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There is just something about Percy Jackson being secretly a genius that is so funny and traumatizing to consider, because he's not smart in the way of a paper test, and while he has street smarts in spades, it's not what makes him scary.
Percy Jackson has the same manic genius energy of Kevin McAllister from home alone. He has sarcasm and wit by the bucket, but doesn't generally apply himself until the point of "I'm in danger". Gym class and bullies? Annoying but all he'll do is complain a little. War games at camp? He'll give his "all" but otherwise there are definitely others better at things.
Toss him into a fight on a quest or involving a prophecy? Strategy, improv, random skill sets and even better one-liners than what usually drips from his vocabulary. He has no clue what he's doing but to everyone else he's a natural disaster made from a planned domino fall line.
#percy jackson#pjo hoo toa#i havent been able to read the new trilogy with his quests but i look forward to it#i wrote this as a treat for my birthday#only turn 25 once and as it is currently after midnight i have 24 hours#ramblings
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real gods require blood
All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom. Half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood. - Zora Neale Hurston
- zeus inspo - hera inspo - poseidon inspo - demeter inspo - athena inspo - apollo inspo - artemis inspo - ares inspo - aphrodite inspo - hephaestus inspo - hermes inspo - hestia inspo - dionysus inspo - persephone inspo - hades inspo - modern gods inspo used in blurbs
first thing's first: everyone in this ad should be between the ages of 22 and 27 with the exception of persephone who should be 22 - 24 and demeter who should be 25 - 27. genderbending is okay with me as long as you run it by me first because i don't want to have a million girls, i want it to be fairly balanced. everything said below should be taken with a grain of salt meaning if you put your own spin on it that is totally fine, the inspo is what matters.
additionally, only one or two characters should be from chicago, because the group is a group of people who are imports to the city and the life they have here so please do with that idea what you will. i did link to some cool pinterest boards with some inspo for a modern take on all of the different gods if you want to look at those but again, it's just for inspiration, please please please make every single one of these guys your own.
now, for the actual ad, basically these guys are something of a found family. through their jobs, parties, socializing, exes, currents, whatever they all met and it was almost instant, that connection, that 'feels like i've known you my whole life' thing that came over them. and so they stuck together, even if it was just a group text or once a year dinner party, they've all stayed in touch ever since despite distance, work, time constraints, and anything else that came between them.
the first pair that met and really started it all were aphrodite and ares. they were on again off again, always a problem with time and where their lives were at, but the love is there. they've been friends since their time in school together and it never let up, that care. the rest of the group swear one day aphrodite will find a way to settle down and be with ares but for now ares deals with the on again off again because sometimes is better than never. and then aphrodite found god here, and another one, and their interconnections grew the group and now here they are, family without being blood, with ties running through them, cutting and caressing them all the same.
from there, feel free to just get with me and we can make it work. i'm going to be making a ship developer for them (including a timeline because it seems necessary so that we have some idea on who, what, when, and how) but the basis is a found family plot with interconnections that made this many people come to mean so much to one another. from there? go wild, get with me on any questions, and please have fun with it. some suggestions for interconnections are below in the applicable boxes but if you don't want to use them just talk to me.
and lastly... if you want to add a god who isn't listed please just let me know! give me a little blurb and we can make this happen. remember the slight dystopian feel and the modern twist but like... yes, please, let's do this, i'm here for it. thanks!!
ZEUS. OPEN.
zeus drinks himself half to death at a bar. he no longer cares for mortals. he has long stopped trying to make this world turn.
suggestions: brother to poseidon and hades. married to hera. enters polyship with hera and hestia after cheating scandal. himbo energy.
HERA. OPEN.
hera no longer praises marriage. instead she talks to the women. she tells them that men always lie, tells them to run. she wishes she could take her own advice.
suggestions: married to zeus. enters polyship with zeus and hestia after cheating scandal. better than you.
POSEIDON. RESERVED FOR TESSA.
poseidon still loves the sea but he could not hate mortals more. he feels the pollution of his domain like a phantom pain, raging that he could not protect his oceans from mortals.
suggestions: brother to zeus and hades. has a crush on demeter. moods like the sea.
DEMETER. RESERVED FOR LUNA.
demeter isn't peaceful. she feels the dying of the earth and with it goes her happiness. she curses the mortals who caused this.
suggestions: older sister of persephone. doesn't approve of hades. has a crush on poseidon. the mom friend.
ATHENA. OPEN.
athena chainsmokes in an alleyway, and glares at ares as bloody knuckles and booted feet connect with battered bodies between them. the fight clubs are their temples now.
suggestions: business partners with hephaestus (queer solidarity, y'all). just doing her best. definitely sapphic. possibly once had a thing with aphrodite.
APOLLO. RESERVED FOR THOMAS.
you find apollo in a nightclub on 55th and 3rd, his prophets writhing in intermittent darkness, bassline pounding in their ears, liqour coursing in their veins, smoke and strobe lights clouding their eyes.
suggestions: twin brother of artemis. pansexual and everyone knows it. always chasing the next high, running from the lows. in a secret relationship with hermes.
ARTEMIS. RESERVED FOR DAPHNE.
artemis spends the night in a jail cell, blood on her knuckles and on her shirt and in her mouth, the smell of metal lingering in the air.
suggestions: twin sister of apollo. sapphic pls. the protector meets the vodka aunt. possibly once had a thing with aphrodite.
ARES. RESERVED FOR KITT.
you watch as ares starts a fight in a dive bar, takes a knife from his pocket and uses it without flinching, smiles as he wipes his blade on his thigh, smashes a bottle on the floor and lights a match.
suggestions: on again off again with aphrodite. in love with aphrodite. not currently with aphrodite. just a boy, made of rage and the inability to express his emotions. looks like he'll kick your ass, will pull athena and artemis off of you in a fight, exhausted that he has to yet again. also requested here.
APHRODITE. FREYA WILDER, ATHENA.
aphrodite drinks your worship straight from your lips and chases it with a scotch, crashes a cigarette, flicks the ash on the floor and leaves without so much as a thank you.
suggestions: on again off again with ares. in love with ares. running from ares. most likely to have slept with everyone in the group, twice. intimacy issues? i do know her. i know her so well. someone help.
HEPHAESTUS. OPEN.
you find hephaestus on college campuses, amongst engineering students. in times like this he is more relevant than ever, growing whilst other gods die. it seems that aphrodite is more keen on accepting his gifts now more than ever.
suggestions: business partners with athena (queer solidarity, y'all). once had a thing with aphrodite. a serious thing. didn't end well. they're totes okay now, for sure, yeah, definitely, mhm. patience is a virtue. stubborn pride is a gift. also requested here.
HERMES. RESERVED FOR TONE.
hermes is in the hustle and bustle of rush hour and the rush of the subway. he is perched atop skyscrapers, surveying the beautiful chaos of it all and lo, it is good.
suggestions: brother to hestia. in a secret relationship with dionysus apollo. running to and for, never from. chaotic good gremlin energy. do not feed after midnight. possibly once had a thing with aphrodite.
HESTIA. OPEN.
hestia mourns broken homes, she waits for her family. she waits in the doorway, arms outstretched and a smile like forgiveness waiting to embrace the siblings whom she know will never return.
suggestions: sister to hermes. pretends she doesn't know about dionysus apollo. doesn't approve of dionysus apollo. enters polyship with zeus and hera after cheating scandal. the mediator. why can't we all just get along?
DIONYSUS. OPEN.
dionysus shoots up in a basement in the seedy side of town. he wants to forget the suffering that has filled his immortal life.
suggestions: in a secret relationship with hermes. "gotta stay high, all the time, to keep you off my mind". heart of gold but no one ever seems to believe it. here for a fun time, not a long time, but thinking about that too much hurts.
PERSEPHONE. RESERVED FOR ARI.
persephone grins when people tremble. she is vengeful and wears flowers in her hair and she will make damn sure that the world will never forget her name.
suggestions: younger sister of demeter. in love with hades. she's beauty, she's grace. she'll punch you in the face.
HADES. OPEN.
hades stalks the streets, hazy in the fog of the streetlamps, and he smiles, because people will always believe in death and worship riches.
suggestions: brother to zeus and poseidon. in love with persephone. can you say trauma? secretly the most well rounded and good hearted of them all. how are you so pure, bro? who sent you?
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answering witchy questions
(from @theclosetedwitch)
1. What type of witch are you? - i hate the whole trendy “witch types” thing, but i work with both high and low magick and i work with the Fair Folk and deities and a lot of herbalism.
2. Do you believe it is wrong to hex? - very little is inherently wrong or right. you need context to decide if it’s moral or not. i don’t do hexes for no reason and i don’t initiate conflict, however if someone has fucked with my friends at all or tried to magickly harm me, you bet your ass that i’m gonna return-to-sender that bitch at the very least. TL;DR i believe in revenge as long as it’s proportionate :)
3. Have you ever hexed anyone? - depends on what you consider a hex. i’ve certainly cast return to sender spells and tripwire spells, but i’ve never done baneful work to someone without them doing something to me first.
4. Which deities do you worship, if any? - i’m a devotee of Aphrodite, and i follow Rhiannon and Morpheus as well. i used to follow Apollo also but the time in my life that he was present for has ended. i work with a few other deities very casually on and off, but those three are the ones i’m worshipping right now.
5. What got you into witchcraft? - the pastor at a church i had to go to was doing a slideshow on “bad religions” and he pointed to a pentacle and said “this is a pentagram, a symbol used by wiccans. and you know what the call themselves? witches. and wizards. or warlocks, actually. witches and warlocks.” obviously, he didn’t know much about wicca or witchcraft but the sheer fact that there were people calling themselves “witches” was enough to pique my interest and i started my research.
basically a christian pastor turned me pagan.
6. What is your favorite moon phase? - i love any time when i can see the moon, but i’m connected to the waning moon for Rhiannon, and the full moon because, idk, it’s pretty? i’m a dyke? unknown.
7.What is your favorite season? - beltane or samhain season
8.Which pagan celebration do you like most? - beltane for me is super happy and rich and beautiful, samhain is the time of year when i’m most connected to my craft, and imbolc season sucks ass but the rituals are really nice.
9.Are you in the broom closet? - to my family, somewhat. i talk about astrology to fuck with them because they’re christians, but i don’t talk about witchcraft or paganism because i’d surely get kicked out or at least punished super heavily.
10. What is your favorite herb to work with? - i’m gonna interpret this as favourite herb/spice, so nutmeg, cloves, juniper berries and chamomile
11. What are your favorite crystals, and why? - to be honest, most crystals i just use for the colour correspondances. i’m not super connected to most crystals but i do love black tourmaline for protection, and then i have some specific crystals that have a lot of meaning for me, like an amethyst point i got from a coven sister for my first imbolc, or a half of a geode that i share with my best friend, or my obsidian worrystone that shows up when i need it.
12. Have you ever had a spell backfire? - i’ve had spells not work, but outright backfire i don’t think so.
13. Do you work skyclad? - no, because of *body image issues* and also i’m cold all the time
14. Are you in a coven? - yes! it’s pretty casual and informal, and there’s not hp/ hps so it’s more of a working group, but coven sounds way better. our coven blog is @circleofpyxis and our instagram is circleofpyxiscoven
15. Do you believe in good and evil? - in individuals, yes. i know that there are inherently evil people. i don’t think that there are any inherently good people, and i think we’re all born neutral, but our actions define where we lie as far as morality.
16.What is the most successful spell you have ever performed? - either a very stupid surface-y spell to get a part i wanted in a play, or a spell to get rid of unwanted romantic feelings.
17. Do you do any divination? - yes!
18. If you do do divination, what kind? - i read futhark runes, dabble in tarot, and scry using fire or water
19. Do you read tarot? - a little
20. If you do, what is your favorite card? - i can’t remember them all off the top of my head but i love the hierophant in my deck
21. Have you ever had any dreams that came true? - i don’t have prophetic dreams, but i have a different sort of brand of metaphysical dream. i’m not sure how to describe it, but i think it’s my spirit guide just watching out for me. for example, i once needed to wake up at 6:30 but forgot to set an alarm, and i had this experience-- it must’ve been a dream-- but it felt like i was awake but my eyes were still closed, and then i heard my mom’s voice saying “it’s time to wake up, you have to go to your meeting” and i opened my eyes (in the dream) and saw my mom. then i woke up for real and no one was there, but the clock read 6:30 exactly.
another time i had a dream where my dad told me that distrokid had updated and i could see how much money i’d made, and then i woke up and distrokid really had updated, which only happens every month at most.
22. Are you in a religion? - i’m still trying to figure out exactly my denomination, but i’m a pagan of celtic and hellenic traditions.
23. Which do you like better: new moon or full moon? - i adore all of the new moon goddesses but i’m sorry, the full moon has my heart.
24. What was the first spell you have ever performed? - it was this really little simple spell for happiness. it was really just an incantation actually, i didn’t use any tools or anything, but it worked so i’m not complaining.
25.Do you believe it is wrong to cast love spells? - if you don’t have the consent of the other individual(s) then yes. otherwise, if you’re just attracting “a good match” or self-love, there’s nothing wrong with that.
26.Have you ever cast a love spell? - self love spells and romance-banishing spells yes.
27. What is your favorite magickal tool? - my peach wood wand that i made myself!
28. Do you like to work during the witching hour (3am ) ? - i do 90% of my workings at midnight or later, so yeah :)
29. Are you a hereditary witch? - nope, it’s just me and my suspiciously-invested-in-crystals-and-astrology sister ;)
30.Do you believe it is possible to be born witch? - you can be born into a family of witches but it’s not like some people are born witches and no one else can practice. everyone has magick, everyone has power. some people have different intuitive strengths, but everyone has strengths.
31. Do you believe initiation is essential to be a witch? - no. in some religious traditions you need to be initiated (like wicca), but witchcraft is for everyone.
32. Do you have a familiar? - no
33.What is your spirit animal? - i’m not indigenous so i don’t have one.
34. Which deity or god are you closest to? - my patroness is Aphrodite
35. Thoughts on reincarnation? - i believe in reincarnation but i also want to die and have it be over so it’s complicated jdfhjhfd
36. Current altar setup? - my mabon altar is still up since it’s still technically mabon season but i’m putting up my samhain altar tonight. i also have shrines to Aphrodite and Morpheus on my altar year-round.
37. Feelings and thoughts on Wicca? - i don’t practice, and there are a lot of issues with gardner, but there are issues with people in every religion. i don’t see a problem with wicca or wiccans, it just isn’t my religion.
38. What is your favorite element to work with? - water
39. Do you have a book of shadows? - i have both a BoS and a grimoire
40. Have you ever tried reading runes? - yes! that’s my best method of divination.
41. If so, what is your favorite rune, and why? - THIS IS SO HARD! i have a few. eiwaz, peorth, and ehwaz are some of my faves.
42. Do you believe in casting circles before every spell? - no, i do it for my rituals and sabbat workings, but at least for my practice, with the frequency that i do workings, i simply don’t have time to cast before spells.
43. If so, how do you cast your circles? - i might do a post on this later, but i close/ cast the circle deosil and then open it at the end of a ritual widdershins.
44. Ever tried knot magick? - yes! i use knot magick for a protection anklet i always wear.
45. Have you ever participated in, or watched the Great Rite (ritual sex)? - no. i’m underage and not interested in sex magick anyway.
46. What is your favorite color to work with, in magick? - red and black
46. Which deities do you have altars for? - Aphrodite and Rhiannon.
47. What is your favorite setting which you prefer to practice in? - i only do rituals after dark and i like practicing solitary but i also love practicing with my friends/ covenmates.
48. Do you know how to read palms? - no
49. If so, have you ever read palms, either yourself or others? - no
50. Are you more connected with the masculine, or the feminine? - feminine, but i try to work with a balance
51. Favorite day of the week to practice in? do you even care? - friday but not for any metaphysical reason, just because i’m least stressed then and have the most time.
52. How long have you been practicing? - over two years
53. Which witchy traditions do you observe? - i celebrate the wheel of the year sabbats, and the esbats, and Rhiannon’s day on march 1st
54. Favorite planet to work with? - Venus
55. Favorite direction ( est, west, north, south) to work with? - west
56. Favorite number to work with * numerology *? - 64 and 11
57. Do you have a magick wand, and if so, what is it made of? - yes, it’s made from peach wood.
58. Do you prefer the sun or the moon? - moon
59. Pointy hat or no pointy hat? - absoLUTELY pointy hat
60. What is it that you LOVE about witchcraft - i love my deities and i love how comforting my craft is when i feel alone
#witch#witchy#witchcraft#witchery#pagan#paganism#pagan tag#witch tag#witchy questions#pagan questions#q and a#introducing myself#occult#esoteric#belief#religion#spiritual#spirituality#religious
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@homoeroticsubtextinspace made me do it
1. Do you ever doubt the existence of others than you?
Well now I do! But seriously, no not ever.
2. On a scale of 1-5, how afraid of the dark are you?
3 I’d say. Feel uneasy but not terrified
3. The person you would never want to meet?
Idk, no one in particular I guess
4. What is your favorite word?
In english I love arson, idk why. In french (my native language), couette
5. If you were a type of tree, what would you be?
I love oak trees but I’m not one, i’d say more of a plum tree
6. When you looked in the mirror this morning what was the first thing you thought?
Shit I messed up my eyeliner
7. What shirt are you wearing?
Simple black one with long sleeves
8. What do you label yourself as?
Small
9. Bright room or dark room?
Bright room! With sun! or plenty of lamps!
10. What were you doing at midnight last night?
Definitely sleeping!
11. Favorite age you’ve been so far?
8. I feel like all of my childhood happened when I was 8.
12. Who told you they loved you last?
My boyfriend I think. We’re quite cheesy actually
13. Your worst enemy?
Capitalism and how it makes us feel bad for being human.
14. What is your current desktop picture?
It’s Mtg art! Slimefoot the stowaway! Loooove it so much!
15. Do you like someone?
Plenty of people! I like my friends, most of my family, my boyfriend, the cat at my place, random people...
16. The last song you listened to?
Honestly no idea
17. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?
I’d have said the orange blob but @homoeroticsubtextinspace said Bezos and honestly? Mood.
18. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?
Me personally I wouldn’t like punching someone. However I would love to see nazis punched in the face.
19. If anyone could be your slave for a day, who would it be and what would they have to do?
No slaves, bad thing to enslave people.
20. What is your best physical attribute? (showing said attribute is optional)
My hair! Love it! Especially when I dye it on shave it!
21. If you were the opposite sex for one day, what would you look like and what would you do?
I would look like a very average guy I think, Not short nor tall, a bit on the skinnier side, brown haired… Well like me but as a guy.
Idk. I guess I would want to have sex because it must feel different when you have a penis.
22. Do you have a secret talent? If yes, what is it?
Not really, I don’t want to hide my talents!
23. What is one unique thing you’re afraid of?
Slugs. Hate them.
24. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your disposal.
Bread with some cereals, goat cheese, figs, honey, pepper.
25. You just found $100! How are you going to spend it?
Buy useful stuff for our home. Maybe curtains.
26. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere in the world, but you have to leave immediately. Where are you going to go?
I don’t want to travel by plane! but I’d say Iceland, looks beautiful.
27. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. “Be brand-specific” it says. Man! What are you gonna say about that? Even if you don’t drink booze there’s something you can figure out… so what’s it gonna be?
Uuuuuuuuh…. Idk. I like infused rum so I’d say HSE.
28. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place?
Don’t hurt others.
29. What is your favorite expletive?
Fuck. I also use Putain in french but I don’t particularly use it
30. Your house is on fire, holy shit! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the one thing you’re going to save from that blazing inferno?
My teddy bear I think? Idk, I don’t have a lot of belongings so everything I have, I love and want to keep.
31. You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?
I don’t think I’ve lived a horrible experience. bad ones but not horribles ones.
32. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But check out this cool shit… you can move to anywhere else in the world!
Uh… weird question but honestly it doesn’t feel very me, so I wouldn’t want to move out of France.
33. The Celestial Gates Of Beyond have opened, much to your surprise because you didn’t think such a thing existed. Death appears. As it turns out, Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person/etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back?
I think the deads belong with Death, it’d fuck up ones brain to see someone who isn’t anymore.
34. What was your last dream about?
A coat. I want to make myself one soooo bad.But idk how I want it to be, so it’s hard.
35. Are you a good….[insert anything you’d like here]?
porcupine? No, I’m a terrible porcupine.
36. Have you ever been admitted to the hospital?
Yeah 2 times I’d say. Once I fell off a horse and once I fell of a playground trapeze.
37. Have you ever built a snowman?
Yes! I like it but it doesn’t snow enough :(
38. What is the color of your socks?
Brown, they are handknitted by a friend!
39. What type of music do you like?
here are some stuff i like:
Uuuuuuuh rap, funk, I really like the Cure, Florence and the machine, Devo, les Wriggles, Renaud (his old stuff because the new stuff is… bad. Really bad.), Zebda, Diana Ross, Earth wind and fire...
40. Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets?
Sunrise! feels magical.
41. What is your favorite milkshake flavor?
I don’t really like milkshakes :/
42. What football team do you support?
None.
43. Do you have any scars?
A few. One on my cheeks looks really badass but it’s from my cat. One on my leg from when I fell off a bike. A few burn ones because I’m not careful around hot stuff, and my work involves hot irons. A new one from a dog bite. And three inked scars (okay, they’re tattoos but technically it’s a scar)
44. What do you want to be when you graduate?
I graduated a few weeks ago, so I’d say I want to work in my field.
45. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
More confidence! That’s all n.n
46. Are you reliable?
I think I am.
47. If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be?
Am I cringy rn?
48. Do you hold grudges?
I can put up with a lot, but when I decide I’m done, we’re done.
49. If you could breed two animals together to defy the laws of nature, what new animal would you create?
A cat and a shark!
50. What is the most unusual conversation you’ve ever had?
I have no idea.
51. Are you a good liar?
I have major anxiety if I don’t feel it’s the right thing to do but I think I can pull it off quite well, I’m a good actress.
52. How long could you go without talking?
Talking? a day or two if there’s no one around, even though I’d probably start talking to myself. Expressing myself via text or something? A couple hours, not much more n.n
53. What has been you worst haircut/style?
Fringe. Very bad decision.
54. Have you ever baked your own cake?
Yes, of course.
55. Can you do any accents other than your own?
No, very bad at it.
56. What do you like on your toast?
Cheese
57. What is the last thing you drew a picture of?
pants. Ugly, it was to explain something.
58. What would be your dream car?
None, I don't like cars.
59. Do you sing in the shower? Or do anything unusual in the shower? Explain.
No, but after the shower, I need to get most of the water off my skin before using the towel. Otherwise the towel feels too wet.
60. Do you believe in aliens?
I think there’s very little chance we’re the only living (whatever that means) beings in the whole UNIVERSE. That shit’s big.
61. Do you often read your horoscope?
No. I say I don’t believe in astrology but I know a part of me is like “what if”, so I try not to feed it ;)
62. What is your favorite letter of the alphabet?
A because it’s the first letter of my name.
63. Which is cooler: dinosaurs or dragons?
Oh hard one! Dinosaurs are cooler as in 90’s style cool, dragons are cooler as in badass col.
64. What do you think about babies?
Ugh.
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4 Days Remain for 16K Bitcoin Price 4Chan Prophecy: Now Possible?
This week's Bitcoin price (BTC) was a popular topic. After the gigantic run on Oct. 25 from $7,400 to over $10,500, it certainly looks like the article from last week saying the early stages of a positive reversal comes to fruition.
Weekly crypto market performance. Source: Coin360.com
As normal, wild speculation has been raised on Crypto Twitter that the Bitcoin price boom was a direct result of Chinese President Xi Jinping calling for an increase of blockchain technology growth as stated by My Bitcoin Academy last week.
While this was great news to hear, it's unlikely that it was the only explanation for Bitcoin's price to make one of its 10-year lifespan's biggest price increases. It is more likely that the rally was a result of several factors, including the news from China, as well as powerful techniques.
The Bitcoin 4Chan Anon Prophecy
Anon Prophecy. Source: 4Chan
Many traders are going to roll their eyes, but they can not ignore it. Initially posted on January 21, 2019, so far this year, this well-known meme has been incredibly accurate.
The meme reads as follows:
“The bottom was December 15, 2018. Just look at the charts. We are in the bull market. We are currently in the last 3 months of the accumulation stage. After that, we slowly rise and rise. Then we will boom. Screencap this.
April 2019 - BTC ~ $5,300
July 2019 - BTC ~ $9,200
October 2019 - BTC ~ $16,000
February 2020 - BTC ~ $29,000
July 2020 - BTC ~ $56,000
November 2020 - BTC ~ $87,00
This will be a 1.5 trillion market cap. The dominance of BTC will only 40- 46%
The charts never lie”
With only 4 days left to fulfill the prophecy, one must wonder if the above prediction anticipated the current price action or not. It was not on any charts that I was watching. The trend, however, leads me to ask just who the early adopters of Bitcoin are. I'm not thinking about those who take Twitter and are public about it. I mean, who are the kind of people who in the early days invested and mined Bitcoin and keep quiet about it?
The solution is geeks, and what do geeks like to watch? Anime, just like the anon post's avatar. So let's just think for a moment outside the box and consider whether with their early stash a reclusive individual or group might be manipulating Bitcoin price.
For an asset that once was worth less than a penny and now sells for about $9,600, it's not so far fetched. What someone or a group working together would have to do is make the manipulation seem less transparent by timing their moves to align with potentially market-moving news, much like President Xi's recent nod to blockchain adoption.
While it may seem like a tinfoil hat conspiracy I wouldn't want to condemn this meme prediction just yet, considering its past accuracy. While it may seem like a tinfoil hat conspiracy I wouldn't want to condemn this meme prediction just yet, considering its past accuracy. In fact, shortly after Bitcoin's meteoric step on Oct. 26, Edward Snowden tweeted out the anon anime avatar. It adds weight to Bitcoin's reclusive holder theory.
Nevertheless, the strange things happening to Tether (USDT) is one such hypothesis that would justify both the Bitcoin pump and its subsequent volatility.
Tether arbitrage
Shortly before the October 25 Bitcoin pump, My Bitcoin Academy announced the detention of Crypto Captial's head in connection with the laundering of cash from a drug cartel. Given the close existence of Crypto Capital's partnership with Bitfinex and the $850 million that Tether's assets are lacking as a result of that relationship, it is reasonable to assume that Tether could be a hot potato right now.
The Tether markets appeared very odd 24 hours after the news broke, in some cases, they dropped by 5%.
Tether Markets. Source: Coin360.com
Is the massive price of Bitcoin going from $7,400 to $10,500 due to the dumping of Tether into Bitcoin in fears of imminent collapse? Soon after the value of Bitcoin settled in the area of $9,500, there were wild wicks on the charts and a large rise in the volume of Bitcoin trading.
Bitcoin volume data. Source: Bitcoinity
The daily volume jumped from 120,000 BTC to 208,000 BTC being traded, as can be seen on the chart Was this boost the result of traders capitalizing on a simple 5% profit based on buying discounted Tether and waiting for their return to the dollar peg? Currently, the price of Tether has returned to $1.00 so it could soon be a second pump on the cards.
Bitcoin technicals
BTC USD daily chart. Source: TradingView
Three rates of significance for the week ahead are shown on the daily chart by the Bollinger Bands indicator (BB). The moving average (MA) is $8,200, $7,400 in support and $9,150 in resistance. Bitcoin's price at the time of writing is $500 over the resistance as it is currently trading over $9,600 and rising rapidly.
Seeing the weekly graph provides a better idea of where the price could be going next as the resistance is broken.
BTC USD weekly chart. Source: TradingView
The weekly graph reveals that at the Bollinger Bands MA, which is around $9,880. Bitcoin still encounters resistance. As the market continues to reach this level of resistance it is only a matter of time before one of two things is achieved by the price:
A support reversal, which is $7,700.
A continuation of the trend of $12,000 for the next stop.
With some further analysis using other metrics, it is possible to see that there is a complete bullish reversal of the Bitcoin price.
Dramatic changes in the MACD moving average convergence
BTC USD weekly chart. Source: TradingView
The daily MACD on Oct. 24 shows a complete bearish-to-bullish reversal. The candle strength on the histogram and the bullish divergence from the signal line removed all signs of a bearish crossover.
This in effect, on the weekly MACD, is changing the trend, but it's not quite there yet.
BTC USD weekly chart. Source: TradingView
There are two early signs of a bullish reversal in the weekly MACD. The first is the blue MACD line beginning to pinch, while the details shown on the histogram may indicate a dramatic change tonight on the candle close.
The histogram also features a pale pink candle. This would normally signal a slight upward trend for a few weeks. The candles slowly grew smaller during this period and remained pink until the price was higher than the last green candle.
The price action is typically not so aggressive, however, and the change last week was so good that the price of Bitcoin could even print a green candle on the histogram tomorrow if it closes above the $9,880 weekly MA.
The last green candle was the week that began on August 19. That was when trading between $9,800 and $11,000 for Bitcoin. If the price of Bitcoin manages to challenge the resistance of $9,880 and pushes through it, the weekly MACD will see a huge change.
This would be a huge cue for investors to buy. Realistically, this could spark a rally at or above $12,000, meaning bears don't win this week. It doesn't actually look like they're going to win next week either.
As with every big rally, there is always a pullback, and the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is usually the best place to search for this data.
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is surprisingly neutral
BTC USD daily chart. Source: TradingView
A move like the one witnessed on Oct. 25 would typically result in an RSI reading well over 70 which means that Bitcoin has become overbought.
Surprisingly, the RSI is now in the mid-60s and this shows room for growth. One would normally expect the asset to be ripe for a pullback after such a big price change. Suddenly, before the end of October, a $16,000 Bitcoin price doesn't seem so far fetched after all, and even more neutral is the weekly RSI.
BTC USD weekly chart. Source: TradingView
Bitcoin is again being planted in the middle range, as can be seen on the RSI for the weekly period. This is expected to change on the candle close at midnight, but in the week ahead things look positive for the digital asset with a reading of just 51 coupled with the current upward trajectory.
Bearish scenario
Bitcoin value is still trapped in the lower range of the Bollinger Bands as far as the charts are concerned. It means that the price may still fall to $7,700, seeking support along the way around $8,200. If the price hits $7,700, the last support level will be around $7,400 before a freefall to $6,000.
Logically speaking, Bitcoin is expected to experience selling pressure from traders taking profits from the big move of last week, but Bitcoin is known to provide surprises. It's hard to suggest that we're at the end of a bull market, but in the short term, it certainly doesn't look promising for the bears.
Bullish scenario
It seems almost incomprehensible that the price of Bitcoin will continue to increase next week, but the last few days of market action shows that this is a possibility. Next week the price of Bitcoin will have to crack and hold rates above $9,880 to shape a new aid and equipment for the next push to $12,000 or more.
When the price falls under $9,150 then Bitcoin may have to turn over the torch to the bears. As for the prediction of the Bitcoin meme, $16,000 is definitely not on the charts, and the charts are not lying, as anon pointed out.
The opinions and views expressed here are solely those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect My Bitcoin Academy's views. Every move to invest and trade involves risk. Before making a decision, you must carry out your own analysis.
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1-65 for the odd asks💛
I love you <3
1. Do you ever doubt the existence of others than you?
Idk if I’m just tired or what, but idk what this means lol
2. On a scale of 1-5, how afraid of the dark are you?
Maybe like a 2?
3. The person you would never want to meet?
Trump
4. What is your favorite word?
Idk about it being my favorite but my cousin reminded me that flabbergasted was a word today, so theres that
5. If you were a type of tree, what would you be?
Mapel
6. When you looked in the mirror this morning what was the first thing you thought?
“wow I look like shit”
7. What shirt are you wearing?
A 2016 Homecoming shirt my mom had to wear because she works at a school
8. What do you label yourself as?
Some weird Bi girl who knows more about fictional worlds then the real one
9. Bright room or dark room?
Dark
10. What were you doing at midnight last night?
Watching Netflix wile and trying not to wake up my bff
11. Favorite age you’ve been so far?
I’m going to have to say maybe age 7? Life was just so much easier
12. Who told you they loved you last?
My gf :)
13. Your worst enemy?
Some bitch I used to be best friends with. I cant stand them
14. What is your current desktop picture?
This
15. Do you like someone?
yes
6. The last song you listened to?
High Hopes by P!ATD
17. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?
Idk lol
18. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?
The person I hate
19. If anyone could be your slave for a day, who would it be and what would they have to do?
I dont like the concept as an actual “slave” but ya know when you are little and you make your sibling do stuff for you, I would want that
20. What is your best physical attribute? (showing said attribute is optional)
My hair. People always complain if their hair is strait or if its curly and they like the other, but my hair does both depending on what i do with it after I wash it
21. If you were the opposite sex for one day, what would you look like and what would you do?
I would look like Dan Howell probably, and idk what I would do haha.
22. Do you have a secret talent? If yes, what is it?
I dont think I have any
23. What is one unique thing you’re afraid of?
Being buried alive
24. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your disposal.
Idk, I dont really eat sandwiches, I guess just pb&j, because childhood, ya know?
25. You just found $100! How are you going to spend it?
Right now? probably christmas presents
26. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere in the world, but you have to leave immediately. Where are you going to go?
London
27. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. “Be brand-specific” it says. Man! What are you gonna say about that? Even if you don’t drink booze there’s something you can figure out… so what’s it gonna be?
I have no clue haha. Sorry Im boring, I also might be like half asleep right now but shhh
28. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place?
Acceptance for all, no matter race, gender, sexuality, ect, everyone is welcome and anyone who disagrees can get the fuck out
29. What is your favorite expletive?
Fuck
30. Your house is on fire, holy shit! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the one thing you’re going to save from that blazing inferno?
My phone. It has all of my pictures on it and what not
31. You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?
Family drama shit
32. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But check out this cool shit… you can move to anywhere else in the world!
I would move to london, or maybe paris lol
33. The Celestial Gates Of Beyond have opened, much to your surprise because you didn’t think such a thing existed. Death appears. As it turns out, Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person/etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back?
As long as she would be 100% healthy, My sister.
34. What was your last dream about?
I’m pretty sure it was my gf <3
35. Are you a good….[insert anything you’d like here]?
Idk what to put lol
36. Have you ever been admitted to the hospital?
Yes? I think?
37. Have you ever built a snowman?
I did the other day. It was just a small one but it still counts
38. What is the color of your socks?
White and teal
39. What type of music do you like?
Pop, Pop punk, Rock, basically anything but rap and country
40. Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets?
Sunsets
41. What is your favorite milkshake flavor?
I dont really like milkshakes lol
42. What football team do you support? (I will answer in terms of American football as well as soccer)
I dont pay any attention to sports lol
43. Do you have any scars?
Yes, I have more then I can count, i scar EXTREMELY easily
44. What do you want to be when you graduate?
Idk. I want to do something that ha to do with art
45. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
My mental health
46. Are you reliable?
yes
47. If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be?
does it get better?
48. Do you hold grudges?
nope
49. If you could breed two animals together to defy the laws of nature, what new animal would you create?
a bird and a fish. does it have to be in the water? does it fly? who tf knows
50. What is the most unusual conversation you’ve ever had?
Me and my dad once had the conversation of would different dog breeds taste different if you were to eat them?
51. Are you a good liar?
Sometimes. If i am strait up lying, not really, but if i am bull shitting my way through i could do it for hours
52. How long could you go without talking?
a few hours maybe. I mean i dont speak when I sleep so maybe 12?
53. What has been you worst haircut/style?
I dont think i have had any bad ones
54. Have you ever baked your own cake?
I do all the time
55. Can you do any accents other than your own?
I can do a british one pretty decently
56. What do you like on your toast?
either butter or peanut butter
57. What is the last thing you drew a picture of?
flowers
58. What would be you dream car?
I like punch buggies so i can go around and see people wack each other haha
59. Do you sing in the shower? Or do anything unusual in the shower? Explain.
I just think way too much when i shower, thats why they take me like an hour haha
60. Do you believe in aliens?
Yes
61. Do you often read your horoscope?
Never
62. What is your favorite letter of the alphabet?
I have never thought about this before haha. May be A? Idk lol
63. Which is cooler: dinosaurs or dragons?
Dragons
64. What do you think about babies?
They are cute as long as they arent crying and i dont have to deal with them
65. Freebie! Ask anything interesting you can think of.
Lol
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5 years ago vs now
June 2016 / June 2021
What did you eat for lunch today? I’m currently eating chicken with peanut sauce. / Chicken Caesar Salad. Would you rather vacation by a beach or a lake? How about a lake with a beach? / <--Yeah. Lakes can have beaches. Have you watched any good horror/thriller movies lately? No. / I’m not into those kinds of films usually. How would you feel about traveling abroad alone? No thanks. / That means like, internationally, right? Yeah. No. What was the last thing you watched on TV? Fuller House. / The Cubs game is on TV right now. Do you know your blood type? Nope. / Still no. Yesterday, did you get up before 9am? Yes. / Yeah. How many times does the number ‘7’ occur in your phone number? Once, in the area code. / <--I don’t know why I said “once” when my area code has two 7′s in it...5 years ago me was not thinking... What was your favorite board game as a child? Sorry! / <--Yeah, or Clue. Are you a coffee drinker? Eh. I don’t not drink it. / <--Ohh buddy did that change. I love coffee now, especially with hazelnut creamer. When are you going on vacation again? Thinking of going back to Natchez Trace in October with some friends. / Mark and I are going to a little cabin on a river in about a month to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. After that, I have a trip to Boston planned. Who did you last have an alcoholic drink with? Mark. / My dad. What are you going to do after this? Another survey, maybe. / Maybe another survey, or I might do a work out and then come back and do some surveys later tonight. What is your fathers middle name? Irvin. / <--- It’s about midnight. Who are you texting? I don’t really “text” too much. I use FB messenger more than anything. If it was midnight I’d probably be talking to Ellen. / Ellen or Sarah. Who was the last person you were under the covers with? Mark. / Mark. Has anyone ever told you you have pretty eyes? Yes. / Yeah. Do you ever keep arguing when you know you’re wrong? No. / No. What did you do today? Work. / Worked, took a shower, ate dinner. How is your hair? It needs to be dyed again. / I just washed it. It’s really soft right now. And I just had it dyed over a month ago but it’s fading. Debating on just waiting until right before my Boston trip to get it dyed again. Do you like to cuddle? Sometimes. / Yes. Name something great that happened today? I got a free pair of shoes from work!! / Nothing really. I got to pet my kitties. How many different people of the opposite sex have you really cried over? What sex is the opposite of mine tho? / <--- Who was the last person’s voice you heard? Jeff from work. / The Cubs’ announcer. When was the last time you saw your father? Last night. / Tuesday night. Have you ever passed out on the bathroom floor? Nah. / No. Do you like your life as of now? Sometimes. / Yes. Who was the last person you hung out one-on-one with? Mark. / Mark. He’s basically the only person I hang out with lol. Would you cry if you found out you were pregnant? Yes, and then I would take care of it. / Probably, for a bit, out of fear. But then I’d get an abortion. Have you ever been cheated on? Probably. It was never confirmed but I’m pretty sure it happened. This was with an ex. / <--- Who’s car were you last in? Mine. / Mine. Last thing you drank? Water. / Coffee. Did you kiss or hug anyone today? Mark. / Yes, Mark. Have you ever thought about getting your nose pierced? Well, obviously, since it is pierced. / Yes, and then I got it pierced. Have your parents ever smoked pot? …They were hippies…you do the math…… / Yeah. Do you tend to make relationships complicated? Nah. / Nope. Are you good at giving directions? For the most part. / Sure. Has anyone told you they missed you lately? Yeah. / Yeah. If you could seek revenge on someone would you? No. / Yeah. Would your mom care if she found condoms in your room? My mom’s dead first of all and second of all she wouldn’t have cared because I’m an adult. / <-- Did you speak to your father today? Yes. / I haven’t. What do you think about the weather? It’s unusually cool and it’s pissing me off. / It’s warm and I am THRIVING. Are you ticklish? Yes. / Yeah. Did you kiss someone before you were sixteen? Yes. / Yeah. Could you go a day without eating? Not happily. / Why would I want to. Ever kissed anyone whose name starts with a M? Everyday. / Yup. Are your nails always painted? Yeah, or they have Jamberry wraps on them. / <-- Ew that’s embarrassing, remember when I was briefly in an MLM scheme? Haha. Anyway, they are almost always painted. Where did your last kiss take place? My basement. / Our apartment. Have you ever met any bands/band members before? A handful. / Yes.
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1. Do you have any pets? I have a dog and a kitty. / I have three kitties. 2. What color top are you wearing? Black. / Tye-Dye. 3. Name 3 things that are physically close to you. My lunch, my phone, the computer. / My phone, a cup of coffee, a fake plant. 4. What’s the weather like right now? Chilly :/ / Warm! 5. Do you drive? If so have you crashed? Yes and just a couple rear-endings. / <-- Yeah. 6. What time did you wake up this morning? 5. / 7. 7. When was the last time you showered? The other day. / An hour ago. 8. What was the last movie you saw? I don’t remember. / Inside Out. 9. What does your last text message say? “Hey Hannah, would you be available to watch Lily the night of Fri, July 15?” / “Yes, then I am staying with the girls.” 10. What’s your ringtone? The Office Theme song in either minor instead of major or major instead of minor, I forget. / The Horsin’ Around theme song from BoJack Horseman in 8 bit. 11. Have you ever been to a different country? When I was a baby. / <--- 12. Do you like sushi? I do. / SO much. 13. Where do you buy your groceries from? Jewel-Osco. / Jewel or Trader Joe’s. 14. Have you ever taken medication to help you fall asleep faster? Melatonin. / Melatonin or CBD. 15. How many siblings do you have? One. / One. 16. Do you have a desktop computer or a laptop? I’m on a desktop right now but I have a laptop at home. / I’m on my laptop right now. 17. How old will you be turning on your next birthday? 27. / 32 :( 18. How did your parents pick your name? My mom just liked it, idk. / She heard it in a movie. 19. Do you wear contacts or glasses? Glasses and sometimes contacts. / <-- 20. Do you color your hair? Yup. / My cousin does. 21. Tell me something you are planning to do today. Go to Corrina’s after work. / Work out. 22. When was the last time you cried? Sunday when I stepped on my cat’s foot and she was limping. / Yesterday. 23. What is your full name? Hannah Martina. / <-- 24. What is your perfect pizza topping? Pepperoni and black olives. / <--- 25. Who is your favorite comedian? Michael Ian Black. / John Mulaney. 26. What is your favorite radio station? Ehhh. / KISFM. 27. Which do you prefer-hamburgers or cheeseburgers? Cheeseburger. / Cheese please. 28. Have you ever pulled an all nighter? Yes. / Uh huh. 29. What is your eye color? Green. / Green. 30. Can you taste the difference between pepsi and coke? Yes. / Yeah.
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Answer 85 questions, tag 20 people.
Tagged by @bazypitchandsimonsnow :)
— What was your last…
1. Drink: water
2. Phone call: this girl i have a lot of feelings for
3. Text message: that same girl
4. Song you listened to: “Wilson (Trade Mistakes)” by Fall Out Boy
5. Time you cried: last night, while having an anxiety attack
6. Dated someone twice: um... uhhhhh........ i’m working on it
7. Kissed someone and regretted it: no
8. Been cheated on: lol yeeaaahhhh in like basically almost all of my relationships
9. Lost someone special: idk what this means, but i’ve lost many people who were special to me
10. Been depressed: currently???
11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: sometime in November
— Fave colours
12. pink
13. yellow
14. red
— in the last year have you…
15. Made new friends: yes
16. Fallen out of love: lol no
17. Laughed until you cried: when i was high, yes
18. Found out someone was talking about you: not that i know of??? i’m really not worth talking about???
19. Met someone who changed you: yes
20. Found out who your friends are: i mean, i know who my friends are
21. Kissed someone on your facebook friends list: lol no. i would NOT kiss anyone on my facebook friends list
— General
22. How many of your facebook friends do you know irl: pretty much all of them since i went to high school with them
23. Do you have any pets: my cat who lives with me named Artemis, Carina by black lab, my other cat Cosette, my small dog Bella
24. Do you want to change your name: i mean, i already did. but like, not legally yet.
25. What did you do for your last birthday: went to Canada and got drunk. i had no friends and really no one that cared about me, so i just got drunk.
26. What time did you wake up today: 10:30 am
27. What were you doing at midnight last night: having an anxiety attack
28. What is something you can’t wait for: my birthday on the 26th :) and moving to the NW
30. What are you listening to right now: “What I Need” by Keilani and Hayley Kiyoko
31. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: i don’t even know anyone by this name
32. Something that’s getting on your nerves: that i haven’t spent any time with my best friend this week, which is kind of annoying cause we live in the same apartment
33. Most visited website: tumblr or etsy
34. Hair colour: dark brown
35. Long or short hair: short
36. Do you have a crush on someone: fuck yes i do, and by this point i’ve accepted that it won’t ever go away
37. What do you like about yourself: that i’m open and honest
38. Want any piercings: i want a nose piercing tbh
39. Blood type: A-
40. Nicknames: gayass, princess, babygirl, honey, my love, Sun, Sunbug,
41. Relationship status: very single
42. Sign: Taurus
43. Pronouns: she/her and they/them
44. Fave tv show: The Good Place, Galavant, and Santa Clarita Diet
45. Tattoos: a hummingbird on my forearm. hopefully more in the future
46. Right or left handed: both, but i write mostly with my right.
47: Ever had surgery: yes, twice.
48. Piercings: my ears that i got pierced a few hours after i was born
49. Sport: i really like figure skating
50. Vacation: Paris, France. Santorini, Greece. Havana, Cuba
— More general
52. Eating: nothing
53. Drinking: water
54. I’m about to watch: Santa Clarita Diet
55. Waiting for: the girl i like to get off work and for Maia to come home
56. Want: too much
57. Get married: yes
58. Career: baker/author
— Which is better
59. Hugs or kisses: both? both. both is good.
60. Lips or eyes: lips
61. Shorter or taller: taller
62. Older or younger: i prefer people close to my age
63. Nice arms or stomach: idfc
64. Hookup or relationships: i’m demiromanic/sexual so relationships
65. Troublemaker or hesitant: fuck idk
— Have you ever
66. Kissed a stranger: no
67. Drank hard liquor: too often
68.Turned someone down: every time i go clubbing
69. Sex on first date: ha ha ha ha hahahahahaha i’ve realised that yes, i will do this gladly if i like the other person
70: Broken someone’s heart: once
71. Had your heart broken: well, i’ve dated upwards of 10 people and i’ve only broken one of their hearts. you can safely assume everyone else has broken my heart.
72. Been arrested: not yet
73. Cried when someone died: i don’t know anyone who’s died
74. Fallen for a friend: yes
— Do you believe in
75. Yourself: not a lot, but i’m trying
76. Miracles: not really??
77. Love at first sight: yes, considering i experienced it
78. Santa Claus: not since i was 11
79. Angels: no
— Misc
80. Eye colour: green
81. Best friends name: Maia, Sarah, Davin
82. Favourite movie: The 100-Foot Journey, Under the Tuscan Sun, Stardust, The Way He Looks
83. Favourite actor: Dom Provost-Chalkley (i’m so gay for her)
84. Favourite cartoon: Star vs The Forces of Evil
85. Favourite teacher’s name: Gilzenberg
i’m tagging: @wispedheart @misspigdog @solissagittarius @zetto52sd and anyone else who wants to do it
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Congratulations, MALIN! You’ve been accepted for the role of DEATH with the faclaim of ZOE KRAVITZ. Death’s hunger is one of my favorite aspects about their character -- but it can be easily overstated or understated in contrast to their humanity. You struck the perfect chord, and the song you wrote for me with Death was so well-written it made me weep. Zoya has the real potential to be a power-player, as you’ve shown, but her history and humanity gets in the way, and there’s so something undeniably poetic about it. The lore you sketched out for me at the start merely set the stage for a wonderful application that I enjoyed to no end (fantasy Lasik!). I’m fully prepared to serve Zoya a seven-course meal.
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NAME: Malin PRONOUNS: she/hers & they/them AGE: 25 TIMEZONE & ACTIVITY LEVEL: GMT+1. Currently, I’m at about a 6-7 out of 10, I would say? I’m hoping for my own sake that I somehow nab a new job during summer sometime, which might push that activity down some – but I will still be here! ANYTHING ELSE? 1. i invented some in-game folklore. as a little treat. 2. listen, I gave a bitch haunted Lasik. 3. i did some MORE fuckshit regarding her body regenerating freakishly quick for a while after her resurrection (it has since gone away.) ALL OF THESE ARE DEFINITELY NEGOTIABLE if you feel it’s too much! but if you DON’T feel it’s Too Much though and you like it? ……………… let me do some fuckshit. 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀
in character.
SKELETON: Death
NAME: Zoya Nathair, daughter of Duke Nathair, the Duke of Serpents – thus giving her the title of lady while at court. The hefty mouthful you’ll find on legal documents has her down as Zoya Casimira Lucem Zilvinas Nathair. Informal names given through the years include the moniker Prince of Snakes, as given to her by the people of Lowtown – an insult turned pet name with time, if you will – and the Gaunter of Hightown, a ghost story she accidentally caused in her youth.
FACECLAIM: Zoë Kravitz, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Crystal Reed, Keira Knightley, Jodie Comer (would want to change the age depending on the backup FC!)
AGE: 31-32
DETAILS: Zoya is a collection of contradictions: she died once, yet she lives; she’s Hightown-born and yet has her hands in Lowtown dealings – and the face she puts on and whom most know is a mask.
Calculating, impulsive; ruthless, caring; selfish, loyal. She crafted a lie she could live, and now she’s caught in it – and yet she finds herself both relishing and resisting that lie. Her outspoken nature among the upper echelon began as a game, Zoya courting consequence for her own amusement – but the longer it’s gone on for, the truer it rings. But Koldam has been razed, and if there ever was a time to kill a king, it’s now.
At the start of the game, she is a woman considering all the choices that have led her to where she is, and she will need to reconcile the gnawing hunger within herself – the parts of her she sees as self-serving and ignoble – with the parts that recognize the injustice being done, the same parts she’s spent years drowning out.
CHARACTER DEATH: Yes, I’m comfortable with it! As a woman who has already died once, she knows it’s coming – just not how, or when. Considering she’s also out here being vocal about TREASON, it’s uhhhh [will wright voice] pretty likely, innit. I think her dying could be interesting, though I’d like it to have the right weight, storywise, and to have a hand in it myself, should it come down to it!
CONTENT WARNING – brief mentions of self-harm in the section “skins shed; lives lost, lives given”!
biography.
THE WOLF WHO BECAME DUKE OF SERPENTS.
A wolf saves an adder from the claws of a hawk; its snarling, hungry teeth scaring away the kestrel. With the hawk gone, the wolf advances on the adder, slobbering spit from its maw. “Do not eat me,” hisses the adder, “for I am little more to you than a morsel. Let me instead return the debt I owe you.”
Intrigued, the wolf agrees – for the snake is right; its sullen, sorry skin will hardly feed the wolf. And perhaps wolves are hungry creatures, and perhaps hunger is an ancient feeling – but there are more things in this world to be hungry for than meat, and wolves themselves are ancient.
And so it is that the two of them venture into the gleaming halls of the Serpent Queen, far below the earth. Her den of snakes have hollowed out the primordial passages, which coil and twist through stone and bedrock. Rivers of emerald and sapphire greet them as they enter her labyrinth; the air is suffused with the rich scent of loam and ferns that grow in the dark. It is there, in a cavern bled through with silver, that the Serpent Queen sits upon her throne, her glittering scales carved from obsidian and lapis lazuli, quartz and tiger's eye.
The hiss of her court is silenced as she speaks, her voice the whisper of wind through grass. “What do you wish for?” she asks the wolf, and the wolf answers that he would like the comfort of a rich man’s life. “No more would I need to starve through winter,” he says. “No more would I need to roam the woods for meagre prey.”
“So it shall be,” the Serpent Queen says, and so it is. She grants him a name, for he has none; a title, for he does not have that either; enough wealth that he may buy land wherever he pleases. Finally, she grants him his new form: she teaches him the secret of snakes, how to shed his fur for skin – but once it is done, you may never go back.
And so it is that the wolves of House Nathair never again ran on all fours through the Volkan woods; rising instead on two to walk among men. That first wolf was named Zilvinas, and so they would all take the name in his honor. Their head of house is forever known as the Duke of Serpents, for it is to that scaled queen below the earth they owe their riches and land.
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It’s a strange story, even among the varied gentry of Tyrholm; an odd fairytale from a long-gone era. As a child, she spent much time contemplating the skin and the claws and the fangs that were shed. Now, in her cups, she does much the same. Sober, she pretends she doesn’t. The crest of her family – a wolf’s head circled by a snake eating its own tail – is more entrenched in her mind than she wants to admit. But let her brothers be the wolves: she has shed her skin more than once, and she will do it again, and again, and again.
THE GAUNTER OF HIGHTOWN.
In Hightown, there is a certain manor. Its stonework is decked in reliefs of beasts ready to spring to life: wolves chase stags through marble woodlands, beautiful serpents hide in the leaves. Amidst well-lit streets and manicured gardens, it is easy to forget the ghosts that haunt Tyrholm – but as the saying goes, not all corpses sink in the Tear. No apparitions are ever gone for long. As servants from neighboring homes passed through the ginnels and alleyways near it, they would often feel as though they were being watched… and at odd hours of the day, they would look up and see a gaunt face staring back at them from the manor tower, before fading into darkness once more.
At dawn, one might catch her from the east, staring from between the hallway curtains, and some even said they saw her gazing down at them from the parapets after midnight – her bony hands curved across the stone, pin-prick eyes boring holes into them. The Gaunter, they called it, the strange creature that watched and waited.
They say if you aren't careful, the Gaunter will catch you - wrap its spider-fingers around your neck, and squeeze until you're as gaunt as it is. They say it caught a chambermaid, once, after dark. They found her by the bridge leading to the Isle of the Dead, her brown hair gone grey overnight, her cheeks hollowed out.
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From birth, Zoya was an ill child – prone to spells of sickness that would leave her bedridden and housebound for weeks, even months, at a time. Tonics and ointments and even the occasional visit from a Vitalus got her back on her feet, for a while – but nothing ever healed her; not truly. From the windows, she would observe the world passing her by, and the sight of her sickly face peering out gave rise to a considerable number of ghost stories among gentry and servants alike.
Tenth-born and the only daughter; half-dead from her first breath – easily forgotten, among her pack of older brothers, too young and frail and fragile to be heard in all the noise. Another girl might have been cowed by her circumstances – but that girl was not Zoya. Forget the blood in her mouth and the way her limbs threatened to give out when she pushed herself too hard, too fast, too much – she was stubborn; clung to life like she had since birth.
She was tutored in much the same way as her brothers before her, but where they were strong enough in body to wield a sword, and healthy enough to leave the manor, Zoya was decidedly not. It meant she was left to her own devices, and she divided those hours between books and the staff of servants, making friends with the scullery maids and stable hands. They told her stories and tall tales and gossip, explained the intricacies of Lowtown to her, taught her card games, how to spot a cheater and how to hide your nature as one – and if they ever pitied her, they had the good sense not to show it. (For that, she was forever grateful.)
When her health confined her to her room, she would read – voraciously so, head lost in tales of Faerûn’s fall and the glory of Hypatos, stories from beyond the Sahrnian Sea describing horror and wonder alike. And when she could, she would sneak out from her chambers to roam the hallways like a spectre. Under cover of darkness, she would make her way out and up, peering down at the Hightown streets; wondering what it might look like, should she ever get there.
The world continued passing her by, and though she grew older, she never got well. The year she turned fifteen, her health sharply declined for the worse. As spring began, Zoya was sent to the Nathair estate in the countryside to live out her last months – no doubt both because it would be a finer place to die, but also because she’s certain her parents wouldn’t want the stench of death to taint their Hightown manor.
As spring became summer, her family joined her for her living wake; Zoya’s body still warm, but not for long. Soon after, a flash flood rendered the nearby roads unusable, and the threat of summer storms meant travelers had to be wary. It wasn’t a surprise, then, that someone came knocking, invoking the law of hospitality – but their two missing fingers certainly were. A necromancer had come calling, and her father let them in.
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Perhaps it was pity, or guilt, that made her parents leave her to her roaming. She’s certain that had they known where she went, they would have stopped her – but they didn’t.
She spent the fragile remainder of that summer in the furthest corner of the rose garden, and her company was largely silent, yet magnetically present. The necromancer would rarely speak, unless it was pressing, but they never chased her away. For hours, the two of them would sit there, one near death and the other beyond it, the roses slowly wilting. The sweet scent of rot permeated the air, fragrant and earthen, and it remains a strange, hazy memory on the periphery of her consciousness, even now.
Slowly – and then quick as a slap – she began to wilt, too.
The night she died is a haze, but she thinks she remembers the necromancer’s strange, quiet voice as they spoke to her father: “You have shown me kindness. Let me offer you mine.” She remembers the last breath she drew. She does not remember the face of her resurrector, but she swears she feels the touch of their hands, on occasion, phantom traces of memory.
It was as if she had been woken from the longest slumber. Her saviour was gone, like a ghost fleeing the dawn; had left right before sunrise. Already, she felt it – life. She had been a desert, and now she was a river: not until she could feel strength in her limbs for the first time did she understand just how parched she’d been.
She hobbled to the garden, and found a wasteland in its stead. The rosarium was rotting, that scent rising from the ruin left behind. And then, of course, there was the matter of her right eye.
Before, they had both been the shade of burnt umber, a lovely rich brown – but after she rose, her right eye was yellow as amber; her pupil no longer round, but a serpentine slit. It distressed her parents greatly: undeath is holy, but the flesh is weak. Her strange eye seemed fit as proof of some inner flaw, no matter the blessing bestowed. A sacrilege of a holy gift. It did not help matters that she began to see things, out of the corner of her eye – shadows and silhouettes, strange motes of light. Sometimes, she even swore she heard them whisper. Necromancy may be holy, but not all magic is, and whatever had been left behind in her – or woken up – was decidedly not holy. The eye drops were a compromise: her father wanted to have a Vitalus heal her eye, in the hopes that it might banish whatever ill fortune had befallen her, and Zoya staunchly refused. It was her mark, her scar, she would do with it as she pleased. But she could not deny that the strange visions bothered her, and in time, took to covering it with cloth. It made her realize that simply removing the sight from her right eye seemed to stem the problem – and so she agreed to her father’s solution. He commissioned eye drops brewed from belladonna and other strange components, and she has kept a vial of it on her at all times ever since.
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SKINS SHED; LIVES LOST, LIVES GIVEN.
It was as if whatever force had eluded her in her first life had begun pouring out of her in her second. She took to fencing, took to the city, took to anything and everything she could get her hands on: I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive. It echoed in her, a fervor unlike anything else she’d ever felt. She could tell it almost frightened her family: it must have been uncanny, she knows, to see her spend fifteen years half-dead, only to lie there a corpse and then be brought back. To see her right eye become something else, something not-her, to see her be so viciously alive after what had transpired.
And so, when she scratched herself on the thorns of a bramble in their Hightown garden, and found the scar knitting itself together, she kept it from them.
For weeks, she tested the limits of her resurrection – with thorns and knives, even a red-hot poker. If they were simple cuts, they would heal within the day. But if she exceeded her body’s strange, nebulous limit, they would often be bloodless – like a desiccated body, despite the glow in her cheeks and the fact that she was conscious. That fervor – that hunger – began to scare Zoya, too. But she had always been stubborn, and she would be damned if she let go then, after years of clinging to a half-life. So, like always, she pushed forward. If she hungered, she would have it – she needn’t think about that nagging thought in the back of her head, so long as she kept going.
( Am I alive, or am I a corpse? She would slip her hands into leather gloves, and tell no one why; would steal her mother’s perfume and fasten flowers to her lapel in the hopes that it might cover up the rot she was so certain she could smell. )
These days, all scars stay, whatever errant magical remnants the necromancer left in her long-gone. She wears the first scar that stuck with pride – a nasty gash in her left thigh, an anchor to remind her that she’s a living, breathing person. ( But sometimes, it’s hard to remember. )
SKINS SHED; LIVES LOST, LIVES TAKEN.
At 25, Zoya won the Rosewood Maiden in a game of cards, and the previous owner has sorely regretted it since. Already, she had been entrenched in certain Lowtown dealings, but it was the Maiden that would truly cinch her presence there. It became her way in, after a handful of years spent on the periphery, slowly working her way in. It would be easy, to say she wanted power – but the truth of it is that in her mind, power goes hand in hand with freedom. (Funny, then, that she has tied herself so strongly to a place, despite her childhood dreams of seeing what lay beyond her windowsill. –– But she did spend those fifteen years dreaming of simply seeing Tyrholm, and while she’s still curious about the rest of the world, Tyrholm is hers.)
Her “purchase” of the brothel marked a turning point: no longer was she an outsider, peering at the commonfolk from her ivory tower – no, she was one of them, now, with real stakes in Lowtown dealings. It made it easier for them to accept her, and her nickname, once spoken as an insult, became something else. She was theirs, now, and she enjoyed the idea of it – belonging. A pack of her own.
She snuck her metaphorical hand into the metaphorical pockets of the upper echelon, and used that gold to fund an expansion of her business – and in time, someone wrote a little ditty, one she hums if only to unnerve when the occasion calls for it:
Duke of Serpents; Prince of Snakes, king of liars, thieves and rakes– ruby, diamond, pearl and stone: rob you blind of blood and bone.
The nobles can say whatever they like. She’ll take what she wants in due time.
miscellaneous.
The Rosewood Maiden Architecture and design Rather than two, I headcanon that the Rosewood Maiden has three official floors and one hidden one - the top floor, which hosts Zoya's office as well as some sundry guest rooms for hire and storage space; the entry level, which hosts the tavern proper; the brothel quarter below; and underneath the brothel, a cavernous passage into an old smuggler's route.
The tavern and brothel are lavishly decorated with carved serpents and roses - and the occasional wolf and unicorn stag.
Faith She keeps a shrine to the Undying, as well as a scattering of more "heathen" ones - the Serpent Queen among them, and I imagine what deities would pass for good luck, fortune, and thieves in this world.
Sight & eyedrops After she was raised from the dead, her right eye became serpentine: a physical mark of her resurrection. She keeps two small bottles of an alchemical solution at all times: one to cloud the eye over, leaving only the faintest trace of yellow right at the edge of her iris, and another to undo the first. I think she gets these from Wyrmwood's, primarily, but I think seeing her approach the Moon for it could be neat! something akin to the historical drops of belladonna used to enlargen pupils, but [tyra banks vc] make it fantasy.
In addition to the uncanny appearance of her eye, there is also the issue of what she sees with it. When left "untreated", whether by eye drops or eye patch, Zoya sees shadowy figures and strange lights - traces of something else, beyond mortal ken. I headcanon that it's maybe a mix of the sheer cost of resurrecting her for the necromancer – an especially noticeable chunk of magic was infused/intertwined with Zoya – and maybe there's a touch of something latent within her? Who Can Say. I enjoy leaving it ambiguous!
Underdogs She has a soft spot for underdogs and unlikely victors - she tells herself it's mostly narcissistic, as it's a simple fact that they mirror her – but truth is there's empathy involved, though she often elects to ignore it. (It’s easier, that way.)
Delusion As a result of her resurrection, and the curious circumstances surrounding it, Zoya has struggled with the occasional delusion / compulsive thought that she is dead – a walking, talking corpse. It's gotten better over the years, but she will wear gloves for comfort when it's at its worst, and is always wearing perfume - a light touch on good days, and a heavier layer on bad ones.
She has a love/hate relationship with the scent of rot: it can set her off, especially meat that's gone bad.
Scent & flowers Both as a result of her delusion, and simply because she likes it, Zoya has an extensive collection of perfume oils to wear - florals, amber, spice; scents that tickle and intrigue.
In addition, she always keeps a large amount of flower arrangements wherever she is staying, whether it's in the Rosewood Maiden, or her home. Again, it serves many purposes - she likes flowers; she feels the scent masks her own when she struggles with thinking that she's dead; she associates them with the necromancer that brought her back, and she feels it keeps other necromancers "at bay" – the flowers will wilt before she does, essentially. They serve as a measuring tool, in that sense, as well as passive lifeforce for the eventual necromancer.
Magpie She has certain magpie tendencies – she enjoys the spoils of wealth, the security of it, to be sure, but she has an eye for the strange. A favorite are supposedly enchanted or cursed objects – she still remembers the stories she read as a child, and she feels a certain kinship to them, in an odd way. (She, too, is a cursed thing.)
extras.
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plot ideas.
connections.
THE CHARIOT Her relationship with the Chariot is two-fold: on one hand, she very much enjoys the little deal they’ve struck, though she’s well-aware she may need a contingency plan should they try to back out. On the other, she roots for underdogs, much as it pains her.
There is a part of her that sees herself mirrored in them – and perhaps the Chariot is nobler, or at least better at acting the part of someone with morals, but they are both of them still tied to that nebulous nothing, and she wonders what they would do if put on the throne.
I would like to see a certain tension, maybe a twisted understanding, between the two of them! She enjoys the idea of what she could do if only they #let her in, and I think she could provide an interesting counter to their more tragi-heroic energy.
THE LOVERS While Zoya spends a lot (a lot) of time adding to her tapestry of reputation at court, she can be both charming and kind in turns – when she wants to be. I think the Lovers maybe remind her of her childhood friendships, in a strange sense. I think she’s curious about their standing and relationship to the World, but there remains a simplicity to the kindness she displays around them, regardless – she isn’t only using them, but the cogs still turn in her head. I think this relationship could be a good fostering for a side of Zoya that few get to see, which excites me! I also very much enjoy the potential of the Lovers talking to her about their thoughts re: the king.
THE MOON Again, she enjoys the relative power she has over them – and I think a more cruel part of her maybe enjoys toying with them. They owe her a debt, and she won’t let them forget it: they have a little foothold in the castle, now, and one day, she might have use for it.
I think the intersection between Zoya, Armel and the Moon could be really fun, that’s it that’s the pitch. JK. I also have some #thoughts on her maybe commissioning them for eye drops, which could provide an interesting back-and-forth between Zoya and the Moon, especially if they feel that it levels the playing field some.
STRENGTH Strength is absolutely someone she enjoys toying with – and they make it so easy that it almost isn’t fun. (But only almost.)
I would like to expand upon their possible past dealings, concerning Strength’s mercenary company, and also I’m a sucker for the bear & wolf imagery, NGL.
THE TOWER She wonders deeply what exactly hides beneath the Tower’s exterior. The part of her that simply likes stoking chaos to see how far she can push it finds itself circling the Tower – as does the part of her that might in fact like to see justice done to the king.
I headcanon that depending on the timeline, she may not have been present for the Tower’s Incident at Court, but I think she’s definitely heard about it – most likely from one of her brothers. It’s fascinating to her – morbidly so – that the Tower now works for the king, despite what they’ve been through. Yet again, she wants to prod, as is her nature.
suggested connections.
THE STAR He is talented, and she appreciates as much - and he is utterly wasted on the court, who no more respect him than they appreciate him. WE LOVE A BARD JULIE. WE LOVE HIM. dark mirror to Armel re: stories!
wanted connections.
NECROMANCER the necromancer who brought her back Yolo
FENCING TUTOR idfk seems sensible
COMPATRIOTS Her little host of underbelly compatriots! Criminals who help her with her dealings, people loyal to her.
future plots.
CRIMINAL EXPANSION.
I have some headcanons about the Rosewood Maiden, and I also have some suggestions for future ventures for the good ol' Prince of Snakes - namely, fighting pits, betting rings, and potentially an underground tributary river and an old smugglers' cove right beneath the Rosewood Maiden.
– i just want criminal shit and could also see this working in the favour of the rebellion – smugglers route used to ferry supplies and people in and out of Tyrholm? hell yeah baby
– masquerade balls and Events. zoya got CASH she’s gonna host PARTIES and talk about KILLING THE KING (maybe)
– the initial focus is DEFFO on the rebellion but like listen i………. am simply a sucker for fantasy crime.
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.
Internal-- I think that Zoya's internal arc will largely be a battle of her dual drives: her greed/gluttony versus the parts of her that see injustice being done. It's a moral conflict that I think has seeped into every aspect of her life – the things she has done and the lengths she is willing to go to, versus the part of her that knows it's morally reprehensible and even fucked up. Duality & paradox is an abstract concept that I return to for Zoya – she is both calculating and impulsive, which means she has the potential to do stupid shit despite knowing how stupid it is.
I think I'd like to push her in a direction of having to fight with her impulse to use people while caring for them – because the two cannot coexist for long, IMO! And I think that that particular internal conflict can get Juicy
writing sample.
IN WINTER, DEAD THINGS FREEZE. She wrapped her coat tight around herself, the fur-lined collar warm against her neck. Fresh snow lined the cobblestone streets of Hightown like a fine dusting of powdered sugar, little candied houses on parade with cream-tiled roofs. Bells tolled the hour in the distance, their chorus echoing across Tyrholm, midnight, midnight, midnight–
Midnight was a witching hour, or so the stories said. What was strange became stranger, and in dark woods, a traveler might strike a bargain with a hag. But there were few hags to be found, in Tyrholm proper, at least of the magical variety. (None that wished to be found, at least. She'd looked.)
The air smelled pleasant: it was the scent of cold, brilliant and ruthless; strangely sweet.
Her hands clenched into fists, leather gloves creaking.
She breathed in – rough, eyes fixed on the nearest torch. She could picture it in her mind’s eye – the rosarium, rotting; sweet and acrid all at once. Her boot dug down into the fresh layer of snow, crunching it beneath her heel. In winter, rot and death all froze, just like the Tear. Alive, alive, alive.
She curled her mouth into a smile.
IN SPRING, DEAD THINGS THAW. Ilarion Nathair was, unlike his sister, not a frivolous creature. Once, he came close – though his close-cropped head of black curls and the noble set of his shoulders might certainly convince passersby that he had never so much as stumbled upon a mischievous thought in his entire life, let alone acted on it.
But Zoya knew better. Zoya knew him.
"Ilya," she said, and as though they were weights levied by the same pulley, his brows swept into a frown as she grinned, wide and incorrigible.
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(1) Do You Sleep With Your Closet Doors Open Or Closed? Closed, ain't no monster gonna get these feets.
(2) Do You Have Freckles? No, but most of my family does.
(3) Can You Whistle? Hell yeah, my only talent. I can whistle in and out too, I do a bomb ambulance impression.
(4) Last Song You Listened To. Brown Eyes by Lady Gaga I think.
(5) What Is Your Favourite Colour? Blue, Green, Orange. I don’t really like red or yellow, the rest are just okay.
(6) Relationship Status. Single but not wanting to mingle ;)
(7) What Is The Temperature Right Now? Cold? Like 68 degrees maybe (Fahrenheit because America is the only real country)?
(8) Did You Wake Up Cranky? Waking up makes me cranky, but I’m also sick so probably.
(9) How Many Followers? Only 204 rn, I don’t post content so whatchu expect (shoutout to all those pornbots following me).
(10) Zodiac Sign. Sagittarius
(11) What Is Your Eye Colour? Bluey-green
(12) Take A Vitamin Daily? I have some vitamin c chew things, but they kinda make me gag.
(13) Do You Sing In The Shower? If people aren’t home, or I can close all doors to ensure they can’t hear me.
(14) What Books Are You Reading? I can’t read.
(15) Grab The Book Nearest To You, Turn To Page 64, Give Me Line 14. I don’t have any books other than my yearbooks in my room.
(16) Favourite Anime? I’ve only seen one, so it’d have to be Cory in the House.
(17) Last Person You Cried In Front Of? My dogs? I don’t really cry unless I’m thinking about stuff late at night so.
(18) Do You Collect Anything? I really like figures like of any kind so like I’m one of the only people I feel that likes Funko Pop.
(19) What Did You Have For Lunch? Nothing, I woke up at like 12pm and I can’t cook well.
(20) Do You Dance In The Car? Not really, I sing though (I can’t drive so its only with other people).
(21) Favourite Animal? I literally would love to meet any animal ever, but I’ve always had a special place for dogs and elephants.
(22) Do You Watch The Olympics? Whom?
(23) What Time Do You Usually Go To Bed? 2 am is the max I really do anymore, usually around midnight.
(24) Are You Wearing Makeup Right Now? Full face obviously (jk).
(25) Do You Prefer To Swim In A Pool Or The Ocean? I don’t swim, but probably ocean since there’s some good sea boys up in there.
(26) Favourite Tumblr Blog? You’re all my friends and babies, but Otterlycrete since I tagged her ;) (how can you pick favorites though)
(27) Bottled Water Or Tap Water? Bottled unless I can have it from a filter.
(28) What Makes You Happy? Animals, family, friends, memes, graphic design (its my passion).
(29) Post A Gif Of What You’re Currently Feeling Right Now. Too lazy.
(30) Do You Study Better With Or Without Music? With, otherwise I space out and don’t do anything.
(31) Dogs Or Cats? All animals are good, but I really love doggos.
(32) If You Were A Crayon What Colour Would You Be? Black. It’s dependable and adds structure to pictures.
(33) PlayStation Or Xbox. No. I really only use my computer.
(34) Would You Swim In The Lake Or Ocean? This feels very similar to the other question, but lake or ocean to see swimmy animal bois.
(35) Do You Believe In Magic? Yes, as well as life after love.
(36) What Colour Shirt Are You Wearing? Black
(37) Can You Curl Your Tongue? Yeah
(38) Do You Save Money Or Spend It? Hnnnng, spend.
(39) Is There Anything Pink Within 10 Feet Of You? Mmyes, the merch of Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson.
(40) Do You Have Any Obsessions Right Now? I only really get obsessed over music and albums, right now I’ve been listening to things like “The Fame” (as a good throwback), “Rainbow”, and “Poppy.Computer”.
(41) Have You Ever Caught A Butterfly? Yes.
(42) Are You Easily Influenced By Other People? Depends on the person, I definitely second guess things if someone says something but I’m usually strong in my decisions.
(43) Do You Have Strange Dreams? I had a dream about being in kindergarten and playing with penguins and an elephant last night.
(44) Do You Like Going On Airplanes? I don’t like the idea of them, but I’m fine with being on them.
(45) Name One Movie That Made You Cry. Hidden Figures or Selena, both are ones I watched/rewatched recently.
(46) Peanuts Or Sunflower Seeds? Peanuts
(47) If I Handed You A Concert Ticket Right Now, Who Would You Want The Performer To Be? Lana Del Rey, Marina and the Diamonds, Poppy, Katy Perry (again), pretty much anyone except T*ylor Sw*ft.
(48) Are You A Picky Eater? I don’t eat meat so yes I suppose.
(49) Are You A Heavy Sleeper? Kind of, things wake me up but I usually don’t care enough to stay awake.
(50) Do You Fear Thunder / Lightning? Love storms
(51) Do You Like To Read / Write? Depends on what I’m reading, I like the idea of writing but not actually doing it because it makes me feel self conscious.
(52) Do You Like Your Music Loud? Yeah, as long as I’m not bothering people.
(53) Would You Rather Carve Pumpkins Or Wrap Presents? Probably carve pumpkins because I suck at wrapping stuff.
(54) Put Your Music On Shuffle, What Is The First Song That Came Up? Body Electric by Lana Del Rey (issa bop)
(55) What Season Are You In Right Now? (Weather) Winter (the best season).
(56)What Are You Craving Right Now? Nothing? Maybe the tofu from this one place (it's amazing), but idk.
(57) Post A Screenshot Of Your Tumblr Feed. Too Lazy (again).
(58) What Is Your Gender? I’m boy
(59) Coffee Or Tea? Both, those are my two favorite drinks how dare you pit them against each other.
(60) Do You Have Any Homework Right Now? If So, What Is It About? Yes. I gotta make some posters for a digital design class, but will I? No.
(61) What Is Your Sexuality? I’m not really into anyone in a very sexual way, I’d say I’m asexual. I’d rather be in a relationship with a guy though.
(62) Do You Make Your Bed In The Morning? No, its easier to get back into once I’ve decided I don’t want to face the realities of the modern world if I don’t make it.
(63) Favourite Pokemon? Arcanine? Charizard? Sceptile? Gardevoir? I love a LOT of them.
(64) Favourite Social Media? Twitter cause its like I’m friends with celebrities ;)
(65) What’s Your Opinion On Instagram Stories? I don’t use Instagram
(66) Do You Get Homesick? If I’m away for a little sure, I’m living at home before I go off to school so.
(67) Are You A Virgin? If you’re asking if I have a virgen de guadalupe candle, then yes.
(68) What Shampoo And Conditioner Are You Using Right Now? Some random stuff, it smells dank though.
(69) If You Were Far From Home And Needed To Sleep For The Night, Would You Choose To Rent A Crappy Motel Room For $60 Or Sleep In Your Car For Free? I’d go sleep in a car rn, idk why but I actually really don’t mind it. Maybe it's the cold or something.
(70) Are Both Of Your Blood Parents Still In Your Life? Yep.
(71) Whats The Next Movie You Want To See In Theaters? Coco, it looks great :)
(72) Do You Miss Your Ex? WHOMST’VE?
(73) What Is Your Favourite Quote Right Now? “Pushing my ex husband off of his own balcony has been the highlight of my day.” - Joanne the Scammer
(74) What Eye Colour Do You Find Sexiest? Not really that they’re sexy but I like blue eyes, brown eyes, idk they’re all nice.
(75) Did You Like Swinging As A Child? Do You Still Get Excited When You See A Swing Set? I could take it or leave it both now and then.
(76) What Was The Last Thing You Ate? Soup and salad.
(77) What Games Do You Have On Your Phone? Only Magikarp Jump and ACPC.
(78) Would You Give A Homeless Person CPR If They Were Dying? Why Or Why Not? Who would just watch and let someone die…. What kind of question is this.
(79) Been On The Computer For 5 Hours Straight? Of course, I’m a hooligan.
(80) Stalked Someone On A Social Network? Not really, maybe a person I thought was familiar and wanted to verify.
(81) Do You Like Meeting New People? Not really, unless its someone I’ve heard of beforehand.
(82) Do You Wear Rings? If You Do, Take A Picture Of Them. No, they give me anxiety (what if I lose them).
(83) Do You Sleep With Your Bedroom Door Open Or Closed? 100% always closed, I’m not trying to have someone watch me while I sleep.
(84) What Are Three Things You Did Today? Classwork, listened to music, played video games (lazy day).
(85) What Do You Wear To Bed? T-shirt and shorts (I can’t wear long pants and I’d never sleep without some type of clothing).
(86) List All Of Your Different Beauty Products You Have Right Now. I’m ugly, what are those.
(87) Are You A Day Or Night Person? Night, its way more calm.
(88) List All Of Your Video Games On Your Phone, Console Etc. Oh honey…. To many to name (my favorites are Overwatch, WoW, Smite, BattleRite, etc).
(89) Tell Me About A Dream That You Had And When It Happened. I once dreamed I was in an 8-bit arcade game a few years ago, nothing topped that one.
(90) Favourite Soda Drink? Dr. Pepper?
(91) What Sounds Are Your Favourite? I don’t understand this, but like animals and music I guess.
(92) Do You Wear Jeans Or Sweats More? Sweats, jeans remind me too much of where I live.
(93) How Do You Look Right Now? A mess, sis.
(94) Name Something That Relaxes You. Family (sometimes, friends (sometimes), animals, games, music, rain, snow, nighttime.
(95) What Tattoo Do You Want? A lyric/quote from the song “Spaceship” by Kesha. “Nothing is real, love is everything, and I know nothing.” or some variation of that.
(96) Favourite YouTuber? EthosLab, Xisumavoid (even though I don’t really care about playing minecraft), I also really like Jaymes Mansfield.
If any of you wanna do this, feel free :)
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Rules: Answer these 92 statements and tag 20 people. Thanks for tagging me @fanwriter02! :D
LAST:
1. Drink: Water 2. Phone call: My sister 3. Text message: @fanwriter02 4. Song you listen to: “Heroes” by Peter Gabriel. And thinking about Stranger Things while listening to it makes me want to cry. 5. Time you cried: Last night, listening to sad music and watching sad things. (I cry a lot, okay? :P)
HAVE YOU:
6. Dated someone twice: How could I date someone twice if I haven’t dated once? 7. Kissed someone and regretted it: Yeah, my dog tried to kiss me back. 8. Been cheated on: No. 9. Lost someone special: Yeah..... 10. Been depressed: Yeppppppp! 11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: nope
LIST 3 FAVORITE COLORS:
12. Purple 13. Blue 14. Red
IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU:
15. Made new friends: Yep! 16. Fallen out of love: Noooo 17. Laughed until you cried: Totally! 18. Found out someone was talking about you: Ohhhh boy, YEAH. 20. Found out who your friends are: I discover more things every day, yeah. 21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: Facebook is too addicting for me, so I don’t have it, so NO.
GENERAL:
22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: Don’t have facebook! 23. Do you have any pets: ..... YES. I have five rowdy dachshunds with huge mouths and even huger attitudes. Plus a few fish that are probably neglected. 24. Do you want to change your name: Yeah, because it’s reallyyyyy similar to my sister’s name, and I just want something different. 25. What did you do for your last birthday: Nothing, really. Then I cried at night. *shrug* It really was an awful day. 26. What time do you wake up: Depends which day, but usually in between 7:30am-8:30am. 27. What were you doing at midnight last night: Hooked on The Goldbergs. 28. Name something you can’t wait for: Stranger Things Season 3, and HTTYD 3! 29. When was the last time you saw your mom?: An... hour ago? 30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: My family’s health. 31. What are you listening to right now: My neighbor mowing the lawn. It’s quite soothing, really. 32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: I feel like I have, I just can’t remember where... 33. Something that is getting on your nerves: My sore throat. 34. Most visited website: Google Docs. 35. Mole/s: I don’t THINK I have any.... 36. Mark/s: Lots and lots and lots and lots of freckles. A scar on my right elbow, and a few scars on my legs (can’t remember where I got them). 37. Childhood dream: Police officer. 38. Hair color: Dirty blonde. 39. Long or short hair: Short, only goes a little past my shoulders. 40. Do you have a crush on someone: No 41. What do you like about yourself: I have a good singing voice (sometimes), I play guitar pretty well, I write good, I’m smart, I’m good at acting... yeah, ‘bout it. 42. Piercings: One in each each 43. Blood type: Don’t know, don’t care 44. Nicknames?: Pinecone Face. Don’t ask. CLASSIFIED. 45. Relationship status: Single 46. Zodiac: Virgo 47. Pronouns: She/her 48. Favorite TV Show: Bonanza or Stranger Things 50. Right or left hand: Right 51. Surgery: None (yet) (because I have a bad feeling) 52. Hair dyed in different color: Nope 53. Sport: I’ve done: soccer (1 season), cheer-leading (1 year) (is that a sport?), basketball (4 years), and swimming (2 years). 55. Vacation: I’ve been all over the U.S. Yellowstone twice, Jackson Hole, Mount Rushmore, New York, San Fransico, Oklahoma, etc. And I’ve been on a cruise to Mexico once, and Niagara Falls a few years back. 56. Pair of trainers: Self Esteem and Creativity
MORE GENERAL:
57. Eating: Nothin’. 58. Drinking: Water. 59. I’m about to: Go make a hot drink for my sore throat. 62. Want: SPANISH WORK TO BE FINISHED ALREADY. 63. Get married: Nope 64. Career: Out of work 65. Hugs or kisses: Hugs... I’ve wanted to hug so many people lately and I don’t know why! xD 66. Lips or eyes: Eyes! They’re a “window to the soul.” ;) 67. Shorter or taller: I’m shorter... :(!!! 68. Older or younger: Younger 70. Nice arms or nice stomach: I have swimmer’s arms, so nice arms. :D 71. Sensitive or loud: LOUD. I tend to use my outdoor voice a lot more than my indoor. xD 72. Hook up or relationship: N/A 73. Troublemaker or hesitant: Troublemaker, most likely. I speak before I think, act before I plan. :D
HAVE YOU EVER:
74. Kissed a Stranger: Noooo 75. Drank hard liquor: What the-?? NO. 76. Lost glasses/contact lenses: YES. And let me tell you- losing contacts while out of the house is NOT FUN!
77. Turned someone down: No 78. Sex on the first date: NO, AND THESE ARE GETTING VERY PERSONAL 79. Broken someone’s heart: I don’t THINK so...? 80. Had your heart broken: By a friend, yes. It was not a nice time. 81. Been arrested: NOPE 82. Cried when someone died: Yep... 83. Fallen for a friend: nope
DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
84: Yourself: After contemplating seriously in a long, hot shower, YES. 85. Miracles: God works in mysterious ways-- yes. 86. Love at first sight: Probably...? 87. Santa Claus: Nope 88. Kiss on the first date: I guess so
OTHER:
90. Current best friend name: Kristen 91. Eye color: Blue 92. Favorite movie: I can’t choose just one, so here’s a few! Brother Bear, Big Hero 6, HTTYD, Me Before You, and Howl’s Moving Castle.
Tagging: @katurdish @animalsarepeople2 @writerofberk @hello-em75 @leffie-draws-fanart @raide-draws-fanart @lenle-g @avataviking @astridthevalkyrie @goldeneyeddragon101 @queenelinor @margarethelstone @misslittlejoe @bonanzaismylife @skrillqueen @rafxsulfuslovestory @httydtlk @thelastinspiritdragonrider @crazy4dragons @guestbusters
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Coronavirus round-up: how shoppers are changing the way they buy, in updates from Emarsys, Melody, Forter, IRI, Bloomreach and a new Edinburgh farmers’ market

We’re reporting on the effect of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic on the way UK shoppers buy – and on how retailers are responding to that changing behaviour. This update comes when, as of 9am on April 26, 152,840 people have tested positive for coronavirus and 20,732 people have died of it in hospital. Over the previous day, 4,463 people tested positive and 413 people died.
John Lewis making plans for store reopening as early as next month
John Lewis says it’s making plans to reopen its stores – and could be ready to open the first in mid-May. We also report as the retailer reopens its Lancashire textiles factory in order to sew scrubs for the NHS. Read the full story here.
New customers make up almost half of retailers’ ecommerce sales in March
New customers accounted for nearly half of retailers’ online sales in March, figures suggest.
Data from Covid-19 Commerce Insight, run jointly by customer engagement specialist Emarsys and analytics provider GoodData, suggests that retailers saw 43% of ecommerce transactions coming from customers who were new to them, and 23% from active repeat customers. Smaller numbers were from second-time buyers (5%), defecting customers (14%) and inactive customers (8%).
Alex Timlin, senior vice president of verticals at Emarsys, said: “Our own customers — especially supermarkets — have told us over the past month that they’re dealing with not just more customers but more types of customers than they know how to deal with. “It’s now more important than ever to be able to quickly distinguish new customers from loyal ones, so you can target them with campaigns in the right way and do so quickly. Artificial intelligence is a huge asset to marketers here because it can analyse your entire customer base quickly to determine who’s new and who’s loyal. Then you can set up separate automated digital campaigns for each type of customer.”
UK shopping behaviour changing – 60% say for good: study
Most UK shoppers have changed the way they buy as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new study suggests.
Ecommerce agency Melody questioned more than 2,000 UK shoppers – and 92% said they were shopping differently as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Thirteen per cent of respondents said they were doing more online shopping during working hours than they did before. A quarter (25%) said they were buying goods online they previously bought in shops – and 19% are turning to Amazon to do that shopping.
Six in 10 (60%) say they’ll continue to buy the way they are now, with 12% saying they are likely to carry on buying items they previously bought on the high street online. However,15% believe they will do less shopping. A third of all UK shoppers (33%) say they now do less shopping of any type, rising to 40% of women. Female shoppers are also now more likely to shop online instead of in stores – and much more likely than men (29% vs. 18%) to no longer shop on high streets at all.
Men, found the study, visit ecommerce sites more often than women to browse because of the lockdown (13% of men, 8% of women) – and 17% of men say they now do more online shopping during working hours, compared to only 9% of women.
Mark Burgess, business director at Melody, said: “Clearly we’re living through unprecedented times and it’s hard to separate anticipated consumer intent from actual behaviour, but the lockdown has significantly impacted the UK’s retail landscape and our shopping habits.
“According to our research, the shift to online retail looks here to stay. More people are trialling e-commerce channels at more numerous points on their shopper journey and as ecommerce absorbs the role played by the physical environment.
“It’s no surprise that companies that have never previously considered offering an e-commerce solution, or indeed needed to, are now trying to adapt their business model – or at the very least, enhance their current content and media solutions across etail.”
How chargebacks have evolved
Credit card chargebacks are now more likely to be from service failures than from fraud, Forter analysis suggests. The data finds that while service chargebacks use to be 60% lower than fraud chargebacks, service chargebacks are now 50% higher than those for fraud. Most chargebacks between early February and mid-March came as flights were cancelled, but after that there was an additional rise related to the food and drink industry as well as from grocery and delivery services.
The analysis is from the Forter Global Merchant Network, which includes more than 100 customers around the world, turning over more than $150bn in commerce transactions a year. It shows that the rise in service chargebacks comes as up to 75% of customers are now new customers – as as their expectations do not meet the reality of the service they are receiving.
Retailers who are benefitting form an upturn in business – according to Forter data – include those selling home and garden products (+369% transaction volumes), including mattresses and bedding (+575%), groceries and grocery delivery (+243%), alcohol (+327%), beauty products (+216%), clothing and accessories (+106%) and marketplaces (+92%). Sales of virtual coins (+61%) and computers (+49%) are both up. Those suffering include those selling jewellery (-25%) and travel, with transaction volumes down for those selling hotel rooms (-87%), flights (-95%), ride sharing (-89%) and suitcases (-84%).
Online shopping grows around Europe
People locked down at home in Italy, France and Spain are doing more of their shopping online, according to data from the IRI Consumer Spending Tracker, for the week to April 12.
Most online shopping now via mobile
Shoppers are doing most of their online shopping via their mobile phones and devices during the coronavirus pandemic, data from Bloomreach suggests. Bloomreach figures for the period between April 12 and 18 saw 61% of online purchases take place on mobile devices, while 39% were on desktop.
Search traffic, total traffic and conversions came consistently from mobile devices, peaking at night. Desktop traffic was highest during lunch hours – at 24% of conversions, while 19% of conversions at that time came via mobile. At night, 18% of conversions were via mobile, while 13% were on desktop.
New click and collect farmers’ market launches in Edinburgh
Edinburgh food producer Sonia Nicolas-Garcia has launched Edinburgh’s first click and collect farmer’s market to support local producers during the coronavirus crisis.
Customers can buy goods from a wide range of local food and drink producers all in one place and then collect purchases from a local restaurant being used as a collection point once a week.
The virtual farmer’s market for Edinburgh West has launched with the help of The Great British Food Hub, a platform that Gillian Mackay, a pig farmer from Strathblane, founded two years ago.
Mackay said: “Food Hubs are a fantastic way for producers to sell direct to local communities, food miles are low and there is no wastage as all items are pre-ordered. They have become something of a lifeline to many small, local food and drink producers who saw their commercial customers close their doors overnight, hugely impacting on their ability to continue trading. We’re seeing a 500% increase in sales across our Food Hubs. If anything good were to come out of Covid-19 maybe it will be more of an awareness of food security and the benefits of supporting businesses producing food and drink right here on our doorstep rather than relying on supermarkets who have been letting us all down in recent weeks.”
Nicolas-Garcia said: “I’ve been selling my produce as a food producer since The Great British Food Hub launched and have been desperate to set up my own hub. It’s so easy, customers can order online each week until midnight on Monday from our super-secure market then come along to our venue, The Black Hoof restaurant on Dalry Road on Wednesdays where we will be operating a contactless collection at the door ensuring that all social distancing measures are met. As a producer it’s great, I know exactly what to cook or bake each week for the Food Hub customers so there’s never any wastage and I get a much better return than selling through conventional farmer’s markets. ”
So far 10 producers including Alba Seafood, Woodmill Game, Ardunan Farm, Heather Hills Farm, The Wee Honey Bee, Isle of Skye Sea Salt and Bon Accord Soft Drinks have signed up and you can order from them now! More producers are joining daily.
New customers can simply register, verify their email address via the website or on the app then login to shop.
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1. Do you think it’s rude when people speak slowly when talking to people that don’t know English well? No, it’s helpful, especially if the english speaking person has an accent the other person isn’t used to. I wish people would speak slower to me in spanish. The worst is when you ask them to speak slower and they repeat the exact same thing at the exact same speed. Speak slower but don’t be condescending.
2. What’s irritating you right now? My heater isn’t warm enough and my feet are cold.
3. Do you feel comfortable with answering personal questions? Depends on the question. I like telling stories about myself and my life but I don’t enjoy getting into emotions and stuff.
4. Would you ever sleep with someone to get a job? Depends on the job and who I have to sleep with.
5. Would you ever travel by yourself? I have, several times. And I will again at the end of the month when I go to Paris, although I’m hoping to be able to meet up with someone to go to Disneyland with.
6. When was the last time you consumed alcohol? I had a beer yesterday I think. Or maybe it was the day before, idk
7. When will you see your best friend next? January at the absolute earliest
8. Have you ever broken a bone? No
9. Would you introduce the last person you kissed to your parents? Sure, but not as my partner
10. Are any of your friends virgins? Yeah
11. Was your last kiss, standing up, sitting down, or laying down? Standing up
12. If you could seek revenge on someone would you? There was one person I was pretty cranky at for a while but I don’t care anymore.
13. What plans do you have for tomorrow? No plans. I would go grocery shopping but tomorrow is sunday so everything will be closed.
14. What time did you wake up? I woke up to construction sounds and got annoyed because it was way too early for that kind of noise but I looked at my phone and it was 11:30. Still went back to sleep for another hour though.
15. Have you ever found a bug in your food? I have this one memory as a kid I had had a sleepover at my friend’s house and in the morning we were having breakfast in his dad’s cafe next door and I got pancakes and there was a wasp in it. I didn’t actually care, I ate around it.
16. What is most of your junk email from? Currently mostly from Dick Smith and a job search website
17. Do you have any upcoming appointments? what for? Flight at the end of the month. Does that count?
18. Would you be content to turn out just like your mom? Very much so, my mother is an amazing woman.
19. What is one skill you would like to have, but don’t want to work towards? Probably something super boring like knowing how to be an accountant or something. It would be useful to have for jobs and stuff but so boring to actually achieve.
20. Do you have letters of the alphabet that you like? Which ones? Not in english, but in spanish I like ñ because I like drawing the squiggle and also x because it’s pronounced differently depending which country you’re in.
21. If you could pick one topic for everyone in your country to learn more about, what would you pick? For australia, human rights and ethics so that they can start treating aboriginals and asylum seekers with a bit more respect.
22. How do you feel about people your age having children? I just don’t understand why
23. When was the last time you were at a park? Probably sometime when I was in panama. I don’t think I’ve been in a park since I’ve been back
24. Could you fall asleep right now if you tried? Wish I could, but no. Otherwise I’d be in bed.
25. Do you feel like going to funerals helps you in the grieving process? I have never been to one so I don’t know.
26. Who was the last person you heard snore? Panama guy
27. Do you think it’s possible for an 18 year old to be ready to get married? I think you should experience the real world before you commit to something like marriage. But hey, to each their own.
28. Have you ever had a dream about someone on tv, or a show? What happened? Yeah many times but the dream that comes to mind I had while I was in Colombia. I dreamt that I was on a yacht making out with Henry Cavill.
29. Have you ever taken a nap in an unusual or especially uncomfortable place, i.e. on top of your keyboard, under a table, etc? When I was at uni I would curl up in the bay window at the end of the aisle in the library and nap in the sunbeam. I have slept in trains and buses on terribly bumpy roads. I can even sleep on planes now. I’ve definitely napped on some floors, maybe head down on some tables too. Look, I just really like sleep okay and I can always do with a nap when I travel.
30. What was the scent of the last lotion you used? It was just one from the grocery store. It has argon oil in it which I assume gives it a certain smell.
31. Do you have any strange co-workers? I don’t currently work but there were a few weirdos at my old job.
32. When was the last time you had a headache? No idea, I don’t get headaches very often and if I do they’re minor so I wouldn’t remember anyway
33. Is anyone jealous of you? I hope so. Half the reason I use instagram is to make everyone I went to highschool with jealous of my current life.
34. What was the last thing you had to mentally prepare yourself for? that would have been for quitting that telemarketing job.
35. What’s something you’re currently dreading? Not finding a job and having to organise a move back to australia
36. If your living space could smell like anything in the world, but it would ALWAYS smell that way and you could never change it, what would you choose for it to smell like? I don’t know. Maybe citrus, or baked goods?
37. What’s something you wish were taught when you were in school? Actual life skills.
38. How would you describe your sense of humor? Varied. But mostly I like goofy, wholesome humour where nobody is the butt of the joke and nobody gets hurt.
39. Do you ever notice other people’s body language when you’re speaking with them? Sometimes
40. Is there a meal you simply cannot eat if it’s missing something (a salad without croutons, a sandwich without cheese, etc)? No..? I’ll eat just about anything
41. Is there something that other people see/hear and automatically think of you? You would have to ask those other people
42. Do you ever just feel like you need to be alone for some reason? Yeah, I often prefer to be alone when I’m at home. It stresses me out to have someone in my space for too long.
43. If you got paid $5 per survey you made, could you make a living just doing that? I probably could but it would old really quick
44. When was the last time you wore something totally inappropriate for the weather? Does this happen often? Every day in central america because I always wear jeans.
45. The last time you went out of the house, where were you going and what did you do? I was going to the corner store probably.
46. Do you have a friend that has a tendency to “dump” you whenever they get a new partner? One friend did that for a while. He would stop hanging out with me whenever he started dating someone. But then he got a long term boyfriend and got better about managing his time between his partner and his friends.
47. Would you ever want to go on vacation with just one of your parents? I have travelled a few times with my mum. I get a little frustrated travelling with dad though.
48. In summer, do you prefer to wear dresses or shorts and tops? Or maybe something else? I will wear jeans in hell
49. Have you ever had an unusual type of milk (eg. oat, rice, almond)? I just want milk that tastes like real milk
50. How many cans of soda would you say you drink in a week, if any at all? When I lived in australia I had a can of pepsi max a day bc it was my caffeine hit for work. Now I buy a 2L bottle of coke zero maybe once a week. Probably works out about the same tbh
51. When you’re at home, do you spend most of your time in your room? I live alone so I get the whole place to myself. I only spend time in my bed/bedroom for sleep
52. If you like to sleep in late, have your parents ever told you off for doing so? Ugh my dad was so annoying about that. I was a nigthshift worker and yet he still found it weird that I preferred to sleep in to any time after 10am. Like, dude, I only go to bed at 7am. There’s no way in hell I’m getting up any time before 2pm. Now my brother works those hours and I’m sure he gets the same crap from dad.
53. How much stuff do you take with you when you go on vacation for a week? If it’s warm weather, I can pack for a week in my backpack and won’t have to do laundry. Cooler weather is harder because I have to pack layers and a jacket. But I still plan on only taking my backpack for my 4 night stay in Paris.
54. How old is your oldest living relative? My grandad is 88 in a couple of months
55. Could you willingly live on a vegan diet? I wouldn’t want to.
56. If you’re a fan of Harry Potter, are you sad that there’ll never be another book or movie? There will definitely be remakes in my lifetime.
57. If you’re an only child, do you wish you had siblings? If you have siblings, do you get along? My brother and I don’t get along. We’re better now that we’re both adults but we’re definitely not friends.
58. How long have you had the shirt you’re wearing? About a year and a half. I actually bought it to take on my trip to india. I wanted loose long sleeve shirts to keep the sun off me but not overheat me too much.
59. Are you a slut? Idk, maybe sometimes.
60. What happened last time you got drunk? I drank at home and watched Star Wars. That was it.
61. What do you want right this second? Kinda need to go to the bathroom tbh
62. How are you sitting? Sprawled out on my sofa
63. Did you sleep alone last night? Yeah
64. Do you plan on sleeping in tomorrow? Yeah
65. What were you doing last night at midnight? I think I was playing the sims
66. Will you have sexual intercourse within the next two weeks? Probably not
67. How many cigarettes have you smoked today? None, I don’t smoke
68. Do you like potato chips? Yeah
69. Do you think you are pregnant? I definitely am not
70. You’ve had sex within these past 10 days haven’t you? Ha! I wish
71. Do you have a good relationship with your parents? I do
72. What were you doing this morning at 5:30? Sleeping
73. What were you doing 2 hours ago? Watching netflix
74. Do you like the ocean? Yes
75. How many windows are open on your computer? One window, 5 tabs.
76. Do you know anyone named Matt? I have 2 Matts on facebook.
77. When was the last time you talked to a sibling? Was emailing with my brother a few days ago
78. How late did you stay up last night and why? Went to bed around 1am. Didn’t get to sleep until ~5
79. Would you rather go to Greece or Hawaii? Ooh tough choice. I think maybe greece but I’d also like to visit hawaii at some point. Although tbh neither of them are super high on my list. Top trip I want to do is all of latin america from Mexico to Argentina. Also want to hit up Madagascar.
80. What color is your underwear right now? Navy blue
81. How is the weather right now? Cold.
82. Are you too shy to ask someone out? Yes but there’s nobody I want to ask out
83. Have you ever fired a gun? No.
84. Do you like to travel by plane as opposed to car? Depends where/how far I’m going and how much it’ll cost.
85. Do you like to cuddle? Sometimes
86. Do you need to get anything from the store right now? If so, what, and why? I need groceries. But it’ll have to wait until monday.
87. Have you ever had to take a stool or urine test? Why did you have to do this? Urine test a few times. 1) drug tests for work, 2) while I was doing a medical trial a few years ago, 4) routine std check 3) got a UTI :/
88. Is there a food you eat that others find weird or gross? Some people think vegemite is weird and gross but those people are wrong. Also some people don’t understand how I can eat so much chilli.
89. The last video game you played - did you play alone or with someone else? I played Mass Effect 2 earlier today, alone.
90. . If there is a disc in your computer, what disc is it? Sims 3 Supernatural.
91. Do you shut down your computer every time after you use it, or do you leave it on? I just put it to sleep.
92. Do people ever drive down your street really slowly? Does it creep you out? Anyone who decides to drive down my street has already made a mistake. There is no possible way to do it quickly. It takes time and a person guiding you so that you don’t scrape down the sides of your car. This is a pedestrian street.
93. Do you live in a very diverse community? Yes, this is a pretty multicultural city
94. Did you waste your first kiss, or did it mean something to you? Do you think that people should save their first kisses just like their virginity? It meant something to me at the time, I don’t care now. People can do whatever they want with regards to their first kiss or their virginity.
95. Do you know anyone who has had salmonella? Did you ever have it yourself? What about e coli? One of my work friends got salmonella and it hit while she was on shift. I was at the other end of the site and could hear the conversation between her and the then-supervisor over the radio. It actually messed up her immune system and she kept getting colds and flu more often for about a year after that.
96. How many weeks of summer do you have left before you have to go back to school? 1) I don’t go to school, 2) It’s not summer
97. Who was the last member of your extended family to visit? Where were they visiting from? My Dad visited me back in May. That was the last family member I saw.
98. When was the last time you went on a train? Where were you going? Whenever I last went grocery shopping I’d have gotten the metro there and back. Last long distance train would have been to Castellón to get my yellow fever shot before I went to Colombia.
#Other potential titles:#ñ because I like drawing the squiggle#on a yacht making out with Henry Cavill#Some people think vegemite is weird and gross but those people are wrong
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~Many Questions Tag~
Thank you @asexualkimhansol & @jadeontumb1r for the tag!!!
rules: answer these 85 statements
THE LAST
1. drink: Coffee 2. phone call: My darling 3. text message: From my group chat with my housemates, talking about when financial aid will come through ‘cause we’re all broke~ 4. song you listened to: Mic Drop - BTS 5. time you cried: Today because BTS and JBJ were making me emotional 6. dated someone twice: Technically me and my current boyfriend 7. kissed someone and regretted it: A few years ago with an ex 8. been cheated on: I don’t think I’ve ever been cheated on 9. lost someone special: Last year me and my bestie were going through a rough patch and stopped talking, but we’re good now 10. been depressed: Lol honestly when am I not? 11. gotten drunk and thrown up: About 5 weeks ago
3 FAVORITE COLORS
12. Yellow 13. Plum 14. Burgundy
IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU
15. made new friends: I have~ 16. fallen out of love: Nope! 17. laughed until you cried: All the time 18. found out someone was talking about you: Kinda? 19. met someone who changed you: I would say yeah 20. found out who your friends are: Yes 21. kissed someone on your facebook list: Mhmm
GENERAL
22. how many of your facebook friends do you know in real life: Most? I don’t even go on there anymore. 23. do you have any pets: Two cats and three dogs 24. do you want to change your name: I want to marry my BF already and change my last name to Amador because I’m tired of being associated with my last name 25. what did you do for your last birthday: The day of I was in school and my friends surprised me with a cake and we all got dinner together. The weekend before I came home and had a birthday party and got wasted, 26. what time did you wake up: Mmm, like 9:30? 27. what were you doing at midnight last night: Sleeping. I was exhausted after a long day and only a few hours of sleep due to the BTS comeback. 28. name something you can’t wait for: Saturday. MY COLLEGE BESTIE FINALLY COMES BACK FROM KOREA!!!! 29. when was the last time you saw your mom: Like 30 minutes ago 31. what are you listening to right now: Outro: Her - BTS 32. have you ever talked to a person named tom: Probably? 33. something that is getting on your nerves: The fact that my bank account is at $24.70 and I need 30 more cents to make sure my account isn’t over drafted tomorrow when money is automatically transferred to my savings but my finaid hasn’t been deposited. 34. most visited website: I’d say tumblr, twitter, and youtube are all even 35. hair color: dirty blonde/light brown, but I’m dying it tomorrow I think 36. long or short hair: very long lol 37. do you have a crush on someone: Nah, I’m hopelessly in love 38. what do you like about yourself: My hands and my hair 40. blood type: Lol I dunno, it’s so bad 41. nickname: Bella, bellz, ballz (that’s my bestie for ya), Gaby (only by my sister), Bellac (pronounced bell-ack, once again, that’s my bestie for ya) 42. relationship status: Taken 43. zodiac: Libra 44. pronouns: she/her 45. favorite tv show: Mr. Robot or Steven Universe 46. tattoos: 5 47. right or left handed: right 48. surgery: None 50. sport: I played softball at one point but not anymore 51. vacation: I’ve already been to Hawaii multiple times, the only place in my mind right now is Korea. 52. pair of trainers: ...wat...
MORE GENERAL
53. eating: Last thing I ate were gummy worms (I’m such a child, I love candy) 54. drinking: Water 55. I’m about to: Either finish this drawing or watch some BTS videos 56. waiting for: My boyfriend to get home from class and cuddle with me 57. want: MY MOTHER FUCKING FINANCIAL AID WTF I KINDA NEED THAT 58. get married: Hopefully in 4 years, after the two of us are done with school 59. career: Wildlife conservationist
WHICH IS BETTER
60. hugs or kisses: Hugs because kisses are reserved for one person but I can enjoy hugging everyone 61. lips or eyes: Eyes 62. shorter or taller: For sexual attraction I like taller people. When it comes to friends though I like how short my best friends are because hugging their heads is so precious and warms my heart. Lmao, I’m fucking weird. 63. older or younger: I dunno? I have both younger and older friends. 64. nice arms or nice stomach: Nice arms 65. hook up or relationship: Relationship 66. troublemaker or hesitant: A little bit of both but I’m more hesitant
HAVE YOU EVER
67. kissed a stranger: Depends on how you define stranger. I’ve kissed someone I met at a party and barely even knew for more than an hour. 68. drank hard liquor: Yes! 69. lost glasses/contact lenses: I don’t wear them 70. turned someone down: Yeah 71. sex on the first date: Nope 72. broken someone’s heart: He acted like I did but I think he was just playing me 73. had your heart broken: Fuck yeah 74. been arrested: Nope 75. cried when someone died: Yeah 76. fallen for a friend: I try to only date people who were my friends because the relationship is always better, so yeah
DO YOU BELIEVE IN
77. yourself: I’m working on it 78. miracles: Not really 79. love at first sight: Fuck no 80. santa claus: Lol no, I was that bitch in 1st grade who ruined it for the other kids 81. kiss on the first date: Yeah 82. angels: I’d like to, but no
OTHER
84. eye color: Brown 85. favorite movie: I don’t have an all time favorite. I really like the aristocats, lady and the tramp, wall-e, most marvel movies, chappie, and a lot more that I can’t think of right now
I’ll tag @hansoleffect @kpopfanstan @jih0joon & @christinelucka but like always I didn’t check if you’ve already done it & you don’t have to do it if you don’t want to!
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You know I hate doin this, but I love you so here.
Tagged by: @suicidefordummies
Rules: answer these 85 statements and tag 20 people
THE LAST
1. drink: Water 2. phone call: Mom, she was checking on me after my doctors app today 3. text message: @thatoneguyfromsomeplace about Iron Banner, cuphead, and movies 4. song you listened to: The Other Side of Paradise by Glass Animals 5. time you cried: Um it's been a while? I honestly can't remember 6. dated someone twice: Nope 7. kissed someone and regretted it: Hah most of my life decisions end in regret so yeah. 8. been cheated on: Yeah 9. lost someone special: My grandmother of my stepdad's side passed last year. I still miss her, she was a great woman and greatly loved. 10. been depressed: All day and all night and everything she sees is just black. 11. gotten drunk and thrown up: The only time I threw up after drinking was the night I blacked out...wild ass story man. Just ask @thatoneguyfromsomeplace I almost died lol
3 FAVOURITE COLOURS 12. Purple 13. Blue 14. Black
IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU 15. made new friends: Yeah, new coworkers and a couple new online buds. 16. fallen out of love: Yeah. Yeah for sure. 17. laughed until you cried: Late night super salt session with @suicidefordummies@blow-up-midget-man-doll @blow-up-midget-man-doll Princess who's tumblr's I've unfortunately forgotten Princess who's tumblr's I've unfortunately forgotten 18. found out someone was talking about you: Nothin new. You wanna talk shit say it to my face, otherwise don't expect me to care 19. met someone who changed you: Yeah fortunately a couple people 20. found out who your friends are: Most definitely 21. kissed someone on your facebook list: I like to smooch my friendos so yes
GENERAL 22. how many of your facebook friends do you know in real life: A lot 23. do you have any pets: One real big dumb pitbull, A small sootball dog, A grumpy mop dog, and a long distance adopted shithead cat 24. do you want to change your name: Nah? Not really. I don't know what the hell I'd change it to 25. what did you do for your last birthday: Watched Moana and got dindin and bevs with @cardamumblessing and @listnbxtch 26. what time did you wake up: 4:30am est 27. what were you doing at midnight last night: Suffering 28. name something you can’t wait for: KamiCon, Ultra SuMo, My next paycheck 29. when was the last time you saw your mom: Like 2 hours ago? 31. what are you listening to right now: An Achievment Hunter let's play 32. have you ever talked to a person named tom: Yeee my savage af coworker. Love that man 33. something that is getting on your nerves: People, Humanity, The American political situation 34. most visited website: DeviantART, Toyhouse, Youtube 35. hair colour: Black 36. long or short hair: Short 37. do you have a crush on someone: Naw 38. what do you like about yourself: Hah. Nothin 39. want any piercings: Been postponing getting a second in each ear but I'm cheap, lazy, and don't like needles I kinda wanna do my eyebrow too 40. blood type: O+ 41. nickname: Rain, Ran, Rin, Lynx, Lyn, Lynni, Ane 42. relationship status: Single and steadily learning to distrust more and more people 43. zodiac: Capricorn 44. pronouns: She/Her 45. favourite tv show: Miraculous Ladybug, BNHA, Cowboy Bebop, FLCL, NCIS, there's a lot man. 46. tattoos: One day when I'm not poor man. 47. right or left handed: Right 48. surgery: Lot's. I was a weak tiny newborn so I spent a lot of my first probably year and a half of my life and on and off til I was like 4 in the hospital 49. piercing: Just one in each ear right now 50. sport: Go do the thing, throw the ball, get the points ye 51. vacation: I've been through most of Europe, but I was young. I'd like to go back. Mom says once I finally graduate we'll go back to Hawaii where I was born for a week or so. 52. pair of trainers: Um a lot
MORE GENERAL 53. eating: Rice cakes 54. drinking: Green Tea and honey 55. im about to: Sleep
56. waiting for: The world to change. Haha kidding put me in a coffin 57. want: To be rich enough to live a life I might enjoy 58. get married: Um...to whom? 59. career: Geographical surveyor if I've got any luck
WHICH IS BETTER 60. hugs or kisses: Porque no los dos 61. lips or eyes: Eyes 62. shorter or taller: Either 63. older or younger: Either 64. nice arms or nice stomach: Both 65. hook up or relationship: Either 66. troublemaker or hesitant: troublemaker
HAVE YOU EVER 67. kissed a stranger: Yes 68. drank hard liquor: Yes 69. lost glasses/contact lenses: Um yes every fucking day I have to hobble about blind af looking for my goddamn eyes. 70. turned someone down: Yes 71. sex on the first date: Nah 72. broken someone’s heart: Maybe? Idk 73. had your heart broken: Yup 74. been arrested: No 75. cried when someone died: Yeah 76. fallen for a friend: Yes
DO YOU BELIEVE IN 77. yourself: No 78. miracles: No 79. love at first sight: No 80. santa claus: No 81. kiss on the first date: Sure 82. angels: Why not
OTHER 83. current best friends name: Matt 84. eye colour: Dark reddish brown 85. favorite movie: Harry Potter series. Underworld series up til like the 3rd or 4th one I can't remember. Chicago. Disney. LoTR. Again. There's a lot man.
Tag: Naw
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