sauron was right, change my mind

ran. 33, she/they. death stranding. lotr/rop, sandman, ygo, breaking bad, other things. you can find me in lots of places. icon from @belanor. header by player (150390) on reign of blood, made for me during the halloween 2025 event. tracking #userran.

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pinned info

you can call me ran! i use she/they pronouns (usually a bit more she than they but either is perfectly fine). i'm in my early 30s, from the usa. i am also a stroke survivor and sometimes post about my experience during and post-stroke. i tag #tw: stroke and #tw: medical if you'd prefer not to see it. if you have questions about my stroke, feel free to ask! i am now a strong advocate for awareness of it and welcome questions.

this blog is not minor friendly and may contain nsfw material. this blog does not welcome terf interactions and invites all terfs to go fuck yourselves.

my current main fandoms are rings of power and death stranding and likely will be my main fandoms for some time.

i do not tolerate toxic fandom behavior and practice 'ship and let ship' with everyone. ykinmkato.

i am a writer and also tend to post meta as well. you can find my writing tag here. you can find my rop analysis posts here.

i am harbinger on ao3 which you can find here. i am happy to take requests if i feel that i can write it but please note that i am quite slow.

i tag for spoilers until around 2 weeks after the initial premiere. if you need me to tag longer, please send an ask or pm to request.

other fandoms you will see on my blog include the sandman, breaking bad, rarely some marvel, and various movies including a lot of christopher nolan.

i welcome asks, messages, being tagged in things - even if we don't follow one another mutually. i track #userran for tagging or you can @ me too!

thanks for reading!

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The binturong of waking up from a nap but feeling more tired than before

[rcrisu]

Commission of someone's really handsome lad!!

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who loves me enough to get me the fable's collector's edition?

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ordered some chinese from a place i've never tried before and wow it is all so good?! it's literally from a tiny place a town and a half over that has been 6 different things since i was a kid (i'm not even kidding lmfao) and my hopes were not high but wow. the sushi was fantastic, the tiny amount of soup i had was delicious, and the three pieces of teriyaki steak was wonderful. now i have a FUCKLOAD of leftovers for tonight and possibly tomorrow but hot damn so good

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also my ugly face under the cut cause i got my face painted with the pride flag and it was cute it's just a shame that it's on my ugly ugly ugly mug

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the king who should have been

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do you guys like my friend? i got him at pride and i love him

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woke up feeling stressed for no reason. not sure if i wanna stay inside all day or go out and do stuff. i'm very jittery and anxious and idk why. maybe i'll try and work on btc for a while or something. right now i'm all skdaslfdsdfdfjasfddsjfldsfhrefusdfldfndskfndfjhdfj and yeah

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gonna try and be brave and go to pride tomorrow even tho i could not possibly look less queer at the moment. no dyed hair, no shaved hair, no fun clothing. i guess i've got rings i can wear thanks to gob but the pride jewelry i ordered hasn't even shipped yet so i'm gonna feel super out of place

which. being fair. i pretty much always feel out of place D:

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can’t wait for the day we all wake up to the Big Beautiful News™

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ten people you'd like to get to know better. thanks for the tag @clementine-elegance!

last song: spotify says "the offering" by sleep token probably as i was getting home from my mom's yesterday

currently watching: an egg laying video from last year from snake discovery on youtube mostly for background noise as i wake for my dad to text lunch plans (it literally just ended lol)

current obsession: still asoiaf/akotsk. we're just a couple weeks away from the s3 premiere of hotd so i am...tentatively excited for that. i just wanna see the dragons tbh lol

currently reading: nothing at the moment! however i am considering seeing if i can find the first book of the bloodsworn trilogy cause the second and third caught my eye at books a million on wednesday, just not sure if i'm gonna try and order it or find it another way. also considering a reread of earth's children and possibly rereads spoils of the spoiled/falling falling stars by not-poignant on ao3.

currently working on: a slice-of-life rp server for discord, a "literally came out of nowhere" idea for a short story, doing my adjuster courses, and literally trying not to go insane from boredom lol

last google search: i got rid of google bc fuck ai! i use duckduckgo's no-ai search now. what did i search last, hmmm...oh yes "reptile kages" cause i watched a snake discovery vid about them and wanted to see what the biggest size enclosure they offer is and if you wanna know it's 16x4x4. and yes, that is sixteen FEET.

tagging but no pressure!! @savage-rhi @thephoenixandthecrocodile @ambrosia-v-black @aliceliddell13

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THE ANTIBIOTIC IS DONE!

[shanehollanderapologist]

I hope he dies during pride month, then we’d get to celebrate even harder

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HIGGS MONAGHAN & his evolution

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did i mean to sleep for 5 hours after getting home from doing laundry at my mom's? no...

did i? yes...

[odyver]

alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

please rb for larger sample size!

Question 1/3

What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?

under 18, AI is a net positive

under 18, AI is a net negative

18-29, AI is a net positive

18-29, AI is a net negative

30-45, AI is a net positive

30-45, AI is a net negative

46-60, AI is a net positive

46-60, AI is a net negative

over 60, AI is a net postive

over 60, AI is a net negative

Remaining time: 2 days 7 hours

[odyver]

Question 2/3

How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?

Frequently (multiple times per month)

Often (multiple times per year)

Occasionally (a couple times per year)

Rarely (once every couple of years)

Never :(

Remaining time: 2 days 7 hours

[odyver]

Question 3/3

If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?

under 18, more inclined

under 18, less inclined

18-29, more inclined

18-29, less inclined

30-45, more inclined

30-45, less inclined

46-60, more inclined

46-60, less inclined

over 60, more inclined

over 60, less inclined

Remaining time: 2 days 7 hours

Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!

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