#orendork

[runescapeghost]

8, 10, and 26!!

“8. opinion on nap dates?”

never had one! it’d be fun and cute and i totally wouldn’t complain but i’d inevitably turn it into mackin’ on them

“10. dog gay or cat gay?”

i’m the biggest cat gay there is, pal

“26. favourite lgbt musician/band?”

probably the blow? my friend showed me these people that i liked but i never got their name so. the blow is good!

gay asks! send me some stuff

[elsewhereuniversity]

ASKS - Names

Asks sent to my main, answered here. Themes - what’s a true name, exactly?

Anon said: So what happens with people who have officially changed their names? I'm thinking especially for trans students who change names to match their gender, but anybody who's gone through the process of legally changing names. Would their deadname still be their "true name" as far as the Gentry are concerned?

Anon said: how would the name thing work with deadnames? would the deadname be the "real name" or the name from birth?

Anon said: What if you legally changed your name? Would that still hold power or something or just your birth name?

Anon said: More for the name things: What about trans students? My name is Lucian but my birth name is completely different. Which one would count as my true name?

Anon said: In terms of trans folks at EU, would their birth name be the one that could control them? Or would it be their preferred name?

Anon said: About the name thing, how does that work for trans people? Do the fae go by birth certificate or what you believe as your name?

Anon said: What about preferred names? Like I don't feel any attachment to my birth/legal name and no one calls me by it. What would be considered dangerous to use?

orendork said: EU question: Would a trans person's real name be their birth name or their chosen name?? Like would it be safe to go by a chosen name?

lupus-lunarem submitted: At elsewhere University if you have a legal name change which name is then used against you? Your birth name or changed name?

Anon said: In response to the question of "true names", I wonder if the Fae could be tricked by the giving of a deadname. Perhaps a trans person/someone who changed their name for personal reasons might be able to give a member of the Folk their deadname as a part of a bargain & the faery would accept it as a part of the bargain, since more antiquated traditions might designate that as the "true name". However, since the person's deadname doesn't really have power over them, the bargain could be safe while remaining valid

zeromylesperhour said: I rly liked your idea of the trans kids playing games for simple things like voice changes. I've also always thought about how true names would work in that situation! Like a faerie might think it has power over a trans kid because it knows their "name" but it's their birth name and not their real name.

Especially in a place where belief holds such power as it does at Elsewhere University, your true name would be your preferred name - the one that means you, heart and soul. While on campus, you should keep it secret from all but those you trust with your life. Your deadname would have no power over you. The legal status of your true name doesn’t matter; it draws its power from the weight and identity you give it.

As far as the Gentry are concerned, in folklore one’s true name was often synonymous with one’s birth name, and I imagine that because of this, for a time after Elsewhere began to seep back into the world, they would ask a birth name as a price for a boon, and occasionally be very, very surprised when it was given without a fight and held no power at all. They have learned to be more careful for what they ask for since then, but not after several rather embarrassing deals, and every once in a while one of the more antiquated Fair Folk will make this mistake over again.

Anon said: So I have another question about names! For reasons, I've always been called by my middle name over my first name by people close to me. Would it count as not giving my name to the fae if I use my first name, which I don't feel as connected to?

Anon said: Didn't the tradition of giving middle names to children came from superstition about the power of true names. This got me thinking, are you ok in Elsewhere U if you have a middle name and you use your first- and last name freely, and do the school official papers keep record of the middle names of the students

theperidotshade said: On the subject of names at Elsewhere University, I'm curious about how it would work out for people like me who go by our middle names/double names. They're essentially nicknames, because we actively choose which of our names to go by, but they were still given to us, so...?

ambicolor said: Sorry if this has been asked before, but what about middle names? My cousin goes by his, but would that count as a true name?

automatomicatomaton said: On the bit about true names - how much power do middle names have?

For some people their identity is very much tied up in their full name and the sense of connection to family it provides, among other reasons; for these people it would be an extremely bad idea to give away any part of it, although full control would possibly be dependent on knowing the full name.

For others, who only feel a strong connection to a piece of their full name, the parts that don’t mean anything to you wouldn’t have any power. However, giving out any part your name that might be on record would be inadvisable. Even if your first or last name alone doesn’t carry any significance, it would make it easier for something to potentially dig up your full name and work out the piece that does mean something. The University takes great care with the official paperwork, and it’s generally considered secure between the custom iron file folders and the encrypted online systems, but, you know. Murphy’s Law.

Anon said: Okay, so on the topic of true names I have something that I've been wondering about. I have two names (English and Hebrew) both given to me by my parents. Which do you think would count as my true name, or is it just a situation of having more to hide from Them?

Anon said: ooo for true names - what about those of us who were born with two different names in two different languages, gifted at the same time? We're one in one country and a different name in another - which name would be our true name? The one used more often? The one which was technically written down first?

It depends what they mean to you – if one is significantly more fundamental to your sense of self than the other, that would be your true name; if they’re equally important they should both be hidden (although I think potentially with two True Names, one would need to know both in order to have full power over you. If you were given a command by someone who Named you with only one of your two names, the compulsion would be strong but you’d stand a chance of resisting).

Anon said: would there be a loophole around being controlled by your given name if They mispronounced it? Like, if you were to give Them your own name written down, and when They speak it They mispronounce it... ? Would that negate the control, while still being a fair trade on your part?

theperidotshade said: Also, what if someone pronounces their name differently than it's phonetically spelled, or typically pronounced? Could they use the typical pronunciation and be safe, or is it about more than just how the name is spoken?

A mispronounced name – a name spoken differently than the version you know to be yours -couldn’t control you. A spoken or signed (as in sign language, not signature) name holds power, and so it must be spoken correctly. A written name does not, in the sense that if someone who knew your true name slipped you a note with your name and a command, you would not be compelled to obey it. But honestly banking on mispronunciation would barely buy you time at all – they’d figure out how to say it sooner rather than later, if only by repeating it a hundred times with increasingly outlandish inflections.

Anon said: So let's say someone was trans and they hadn't come out yet but they had already picked a name out would that be the name they shouldn't give to the gentry?

Yeah, it would – it doesn’t matter how many other people know it (and the fewer the better among people on campus). What makes it a true name is that it’s who you consider yourself to be.

Anon said: Okay, what about a hypothetical scenario in which all of the logistical issues are handwaved away and a person has no "true name"? Like, hippie parents living off the grid (no birth certificates) who just wait, making no assumptions because they believe in self-determination, until their little tyke is old enough to choose a name?

If you’re in the unusual position of never having found a name that you feel a strong connection to, you would be invulnerable in this particular aspect of campus life.

curiousmindsinlurve said: About the names thing theoretically speaking if someone got married and took on their spouses' last name would their maiden name hold more power? Or is it vice versa?

Whichever holds the most significance – I imagine that it varies pretty wildly between people who are radiantly happy to share their loved one’s last name and people who have changed their name because it’s customary but still feel a strong connection to their maiden name and the family history that comes with it.

mithrils-hanger said: Elsewhere U musings, and i suspect that my RPG writer experience has given me a skewed perspective of what is important, but. can you imagine how intense the University's efforts at protecting their records must be? forget mundane identity theft issues, the Payroll, Registrar, and Records departments house untold numbers of true names in their files. every employee. every student. present and all those past. even something as simple as an attendance roster could spell the doom of a student.

nickystar said: A question about EU, if it hasn't been answered already: I assume that to enroll at the school, you'd legally have to apply using your real name, and those in charge of the school would keep these names on lists somewhere. But how do they keep the Fair Folk from finding them and using them for their gain, and who all would have access to the names?

Everything legally and unavoidably essential is kept locked in custom iron filing folders and behind several layers of encryption in the heavily guarded computer systems, in the heavily guarded offices that deal with these things. Students and professors are referred to from the first week on by their chosen names, and they’re kept track of with student ID numbers and photos. It’s not usual for the exhaustively screened staff in charge of all this to have nightmares about making a mistake.

oddloop said: I feel true names would still have power. Whether or not its chosen or given, it is your power and closer to your heart, so by giving that knowledge to someone else you share your power, give them the power over you that you have yourself

True names absolutely have power – it’s hooked into the fundamentals of who you know yourself to be. It can obviously be used for harm, to compel you against your will. But it can be used to save you - this is the flipside. If you’ve eaten the food underhill, if you are too enchanted or dazzled or lost to find your own way back to your own mind, someone who knows your true name can break the spell and call you home.

pretzel-log1c said: In certain tales, Nicknames can be just as powerful as True Names. Especially if they are given. Are their any students that get trapped into the mold of their nickname? Like say, if a student went by Mouse?

It’s happened before. With any luck you don’t choose a safename that has any huge significance to you, and you’re aware enough of your own emotions to tell if you’re getting too attached to it. But these are not guarantees.

Your nickname probably won’t change you. But the rules are bendy here.

tookmelongenough-right said: In regards to Elsewhere U and names, I remember a series where you could bargain to give away one name per boon, so someone could, if they were desperate enough, make up to three deals with the fae. Four, if you had two last names.

If your true name is your full name all together, if you name yourself with the entirety of it – then yes, you could sell it piece by piece. Each fragment would have some power, enough to buy something valuable, if they thought you’d be coming back to make another deal or three.

kikinickle said: Another question about True Names: If you've had a nickname as long as you've had your real name, given to you at birth (or even before birth) and used as often as your legal name (though by fewer people) throughout your life, does it count as much as your legally given name?

It depends on its relevance to who you consider yourself to be.

[huphilpuffs]

have you ever eaten oysters?

I have not and have no interest to tbh. 

send me yes/no questions

[manchesterditl]

rly kinda embarrassing but my favorite movie is that kids movie called surfs up and its just about a penguin achieving his dreams and leaving his crappy small town and it speaks to me on a Spiritual Level

SURFS UP AJSKFGEKGWK wasn’t there a character called chicken joe

[gravitea]

omg who did u kill for ur new url???? i love it

(tysm!!) i sold my soul :’)

[tedywestside]

just dropping in to say i love ur url

wow, thank you :)

[pc-98s]

what's a superfund site???

superfund is an EPA program to clean up dangerously polluted places, and a superfund site is any location on their list. the program’s been running since 1980 but is, ironically, underfunded

that particular location apparently just had cleanup resumed last year after they put in the effort required to contain it in the early 2000s (it was put on the list in 1987). it used to have a factory belonging to rockwell international, which made things like electronics for planes and spacecraft, but this area has several superfund sites because of all the paper mills that used to be here. (as an aside, when i was looking this up i found that there’s a site in this state on the list because in 1994 some kid tried to build a nuclear reactor in his backyard)

the specific problem with that location is, according to the EPA, “Ground water on the site is contaminated with lead, arsenic, cyanide, and 4-methyl-2-pentanone. Private wells downgradient of the plant are contaminated with heavy metals and cyanide. Surface and subsurface soils, groundwater, and sediments in the lagoons and Kalamazoo River were contaminated with VOCs, semi-VOCs, pesticides, PCBs, heavy metals, and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons“ so ya know. good shit.

[writerman]

Music Shuffle

The rules: Put your music on shuffle and answer these questions with the song that comes up. No cheating, because that’d be…cheating.

Title of the first song describes how you are feeling: The Knights Of Cydonia- Muse Second describes your love life: In to the Ocean- Blue October (I don’t know what this means) Third will be played at your wedding: There is a light that never goes out- The Smiths. (I am sure @childofmorrigan would love this!) Add “in my pants” to the title: Downtown (in my pants) by Orson Will be played at your funeral: Slackerbitch- Placebo (I am not sure how anyone would feel about me being cremated to this song XD) Is your theme song: Rock N Roll Suicide- David Bowie. (niiiiice) Will be played when you think of someone you love: But its better if you do- Panic at the Disco (when they still had the ! in their name) Add “with a shovel and a screwdriver”: Have a nice day (with a shovel and a screwdriver) Bon Jovi (Am I mean to use the last song or a new one for this? Who cares, this was perfect) Describes your week: Bring me the disco king- David Bowie (The first line is ‘You promised me the ending would be clear, let me know when the time was now’ sums up my work life tbh) This will be played when you miss someone: Alive- P.O.D (this doesn’t fit really ahah)

I am meant to tag people: @viciousparisian @eggolovingsnowball @alluras-castle @brilynnmatai @undecimber-of-joy @uta-calypse @orendork @android-green @honey-in-the-sunshine @childofmorrigan and anyone else who would like to do it.

[isathesorcerer]

Tagged by @jamie-is-over-kathy-is-sad @pinkest-of-the-lemons @orendork @jemfinchknowswhatyoudidinthedark

[bukbot]

say @sourpandasweetpup is amazing

@orendork just ignore the bukbot cross the chicken In the period when I was only laying 1 or 2 times a day.

[huphilpuffs]

big fluffy dogs make me happy

me too! although I also really love tiny puppies :((

url: i don’t get it sorry | cute! | i love it sm | um,,,,goals

icon: not my thing sorry | super cute! | aaaah so pretty | i’m jealous pls share

mobile theme: it’s okay | cute! | i’m love it | aaah literally my aesthetic

desktop theme: it’s okay | cute! | i’m love it | okay so where can find the code???

posts: not my thing sorry | awesome! | high quality content | can my blog be yours when it grows up?

following: no sorry but ily | i am now! | yes ofc | unfollow button? idk her

comments: the colors of your mobile theme are gorgeous :’)

no more please!

[zim-the-jedi-master]

Pass the happy along! When you get this reply with 5 things that make you happy and send it to the last 10 people in your activity ❤

1. My cat

2. My friends

3. Singing

4. Books

5. Knitting

[cryptidthemusical-blog]

The concept playbill, physical!

@orendork and @jemfinchknowswhatyoudidinthedark met up last night in person and signed each others playbills!

[isathesorcerer]

This ask thing

@jemfinchknowswhatyoudidinthedark tagged me in this! He and a few other friends are working on @cryptidthemusical go check it out!

Bold the statements that are true for you!

APPEARANCE: I am 5′7″ or taller 
I wear glasses 
I have at least one tattoo 
I have at least one piercing 
I have blonde hair 
I have brown eyes 
 I have short hair 
 My abs are at least somewhat defined 
 I have or have had braces 
 There is something I would change about the way I look

PERSONALITY: My Hogwarts house is: Gryffindor Hufflepuff Ravenclaw Slytherin (I’m also a Thunderbird) 
I am an introvert 
I like meeting new people 
 People tell me that I’m funny 
 Helping others with their problems is a big priority for me 
 I enjoy physical challenges 
 I enjoy mental challenges 
I’m playfully rude with people I know well 
 I started saying something ironically and now I can’t stop saying it 
 There is something I would change about my personality

(... that’s a lot of bold)

ABILITY: I can sing well 
 I can play an instrument (viola, piano, violin, cello, guitar kinda) 
 I can do over 30 pushups without stopping (well, halfway I’d have to start those knee pushups tho) 
 I’m a fast runner (not fast so much as consistent, I run a 5k in 22 minutes!)  
I can draw well (check out the  /#my art/ tag to see them) 
 I have a good memory 
 I’m good at doing math in my head 
I can hold my breath underwater for over a minute 
I have beaten at least 2 people in arm wrestling 
 I know how to cook at least 3 meals from scratch 
I know how to throw a proper punch

HOBBIES: I enjoy playing sports (Well you can’t play cross country) 
I’m on a sports team at my school or somewhere else 
I’m in an orchestra or choir at my school or somewhere else (I play the viola everywhere and sing at my church) 
I have learned a new song in the past week I work out at least once a week I’ve gone for runs at least once a week in the warmer months I have drawn something in the past month (i’m in an art block rn but check out the  /#my art / tag to see) I enjoy writing Fandoms are my #1 passion I do or have done martial arts 

EXPERIENCES: I have had my first kiss I have had alcohol 
I have scored the winning goal in a sports game 
I have watched an entire season of a TV show in one sitting (parks and rec, sherlock) I have been at an overnight event 
I have been in a taxi 
I have been in the hospital or ER in the past year I have beaten a video game in one day 
I have visited another country I have been to one of my favorite band’s concerts (sadness)

RELATIONSHIP: I’m in a relationship (with my bed amirite) 
I have a celebrity crush (it would be painful for me to list them all)  
I have a crush on someone I know (I don’t really understand my feelings for a few of my “crushes”) 
I have been in at least 3 relationships 
I have never been in a relationship 
I have asked someone out or admitted my feelings to them 
I get crushes easily 
I have had a crush on someone for over a year 
I have been in a relationship for at least a year 
I have had feelings for a friend

MY LIFE: I have at least one person I consider a “best friend” 
I live close to my school 
My parents are still together 
I have at least one sibling (one lil brother) I live in the United States (NV) There is snow right now where I live (it’s melting really rapidly) I have hung out with a friend outside of school in the past month 
I have a smartphone 
I have at least 15 CDs 
I share my room with someone

RANDOM SHIT: I have breakdanced 
I know a person named Jamie (like, three actually) 
I have had a teacher with a last name that’s hard to pronounce 
I have dyed my hair I’m listening to one song on repeat right now (The Greatest by Sia, it’s really too damn catchy and I have become obsessed with it again) 
I have punched someone in the past week 
I know someone who has gone to jail 
I have broken a bone 
I have eaten a waffle today 
I know what I want to do with my life 
I speak at least 2 languages fluently (English and Spanish, and I understand Portuguese) I have made a new friend in the past year (that’s what a new school zone does! lots of drama at my old zoned school, so i avoided that. also TUMBLR FRIENDS)

If u see this I tag u if you want I guess

I tag @pinkest-of-the-lemons @jamie-is-over-kathy-is-sad @orendork

[bruhgeetuh]

Oren :)

ancient warrior aesthetics, war hammers/battle axes, soldier aesthetics (greek/roman stuffs)

Send in your name and I'll respond with aesthetics that come to mind with them.

[allaboutocs]

Merry Christmas to @orendork From Your Secret Santa!