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[ami-acts]

CW: Loss, bereavement

I was hoping to have more information before I made this post, so apologies for that. The news is starting to seep onto the platform though, as people share tributes as a way to process their own grief, so I think it’s time.

@siriussly-serious (he/they), mostly known here as Jay but also as Blu, Royale (in drag) and Jaxon, has passed away. Little is known at this point, other than that he was missing since Monday (10th May), reported as missing to the police on Wednesday (12th May) and found yesterday (15th May). This isn’t the right place for speculation, so I will have more to say when I have more information.

Although he hasn’t been active on the platform for a long time, Jay was a much loved member of the HP RP community. He was particularly an inspiration for LGBTQ+ creators and POC, going out of his way to encourage and promote anyone who felt they weren’t good enough or didn’t belong. He had so much love, which he handed out freely and sincerely to anyone and everyone who needed it. He created Found, a ridiculously ambitious project which I was privileged enough to be a part of, and which he was unfortunately unable to see through the way he desperately wanted to. Jay would want me to tell you he was 6ft7, everyone was welcome to the gun show and the cheaper and higher percentage your rose wine is, the better. He wouldn’t want me to gush about what an amazing singer, performer, drag artist, RPer, artist, writer, Muddy, creative and friend he was, but tough shit mate, come and stop me. He loved cheap rose, gin, rum, milkshakes, white chocolate, Beyonce, drag kings, queers being queer, people living their best life, Hamilton, cuddles, sandalwood incense and salt lamps (but not when he wasn’t allowed to lick them). So if you want to celebrate him in your own way, there’s some ideas for you. Just stay away from whisky and any other kind of chocolate. No thank you, ma’am.

I was lucky enough to spend a lot of time in person with Jay over the last 3 years, but to those who never met him, your grief is just as valid. Your friendship was real, your love and loss is real. He loved you, he was proud of you every day you went out into a world that tries to tell you you’re broken or not enough. You are enough, and Dad is watching over you.

Jay had a large online presence, particularly in the drag king community, so I’m sure there will be some online tributes and possibly events. I will reblog this post adding information as I get it, including any tributes and donation information for those who can and would like to.

Rest in Power, Jay. It won’t be the same without you.

[kapitan5o]

cooking is one of the things that brings us a lot of joy during quarantine so we wanted to share it with you :) and it actually turned out pretty damn good! 

[tinygxrilla]

Late night talks by the fire

[kapitan5o]

I’m a patron of yours and you’re so cool and I’m always so shy to reach out and ask for things when you offer them 🙈🙈

oh man! please don’t be shy to reach out, we’d love to give back for your continuous support ❤️we really enjoy hanging out with our patrons, everyone is super sweet and cool :))

[kapitan5o]

Hey Simon! I hope it's ok that I'm contacting u with this but the father of a friend of my boyfriend lives in Russia (we live in Austria) & suffered from a heart attack a few weeks ago, with one month left to live unless the friend is successful with their gofundme campaign (since the russian gov support isn't there) The deadline is set for 05/29. It's totally ok if you don't but maybe you can share this via your social media accounts! It would mean soooo much! Thank you a million

of course, i hope that he pulls through and rehabilitation goes well! ❤️

here is the link https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-dad-to-get-an-operation?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet

[zurka]

[artbugjuice]

Ginny and Luna + Pumpkin Juice

[kapitan5o]

can’t wear any of these clothes outside so might as well do it at home :v)

[badsciencejokes]

You’re in a Zoom meeting, Harry

[akunaism]

dean 🤝seamus

nothing they're just holding hands they're boyfriends

[kapitan5o]

a new podcast episode from your local ace kids :)

[pauliedraws]

Another clip I animated from the Harry Potter audio books for fun.

(Ps. I won’t animate the Jim Dale version. Stop asking. Half the humour comes from all three characters being voiced by a dry toast British man)

[kapitan5o]

Your ASMR meditation got me into the whole business of it. ASMR never worked for me before and now it’s 2 am and I’m binging videos. So…thanks(?) maybe...I guess. Yeah, thanks. This is good

that’s wonderful to hear! asmr really helps calm down my anxiety before sleep and boy have i been anxious these days (quarantine be like that) 

i forgot to share that video here so thank you for the reminder :)

[kapitan5o]

I miss your rps in a bad way tbh, but your youtube is so lovely and you and arin seem so geniunely happy that I kind of feel guilty about wanting to see rp content from you again. idk if that makes sense. I just miss your aesthetic rps. regardless, I'm so happy for you and arin and I hope that every day makes you even happier than the last, you both deserve the world

i’m not saying we’ll do it but who would you want to see :v)

[kapitan5o]

some silly memories from the move :)

[kapitan5o]

Hi siiiiiiiir :) Hope you and Arin are doing fine and hope the quarantine is not being too bad :) Since i've been in my house for two weeks now because I'm from Spain, i wanted to know if you were doing fine and what are you doing to cope with quarantine, because i'm trying to fight my anxiety but i'm not the best at it and i want to try things for distracting myself :3

we’re loosing our marbles a little bit since our apartment is small and we don’t have any safe outdoor access (like a backyard, a garden, a balcony or a roof) and there aren’t too many things we can do inside (i mean there are but they start feeling repetitive as our attention span grows shorter from building up anxiety) 

but here are some things that we do:

- play board games (we just skype played clue with arin’s fam where only their parents had the actual game and everyone else wrote down which cards they had on pieces of paper and it was fun)- wait for our mailman to come over even though we usually are not expecting any mail - look out of the window to hopefully see some dogs (it’s new york, there are always dogs to appreciate - even during the pandemic)- movies (we just watched Knives Out which was a bit meh and now want to watch The Farewell, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Normal Heart, all Twilight, potentially all High School musicals and Heathers and Rent since i am a heathen and have never seen the classics) also in terms of tv series or shows we would recommend Feel Good on Netflix or Channel 4 and Visible on Apple TV - lots of drawing- skin care (any other routine that you have could feel nice)- taking care of plants - cooking and baking (i have a very delicious quinoa recipe if anyone’s interested)- filming and editing videos and podcasts- learning new things on skillshare - also we eat lots of rice...and cheese - arin is playing their ukulele and pining over the new animal crossing game- we’re both finally reading the Song of Achilles- listening to broadway hits- spring cleaning - sleeping in- trying to be more sensitive to each other- oh and showers help me feel less anxious- once a week we walk to a park to get some fresh air and sun (we make sure to keep our distance from other people and once we’re home wash our hands real well)

we’re not the kind of people who can really take the advantage of the situation to be hecka productive, work out, learn languages, side hustle and so on but i think it’s okay to give ourselves a break and focus on our physical and mental health, eat well, sleep a lot, do things that bring joy - this quarantine will be over eventually and everything will be okay ❤️

[kapitan5o]

your james was.... ridiculously hot. Felt like a teenager in a rom-com. Much kudos for your face

god damn it’s been 26 years since i last seen my own rps and i don’t believe you :v)