“If he be Mr. Hyde, I shall be Mr. Seek.”

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[mrhyde-mrseek]

Welcome!

Please, take a seat. Would you like anything? A cup of tea, perhaps? Coffee? Hot chocolate?

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General "about" stuff

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First of all, hi! You can call me Nikki, Nik, Mr. Hyde, Hyde 'n' Seek, I don’t really care. My pronouns are they/it. I’m 18+, so if that makes you uncomfortable that’s 100% okay and you don’t have to follow, but I try to keep my posts PG-13 at most.

Please keep in mind general DNI stuff (homophobia, transphobia, racism, etc.)

This blog is pretty much a smorgasbord of hyperfixations, but the main things you'll see here are:

Gothic/classic lit

Journey to the West

Paganism

Hyacinth: A Greek Tragedy

Various writing projects

Drawings

Mythology

Other interests that I occasionally post about include:

Good Omens

Scooby-Doo

Gravity Falls

Cryptidcore/spooky stuff

Moomin

The Glass Scientists

Doctor Who/Torchwood

TMNT (2012 mostly)

Science Most Sinister

I’ve got an ongoing gothic lit au that I’m writing here called Science Most Sinister, or SMS for short. It’s split into three volumes, with Volume I being completed, Volume II being a WIP, and Volume III not yet up. I don’t have a schedule, so updates kind of come whenever I have time to write them.

The books I Frankensteined together to create it are:

Sherlock Holmes

The Time Machine

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Invisible Man

Frankenstein

Dracula

Masterpost

Paganism

I have been a practicing pagan since spring of 2024. It’s not the main focus of this blog, but I post about it fairly often. I’m also working on my tarot skills, and I do tea/herbal magic.

Deities I work with:

Hermes

Deities I currently worship:

Apollo

Dionysus

Persephone

Aphrodite

Artemis

Hades

Hyacinthus

Misc. interests

Other things I haven’t posted about yet (and if I have, I don’t remember) but may in the future include:

Various horror podcasts (TMA, WTNV, Malevolent)

The Owl House

Percy Jackson

Night at the Museum

The Amazing Digital Circus

Over the Garden Wall

I will always put content warnings at the beginning of a post if it contains something that may be triggering or upsetting!!!

[mik-ml]

since Hyde has canonically synesthesia, I would like to talk about it

for those who missed it, in page 19 of "Prince of Disaster!!" on the third panel, one of the notes in Hydes side has "synesthesia" written on it. for all that I know sage hasn't confirmed with type Hyde has (also I'm not a profesional and the information cames wikipedia 'cause fuck searching information in chatgpt)

I think, as a comunity, we should acknowledge how this would affect him in the situations where it's needed (also this isn't meant as "you need to do insert thing and if you dont you're wrong" its more meant for fics or aus where this could make some interesting scenes)

I personally think he has chromesthesia (the sound to colour one) not only for being the one I like the most but for having a whole section of drug induced cases

[s-t-a-r-c-o]

im reading discworld and im on the third book and i only just realized they arent arranged like this

[sator-the-wanderer]

I raise it to

[thecinnamoncheese]

An itemised list of raw ingredients and foodstuffs available to, say, a group of four mendicant Buddhist monks travelling in 7th Century China

(Not exhaustive but it's still a lot) (I had been working on this for. A while.)

Grains:

Amaranth

Barley

Millet

Oats

Rice

Wheat

Vegetables:

Amaranth Leaves

Arrowhead Tubers

Bamboo Shoots

Bracken Fiddleheads

Bok Choy

Calabash

Chinese Celery

Chinese Scallions*

Chinese Yam

Choy Sum

Chrysanthemum Leaves

Clover

Daikon

Daylily Bulbs

Eggplant

Gai Lan

Konjac

Lotus Root

Mustard Leaves

Napa Cabbage

Onion*

Pea Shoots

Tatsoi

Turnip

Shepherd's Purse

Water Bamboo

Water Chestnuts

Water Spinach

Wax Gourd

Legumes:

Black-Eyed Beans

Broad Beans

Green Peas

Lentils

Mung Beans

Snake Beans

Snow Peas

Soybeans

Fruits:

Apple

Apricot

Banana

Bayberry

Bitter Melon

Coconut

Fig

Goji Berry

Hawberry

Kiwifruit

Kumquat

Lemon

Longan

Loquat

Lychee

Makrut Lime

Mandarin Orange

Mulberry

Nectarine

Orange

Peach

Pear

Persimmon

Pomegranate

Pomelo

Plum

Red Jujube

Starfruit

Yuzu

Seeds and Nuts:

Beech Nuts

Candlenut

Chestnuts

Flax Seeds

Fox Nut

Ginkgo Nuts

Hazelnuts

Hemp Seeds (NOT MARIJUANA. I NEED TO BE CLEAR I AM NOT GIVING THE BOYS MARIJUANA.)

Hickory Nuts

Lotus Seeds

Pine Nuts

Poppy Seeds

Torreya Nuts

Walnuts

Fungi:

Bamboo Mushrooms

Elm Ear Mushrooms

Enoki Mushrooms

Golden Ear Mushrooms

Oyster Mushrooms

Seafood Mushrooms

Shiitake Mushrooms

Straw Mushrooms

Sweet Osmanthus Ear Mushrooms

Tea Tree Mushrooms

Wood Ear Mushrooms

Herbs and Spices:

Black Pepper

Caraway

Cardamom

Cinnamon

Chives*

Cloves

Cumin

Fennel

Garlic*

Ginger

Lemongrass

Licorice Root

Mustard

Nutmeg

Salt

Sesame

Sichuan Pepper

Star Anise

Tamarind

White Pepper

*While modern Buddhists tend to steer clear of alliums, the law banning them was in the scriptures the pilgrims were sent to find, thus the rule is not relevant to the Journey and I feel fully justified in letting them eat good meals

[cosmicdisorder2026]

how you gonna beat the weed allegations?

[thecinnamoncheese]

I am being attacked on all sides

At least my beloved wife Wikipedia will always have my back

[scorebug]

height check. how tall are you people in my phone

[mrhyde-mrseek]

Working on better character sheets for my Dimension K au… tmnt artists who can draw the turtles I applaud you

[mrhyde-mrseek]

I need to be laid on and squished. Like how cats pile on top of each other.

[mrhyde-mrseek]

Guys.

Guys I don’t fucking remember what year I set SMS in.

This is not urgent at all nor is it necessarily needed for writing currently but it is very much needed for historically accurate drawing references.

I don’t know if I ever actually wrote it down anywhere either. I don’t have my Volume I notes I don’t know where they went.

GUYS DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER

[mrhyde-mrseek]

NEVER MIND I FIGURED IT OUT

It’s the early- to mid-1890s, I don’t think I specified the year. Crisis averted.

(And I fully could have figured that out, not by scrolling endlessly through every SMS-related post I’ve ever made, but by considering the fact that it takes place within a year AFTER SHERLOCK CAME BACK FROM FAKING HIS DEATH.)

[mrhyde-mrseek]

Guys.

Guys I don’t fucking remember what year I set SMS in.

This is not urgent at all nor is it necessarily needed for writing currently but it is very much needed for historically accurate drawing references.

I don’t know if I ever actually wrote it down anywhere either. I don’t have my Volume I notes I don’t know where they went.

GUYS DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER

[libraford]

Googled something about quick hydration and it suggested big jug of water, couple tbsp pickle juice, dash of lime juice.

Its surprisingly tasty????

[libraford]

Pleased to report that after a day of this i am not longer craving caper brine and my mouth is not dry as usual. There's some good suggestions in the notes too that I want to try.

-ancient roman posca: water, red or white wine vinegar, honey, salt, herbs (coriander, mint, thyme)

-switchel: water, ginger, vinegar, sweetener, lemon, salt

-ayran: yogurt, water, salt, mint

-Agua pepino: water, cucumbers, lime, sugar, optional mint.

[libraford]

I have been reminded of:

-shrub: vinegar, sida water, elderberry (or other berry), sugar.

[libraford]

I have now been informed of

-sekanjabin: honey, vinegar, mint, water.

[libraford]

"Wow, I wonder why this post was popular this week."

-sees the reports of the heatwave in Europe-

"... ah."

[kevytmaitohorsma]

Reblog this photo of a käpylehmä to have a käpylehmä in your blog

It's a trick! If you reblog you get TWO käpylehmäs in your blog!

[kevytmaitohorsma]

They're traditional Finnish toys, little cows made out of spruce cones, on their way to see the world from one tumblr blog to another

[thecinnamoncheese]

Thinking about the fact that there are at least two occasions where Wukong's plan involves going to someone's house, disguising himself as their spouse, saying "hey baby let's do spouse things" and then is utterly SHOCKED and TAKEN ABACK when the other person perceives it as their sexual partner sexily initiating sex

Like

Pigsy: Honey, I'm home!

Pigsy: ...

Pigsy: Honey? Aren't you going to come and give me kiss?

Wukong, disguised as Gao Cuilan, lying in their shared bed: Why don't you come over here and give me one yourself?

Pigsy: ... What are you...?

Wukong: Just get in bed, idiot.

Wukong: Wait why are you taking off your shirt

And also

Wukong disguised as the Bull Demon King, leaning against Princess Iron Fan's doorframe: Oh hey my dear darling smokeshow of a wife I just flew all this way *especially* to see you

PIF: O///////O

Wukong: Yeah I heard you fell victim to the schemes of that villainous Sun Wukong and came to make sure you were alright

PIF: JFSJTSGSGJXKDGEEHDYF

Wukong: So, uh—

PIF: JUST PIN ME UP AGAINST A WALL ALREADY I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE

Wukong: say what now

[imtheiliad]

Shout out to fanfic writers that don’t get put on rec lists.

Shout out to fanfic writers who write short fanfics.

Shout out to fanfic writers who don’t write often.

Your fics are just as much a labor of love.

[mrhyde-mrseek]

There are fireworks going off outside near my house and my AC & fan are on and I can’t turn either of them off because it’s too hot BUT IT’S TOO LOUD

[mrhyde-mrseek]

I REALIZED NEVER POSTED THIS HERE everyone meet Angelia! I found her in a little plastic Easter egg in a random tree and gave her to Hermes! There’s no space on the shelf where his altar is right now so she sits on the one above him. I named her after his daughter, the spirit of messages

[mrhyde-mrseek]

Little update because Angelia now lives on my carabiner clipped to my bag, along with my earplugs and a trans flag keychain!

[thecinnamoncheese]

I'm beginning to experience what I'm calling the 'Wu Cheng'en Experience' where I'll be writing an entire scene for ages and then sit back and say "I don't know why but I feel like I've forgotten something importa— SANDY"

[mrhyde-mrseek]

I think a big reason why I haven’t updated SMS in god knows how long (besides my work schedule) is because I’m just stressing myself out over it?

Because I realized I never actually clarified this, but the upcoming part is the final part of Volume II. And a LOT is going to happen during it. It’s gonna end on a big cliffhanger (which will be continued in Volume III ofc).

Idk, I’m super excited to write and post it, I just need to get out of my own head and actually sit my ass down and WRITE IT.