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Hihi

I mainly go by Arsenic here on tumblr

I'm fine with any pronouns

url: decayingcorpses -> the-archive-is-alive

This blog is just for me to have a specific place to talk about/reblog things about maladaptive daydreaming

Main blog: @arsenic-and-chaos

Tag list: here

Paras: here

Paracosms: here

Dividers by @/saradika

Layout by radioexe

[ofchaosgoddess]

help I’m having ideas beyond my available free time

[feefal]

Daydreamer anatomy☁️

These individuals tend to have their head in the clouds, and are reported to prefer the escapism of fiction over reality.

[effemimaniac]

sorry for the delay in responding to your message. I was walking around the house with unclear intentions

[queenaegon]

is that song actually character-coded or is your brain a character-shaped hammer looking for lyrics to nail down somewhere

[verittean]

[the-archive-is-alive]

lowkey wanna learn how to crochet just so I can make little dolls of my ocs

[hallownest-archive-deactivated2]

imo the best way to interpret those “real people don’t do x” writing advice posts is “most people don’t do x, so if a character does x, it should be a distinguishing trait.” human behavior is infinitely varied; for any x, there are real people who do x. we can’t make absolute statements. we can, however, make probabilistic ones.

for example, most people don’t address each other by name in the middle of a casual conversation. if all your characters do that, your dialogue will sound stilted and unnatural. but if just one character does that, then it tells us something about that character.

[jauntylittlefrillyboy]

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adding to this. the probabilistic framing is great but there’s another layer: fiction is working under serious time and space constraints. grief in real life might look like eating cereal at 11pm and forgetting to answer texts for a week. you don’t always have a week. so characters end up doing things that are statistically rare but emotionally efficient, and that’s not bad writing, that’s compression. the name-dropping dialogue thing is still a crutch though, because it’s not compressing anything, it’s just substituting for actual voice work. heightened behavior = often necessary. heightened language = usually lazy.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

characters whose sexuality is "i'm under way too much stress to figure that shit out rn"

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

character whose gender is "im probably nonbinary but im on a quest so idrc about that rn"

[1eonovi-deactivated20240817]

Nothing’s more humiliating than watching a movie and instead of authentically enjoying it, you’re constantly saying in your head “hey this one specific scene is so cool, the music, the cinematography, the character direction, but how is this going to fit exactly into my paracosm? and then thinking about how the whole movie is going to fit into your stupid ass fantasy world instead of just watching the movie.

[fosslu]

✶‎ camille layouts, @harmonicauls rb & credit to use, no yume tags

[sirfetchd]

how it feels to be obsessed with your own ocs but you cant think of what to say about them

[laterkiss]

ever since i was a little girl i knew fiction would save me

[hamletpolny]

sir, that’s my emotional support imaginary world

[d3athwish]

me, mentally flipping through the various daydream universes i’ve crafted up like records in a crate: hmm, which fantasy shall i indulge in tonight?

[finchxs-reverie]

sorry if this is strange but finding your blog made me realize I haven't seen an immersive daydreamer whos older than like mid 20s. I guess I just never thought of daydreaming as something that could still be a part of me (that I like) when im older, rather than like residual mental illness from highschool. I have a lot to reconsider now. very cool blog btw

Oh absolutely, one of the reasons I wanted to start this blog was because I didn't see much from older ID'ers out there and since I figured out a lot of it before I had access to the internet my views or insights might be helpful. Not that I've posted nearly as much as I have wanted to but your ask definitely makes me feel inspired to actually write the stuff down I've been meaning to and post it.

In college I posted on live journal and there wasn't much interaction (I don't think MADD or ID were being used as terms back then) but I remember a post I made the about how my daydreaming would always be a part of my life no matter what happened, even if I got married or had a career or moved and all of that has happened and I'm still an immersive daydreamer and it still makes my life better.

Certainly a big part of that is that I was born with a disablility and I've had surgeries all my life and none of that ever went away. I live with a lot of pain and anxiety and trauma and yeah my inner world and imaginary friends help me cope and keep my life on track but even when I feel well and life is going well, immersive daydreaming is a part of my life and helps me figure out things about myself and the world beyond coping and surviving.

Hopefully I can post more on my blog like I have been planning but if you or anyone reading have any other questions that can serve as a catalyst for me to write about my experiences and hopefully help others out there. Your ask isn't strange at all. It made my day! Thanks for stopping by 💞

[kijimha]

just because you havent seen me post about The Character in a while doesn't mean i'm any less insane about them in private

[officialfist]