I am accepting @altraviolet's challenge (from the post here) for the fic writer questionnaire. This looks like fun! *cracks knuckles*

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

90

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

1,133,042 (holy shit)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

I mostly write for Transformers these days. I do have a little short story cooking for Centaurworld; maybe I'll get that jotted down some day.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

I can definitely see how writing for a popular ship will skew your stats on your fics, and smut gives bonus points. 😅

Frag the Police. Jazz/Prowl, NSFW

Claim Rejected. MegOP, SFW

Peer Review. Starscream/Wheeljack, NSFW

Anamnesis. Jazz/Prowl, SFWish (has plug-n-play interfacing)

Public Indecency. Jazz/Prowl, NSFW

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes! I love comments and I want to pass on that appreciation. 💗

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Hmm. Even my darker stories usually have a bit of light in the end, since I am a sucker for happy (if possibly bittersweet) endings. But the story Atrocity (please mind the tags on that one) leaves Bluestreak in a bad place at the end, and nothing is really resolved.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I have lots of fics with really happy endings! But in terms of having no hanging ends, I think The Renegade and the Hound might be the happiest. 🤗 The last chapter of that fic is all warm fuzzies for the characters.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not yet. 😄 I've gotten some vaguely critical comments sometimes but I wouldn't call that hate.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Ooooh yeah. I write it all. I'll even write the weird stuff there's no terms for. Give me that weird-ass smut.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I tend to write fusions rather than traditional crossovers, but the weirdest one was very recent: The Spark and the Lightning, which is the War for Cybertron game crossed/fused with Dune.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I am aware of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! The fic Becoming has been translated into Russian.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Sort of? A friend and I tossed little bits of a story back and forth several years ago, each of us building on what the other had just written. I have the bits all collected, but I'm not sure if it'll ever see the light of day.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

Bluestreak/Hound. 💗

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

It's in the Alt Modes and Alchemy AU. Basically it's the events of the climax of The Renegade and the Hound and a period immedately afterwards, but from Perceptor's POV. It's written as a half diary/half academic paper. The title is:

On the Restoration of Cybertron: An Analysis and Personal Account, or A Treatise on the Effects of the Destruction of the Matrix of Leadership on Cybertron and its Inhabitants from an Alchemical Perspective, and a Personal Account of said Event as Recalled by Perceptor of Iacon, Head Alchemist of Optimus Prime.

It's hella fun, and I'd love to finish it, but it keeps moving out of my "currently working on" stack into the "shelved" stack. :/

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I'm good at worldbuilding and writing those juicy emotional scenes.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Finishing stuff. 😅 But seriously, I have a tendency to go back and rework stuff I've written (but not yet posted) instead of working forward on getting more words down. I love editing too much I think. >.<

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

It's fine? It should be clear to the reader what the dialogue says without them having to Google Translate it. Anything that stops a reader and takes them out of the flow of the story is a Bad Thing imo.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Hahaha! I think the first actual fanfic I wrote was in the Time Quintet series (specifically after reading A Swiftly Tilting Planet) by Madeleine L'Engle. I think I was about 8 or 9.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

Hmm. My favourite long fic is Mind, Body, and Soul (which was long and self-indulgent and I said everything I wanted to say about the Big Themes of the story). My favourite short fic is probably Datastream, mostly because I dipped into Cybertronian brains and weird sci-fi elements, mixed with formatting to help tell the story. :)

That was fun! Consider yourself tagged if you want to play along.

16, 23, and 30 for the writing asks pleaaaase ✨ (i'm borrowing some of the ones you asked me cause I gotta know!! hehe)

Oh thank you, friend!! Hahaha, happy to answer! 😉

16. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever used as a bookmark?

This isn't particularly weird lol I used to love bookmarks and would collect them as a kid. I used a tissue as a bookmark when visiting my grandparents and didn't bring a bookmark with me 😂

23. Describe the physical environment in which you write. Be as detailed as possible. Tell me what’s around you as you work. Paint me a picture.

I share a small one bedroom with my SO. I sit at a long table by the door to our bedroom. It's mostly covered in junk, with some notebooks and tarot cards to my right, a desk lamp, tissues, hand lotion, deodorant. I'd love an office or a space of my own but that's something that will have to wait.

30. Talk to me about the role dreams play in your writing life. Have you ever used material from your dreams in your writing? Have you ever written in a dream? Did you remember it when you woke up?

I've never used material from a dream in my writing. I think I've dreamt of writing once or twice but never fiction, usually a school paper or something. I don't normally remember my dreams unless they're scary/stress dreams and even them, not often. I wish I had a more active dream life, but I don't sadly

[Weird Writing Asks]

To everyone: what is the weirdest thing you have found or encountered after hours in the Plex?

Sun: Oh goodness... there was a POTATO that one of the kids brought in and hid in one of the corners under a play mat. This kid, for WEEKS would go over there and sit down with a book and blanket so I wouldn't see the water bottle they had to give to the potato a drink. The only reason I found it was because I went over there one time to clean and saw a puddle and lump... I seriously thought the kid left a different 'surprise' for me *sigh* It had quite a bite of roots but also some mold from being under the mat... that kid was not happy when they came back and their potato was gone....

Moon: "I found a skeleton."

Sun: What!? No you didn't! WHY would there be a skeleton here in the Pizzaplex???

Moon: "It was in the kitchen trash compactor! It was really small too! Still had some chicken on it! >:)"

Sun: Ugh... You're jokes are really bad. And not in a funny bad.

Moon: "Whatever. Anyway, I've seen plenty of weird stuff while doing my rounds. Nothing really comes to mind though... At least, none that I want to explain..."

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Freddy: I think the weirdest at the time was a few days after we were upgraded to be able to eat. Seeing Chica rip apart a bag of garbage and devour almost the whole thing was something Bonnie and I talked a lot about afterwards. It is a lot less weird now, but the first time it happened was quite a shock.

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Monty: There's this weird "Off Limits" sign that is over in Kid's Cove. I think it's some of the unfinished remodeling of the rest of Kid's Cove when Monty Golf was built. I don't know, it's weird though.

I'm too big to go in there. Moon crawled down there once and got super freaked out and swore to never go in there again. No one else wants to help me figure out what's in it so it's just gonna stay a weird hole to me I guess.

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Roxy: Not really after hours, but like... Whenever I see an old picture of Foxy it... it's weird. Okay, I don't really like it. Sometimes when I'm taking a shortcut to get to a kid's party or whatever I pass by one of his pictures and it just makes me feel... bad? *sigh* Why keep those things around if he's gone? Why do I need to be reminded of him! I never even met him! AND YET I AM STUCK LIVING IN HIS STUPID SHADOW AS IF I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH AS I AM! I AM BETTER THAN THAT CRAPPY PIRATE!

... *sniff*

Sorry... just... ignore what I said. The weirdest thing I've ever seen was uh... was Sun popping out of the slide for the first time. There, that's it. That's my answer...

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Chica: What's not weird? Hahaha! I mean, if you think about it, aren't we all super weird in our own way? There's ton of weird things! Sun and Moon being able to twist their body like a pretzel, Monty having made a deep hole in one of his ballpits in Monty Golf to hide things in, Freddy's whole tie collection having some of the funniest patterns to them, and Roxy secretly bringing me some Monty Mystery Mix hidden in her hair. It's all weird! It's all fun! That's the best part about this place!

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DJMM: Hmmm... weird huh? Well, it wasn't me encountering it much, but one of the first times I met Moon was when it was trying to steal an arcade machine. I thought he was an intruder and grabbed them immediately only for them to freak out and beg not to be scrapped. That made me loosen my grip as, I thought at the time, I probably just scared a maintenance bot trying to fix an arcade machine.

Well, Moon explained that he needed the arcade cabinet and I just helped them as far as I can. He never really explained what was so important about that game, but I assume it was one of her favorites in the old Daycare she told me about and so they put it in or close to the Daycare so that they can play it often. Which, is kind of a bummer for me... I'd love to sit by Moon as he plays a game and just rambles about what it's playing...

CAN I REQUEST SOME RANDOM HEADCANONS FOR ISSEI OR FOR ATSUMU? I LOVE YOUR WORK IT MAKES ME HAPPY I SWEAR

RANDOM MATSUKAWA ISSEI HEADCANONS I HAVE!! (GENERAL + BF + OUTFITS)

genre: fluff/comfort/crack HAHA

warnings: just a few curse words

authors note: AHHH i’m so glad you like my work!! and thank you for requesting these wonderful boys! it was so hard choosing which one to do T_T hope you like it!!

general:

once ate a sandwich with a fork just to make his friends angry HQYSGWHBD

along with skateboarding, he also knows how to roller skate

loves going to the movies

he has the weirdest sense of humor PLEASE

really wants a pet but his mom won’t let him get one

makki and him always do a very long and elaborate “handshake” except they improvise it every time and oikawa and iwaizumi HATE IT

has pretty bad back pain for an 18 year old

takes his younger siblings out for frozen yogurt when they accomplish something

he’s actually a really fast runner but hates running so no one knows

has tried every single energy drink that he has ever come across

he can burp on command

has a large and odd sock collection

really wants tattoos when he’s older

his favorite color is black (or grey)

he was temporarily a twitch streamer during college

he’s really good at chess for some reason

calls oikawa “pretty boy” to piss him off

makki and him literally never bring lunch and always scrounge for food and share whatever they find

he’s double jointed

his mom is usually busy/working so he makes lunch for his little siblings (to take to school)

i’m not sure if you read my last random hc’s but i said that makki and mattsun played on the schools tennis team for fun but now they actually enjoy it IWBDUNSIS

for someone good at tennis, he SUCKS at ping pong

he’s a really good listener

speaking of which, he lets oikawa vent to him because for some reason he only feels comfortable telling mattsun stuff ??

used to go camping a lot when he was a kid

everyone knows him and he has friends in every social group (but his best friends are iwa, oikawa, and makki)

prefers silver over gold jewelry

and the answer is yes, he does wear rings

his favorite soda is dr pepper

he doesn’t know it, but kunimi looks up to him a lot

if makki and him see each other from far away, there is no doubt in my mind that they make this face at each other

iwa and him have push up contests at practice

this is his favorite song

he has stretch marks on his back from growing

doesn’t like to admit it but he is a sucker for 80’s music

will have sleepovers with makki where they just binge an entire anime in one night

when the “i like ya cut, g” trend was going around, he did it to iwa everyday and it got him SO MAD HAHAH

oh god he hates kids (...except his siblings)

he’s really good at whistling

i don’t know why but i feel like he listens to joji

this isn’t a hc but i just wanna share this video because its so funny and i love it so much

boyfriend:

really likes walking to school with you every morning

he always greets you with a kiss

makes you play tennis with him HAHAHA

sends you memes at ungodly hours of the a.m.

he told you a candice joke...i’m so sorry

doesn’t get mad easily like at all

however, he will get jealous if some dude is getting too comfortable with you

got you flowers on your first date <3

and they were your favorites <3333

loves giving you hugs from behind

you love them too except sometimes he’ll put his entire weight on you (on purpose) and he’s HUGE and HEAVY

the second you walk into a room, he’s already smiling/smirking

one his favorite dates is when he takes you to a rooftop to watch the sunrise or sunset

if you text him that you’re bored, he will immediately come over to go do something fun (if you want him to)

likes to give you kisses on random places (ex: your nose, your shoulder, your wrist, the top of your head, etc...) <3

loves when you sit on his lap or in between his legs

if he sees something that reminds him of you, he’ll take a picture of it

calls you “doll” and “baby/babe”

he likes this song solely because it reminds him of you

always celebrates your small wins with you (ex: if you got a good grade on a test)

he genuinely thinks you’re so cool

if you do a sport, he definitely goes to watch you and makes a really small sign with your name on it ISNDHFBWJSJ

you have so many videos of him doing dumb shit oh my gosh

really likes driving at night with you while some good music is playing

you guys have so many inside jokes hahah

outfits i think he’d wear:

Oh my god guys it’s been 5 1/2 hours since I woke up but I just realized that I had the weirdest zombie dream I’ve ever had, and I’ve had some weird ones

So first off, it was kind of a double recurring dream, first because it’s an inciting zombie apocalypse which I’ve dreamed about 1000030850380485 times, but also ever since I was little I’ve had dreams where I can fly, and I always use it just for, like, fun? Just flap flapping around a little bit because it’s awesome. And it always uses the same mechanics-- I can’t just start flying, but if I get some high ground and a really good jumping going, then I can flap my arms (i’m dead serious) and it keeps me afloat. I can go as high as I want and drift back down to land.

So I was in this really weird futuristic cartoony looking house complete with a huge fucking tube slide from the second floor to the ground. It also kind of looked like one of my old houses.

Anyway I don’t remember how this entire loop started, but the gist of it was either people or zombies (people I knew, like my family or dream-best friends) would get into the house and if it were people, some of them would turn.

I spent a good amount of the time running around trying to collect supplies so we could leave the house because seriously zombies just like? spawned in there? dream logic

and we learned that the zombie virus could be transferred from just a single fucking touch, so people would get into the house looking completely fine and then five minutes later they were zombies

I remember there were like two forks in the dream, one of them where my family and I got out of the house and we drove trying to find somewhere to go with all four of my sister’s ferrets (my sister only has three ferrets in real life), we get in a car crash and lose the car, and we have to continue on foot. We try to find a place to hole down in for the night and every place I try to go inside my brother tells me we can’t go in there but we eventually find a place, anyway, not important

I also remembered like? before the apocalypse started? i was walking home from something idk- from school! from school, i was walking home from school and i kept seeing zombies in the road and just around and i eventually, like, snapped back to the school? like a video game resetting positions? and i got a safe ride in a car back home and that was fucking weird

Anyway the second fork in the road was what made it the weirdest fucking dream ever in which that zombie virus that could be transmitted through only touch got to my best friend, and she gave it to me, and in that same “snapping back like in a video game fashion” I kept trying to successfully get both of us out of the house safely uninfected

When we finally got out of the house, I climbed the tree from the front yard of a house that is literally always in my flying dreams every time, and I use that as a launch to start flying. Apparently my best friend can also fly and we’re on our way out of the apocalypse I guess?

Anyway I look back and she’s a zombie, flying after me to try and kill me (what the fuck) but we can still communicate? she eventually gets me and we both get into the ground, and we can communicate and make human choices but we’re still zombies like some fucking Ahhh Zombies shit (another movie I’ve seen recently)

And we decide we need to find a safe place because any human will definitely rightfully kill us, and we do eventually come across some humans, and we surrender and yell at them not to kill us, but they do and we start sinking into the ground?

And I remember trying to wake myself up as I start sinking, because that’s a thing I can do, I can’t quite lucid dream but if I’m in enough danger in the dream and it gets too scary I can hit the eject button and wake up, but for some reason it wasn’t working and I kept sinking so I remember thinking you can either respawn or let yourself die which sounds kind of dark but i promise it isn’t

anyway i start sinking into the dirt and the second my eyes go under everything goes black except one thing and it looked like a fucking minecraft glitch where you see through the blocks? and that thing i could see was Hell (it literally was like. neon glow signs that said ‘hell’ idk) and I was like “hahaha not doing that” so I respawned as a human

And that happened a few times? Where I was human, turned into a zombie, turned back into a human whether I died or not, and went back and forth?

this was a long fucking post but what the fuck

tagging my sister @devanimation

tagged by: @mamamoshrek and @louisgaslitt

Here are the rules:

Always post the rules,

Answer the questions of the person who tagged you and don’t forget to thank them,

Write 11 new questions,

Make your own banner, and

Tag 11 people and link them to the post.

AJ’s Questions

1. Do you believe in the presence of a Parallel Universe?

actually, mas naintindihan ko lang yung idea ng Parallel Universe dahil kay Clara Benin, but wala talaga akong idea ron before. then here comes her song, and maybe there is talaga. hoping na sa kabilang universe we’re far way happier and better than what we are now.

2. If you could go back in time, would there be anything that you would want to change?

maybe i would change my mindset. i’ve been used to be so competitive sa lahat ng bagay and i always make it to the point na i’m dealing with others standards. siguro kung umpisa palang eh lowkey na ako, hindi siguro ako aabot sa ganitong thinking about life and acads and everything.

3. If you were given the chance to wield Thor’s Hammer, who would you smash first with it?

DDS MAMI AND U-KNOW-WHO!!! char not char hahahaha pero kasi nakagagalit lang talaga and wala akong ibang maisip na may deserve ng pefect smash aside sa kanila.

4. Would you change your name if you’d have the chance? if yes, what would it be?

no, kasi satisfied naman na ako sa tracey kasi medyo hindi common (madalas nga lang mali sa spelling but izzokay naman)

5. What is/are your comfort food?

red velvet and matcha!!!!!!!

6. What would you do if you were given invisibility powers?

siguro magtra-travel ako around the world kasi syempre libre yown. tapos magpapaka-fangirl ako sa mga concerts, pupunta ako sa backstage or sa mga bahay nila HAHAHHAHAH ang creepy pero kasi naman chance ko na yown tapos wala pang gastos.

7. If you were given the chance to learn a new language, what would it be?

korean para kapag nag-sokor ako (using my invisibility powers stated above) hindi ko na kailangan ng subtitle para maintindihan sila HAHAHHAHAHA zzz

8. If you were to be reborn to another nationality, what would you choose? (could be mixed e.g., half german, half shepherd)

wait, bwesit napaisip ako kung aso ba ako o tao. HAHAHAHHAHA half-korean siguro para naman ma-fulfill ko dreams ko kahit sa ganitong tanungan lang HAHAHAHAH

9. Describe your ideal date.

my ideal date could be sa concert grounds siguro or sa isang mellow-gig sa jess & pat’s or kahit saan basta may gig ng indie bands, tapos chill lang kayo, jamming with all those beautiful love songs. hindi ko na kasi masabing ideal date yung sa concert ng LANY kasi i already experienced it tapos hindi naman kami nung kasama ko pero soon jks HAHAHA

10. Is there someone you look up to? If you were given a chance to ask them any question provided that they answer you with all honesty, what would it be?

there’s no specific person na gusto kong matanong, but i really look up to those registered Civil Engineers and ask them how they made it kahit na ang hirap hirap. don’t wanna sound dramatic pero grabe, idol ko silang lahat lalo na pag laude or topnotchers. gusto kong magpatapak!!!

11. If you were given $1,000,000,000,000,000,000 now, what would you pay for first? (e.g., PH debt 2020)

andami masyado, sige pambayad nalang ng utang ng pinas. kapag may sumobra at hindi nakurakot, tsaka ko na babayaran utang namin HAHAHAHA jks

Kamil’s Questions:

1. Is there an icon you aspire to be like?

albert einstein tayo!! ano pa bang mahihiling mo sa sobrang talino niya tapos lahat prinoblema niya na hanggang ngayon prblema ko parin yung iba. ARGGHH!!!

2. What is the cheesiest/most romantic stunt you’ve ever pulled up on someone?

hinayaan kong matulog sa tabi ko yung crush ko kahit hindi ko alam kung crush din ba niya ako? HAHAHAHHAAH omg. tsaka natry ko rin gumawa ng box na puro letters tapos iniwan ko sa bag ng crush ko. (wala akong naging jowa sakanila AASHGSYG)

3. Which house do you belong to in Hogwarts?

GRYFFINDOR!!!!!!!!

4. If you end up in jail, what would be your crime?

pagbatikos siguro sa gobyerno lalo na sa sitwasyon natin ngayown huhu

5. If you had to name yourself now, what would it be?

still tracey siguro kahit hindi ko alam kung paano ko maiisip yon, pero stick tayo sa tracey hahaha

6. What tv show or book do you want to be in?

if a tv show, i would like to be a part of ELITE or any kdrama hehe. if a book, i want to be in a hundred and one reasons!!!

7. Who would play you in a movie about your life?

i want Ester Exposito!!!!!

8. What would you like to be known for?

that i’m a Registered Civil Engineer!!! ARGHHHH

9. What is the first thing people notice about you?

my speaking voice and how i interact with other people. they find me friendly and makapal yung mukha kasi talaga HAHAHAHHA

10. What’s the quickest way to your heart?

just make me laugh, madali akong ma-fall mami.. ZZZ

11. Do you collect anything?

any keroppi or cartoonish-frog!!! i have almost 100+ na gamit na frog yung design AHEHEEHZ

My questions:

1. When is the last time you experienced nostalgia?

2. What’s the scariest dream you’ve ever had?

3. What’s the weirdest thought you’ve ever had?

4. What animal would you want to be reincarnated as?

5. If you could visit one planet, which would it be?

6. What super power do you wish you had?

7. What’s your very first memory?

8. What did say as a kid when asked: What do you want to be when you grow up?

9. What country do you most want to travel to?

10. Which foreign language would you like to learn?

11. What’s the most ticklish spot on your body?

Tagging: @alwaysthesleepy @solaceinbetween @jillaxkalangg @thewrittencupofsolana​ @klang-y​ @carminology​ @made-by-nonsensical-creature​ @jawanalife​ @celestialmoonbae​ @wholeheartedlycat​ @qtmiming​

A Tour : The Trio

Hello, guys, we are excited to share this with you!! We love October and all the spooky things related. This month we’ll be sharing the Trio’s spooky adventures.

This one was so much fun to write, Pol and I ( @rossyele ) share a fascination for abandoned places so we came up with this idea from a prompt list going around. (Feel free to send us a request and a character, we’ll love to write something for you)

We aren’t going to say the place the trio is visiting but we’re sure you’re going to figure it out!!

Please enjoy the trio having a fun time :)

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The sound of his boots echo around the abandoned hallways as Castor takes a look around. Even with the sunlight streaming in from the windows with shattered glass, the place still looks hella creepy.

“You sure know how to pick a tour, Ly,” he comments, nudging a fallen piece of wood with his boot.

“I knew you’d like this peaceful place.” She steps over the broken glass, liking the sound it makes under her shoes.

“Peaceful...Heh, sure, it’s peaceful alright. ‘Coz everyone here is dead.” Castor rubs the back of his neck but one glance at the guy beside him who looks identical to Castor (except their hair) makes him smirk. Pollux’s eyes are wide and though he’s not talking, Castor notices his twin taking in everything he can --from the holes in the walls to the debris on the ground to the open doors leading to abandoned classrooms.

“Shit really went down here, huh?” Lyra asks picking on the chipped paint on a doorframe.

“A nuclear accident.” Pollux steps into one of the classrooms, adjusting his glasses. “Countless casualties, mourned by the entire world.” He trails a hand on one of the desks, eyes taking in the scattered pieces of paper on the desks and on the floor. Pencils and erasers once belonging to children.

“I knew you’d like it when I heard such a place like this existed.”

“Pollie likes the weirdest things.” Castor steps in front of the chipped blackboard and then clears his throat. “Lyra, where is your homework? Are you going to tell me it flew out the window again?” He puts his chin high up in the air and looks at Lyra, his imitation of one of their teachers making Pollux shake his head.

Lyra hurries and sits on one of the broken chairs, she clears her throat. “Professor, how did you know?”

“Because I have nothing else better to do than to torment you, Lyra.” Castor walks around slowly, as though he’s skating, hands clasped together by his waist. “I’m an adult, I know better than all of you so listen to me and submit your papers noooOOooooOOoooOOooow!”

“Professor!” She raises her hand. “Pol, is not seated.”

Castor whips his head to Pollux, his chin still pointed up. “PoLLUX!” he screeches in a girly voice. “Sit down, you beautiful bastard!”

Pollux arches an eyebrow and waves his hand over a seat. An illusion of himself appears seated on one of the chairs and the real Pollux moves to leave the room.

“Pollux!” Castor screams in the same girly voice. “Don’t turn your back on me young man! I’ll have you know I used to run marathons back in my day...about 600 years ago when I was a wee young lass!”

Lyra laughs throwing her head to the back, holding the sides of her stomach. “Pol, such a troublemaker.”

“I’m not interested in sitting on a dusty chair.” Pollux replies before going back to the hallway.

“Dusty?! Who said anything about dusty chairs! I’ll have you know this school hasn’t seen a dusty chair in a millennia! Because we always glue the butts of our students to the seats, that’s why!” Castor walks in that ridiculous manner, keeping up the act as he runs after his brother. “Pollux! Come back here and give me your butt!”

Almost falling from the chair Lyra laughs following the twins out of the room. “Professor, I can give you…”

Castor stops in his tracks and turns to Lyra, not breaking character. “Why Lyra...come here and lemme smack that booty.”

Pollux, seeing Castor not paying attention to him anymore, strides towards his brother and hits him across the back of his head. “Stop being an embarrassment.”

“Hey, you two, play nice!” Lyra tells them, her eyes catch something and she walks towards the window. “Fuck! Look at that!” She points outside, an old rusty ferris wheel stands not far from where they are.

The twins turn to where she’s pointing, Castor rubbing the place where Pol hit but a smile spreading across his face. “A fucking ferris wheel! Fuck yeah, there’s an amusement park here?! Let’s fucking go!”

Pollux shrugs and starts walking back towards the exit but on their way back, he sees a gas mask on the ground.

“Whatcha got there, baby bro?” Castor slings an arm around Pollux’s shoulders from behind but when he sees what Pollux is looking at, he gasps excitedly. “Oh fuck yeah! I can look like that guy from the movies! Those movies with the Jedis! Luke and Leah!” He starts to imitate Darth Vader’s breathing. "Heard the second movie's coming out this week. We should see it…"

While the twins are entertained Lyra picks a toy from the ground, a dusty teddy bear. The bear probably belonged to a kid and it reminds her of her own toy. She finds a place for it near a window. “Maybe they’ll come back for you, so sit tight.”

She doesn’t notice the twins have grown quiet, looking at her. Castor walks over to her and when Lyra turns around, his lips are waiting for hers. He presses a quick kiss to those soft red lips and he smiles at her. “You’re being real cute, sunshine.”

“Am not… I just thought it’d be lonely to stay here, too bad we can’t take it with us.” She glances one last time at the bear before leading Castor towards the exit.

While the two of them are speaking, Pollux wanders into another room, surveying the damage the accident caused on this school. The room doesn’t have much furniture in it, so he’s not sure what it was before everything was destroyed. But he sees a frame of a television set on the ground, and a doll lying on the ground near it. There’s another one of those gas masks at the other side of the room as well and Pollux finds himself wanting to leave something for future visitors.

“Leaving without you, Pol.” Lyra screams from the outside. Pollux admires his handiwork but moves to the exit as well, meeting up with Lyra and Castor. The three of them follow the path leading to the amusement park, each one taking in the abandoned city. It’s as though people left in a hurry, cars parked everywhere on the street, debris and trash scattered around.

The trio nears the amusement park. It’s a strange mix between the metallic structures and the greenery that has found its way back to the surface, claiming the territory. Lyra tightens her hold on Castor’s hand, the scene giving her the creeps. She’s not scared of death but the air is filled with a sense of abandonment and loss, as if the things left behind feel neglected and betrayed.

Castor squeezes back and allows more warmth to flow into hands without hurting her. He walks closer to Lyra and he knows she must be feeling the same way he is --kinda creeped out. But he knows the three of them can handle anything that comes their way, be it the lone wolves they spotted on the edge of town where the streets were covered by grass or maybe the ghosts of the people who used to live there.

On the other hand, Pollux doesn’t stop looking around him, imprinting the scenes to his memory. Everything about this place is fascinating. It’s...upsetting that there was an accident here, but the remnants of the city are beautiful, in a haunting but evoking way.

“So, I guess this is the main attraction.” Lyra tells them, watching the ferris wheel. Everything else on the park’s ground is old and broken, some of the rides having only a few pieces left.

Castor runs to what used to be bumper cars. Now, there's a thick green moss on the cars and ivy vines crawling around the walls and the ceiling. He stares at it and he can almost hear the laughter of children as the cars bump into each other or circling around the enclosed space and chasing other cars.

Lyra slowly swings her hand, her eyes focused on three of the bumper cars. Lifting her other hand, Lyra sees the invisible strings connecting her fingers to them. Lyra tests the waters and moves her fingers, watching as the cars slide a few inches. Castor jumps back, surprised, when he sees them moving. Pollux stands behind Lyra and a small smile appears on his face as he waits to see what she’ll do next. She starts making circles with her palms facing the ground and the ride comes to life, the circles grow bigger and she overlaps her hands making the bumpers clash against the other. There’s a satisfied smile on her face.

“Holy fuck, babe! Look at that! You got ‘em to work!” Castor exclaims, laughing excitedly. “You are the best! The fucking BEST, Lyra!” He starts running around, gesturing for them to follow. “Come on! Let’s see what else we can mess with!”

Pollux sighs as he falls into step beside Lyra. “I don’t think Castor will ever grow up.”

Lyra lets her arms fall on the side of her body and the cars come to a halt. “Have we, Pol? Because this feels just like when we used to run away to the woods… just, please, no weird gifts this time.”

“I’ll have you know, we collected all those insects carefully. We didn’t want you to have two of the same species.” Pollux remarks, following after his...supposedly older brother. “But no, I don’t think we’ve had a chance to properly grow up yet.”

“So thoughtful, Pol.” She smiles but the expression fades away rather quickly. “We had to flee those years, that time of our lives, in order to survive. We abandoned that phase like people abandoned this place.”

“True.” Pollux is quiet for a moment, when something to his right catches his eye. “But it doesn’t mean we’re without hope, Lyra. It doesn’t mean the future is as bleak as it seems.” He points to a blooming red rose among the shrubbery. “I still have hope for the future. Our future.”

“Our future…? Hahaha. You really think we have one..?” She stops herself and shakes her head. “Future or not, we have now, right?” She glances at Castor who is still running around. Pollux follows her gaze.

“Ah...yes. We have now.” He watches his brother step on top of a swing and start swaying back and forth.

“Hey! You slowpokes! Hurry up! I don’t wanna be here when it gets dark!” Castor calls out to them.

Lyra looks at Pollux one last time before running to Castor. “Are you afraid of the dark?” She asks the blue-haired twin.

“Tch. Me? Scared of the dark? Babe,” he says, smirking. “I can shoot fire from my hands. I think the dark should be scared of me!” He throws his head back and laughs as he continues moving on the swing. Pollux, however, finds himself standing in front of the huge ferris wheel that they saw from the window. It still looks fairly intact compared to the rest of the city. But with no electricity, there’s no chance of it working. Too bad. He’s sure the view of the city would be really great from the top.

“Bet he wants to ride that.” Lyra tells Castor pointing at the younger twin. “But it’s too heavy for me, I can’t move it.” She tries from where she stands but all she can manage is to make one of the baskets swing. Castor hops off the swing and puts an arm around her shoulders, looking at the moving basket.

“You don’t have to, sunshine. Can you imagine that guy sitting on the seat? He was already complaining about the dirt inside the school.” Castor looks around and checks his watch. “We’ve been here for hours now...we should start heading back.”

Lyra looks up at the sky, the evening hues are starting to paint the abandoned city. “Yeah, who knows what comes out to play at night.”

Castor’s fingers slide down her arm in a soft caress before he puts his arm around her waist, slipping his thumb under her shirt and brushing against the side of her stomach. “Yeah...who knows?” he says in a low husky voice, a playful smirk on his face as he looks at Lyra.

There’s a sudden warmth on her cheeks as she looks at Castor and feels his finger touching her skin. “I…”

But the moment is broken when the two hear a metallic groan, then loud creaking. There’s a confused look on Castor’s face as he stares back at Lyra when they hear the younger twin call out, “Lyra, this is amazing! I didn’t know you could do this!”

“Pol…” Lyra watches the old ferris wheel making an effort to move, the solitude of the place allows the sounds to echo majestically. “Pol, come here, now!”

“Babe, that’s not you, is it?” Castor can feel the goosebumps spreading across his arms. Even without Lyra’s answer, he knows she can’t be moving that old monster of a ride; she just said so herself. “Fuck. POLLUX! COME HERE!”

Pollux takes a step closer to the ride, watching the ferris wheel start to move more naturally now, as though it’s managed to stretch and remove the cricks in its joints.

“Lyra’s gotten more powerful,” he murmurs under his breath. He’s certain the insides of the baskets would be filthy, but still...the view from the top must be worth it. Castor and Lyra watch in horror as Pollux starts walking toward the entrance of the ride.

“Fuck dammit, Pol!” Lyra screams throwing her hands to the side making sure every door of those baskets is shut tight. The older twin breaks off into a sprint, desperate to reach his brother in time. This is some fucked up horror movie shit and even though the three of them have powers, he doesn’t wanna mess with whatever otherworldly spirits are livin’ in this place. Forget what he said earlier --he doesn’t wanna deal with supernatural ghosties in an abandoned nuclear explosion site!

“Lyra, open one of the doors!” Pollux calls out, not bothering to look back as he stops in front of the operation booth. He glances inside and sees the lever moving by itself and he nods, impressed.

“You’re doing very well, Lyra!” he shouts to her.

“Pol, you idiot nerd! Get your ugly face here!!” Lyra shouts as she follows behind Castor. Pollux tilts his head to the side.

Idiot nerd…?

He turns back and his eyes catch sight of his brother and Lyra, running towards him like madmen. “Ah...just so you know, I don’t want to share a basket with either of you.”

“Pol we’re fucking leaving! NOW!” Castor leaps through the railings and grabs his brother’s arm. “MOVE!”

Pollux has no time to process this. He finds himself being dragged away by his brother for some weird reason. Glancing back at the spinning ferris wheel, he says, “What are you doing? I wanted to ride that.”

They meet up with Lyra and Castor holds her wrist with his other hand, pulling the both of them away.

“Pol, what the fuck? That wasn’t me!!” She looks back at the moving ferris wheel. Pollux lets her words sink in before he pulls his wrist away from Castor’s grasp, stopping midrun.

“You mean to say...that’s moving on its own? This is a supernatural occurrence?”

Castor skids to a stop, nearly tripping over himself but he doubles back and grabs Pollux again. “It fucking is! Pol, we gotta--”

“This is amazing.” Pollux cuts him off. “Let’s go back, I want to see if there are occupants inside the bas--”

“FUCK YOU WE ARE LEAVING!!!!!” Castor yanks him forcefully, the adrenaline pumping through his veins helping him pull Pollux away from that place.

Lyra keeps looking back, making sure nothing is following them -- not the kids who used to fill the park. Her skin crawls just imagining their laughs.

“They haven’t left.” Lyra says under her breath. “Did they choose to stay or are they trapped?” She won’t stay there to get an answer.

The scene behind her would send a chill down their spines though --well, except Pollux. The swings are moving by themselves, the bumper cars shaking, the empty booths rattling as though someone is shaking them. The ferris wheel spins faster before the machine groans and comes to an abrupt stop, making a loud noise as the baskets are all jolted, each swinging violently. The moment the ferris wheel stops, everything stops moving as well --the swings drop, the cars freeze, the booths still.

Castor hears the ruckus behind him and a string of curses leave his mouth. He doesn’t dare look back, not wanting to see whatever the fuck is going on behind him. The hair on the back of his neck rises as he gets the weird feeling that he’s being watched. He just tightens his grip on his twin and Lyra, kicking the metal exit open and not slowing his pace. The older twin does, however, hear a sigh behind him.

“This is why I don’t invite you both to places like these.” Pollux mutters darkly as they tear down the streets, eager to be as far away from that place before the sun fully sets.

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lmao hell yeah thanks for All this support i love it!! quastions

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school?

really idk i feel like even our schools’s Antics were pretty par for the course and i was just sitting in the corner reading the whole time basically......trying to think if anything wild happened in college but even then it was p similar. well you know what, whatever donors covered the majority of the cost of the school’s black box theater being renovated apparently Stipulated that every other year a rodgers and hammerstein production be put on. absolute freaks. my roommate/friend and their then-boyfriend, the one mormon i have Knowingly Known in my life, were in pirates of penzance (sic?) together. hilarious

47. favorite type of cheese?

i like cheddar and like, parmesan, smoked gouda.....let’s get that shit Sharp!!! and hard lmao

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be?

idk i’d be like an npc just doing their weird thing on their own. i’ve never played pokemons unless you count pokemons Go but i think about the famed “i like shorts they’re comfy and easy to wear” npc kid. like, yeah. i feel the same. and would say similar bullshit nobody asked about

62. seven characters you relate to?

oh god.........recognizing the self through the relatable characters :|

well let’s just talk about the wrol roles right off b/c the characters that Most occupy my gay thoughts (which is to say: my general thoughts) will inevitably get priority when it comes to Remembering things

1) whom among us doesn’t relate to jared kleinman........will roland emerging from relative obscurity and coming for our entire fucking lives like the goddamn legend he is. it’s tough b/c it’s like, oh well alana is relatable too, so is evan unfortunately sorry evan, and in ways i might ~usually act~ like one of those two more than jared but. no. it is Jared who wins the relatability contest, and we all get to be beautifully haunted by it forever

2) leaning hard into winston even with the few glimpses of him b/c somehow will Cannot play an allistic cishet. and this is even More of a case where maybe i don’t much have winston’s demeanor.......even without winston being a beacon of confidence, he has more confidence lmao. and he has that ability to just Be Himself in a situation which, i wish i had that moxie lmao. i am a lot more [usually trying to be accommodating wayyyy harder than i should], booo......even though he’s clearly not great at conflict considering how it doesn’t take Too much to put him out, it’d be pretty impossible for me to be all “called them hacks and lame” or carry out a very irritated monologue in front of four people in the first place lmao. but who knows. and it’s more in the details of like, oh no winston’s the odd one out even though he hasn’t really Done Anything, but we all ~understand~ why he Deserves it.........his expectation / treating it basically as Fact that he will disappoint people.......the [weird] [offputting] behaviors and his way of speaking in What he Says and How He Says It seeming wrong to people.......like it’s only 15-ish min of content that we have here and we don’t have the least info about will’s own thoughts on the character but it’s like. how is this such an iconic Gay Autistic Quant b/c these vibes are so rare. and i appreciate that he can be ~difficult~ lmao. same with jared though i didn’t mention it. i can be difficult!! love it for us...

3) briony atkins from murder of bindy mackenzie as a character who Does act more like how i Usually Act Like lmao.....god we’re only on three i forgot there was seven of these. and yet i know there’s probably at least 2 dozen characters who could make this list and i just won’t think of most of them unless directly reminded......but anyways yeah i mean in person i mostly do Not want attention unless i feel comfortable enough / in my element or whatever. especially if it’d be some situation like “sitting in a group of randos” lol. i mean it depends b/c i also can sometimes be ~on~ in terms of Masking and trying to be like Haha I’m Social I’m Regular and i def engage in Nervous Chatter sometimes, but like, very often it’s like god don’t talk to me and i don’t want to talk either.....and then yeah people Will be surprised that like, idk, i’m opinionated as shit and idk that i Enjoy Things / Have Thoughts And Feelings coz the assumption i guess is that you must simply have nothing to say. so the dismissal of this person who seemingly has nothing to contribute and must be Boring rings true lmfao.....but then of course it’s also important that her personality Under that is the one getting mistaken for emily’s lol cuz yeah At Heart i am sure of that dramatic / intense / excitable type Sometimes. but it takes some excavation before i am like “oh i can engage in my actual self” and like weeks and months to get comfortable w/ people and i’m always suspicious that anyone actually would enjoy it and i’m not too much......i am a motormouth actually and have something to say about any and everything and like to Have Fun Here but like. idk i come off as boring and can be Notably Quiet lmao

4) oscar martinez from the office is weirdly [Haha Same] sometimes lmfao. sort of keeps to himself but also has to pipe up with Opinions and Pedantry and the kind of Drama of a restrained theatre gay. some deleted scene from an episode where during an interview clip of Jimothy in a theater lobby and you have oscar call from across the group in that [wearied Ugh God] way of ‘jim, they’re remaking ___’ while jim just kind of gives a cursory “wow gosh” or whatever and like, i sure don’t have lots of Theatre Opinions but that “oh jeez i have a Take on this and have to share it with someone” vibe is like hahaha yeah.....it’s funny in the “the gang goes to the ice rink for a third of the ep” bit where you just catch oscar doing [ice skating turn] with some solemn intensity.......the “here’s a question nobody’s asking: is this worth it” quote.........way at the end where there’s a whole deal with one of the indoor plants and he’s like “why is it a He” @ the collective gendering of the houseplant lmfao.......i love the one thing where he and pam and uhh toby right? have the Finer Things book club or whatever and jim wants to join just like ~ironically~ and pam has to tell him that oscar doesn’t want him to join b/c he’s not going to take it seriously and use it as a Jokes Vehicle. and then you get the scene at the end where jim Is basically doing that and they’re just like taking it out of him and oscar’s all very seriously like “did you get it all out of your system” lmfao like yeah, earnest members only lmao.....the thing where he gets mad at angela’s like Jazz Musician Posed Babies posters all “it’s kitsch it Destroys art” lmaoooo and in a totally different season all “this is the problem with debate” over the completely inconsequential “is [whichever actress, i forget] Hot” “”””debate””””.......the whole tendency to get involved and always have a take to get across.....opinionated-sometimes-to-the-point-of-petty central. also that he’s the canon gay, are there even any others? anyways and as the us office’s spiritual successor i’ll add on to this by uh what’s the name of billy eichner’s character on parks and rec? it’s craig right. that Self-Powered Intensity is very #me as well.

5) augh god........im like lmfao shit who represents my Hater Club side. hmmm. oh no wait you know what. totally different but i love Prof Beatrice Hotchkiss in the trt nancy drew pc game. she’s holed up in her room writing all the time and just is weird when you try to talk to her all like no i won’t open the door, bring me food, do this Research, bring me my Ski Boots i guess......and then when you do meet her it’s all at like post-midnight in the lounge and she’s all like, encouraging you as a Night Owl and your investigative curiosity and all and i’m like oh word yeah being up in the dead of night is the shit. she’s just weird and passionate and this is another character i might not Act hardly at all like but who i vibe with lmfao. hotchkiss was the supportive adult in my life

6) remembering how hotchkiss is a historian made me think of academia which made me think of like, once again with “these vibes are So So Rare” i really ought to put the wrol role of Nato on the list cuz like. that essential representation of “gets gr8 grades but isn’t really ~academic~ / doesn’t care about that and really just cares about Hanging W Friends and [real specific interests]” is like wow damn that’s the Mood. coz like to an extent i can always Relate to the ~overachiever~ types a la the [nerd character gets all-A’s and other nerd shit] deal, but there’s eventually the issue of like.....those characters like bindy mackenzies and alana becks Care about their achievements (not exclusively as some ppl would have it 9_9) and are Studious whereas i always hated school and was a godawful student in terms of Habits and always got good grades b/c the devil was with me or something and like people will think i must have tried real hard and dedicated myself to Academics and stuff and it’s like.........no................not at all hardly, sure i did my hw every night but at like 11:29 pm or studied for a midterm at lunch right before the class lol or flipped through a lil bit of the sat study guide the night prior.........the “low-effort dumbass who Academically Excels Anyhow” representation is so crucial like!! i run into a wall when it’s the Good Grades nerd character who is real studious and focused and stuff like. couldn’t be me. meanwhile the “naturally weird + probably some ‘deliberate’ weirdness” and “likes animals” and “most likely to just wanna Roll With It” and “shitty focus lol” and “non sequiturs” and “without [activity] i do nothing” is all like....ahahahohoho..........nato rly got to make this list. and honorable mention for Wrol Jeremy. again: whom doesn’t relate!!!!!!!!

7) damnit i know there’s So many answers to [characters i relate to] and whom cover like, more particular Facets here but i’m struggling lmao. Uh. like i’m like, who’s the Hot Mess / continually evolving disaster characters i vibe with......who’s the peak despresso detached Haters rep......who embodies the solo production lifestyle........dammit you know what lol i tend to Feel for like, the background ~nobodies~ who might just get like totally destroyed in some movie with life or death stakes just to like, show how much danger our heroes / Important Complex Protags are. same w/ jeremy not feeling like the Hero / the one who the story’s about / the cool guy / player 1 / etc etc etc i’m like oo i’d be the npc who doesn’t really do anything, i’d be the rando getting blown away in the background of someone else’s story. on a totally different note another shoutout / honorable mention to wybie from the coraline lmfao one of the best characters invented from thin air for an adaptation......tangentially relevant b/c he’s entirely here to support the protag / not his story at all, just here to help and prompt interactions / exposition really.......but love that [weird loner kid who’s best friend is a cat and annoys the other kid and doesn’t Get it and has specific interests and entertains himself and just is doing weird shit around here tf dude lmao killing it] like, #mood. #lifestyle. less dismal to relate to than the bg person who dies......his counterpart who totally dies is somewhat fleshed out / given Investment so it doesnt Really count as [background Nobody who’s really just fodder for “defining the stakes / threat level”] Character Concept

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

latkes maybe......Yummy

Do you have a favourite celebrity chef? No.

Do you prefer diamonds or pearls? Diamonds.

Who is your favourite online friend? Since I moved 850 km away...all my friends are online

What is your favourite nail polish colour to wear or see on others? Hmmmm..I like red

What was the last thing you learned? I learned that I am capable of anything thank you

How warm do you like your showers/baths to be? Boiling water

In your opinion, what is the scariest natural disaster? People

Which meal of the day is your favourite to eat out for? Breakfast

Is your username the same for every website? Yeess..that way I'll never forget

Do you set your browser to remember passwords? Yes

What was the last thing you made yourself to eat? Bolognese

What is something most people find ugly that you find cute? Very long nails with glitter, nail art etc

What type of food do you find yourself craving most? (Sweet, meat, etc) fries and gummy bears

Did you get carded the last time you ordered an alcoholic drink? No.

Where is your significant other right now? (if you have one) I'm assuming he's asleep

Do you currently have a tan? No

Who was the last person you said "I love you" to? Husband

Have you been to more funerals than weddings? Or vice versa? More weddings.

What was the last thing that frightened you? My very sick father getting covid in hospital..someone from stuff infected him

How many siblings does your mom have? 5..2 of them have passed

Do you use real bait of fake bait when fishing? I don't go fishing..never did, never will

Do you usually cook your own meals, or does someone cook for you? I cook for me and my family

If someone cooks for you, do you always thank them for it? Ofc..

What is the most hated item you own? My expensive lingerie

What is your most favourite item you own out of all the items you have? My phone and my bathrobe lol

So, do you think that you will get where you want in life currently? I DO!

What is your favorite time of the day? Morning

When was the last time you had pizza? Uh.. months ago

Have you ever known anyone that’s gone missing? Thankfully,no

Do you have to pee often? Not really.. sometimes it worries me

Do you live near a pet store? No

What does the sound you currently hear remind you of? I'm in complete silence

If there are bruises on your body, how did you get them? I don't think I have any

Where did you kiss the last person you kissed? In the airport

How do you feel about forehead kisses? cute until you have oily skin

When do you make wishes? Daily ahahha

If you ever had the chance, would you eat a frog? NO.

Do you collect anything obscene or unusual? If yes, what do you collect? No..i dont collect anything

If you were ever granted one single wish, what would you wish for? For my son to be happy his whole life

What’s the luckiest thing that’s ever happened to you? Hmmm idk really

What’s the weirdest pet name you’ve ever heard? Banana for a dog

What do you want written on your gravestone? I don't know.. I'm 24 I don't think about gravestones

Describe yourself with a song title? Born this way came to my mind

Do you have lots of floor space in your bedroom? NOOOOOOO

What happened in the last dream you had? I had a dream that my ear wsd infected and my upcoming surgery could not be preformed

Are you stubborn? Sometimes,yes

If you could forget about one memory that you have, what would it be? Memory of my high school experience

Your favourite tweet ever made by your favourite celebrity? I don't have a favorite

My favorite question: Do you like Aerosmith? Not really.

Have you ever been on a gondola lift? No.

Do you know anyone who’s been on TV? If so, which show? I don't think so

When you see a pinecone, do you kick it, step on it, or leave it alone? I leave it alone.

Have you ever had pie smashed in your face? No.

Do you have any lockets with pictures inside? No.

Have you ever been used as a 'rebound’? How did it go? No.

What is your favorite joint to crack? Hahaha my thumb joint

Would you rather babysit someone weekly or tutor them weekly? Idk I could do both

What is the weirdest animal you’ve ever held? That bug that looks like a wooden stick

Have you ever tried any drugs? If so, did you regret it? If you think of a weed as a drug, than yes. I don't regret it

When ordering food, what do you usually get as a drink? Water or wine

When drawing something, do you try to be super precise or do you not care? I really really do not care

How many languages do you know how to say ‘happy birthday’ in? 3

If you could fly, what kind of wings would you have? Like an angel but with glitter hahaha

Who was the name of your first crush? Daniel. He was my religion teacher in first grade lolololo

How long ago was that? 18 years ago

Do you still know that person? No

Do you know anyone who faints at the sight of blood? No

Now what is your favorite flavor of lollipop? Strawberry.

Would you care if your child was gay? I would. Not in a negative way tho. I would be afraid of him being bullied and sad and depressed

Do you prefer to be barefoot or wear socks? Barefoot.

Is there a TV show that you watch everyday? No.

Do you wish you could call the police on the police? I don't know if that's possible

If you had a child with Down’s Syndrome, would you keep him/her? Yes

If someone tried to murder your child, do you think it would be wrong to expose them publicly and talk about it on social media? Wtff? No it would be very needed. But I would also kind of hide it so no one could connect me to his disappearing

What would you do if your Bible was falling apart? I don't own a Bible, so I don't care.

Do you want Jesus to come back soon? Ermm no thanks

What is something you can’t wear because of your body type? High heels

What is the curviest part of your body? Hips

Have you ever worn matching pajamas with someone? No

Who’s the most narcissistic person you know? My dad

Who gives the best hugs? My babyyy

What’s your favorite cheese or cheese flavored food? Hm. let's say pizza

Have you ever been to a concert that got out of control? No..I have never been to concert

What’s the last thing you watched on TV? Shitty reality show

What’s your favorite filling in chocolates? Cranberry and orange

Would you ever eat rhino meat? No way

Have you ever done something sexual that you regret? No

Have you ever said anything to the last person you kissed that you regret? Yes

Do you care about what others think of your physical appearance? Not really tbh... maybe sometimes

What are the names of all the people you have dated? No thanks

Are you going to be getting any new pets soon? No

Can you do a twirl like a ballerina? I have never tried, but probably no

When you party, do you get wild? Not really

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Have you ever been in weather below 0 Fahrenheit (-17 Celsius)? ...yes. Literally every year. There’s usually a week or two in January when it gets down to -50 to -75 F. 

Have you ever been caught outdoors away from shelter during a thunderstorm? Maybe when I was a teenager? I’ve definitely been caught in the rain, not sure about a thunderstorm tho.

What’s your favorite macaron flavor? I’ve actually never had a macaron! But I don’t like meringue so I don’t think I’d enjoy them.

How often do you have friends over to your house? Literally never.

Have you ever had a boss who acted unprofessionally? YES. The assistant manager at the last job I had was insane. She tried to tell me that I wasn’t allowed to leave town on the weekends in case they needed me. LOL girl bye.

How many times have you stayed at a hotel in the past year, and where? 0, covid.

Have you ever done a flip on a trampoline? Noooo.

What about a flip off of a diving board? I’ve never even been on a diving board.

Are you embarrassed by your school yearbook photos?  I believe in the 10th or 11th grade I hated them but I was on the yearbook committee so I finessed some new ones to put in hehehe.

Who taught you to tie your shoelaces? I believe I learned at school.

Currently how many pictures are on your cellphone? 9,008.

Do you think dimples are cute? Oh hell yeah.

Would you rather chew fruity or minty gum? Minty.

The last time you went to the mall, who did you go with? Beebs!

What’s something you used to collect when you were younger? Rocks and lip balm.

Have you watched a movie today? Yes! We went to see Dracula.

Aside from your own, whose house did you last set foot into? We went to an indoor garage sale a couple weeks ago.

Do you love soft pretzels? They’re alright. They smell better than they taste in my opinion.

Who was the last person who cried around you? Why did they start crying? Was it unexpected? Does my dog count? Bc she’s just a drama queen and I wouldn’t expect anything less from her.

Are you more likely to like someone before you really know them, or do you feel you like them more after you know a lot about them? True love is when you like them a ton before you actually really know them and then like them even more after.

Do you buy people cards on special occasions, or do you prefer to make your own? I honestly think cards are a huge waste of money so if I do give one, I made it. But I have a Circuit and I’m pretty creatively inclined so it’s pretty easy.

When was the last time you were being hypocritical? It sounds pompous but I honestly think I'm too self aware to by hypocritical.

Where on your body was the last cramp you had? Why did you have this cramp? My hip, because I was sitting weird.

What is the weirdest name you’ve ever heard? Someone I know named their kid Emanda. Unsure if its pronounced ee-manda or just regular Amanda. Haven’t wanted to ask. Another named their kid Albrea. I just call her Algebra. And another named their kid Annekke, pronounced Anika. She will forever be a-neek-ee to me.

Do you get embarrassed when people hear you sing/compliment you on your singing ability? Bold of you to assume I ever let anybody sing.

Are you good at comforting people when they’re upset? I’m the big sister to like a bajillion children. Yes I’m good at it.

Do you have any exercises you do everyday? Newp.

Do you own one of those singing fish? Do you think they are silly or funny? Hahaha I don’t but I literally just saw a Billy Bass at a thrift store yesterday. They were funny then and they’re funny nostalgic now.

Has anyone ever accused you of being bipolar or any other mental disorder? Do you really have any mental disorders? I have a pretty severe anxiety disorder but no one’s accused me of having it because like...it’s pretty obvious? 

Did you buy the last thing you bought with your own money? If not, whose money did you buy it with? Haha yes! We bought movie tickets, a drink, and peanut butter m&ms.

Do you like to put your feet up on the dashboards of cars? Do you parents yell at you if you do that in cars? Our car is too short for that but yeah, my parents always yelled at me for it when I was young.

Which Beatle is your favorite, or do you love them all equally? I wouldn’t say I loved any of them but John Lennon is absolute hot garbage.

Do you enjoy classic rock? If so, who are some of your favorite classic rock artists? Uh...not really?

Did you ever own a Tamagotchi? Yes! They were all the rage in the 6th grade.

Are you more of a dog or cat person?/ Dog, definitely.

Have you ever failed math? I very, VERY narrowly passed the last math course I needed to graduate and I did the math and because of the mark I got on my final, I should have failed by 3% but I got 1% over what I needed to pass. Pretty sure my math teacher just didn’t want to deal with me taking the course over so he passed me BUT my math could have been wrong, haha.

Skittles! What's your favorite color? Lordt. I haven’t purchased skittles in ages. I think I remember red being my favorite?

Have you ever had a dream of stabbing someone? Yeah, actually.

What would you want your last words to be if you could choose them? I would just want my husband to know how much I love him and that I’ll be waiting for him in whatever form of afterlife there is.

Can you sleep with the light on? If I'm dead tired.

What’s the most bizarre horror movie you’ve ever seen? I mean...Dracula is supposed to be a horror movie. The only thing horrific about it was the acting.

What band can’t you stand listening to? I honestly can’t think of one right now.

Would you ever take a lie detector test for your significant other? I mean, if I had to? But we trust each other 100% and I’m brutally honest about everything so he would never require that from me.

What is your favorite Mystery/Crime/FBI related show? Murder, Mystery, & Makeup Mondayssss! Sha na sha sha na sha sha na sha sha sha na shaaaaaaaa!

Would you ever have a bird as a pet? Absolutely not.

How's your relationship between you and your grandparents? I love my mom’s parents to bits. My grandma is one of my absolute favorite people in the world and my grandpa is very quiet but he has a lot of really sweet moments. My dad’s parents are awful fuckin people. My grandfather died like 5 years ago and I really had to try hard to feign sympathy about it to him. My grandmother is still kicking it but we haven’t spoken in over a decade for good reason. She also changed their joint Facebook account to just her Facebook account less than a week after he died loooool. She hated him as much as I did I think. And then my bio dad’s dad is dead but he was also a piece of shit but his mom is a sweetie. We facetime every so often and she holds the phone a grand total of 6 inches away from her face the entire time and tells me the same stories over and over. Bu

Ever had a forbidden love or lover? Newp.

Have you ever had to speak at a funeral? No, thank god.

Do you know someone who’s been cremated? My grandma’s dog.

What is your current problem? My eyes are blurry because I’m tired.

Do you like canopy beds? Tbh, canopy beds are the epitome of glamor in my eyes.

What is your favorite animated movie? Onward.

Would you rather live in a small town or a big city? I like medium cities. You won’t get mugged walking down the street, traffic doesn’t absolutely suck, and you can get clear across town in 15 minutes.

If you could summon any animal to come to your rescue, what animal would it be and why? Uh? Why am I in trouble? Why can’t I call a human? What’s happening here?

Have you ever watched The Golden Girls? I tried watching a couple episodes but it didn’t pique my interest.

Did you ever like the Ninja Turtles? Noooo. Beebs loves them though so he tries to make me love them and it’s just not happenin, buddy.

Last alcoholic drink you had? No idea tbh.

What are you known for? For being talented and having big hair.

Has anyone ever threatened you? Oh yeah. There was this one guy who was constantly sending me really graphic messages about how he wanted to put a gun to my head and kill me or he hoped I would get XYZ and die. I tried to block him but he would immediately make 3 more accounts to send me the same shit.

Have you ever gone frog hunting? Noooo.

Do you ever suffer from dry skin? Yessss. My body is the Sahara.

Do you still sleep with a stuffed animal? No, I sleep with a husband.

What’s the weather like right this moment? It’s rainy!

Do you bite on straws, lollipop handles, or ice cream sticks? Nah.

In what type of area was your first sexual encounter? Beeb’s bedroom. His stepfather interrupted and made him come outside to talk to him for some reason and then very weirdly pointed out his half boner? V. uncomfortable all around.

Where is your mother’s side of the family descended from? Somewhere where white people come from idk.

What do you occupy your time with on flights? iPad games usually.

Do you dog-ear pages in books? No, I’m not a heathen.

What’s a made up word of yours? We call pickles ‘pickies’ and hamburgers ‘borgers’ or ‘borgs’ because we’re gross.

Do you use Q-Tips? In my ears? No. To clean out tight spaces of things I've thrifted? Yes.

Ever gone out with somebody you didn’t like? Noooo.

What hero or heroine do you most relate to in history, fiction, or song? ....No.

What makes you dizzy? Getting up too fast usually.

Are your parents liberal or conservative? Bleh, conservative. If you have liberal parents, consider yourself blessed.

Do you like your teeth? Did you have braces? I got away with having just an appliance/Invisaligns but I still don’t like my teeth. They’re perfectly straight and white enough but I have body dysmorphia and for some reason I think they’re atrocious and I hate them??? I can’t explain it.

Are you happy with your height? I’m 5′11 and I wish I was shorter sometimes. Hugging my husband would be easier.

On Point With: Sherry Poppins

The posh third of popular Brooklyn nightlife collective STR8 to DVD, Sherry Poppins got her drag start in college and kept the amazing momentum going. Now in addition to lighting up Brooklyn, this queen has crossed over into Astoria to lay down the kiki! 

Thotyssey: Sherry, hello! How’s it going today?

Sherry Poppins: Hey there! I'm doing fine, just relaxing before painting for a gig.

Oh, where are you tonight?

I'm co-hosting CAKES with Mini Horrorwitz.

Werk! Gurl you’re a Brooklyn queen, you’re sometimes a Manhattan queen, and now you’re a Queens queen! Have you done shows in Staten Island yet?

You'd have to pay me a pretty penny to head over there! Though I do love ferry rides...

Where's your hometown?

I'm originally from Oceanside, Long Island.

Bougie!

Haha! I'm so glad i'm not there anymore, though!

You're a SUNY Purchase queen. What did you study there before drag?

I was a fine art photography major, with a minor in Chinese language.

Amazing! Can you still speak Chinese well?

I'm still semi-conversational, actually! I definitely lost it a bit since I don’t have many outlets for practice. I want to go live there eventually, for a time.

You’d be a great fit! So, Purchase has the famous dragstravaganza Fall Ball, which makes it a nest for countless great queens in this city and beyond. What were the circumstances when you first tried drag there?

Miz Jade (The Queen of Shade) was actually the first person to have me painted and got me into drag. At the time, she and FiFi DuBois were THE queens of Purch. Miz Jade had a show on our college's TV channel called "Hot Mess Express," and asked if I would come on to be painted for a "Drag 101" episode. And the rest was history. I was in my fantasy.

You were born on TV! And Purchase is also where you met some of your closest future Brooklyn cohorts.

Yes! Qhrist With a Q, Maxxx Pleasure and I were definitely Purchase family.

Was it always your plan to continue drag after college?

Well, before doing it, I *GAG* never planned on being a drag queen at all! But by the time I was a senior, I was so invested in drag because it was a tool for using gender as an artistic medium... and that seemed so limitless. I definitely wanted to continue.

What are big ways that your drag has changed since the Purchase days?

My makeup has definitely been the biggest improvement. I didn't fully understand my face until after graduating. But performance has changed a lot, too. At Purchase, you're kind of encouraged to do 7+ minute mega mixes. So doing drag out of that environment definitely was a bigger learning curve.

Tell us about the creation of STR8 to DVD--the collective you formed with Qhrist & DJ Ten Yards that presents a showcase monthly at Gold Sounds--and what these shows are generally like.

Our love child! Qhrist and I had known right away that we wanted to be doing drag in Brooklyn. And one night we went out to Rockbar in NYC (out of drag); one of the queens performed "Bohemian Rhapsody.” Qhrist and I were just feeling our fantasies, and the realization that we had to have a show together stuck! 

A good friend of ours from college, Derek, is one of the owners of Gold Sounds. He said we could do a trial show there, and it was a hit! The next day he reached out and said they'd love to have us as a monthly, and here we are over a year later!

The show is pretty wild because anything goes, basically. We knew we wanted to be able to showcase all sorts of queer performers, from drag, to comedy, to burlesque, etc. We started with booking our friends, but as time went on we networked and now it's been picking up interest! Definitely one of the weirdest, messiest, but most wildly entertaining shows you'll see!

STR8 to DVD began as a monthly Monday at Gold Sounds, and now it’s moving to monthly Fridays! It's become a favorite show in Brooklyn, and it showcases a lot of new performers and all around bizarre experiences. 

Yeah, we encourage new performers all the time! Sometimes they're the wildest!

What stands out in your mind as the nuttiest / best performance you saw at STR8?

There's lots of memorable performances, but one of the most jaw-dropping ones for me was when our door goddess Andrew Breitel took to the stage as Spice Baby. She started with boobs made out of a DIY blood sack that sunk to her stomach after thrashing around--so it accidentally looked like she was pregnant. But then she continued by repeatedly stabbing the sack, bleeding everywhere! Everyone was GAGGED. It reminded me of the Red Wedding from Game Of Thrones. That was back in March for STR8 TO DVD: WIG.

Scandalous! The gang will be back at Gold Sounds on July 27th for a new installment...

...but first, you’ll all be present there on Saturday the 21st for an interesting one-off, as Sherry Poppins presents a drag tribute to... Panic! At the Disco! 

Back in October, Qhrist produced an all drag tribute to My Chemical Romance for their birthday. Though my birthday was back in June (Gemini baby), I decided to do the same. Panic! At The Disco used to be one of my absolute favorite bands, and they're still a big throwback love!

Did you feel any sort of way when Panic! frontman Brendon Urie came out as pansexual recently?

I mean, considering I've always found him very attractive, it made my inner teen heart flutter. But I'm proud of him for doing so. It's great to have pansexual representation with a platform like his!

By the way: who is more emo, you or Qhrist?

DEFINITELY Qhrist... and I'm not afraid to say that either, haha! Their references go so much deeper into the emo world than mine. I was definitely more of a "Scene” kid than an emo kid like them, lol!

Speaking of Scene, let’s change the scene entirely... Iconic at Astoria’s  Icon! That’s a weekly drag competition hosted by Heidi Haux that debuted a few weeks ago, and you’re competing in it! What motivated you to enter this?

Ah yes, it's been wild so far! Having been doing drag in Brooklyn for a bit, people know me there now. But I moved to Astoria in December, and it's a completely different scene! It felt like starting all over again for a while. So, doing Iconic is a chance to bring a little Brooklyn drag to Queens, but to also get more of a following here in a different borough. It's been so fun so far, but definitely a big challenge!

You’re like the drag BQE! 

Good luck with that, and everything else. What else needs to be said?

Thanks boo! Yes! The Panic at the Disco show will be at 11pm. STR8 TO DVD will be Friday, July 27th at 11pm. Both are at Gold Sounds. And you can come support me at ICONIC every Sunday at 8pm at Icon Astoria! I might even have a new show coming up in Brooklyn soon, but you'll have to stay tuned to find out more! 

We will! Okay, last question: will there ever be a Cherry Poppins and Sherry Poppins collaboration?

Hahaha! We always joke about it, but i'm totally down! We've still never worked together, so someone book us! Otherwise, she and I might have to create our own thing. We must give the people what they want!

Pop! Thanks, Sherry!

Sherry Poppins co-hosts “STR8 to DVD” at Gold Sounds every last Friday (11pm) at Gold Sounds. Check Thotyssey’s calendar for all scheduled appearances, and follow Sherry on Facebook and Instagram.

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11 questions tag

Tagged by @rangrids ^^

RULES: Answer 11 questions from the person who tagged you and then make 11 more for the next people that you tag.

I’m not tagging anyone because, again, i’m really lazy. (Unless I get inspired by the time I finish this.) 

1. Dream pet, what would it be and how many you’d keep?    Everything, and all of them. =D Mmm gosh though really? It’s been a while since I’ve had any rodents and I think I’d really like a few. Particularly a bunny. Ugh so cute. Rats are good though too. I just want like 2 of everything haha. Noah’s ark, please. 

2. Favorite ice cream flavor?    Easy. It’s mint. And not mint-chip. Just creamy mint. (Chocolate chips are too hard; they distract from the deliciousness of the ice cream. Now, mint-fudge swirl? That’s another thing! I’ll take fudge swirl.) 

3. Tidy or a messy person?    Ehhh. Kinda in-between. I keep my mess in little piles, usually. 

4. Weirdest sweet you ever ate?    On the bad side, there was this, ugh, I dunno what it was. Some Filipino candy my friend gave me when I was little. Hated it. On the good side, also from the Philippines, this awesome sandy-textured purple yam cookie I got from a subscription box last year. Gosh, I want more of those. 

5. Snowman or snowangel?    Snowman. Heck no I ain’t getting down on my back in the snow. S’cold and wet! Although I actually made my first snowman a few weeks ago, and it’s surprisingly hard work. I think I literally almost died hahaha

6. Number of keychains/charms    Just a few that I switch out every so often. 90% of them are One Piece related. 

7. Tea, coffee, water?    It’s pretty split between coffee and tea. I like both, it just depends on the circumstances. Coffee is more of a dessert though. 

8. Got any souvenirs from your travels?    Meh, haven’t traveled all that much. People have sent me things from other countries though. One of my keychains is a souvenir from Brazil from @lilacpinknebulae

9. Huge or tiny notebook, which do you prefer and why?     Honestly I won’t use them either way XD; but I do like collecting tiny ones? lol that sounds dumb, doesn’t it? I’m afraid to ruin them. 

10. Thing that looked really tasty even if it was inedible? (Tidepods don’t count)    ......erasers. 

11. You see a person walking with a husky, what do you do?     Probably just gape at it with a huge stupid smile and hearts floating around my head. ^^ And if it comes nearby coo, “HI PUPPY!!!”  Okay, I’ll tag some people, but  a. only do it if you really feel like it, of course and  b. I’m not making new questions, so you can answer the ones Rangrids made.  @braincoins @oldseablues @tempuslunam @godshattered @blessedblooduniverse

1-100 😜

First of also sorry for my English. I know it’s bad 🙄 these are actually hella fucking cute y'all1: when you have cereal, do you have more milk than cereal or more cereal than milk?Idk. Idon’t eat often cereal haha2: do you like the feeling of cold air on your cheeks on a wintery day?Sometimes yes , but mostly not 3: what random objects do you use to bookmark your books?Starbucks Card , handkarechiefs, paper uns other stuff 4: how do you take your coffee/tea? I love black coffe, but also with milk and suggar. Same with tea . Like it depends in what mood I am and which kind of coffe/Tee it is.5: are you self-conscious of your smile?No 6: do you keep plants?Nope. I even made a cactus die😂7: do you name your plants?No 🤔8: what artistic medium do you use to express your feelings?I think none. Just tumblr haha9: do you like singing/humming to yourself?Yes, but only when no one is around10: do you sleep on your back, side, or stomach?I have like 1000 different sleep positions every night 11: what’s an inner joke you have with your friends?I don’t have really good friends, but the most ones are about people from school in Russian 12: what’s your favorite planet?Never thought about it 13: what’s something that made you smile today?A friend,whom I don’t know very long ,but I really like haha14: if you were to live with your best friend in an old flat in a big city, what would it look like?I think like a ikea catalog 😂15: go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is!Uranus is tilted on its side16: what’s your favorite pasta dish?I think Bolognese but this also depends on my mood . All in all I love food and eat nearly everything 🙄 17: what color do you really want to dye your hair?Platin blond ,but many said ,that it would look good and so i didn’t dare18: tell us about something dumb/funny you did that has since gone down in history between you and your friends and is always brought up.I think there’s nothing 19: do you keep a journal? what do you write/draw/ in it?I don’t habe one . I just draw or write something during school,when I’m bored af 20: what’s your favorite eye color?I depends on the person but I like grey-green 21: talk about your favorite bag, the one that’s been to hell and back with you and that you love to pieces. I don’t have one 22: are you a morning person?Definitely not 23: what’s your favorite thing to do on lazy days where you have 0 obligations?Netflix , sleeping or reading 24: is there someone out there you would trust with every single one of your secrets?There’s somebody from tumblr whom I don’t know a very long time , but I think one day I could tell him everything 25: what’s the weirdest place you’ve ever broken into?None 26: what are the shoes you’ve had for forever and wear with every single outfit?It changes like every ½ year , but now it are my black vans 27: what’s your favorite bubblegum flavor?Purple airwaves 28: sunrise or sunset?Both but I like more sunsets. Sunrise it too early in the morning 29: what’s something really cute that one of your friends does and is totally endearing?Idk haha30: think of it: have you ever been truly scared?I get often scared ,but i remember , when I was small and I was flying somewhere and there was turbulence and I thought that we will all die haha31: what is your opinion of socks? do you like wearing weird socks? do you sleep with socks? do you confine yourself to white sock hell? really, just talk about socks.I like socks because they’re covering foot but I have only black and white ones and yes I do sleep with socks 32: tell us a story of something that happened to you after 3AM when you were with friends.I don’t remember something happened while I was with friends after 3AM. This even didn’t happened often 33: what’s your fave pastry?I love cake but I’m working at bakery so I don’t really like pastry 🙄34: tell us about the stuffed animal you kept as a kid. what is it called? what does it look like? do you still keep it?It was called karkusha(Russian ) it was a bird puppet and I got it on a flight and my grandmother always played with me. It’s somewhere in our flat but idk where 35: do you like stationary and pretty pens and so on? do you use them often?Nope 36: which band’s sound would fit your mood right now?Idk haha 37: do you like keeping your room messy or clean?I like it when my room is clean but I’m a messy person 38: tell us about your pet peeves!I don’t have pet :((((39: what color do you wear the most? Black, than white and grey 40: think of a piece of jewelry you own: what’s it’s story? does it have any meaning to you?I got and gold chain from my grandmother , but I’m not wearing it because it breaks often and it doesn’t really having a meaning from me . Only that it’s from my grandmother 41: what’s the last book you remember really, really loving?Scythe and night school 42: do you have a favorite coffee shop? describe it!Starbucks 😍😍😍😍43: who was the last person you gazed at the stars with?I never did this but i want to :(44: when was the last time you remember feeling completely serene and at peace with everything?Idk. Last time I felt , that I can be who I am , was with a friend ( I hope is one , because ideally like him , we just don’t know eachother for a long time ) His name is Noel and he also has tumblr 🙄 45: do you trust your instincts a lot?I depends on the situation but often i do 46: tell us the worst pun you can think of. Idk hahaha47: what food do you think should be banned from the universe?Oysters . I hate it and the smell 48: what was your biggest fear as a kid? is it the same today?Spiders , falling somewhere down from a high place - I’m still afraid of both today; dying - I’m not afraid anymore of dying 49: do you like buying CDs and records? what was the last one you bought?Nope and it was a long time ago I bought one so idk 50: what’s an odd thing you collect? Different stuff but I collect flight tickets but I lose them in my room 😂 and I collect nearly everything 51: think of a person. what song do you associate with them?There’s no52: what are your favorite memes of the year so far?Too many 😂 53: have you ever watched the rocky horror picture show? heathers? beetlejuice? pulp fiction? what do you think of them? I watched None of them 54: who’s the last person you saw with a true look of sadness on their face?I think some school-friends on Friday - we got our certificate 55: what’s the most dramatic thing you’ve ever done to prove a point?Idk 56: what are some things you find endearing in people?It depends on if like Theo person or not . But I like when someone truly smiles a lot and cares about someone 57: go listen to bohemian rhapsody. how did it make you feel? did you dramatically reenact the lyrics? I like this song and it made me fell like sad or something like that but also happy haha🙄58: who’s the wine mom and who’s the vodka aunt in your group of friends? why?And again no friends haha59: what’s your favorite myth?There’s no . But maybe aliens ?🤔🤔60: do you like poetry? what are some of your faves? I like Russian poetry . Pushkin 61: what’s the stupidest gift you’ve ever given? the stupidest one you’ve ever received?I got many stupid ones and gave many stupid ones , but I think the stupidest givt was a bottle opener which looked like a bottle cover haha but again I am/ wasn’t invited often to birthdays or something like that 62: do you drink juice in the morning? which kind?Nope . I’m allergic against fruits 63: are you fussy about your books and music? do you keep them meticulously organized or kinda leave them be?Nope I’m not . Just put like the first , second etc. Part of a book series together 64: what color is the sky where you are right now?It’s dark blue/ black . At home 65: is there anyone you haven’t seen in a long time who you’d love to hang out with? Yes a girl who I know a long time but we like drifted apart and a boy from tumblr whom I saw some days ago ( I know it’s not a long time, but I miss him)66: what would your ideal flower crown look like?Pollen allergy 😂67: how do gloomy days where the sky is dark and the world is misty make you feel?I like them when I’m st home with a hot drink and read book/ watch Netflix or a good friend is around me and you can talk about deep topics haha68: what’s winter like where you live? Like shit . It’s rainy and maybe there’s snow for 2 minutes but then it melts :(. But it’s typical german winter and it’s often „very called“69: what are your favorite board games? I like monopoly70: have you ever used a ouija board? Nope 71: what’s your favorite kind of tea?I love bubble tea , but also black , green tea or some with fruits . It’s depends on my mood. 72: are you a person who needs to note everything down or else you’ll forget it?Sone things yes . Some I will still remember in 100 years 73: what are some of your worst habits?There to many . Some of them : I am very annoying and clinging 74: describe a good friend of yours without using their name or gendered pronouns.I don’t have good friends (now)75: tell us about your pets!I wanna a cat since I’m 5 years old but allergy :( but it’s one of my biggest wish which will never come true 76: is there anything you should be doing right now but aren’t?Homework, learning 77: pink or yellow lemonade?Both 🤔78: are you in the minion hateclub or fanclub?Definitely Fanclub 79: what’s one of the cutest things someone has ever done for you?Hugged me a long time , cared about me , wrote me a very long and cute birthday text me 80: what color are your bedroom walls? did you choose that color? if so, why?White and grey . I wanted something normal and I like the colours black , white and grey 81: describe one of your friend’s eyes using the most abstract imagery you can think of.I don’t remember they’re eyes and eye colour😂82: are/were you good in school?Im good but not good Enough for me and my mom . My average is 1,8 but I wanna 1,5 or better 83: what’s some of your favorite album art?Idk 84: are you planning on getting tattoos? which ones?I wanna a tattoo but Idk which one . Maybe something with rose(s)85: do you read comics? what are your faves?I don’t 86: do you like concept albums? which ones? Yes I do but idk which ones 87: what are some movies you think everyone should watch at least once in their lives?Idk. It depends on what kind of movies the person likes 88: are there any artistic movements you particularly enjoy?Idk Hahahaha89: are you close to your parents?I don’t know my father . I hate my stepfather and don’t talk to him but I’m also not close to my mom 90: talk about your one of you favorite cities.I love Moscow . It’s besutiful af and it’s big and it’s like full of live and not dead in the night and I just love it 91: where do you plan on traveling this year?Moscow92: are you a person who drowns their pasta in cheese or a person who barely sprinkles a pinch?I drown my pasta into cheese . There’s never too much cheese 🤷🏻‍♂️93: what’s the hairstyle you wear the most?Idk how it’s called haha 94: who was the last person you know to have a birthday?I think the brother of a school friend 95: what are your plans for this weekend?My plans were sleeping as long as I want ,Netflix and homework because I have to get better grades 96: do you install your computer updates really quickly or do you procrastinate on them a lot?Mostly I procrastinate on them a lot 97: myer briggs type, zodiac sign, and hogwarts house?Intp, Lion , idk haha but Irving the one Harry Potter was in 98: when’s the last time you went hiking? did you enjoy it?I don’t remember it and I don’t want to and I hate it . So please never talk about it again 99: list some songs that resonate to your soul whenever you hear them.Leer-KC Rebell Hold on -chord overstreet Take on the world -you me at sixMAD world - Riverdale cast Many from little peep , kizaru, troye Sivan and russ

100: if you were presented with two buttons, one that allows you to go 5 years into the past, the other 5 years into the future, which one would you press? why?I think the future one . Like I wanna know how my future will be. Will I be still alive ? Will I be happy ? Will I reach some of my goals ? But on the other hand I also wanna be surprised but life etc.

BTW I needed nearly an hour to answer so questions but I think no one will read everything haha. But I you did , maybe you can message me 🤔

Welcome back! 7, 9, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 32, 46, 57. Also will tt be back aswell? Asking for a friend

Why thankyou =]7 - What does your favourite sexy underwear look like?i’ll be honest when i say i dont have any hahaa I’ve been meaning to go get some though hhaah

9 - Most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to you during sex?I dont think anything really ever has, other then like falling off the bed once =]20 - Something that you have hidden in your room that you don’t want anyone to find.My “toy” collection Hahaha always paranoid about them being found.21 - Weirdest sexual act some has performed [or tried to perform] on/with you.Nothing really actually haha 24 - How much fapping is too much fapping?hahahaha never enough!

25 - Best sexual complement you ever got.That I sound good, i find that a nice compliment haha26 - Favorite foreplay activities.I loooooooooove giving head, seriously knowing that im in control and im the one making them feel good! Best!

32 - What is one random object you’ve used to masturbate?Shower head i guess would be the only thing, like i only got into toys a few yeears ago.46 - When was the last time you masturbated? About an hour ago =]57 - Have you ever been inturrepted during sex or masturbation? Who/what?Not really, like pets awkwardly jumping on the bed has happened a few times haha 

And tt? Probably not but who knows tbh =] 

ähahha asking for a friend

all of them

D oh my fucking Gog

John Egbert: the time I was like nine and I hooked the chair out from under my sis when she sat down probably, I suck at pranks

Dave Strider: A car, a torch, a death and march to the sea by TØP and Bastille’s cover of basket case

Rose Lalonde: What’s your MBTI type? I. Don’t remember. 

Jade Harley: What’s your favorite celestial body? PILLARS OF CREATION I LOVE TEM SO MUCH

Jane Crocker: How good do you consider yourself to be at baking? keep me away from the fucking oven

Dirk Strider: What technological advancements are you hoping to be accomplished in the future? can I just learn enough about programming to know why my tumblr looks like it does p l e a s e 

Roxy Lalonde: What’s your favorite retro game? LoZ ocharina of time. Or pacman. Or pole position.

Jake English: What’s the last action movie you saw? uh…..hellboy ? Idk 

Aradia Megido: Name your favorite historical site/sites. The Cahokia mounds in st Louis, they’re so big? You can see for literal miles from the top. 

Tavros Nitram: Do you like collecting? If so, what do you collect? Hahaha….smuppets. Bones. Coins. Everything I can get my grubbly lil hands on, I’m basically a crow. 

Sollux Captor:How sarcastic are you on a daily basis? potato

Karkat Vantas: What’s the cheesiest thing you’ve ever witnessed? my friend joy and my other friend adyn when they were still dating

Nepeta Leijon: Do you consider yourself a cat-person? yes but please remember I’m also a dog person

Kanaya Maryam: What’s your ideal look when in comes to fashion? …on me? clothes. 

Terezi Pyrope: What’s the weirdest craving you’ve ever gotten? does the time I ate a full jar of pickled jalapeños when I was like two count

Vriska Serket: Do you believe in luck and fortune? yeah definitely

Equius Zahhak: Do you consider yourself physically and/or mentally stong? I can pick up an 140-pound person but don’t ask me to perform social interactions or get yelled at rip

Gamzee Makara: Do you prefer comedy or tragedy? yes

Eridan Ampora:Magic or science? hahahaha give me a world where there’s both. Like piers Anthony’s incarnations of immortality series. 

Feferi Peixes: Favorite sea creature? MANTIS SHRIMP THEY CAN SEE LIKE TEM EXTRA COLORS AND PUNCH THROUGH GLASS and I’ll probably never see one in person since they break aquariums

Damara Megido: Do you consider yourself a vengeful person? ….uh. Not really but it’d depend. 

Rufioh Nitram: If you could dye your hair any color, what would it be? deep blue

Mituna Captor: On a scale of 0-10 how would you rate your skateboarding? oh god I fall but 3 because I keep trying. Although last time someone tried to teach me I fell off, bruised my hip, the skateboard flew off at a tangent amd broke a pipe and I’m just lying on the garage floor laughing hysterically as water slowly floods the area and Brandon tries to shut it off. 

Kankri Vantas: Are you prone to going off in lengthy rants? uh I want to but then I remember that I suck amd I don’t have enough friends to alienate people by ranting so yeah

Meulin Leijon: Approximately how long are you on the internet everyday? too many

Porrim Maryam: Your stance on feminism? …I am a feminist? I think? 

Latula Pyrope: Favorite outdated slang word?  all I can think of is “fuc” because mom’s watching deadwood and that’s literally every third word out of everyone’s mouth but. Groovy? All the old words for gay and lesbian? I don’t know

Aranea Serket: What’s your all-time favorite book? The entire dark tower series by Stephen king, which can new extended to include almost all Stephen king books written. 

Horuss Zahhak: Opinion on horses? they,,, lorge  :2

Kurloz Makara: Would you give up your voice for telepathy? On the one hand my voice sucks but on the other hand telepathy is a vague term I’d need more specifics

Cronus Ampora: Your favorite thing about the 50s? the fact that they’re nothing like happy days depicts them as and also pulp era sci fi

Meenah Peixes: Favorite fish-pun? shell phone

Caliborn: Any old pieces of fanworks you could share? if I get one (1) ask aboutbtjis I’ll GI through my deviantart and post anything presentable here

Calliope: Do you consider yourself to be an optimistic person? its complicated but on good things no amd bad things yes. Like I assume that the thing won’t happen. 

Lord English: How far would you go to achieve your goals? ?? ????? ?????

Lil Cal: Do people consider you creepy or intimidating? probably yeah I’m weird as fucl

The Midnight Crew: Do you prefer brains or brawn? a blend of both fuck you

The Felt: If you could have one ability, what would it be? teleportation of a singular object or person from where it is to where I want it to be. Useful for getting my moirail where they belong. 

Dad Egbert/Crocker: Would you wear a fedora? do u know how long I’ve been trying to get one fuck yeah I would

Bro: Favorite bro pun? Bromeo, bromeo, why the fuck are you bromeo

Mom Lalonde: Do you have any regrets? …yeah…lots.

Davesprite: Have you ever felt inadequate? have I ever in

Lil Hal: Favorite meme? I lik the bred

Davepetasprite^2: Nya? owo what’s this??

Jasprosesprite^2: Favorite color combination? Pfffft blue and olive, black and royal blue, red and grey

Arquiusprite: How helpful do you try and be to others? as much as I possibly can please let me be of some use

Erisolsprite: Are you called moody on a regular basis? ….by. some people. 

Carapacians: Do you play chess? If so, do you usually play with the white or black chess pieces? no one will play with me :0( but I’ll take either

Doc Scratch: Ever ‘predicted’ the future? Okay so. There’s a book called…okay I don’t remember what it’s called. Something about a witch king, it’s by mark Anthony amd is in the harpers series of the forgotten realms series. In the emd they leave a character in the collapsing treasure room. Effectively killing him. I loved this guy okay? I wasn’t about to accept that shit. So I went “fuck you mark Anthony” and mentally composed an arc where he found a magic item and escaped. Turns out there was a second book and that’s literally what he did  

Ancestors: What’s the kind of mark you want to leave behind you. just let me make someone hapoy

Hussie: Your zodiac sign and/or god tier? Virgo/leo and knight of heart. 

goddamnit its done. Its done. D I love you but what the fuck.