Wayward Wonder

17, She/Her, Queer, Passionate Ramblings about Everything, Textiles & Sewing, Punk Adjacent, undiagnosed but there’s something, I love art & THEATRE, does not know how to social media.

[waywardwonderwitch]

Hi!

I’m Wayward Wonder Witch (she/her). I’m a high school student, I’m always between being so busy I can’t breathe and having so little to do I lose my mind.

I’m new to having a Blog but I have been in the shadows of tumblr for the last year. I am not that tech or people Savvy so a grain of salt is needed.

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Shows I’m into:

School Spirits

Welcome to Nightvale (Recently started)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Hadestown

Guys and dolls

Final destination

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Music I’m Into:

Sarah and the Safe Word

P!nk

Vial

Destroy Boys

Crane wives

Amazing Devil

No Doubt

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Here are some things that I’m interested in:

The Hunger Games (SROTR got me back in)

Fahrenheit 451

Apothecary & Gardening

Theatre & Theater Tech

Sewing, Embroidery, Crochet

Dungeons and Dragons

Rollar Derby (there are none in my area tho 😕)

Arc of the Scythe by Neil Shusturman

Puppetry

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*Also I may repeat the same words, sentence or idea over and over again. Though I try to revise myself well!

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[doctorprofessorsong]

As an older queer, allow me to say: the walls of the closet are load-bearing. It is our job as a community to stand in front of that door and tell everyone who wants to peek inside to fuck off.

There are so many reasons a person may choose not to come out and there is no reason a person would owe the public or a stranger that information. Certainly it's not owed simply because someone is famous.

We have fought for decades to make it safer for people to be open and authentic about themselves, but we are not yet there. And even if we were, the closet would still be something we need to maintain for those who are not ready to reveal that part of themselves.

[warmhappycat]

May we never become so obsessed with representation that we forget the sanctity of privacy.

[waywardwonderwitch]

I made my own pride flag!

It was really really fun to make!!! And I made sure it fit into the window (mostly)

the great thing about putting it in the window is that it gives a rainbow glow and it won’t get the Christian south Treatment, ie: stolen or burned.

But also, I know it seems like the south is this big monster that will eat queers alive, but I am telling you that, at least Texas, is not as scary as you think.

Everything is going to be ok, I know that the media says that if you are so much as holding hands w/ your partner that you will be run out of town but honestly, I believe that these are a scare tactic to separate us and make us hide so they don’t have to be uncomfortable.

People will not look twice, and those who do are looking twice are not worth your time.

Still stay safe, but you are loved by the trees and the clay, by the cows and humidity, by the water and the sun.

We have always been here and no rocks or stolen flags are going to change that.

[waywardwonderwitch]

God it is so freaking hard to translate what people expect socially, especially online.

In the real world I can focus on the way people do or don’t respond, or like I’m ok with them thinking I’m weird, because everyone gives people a little bit of grace if we fumble socially. But online?

In texting and discord and tumblr and all the other social medias, there is unreadable subtext. And I try to search online to see how to convey to the masses, and at most I get a business explaining marketing, marketing that I already know.

Like I’m this close to starting a like blog? That is “how to people” because I feel like I am so behind when it comes to being social, because I can’t socialize online, and my peers can’t socialize in person.

And I feel like even though I want to just put my thoughts and be weird on this app like most people… I just can’t? And it sucks.

Also????? The cultural differences of online spaces are always combining and merging, one second something is a big No and then the next it’s funny? And it is like:

“Your mom kicks puppies. She also snorts candle wax.”

And it will be like saying someone is a murderer bring them to the square we will burn them like a witch.

THEN THE NEXT SECOND IS:

“Your mom kicks puppies. She also snorts candle wax.”

Omg so funny, same platform, but this is so funny, even though there are no big differences between the people and they have the same wording.

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People give me some irl third spaces rn, please get off thou phone and just talk to someone random.

Or like, make those Victorian social handbooks

[dragon-in-a-fez]

keep thinking about how I wrote in my dissertation about how every time a new form of public/social space emerges it's immediately popular with kids and teenagers who see it as a chance at freedom and then adults colonise it and kick them out. this happened with malls in the 80s and diners in the 50s and pool halls in the 20s. my dad was doing research on this trend in like 1975. and I was like "yeah so this is going to happen to the internet" and then five years later every government suddenly decided to ban kids from everywhere online. I hate being right especially when I don't even get paid for it

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

"But doing that is really bad for you-" You know what's even worse for you though? Being denied bodily autonomy

[bug-mortuary]

Been housebound since I got home from the hospital so ive been making a blanket to kill time. Crutches arrive tomorrow and i hope that'll do enough for the pain to let me out of the house.

Im one ball of yarn in and im increasingly worried I might not have enough but thats an issue for future me. Never done a project this big, hoping ill actually see it through instead od abandoning it and leaving it to rot in the WIP bin.

[infiniteoreos]

undiagnosed autistic people will be like "I don't get upset when my routine changes though!!" and it's because they've built a set of if-then loops in their head to pick from one of 6 different strict routines and they do get incredibly upset when they're unable to keep to any of the 6 scripts. I'm john normal

[waywardwonderwitch]

Maybe my one week therapist, close friends, teachers, neibors, special ed paras and random kids in my school were right about me… Nahhh…

ill just do my same 3 projects I do everyday and freak out when I finish one of them until I find another project, and continue to eat the same 3 lunches I have ate since 4th grade… hmmmmm… maybe I’ll even spice it up and do something “spontaneous” and do something I had thought over for a week in advance and completely planned out the steps for…

Post is so relatable, even though I am completely neurotypical… perfect way to phrase how I actively think.

[jester-i-hardly-know-her]

"I wish I could make my own patch pants!"

Listen to me. I am grabbing you by the face. You can. I need you to lock in. You can do it. You don't need expensive or brand new pants. Thrift a pair of pants. Get a pair your friend doesn't wear anymore. Ask around to see if people are getting rid of their clothing. There are pants. I promise. Okay. Get a plain shirt. Get some plain fabric. Same routine. Old shirts. Friend shirts. Old sheet. Cheap thrift shirt. Promotional tote bag you got two years ago. Hey. Look at me. You're doing great. You do not even need paint and a paint brush. You can get an acrylic paint pen. Write something on the fabric. Anything. Fun saying. Pronouns. Political opinion. Song lyrics. Anything. Cut out the fabric. Slap it on the pants. The hardest part is the sewing, but you are being so brave. It is thread through hole, then needle in and out of fabric. YouTube is your friend. Don't have thread? I've only ever used dental floss. The kind you can get at any store. It doesn't have to look good. It's not supposed to. The point is that you did it. You can do it. Hey, look at me. You can do it. Make the pants.

[hallowgeier]

i want to hug a turkey vulture

[notyourmarshall]

Fun fact: rural texas is actually really pretty

Like iykyk, it has such a nice vibe sometimes

[waywardwonderwitch]

Walk Out! Jan. 20 @ 2pm

People across the USA are walking out of EVERYWHERE in order to protest the Fascism of our Gov.

I will not be participating but if I knew somebody I think they would be:

Advertising with posters!

Creating zines!

Hypothetically me and some of my friends would be using ACLU and other know your rights print offs to pass out at our school demonstration. But we’re not participating. Link below

https://www.acluaz.org/app/uploads/drupal/sites/default/files/field_documents/01-2025_aclu-az_immigrants-kyr_zine.pdf

https://www.acluaz.org/news/how-make-know-your-rights-zine/

And if anyone had any other zines, especially for somewhere like Texas I would love to use them, if printable.

Creating signs and pins

Creating Rosette pins (or suffragette pins) talking about melting ice, standing together, ect to pass out along with making cardboard signs to display as we march.

Using my protest training

If my school were to protest and they are not. I feel like it would not be very helpful to build crowds since it is only a little while before we get out of school so people think it doesn’t matter even though I’m encouraging and people are more worried about traffic. Along with the lack of info the anonymous person sent out. If I would participate I would probably help lead the charge and ensure peaceful protest and hopefully gather more people. Along with protecting students from punishment.

Please participate! March for your community and the people who can’t march for themselves, and BE SAFE!

[waywardwonderwitch]

I have gotten absolutely OBSESSED with CSI: Crime Scene investigation (2000-2015) once again!

I’m re watching the series since I haven’t actually watched the whole thing back to front! I started with the miniature killer and have jumped around the series a bit but I’m pretty sure I’ve watched all the episodes (except afterlife but I’m saving that until I’ve fully watched it all back to front)

It has ABSOLUTELY taken over my life! I’ve been watching it 24/7 and it’s actually a joke in my family that instead of doing things in hours I do it based on episodes,

(I.e if I want to get a lot done in the day I will set a timer for 45 min or start a episode and by the time it’s done I should be done with my project or if I have to wait a long period of time I dumb it down from 3 hours to 4 episodes ((it actually works wonders when I’m trapped between projects/procrasting)))

I have been trying to talk about it FOR EVER but everyone I know doesn’t even know about the show :(

I’m planning to make a series of zines about CSI to spread at my local library, since why not yell into the void! (Post zine photos eventually)

I actually have like doubled down on my interest in it like I found the comics and ordered them today and me and my mom got matching T-shirts a few years ago, which we spiced up with some bleach to look like blood splatter! (Can’t find photos)

And I have a lot of plans to make little stuff like how I made this jack-o’-lantern CSI themed.

[maculategiraffe]

me, reaching into my dresser drawer for black pants: I hope this isn’t the pair with big holes worn in the inner thighs

Marie Kondo, gently over my shoulder: why is a pair of pants you find unwearable still in your dresser drawer

me: oh shit that’s right!! The dresser is for clothes that under some circumstance I might conceivably wear!!

Marie Kondo, beaming proudly: Yes, that’s correct!! These pants must have been your favorites. How wonderful that they were so comfortable and practical that you wore them out. But now since they no longer function as pants, you should move them from the drawer where you keep your functioning pants!

me: Yes thanks I got it they’re in the fabric basket now

Marie Kondo, fading back into the darkness: I love what you’ve done with the kitchen!!

[cwicseolfor]

The notion of KonMari as some creepy semi-embodied but entirely benevolent spirit, like a well-intentioned Bloody Mary, is so perfect and wonderful.

[flutteringfable]

i want to make an unfiction project so fucking bad. ive been brainstorming ideas for ages now and im not sure what i wanna do lmfao. but god. i want to so so so so SO bad

[scramratz]

Remember "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" ? I feel like there's been a distancing from the "reduce" and "reuse" part and a favoritism towards "recycle" by corporate American.

Capitalism can still thrive with recycling in the mix. You buy Plastic Thing 1, throw it away after one use, and they take that and recycle it into Plastic Thing 2 and sell it back to you. All while continuing to harm the environment.

Reusing puts a damper on things. They can't sell you Plastic Thing 2 when you're still using Plastic Thing 1. Plastic forks, for example- there is literally no reason why you can't reuse plastic forks more than once (aside from maybe microplastics, but it's too late for that)

Reducing is the one everyone wants to ignore. Just don't buy Plastic Thing 1. You don't need Plastic Thing 1. Pick up a set of metal forks and use those for years. Convenience is killing the planet

[ladytabletop]

the slogan is in that order for a reason! It is listed in order of effectiveness and impact; if you can't reduce, reuse. If you can't reuse, recycle.

[cwicseolfor]

Refuse what you don’t need

Reduce what you can

Reuse everything still in working order

Recirculate what you don’t need presently by sharing or selling onward

Refurbish what’s fallen out of good condition so it lasts longer

Repair what’s broken altogether

Repurpose what can’t serve its original function

Recycle what is unsuitable for repurposing

What goes unsaid here is why they’re all “re-“ prefixed: it’s about circularity. Keeping the resources in use means that we don’t have to keep incurring the environmental costs of production over and over on infinite one-way trips of new stuff starting in the earth, through human society, and right back into the earth in landfill.

[and-fishing-equipment]

in 2026 DO NOT ask yourself whether your art is GOOD

instead ask:

is it SINCERE

was it CATHARTIC

was it FUN TO MAKE

is it MADE BY ME

and don't forget to stay silly