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kyokosasagawa"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.
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.
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Date: 2024-01-11 08:29 am (UTC)I like how you've taken the aspects of your life that can cause difficulties and instead look at the positives! I think it's actually really healthy and almost satisfying this ability to become hyperfixated in things and then freely be able to move on. ❤️
I also liked hearing about your life as an artist, especially this: I like creating artwork, but I like being able to describe things... I'd love to be able to just describe what a work is supposed to be. because I've so many times wished I could gather at the feet of artists and listen to them describe every detail, but have it drilled in my head that you should never do that. That's probably why I love Bob Ross so much, he told you every single thought he had about his work AS HE CREATED IT! 😱😱
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Date: 2024-01-11 10:16 am (UTC)I find that I enjoy doing things with disabled friends more than abled friends. We're willing to accommodate each other's quirks. That means I don't complain if someone gets a migraine 5 minutes after arriving at a group event, and they don't complain if I melt in the sun 5 minutes after arriving at a street fair. Most normal people bitch for days.
>> 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.<<
Ever put together a skeleton model, or even a real skeleton of something? It can be great fun.
>> I love finding out new things to incorporate into my art.<<
Still life is super fun for that. You can collect things on a trail hike, or things that symbolize your queerness, or hit a thrift store or a hardware store for funny-shaped things. When you pile them together right, they tell a story. You could plant a whole garden of things that will grow into good art subjects, not just the pretty flowers, but weird seedpods and spiral stems and stuff like that.
If you're into watercolors, it's incredibly receptive to monkeying around with components. Salt, sand, oil, alcohol, charcoal -- they all change how the paint behaves. You can even forage for materials to make your own paint.
>> 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. <<
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You may have seen emotional challenges for artists. You can take the same prompts and do them in writing.
Some resources for understanding and describing emotions...
https://positivepsychology.com/emotion-wheel/
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Plutchiks-emotional-wheel.png/600px-Plutchiks-emotional-wheel.png?20200519023454
https://www.wikihow.com/Describe-Emotions
https://dialecticalbehaviortherapy.com/mindfulness/describe-your-emotions/
https://www.writerswrite.co.za/cheat-sheets-for-writing-body-language/
https://www.amazon.com/Emotion-Thesaurus-Writers-Character-Expression/dp/1475004958
>>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.<<
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Date: 2024-01-12 12:24 am (UTC)Tbh, I've never been a very....textile person, I suppose? Those ideas all sound fascinating, yet also like something that would be hard for me to personally do. I think its because I grew up really struggling with knitting, papercrafts, so forth, that I ended up enjoying the logistics of art. Though, with digital art I'm starting to explore texture in my drawings without having sensory overload.
I'm really loving how the snowflake challenge is introducing me to different communities!!! Dreamwidth is definitely more active than I thought :o Love that for this site.