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burningvelvet · 1 year ago

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so i have some random questions, maybe you could answer, and am curious if any have had any academic papers written up about them, or if you just.. know where to find the information? Bit of a meta question: How much information do we actually have of the gang on their days in Geneva around the time of digging into their ghost stories? Is it just ex. what you've posted before of their journals of the time, or do we have other later recollections akin to Mary's own in her intro of Frankenstein? Just how much remains, and how much can we pull from various sources etc? (research is fun, go off on this on, i love to read it.) The evening before mary's waking dream, do we have any further recollection by the others on their discussions on the principle of life, other than her account? Or even in general by the squad thru their lives, does anyone dig into the technological advancements and scientific theories of their time, or even those of the Enlightenment thinkers? (Newton, Hooke, Boyle, et al.) I assume since it's the Romantics with their general dislike of the prior period it's a no, and also because I'm asking about bloody poets, not academics, but..? Likewise, anything written by the gang on her waking dream and the effects after? (could've sworn I read something about Mary appearing gastly pale?) (I'd love to hear your thoughts and rants and rambles on the following, :D): Or do we have anything written by others outside the gang in reference to her dream after she gave her Intro? Something like.. (I can't articulate this well, pls bear with me; ) Has there been any sort of mysticism, or poetic acknowledgement of Mary's 'waking dream'/'hallucination' being written as something 'supernatural'? Anything written akin to that one parody/horror film you mentioned where everyone basically hallucinates that night lol. like.. Mary's Intro gives such an inherent je ne sais quoi (lol) of.. this entire fragment of history? It reads like a frozen slice of a gothic novel/poem in itself. Very 'based on a true story' but the true story holds more substance than Frankenstein itself. As if Mary herself was in a gothic novel writers could only dream of. Has nobody noted this? Tried to catch it, wax poetic on it? I feel like there's a.. gravitas here but I don't see anyone speak of it? (other than that horror film.)

This will be long!

Re: Geneva 1816 sources: We have letters, journals, records (like receipts), accounts from the other people on the lake, accounts from aristocrats Byron visited at Geneva without the Shelleys presence, and some accounts from Lord Byron's Geneva servants given to inquiring tourists later on. Lake Geneva was an insulated aristocratic vacation town and gossip abounded.

First-person documents: - Polidori’s 1816 journal, his prefaces to The Vampyre and Ernestus Berchtold. - History of a Six Weeks Tour, Mary’s first book, co-written with Shelley; travelogue containing letters and journals from their travels in 1814 and 1816. - Mary Shelley’s other journals and letters. - Mary Shelley's (voluntarily uncredited) contributions to Thomas Moore's biography series on Byron, where the time in Geneva is talked about and where most of the funny stories come from, and a handful of comments in Thomas Moore's diaries/letters regarding Mary's recollections. - Byron’s letters, found here on Peter Cochran's site (he was an editor/scholar & leading Byronist) https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/

Best books about the summer of 1816: - Byron in Geneva by David Ellis, - The Poet and the Vampyre by Andrew Stott, - The Making of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" by Daisy Hay.

Books on Frankenstein or the tech & science of the time in relation to Mary & other Romantics: way too many to mention! Frankenstein is one of the most written about works of all time, and tech discourse is inherent to Romanticism — there are tons of books & articles written about all topics. Percy studied science with James Lind and was inspired by Erasmus Darwin who Mary refers to in a Frankenstein preface.

On if others at Diodati recollected specifically about Frankenstein or Mary being pale: Percy wrote a review of Frankenstein as well as the novel's introduction section (he wrote it from Mary's POV), and he mentioned the novel in his letters; Claire discusses it several times in her letters with praise, Byron mentions it once or twice with brief compliments; Polidori mentions it in the preface to Ernestus Berchtold in compliment but with possible jealousy beneath. Your "pale" reference likely refers to how she and Byron said she looked when learning of the news of Percy's missing boat; I made a post about that (https://www.tumblr.com/burningvelvet/710178692214784000/from-conversations-of-lord-byron-with-the-countess?source=share).

My Interpretation of Mary's "waking dream": This was largely metaphorical. Mary probably did have an inspirational dream (scientists have found evidence: https://m.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0928/Frankenstein-moon-Astronomers-vindicate-Mary-Shelley-s-account) but at the same time I do think she sensationalized the trip a bit. From the novel The Poet and the Vampyre: "these [visits to Diodati were] not always convivial - Mary describing the 13 August visit in a single word: 'War.'" Mary, like everyone else, mythologized the summer of 1816. The preface to the 1831 edition of Frankenstein (different from the 1818 original) sensationalizes the origins with a gothic flare because that’s what she knew her fans wanted; she was a widowed single mother in her 30s determined to make a living off her writing, and she enjoyed the immense popularity of Frankenstein, helping to proliferate it through the wildly successful stage adaptation which was spookier and showier than the philosophical novel.

Mary “said the three or four months she passed there were the happiest of her life,” (source: Thomas Moore’s journal, vol. 5, p. 178, via Internet Archive). Before, and especially after this summer of 1816, Mary experienced many traumas which left her with severe depression, and so she romanticized that time, ignoring all of the many ongoing problems surrounding it.

1816 was extraordinary fun for all of them, but it was not paradise. The summer was littered with actual storms as well as emotional storms. In the 1831 preface Mary makes no mention of Claire’s existence, though Claire was the only reason they were even there, since Claire wanted to visit Byron who she was having a horribly drawn out affair with. The two dramatically broke up that summer, made worse by Claire then revealing she was pregnant with his child. There was also a lot of drama with Polidori (writer, and Byron’s doctor) who fought with Byron and Percy, threatening Percy to duel him over a sailing race.

Mary was also in denial about Percy’s many problems. Shelley was mentally and physically ill, perpetually on the run from debtors who had imprisoned him, disowned by his family for being kicked out of Oxford due to atheism, publicly notorious, had a wife and children back in England, and more than likely had an ongoing affair with Claire, causing Byron to briefly wonder at their child’s paternity. Still, Mary was madly in love with Percy from the time she met him until her last moments on Earth when she died staring at his preserved heart which she requested to be buried with. She shared his struggles and spent much of her life defending him, and she's the reason he achieved posthumous fame thanks to her relentlessly promoting, annotating, editing, transcribing, publishing, and republishing his works.

She occasionally does hint at the drama of that time, and how hurt she felt at times, but generally Mary ignored these things, as well as their many other flaws, so that she could remain on good terms with all of them (especially Claire and Byron after their break-up). Despite the drama, she had felt the good times at Lake Geneva were the best times of her life thus far. She was in the most beautiful place in the world, she loved traveling, she felt inspired to write, her baby was healthy and had a good nanny, her own health improved, she spent fun times with her lover who was happily preoccupied with sailing, Claire (who she loved but also found annoying) was preoccupied with Byron, and she found Byron fascinating.

Not even a year after the trip, she was already painfully reminiscing about her good memories:

“that time is past, and this will also pass, when I may weep to read these words, and again moralise on the flight of time. Dear Lake! I shall ever love thee,”

“We may see [Byron] again, and again enjoy his society; but the time will also arrive when that which is now an anticipation will be only in the memory. Death will at length come, and in the last moment all will be a dream.”

“why is not life a continued moment where hours and days are not counted — but as it is a succession of events happen — the moment of enjoyment lives only in memory and when we die, where are we?”

Frankenstein was started in the summer of 1816 and first published in 1818. Then there was an 1831 edition, the most commonly read today, which is slightly different (slightly less radical for Victorian audiences) and which includes the preface which refers to the “waking dream.” Scholars have noted that Mary’s recollection is partly based on her mythologizing and romanticizing her youth. This is even more obvious considering all of the traumas she had experienced afterward. In her journals (via Project Gutenberg) she often refers to her youth as being like a dream before Percy's death. She was seeing her life through rose-tinted glasses to cope, and possibly experiencing depression-related derealization.

Condensed timeline of Mary’s traumas to show what I mean about the Frankenstein period being a relatively happier time for her: Her mother died giving birth to her. June 1814: her and her step-sister Claire run away with Shelley. Problems with her father for years after (though they eventually rekindle). Feb 1815: 1st child dies, becomes pregnant a few months later. Jan 1816: has 2nd child who is healthy. Summer 1816: Geneva summer, begins writing Frankenstein; Claire in love with and pregnant by Byron before their relationship dissolves. Oct 1816: Mary’s half-sister Fanny kills herself. Dec 1816: Shelley’s wife kills herself; Mary marries Percy to protect their kids & so he can gain custody of his first 2 kids. Mar 1817: they stay in Marlowe; Mary described this as maybe their happiest residence, and this is where she wrote much of Frankenstein. 1817 misc.: court denies them custody of Shelley's first two kids due to his unorthodoxy; Percy self-exiles from England, they move to Italy, move around continuously, & suffer illness. Sept 1817: 3rd baby is born & dies. Jan 1818: Frankenstein published. June 1819: 2nd child dies while Mary is pregnant with 4th child. Nov 1819: has 4th & only surviving baby (Percy Florence, who lives a long life). 1821: Polidori dies from suspected suicide. April 1822: Claire & Byron’s baby Allegra dies. June 1822: news of Allegra’s death. Mary almost dies from a miscarriage, Percy saves her life. July 1822: Percy dies in a boat accident. Their social circle splits up. Claire moves to Russia. After comforting her, Mary’s closest friend Jane (whose husband died with Percy; the two couples lived together) breaks up their friendship & moves abroad. Mary suffers multiple social conflicts which are largely not her fault, & becomes socially isolated. 1823: Byron & their mutual friend Trelawny join the Greek War. 1824: Byron dies. Mary writes her apocalyptic novel The Last Man as a tribute to her broken social circle & it’s members.

From her journal, Oct 2, 1822: “Father, mother, friend, husband, children—all made, as it were, the team which conducted me here, and now all, except you, my poor boy (and you are necessary to the continuance of my life), all are gone, and I am left to fulfill my task.”

Several times, she wrote that the only reason she didn’t kill herself was because of her son Percy. However, note: Her life did improve after The Last Man. It's a bit of an outdated view that she was just a stereotypical depressed widow forever after. She was a strong and determined woman, and she eventually had a full social circle, friends, married son, daughter-in-law, flirtations, a successful writing career, hobbies, and so on. She found meaning through motherhood, writing, and paying tribute to Percy. However, for all these reasons, she saw the period of Frankenstein and prior to be some of the happiest times of her life and a "calm before the storm" (literally, the storm that killed Percy), which explains all the above.

#ask #asks #mary shelley #frankenstein #lake geneva #summer of 1816 #dreams of 1816 #romanticism #my writing #essays #research #the geneva squad #geneva squad #resources

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neversetyoufree · 1 year ago

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Miscellaneous Meta

(Back to the Masterpost)

The volume 3 cover

Why I kinda like the horny scenes

How we see events that Noé didn’t

Vnc is relationship-driven like Hannibal

The arbitrary distribution of power

Vanitas paintings and significance

Luna’s “Vanitas” title

Dante’s nickname for Noé

The “salvation” of Catherine

Misha Apologia

Is fear of the Blue Moon innate?

The Dhampirs' Names

Louis’s name

Veronica’s relationship with Domi

What if Noé drinks Jeanne’s blood?

Vnc and the female gaze

Luna’s Self-Destructive Vengeance

VnC’s Metaphysics

Is Jean-Jacques a cannibal?

Who’s the bat guy?

VnC and Physical Desire

The Sexual Horror of Vampires

Jeanne’s Parents’ Execution

The Timeline of VaniJeanne

Why all the Romance Talk?

VnC FMA Parallels

Ship Discourse? (No.)

Death in VnC vs Tai Sui

VaNoé as The Great Gatsby

Vanitas vs Luo Binghe

Olivier and "Vampire Friends"

The Allusions of Doctor Moreau

Ruthven, The Vampyre, and Byron

Does Ruthven Hate Vanitas?

The Benefit of Roland's Poverty

Do Marks Transfer Power?

Could Murr Choose Noé?

Mikhail and Mischa Lecter

VnC and Classic Vampire Lit

Humans, Blood, and Sexual Violence

VnC and Banana Fish

Why Jeanne's Parents Were Killed

Machina's House of Cards

Is Francis Really an Archiviste?

#organization #long post

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czolgosz · 6 months ago

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list of pdfs on my phone because i know everyone wants to find out

race, discourse, and the origin of the americas: a new world view (many authors. i'm not writing all that)

what is to be done? (vladimir lenin)

"chemistry and the 19th-century american pharmacist" (gregory j. higby)

the torture garden (octave mirbeau)

"the vane sisters" (vladimir nabokov) + questions for discussion

"the tell-tale heart" (edgar allan poe)

"the lottery" (brainerd duffield)

slideshow about different english cities during the industrial revolution

the compleat works of nostradamus

"terms of endearment in english" (julia landmann)

"speech reflections in late modern english pauper letters from dorset" (anne-christine gardner)

"slopjank prographilose" (rose q. drifting & magnesium oxide)

a few pages of the 1897 sears, roebuck & co. catalog + some other related things

orientalism (edward said)

"in event of moon disaster" (bill safire)

ragtime (e. l. doctorow)

enough to make you blush: exploring erotic humiliation (princess kali)

"you're a mean one, mr. grinch" (dr. seuss) + close reading questions

merry muses of caledonia (robert burns)

"women and the english civil wars" lesson outline

"the concept of the left" (leszek kołakowski)

"kids in the early 1900s" (betty debnam)

"heterosexualism and the colonial/modern gender system" (maría lugones)

"for heidi with blue hair" (fleur adcock)

"flowers for algernon" (daniel keyes)

excerpt of the beginning of m*a*s*h (tim kelly)

tristan tzara poetry collection

"the nature of the beast: the portrayal of satan in the ballads of seventeenth century england" (christopher bailey)

"all the king's horses" (kurt vonnegut)

"conditional divorce in ottoman society: a case from seventeenth-century erzurum" (bilgehan pamuk)

"gender oppression in the enlightenment era" (barbara cattunar)

who's afraid of virginia woolf? (edward albee)

"visual difference & disfigurement in the arts"

"trans-misogyny primer" (julia serano)

the brothers karamazov (fyodor dostoyevsky)

the other victorians: a study of sexuality and pornography in mid-nineteeth century england (steven marcus)

the mistborn trilogy (brandon sanderson)

"the life of an unknown assassin: leon czolgosz and the death of william mckinley" (cary federman)

the brothers karamazov (fyodor dostoyevsky) again

spanish idioms with their english equivalents: embracing nearly ten thousand phrases (sarah cary becker & federico mora)

a sensation novel (w. s. gilbert)

basic principles of marxism–leninism: a primer (jose maria sison)

russia under the old regime (richard pipes)

tristan tzara: dada and surrational theorist (elmer peterson)

pan tadeusz (adam mickiewicz)

psycho nymph exile (porpentine heartscape)

1984 (george orwell)

neath to reach zine: the traveler's guide to [illegible] (i am not writing all that!!)

the dada painters and poets: an anthology (i continue to not write all that)

machine of death (still not writing all that)

"merchants, proto-firms, and the german industrialization: the commercial determinants of nineteenth century town growth" (gavin greif)

"introduction to the history of mental illness"

"girl detective & the mystery of the sap-stained skirt" (porpentine heartscape)

gadsby (ernest vincent wright)

feeling very strange: the slipstream anthology (authors galore.)

english women's clothing in the nineteeth century (c. willett cunnington)

socialism: utopian and scientific (friedrich engels)

the waste land (t. s. eliot)

"debility and disability in edith wharton's novels" (karen weingarten)

death of riley (rhys bowen)

"the black vampyre: a legend of st. domingo" (uriah derick d'arc)

raoul hausmann and berlin dada (timothy o. benson)

flight out of time: a dada diary by hugo ball

art and production (boris arvatov)

"the culture industry: enlightenment as mass deception" (theodor adorno & max horkheimer)

a gilded lady (elizabeth camden)

"changing narratives of martyrdom in the works of huguenot printers during the wars of religion" (byron j. hartsfield)

112 gripes about the french

"the spelling of the country name "romania" in british official usage: from uncertainty to standardization" (paul woodman)

"sarajevo 1914: trial process against young bosnia – illusion of the fair process" (veljko m. turanjanin & dragana s. čvorović)

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naofaun · 1 year ago

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Welcome to naofaun’s blog! 💤

you're feeding me poison, addicted to this feeling, i can't help but swallow up . . .

Nickname/s:

nao, angel

Age:

nineteen

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fluctuating; current: he/him

Misc:

autism, adhd, pots, ehds, bpd, and more

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please refrain from posts or messages containing long strings of emojis. stay away from special fonts or characters. i use a screen reader (albeit very off and on), and these things break it so badly.

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morro essay:

childe... analysis thing??

post-season 5 bsd au:

chuuya analysis:

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thosearentcrimes · 2 years ago

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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a lot better than Dracula. The flow of the text is better, it's more fun to read, the themes are more subtle and interesting. Perhaps a better work to compare to would be The Vampyre, a work which arose from the same impromptu writing circle as Frankenstein, and which apparently introduced the vampire into anglophone literature in a form recognizably similar to that which appears many decades later in Dracula. However, I have read Dracula, and so have many others, and I have not read The Vampyre.

By way of example of the superiority of Frankenstein, consider the use of the epistolary device. Dracula retains it throughout the narrative, in which it interferes constantly, to no appreciable benefit. The rapid shift from narrator to narrator is not accompanied by significant insight into their character and internal world, as the characters are in fact precisely who everyone else takes them to be. By contrast, Frankenstein also begins with an epistolary introduction, but then transitions reasonably cleanly into narrative. The epistolary device is not used to much greater effect, but less of a bad thing is still an improvement.

The writing of these letters is remarkably bad. I understand that tastes change, but the letters (including those cited in the non-epistolary section) consist largely of people telling each other things they clearly already know, for the benefit of the reader. Surely there is no point in writing letters into the story if they're not going to make sense within the narrative? Additionally, both letters and dialogue are all rendered in the same voice.

On this note, while Shelley has gone to great lengths to justify the eloquence of the monster, and this eloquence does in fact serve a worthwhile thematic purpose, the effect of it is reduced somewhat by every other character being bizarrely eloquent as well. Additionally the mechanism by which the monster is rendered eloquent is quite frankly a long series of plot holes. As appropriate as it is for the monster to reference Paradise Lost, it is quite inexplicable for a French-speaking monster in 18th century Germany to have found a copy of it (and some other books) in the first place, let alone been able to read it, for starters.

Some of the character introductions, especially but not exclusively those done by way of letters, are a bit too obviously utilitarian. I rather prefer it when the author either sets up all the characters and plot points in such a way that the reader cannot tell that they serve a specific narrative purpose later, or that they simply introduce them when they come up. A character brought up with no immediate motivation a chapter or two before they become narratively relevant is like a recognizable big-name actor in a police procedural, it gives the game away. I wonder what happens in a couple chapters with this tragic innocent in this gothic horror novel!

Despite all my criticism, I quite liked Frankenstein and I think it is not only worth reading but additionally a good book. The story has relevant themes, ably explored, without letting them get too far in the way of a gripping narrative. The philosophical points it sets out are still valid and relevant today, and not in a facile way. Merely substitute "life" for "intelligence", which in any case is really a substitution of synonyms as far as the general form of the argument goes, and make other minor adjustments as necessary, and you get a more intelligent analysis of AI than almost any I have read in the press or in blogs, though that speaks more to the miserable state of that discourse than anything else.

Easily the most affecting part of the book is the narration by the monster himself, and really the book improves as it approaches this point, and deteriorates as it departs. Some decontextualized quotes that particularly stuck with me: "I, too, can create desolation; my enemy is not invulnerable; this death will carry despair to him", "My vices are the children of a forced solitude that I abhor", and best of all "I intended to reason. This passion is detrimental to me; for you do not reflect that you are the cause of its excess."

#book report #Frankenstein #Mary Shelley #I should come up with a tag for books I liked

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vipralykos · 2 years ago

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The Vampyr Ethos

For those who are just now discovering the Vampyre Lifestyle. The Vampyre community has many sets of guidelines or standards of etiquette and protocols. The Vampyre Ethos is my favorite of them all along with the Pax Vampyri which I'll share next. But all those who are new on this path (or old) should become very familiar with this Code. (P.S. “I forget what year this was released and by who. But its definitely from between 1997 to 2001” Originally Published on Sanguinarius.Org RIP)

COMMUNITY:

Use of the phrase “vampire community” implies all those who actively participate in the discourse and social interaction surrounding vampirism. This includes those who personally identify with the psychic (psi), pranist, sanguine (sang), or living vampi(y)re archetype and subsequently practice what is known as modern vampirism. It includes the donors who many such vampires rely on and trust with their health and safety. It also includes those friends, advocates, and supporters who contribute their own voices to online discussion and offline interaction, as well as those who approach the community in the spirit of sincere discussion. Though it is primarily intended as a forum for vampires and donors to share their experiences, the vampire community is the result of all of these types of participation. There is no class system within the community, and we reject any imposed social structure which values some community members over others. All of us are relevant to the community and to each other.

RESPECT:

If we want the respect of others, we must in turn be willing to afford them the same respect. Our beliefs evolve from our own unique experiences; there is no one set of “rules”, nor one path that’s right for everyone. There is no harm in disagreements amongst one another; however, discourteous behavior should be avoided when possible. We promote the fair treatment of others with open-minded contemplation of their views. However, it violates our principles to expect undeserved deference, or to accommodate that expectation in others. We will not grant respect to those who by their actions prove themselves unworthy of such. The vampire community is comprised of individuals with diverse social backgrounds and spiritual paths. Although we may not agree with someone else’s belief, practice, or tradition, we all have a common right to exist, and to participate in the community.

INTEGRITY:

We encourage originality and self-expression tempered by personal accountability. Each of us is solely responsible for our own words and behavior. No member of our community, whether vampire, donor, or advocate is isolated from the rest — our actions reflect not only on ourselves, but also on the rest of the community. More adept or tenured members of the community should assist those who ask for advice, each in accordance with their own ability and absent of any personal agenda. We recognize the existence of sensationalist media and its potential threat to both the safety and privacy of ourselves and our loved ones. We expect those members of our community who appear in public, whether at social functions, in print, or on the Internet, the radio, or film to act in accordance with these principles — to conduct themselves at all times in a responsible manner.

AWARENESS:

The vampire community is the result of its members engaging in self-discovery; it is not a prefabricated identity. Whether one is a vampire or donor, a friend or supporter, the substance of the community is formed through our self-awareness and interaction. We are true to ourselves, and encourage self-awareness in others, so that we all can live according to our own aesthetics and consciences. While it is acceptable to use pseudonyms as alternatives for proper names, we believe that adopting a phony persona robs us of the opportunity to form genuine, lasting bonds with each other. The vampire community is a product of our own individual contributions and perspectives; in this culture being untrue to oneself strips the entire community of relevance and purpose. In addition to our own self-awareness, we should be aware of what goes on within our community, striving always to foster a safe and structured environment for ourselves and others.

SAFETY:

Vampires and donors alike are committed to protecting the safety of their loved ones and themselves. We will make every effort to educate ourselves on safe feeding methods, including but not limited to: basic anatomy and physiology, first aid, sterilization, disease prevention, and safer sex practices. In all matters relating to feeding we will exercise judgment with a clear and alert mind, acknowledging the bond between vampire and donor. Anyone who performs an activity that is knowingly harmful, negligent, or contrary to the prior expressed desires of a donor may endure harsh and openly voiced or published criticism within the vampire community as well as potentially become subject to involvement from law enforcement.

We encourage adhering to the following practices:

We do not fail to thoroughly screen donors for both physical and mental health conditions and concerns with frequently updated testing information as applicable. Likewise, we do not fail to uphold all applicable laws governing legal age of consent and matters relating to blood consumption or exchange.

We do not feed from those who are knowingly infected with HIV, Hepatitis, or other blood-borne diseases or from those whose physical afflictions or condition places them at risk of harm by either sanguine or psychic feeding.

We do not feed from someone whose psychological health we have reason to believe may be harmed by either sanguine or psychic feeding

We do not allow others to feed from us if our physical or mental health is in any manner compromised or we harbor any doubt as to our present health status.

We do not fail to practice safer sex, and likewise do not feed from those who do not practice safer sex. Blood exchange should occur between consenting adults, ideally while engaged in a monogamous relationship or otherwise universally agreed upon arrangement.

We do not feed from anyone who is intoxicated, under the influence of illicit or illegal substances, or otherwise unable to render informed written or verbal consent.

We do not draw unfavorable attention to our donors or ourselves by either flaunting feeding practices in an inappropriate setting or by exposing ourselves to those who actively seek to exploit us for personal gain.

Whether we are vampires or are donors, we are not hesitant to report illegal behavior to law enforcement and remove ourselves from harmful situations.

#vampyre #Vampyrelaws #vampyrelifestyle #vampyrereligion #Vampyrecode #vampyreguidelines

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thelooseendorastrand · 7 days ago

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Hi, I'm Tim, your local SCP writer, bookworm, overachiever, worry-wart and definitely human. I love helping out, though I might be a little scared of starting a conversation, so it helps if you reach out to me first. 🕊

I'm best reached over Wikidot PMs under the username TheLooseEnd.

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First a couple ground rules, alright?

1. Please no sexists, homophobes, transphobes, ableists, racists, xenophobes or any other group that uses hateful or cruel rhetoric towards another person. I won't engage with a troll comment or ask, I will simply block you. This is a safe space for my readers and I prefer to keep it that way.

2. Please do not engage with my posts if you're a minor, I would prefer minors stay away from SCP content because of the nature of the site's content and the rules of signing up. I understand the enthusiasm to get into the community, but maybe wait a bit, yeah?

3. Please do not repost my content and attempt to pass it off as your own. I have seen this happen to my work before and it was very scary.

4. Please do not pressure me to come back when I'm on hiatus. It makes me really anxious and tired, which makes me want to stay on hiatus longer...

Okay? Then we can go over fun things!

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Navigation

#wiki stuff - Technical posts about the SCP Wiki, things like greenlights, writing tips and wikidot advice.

#scp - Posts related to the content on the SCP Wiki, things like posts about characters, articles and tales.

#cozy post - Happy, chill posts that feel comfy and nice, we like to keep a nice warm feeling here.

#uncozy post - I don't like making these, but these address discourse, uncomfortable topics and triggering things.

#goofy - I might be feeling a little silly, have a silly post.

#today I learned - Fun facts tag, this is a post about some interesting knowledge I'd love to share.

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My Favorite Genres

I love absurdist and surreal fiction, as well as anything with cosmic horror, a bit of comedy too along with alternate histories, speculative fiction, stories that stretch the limits of their mediums and lots of worldbuilding. When it comes to writing, I mostly mix a lot of these.

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My Projects

I'm currently working on a lot, including my essays for school, which means all of them will be updated very slowly. Apologies in advance.

Verdant [SCP]

[Being kept secret for future plans]

The Rvelkan Brecht Headline Sentinel [Original]

An interactive speculative fiction piece about a team of news reporters in the year 7303 on an earth very different from this one.

Chiaroscuro [SCP]

A tragedy about an anomalous Banksy-like artist and his reality bender fiancé evading capture by the SCP Foundation when his identity's been compromised.

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🌿 Book Recommendations 🌿

To Build A Fire by Jack London

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

The Tragedie of Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Vampyre by John William Polidori

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe

☘ Film Recommendations ☘

(Films)

Dead Horse [2022]

Asteroid City [2023]

It's Just A Five Minute Walk [2023]

Everything Everywhere All At Once [2022]

Coraline [2009]

The Chair, A Short Film [2023]

(Episodes)

Uncanny Alley - 02 - Late Shift

Over The Garden Wall - 02 - Hard Times at The Huskin' Bee

Love Death & Robots - Vol2 08 - The Drowned Giant

Love Death & Robots - Vol3 09 - Jibaro

🌱 Videogame Recommendations 🌱

The Utility Room [2023]

Indika [2024]

Kid A Mnesiac Exhibition [2021]

2:22 AM [2017]

Kitty Horrorshow Haunted Cities Volumes 1-4 [Varied]

Slay The Princess; The Pristine Cut [2024]

🍀 Other Medium Recommendations 🍀

Plexus by Elena Helfrecht (Photography Collage)

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Things to know about me:

I have autism and anxiety (both diagnosed), which makes it a little difficult for me to keep up with certain schedules outside my normal ones. This includes posting schedules and writing schedules. I might go on long hiatuses occasionally.

My pronouns are he/they, by the way. I put a lot of queer representation in my writing as a queer person, and I think it's important to have stories from historically overlooked perspectives told.

This is a blog that supports LGBTQ+ rights.

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An Important Message

I understand that as a creator I have influence over others, and I will choose whenever possible to use that influence to promote kindness, mindfulness and empathy, not just toward others but toward yourself as well. So, I've put some resources here for my readers.

USA Based Resources;

https://988lifeline.org/get-help/

https://www.crisistextline.org/

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/

https://translifeline.org/hotline/

UK Based Resources;

https://sossilenceofsuicide.org/

https://giveusashout.org/

https://www.lifelinehelpline.info/

https://www.thecalmzone.net/

I care about you deeply, readers.

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#introductory post

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sunnydaleherald · 1 year ago

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday, June 13

Faith: So, you gonna rat me out? Is that it? Buffy: Faith, we have to tell. I can't pretend to investigate this. I can't pretend that I don't know. Faith: Oh, I see. But you can pretend that Angel's still dead when you need to protect him. Buffy: I *am* trying to protect you. Look, if-if we don't do the right thing, it's only gonna make things worse for you. Faith: Worse than jail for the rest of my young life? No way! Buffy: Faith, what we did was... Faith: Yeah. We. You were right there beside me when this whole thing went down. Anything I have to answer for, you do, too. You're a part of this, B. All the way.

~~Buffy Episode #49: "Consequences"~~

The Sunnydale Herald is looking for at least one new editor! Contributing to the Herald is a great way to get your Buffy on! Find out more here. If you saw the phrase "HTML template" in our previous calls for editors and that was what made you decide that Herald duties aren't for you, you may be glad to hear that we've set up an alternative posting process!

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

A Little Extra (Xander, T, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure xover) by [personal profile] madimpossibledreamer

[Chaptered Fiction]

Here Comes Goodbye (Buffy/Spike, unrated) by DeamonQueen

You Are Worth Saving Ch. 3 (Fred/Spike, M) by Kittenwritings

Aspectus Ch. 6 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Kirinin

Wild Thing Ch. 2 (Buffy/Spike, T) by ViolettaEcho

Heart and Strength Ch. 14 (Buffy/Xander, unrated) by

Miss Match (Maker) Ch. 2 (Angel/Spike, M) by MadeInGold

A Reincarnation in Sunnydale Ch, 9 (Buffy/Angel, M) by DracoRim98

You Have Shattered, and I Will Pick Up the Pieces Ch. 6 (Buffy/Faith, unrated) by theRealLadyLucifer

Fatheres Ch. 20 (Buffy/Faith, M) by Forgotten Conscience

Buffy's Ultimate Ch. 3 (Buffy/Spike, T) by PrePsychPineappleLover

Wild Thing, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, T) by violettathepiratequeen

Inner Demon = Literal Cat, Chapter 10 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Desicat

The Neighbor's Point of View, Chapter 19 (Buffy/Spike, G) by the_big_bad

Dusk Rising, Chapter 12-13 (Buffy/Spike, E) by HappyWhenItRains

Between the Shadow and the Soul, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Lmrln

105: Intro To Vampyre, Chapter 16 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Desicat

The Excellent Glory of Willy the Snitch, Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, G) by Desicat

The Time We Had, Chapter 43 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Dusty

Encased by Sunshine, Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, E) by acb6293

Baby Love, Chapter 35 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Niamh

I Violently Dislike You, Chapter 18 (Buffy/Spike, E) by scratchmeout

Float, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Grief Counseling

Postcards and Snapshots, Chapter 17 (Buffy/Spike, T) by TheSunnySlayer

Insubstantial, Chapter 3 (Buffy/Spike, T) by flootzavut

Broken Not Destroyed Ch. 37 (Buffy, T, Arrow xover) by Buffyworldbuilder

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork:BTVS “Every Outfit” “Selfless” Xx () by whatshisfaceblogs

Artwork:Buffy and Spike () by Rebekah Isaacs

Artwork:Spike () by vampywillz

Artwork:Spike () by falsestardust

Icons: Kendra Young icons () by onegirlinallthewrld

[Reviews & Recaps]

Rewatch: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Nightmares” (S1Ep10) by mothman-rewatches

Video: Buffy The Vampire Slayer 7x22 “Chosen” Reaction () by naj

[Fandom Discussions]

does the Buffy fandom have a/b/o discourse? by aphony-cree

by hero-adjacent

I really like Dawn… but she acts very immature for her age. by nestaenthusiast

One thing that really annoys me in the btvs fandom is how few people acknowledge that faith sleeping with Buffy in Riley’s body was also a violation of Buffy. by daenerysthevampireslayerr, becomingpart2

hatred and rage on the behalf of fictional characters time!! by falsestardust

Spike gets so much credit for standing up for Buffy and giving her the morale boost after Empty Places but there’s not much talk on how if he wasn’t in s7 the mutiny might not have happened. by hero-adjacent

Well the sad thing about it is that Angel season 5 is still significantly better than s4 by tuiyla

I just want to say that despite the bizarreness and silliness of it, I completely get Buffy’s cookie dough analogy. by girl4music

I have brought up myself once about how abuse in love relationships isn’t as black and white as people think it is. by girl4music

not sure if i agree w ur interpretation of s2s message by apoppyinmyhair

Seeing Red by patchuolli

Angel and Connor by all-seeing-ifer

In Empty Places Giles called Buffy paranoid by hero-adjacent

I’m really pissed off. by https://www.tumblr.com/sunnydale-digest/720058098474205184?source=share

top 5 btvs outfits? by sspoike

I kind of wished Dawn had scenes in random items that Buffy wore in s1-4. by sspoike

have you read any fic where Buffy is the vamp and Spike or William are human? by mcgnagallsarmy

Faith crawling on the bed in Buffy's body by hero-adjacent

The Buffy fandom is so fucked by aphrditee

reasons why lorne is queer coded by thepunkmuppet

my first ever ship is the ever unpopular bangel from buffy the vampire slayer! by siriusmiones

Obligatory OTP ask game! by audelia-bly

30 Days of Buffy: Day 6- Favorite Season by spikes-left-eyebrow

SoS: Willow in Choices by Cohen

THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE DAY part 4 by ILLYRIAN

SoS: Developing Xander by nightshade

30 Days of Buffy: Day 7- Least Favorite Season by spikes-left-eyebrow

Video: The Unnoticed Tragedy of Dawn Summers () by Rachel Macdonald

Note: The main BtVS/AtS Reddit forums are participating in the third party API protests, so content from Reddit may be sporadic or absent.

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

PUBLICATION: When Joyce Died on Buffy - And Why It Was the Show's Biggest Moment by CBR

PUBLICATION: "Queen of Hell": Drusilla's New Role in Buffy Lore Redefines the Slayer Line by Screen Rant

PUBLICATION: Buffy: James Marsters Would Have Killed Spike Earlier (And For A Pretty Good Reason) by Looper

Submit a link to be included in the newsletter!

#btvs #buffy the vampire slayer #angel the series #fan fiction #meta #fan art

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creechursofthenight · 3 years ago

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this is a reminder not to keep primeval vampyrs as pets! if you find one, please contact a wildlife expert who can handle them. primeval vampyrs are wild animals and are not acclimated to domestic life. if you like the look of primeval vampyrs, please get a pygmy primeval. they're very close relatives that have been domesticated and make great pets, and they don't take up nearly as much space as a primeval vampyr!

#pet vampire #vampire #vampire husbandry #vampire ownership #vampire discourse #primeval vampyr #pygmy primeval

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moderndaysoul-blog · 6 years ago

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Imagine Damon asking you to marry him

Y/N had, had the worst day in the history of worst days, as she rushed over to the Salvatore boarding house to finally relax. Hearing her car pull up a smirking Damon opened the door and waited for you with open arms. "Hey baby" he greeted, You smiled at him, "I've had the worst day." You say throwing the items you had been carrying down on the counter. "Y/N we should get married." Damon said, causing you to whirl around, "What did you say?" To say you where shocked was an understatement. "Lets get married, You had a bad day, and I'm not doing shit, lets go get married."

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thebodybioelectric · 7 years ago

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I can’t believe it’s almost 2018 and I still have to make posts about how people who identify as Dracula are 100% VLAD

#Vampyre #vampire #mogai discourse #this is important #mirror erasure

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professionalqueerbookworm · 4 years ago

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Queer Academia Essays.

Here’s a list of academically sourced texts for all my fellow geeks out there. • Hans Mayer “Außenseiter.” ("The Outcasts") • Mario Praz “La carne, la morte e il diavolo nella letteratura romantica.” ("The Romantic Agony") • Monique R. Morgan “Frankenstein’s Singular Events: Inductive Reasoning, Narrative Technique, and Generic Classification” • Massoud Nassiri „Aspekte Des Dualismus Im Roman Die Elixiere Des Teufels Bei E. T. A. Hoffmann.“ • Jennifer Beauvais “Domesticity and the Female Demon in Charlotte Dacre’s Zofloya and Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights” • Lisa Butler “That damned old business of the war in the members: The Discourse of (In)Temperance in Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” • Jodey Castricano “Much Ado about Handwriting: Countersigning with the Other Hand in Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” • Elizabeth Miller “Coitus Interruptus: Sex, Bram Stoker, and Dracula” • Diane Long Hoeveler “Objectifying Anxieties: Scientific Ideologies in Bram Stoker’s Dracula and The Lair of the White Worm” • Joshua D. Gonsalves “Byron—In-Between Sade, Lautréamont, and Foucault: Situating the Canon of “Evil” in the Nineteenth Century” • A.A. Markley “The Success of Gentleness: Homosocial Desire and the Homosexual Personality in the Novels of William Godwin” • Clara Tuite ��Cloistered Closets: Enlightenment Pornography, The Confessional State, Homosexual Persecution and The Monk” • Hannah Louise O’Connor “Sapphic Spectres: Lesbian Gothic in Interwar German Narratives” • M. O'Rourke e D. Collings, «Introduction: Queer Romanticism: Past, Present and Future,» Romanticism on the Net, n. Issue 36-37, 2005. • E. Moers, «Literary Women: The Great Writers, Oxford University Press (1977). • T. Modleski, Loving with a Vengeance: Mass Produced Fantasies for Women, New York: Routledge, 2007. • A. Rich, Of Woman Born: Motherhood As Experience and Institution, New York: W W Norton & Company, 1976. • T. Heller, Dead Secrets: Wilkie Collins and the Female Gothic, New Haven; Londra: Yale University Press, 1992. • J. E. Fleenor, The Female Gothic, Montreal; Londra: Eden, 1983. • S. Yi Sencindiver, «Shared Secrets: Motherhood and Male Homosexuality in Doppelganger Narratives,» Kontur, n. 21, 2001. • G. Buzwell, «‘Man is not truly one, but truly two’: duality in Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde,» 15 Maggio 2014. • J. Kristeva, Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection., New York: Columbia University Press, 1982. • J. Kristeva, “On Melancholic Imagination.” Postmodernism and Continental Philosophy., Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1988. • J. Kristeva, Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia, New York: Columbia University Press, 1989. • J. P. Wilper, Reconsidering the Emergence of the Gay Novel in English and German, Purdue University Press, 2016. • G. Haggerty, «The Horrors of Catholicism: Religion and Sexuality in Gothic Fiction,» Romanticism on the Net, n. 36-37, 27 luglio 2005. • M. Fincher, «The Gothic as Camp: Queer Aesthetics in The Monk,» Romanticism on the Net, n. 44, Novembre 2006. • L. Fitzgerald, «The Sexuality of Autorship in The Monk,» Romanticism on the Net, n. 36-37, febbraio 2005. • D. Kremer, «‘Die Elixiere des Teufels’,» in E.T.A. Hoffmann: Leben –Werk – Wirkung., De Gruyter, 2010. • S. Anelli, Fantasmi dell‘Io: Il Doppio nella narrativa gotica di ETA Hoffmann e EA Poe, Milano: CUEM, 2006. • C. R. Clason, «‘Narrative Teasing: Withholding Closure in E.T.A. Hoffmann’s Die Elixiere des Teufels’,» Colloquia Germanica: Internationale Zeitschrift für Germanistik, 2009. • G. Pilo e F. Sebastiano, Storie di Vampiri, Newton Compton Editori, 2005. • M. A. Uygur, «QUEER VAMPIRES AND THE IDEOLOGY OF GOTHIC,» Journal of Yaşar University, 2013. • W. A. Tringali, Not Just Dead, But Gay! Queerness and the Vampire, BSU Honors Program Theses and Projects, 2016. • M. Rigby, «“Prey to some cureless disquiet”: Polidori’s Queer Vampyre at the Margins of Romanticism,» online journal Romanticism on the Net, n. 36-37, 2005.

#queer academia #queer culture #queerreads #lgbtq books #queer scholars #queer literature

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madscientiststvstatic · 4 years ago

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So, I’ve gotten a boom in followers recently,,,,,

Now, I recognize that not everyone might’ve read my “about” pages before joining, so here’s a quick run-down:

First and Foremost:

Un-Follow Me Immediately If

You run a porn blog

You’re a Pedophile/MAP/NOMAP/SOMAP/PEAR/the fuck you’re calling yourself

You’re a Pedophile apologist

You’re a Nazi

Youre a fascist or support fascism

You’re racist

You’re sexist— this includes misogyny and misandry

You’re homophobic! The fuck are you doing on tumblr!

You’re transphobic (this including TERFs and TEHMs).

You’re a radfem in general. I think I already covered that with “terf” and “misandrist”

You’re an exclusionist in the LGBTQ+ community. This includes discriminating against trans, non-binary, asexual, bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, omnisexual, and aromantic people, polyamorous people, or anyone in general.

You’re an asshole in general.

You run a blog regularly involved in discourse/drama

Bye!

Next Up:

~A little bit about me~

The name I’m currently going by is Bandit,

I’m in my freshman year of high school, I am a minor

I’m queer

I’m polyamorous

I’m trans and non-binary

I use multiple sets of pronouns, feel free to ask me how they’re used! Please ask before using he or she pronouns, I’m not always comfortable with them!:

✨They/them/their/themself

🌙Xey/xem/xer/xerself

🍂 Ze/zir/zirs/zirself

🌻Ve/ver/vers/verself

💎Se/sum/ser/sumself

I live in Florida (eastern standard time)

I’m half Belgian

I only speak English fluently, but I know some Spanish. I’m also learning French and Latin.

I don’t like people complimenting my appearance (like calling me cute or whatever) if they haven’t actually seen what I look like

I don’t like being called cool

I’m okay with being asked “how are you” but I don’t love it since most of the time I have to lie to avoid worrying people,

I might have ADHD-I (ADD) but I’m still looking into that

I have PMDD

I like cooking, writing, and playing piano since they’re the only things I’m really good at

I don’t really engage with fandom tumblr anymore

I like literary analysis

I like comic books— specifically I’m obsessed with anything to do with Jason Todd

My favorite book is The Poet and the Vampyre by Andrew McConnell Stott

but in general I prefer fiction to nonfiction

My favorite musicians are Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Marina and the Diamonds, Taylor Swift, and Lorde

Last but not Least

About the Blog

If my blog color is grey — I am in a bad mood and unlikely to talk to anyone (the lighter the grey, the worse it it. If the background is plain white— I need help. I’d prefer for you to send it in the form of asks rather than DMs)

If the text in my bio is in red I might be posting nsfw shitposts/Jokes and I am okay with seeing nsfw shitposts/jokes.

If it is white, then I am not.

If it is in blue, then I don’t care either way.

If you need to send an ask to me, send it to @a-loser-answers

If you want to know where I stand on important issues, check out @loser-with-a-brain

If you want to see my art and some helpful art tips, check out @artist-with-internet-access

If you want to see my writing and some helpful writing tips, check out @writer-with-internet-access

If you wanna see me hate on the Roman Empire and the Julio-Claudian Dynasty, check out @julius-caesar-can-suck-my-toes

If you wanna tune in for omninous warnings, spooky stories, and cool music, check out @radio-static-23-4 (this blog is mostly inactive right now, mainly because I lost motivation. Sorry!)

If you wanna send my OCs some asks, hop on over to @ask-a-losers-ocs

Here’s a sideblog that’s just really dedicated to aesthetic @naturecore-yorick-and-more

And if you’ve made it this far,,,, here are some ask games that are always open:

#long post #ask to tag #taking out the trash #about me #cat #swearing tw

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