensory and hates feeling out of control. it’s not about amy, it’s about the act itself. it’s scary for him, but he loves amy and wants her to to feel happy and desired and satisfied in their marriage. and amy returns that love by letting him decide when he’s ready to demonstrate that to her.

this leads to a larger conversation on sheldon’s sexuality and what that means to him. pretty much everyone agrees that he sits somewhere on the asexual spectrum, whether demi or not we’ll probably never really know, but as the seasons have gone on it seems that the fandom mostly agrees that he skews more towards full asexuality rather than demi. now there are three subsets to asexuality: sex repulsed, sex neutral, or sex positive. as someone who probably sits somewhere on the demi spectrum (the jury’s still out on that verdict), i find these three subsets to be more of a range than a black and white “this or that” kind of thing. I had kinda figured sheldon sat somewhere along this side of things (the “s” being sheldon):

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repulsed^                 neutral^                 positive^

but it’s possible he’s more on this side of things:

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repulsed^                 neutral^                 positive^

i don’t think he’s on the repulsed side of things since, first off, he’s willing to do it at all, but he’s also literally said that he “enjoyed it more than he thought (he) would.” but the level of ambivalence he has for it makes me feel like he doesn’t fall on the positive side either, or at least sits very close to the line. so i think he sits somewhere on the neutral spectrum, and whether he skews more towards liking or disliking sex doesn’t change the fact that he’s ultimately in the neutral zone. like april’s fic on the subject demonstarted, sexuality is a lot more fluid and confusing than people might assume, so maybe sheldon himself slides up and down this spectrum depending on the circumstances.

ultimately this is all conjecture, and could very well be soundly invalidated in future episodes of ys (i wonder if, as sheldon enters his teen years, they start to delve into this subject head-on, which i would LOVE to see). obviously most viewers would not be thinking as in-depth into this as i am, so i do still find it annoying that they chose to distill the entire nuance of this concept into one cheap joke (something they’ve been guilty of in the past, ngl), but the very act of writing this essay has made me feel better about the whole thing, and i hope it does for you, too.