Hi everyone!!
Thought I'd make a life update post since it's been literally three years (three years!) since I logged off of Tumblr in 2022. I've missed you all.
In case you don't remember me (understandable): I'm Aure (she/her) and I'm Asian-American, neurodivergent (autism/adhd), and some sort of queer. My pfp used to be Mai from Avatar with the bisexual flag as the background, but as of late I'm honestly not too sure and am not using any label at the moment. My sideblogs are @you-deserve-to-love-yourself (positivity/mental health) and @envythepalmtree (Fullmetal Alchemist).
The last time I was on Tumblr was 2022, the summer before I entered college. I got a new computer for college and just never logged on--I felt that I was too addicted to the site and that I wouldn't be as present and in the moment when I started school if I had any kind of social media. I deleted most of my other accounts as well.
Since then I've been doing well!! Actually have a decent group of friends now who love and support me (when I was in high school, I barely had any friends at school). When I was in high school, I wanted to be a psychologist and do mental health research--I've pivoted a little bit to the more STEM of side of things. I'm now majoring in neuroscience on the premed track. I want to be a doctor, specifically a neurologist, and treat disorders like seizures or ME/CFS. I think the healthcare system is messed up in so many ways and many providers within the system feel powerless to do anything about it, but I feel that there can be changes and I want to fix the system.
I really didn't think this was possible because I was not great at biology or chemistry in high school. I definitely started out a little behind my peers (I remember freshman year, sitting in intro genetics class, absolutely PANICKING because I didn't know what a hydrogen bond was) but I caught up!!
While ATLA will always hold a special place in my heart, my main interests fandom-wise are now all danmei novels, particularly MXTX's works (Scum Villain, Mo Dao Zu Shi 魔道祖师, and Heaven Official's Blessing 天官赐福). I also really love Erha and Yuwu (I finished them via very bad machine translations as my Chinese is nowhere near good enough to read novels 😭)
Other than fandom stuff, I am still very fascinated with the brain, enough that I'm majoring in it! I do research in a neuroscience lab and I love it. I'm particularly interested in ME/CFS because it's such an underresearched disorder and patients are very much failed by the medical system. I'm still doing activism, and am trying to do more about disability justice. I'm also an EMT and drive an ambulance. I dance as well--contemporary, ballet, Chinese dance, and kpop. I'm not exactly a pro at any of these but it brings me a lot of joy!
Send me an ask and tell me what you've been up to in the past three years! I've missed you and want to know how you've been.






















































