Issa

"IceBreaker Challenge! Tell us about yourself."

Alright lets do this..

So I'm a queer individual with mental disorders. That is me to a core---my adhd, bipolar, and queerness all affect me majorly in some way, and while they've not all been positive ways, I've managed to look on the bright side of things.

Without these things affecting me, I don't think I'd be nearly able to be as empathetic or understanding towards people I now consider close friends. Without these, it's possible we may've never became friends in the first place, with me straying from past fandoms and onto greener, more vibrant pastures like most neurotypical people tend to do. I'm actually genuinely grateful that even though life is tough, I managed to make friends regardless because me and my friends like to ramble on about our interests that we've been glued to for years.


With that out of the way....I hate puzzles, but get thrilled when I find a solution. I suppose that's why I like researching things so much or even why I like art! With art, you have to look at all the pieces of the anatomical puzzle and figure out how they slot together, and I love that. I love finding out new things to incorporate into my art.

I'm trying to get into fanfiction writing. Even though I love art, I find it lacks a sort of....immediateness to it. I like creating artwork, but I like being able to describe things. Sadly, I'm not good at that. Which is why I want to learn how to write. I want to learn how to describe the emotions that I felt putting into art, in ways that other people can empathise with.  Art can be easily misinterpreted, and I'd love to be able to just describe what a work is supposed to be. 

My oldest fandom is Katekyo Hitman Reborn. I've been into it for...god, fourteen years now. I've made most of my friends and acquaintances through it. I remember being a lurker on livejournal experiencing the pure suffering that is not being able to access some scanlation group's doujinshis. I remember being on tumblr as the final arcs were finishing and ranting about the machine translations resulting in a single panel mistake where Fran's gender identity was in question. 

However, I've also gone through A LOT of major fandoms. I'm surprisingly prone to dropping things after binge-reading them, though....most shonen manga are victims to this. One Piece, Naruto, Gintama....usually something happens, and I just. Don't finish it.

Currently, my main fandoms are: Katekyo Hitman Reborn, Hazbin Hotel, different magical girl series, Genshin Impact, Blue Period, Death Note, and Gatchaman Crowds. 

I'm a multishipper, but more importantly, to my core, I'm a rare pair shipper. I love rare pairs. Please rant to me about your favorite rare pairs and I'll be thrilled. I may understand nothing, but I understand the feeling of liking a small pairing that no one else likes.

[breathes]

Well that was a lot. It's nice to meet you all with a more detailed introduction, and I hope I didn't sare anyone away lmao.

It's genuinely not a bad game so far. All the characters are unique in personality even if they look similar in design due to the game's niche. I'm enjoying it a lot, especially the frustration I feel when the protagonist is being treated unfairly due to his status as a commoner. It's played comedically over-the-top, but then there's moments that just feel a little too real.

 Helloooo everyone! My name is Issa and I'm in my mid twenties. I am a queer artist and beginner fanfic writer.

Some things about me:

- I am a major fan of Linux and free software even though I'm not super familiar with all the commands. I'm currently utilising LibreOffice for my fanfics, ObsidianMD for note-taking and knowledge management, and Krita for art. 

- I usually post my art on different Discord servers, though if you want some snippets of my art it can be found here on tumblr.

- I am a proshipper, multishipper, self-shipper, etcetc. The only thing I'm not super into is real life shipping.

- I am one of the moderators for the Katekyo Hitman Reborn Rare Pair Week Event. If you're interested in KHR in anyway, I'd love to convert you---I mean, talk to you about it!

- I am very much a beginning fanfic writer, but I'm trying my best to get more into fanfic writing in the year 2024.

It's nice to meet you all, and let's get along well!

Returning back to Dreamwidth because Twitter is a shit. Will make an introduction post in a while.  

I've been always interested in witchcraft a whole. There were times where I vehemently denied this, because honestly, after years of being atheist, admitting to any form of spirituality feels embarrassing? But something about it has appealed to me since I was a child and first got in trouble for wanting a book on witchcraft.

So when my mental health can handle it, I've been reading and listening things about witches.

A few days ago I found a book on scribd called "Queering Your Craft: Witchcraft from the Margin" by Cassandra Snow and it's been introducing me to basic beginner concepts. I think it's a very good book for beginner queer witches, because  so far (I'm not too far in it) it doesn't explicitly demand you do one thing or another. It simply talks about different aspects of magic from a queer perspective, and I really appreciate that because witchcraft can be an intimidating place to navigate as a queer person.

I've also been listening to a podcast called The Lil Black Witch...The voices are really calming to listen to, and the early episodes aren't too long. I'm white, but I think it might be a good podcast to listen to regardless of your race as it claims to be pro-inclusion including for LGBTQ folk.. I'm intrigued if they'll include the asexual/aromantic community once I get to the episode on sex magic.

There's also a Reddit forum called /r/SASSWitches which I appreciate as it was what made it clear to me that I can be a witch without any Gods being involved. It's Reddit, so I can't guarantee the site as a whole is a great place to be in, but I think that this particular subreddit is nice to scroll through and get ideas from.