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001 || PAINTING - Cliff Walk at Pourville by Claude Monet - The painting not only reminds her of Maria’s childhood, of hikes with her mother, trips to the mountains and lakes of Colorado, but also of childhoods that came before. It ties in the past and the more distant past nicely in that it is a child with her mother and mothers hold a very special place in Maria’s heart.
002 || DISTINGUISHING MARK - Every incarnation, from Lilith to Mary to Maria has had a few things in common, the most noteworthy of which is dimples. In her many lives she’s been from many places, followed different customs, and claimed different ethnicities, but throughout each one her dimples have always remained as if to ground her to the person she always is. Her look may change but her being does not.
003 || FAMILY MEMBER - Maria’s mother is still currently living in Colorado and the look of her current incarnation heavily favors her. On her bookshelf in LA is a snapshot of her mother with her guitar trying to goad Maria into singing along with her. Maria had been twelve years old at the time and the memories of her past had started coming back with a vengeance. She and her mother had gone for a walk and Maria had struggled to explain what was going on with her, terrified of the reaction she’d get. Her mother didn’t discount her experience or try to tell her she was wrong, instead she just nodded and told her that she knew she was a special girl from the moment she’d gotten pregnant. She said that Maria didn’t have to figure it out right that moment, urged her to put less pressure on herself, then had pulled out her guitar and started playing Memories. Badly. And very loudly.
004 || CHILDHOOD HOME - Maria and her mother lived in a small town in Colorado for most of her childhood. Their house was nestled at the base of the mountains and while it was small and older, her mother made it theirs. The back door was painted bright yellow, bordered by bright flowers and the sharp smell of the herb garden. Where Maria prefers muted tones of whites and greys with the occasional blue, her mother liked bright white with pops of equally bright colors. The kitchen had blue cabinets with yellow accents to match the door, the living room brought in reds and her mother’s bedroom had a wall the color of the sky on a cloudless day. Maria’s bedroom was softer, the walls a pink so pale as to be almost white accented with pink and white floral patterns. Though it was brighter and busier than she typically preferred, it’s difficult to go into that house and not feel cheered by the decor.
i actually have a secret ao3 account :O
thats not the worst part though… the stories i write there are all safe for work. they just have a really, really niche type of fanfiction,,,, sneezing fics. if everybody blocks me after this i understand.
W H A T im. so scared. take ur 10 points and go pls taylor im scard
what am i hiding?- i’m actually hiding my sexuality from my family. fUnNY sTOrY but my *cough* extremely homophobic *cough* grandparents looked through my sketchbooks (which i keep private for a reason) and found some notes i had jotted down about myself, which included the fact that i’m bisexual. they took it upon themselves to out me and have a ‘talk’ with me about how i was going to hell for this and how it wasn’t right for me to do ‘that’ with a girl. anyways, after the talk they gave me 2 days to ‘think about my choices’ and i talked it out with my friends and my girlfriend, and i just told them i had made a choice and that i was straight! it couldn’t get any worse so now every time i call a girl pretty or hug a friend my grandparents look at me weird :.) so that’s what i’m hiding! ✌️😎
thats a. big yikes. i’m sorry my dude ily <3 10 points
happy halloween, top 3! sorry to tear you away from your trick or treating or whatever you might be doing on this fine halloween night, but it’s time for round three: spooky edition! this round’s hunt is a bit different, and its instructions are written within the challenges, so be sure to read closely! take your time, because the hunt won’t end until all four of you submit, and time isn’t crucial in this hunt. good luck in the fight for ultimate shitpost glory!
