#translucentdeceptions

[translucentdeceptions]

Alright

Well, I think that’s it for now, then. This time things actually went pretty well! My mood started to go down, yes, but I recognized it, and did I change things? I dunno, but I’m feeling okay now. I mean, based on my history with this site I’m fairly sure that if I stay longer I’d get all low again eventually, but that’s not where I’m at now so I’ll count that as a win. So yeah, was nice to be back. Even nicer to leave on a fairly good note after the last two or three times here ending so poorly. See y’all again in a couple years or something along those lines, whenever I see something somewhere that’s so good I gotta log back in and reblog. Also it was nice to have a creative outlet for that poem, I know now from where it came: We Lived Happily During the War by Ilya Kaminsky, which I’d read a few times when the Iran thing first happened at the start of the year, and then I guess the idea for the date part of it was just me wanting to write about something I wanted for myself, y’know, write something happy to feel something happy, and then whatever else was there was from all the Discourse I’d been reading on Twitter since I learned how to actually use that site around Christmas and also what I’d read here and what’s been percolating in my brain for a while. But yeah it was nice to have a creative outlet, perhaps I’ll come back sooner than two years if I’ve got something like that to share again; this is a good place for that stuff. But yeah, bye (again) for now, Tumblr.

[somestarlessnight]

1) Of all the things you've created, what's your favourite? | 2) If you had to exile some real person living today to the moon, who would you send there and why? | 3) What's the most dangerous situation you've survived, and how'd you make it through? | 4) What goal, big or small, are you close to achieving? | 5) What're your thoughts on the "Hans actually was into Anna but he was controlled by the trolls and turned evil?" theory? His lovestruck smile under the boat is proof enough for me.

1) Hmm... probably that toy boat with a waterproof compartment. It was fun and satisfying to build something that was functional.

2) Someone who wanted to go, I guess. There’s got to be people out there who wants to live there. Maybe Elon Musk?

3) I don’t really know. Maybe the time as a kid I almost drowned in a pool. I think someone older eventually noticed that I couldn’t swim and helped.

4) Getting my homework done for next week.

Hans talk is controversial, so I’m putting it under a cut. (Short answer is that I like the idea in fanfiction, but don’t buy into it personally.)

5) Sincere Prince Charming Hans is cute and I like fanfiction that explores that characterization, but I can’t make the troll theory fit with what I see on the screen. The dreamy expression isn’t enough for me, because I can more easily explain that (maybe he was daydreaming about being king) than some of the foreshadowing in “Love is an Open Door” (like Hans gesturing to the kingdom while singing “I’ve found my place”) and how the movie keeps talking about how unusual getting married right away is and how Anna is only doing it because she feels so unloved and the gates are only open for a day. YMMV.

It doesn’t solve any my problems with the twist, either. I don’t think Frozen should have had a villain to begin with, but if it was going to have one, I don’t think the trolls work any better as it than Hans. The sisters barely interact with them, so there’s less of a message to get across with them being secretly evil than with Hans. I haven’t seen any evil!troll work that I find as entertaining as evil!Hans, but of course YMMV. Especially with how genuinely charming Hans is as a nice character.

[fuckthisimpretty]

1) What's your favourite meal been lately? | 2) If you had a fairly sizeable stack of 1/20oz gold coins, say around 20 or so, how many would you keep and how many would you sell and what would you do with the cash? | 3) In which war from history (recent or regular history, either's fine) would you have most wanted to participate and what role would you want on which side? | 4) Been to any protests, or any plans to go to some? | 5) What's your current example/definition of happiness?

1) This is like a really hard question..... I’m going to answer in two-fold

a) If eating out — my favourite meal by far at the moment has to be this jalapeno baked mac and cheese. So good. Would have one a week if it wasn’t so pricy.

b) If I am cooking for myself — I would have to go with chicken breasts marinated in salsa/onion soup mix with any differing amount of sides. The reason this wins is because it is tasty, moist (sorry if you don’t like that word!), and cheap to make. 

2) Okay, I’m probably just bad at math, but google is telling me this is worth only 2.50 each. So trusting Google (my first mistake) that’s around 50 bucks. So, I would sell them all, and throw the cash in my savings. Presuming that Google and my math have not failed me. 

3) This. Is. A. Really. Hard. Question. Considering the difficulty I am having even thinking about being involved in a war, I think I’m going to start my listing my role, the side, and then which war since I can more easily visualize a role as opposed to a specific war. My role would be a propaganda writer. Why? Because this topic really interested me in Uni. The impact that propaganda can have on a war. Who would I be writing propaganda for? The USA. Why? Because their “war advertising” isn’t normally viewed as propaganda. Which war? Let’s go with Vietnam, I think writing propaganda for that would be really interesting because of all the pacifists. 

4) Y’know, I probably should go to protests. I live in the capital of my province and at my last job I worked right outside the Legislature so I saw a lot of protests. I probably will go to some in the future if I find something that strikes a particular cord. 

5) Coming home, sitting down for the day and having one of my kitties come and crawl up on my lap. 

[dilfinspector]

What is the most important thing to do in Maine?

buy stephen king a coffee

[fuckthisimpretty]

1) If someone spent several consecutive days reading through your entire Tumblr archive, would it be better if they told you about it or if they didn't say anything at all? For me it'd be flattering but I'm a dude, I imagine it's a very very different experience for a woman. | 2) What does your boyfriend do on the internet if not Tumblr? | 3) What confuses you about the youth? | 4) Do you think you've earned a promotion yet? | 5) Do you trust the police in your area?

1) I mean I would probably feel needlessly embarrassed. But like also, I wouldn’t feel the need to tell someone if I stalked their archive? My archive I bet is also long af, so I feel bad for someone if they decided to take that on. 

2) He loves playing apex and he loves watching youtube. 

3) I like to think I still am a youth... but probably like... I’m not sure how to word this. I know what I mean, um. Well, most easily, the fact that they are aging and at the same time they are aging I am aging. Included in that is they’re doing things and I’m like, how, you’re like 7 even though none of them are 7 anymore. 

4) Uhh, no. My coworker who is technically my supervisor just got her first promotion in October. With that said, her salary has increased by 12,000 since she started. It’s a new company so she kinda got promoted into a new role. So, I imagine once I prove that I am indispensable I will kinda grow into my promotion.

5) I would say so yes, but with that said I have never been stopped by a police officer or interacted with any of them...

[fuckthisimpretty]

1) What's your opinion on slacking at work? This is Relevant To My Situation. | 2) Favourite cultural holiday from a culture that isn't your own, and what makes it so appealing to you? | 3) Do you hate anything or anyone at the moment? | 4) What's the coolest type of weapon for a protagonist to wield in a story? | 5) What kind of old lady do you hope to become?

1) MY NEW JOB HAS SLACK. I live for it. It’s super great to be able to shoot a quick message to my co-worker (and I guess technically supervisor) to ask her a question. I find if we chat there is more likely to be a tangent and Slack gets straight to the point. We also send each other gifs which is the highlight to my work day. Or, it’s a great way to schedule lunch together if we wanna go. 

2) Uhh, I’m honestly drawing a blank. Does Swedish Christmas count? I’m not Swedish but I’m so down to eat fish and take shots with my boyfriends parents.

3) I think probably yes... But since I’m unsure maybe I don’t.

4) Magic. I know this might be kind of a cheat answer but magic is a weapon and a person wields it. You can get shit done with magic.  

5) The kind who kind of feels like everyone’s grandmother. I like to think I will be a grandmother like my grandma, who just kind of seemed like an entity that would never die.

[fuckthisimpretty]

1) What is the opposite of your aesthetic? Do you think you could rock it anyway? | 2) What are your favourite perks of having a boyfriend at the moment? List, like, three, or however many you can think up beyond that. | 3) What's your favourite ingredient? ATM mine's probably either raw onions or truffle oil (yes I know it's just synthetically flavoured olive oil but still, it's great). | 4) What makes you better than most gfs? | 4) What makes your bf better than most bfs? | 5) Favourite song?

1) Uhh, my aesthetic is trying to be as comfy as humanly possible so I think the opposite of my aesthetic would be like tight clothes and corsets. I think I could pull that off but I wouldn’t want to. 

2) Good for cuddles, he buys me snacks, I like kissing, it’s nice to have him to vibe with — meaning we both get pretty mad about the same things, it’s nice to have that person to go and try new things with. 

3) Garlic. Garlic belongs with pretty much everything.

4) I think the fact that I’m caring and that I do my best to listen and understand.

4) I think it’s the fact that he encourages me to be the best version of myself. When I have doubts about choices I make or things I want to pursue he lets me know that I can pursue those things and whether or not my choice was shitty or not. 

5) I don’t think I’ve have a favourite song at the moment but the song I currently sing the loudest in the car is “Dance Monkey” by Tones and I.

[fuckthisimpretty]

1) Do you think all drugs should be legal or just most/some? I think anything should legal but the more dangerous stuff should just be very pricey and you'd need licenses and certifications to be able to buy 'em. | 2) What are your thoughts on infidelity? I think it bothers me more than it bothers most people. | 3) What's the last cause to which you donated? | 5) If I'm ever in your area, what's a good place for dinner?

1. I have to agree and there are studies (somewhere, I’m not going to bother to find a source) that making drugs legal is more helpful to lower criminal drug use compared to making drug use illegal and that includes the more dangerous stuff. 

2. To a certain point, if I were to be cheated on it wouldn’t be the cheating that would hurt me the MOST it would be the lying that comes along with it. Just the thought that I person I spend my every day with lying to my face so consistently and probably effortlessly (cause cmon) is what gets me upset. Which, thinking about it that’s actually a big part of why infidelity is such a big deal. Idk, I would never do it. I’m very much a one partner person. If I was ever so unhappy that I felt like I needed to do something like that I would break up with my partner.

3. I donated to STARS last! Did that last Saturday.

4. You missed this one haha

5. There’s actually probably tons but I’m going to recommend “The Highlevel Diner” super good food, all local, they apparently have this really good bread pudding which I’ve been meaning to go back and try. It’s definitely comfort food.