β¦ call me esther or essi (she/her) ('tis a nickname)
β¦ medieval scandinavian studies and folklore major with emphasis on linguistics (translation and dating)
β¦ additional background in anthropology, gender studies, comparative religion studies
β¦ forcing myself to study by making a pretty tumblr (and wondering if my master's thesis will ever be finished. edit: I finished in February 2024!)
β¦ hobbies: gaming, playing dnd (or home brewing), scripting graphic novels, baking, smiling at people's dogs, summoning gnomes in Icelandic graveyards
β¦ likes: forest things, progressive metal and alt-rock, carrot cake, drinking my weight in green tea, hoarding dice sets, dropping yiddish into casual conversation to spite a professor of mine
β¦ skills I'm trying to learn: skateboarding, how to draw again, sewing, embroidery, book binding
β¦ languages I'm studying: old norse/icelandic, proto-norse, yiddish
β¦ using my blog as an aesthetic life plan for how to be a proper adult and forcing myself to stick to one aesthetic
This blog is a hate-free zone. Racism, antisemitism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, and any other bigotry will not be tolerated.
