#2y

my parkour dog ♥️

Hello again @guttertongue! What a year this has been!

It was not my intention to have this note be much about me, the mod, the man behind the curtain. But it seems it was unavoidable. In our second year together (as I'm beginning to suspect will be true for many years to come) Dharys' fate and mine were closely intertwined.

Toward the beginning of 2021, as my New Year's writing resolve was fading, I received an opportunity to spend the next two years working in Prague. Of course, I said yes; things like that don't come along every day! There was a catch: I needed to lead the charge to finish up a project at my company that had been left simmering for far too long. It meant that I had to put almost everything else aside to get this thing out the door. So Dharys languished as I cut corners with both my time and my money to make that possible.

I'll spare you the details, but long story short, that wasn't a chapter of my life that I will remember fondly. I feel like I've backtracked on a lot of the progress that I made as a person last year. In Dharys' absence, in my rush to make a deadline, I've been less generous, attentive, and patient. Ultimately, Dharys is a fictional character. As much as his presence has been a positive force in my life, I don't regret setting him aside— what I do regret is letting my stress control me and mistreating some of my favorite people, here and elsewhere. At this point, unfortunately, that damage is done; all I can do is ask forgiveness and do better.

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When I looked up at the world again, it was July, and many things had changed. Notable among them: an anon in my inbox, asking some questions to Dharys (which were surprisingly hard-hitting >.<). To this anon, I know it must have seemed like a simple thing, to respond to an ask game. But I can't thank you enough for reminding me that "life will always welcome you back" (—James Portnow, Extra Credits).

And so, amidst the general chaos of this summer and my specific difficulties as an expat, I started to hear our boy speaking again. It was slow, and quiet, but I knew to be patient. Hard to blame the guy for being recalcitrant.

Eventually he told me a small story, and I was able to write it down. Next month I got another ask from a longtime friend of the blog, and I've gotten a couple more recently, one of which I've finished and the other one is in progress. I've done some other writing in the meantime (which for various reasons hasn't been appropriate to post here, sorry...) and these little thought experiments have helped me kick it off.

These are small steps, and I'm looking forward to more to come.

I want to leave on a happier bit of personal news:

Last year I talked about how Dharys helped me as I waded into the exophilia community. What I don't think I've ever explicitly discussed in this space is that for almost all of my adult life I have considered myself to be an asexual. But, as I had continued becoming more open about my exophilia and meeting lovely people who felt the same way, I began questioning the assumptions that led me to that conclusion.

Today, after a lot of self-reflection and with the help of some wonderfully patient people in my life, I'm now proud to call myself pansexual.

May your days ahead be filled with laughter and light.

— | Dharys

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Author: 2y

It’s been two years since they saw each other. Sanji expected his feelings for Zoro to fade with time but they never did. Has Zoro moved on? Because Sanji knows now more than ever that he’s not ready for this to be the end.

Something light and a little fluffy for a change XD

Ragazzi sto piangendo CWC 

Regalino da parte di @dancelikeanhippogriff per l’anniversario di Barefoot. Guardate che carina Mana che sorride come una bambina :’) Ecco, guardatela bene perché la vedrete così FORSE un paio di volte. 

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MARINE VOCALIST!!

slay me with good vocals (’: