#theamiableanachronism

[isfjmel-phleg]

Pumpkin Pie and Halloween for the Autumn Asks!

pumpkin pie - Which food always manages to makes you happier?

There are foods that I like, but I don't think any of them have a direct and reliable effect on my happiness.

halloween - What is something you like that others around you don't like?

There aren't a lot of such things, I think? Usually it's the other way around, or else I am passionate about something that others are indifferent to.

But sometimes there'll be a random flare-up of hostility to personality type theories around here? They're allegedly worthless, evil, basically astrology, whatever...and I'm over here with my MBTI username feeling very awkward for liking to analyze people/characters for fun.

[fictionadventurer]

Halloween and Forest Walks for the Autumn Asks!

halloween - What is something you like that others around you don't like?

Poetry. Classic literature. Rosemary. Mushrooms.

forest walks - What do you do to take your mind off things?

*gestures to the website around us*

[cakeissweeterthanpickles]

Hello! 8, 10, and 13 for the writing questions, please! :D

8. If you had to write an entire story without action or dialogue, which would you choose and how would it go?

In middle school, I had an assignment to write a short story. We were encouraged to use a lot of dialogue (because it was measured by number of lines, not words), but I wrote a story without any. It was about a deaf child who meets a mime and they communicate with each other. I'm gonna be honest, it was terrible writing and the story idea sounds bad to me now. But it was also 6th grade so what can you expect

10. Has a piece of writing ever "haunted" you? Has your own writing haunted you? What does that mean to you?

Roald Dahl's The FREAKING Landlady. That's not what it's called but man. I hated that story. If you haven't read it, I advise you not to. Especially if you have a weak stomach, like me. I read that in middle school and I still think about it all the time.

As for my own writing, there was a poem I wrote when I was little that haunts me. Not because it's weird or anything, it was just "good" and I was so embarrassed about the attention it got. So I avoided reading or thinking about it for years. I don't anymore, though. I could post it on tumblr if you really want to read it (I will warn you-only my mom thought it was great)

13. What is a subject matter that is incredibly difficult for you to write about? What is easy?

As far as my creative writing goes, I'm actually really terrible at dialogue. I can write it in my head just fine, but it always sounds so unnatural on paper. Sorry, that's not a subject matter. I'm pretty good at descriptions though, if I can pat myself on the back for anything. Oh, now that I think about it, I'm not good at writing gore, injuries, or anything medical-ish. I'm too squeamish to do any proper research. Also, describing stuff like that (despite detailing being my strong suit) gives me the heebie jeebies

Thanks for the questions! 💞 (I hope all of that made sense lol)

[i-love-books-because-reasons]

Hello! 3, 13, and 22 for the Music Asks! :D

Hello! 😄

3: A song that reminds you of summertime

Will Be Forgetting This by Elias Näslin feat. Elbot

13: One of your favorite 80’s songs

I already answered this in another ask but I love 80s songs so here's another one 😁

Radio Ga Ga by Queen

22: A song that moves you forward

Joy. by For King & Country

[wearetakingthehobbitstogallifrey]

Playlist shuffle

Thank you for the tag @theamiableanachronism!!!

Rules: You can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. Put your playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, and then tag 10 people. No skipping! 1. "Slip Away" by Unsecret and Ruelle

2. "Baarish Ban Jaana" by Payal Dev and Stebin Ben

3. "Super Tuna" by Jin

4. "Long Road Home" by Caroline Polachek

5. "Dimple" by BTS

6. "We Have It All" by Pim Stones

7. "Stay" by BTS

8. "Maze" by The8

9. "100 Ways" by Jackson Wang

10. "닐리리맘보 (Nillili Mambo)" by Block B Not gonna tag anyone since I have made like 3 appearances on tumblr in the last year and I feel mildly guilty about that but if you want to share your music please do!

[cakeissweeterthanpickles]

@theamiableanachronism

I once saw someone claim that Goofy can’t pull off any more than his physical gags. That he has no depth.

And as someone who has seen both the Goofy movies I still feel upset by this. The outrage. The slander. Goofy’s inherit innocence makes the rare moments of emotional turmoil excruciating. You understand nothing.

[thebirdandhersong]

Tagged by @theamiableanachronism (thank youuu Anna!) and figured I might fill it out while I'm still here!! (I see other notifications for tagged things too, which I shall go through more thoroughly when I make a return post-August!)

Last Song I Listened To: Never Enough (Loren Allred), Choux Pastry Heart (Corinne Bailey Rae), Lacrimosa (which I have been listening to a lot these days thanks to @magpie-trove!!!), golden hour (JVKE - was introduced to this song by Joy Clarkson), Magnificat (Waterdeep - has been on repeat since August 15 tbh)

Currently Watching: I have just begun The Bridge to Terabithia, which I already feel in my bones that I will regret watching (this is going to Hurt). I am also in the middle of a long-overdue Sound of Music re-watch. I just watched Barbie in the theatres(!!) and completed another long-overdue rewatch of Alice Syfy :D many thoughts!!!

Currently Reading: An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott (it is SO sweet), What Anglicans Believe (Samuel Wells), The Adventures of Miss Petitfour (Anne Michaels - this is a really sweet and whimsical children's book), George Herbert's The Temple (I just finished writing an essay on Prayer (I) yesterday!)

Current Obsession: There's this Catalan Christmas carol and lullaby that I found out about today that's called "The Song of the Birds"……. you guys. This is the coolest thing ever. I LOVE it. Every verse features a different bird singing about the Incarnation. It's fantastic. (Read about it here. As a girl with a bird blog name, this makes me SO happy.)

Tagging: @magpie-trove @laurelindorenan @lovesodeepandwideandwell @imissthembutitwasntadisaster @contagiousgrace @madamescarlette @o-lei-o-lai-o-lord (sorry if you've already been tagged/already done this.... I am a bit behind on the times! And shall continue to be until September)

[so-true-jestie]

get to know me!

thanks @2nd-mushroom-circle you are sweet.

Currently reading: Ulysses by James Joyce and Plato's Republic for class

Favourite colour: soft or rich pinks, purples, greens. sometimes i think my secret favourite might be yellow.

Last song: Love Me Tender

Last movie: Passing (adaptation of Nella Larsen's 1929 novel)

Sweet/savory/spicy: savoury narrowly wins out sweet.

Currently working on: a Shakespeare table-read and a pesky Plato essay.

Tagging: @lightningladybug @lessnearthesun @theamiableanachronism @orionfalling

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

apologies to @theamiableanachronism who now has that enormous amount of tags in her notifs tonight

[red-winters]

RULES: tagged by @sheet-metal-memories a while back to post the first 9 pictures to show up on pinterest.

Thank you! I love looking at Pinterest, but I avoid it because it's so easy to fall into a rabbit hole...

Tagging: @weirdpolis, @madamescarlette, @the-tiny-dragons-tea-room, @praise-the-lord-im-dead, @called-kept, @the-marshals-wife, @batmantaking-hobbits2gallifrey, @tabbyofwisdom, @theamiableanachronism, @angel-gidget, @abandoned-as-mustard

[francesderwent]

@batmantaking-hobbits2gallifrey and @theamiableanachronism both tagged me to post ten songs from my on repeat playlist, but I’m an inveterate whole-album-all-the-way-through listener and also I don’t listen to music in a way that has easily trackable stats, THEREFORE I am combining that tag with the one from @lilaccatholic (anna also tagged me in this one!) and just posting ten songs which I like or listen to a lot. this is my best guess for most played, and I tried to be honest and convey that I mainly listen to three artists these days:

"All Too Well (Ten Minute Version)", Taylor Swift yeah it's been over a year but it's still The Moment

"Renegade", Taylor Swift and Big Red Machine always relevant, always brilliant

"Safe and Sound", Taylor Swift feat. Joy Williams & John Paul White I've had this on repeat since I reread The Hunger Games in August and I'm overjoyed by the abounding grace of the new one

"Chinese Satellite", Phoebe Bridgers for when I'm experiencing a longing bigger than my body and I don't know what to do with it (i.e. every day)

"Waiting Room" (live on KEXP), Phoebe Bridgers I'm obsessed with how this is a song all about how you think you're gonna wait forever for someone to turn around and love you, but then it repeats "I know it's for the better" until you can actually start to believe it

"Killer" (with Noah and Abby Gundersen), Phoebe Bridgers I love a male-female duet. always have always will. and the piano on this version is so good

"Good Enough", Maisie Peters 'cause I used to think that if I tried my best I'd always win????? people don't leave people if they really are in love?????? thought I was the way home but I was an obstacle to move??!??!???!!??

"Love Him I Don’t", Maisie Peters everyone else can love you but I WON'T!!!!!!

"Blonde", Maisie Peters sometimes you just gotta scream-sing the f-bomb twenty times in a row alone in your car

"Song to the Siren", Rose Betts a shout-out to how derailed my listening habits have been by Lockwood & Co. this song would have been up my alley at any time, but it rules my life now.

[fictionadventurer]

Hansel and Gretel Murder Mystery!

Gretel's hands shook as Hansel led her away from the charred body. How had the investigation gone so wrong? Gretel had never had to use lethal force on a suspect before. Such a brutal way to die.

"She killed children," Gretel said. "She would have killed you."

Hansel put an arm over her shoulders. "You did what you had to do."

[matchamenace]

I posted 880 times in 2022

That's 880 more posts than 2021!

38 posts created (4%)

842 posts reblogged (96%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@bcyoureallthatmakessense

@dxncingwithastrxnger

@electricwalkman

@theamiableanachronism

@1980s-jean-ralphio

I tagged 648 of my posts in 2022

Only 26% of my posts had no tags

#fave - 71 posts

#fanart - 34 posts

#lovely mutuals - 31 posts

#matchamenace - 29 posts

#halloween - 26 posts

#matcha blogs! - 22 posts

#shane madej - 19 posts

#fall - 18 posts

#spooky season - 18 posts

#matcha asks! - 18 posts

Longest Tag: 138 characters

#everytime i think about him i get the weirdest mixture of joy and sadness and i just wanna curl up in a ball and cry and/or possibly vomit

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Who is your stranger things tumblr bestie :)

Oh man I don't have just one bestie, but the peeps I'm closest to are probably:

@dxncingwithastrxnger

@bcyoureallthatmakessense

@claire-de-lune

@purpleangelsele

Of course there's plenty of other blogs I adore that I just haven't interacted with as much, but perhaps one day that'll change 😌

7 notes - Posted November 26, 2022

#4

Got covid booster #2 this morning. Already starting to feel cruddy. 😭

8 notes - Posted November 14, 2022

#3

MY DARK DASH IS BACK

OH THANK GOD- MINE TOO 😭 I don't know how I ever tolerated light mode in the past ahaksks

8 notes - Posted November 16, 2022

#2

Fuck, Marry, Kill

Hopper

Murray

Steve

🥰😌

OH FUCK WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME CLAIRE??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

AHSHSJDJDJDK OKAY!! Kill Murray for sure (he's one of my least favorites, sorry not sorry 🙈) Fuck Hopper 😜, Marry Steve 😘

Ok this actually wasn't hard at all lmao. Just very telling... 👀

11 notes - Posted October 25, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Who are some of your favorite Mileven blogs and why? Let’s spread some positivity and smiles on this fine Friday🌻🐛🌼 then tag 3 other blogs to keep the smiles going.

Oh goodness!! Let's see here agsjsksksk

@dxncingwithastrxnger ABSOLUTE KING 👑🔥🔥🔥 Nothing but good vibes and the fluffiest fics and headcanons you'll ever read!! 🙌 They put SO much thought and care into their posts and are just such a pleasure to interact with 😋💕 Honestly my go-to if I'm looking for lighthearted, feel-good content. (ILY ALEX!!!!!!!! 👋)

@purpleangelsele ACTUAL CINNAMON ROLL ✨ (Sweet with a hint of spice 😎👉👉) Probably one of the friendliest people I've met online lol! Doesn't matter what I post, I can always count on Sel to give me some sort of engagement and I fkin love it!! 🤣 As for their content it's mostly fun and cute headcanons, but they definitely don't shy away from the occasional hot take or petty post 😌 Tons of personality. Great sense of humor. LOVE THEM!!! 💜💜💜

@mikes-pineapple-pizza Incredibly articulate and astute observations!! 🙌✨ Has a knack for breaking down a variety of ST topics (including, but not limited to Mileven) in a way that's intelligent, but also very chill and unpretentious. Idk. Their content just really speaks to me and I think they're super cool. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Fr tho, this person could make a podcast just analyzing anything in the show and I would EAT IT UP!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

@claire-de-lune Ah man the duality of Claire.... 🤣🤣🤣 Deliciously petty, but simultaneously has some of the sweetest and unique headcanons to offer! 🥰 A VERY passionate Mileven defender who won't take shit from nobody, but an absolute delight to have on your side 😜💕

@lenorahills @fricchead @rllybritrlly @pumpkingface BITCHIN' ARTISTS!!! Each have such cute and unique illustration styles, and it's ridiculous how excited I get everytime they post new content asksksk 🙈💕 As an artist myself, I could not recommend them more 🙌

Anyway I think I'm gonna end descriptions here, but here's some other Mileven blogs I adore:

@truessences @teafiend @flamingfalcon3 @bcyoureallthatmakessense @pjo-fan17 @elsmike @crisperia @reganx2 @mikewheely

It definitely doesn't end there, but I'm feeling lazy today, so I sincerely apologize to anyone I might've excluded! I still love and appreciate you all!!! 😘

25 notes - Posted October 15, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

[demigodofhoolemere]

Finally getting to this, thanks for the tags @melliabee and @theamiableanachronism 😊

Last song: Brother by NEEDTOBREATHE

Last show: Doctor Who (shocking, I know)

Currently reading: Prince Caspian

Current obsession: Literally all over the place right now lol. My thoughts have consistently been in like five different fandoms at once lately. But Doctor Who is generally the most persistent one that never really tapers off so we’ll go with that.

[thebirdandhersong]

Playlist Shuffle 🎶

Rules: You can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. Put your playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, and then tag 10 people. No skipping!

Tagged by @theamiableanachronism thank you, Anna :D

evermore - TS

The Graduate - The Arcadian Wild

Mary's Song (Our King of Peace) - Wendell Kimbrough

My Love Has Gone Across the Sea - Andrew & Skye Peterson

Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus - Paul Zach

Veni Creator Spiritus - Cisterian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz

Asleep - Sleeping At Last

No Light, No Light - Florence + the Machine

Hosanna - Josh Garrels

I Got Rhythm - Gene Kelly

[so-true-jestie]

thank you lovely mor @morethanfantasy for the tag! i've done this before but we'll switch the answers up a little this time

Three ships: Bea & Ben but this time from NMTD! the sweetest Ana & Edwin Jarvis (Marvel). and then maybe Emma & Mr Knightley, although you can absolutely feel free to scream about the age gap; i think they've got an interesting dynamic other than that

First ever ship: fairly certain it was Percabeth. classic classic. they are so haha wow you know

Last song/album: Fall In Love Alone (Stacey Ryan) and The Weather (Lawrence)!

Last movie: Lady Chatterley's Lover

Currently reading: ... Lady Chatterley's Lover. i'm also trying really hard with Ulysses (James Joyce) but it's slow going.

Currently watching: if it HAD to be something, maybe Lovely Little Losers again?

Currently consuming: well i just had oats. and i've been consuming part of the Platonic corpus if that counts

Currently craving: an outfit like Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday, actually

passing the torch to @lightningladybug @theamiableanachronism if you so feel the fire