#this is about niles crane specifically though so

[hungyhouse]

he’s like a chew toy to me

[olivereactsaboutgarbage]

Higurashi When They Cry - Watanagashi Chapter 5

I just want everyone to know that I don’t have the Steam achievement for meeting Shion. That’s so outrageous. I have the Steam achievement for getting food from Shion and the Steam achievement for getting rescued by Shion but not the one for meeting her.

Anyways

Keiichi’s Shion Meal is actually a super powerful rare meal he obtained via cheating that has been imposed upon him.

Also I think Rena is shipping Keiichi and Mion probably. If I’m right that’d be funny after Keiichi spent half of the last arc shipping Keiichi and Rena.

Hmm. Two? Where by “Two?” I mean “That’s inherently unacceptable!!”

Oh, Keiichi’s voice acting was cute here. That’s a first. For his voice acting. And probably a higher single-digit number in terms of overall Keiichi Cuteness Moments. Still a single-digit number either way though. But... a higher one if we’re counting things other than voice acting.

Keiichi learns that he can actually drag three leeches to the Shion Meal, but he only learns it while surrounded by leeches, so he learned it at a bad time, because it takes more than three leeches to surround a person, and also he doesn’t like them.

Keiichi doesn’t like to make jokes about sexual assault. I guess that makes him a better When They Cry protagonist than Battler.

Ew... did I really just say that...? Ew... disgusting...

Hmm, if Rena is actually a Keiichi/Mion shipper, and Shion is actually a completely different person from Mion (possibly untrue) and Keiichi is stupid (definitely true), that specific set of conditions would mean it sucks for Rena how Shion is groping all over Keiichi. Metaphorically speaking. It’s up to you to figure out what part of what I just said was a metaphor--shouldn’t be too hard, maybe.

Unfortunately for Keiichi, Shion’s Mealhouse is also a den of leeches. The acting drains from their voices and presumably also the color drains from Keiichi’s face.

fuck, this entire chapter is making me like keiichi. the stakes aren’t even high, why do i like him right now

Well, I guess this is just the same thing they pulled on the show Frasier via the existence of Niles Crane. Except I actually like Niles Crane. Not that I’m an avid Frasier fan.

Keiichi reiterates his stance that sexual harassment is actually bad.

Non-voiced text disagrees.

Keiichi decides to unveil the foreshadowed Shion Reciprocity and make a huge scene. Also he’s fatphobic. Also his fuckin’ Way-More-Useless-Spidey-Senses are inescapable even when they don’t really impact the plot meaningfully. They truly are innate to the boy himself, and not simply to his genre.

Ick, don’t say that. Especially not without enclosing it in <>s, old-timer! ...Actually I don’t know offhand which localization is older, but I know what I like, so I have chosen to ascribe youth to that which I like.

Keiichi lacks training and is a young man, so in order to cover for one of those deficiencies, he summons Chekhov’s Leeches who aren’t young men: Rena and the Toddlers.

wtf since when are all the losers not losers. they’re even less losery than the last time they weren’t losers!!

LMAO

Keiichi is pretending he owns walky-talkies. Or maybe he actually owns them. Probably not though.

The punctuation is getting sassy this time around. I like it! :)

This is the single most vile sentence known to man???

Why’d an entire BG get drawn for this restroom. How many more times is Keiichi gonna come in here.

Not “a” girl, not “the” girl, but simply Girl, in its purest state. Like a Toddler 02-shaped-hole punched through reality straight to the ocean known as All Quantifiable “Girl” Substance. I guess that makes Toddler 02 one of the best characters, because entity-shaped holes punched through reality are extremely great, especially when they lead to The Outer Turn!

...why would anyone trying to rationally explain their position end their sentence with “NyaaaAAAHH~”. Well whatever

Ah, but the English words used by the voice acting were clearly “I shall return”. Everyone else isn’t actually going to return, and the implication that they will is a false narrative concocted for unclear yet sinister reasons.

Anyway, Keiichi’s anti-leech fatphobia saved the day.

If the voice acting is to be believed, then the definition of the word “hau” is “was a pervert”. This explains a lot about Rena’s character!

Hmm... I suppose it could be said then that I also wield it... the power to make Keiichi laugh...

Ah yes, playing dumb. Another episode of Keiichi Being Correct Moments.

Is Rena calling Keiichi “the girl” here? Hmm... it suits him.

Rena all-but-confirms Keiichi’s theory that Mion and Shion are the same. Phew, I guess the fact that Shion loves groping Keiichi isn’t going to ruin Rena’s day after all. Not that I care especially deeply about that specific Mood Hypothetical.

Ah... hold on... let me do some cross-referencing...

“I’m very kind and thoughtful, but Shion has a cold and scary personality...!”

Alright. Dichotomy noted.

Nico Robin moment

Correct.

Wrong.

MEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >:(

Oh right, I kinda forgot about that too. It was like two hiatuses ago on my part.

Um. Okay dude

Anyway, I can’t believe it... Keiichi has entered his Mind Palace and activated Smart Mode. Via the activation of Smart Mode, he’s completely eviscerated his greatest character flaw... this power level is way too high...

...okay even with Smart Mode activated, Keiichi didn’t even note the dichotomy I noted. Okay

Y’know a friend was saying a while ago that as someone who started with the anime, he found the VN’s pacing unbearable. I wonder if the anime also has this many extensive flashbacks in Keiichi’s Mind Palace.

BRO THE WORLD IS SO ORANGE??? There need to be more visual novels that take place in Orange World.

Anyway, this is just the plot of Umineko.

Keiichi decides to fix everything by giving Shion a toy, like in that Phineas and Ferb movie where Doofenshmirtz fixes everything by giving Shoofenshmirtz a toy. Keiichi is standing in for Mion in this situation and also this analogy doesn’t make any sense.

Wait, actually, Keiichi isn’t going to give Shion a toy directly, he’s going to make Mion give Shion the toy. So my analogy was fucking great and all of you were wrong to ever doubt me!

You jackass. Mion, just give her the toy already so she goes to jail

yeah she is laying this on way too thick for it to be anything other than a lie

i am going to commit fucking murder

Meanwhile, in Side Story Land...

What??? Why is Shion putting Keiichi in a car in Side Story Land??? What is this

OMG!!!! IT’S ULKI FROM FIRE EMBLEM!!!! YES YES YES YES YES

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22 questions

I was tagged by @my-little-kraken. Thanks for the tag, love!

1. The book that transformed your life.

I wouldn’t say this transformed my life, but a book that had quite an impact on me was Night by Elie Wiesel. I really learned a lot about the Holocaust from it.

2. The movie that changed the way you see the world.

I don’t think this changed the way I see the world, but it did sort of change my life— 1917. It wasn’t even the movie itself that changed my life, it was the fandom. The 1917 fandom is full of such wonderful people, and they really changed my life in the best way possible.

3. The music that makes part of the soundtrack of your life.

Any songs by Bix Beiderbecke, Glenn Miller, and Annette Hanshaw.

4. Define longing.

The desire for something you can’t have, whether it be temporary or permanent.

5. If you got back in time, which scene would you visit of your life?

I would probably re-live one of the summers when I was little. Going to baseball games, going to the fair here, and listening to The Beach Boys, The Chantays and Buddy Holly all day.

6. The place where your heart is.

The museum that I volunteer at. It’s a 1920s museum that’s like a little 1920s town. I’ve always wished I lived there.

7. The travel of your life.

I went to Victoria last summer (exactly a year ago actually) and it was so much fun. There are so many historical buildings there and it’s a lovely city!

8. An author that you have met recently, and whose works you want to continue to read.

The author I met most recently was like 5 years ago. Shane Peacock came to my school. I’ve read his Boy Sherlock Holmes series and loved it.

9. Coffee or tea?

TEA ALL THE WAY. I may or may not be a bit addicted to tea...

10. Who’s your Doctor (if you don’t watch Doctor Who, who’s your favorite character from a TV series)?

I don’t watch Dr. Who, but my favourite TV characters are probably Niles Crane from Frasier, Ralph Furley from Three’s Company, and Opie Taylor from The Andy Griffith Show.

11. If you could just throw everything away and live your dream, what would you do?

I would time travel to Edwardian England.

12. If you could choose to be a character from a book, TV series or movie, who you would be?

I would probably be Liz from Keeping Up Appearances. Even though putting up with Hyacinth would be a pain, I think it would be quite amusing to live next door to her and watch her complain to the mailman or the milkman or her relatives or to whoever approaches her house.

13. What makes you not like a story?

Unfinished endings. I don’t mind a bit of a cliffhanger, but when the story really doesn’t seem to have a proper ending, I don’t like it. I like when stories come to some sort of conclusion, not when you have to come up with your own ending.

14. Do you like romance in stories? Why?

I wouldn’t say I’m specifically into romance stories, but I think some sort of romance can really add to the plot of any genre. Even if it’s, like, a horror movie, romance of some sort gives the characters more depth.

15. Which book did you hate having read?

I absolutely hated Cinder. The plotline wasn’t very interesting or believable and the ending was awful. It was supposed to be a twisted version of Cinderella but it was nothing like it. It was really, really bad. Also, one book I had to read in grade 7 that I hated was Le Grenouille et la Baleine. Does a cheesy book from 1988 about a girl being able to breathe underwater and talk to whales sound interesting to you? Not to mention the fact that French is my second language? That book was truly awful. I cried while reading it— not because it was emotional, but because I got so frustrated with having to read it.

16. Which movie did you hate having watched?

Trolls. It was so, so bad. I get that it’s a children’s movie, but it was wayyyy too sunshine and rainbows and unicorns. When I got my wisdom teeth removed, Trolls happened to be playing in the lobby and I just about died

17. Do you like anime/manga? Any favorite?

Nope. I did like Pokemon when I was younger, though.

18. Who is the best villain you saw in a story?

The Lodger in The Lodger (wow what a great sentence). I know it’s revealed that he isn’t the villain, but Ivor Novello plays such a convincing villain! Yet, I can totally see why he was innocent.

19. If you could do an interview with any person, alive or dead, from our world, who would you choose and why?

Buster Keaton, of course! I would love to hear him talk more about his vaudeville days and what it was like.

20. If you could meet and and befriend a writer, who would it be?

I would definitely meet F. Scott Fitzgerald, but I’m not sure if I would want to befriend him. Because he had a lot of personal troubles I feel like he would be a bit difficult to get along with sometimes. But I would definitely love to have a conversation with him!

21. Cats or dogs?

Dogs!!!

22. If you could choose any time period or society to live, which it would be?

As I said before, it would probably be Edwardian England!

This was fun, thank you for tagging me! I’m tagging @schofielded, @made-by-our-history, @silverscene, @lukethewanderer, @heavy-focking-metal, and @miss-amna if you would like to do this!

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@fallynleaf​ tagged me in a “get to know you better” meme so here it goes

top three ships: This is hard because I am an inveterate multishipper and I’m not currently into any specific shippy stuff. My old holdout is McShep from SGA. Right now I’m still very much in the trenches of Boku no Hero Academia fandom and I’ll be clear with you, the fandom is an absolute shitshow and cesspool of rudeness so just typing this very well may get me death threats but I totally ship Bakudeku, although I also am cool with practically every other ship out there (and there are a LOT). Okay now that I’m mulling it over I still have a lot of feelings about Ron/Hermione, which is very boring old lady of me but whatchagonnado, and besides, my other HP ship is Snarry so there’s your real “getting to know me better” factoid. I have a real thing for best friends who snark at each other and then fall in love with lots of friction along the way. 

last movie: I rarely watch movies these days. A while ago I saw the theatrical rerelease of Princess Mononoke and it was as mind blowingly gorgeous as I remembered.

lipstick or chapstick: lipstick but only rarely, when I need to do Real Human drag. I’ve got this fancy lip mask stuff that I put on but it’s nothing like chapstick and also I have no idea if it does anything other than make my mouth sticky when I go to bed.

watching: oddly enough, Frasier. It’s my comfort show apparently, I watch it about once a decade it seems. Turns out I’m damn near Niles-kin. I just watched the episode where it’s revealed that neither Crane brother can ride a bicycle and I’m like, IT ME

last song: Uyama Hiroto’s Into the Freedom, I’m very much into freeform contemporary jazz these days. BUT ALSO, TONIGHT!!!! I’ll be going to the opera! So by the time anybody probably reads this my last song will have been the entirety of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. It is by all accounts extremely russian. I’m not the hugest fan of Tchaikovsky’s music; it strikes me as bombastic in a formulaic way, but I acknowledge that this is my modern sensibilities at play. At one level of remove, his work is a fascinating interplay of the cultural influences of his time period and place between east and west, conservative and liberal, old and new.

reading: FANFICTION. Right now as I said I’m deep in the trenches of Boku no Hero Academia fandom; I’ve got like thirty tabs open in another window. I will not be reccing any because tbqh it’s mostly trash and the good stuff is easy to find by sorting AO3 by kudos. But my brains does what it wants, I guess. Mostly it wants to read about All Might living with chronic pain and Bakugou getting roasted into being a better person.

playing: I recently played and beat Link’s Awakening and now I’m on a big Zelda kick again. I think I’m going to try playing ye olde Link to the Past, even though I am righteously terrible at older videogames. I also regularly play Gloomhaven most Saturday nights, which is an enormous board game if you didn’t know. I play a Quatryl Tinkerer named Bosch, they’re nonbinary and I named them after hieronymus bosch because when I first looked at the illustration I thought they looked a little bit like a ninja turtle gone terribly wrong so I was like “master painters, but much weirder...”  

tag 9 people: (if you wanna do it please consider yourself tagged) @splitredglove @nonasuch @mere-vanilla @wexlermendelssohn @cosmoscrusher @twiggymcbones @gravityeyelids @xavixavxav @221b-bakerstreet-camelot

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Flower Asks: all of them >:3€ (forgive me)

(this is so many omg but I’ll allow it only bc i love u)

Alisons: Sexuality? 

     Gay af (ace lesbean)

Amaranth: Pronouns/Gender?

     Waman (she/they)

Amaryllis: Birthday?

     November 2nd

Anemone: Favorite flower?

     Funnily enough anemones are one of my favs but i think my top favs are chrysanthemums and morning glories but I really love many flowers and flowers in general

Angelonia: Favorite t.v. show?

     As of right now, stranger things duh

Arum-Lily: What’s the farthest you’d go for a stranger?

     Like favors or? I mean I really do try to be a kind and helpful person but if I don’t know somebody or haven’t at least seen them a couple times before I usually don’t do much bc of anxiety 

Aster: What’s one of your favorite quotes?

     "The extraordinary is in what we do, not who we are.” Lara Croft mostly bc I cant think of anything else right now and that stuck with me

Aubrieta: Favorite drink?

     Like a really good cup of black tea with cream and sugar or sweet tea

Baby’s Breath: Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?

     Never been kissed before but I definitely have someone in mind I would kiss ;3

Balsam Fir: Have you ever been in love?

     Hell yeah I am right now and I don’t think I ever have been before now

Baneberries: Favorite song?

     Oh hard question... currently really digging We Fell In Love in October by Girl in Red 

Basket of Gold: Describe your family.

     My family is supportive (for the most part) and very loving, even if they express love in weird ways sometimes. We also like to joke around a lot and make fun of each other but in a good way? Like we all have a good time mostly and I get along better with everyone since I started college

Beebalm: Do you have a best friend? Who is it?

     My girlfriend is my best friend uwu I also have a lot of good friends but yeah

Begonia: Favorite color?

     Purble but specifically like a pastel purple and purples that lean more towards blue than pink

Bellflower: Favorite animal?

     Lynx! I love so many animals tho and I also like many cats and domestic cats in general

Bergenia: Are you a morning or night person?

     Night!

Black-Eyed Susan: If you could be any animal for a day, what would it be?

     Probably would love to just be a loved house cat who gets to lay in front of the fire all day or a lynx bc i love them

Bloodroots: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

     A veterinarian (or a special agent lmao)! I also still plan on being a vet tho even tho I get discouraged at least once a month 

Bluemink: What are your thoughts on children?

     I mean I like kids and I was a camp counselor for a summer, but I dont really want any of my own

Blazing Stars: What are you afraid of? Is there a reason why?

     Oh god so many things.. Biggest thing would maybe be death/dying? Like if i think about it too much like the possibility of there just being nothing after death freaks me out. That and throwing up/nausea 

Borage: Give a random fact about your childhood.

     I played soccer and then I was a competitive swimmer so i was kind of an athlete? even tho i hated sports

Bugleherb: How would you spend your last day on Earth?  

     I think I would like to go to waffle house, have the perfect cup of tea, spend lots of time with my loved ones and pet my kitties, play video games with my gf, and sit under a tree in the mountains preferably on a warmer day in the fall and watch the sunset 

Buttercup: Relationship Status?

     Very happily taken

Camelia: If you could visit anywhere, where would you want to go?

     Always wanted to visit Norway

Candytufts: When do you feel most loved?

      Really big long hugs, good morning or goodnight messages, and I also really love cards 

Canna: Do you have any tattoos?  

     I have 6 

Canterbury Bells: Do you have any piercings?

     Yup! I have an industrial, orbital, and 3 earlobe piercings   

California Poppy: Height?  

     5′2 or maybe a little less

Cardinal Flower: Do you believe in ghosts?

     Yeah I think so, but I do also get freaked out easily lmao

Carnation: What are you currently wearing? 

     Red flannel, jeans, fuzzy socks, and big dyke boots  

Catnip: Have you ever slept with a nightlight?

     Yeah I did for a long time and I still sometimes sleep with one or like a bathroom light on if Im sleeping by myself in a new place

Chives: Who was the last person you hugged?  

     Either my mom or my dad I dont remember technically who was last bc my parents are visiting me at college

Chrysanthemum: Who’s the last person you kissed?

     Again, never kissed or been kissed! but maybe soon... :0

Cock’s Comb: Favorite font?

     Font? I like the font in Night in the Woods?

Columbine: Are you tired?

     Pretty much always either sleepy or tired lol

Common Boneset: What are you looking forward to?

     Christmas, getting to see my gf again, and Magfest!

Coneflower: Dream job?

     Like a veterinarian but having my own practice and also being able to take in injured wildlife if possible

Crane’s-Bill: Introvert or extrovert?

     Introvert for sure

Crocus: Have you ever been in love?

     Oh repeat question, hell yes

Crown Imperial: What’s the farthest you would go for someone you care about?

     Depends what it is but I would go pretty far for somebody I care about and Im also a crazy person and would drive/travel no matter what distance for someone I love

Cyclamen: Did you have a favorite stuffed animal as a child? What was it?

     Yup! I had a ballerina bunny, named Bunny because I was very creative and I still have her

Daffodil: What’s your zodiac sign?

     Scorpio

Dahlia: Have you done anything worth remembering?

     I think so? I did a lot of cool stuff with my GS troop like our bronze award project and going ziplining and to sliding rock. 

Daisy: What do you feel is your greatest accomplishment?

     My GS gold award for sure, that shit was hard work and stressful af

Daylily: What would you do if your parents didn’t like your partner(s)?  

     Umm??? I would tell my dad to eat shit and die and I cant imagine my mom being anything but sweet and supportive so I dont even know

Dendrobium: Who is the last person that you said “I love you” to?

     You! This morning uwu

False Goat’s Beard: What is something you are good at?

     uhh Im pretty good at making sense of stuff in my science labs and reasoning and im sometimes good at art? I feel like I do traditional better but Im getting better at digital

Foxgloves: What’s something you’re bad at?

     bad at not being impulsive sometimes and bad at dead by daylight 

Freesia: What are three good things that have happened in the past month?

     a little over a month but officially got a girlfriend who i love very much, my gf came down to visit and we got to chill on the mountains together, and I had a pretty nice birthday 

Garden Cosmos: How was your day today?

     Good! Got breakfast at a diner with my parents and got coffee and a donut at my fav coffee shop so thats all i really need in life tbh 

Gardenia: Are you happy with where you’re at in your life?

     Yeah Im happy even tho Im stressed with school at times 

Gladiolus: What is something you hope to do in the next year or two?

     Get a job after graduation and hopefully get into vet school on the first or second try

Glory-of-the-Snow: What are ten things that make you happy/you’re grateful to have in your life?

     My kitty, mom, wonderful gf, sister, dead by daylight, heated blanket, apartment, waffle house, my sisters kitty, and my dog

Heliotropium: What helps you calm down when you feel stressed?  

     Donuts, coffee or tea, blankets, video games, and loud music

Hellebore: How do you show affection?

     Hmm... I really like to draw art for those i love, tell them how much i love them even though i can be bad with words, and i just try to spend a lot of time with the people I care about no matter what we are doing

Hoary Stock: What are you proudest of?

     uhhh trying to open up more? and Im really proud of my gf 

Hollyhock: Describe your ideal day.

     Going to waffle house. Go to a mountain and hike a little, sit on the top with girlfriend. Admire beauty of mountain countryside. Admire beauty of girlfriend while they admire the beauty of the mountain. Then warm up together with hot chocolate and play video games

Hyacinth: What do you like to do in your free time?  

     I like to doodle and do the arts, play video games, and I like to bake sometimes

Hydrangea: How long have you known your best friend? How did you meet them?

     uuuuuuh I have a good friend I’ve known since kindergarten or first grade when I first moved to where I currently live

Irises: Who can you talk to about (almost) everything?

     My gf uwu and my mem

Laceleaf: How many friends do you have?

     probably like less than 10 

Lantanas: What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received?

     I think its really cute especially when you compliment my laugh

Larkspur: What do you think of yourself?

     ??? I think I am an okay person? And I try to be a good person and be kind and polite to people

Lavender: What’s your favorite thing about yourself?

     Umm... I mean I like that Im kind? and Im not fake and I try to be a good person     

Leather Flower: What’s your least favorite thing about yourself?  

      I hate that I procrastinate and that I can get frustrated easily at myself and at situations like crowds and traffic

Lilac: What’s something you liked to do as a child?

     I liked to play ‘restaurant’ with my sister with our littlest pet shops

Lily: Who was your best friend when you were a kid?

     I had a really great best friend named Rachel :c

Lily of the Incas: What is something you still feel guilty for?

     Losing a lot of friends and for being distant for a long time 

Lily of the Nile: What is something you feel guilty for that you shouldn’t feel guilty about?  

     Cutting off a friend that was bad for my mental health and who didnt treat me well even though we were best friends for a long time 

Lupine: What does your name mean? Why is that your name?

     My name is literally my parents ship name... like they even told me they chose my name by putting their names together lmao but I mean I like my name so i guess its okay..

Marigold: Where did you grow up? Tell us about it.

     Small town in new jersey when I was really, it was nice and family was closer. Then we moved and that was difficult but I ended up adjusting and it was good, had a decent amount of friends and the schools i went to were good

Morning Glory: What was your bedroom like growing up?

     For a long time I shared a room with my sister and we had a bunkbed and I had the top bunk of course, when we moved out of the apartment and into a house I got my own room and it was baby blue only because I told my dad that no, I didnt want a fuckin pink room and that was a whole thing lmao

Mugworts: What was it like for you as a teenager? Did you enjoy your teenage years?  

    It was good? but also sucked a lot. I had a lot of issues with my mental health and struggled for a long while with something. I was bullied and stuff at home wasnt always that great. And i got outed so that was fun. Other than that I enjoyed swimming competitively and I got into art

Norwegian Angelica: Tell us about your mom.

I love my mom!! she is the most Mom mom and is so sweet and always there for me. She helps me out so much with so many things and I just love my mom so much

Onions: Tell about your dad.  

     I mean I love my dad? And hes better than he used to be, but he still doesnt help with shit and irritates me a lot. 

Orchid: Tell about your grandparents.

     I never got to know my grandfather on my moms side bc he passed away a few months before i was born and I sort of knew my grandmother but she lived far away and passed away 10 years ago. I usually see my gramma on my dads side the most and I try to visit often and help her out with stuff and I love her even though she can be a bit... racist and shit.. and I sometimes see my grandpa and step grandma but they can be strict about weird shit and always ask a lot of uncomfortable questions

Pansy: What was your most memorable birthday? What made it be so memorable?

     I dont really do much on my birthdays? Ive had a lot of nice birthdays and it usually involves going out to dinner or having a nice dinner at home and having birthday cake and playing games like jenga or yahtzee.

Peony: What was your first job?

     I did some petsitting for a while but my first real job was being a camp counselor/tower belayer/lifeguard at a girl scout camp

Petunia: If you’re in a relationship, how did you meet your partner(s)?

     Met online after following them for a long time and drawing some arts for them, but didnt really start chatting until stranger things 3 came out bc I saw they had just watched it. Didnt meet irl until fursonacon and I just remember seeing them walking up to my car when I got there and just being like .... oh no.  I had already had a crush but at that point I was just heart eyes      

Pincushion: How do you deal with pain?

     Its a little fucked up but depending on the type of physical pain I like it? Like getting tattoos and stuff.. emotional/mental I just curl up in blankets and listen to sad music lol

Pink: Where is home?

    I feel like I have many homes? I feel really at home in the mountains, at home with my family, and when Im with my girlfriend

Plantain Lilies: If you could go back in time, what is one thing you would stop/change?

     Every event no matter how shitty shaped me into who i am today and Im pretty content and lucky with what I have today so maybe nothing?

Prairie Gentian: Who is someone you look up to? Describe them.

     My GS leader Miss Kristin. So incredibly kind and outgoing and just willing to do whatever she can to help others. Shes so adventurous and outgoing and made my gs troop so amazing. She is such a wonderful lady and shes basically like another mom to me.

Primrose: Describe your ideal life.

     To be with my SO in a nice cabin in the mountains with a nice fireplace. Its cozy and we have pets (especially kitties but also maybe a dog and chickens and such) and life is okay and we’re happy

Rhodendron: What is something you used to believe in as a child?

     God and Santa Claus (i was so heartbroken (over santa not God lmao))

Ricinus: Who’s the most important in your life?

     My girlfriend and my mom

Rose: What’s your favorite sound?

    My gfs voice and their laugh c: and I also really like the sound of thunderstorms and rain

Rosemallows: What’s your favorite memory?

Sage: What’s your least favorite memory?

Snapdragon: At this moment, what do you want?  

     To see my gf again and for winter break to just be here already I am so done with school lol

St. John’s Wort: Is it easy or difficult for you to express how you feel about things?

     Difficult? I try really hard to express how I feel but I usually mess up and I get anxious but I try my best lol

Sunflower: What is something you don’t want to imagine life without?

     Any of my loved ones and my cat 

Sweet Pea: How much sleep did you get last night?

     I wish I got more sleep but it was an okay amount

Tickseed: What’s your main reason to get up every morning?

     Good morning texts from my gf and my gf in general

Touch-Me-Not: How do you feel about your current job?

      I dont currently have a job but I occasionally do art commissions which is usually fun and gives me something to do 

Transvaal Daisy: What’s your favorite item of clothing?

     Any of my flannels and my leather jacket (also not mine but my gfs hoodie they gave to me to borrow)

Tropical White Morning Glory: Describe your aesthetic. 

     mountains, cabins, flowers, fall, flannel, small coffee shops, pastels 

Tulip: What would be the best present to get you?

     Im not one to be picky about gifts? I just love anything that someone put some thought into and thought I would like or reminded them of me but i feel bad if it was something expensive or anything lol

Vervain: What’s stressing you out most right now?

     Final exams and graduation

Wisteria: How many books have you read in the past few months? What were they called?

     0 lmao I used to read a shit ton but Ive been picky about what books I want to read lately 

Wolf’s Bane: Where do you want to be in life this time next year?

    Working towards applying to vet school and maybe thinking about moving out depending on a lot of things.

Yarrow: Do you know what vore is?

     Unfortunately

Zinnia: Give a random fact about yourself.

     I like collecting pins, pennies, and postcards which is funny to me

(So in conclusion,,, I love my gf)

(wow that was long as hell and took forever but done!)

[innerclouds]

more:

Flower Asks

Alisons: Sexuality? Ends with an "I".

Amaranth: Pronouns/Gender?

Yeah no.

Amaryllis: Birthday?

Eventually.

Anemone: Favorite flower?

Irises/Roses.

Angelonia: Favorite t.v. show?

Recently? Good omens was bretty gud.

Arum-Lily: What’s the farthest you’d go for a stranger?

5ft.

Aster: What’s one of your favorite quotes?

None in particular.

Aubrieta: Favorite drink?

Water, black tea, black coffee, root beer, ginger ale, Dr. pepper.

Baby’s Breath: Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?

e-kisses, yes. But I'd prefer real.

Balsam Fir: Have you ever been in love?

Yes.

Baneberries: Favorite song?

None currently.

Basket of Gold: Describe your family.

Split in two.

Beebalm: Do you have a best friend? Who is it?

Bae.

Begonia: Favorite color?

Gray, black, blue, purple.

Bellflower: Favorite animal?

Shark.

Bergenia: Are you a morning or night person?

Owl.

Black-Eyed Susan: If you could be any animal for a day, what would it be?

Bloodroots: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Paleontologist, vet.

Bluemink: What are your thoughts on children?

Noisy, grabby sprats.

Blazing Stars: What are you afraid of? Is there a reason why?

Lots of things, yes and no.

Borage: Give a random fact about your childhood.

I was the weird nature/rocks/animals kid.

Bugleherb: How would you spend your last day on Earth?  

I've answered this.

Buttercup: Relationship Status?

Bae.

Camelia: If you could visit anywhere, where would you want to go?

I've answered this too.

Candytufts: When do you feel most loved?

Cuddling.

Canna: Do you have any tattoos?  

No.

Canterbury Bells: Do you have any piercings?  

No.

California Poppy: Height?  

Smol.

Cardinal Flower: Do you believe in ghosts?

In a manner.

Carnation: What are you currently wearing?  

Pink Floyd prism pants and brother's band logo t-shirt.

Catnip: Have you ever slept with a nightlight?

When I was very small, yes.

Chives: Who was the last person you hugged?  

Bae.

Chrysanthemum: Who’s the last person you kissed?

Bae.

Cock’s Comb: Favorite font?

Victorian parlor.

Columbine: Are you tired?

Very.

Common Boneset: What are you looking forward to?

Answered this.

Coneflower: Dream job?

See above.

Crane’s-Bill: Introvert or extrovert?

Intro.

Crocus: Have you ever been in love?

You asked this already.

Crown Imperial: What’s the farthest you would go for someone you care about?

Quite far.

Cyclamen: Did you have a favorite stuffed animal as a child? What was it?

Yes. Maggie.

Daffodil: What’s your zodiac sign?

Rat.

Dahlia: Have you done anything worth remembering?

Possibly.

Daisy: What do you feel is your greatest accomplishment?

Bit personal.

Daylily: What would you do if your parents didn’t like your partner(s)?  

Too bad, I don't pick a partner to please them.

Dendrobium: Who is the last person that you said “I love you” to?

Bae, though not quite the same wording.

False Goat’s Beard: What is something you are good at?

Complaining.

Foxgloves: What’s something you’re bad at?

Self praise and self confidence.

Freesia: What are three good things that have happened in the past month?

Something game related, something personal related, something food related.

Garden Cosmos: How was your day today?

Mildly irritating.

Gardenia: Are you happy with where you’re at in your life?

Depends.

Gladiolus: What is something you hope to do in the next year or two?

Long list.

Glory-of-the-Snow: What are ten things that make you happy/you’re grateful to have in your life?

See too personal.

Heliotropium: What helps you calm down when you feel stressed?  

Naps, chatting, certain asmrs.

Hellebore: How do you show affection?

Gifts.

Hoary Stock: What are you proudest of?

I've answered this.

Hollyhock: Describe your ideal day.

I've answered this.

Hyacinth: What do you like to do in your free time?  

Sleep.

Hydrangea: How long have you known your best friend? How did you meet them?

I've answered this.

Irises: Who can you talk to about (almost) everything?

Bae.

Laceleaf: How many friends do you have?

No idea.

Lantanas: What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received?

Drawing related.

Larkspur: What do you think of yourself?

Mostly negatives with some positives sprinkled in.

Lavender: What’s your favorite thing about yourself?

Hair.

Leather Flower: What’s your least favorite thing about yourself?  

Fill in all the blanks.

Lilac: What’s something you liked to do as a child?

Pretend I was a dinosaur.

Lily: Who was your best friend when you were a kid?

Didn't have any of those.

Lily of the Incas: What is something you still feel guilty for?

Too personal.

Lily of the Nile: What is something you feel guilty for that you shouldn’t feel guilty about?  

Accidentally'd a class pet.

Lupine: What does your name mean? Why is that your name?

"Noose". No joke, that's one of the meanings. No, I've never been happy about it. iirc great grandma wanted my name to be what it is, not for that specific meaning mind you.

Marigold: Where did you grow up? Tell us about it.

Small castle on a hill with a pond and a miniature forest behind it.

Morning Glory: What was your bedroom like growing up?

Messy.

Mugworts: What was it like for you as a teenager? Did you enjoy your teenage years?

*nam flashbacks* No I did not.

Norwegian Angelica: Tell us about your mom.

Reluctant turned mother bear.

Onions: Tell about your dad.  

Nonexistent.

Orchid: Tell about your grandparents.

Best.

Pansy: What was your most memorable birthday? What made it be so memorable?

I got one of those giant, original JP t-rex toys.

Peony: What was your first job?

Uncomfortable.

Petunia: If you’re in a relationship, how did you meet your partner(s)? If you’re not in a relationship, how did you meet your crush/how do you hope to meet your future partner(s), if you want any?

Outside of an inn in a snowy clearing by a campfire.

Pincushion: How do you deal with pain?

Ignore it until it gets too much then complain while chugging pain pills.

Pink: Where is home?

Somewhere far away.

Plantain Lilies: If you could go back in time, what is one thing you would stop/change?

Beat some sense into my past self.

Prairie Gentian: Who is someone you look up to? Describe them.

Bae. Bae is best bae.

Primrose: Describe your ideal life.

I've answered this.

Rhodendron: What is something you used to believe in as a child?

That we'd have cloned dinosaur pets, flying cars and those microwaved pill-food things from back to the future by now.

Ricinus: Who’s the most important in your life?

Bae, siblings.

Rose: What’s your favorite sound?

Rain, water, wind through leaves.

Rosemallows: What’s your favorite memory?

Lots of those.

Sage: What’s your least favorite memory?

See above.

Snapdragon: At this moment, what do you want?  

Triple cheese burger with onion rings and a large chocolate milkshake.

St. John’s Wort: Is it easy or difficult for you to express how you feel about things?

The latter.

Sunflower: What is something you don’t want to imagine life without?

Air.

Sweet Pea: How much sleep did you get last night?

Not enough.

Tickseed: What’s your main reason to get up every morning?

Not being broke.

Touch-Me-Not: How do you feel about your current job?

Meh.

Transvaal Daisy: What’s your favorite item of clothing?

Shirts.

Tropical White Morning Glory: Describe your aesthetic.  

Non existent.

Tulip: What would be the best present to get you?

Not sure, I'm not picky but I appreciate the thought more.

Vervain: What’s stressing you out most right now?

Long list.

Wisteria: How many books have you read in the past few months? What were they called?

I don't think I've picked up a book in about a year or more.

Wolf’s Bane: Where do you want to be in life this time next year?

Somewhere north.

Yarrow: Do you know what vore is?

Yes.

Zinnia: Give a random fact about yourself.

I think I had a mild case of caffeine overdose once.

[butchlilith]

i just started watching frasier and i've been thinking about this ever since i followed you yesterday, may i ask how 'lesbian niles' works. i feel like i'd like it

the truth is that lesbian niles works however you want it to work. i know i made a joke about the lesbian niles expanded universe, but the truth is that there’s really no singular pseudocanon. i just happen to be a lesbian who grew up on frasier and has been feeling particularly fond of it the past couple years and, on seeing the absolutely unrivaled repression of it all, decided to say, “niles crane is one of us.” evidently a few people seem to agree with me.

i don’t think i have any one lesbian niles tag or anything (though… realistically, “niles crane” functions approximately as such), but i can direct you to a few things i’ve written featuring lesbian niles!!

synchronicity - easily my magnum opus. roughly 10k of me essentially retelling the entire niles/daphne arc through the lens of niles being a lesbian.

buzzed - this is mostly about daphne, but it’s also specifically about the value of gay friendships and guess what… her friendship with lesbian niles is just that. groundbreaking. oh also she gets a buzzcut because we have fun here.

much too thrilling - another daphne focus featuring lesbian niles, although this time more romantically. i basically wrote this because i love first dates and women and needed practice with character creation.

i believe there are four more assorted lesbian niles fics in my fic tag, these ones based on song prompts. if you would like to send me such prompts you may certainly do so! and if you would like to create your own lesbian niles content, i would naturally be delighted and would love if you sent it to me or tagged me in it so i could enjoy it.

oh also i always imagine her as a butch for a few reasons (some of which i am willing to share if you are interested in hearing, though i don’t wish to write a dissertation on it unprompted for the time being), but i imagine there are people who have other thoughts. just know that the niles i write is pretty consistently a butch lesbian. i feel like that very much informs my characterization of her.

[shouldwefeelguilty]

Frasier “Daphne Returns” An Analysis

"Daphne Returns" : an analysis.

The most profound episode where the audience actively go through a séance of psychotherapy with the characters and assist them in their psychological development. To me, it represents so much, especially regarding Niles's inappropriate behaviour towards Daphne in the last seven years.

Before I continue, I also want to point out that the whole episode also relies on Niles's attitude in general. Just think about his patient coming in to talk about his germ phobia. Niles is completely oblivious of his own huge flaws (germ phobia). Yet, Niles has, in front of him, an exact portrait of his own pathology and he is not able to help that patient, less himself.

I may be alone here but Niles's way of stalking Daphne, stealing kisses, creeping out on her (cutting her picture from the newspaper, entering her room without her consent, dropping a necklace in her blouse, recording her while she sleeps, discouraging her from dating, etc…), putting himself in awkward situation only to gain more chances to look up Daphne's backside or cleavage is, honestly, creepy and inappropriate. This episode, for me, WINS. It puts Niles under the interrogatory lights and he has to FACE his attitude and, of course, the consequence: the woman he thinks he loves so deeply for "who she is" is immensely suffering from his behaviour.

Take away Jane Leeves's pregnancy and the need of scenario excuse to give her an easy temporary exit, Daphne's weight gain is on point. Just heard you've been secretly adored and tricked by a grown man you've considered a dear friend? Its comprehensible someone might develop a mental problem and look for an escape: disappearance.

Without even knowing it, Daphne is right. She is invisible because she is compared to perfection. To Niles, in the actual present, she is invisible. When she gained 60 pounds, Niles never saw it. When she lost 60 pounds and sits in the car with him, Niles still does not see her "Who said that? Who's in my car?" [even though it was a joke, the humour speaks the truth]. He even had the audacity to give Daphne that damn tango dress she can no longer fit into. Living the past, Niles?

How can anybody live up to that?

Then arrives our dear Frasier with his brotherly love. Frasier visits Niles and does not attack. He arrives gently, knows perfectly the sensitive nature of their imminent conversation. Frasier at his best. The caring in his eyes, the profound respect he has for both Niles, his brother, and Daphne, his friend.... He takes his time, lets Niles explain himself. At first, Niles is unaware of his own idealization of Daphne, and further in the conversation, Frasier sees that something clicks inside Niles, and when Niles starts to back away in denial, Frasier speaks tenderly and effectively. My appreciation of Frasier's character has grown deeper, thanks to this specific episode.

Cinematographically speaking, the use of transition from present and souvenirs is sublime, original and poignant. Seeing Frasier and Niles physically revisiting Niles's memories is really touching and it gives the audience more material to understand Daphne's fears of not being able to measure up. It is also melancholy and so "Crane" [they applause at Niles and Daphne's tango dance in the souvenir of Moon Dance]. It is visually pleasing. I also think that revisiting the memories fill the lack of words Niles would've used to explain to Frasier the profound root of his infatuation.

From the beginning of the episode when Daphne returns, all sorts of compliments are given to Daphne. Of course, they speak about her weight loss, but she also receives Honorable words. Frasier celebrates her warmth, her spirit, her influence that can be seen in thousands different ways. Its only later in the episode that Niles also compliments Daphne in other ways than physically: she is caring, compassionate, moody, likes jelly instead of syrup. Niles is almost there…but his behaviour is still dangerous for his relationship with Daphne. He is persuaded not being blinded by infatuation. Have you seen the cartoon bluebird landing on her shoulder?

When Niles is convinced to love Daphne's everyday side, what does he mean by that? Loving her for who she is, is it seeing only negative traits? Not liking her cooking, being too tall… This approach is clumsy, it hurts and Daphne is still invisible to Niles, he did not consider her feelings. We have to give him a chance, he only just grasped his problematic adoration. He is beginning to see Daphne in the present, without that tango dress.

By speaking about their problematic confidence issue, Daphne wanted to strengthen her relationship with Niles, not destroy it or blame him specifically. When Niles finally accept to speak about it - even if it is clumsy - , the couple is able to unlock so much. They solidify and live their love.

And when they did consume their love, Niles is living in the present and is respecting Daphne. He does not brag about it to Frasier, he simply is there, contented.

Thanks to Jane Leeves's pregnancy, because I doubt the authors would have brought up the subject of Nile's behaviour towards Daphne. Or even if they did with another approach, I'm afraid it wouldn't have had such a depth analyst. Niles deserved to be told.

In conclusion, I adore everything about this episode. Even Roz and Martin's storyline about children book and dogs is adorable and their dynamics is particular. "You really don't get Eddie, don't you?".

[jlf23tumble]

hi jen! do u have any movie/tv show recs? i feel like i need a break from fics ahdj i need to watch something. thank you! have a good day!

I love this, and of course I do!! The real question is whether you’ve already seen these, or if they’re even up your alley, so if you want some more fine-tuning, just ping me again!

I’m not the best with movies, tbh, it takes me forever and a day to get around to them, so I’d probably tend to rec things like The Man from UNCLE, Singin’ in the Rain, Marie Antoinette, etc., just because they’re in my forever-fave category; the Old Guard is on my list because of all the gifs/clips I’ve already seen (I started it, though, and it seems good!)

TV, oof, I can send you round the bend here, so I’ll try and keep it brief! My recent faves are Pose, Derry Girls, the Untamed, the Witcher, and all versions of the Great British Bake Off (season 3 James/John, aimh) and other shows where British people gently judge other British people; I also have Cheer on my “to watch” list, along with a ton of documentaries. I love the garbage series Real Housewives but only of Bev Hills, NYC, and Potomac, and I tend to do other things while it’s on (like answer email, do laundry, etc.). I also love a lot of TV shows for their aesthetics (among other things!), like random 60s and 70s shows, recent-ish stuff like Agent Carter, Mad Men, and the New Pope, and random big shows, like Doctor Who, X Files, various Star Trek(s), Parks & Rec, Bob’s Burgers, etc. I’m being pulled hard into watching a lot of older TV shows right now because so many new blogs I’ve found are HILARIOUS and building their own microfandoms, which I LOVE TO SEE, and they’re inspiring me to go back and watch again or for the first time (looking at you, Magnum, B.I. squad, and especially the Columbo blogs I follow that also blog about lesbian Niles Crane off Frasier, MASH, Sweet Smell of Success, and other things). 

I’m not sure if that’s all that helpful, so please do let me know if you want me to jump into a specific category--I know I’m forgetting stuff here, too, sigh. Can’t wait to vault off my couch later and yell at the air about it!

[daphnemoon]

a tentative frasier/good place au that nobody asked for: frasier and martin are paired up specifically to torture each other, niles is paired with Obvious Demon maris, roz is the one who keeps figuring out what is going on, daphne is janet, simon is bad place janet, gil is the vicky type who wants a better part, bebe is the architect, eddie is merely a construct of a dog?

(don’t worry, you didn’t send me this ask before! the only time i’ve talked about the good place is in my cheers au idea).

i love this???? with frasier it’s obviously much different because martin, niles, and frasier all obviously knew each other while they were alive. so maybe everyone wouldn’t have romantic soulmates here, but the cranes would be told they’re in a special neighborhood together so they can also bond with family in the afterlife (and are told hester isn’t there for some made-up reason). 

so like in the show, martin and frasier would be assigned to live together and are miserable, niles has false memories of being married to maris while alive even though she’s just a demon there to torture him, etc. honestly YES at everything here, holy shit it’s all completely perfect. and daphne as janet accidentally messing up the architect’s plans by bringing everyone together and having niles fall in love with her… amazing.

[sylleboi]

𝕬 𝖕𝖗𝖎𝖒𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉

Definition/Understanding → Research → Comparison/Reflection → Narrative & Character

A question that has kept occurring in my head whenever “primitive” has been mentioned is, what exactly is it? What is a primitive world? What makes it primitive- and what does it look like?

When I think of a ‘primitive world’, I immediately start thinking of the early stages of civilisation; primitive civilisation. 

Source: ScienceDirect.com - International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, reference work

In International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition), 2001, written by Alexander F. Robertson, he describes “Primitive” as following;

“‘Primitive’ is a term from the evolutionary vocabulary of the nineteenth century that in popular understanding still identifies the interests of the modern discipline of anthropology. Anthropologists have sought to come to respectful terms with their ‘Primitive’ subject matter by redefining it in terms of a distinctive social structure, culture, spatial distribution, and type of livelihood. But despite efforts to set aside disparaging contrasts between primitive society and modern civilisation, evolutionary assumptions about human progress remain embedded in both scientific and humanistic approaches to society.”

When reading this, I was intrigued by the idea of how we as a society choose to interpret and understand the word; [primitive]. The way that it’s a modern way of understanding something ancient, as if we are looking back at something through a veil, based on the fact that we are so far and ahead from our ancestors, in an evolutionary sense, that we define them by what tools they used. (ex. stone age)

Further, Alexander F. Robertson also describes “Primitive Society” as such;

“In popular usage, ‘primitive society’ distinguishes ourselves from other people who have made little progress toward what we understand as civilization. There are very few such people left today: they live in scattered communities in deserts or rainforests, and they interest us mainly because we think of them as the living relics of our own distant ancestors. The comparison is usually unflattering. Until the beginning of the nineteenth century ‘primitive’ simply meant ‘first’ or ‘earliest,’ but as the word was applied to the original inhabitants of territories colonised by European and American states, it acquired the connotations of inferior, backward, rude.”

As for when I reflected upon his first quote, this sort of applies to this second quote. I find it incredibly interesting to think about the way in which not only us as the more modern society, but also how the societies prior to ours have interpreted this. The idea of something being the “first” and the “earliest” appearance of mankind; How that later was used against the people, using their way of living as an insult of them being “lesser”.

Early civilisations research:

Identify the variety of early civilisations → Choose two → Time, where, what defined their way of living – remember to add visuals!

With a clearer understanding of what exactly a ’primitive world’ is based upon, I can’t help but want to look into the word “civilisation”. What ancient civilisations exist and what traces of their existence have their left behind?

One of the obvious ones that immediately comes to mind are the Egyptians. They were an ancient civilisation, located in Egypt by the banks of the Nile. Their time of rule being 3150 BC – 30 BC (according to the conventional Egyptian chronology). They are said to have had a political understanding of their society, referred to as “Upper” and “Lower Egypt” under the first pharaoh. Though this was only possible because there were already settlers around the Nile banks and valley around 3500 BC. Their civilisation was rich, well known for their prodigious culture and their architecture, especially the pyramids and Sphinx.

They had a wide variety of things that defined their culture and way of living; this can be seen in the way that they made mummies which preserved ancient pharaohs and other important figures of the time to this very day. Hieroglyphs not only tells stories of their age and time, but also shows how their language was developed and used.

Tutankhamun’s Mask:

Narmer Palette:

Another ancient civilisation that came to my mind was the Maya Indians. I have researched them in the past for a written school project, so I already know a good amount about their culture.

The ancient Maya civilisation planted their roots in Central America at around 2600 BC – 900 AD. Once they had established themselves in present-day Yucatan, Mexico, they proceeded to prosper and become a sophisticated folk. By 700 BC, they Mayans had developed their own system of writing which they then used to create calendars of the solar system, all carved into stone. 

According to the Mayans, the world was created on August 11, 3114 BC (the date of which their calendar begins), and the supposed end date was December 21, 2012.

This ancient civilisation was incredibly rich compared to many other civilisations of the time. They built pyramids, much like the Egyptians, but some of their buildings were even much larger than the pyramids.

It is still a complete mystery what happened to the Maya Indians. Their population suddenly began to rapidly decline. Why did the Mayans, a highly sophisticated and developed civilisation made up of more than 19 million people, suddenly collapse and disappear during the eighth or ninth century? What happened to them?. Despite this, there are still descendants of the Mayans that live in the central parts of America to this day.

From the last brief, we looked at a lot of narrative based things such as mythologies and folklores. One of the things I stumbled upon was the origin of the myth and folklore about the creature; wendigo. I didn’t further look into this, but this reminded me of it.

The folklore originates from the Native Americans, more specifically the tribe that goes by the name of “Algonquin”. The Algonquin people are natives from Canada and this folk lived and still to this day, live around parts of western Quebec and Ontario, centering themselves around the Ottawa River. Like the Mayans, there are still people identified as having Algonquin ancestry. (from 2016, 40,880 people).

- The Algonquin people have been known by various Europeans since 1603, first encountered by Samuel de Champlain.

Moose Hunt, artwork by Lewis Parker

Algonquin Canoe, artwork by Lewis Parker

Algonquin traditional territory

The Algonquin hunted, traded and lived in large areas of territories in the Eastern Woodlands Subarctic regions, being independent of one another. Like some of their relatives, the Algonquin used to live in disassembled birch bark dwellings, known better as wigwams.

They lives in communities where clans were represented by totems based on different animals such as crane, wolf, bear, loon etc. The clans had incorporated leadership provided by elders which were highly respected within each clan. Intermarriage within a clan was not permitted, even if the people were from different communities all-together. 

Their language was known as Omàmiwinin��mowin, which is part of the Algonquian language family. The root of this word is Omàmiwininì, which is often used by the community to describe Algonquin people overall.

Within the Algonquin language family are a wide variety of different languages such as Atikamekw, Blackfoot, Cree, Wolastoqiyik, Mi’kmaq, Innu, Naskapi, Ojibwe and Oji-Cree. Within all of these mentioned, the Algonquian language group was the language mostly spoken in Canada, with around 175,825 speakers. The majority of these speakers reside in;

Manitoba (21.7%) 

the rest live in; 

Quebec (21.2%)

Ontario (17.2%)

Alberta (16.7%) 

Saskatchewan (16.0%)

Despite the language being quiet widespread amongst the clans/tribes, it is considered endangered today. Only 1,575 people identify the language as their mother tongue. Algonquin communities work hard to promote and preserve their language and culture through various different programs, such as language courses.

The Algonquin language is often linked to different names of places in Canada, with the reason being that many early French explorer mapped and thereby named features with Algonquin words. Ex. Quebec comes from the Algonquin word kébec, which actually means “place where the river narrows”. 

𝖂𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖌𝖔

The original tale of the wendigo talks about a lost hunter that, during a cold winter, reached intense hunger which drove him to cannibalism to survive. After he had been feasting upon another humans’ flesh, he transformed, his body changing and becoming a humanlike-beast of the wilderness on the hunt for more human flesh to feast upon.

As mentioned earlier, this story originates from the Algonquin people. The details vary rapidly depending on who you ask, as most folklore and tales do. Some people that claim they have encountered this creature say it’s related to Bigfoot, but on the other end of the spectrum, some compare it too werewolves.

An animatronic depiction of a wendigo in a cage on display in “Wendigo Woods” in Busch Gardens Williamsburg, a theme park located in New France.

The mythological create that is the Wendigo is said to be a creature thriving in cold environments, supporting the fact that most of the many sightings of them have been reported in Canada and also the colder states to the North such as Minnesota. Around the turn of the 20th century, tribes people form the Algonquian tribe claimed that the disappearances of people is down the wendigos’ attacking them.

The wendigo is said to be around 15 feet tall (4.57 m.), the body often described as being skeletal or emaciated. A theory on this says that the creature is never satisfied with its cannibalistic urges and kills, obsessively hunting for new human victims and stuck being forever hungry.

Picture of Basil H. Johnston.

A Native author and ethnographer named Basil H. Johnston has described the Wendigo in his book The Manitous as:

“The Wendigo was gaunt to the point of emaciation, its desiccated skin pulled tightly over its bones. With its bones pushing out over its skin, its complexion the ash gray of death, and its eyes pushed back deep into the sockets, the Wendigo looked like a gaunt skeleton recently disinterred from the grave. What lips it had were tattered and bloody… Unclean and suffering from suppurations of the flesh, the Wendigo gave off a strange and eerie odor of decay and decomposition, of death and corruption.”

The front cover of Basil H. Johnstons’ book The Manitous, published 1995.

According to Nathan Carlson, an ethno-historian, it has also been said that the deadly cannibalistic creature has large, razor sharp claws and massive eyes, much like and owl. But some people prefer to describe it (the wendigo) as a skeleton-like with skin in the colour of ash. But no matter which version of the wendigo’s appearance seems the most accurate and possible, it is most obviously not a creature you’d want to run into anywhere in the wild.

Another thing that I found quite interesting about the Native Americans in general was the way that their belief reached a spiritual level (spirit animals, animal totems etc.). I did some digging when looking into Animal Totems and sacred Spirit Animals in Native American belief;

According to this website (Legends Of America, Exploring history, destinations, people, & legends of this great country since 2003.), there is a huge list of different animals involved with the Native belief. A totem (a spirit being) is considered a sacred object or a symbol for a clan, tribe, family or even just an individual. Some tribes and their traditions proves that each person is somehow connected with nine different animals, also known as spirit guides or power animals, that will accompany the person through their life. Each animal represents something different, meaning that they move in and out of ones life, depending on what path or direction you take in life and the journey.

The same tribes also believe that totem animals is one that i always with you in your life, physically and spiritually. In other words, the totem animal that you are given acts as the main guardian of all your spirits. With this animal, a connection is shared and created, either through an interest in the said animal, the characteristics, dreams or other interactions (ie. with the animal in the physical world).

Because the list is quite long, the entirety of it can be found here.

Restored Piasa Bird carving, located along the Mississippi River, near llinois River.

Sources:

thecanadianencyclopedia.ca “The Canadian Encyclopedia, Algonquin”

allthatsinteresting.com “The Native American Legend Of The Wendigo — The Frostbitten Monster Of Your Nightmares By; All That's Interesting”

legendsofamerica.com “Exploring history, destinations, people, & legends of this great country since 2003.”

From studying these different early periods of civilisation, I have decided to choose just two of them to inspire my diorama; Mayans (the fact and idea that this blossoming civilisation suddenly disappeared without a trace as to tell why) and Native Americans (most specifically the Algonquin tribe and their folklore).

[ecoreader]

Perception Function Development (and Disney Character Arcs) (and also one reason why Frasier is fantastic)

Let’s talk about Disney. Or at least, let’s talk about Disney in a moment. First, let’s talk about post-modern German literature.

A while ago, I read Christa Wolf’s No Place on Earth. Taking place in the early 19th century, it describes the fictional meeting of two Romantic writers: Karoline von Gunderrode and Heinrich von Kleist. There’s very little to it, honestly: the two main characters circle around each other at a fairly boring party, have a few minutes of intense conversation, then go their separate ways.

It really stuck with me, as it is easily one of the best portrayals of Ni that I have ever read. Gunderrode is portrayed as an INFJ (something that can be gleaned from her poetry as well) and the anguish she describes is specific and abstract in ways that are extremely familiar to anyone with high Ni. Her understanding of herself, the world, and Keist (a Fi-dom) is accurate without being omniscient, and it’s woven into her own abstract understanding of her fate and her identity. This, specifically the idea of only seeing the world as it is reflected in and through the self, is the essence of Introverted Perception.

In general I feel that there’s often a bit of a bungling going on when it comes to representing dominant Introverted Perceivers character arcs (or high-users of Pi, for that matter). Introverted perception translates to action fairly badly, which is why we get such terribly overblown clichés as the omnipotent, inflexible Ni-user and the by-the-book high-Si user. When we do get portrayals of Si and Ni, it tends to be from the perspective of high-Pe users, mainly through the development of their lower functions (i.e. Life is grand and great and I’m trapped here there must be more to it than this! There may or may not be a Disney song or two dedicated to this idea).

Disney frequently has its energetic Pe-doms running around looking for a meaning in life, or  a home, or the sort of conceptual resting spot that Pi loves to perch on. Pe generally gets a fairly obvious arc: finding a cause to fight for, a home, a family, discovering some fundamental truth about themselves that gives their world meaning.

Obviously there’s some understanding of  what Pi does here. But why, then, are Pi character arcs so off-center? Frozen is a good example of a Si-dom character arc, but Elsa spends the better part of the story in the mountains reveling in the freedoms of being alone. Moana, an INFJ, has a greater understanding of the world around her but her arc revolves around her using her dominant function: there’s no Se development. On the other hand, The Princess and the Frog’s Tiana (as a high-Pi user) spends the movie learning what’s important in life, a spin on the usual Pe arc.

This is tragic. We need to see better representations of Pi in media. And not just more wonderfully polished and absurd abstract conversations (though I’m sure we all miss Hannibal), but other visions of Ni.

Specifically, we need more Frasier: a show dedicated to the ramblings of high-Ni but consistently exposing the absurdity of over-conceptualizing the outside world. It did a great job of making high-Pi users human and relatable without diminishing their use of their higher functions. In particular, Niles Crane’s character arc is an excellent example of low-Se development over time, explored through both his subjugation to Maris (Ni cowed by a repressed and neglected inferior Se) and his pursuit of Daphne (acknowledgement and embrace of healthy Se development). Not only are there a couple episodes where Niles clearly falls into the grip, but David Hyde Pierce’s wonderful portrayal also underlined the bizarre and awkward physicality that not-infrequently emerges in high-Ni users.

So, yeah. More of that.

[ghost-of-bambi]

Ships Quiz

Pick your top ten ships without reading the questions, in order of preference

1. Lily Evans/James Potter, also known as Jily, or DAYUM GIRL (Harry Potter)

2. Arya Stark/Gendry (Game of Thrones)

3. Brienne of Tarth/Jaime Lannister (Game of Thrones)

4. Sansa Stark/Jon Snow (Game of Thrones)

5. Emma Swan/Captain Hook (Once Upon a Time)

6.  Jessica Day/Nick Miller (New Girl)

7. Amy Santiago/Jake Peralta (Brooklyn Nine Nine)

8. Andromeda Black/Amos Diggory (Harry Potter)

9. Daphne Moon/Niles Crane (Frasier)

10. Yara Greyjoy/Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones)

Do you remember the episode/scene/chapter that you first started shipping 6?

Yes. It was the episode in season 1 where Cece points out that Nick keeps pointing his feet at Jess, and Jess is trying to dodge around him at the store.

Have you ever read a FanFiction about 2?

I have not read any Arya/Gendry fics. I rarely read fanfiction any more.

Has a picture of 4 ever been your screen saver/profile picture/tumblr avatar?

No, but Sansa is the background image for my phone’s lockscreen.

If 7 were to suddenly break up today, what would your reaction be?

I would be SO MAD and I would cry to @fetchalgernon about it and sit in the corner with a pile of toast, chewing sadly.

Why is 1 so important?

Because Jily is the ship of all ships, the ship of dreams, a perfect marriage between a charming, hilarious, bespectacled idiot and a sweet, strong-minded, sassy redhead. Because my love for them introduced me to so many of my best friends on this earth and because they NEVER fail to make me happy.

Is 9 a funny ship or a serious ship?

Niles and Daphne are timeless. How fucking dare you even ask?

Out of all of your ships listed, which ship has the most chemistry?

Lily/James. I know because I write their damn chemistry.

Out of all of the ships, which ship has the strongest bond?

Obviously, I’m going to say Lily/James again, because I have a decade of fanfic writing and reading behind me to back that up, and because my own headcanons have evolved to the point where the characters are very real to me. The one benefit to a ship we never properly saw in the original work is that they can be whatever you need them to be.

As for the other ships, I’d say that Brienne of Tarth and Jaime Lannister have a particularly strong bond, forged as it has been by the experience they shared on the road to King’s Landing. It’s quite clear that they share a deep love, but I’m not sure if they’ll ever realise it, which is sad.

For similar reasons, I’d also say that Arya/Gendry and Sansa/Jon have strong bonds. Trauma can be great for romance.

How many times have you read/watched 10’s fandom?

If you’re talking Game of Thrones, then countless times. I’ve never actively sought out anything specifically related to Yara/Dany though. They are a casual ship. I’d basically just like to see them bone.

Which ship has lasted the longest?

Niles and Daphne.

How many times, if ever, has 6 broken up?

Nick and Jess have broken up once.

If the world was suddenly thrust into a zombie apocalypse, which ship would make it out alive, 2 or 8?

Hahahahaha, Arya and Gendry for sure.

Did 7 ever have to hide their relationship for any reason?

Haha! Yes they have! And it worked for all of five minutes, until they gave their Captain a heart attack. Oh, Peraltiago (new ship name trademark me)

Is 4 still together?

No but they WILL BE OKAY? JONSA IS REAL.

Is 10 canon?

Sadly no. People keep shipping Dany with characters who AREN’T REMOTELY SUITED TO HER.

If all ten ships were put into a couple’s Hunger Games, which couple would win?

Arya/Gendry, purely because I’d like to see anyone try to kill my best girl.

Has anybody ever tried to sabotage 5’s ship?

About five million curses and a huge subset of the online fandom tried to sabotage Captain Swan, but they got through it.

Which ship would you defend to the death and beyond?

Lily/James forever

Do you spend hours a day going through 3’s tumblr page?

No.

If an evil witch descended from the sky and told you that you had to pick one of the ten ships to break up forever or else she’d break them all up forever, which ship would you sink?

Nick and Jess, probably. I mean, they’re super fun, but the thought of them splitting up doesn’t pain me.

Tag: @obiwan-katnobi @prongsmydeer @rosalui @fetchalgernon

[memory-vacant]

I was tagged by @callingallwerewolves (which was the coolest thing to wake up to btw)

Rules: Answer the questions and tag 20 blogs you want to get to know better

Nicknames: I’ve been called Jo and Jojo all my life. My favorite though is when my dad calls me “middle-est-ness” since I’m his middle child.

Star Sign: Pisces, once again, sorry @hexstrike16 (she hates Pisces)

Height: 5′6

Last thing I Googled:  lyrics to Castles Made of Sand

Favorite music artist: The Strokes, RHCP, Radiohead, Misfits, pretty much all of the common older bands

Song stuck in my head: I fucking woke up with ‘Straight to You’ by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds stuck in my head. I can’t stop listening to it

Last movie I watched: The Canal, which was so incredible. I love when new horror movies are actually good

Last TV show I watched: Big Wolf on Campus because I have no shame

What am I wearing right now: Gray dress, black tights, and black heels

When I created this blog: Maybe three years ago. I hope to god it hasn’t been longer lol

The kind of stuff I post: Bands, tv shows, food, I really have no specific set of posts

Why I chose my url: Emilie de Ravin was doing an interview where she said her character with memory loss was more “memory vacant” and that sounded so intriguing to me

Gender: Female

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw

Pokémon team: Unpopular opinion, I’ve never liked Pokemon

Favorite Color: Baby blue and black

Average hours of sleep: 7-10

Lucky number: 19: Seven rings to the dwarf lords + nine to the race of men + three to the elves = 19

Favorite characters: Adam Faulkner-Stanheight, Niles Crane, Blanche Devereaux, Chris Mannix, Oberyn Martell, 10k, Michonne, Jessica Fletcher, RJ MacReady, Tommy Dawkins, and surely countless others I’m forgetting

Dream Job: Actor

Number of blankets I sleep with: Ideally five (you think I’m kidding)

Dream fictional character that you would want to be: The courier from Fallout New Vegas

Interesting Fact About You: I collect creepy clown-like dolls that scare my whole family

I tag @purty-pumpkin @hexstrike16 @erizee @yourfaceisgluedtoabuildingonfire @babymoostachios @okimi79 @rhcpjfmymind and all the rest of you

[sydrave]

Charlie asked me to do all of them...

Alisons: Sexuality? Queer? Like panro ace ish

Amaranth: Pronouns/Gender? Non-binary/male, they/he

Amaryllis: Birthday? 11.24.99

Anemone: Favorite flower? I love receiving daisies and sunflowers and roses. Yellow daffodils are my absolute favorite though. 

Angelonia: Favorite t.v. show? I don't watch a ton but I enjoy dystopias and YA series

Arum-Lily: What’s the farthest you’d go for a stranger? As far as they'd like me to without putting myself in too much of a risky situation. Pet peeve is when people assume I need help, so I'd ask first. 

Baby’s Breath: Would you kiss the last person you kissed again? Absolutely not.

Balsam Fir: Have you ever been in love? Yes

Baneberries: Favorite song? Right now I'm digging Tyler Glenn Midnight

Basket of Gold: Describe your family. Pretty average divorced family. I don't wanna get into too much detail publicly. I have a mom and a dad and a sister and a stepmom.

Beebalm: Do you have a best friend? Who is it? Ren! Danny boy! Charlie! Alex! Al-Pal!

Begonia: Favorite color? Yellow -- all shades of it, including gold.Bergenia: Are you a morning or night person? Night, but slow mornings to reset are so lovely.

Black-Eyed Susan: If you could be any animal for a day, what would it be?A bird. I'd love to fly. Mobility, I guess? I've also always just wanted to fly

Bloodroots: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Paleontologist. Plan B was a pop star.

Bluemink: What are your thoughts on children? I love them! I'd like my own but I'm a little afraid and have some stuff to figure out first.

Borage: Give a random fact about your childhood. I was bullied pretty bad in elementary school, pre-coming out and everything. I ended up needing to switch schools.

Bugleherb: How would you spend your last day on Earth?  I value my own time and happiness a lot, so I don't think much would be different. I'd love to spend time with Charlie and Alex. Bri and Mom, too. I'd like to see Dad and Brittany before heading out. Books and music, soup, nice smelling lotion, the works. Something gentle and full of love.

Buttercup: Relationship Status? Single and less happy about it

Camelia: If you could visit anywhere, where would you want to go? I'm in love with the Cali beaches. San Diego is lovely. The coast.

Canna: Do you have any tattoos?  No, but I'd maybe like some someday.

Canterbury Bells: Do you have any piercings?  No, don't want any.

California Poppy: Height?  5'3

Carnation: What are you currently wearing?  Jeans, yellow converse, Flint pride t-shirt, brown jacket. Red beanie on and off. Kaliope has been out for a bit today but she's away currently.

Catnip: Have you ever slept with a nightlight? Still do, but I'm not opposed to the dark.

Chives: Who was the last person you hugged? Charlie last night

Chrysanthemum: Who’s the last person you kissed? Elliot

Cock’s Comb: Favorite font? The typewriter one

Columbine: Are you tired? Right now, yes, emotionally. I'm feeling Big Sad today.

Common Boneset: What are you looking forward to? Dinner with my friends tonight. Getting my journals done.

Coneflower: Dream job? Working with queer youth in a queer little bubble. 

Crane’s-Bill: Introvert or extrovert? Both? Formerly exclusively introvert. Now I'm not sure.

Crocus: Have you ever been in love? Yes

Crown Imperial: What’s the farthest you would go for someone you care about? As far as they'd consent.

Cyclamen: Did you have a favorite stuffed animal as a child? What was it? Yes! Several! Muu was the biggest one. She was a Webkinz Jr Pig. Muitha Marie Hammie was her full name.

Daffodil: What’s your zodiac sign? Saggitarius

Dahlia: Have you done anything worth remembering? A lot of things but I'm sentimental and value memories

Daisy: What do you feel is your greatest accomplishment? I ended up kind. 

Daylily: What would you do if your parents didn’t like your partner(s)?  Cry probably. It depends on what their concern was. I'd probably hear them out but wouldn't base anything solely on that.

Dendrobium: Who is the last person that you said “I love you” to? Charlie, Alex, and Ren. I read this question last night and realized I didn't know, and I value telling my friends I love them, so I did. 

False Goat’s Beard: What is something you are good at? I'm trying to not use the words good/bad to describe myself, but I'll tell you something I enjoy! I really like reading!

Foxgloves: What’s something you’re bad at? Same as above -- I don't enjoy writing journal entries for school

Freesia: What are three good things that have happened in the past month? -I went to Chicago and Flint with Charlie and Alex!-She Kills Monsters!-I had a really good AMCULT class

Garden Cosmos: How was your day today? Today was tricky. I had a great, calm start with lots of water and self care and things that smell nice, but my day has gotten more frustrating and difficult as it went. I met Charlie for lunch which was lovely, but then people were saying really mean things about my friends and my show at my lab, and then I went to a class that I guess wasn't meeting today, and at work people were mean and they're kinda exploiting my city and calling it an "aesthetic." Plus I'm just regular sad too I guess. I'm feeling sad right now, and maybe a little anxious. 

Gardenia: Are you happy with where you’re at in your life? Absolutely. I've been working really hard to be able to say that.

Gladiolus: What is something you hope to do in the next year or two? Tackle this second major.

Glory-of-the-Snow: What are ten things that make you happy/you’re grateful to have in your life? People, coffee, soup, books, blankets, journals, poems, outside, night time, love.

Heliotropium: What helps you calm down when you feel stressed?  Blankets real tight wrapped around me. Things that smell nice but aren't overwhelming. Tactile things -- nice hugs and touches. 

Hoary Stock: What are you proudest of? My sister

Hollyhock: Describe your ideal day. Making breakfast with someone I love (romantic or not (preferably romantic) and could be more than one person but not a party y'know). Eat together and have some coffee. Nice sunlight. Snuggling and reading books or watching movies. Staying in comfy clothes all day. Maybe making them lunch or them making it for me. We can bake cookies and play games or build puzzles in the background. Soup is in there somewhere. Just a nice, cozy day in.

Hyacinth: What do you like to do in your free time?  I don't really have that but I like books

Hydrangea: How long have you known your best friend? How did you meet them? I'm gonna go with Ren. We met my first day of 6th grade, which was scary because I was the new kid (that whole switching schools thing). So, like 7 years now? She was the first person to show me kindness in a while. Irises: Who can you talk to about (almost) everything?I don't know if I have this person right now. Maybe Ren or Kota, but we don't talk terribly often. 

Laceleaf: How many friends do you have?I'm not sure how to count that. I consider a lot of people to be friends.

Lantanas: What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received? Someone told me once that I'd make his grandmother proud because of my dedication to disability representation. I cried. Still do when I think about it. Recently, someone told me, "Lio, a single word cannot encompass all you've done besides give," which was so kind of him.

Larkspur: What do you think of yourself? I think I'm pretty okay. I try to be a good person.

Lavender: What’s your favorite thing about yourself? I'm open to recognizing where I'm wrong and changing. 

Leather Flower: What’s your least favorite thing about yourself?  I'm really sensitive

Lilac: What’s something you liked to do as a child? Play Little House on the Prairie 

Lily: Who was your best friend when you were a kid? I had a few. Paige Albert, Meghan Donnelly, Megan Connelly, Izzy Carlyon, Ariana (idk her last name now she was adopted recently). 

Lily of the Incas: What is something you still feel guilty for? This is a Big Secret I'm never going to talk aboutLily of the Nile: What is something you feel guilty for that you shouldn’t feel guilty about?  Using resources and accommodations I needLupine: What does your name m

ean? Why is that your name? Derived from Helios, the Greek sun god. I thought it was fitting. 

Marigold: Where did you grow up? Tell us about it. Flushing. White, boring, and sad.

Morning Glory: What was your bedroom like growing up? It was light blue with the "Starlight Starbright" rhyme stenciled all around. Yellow glow in the dark stars and my name on the wall with the same material. Glitter constellations on the ceiling. 

Mugworts: What was it like for you as a teenager? Did you enjoy your teenage years?  (TW Mental Health)I struggled a lot. I was a trans kid in small-town midwest with anxiety and depression and an ED and had self-harm issues for a while. It wasn't great. I'm having a much better final teenage year though. 

[Skipping the ones about my family]

Pansy: What was your most memorable birthday? What made it be so memorable? I had a scavenger hunt in 7th grade! We had two cars of 4 and drove around Flint taking pictures with different things on the list. I was mad because my dad cheated so I'd lose, even though it was my birthday. It was a lot of fun though.

Peony: What was your first job? I tutored Algebra

Petunia: If you’re in a relationship, how did you meet your partner(s)? If you’re not in a relationship, how did you meet your crush/how do you hope to meet your future partner(s), if you want any? I'm not, but I don't have a specific way. I'd like to be their friend first.

Pincushion: How do you deal with pain? Distractions and meds. Kaliope. I just kind of have to, I'm not sure how I do it. 

Pink: Where is home? I'm not sure right now. 

Plantain Lilies: If you could go back in time, what is one thing you would stop/change? I would stay close with my sister and come out to her. I blame myself a lot for not being close to her. I feel like we should've had important conversations. 

Prairie Gentian: Who is someone you look up to? Describe them. Alex in Seattle. They care about things like I do, but they're a lot more assertive and less afraid to be mean. 

Primrose: Describe your ideal life. I think I might be living it. Romantic love would be nice, but I'm okay without it.

Rhodendron: What is something you used to believe in as a child? I had three ghosts in my house. Catherine, a girl my age that looked similar to me, Casper, like the friendly ghost, and Black Licorice, their black cocker spaniel ghost puppy. I used to ask them to stay with me at night and always felt safe with them, because I also had mean ghosts in my house.

Ricinus: Who’s the most important in your life? Myself and my sister.

Rose: What’s your favorite sound? I love piano. People who sing and give it everything.

Rosemallows: What’s your favorite memory? Recently, when everyone started calling me Lio without me prompting them to, especially my classmates.

Sage: What’s your least favorite memory? Don't want to think about it.

Snapdragon: At this moment, what do you want?  A long hug and some soup. 

St. John’s Wort: Is it easy or difficult for you to express how you feel about things? Both. I'm okay with talking about my feelings, but I'm learning how to use healthier language and methods which is difficult.

Sunflower: What is something you don’t want to imagine life without? Any aspect of my identity. I love being this weird, trans, queer, crip teenager that I am. 

Sweet Pea: How much sleep did you get last night? Never enough.

Touch-Me-Not: How do you feel about your current job? I want to quit. I like it, but the boss has strong opinions and I'm always in pain. 

Tulip: What would be the best present to get you? Love and affection. I'm not sure -- a coffee date? Soup? I like experiences more than things. If we're talking things, essential oils or blankets or stuffed animals or comfort things.

Vervain: What’s stressing you out most right now? Lab journals and school social life

Wisteria: How many books have you read in the past few months? What were they called? Lots and lots. The most important were Eli Clare's "Exile and Pride" and "Brilliant Imperfection."

Wolf’s Bane: Where do you want to be in life this time next year? Right here (or around the corner in my single I guess) with people I love. 

Yarrow: Do you know what vore is?I don't think so..?

Zinnia: Give a random fact about yourself.I hate random facts.