#about mi

thank you for tagging me @andrewspipedream! <3

for this tag we’re supposed to list 10 books we want to read this year, so here are mine:

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Swan Riders (Prisoners of Peace) by Erin Bow

The Throne of Fire  (The Kane Chronicles) by Rick Riordan

The Gentleman’s Guide To Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings) by Mackenzi Lee 

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Illuminae (The Illuminae Files) by Amy Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by José Saramago (i’ll actually read it more because i have to than because i want to, for school. but oh well)

The Gided Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

The Winner’s Trilogy by Marie Rutkoski (again, because i loved it so much)

i was tagged by @l0opy-lupin, thank you <3 I enjoyed doing this ^^

If i were a month, i’d be: November probably

if i were a day of the week, i’d be: Saturday

if i were a planet, i’d be: Mercury

if i were a sea animal, i’d be: an octopus, for sure

if i were a god/goddess, i’d be: Apollo

if i were a piece of furniture, i’d be: a pinball machine!! 

if I were a gemstone, i’d be: Chrysoprase

if i were a flower, i’d be: a dandelion

if i were a kind of weather, i’d be: rain

if i were a color, i’d be: dark green

if i were an emotion, i’d be: nervousness

if i were a fruit, i’d be: a peach

if i were a sound, i’d be: a thunder

if i were an element, i’d be: air

if i were a place, i’d be: a forest

if i were a mythological creature, i’d be: a phoenix

if i were a taste, i’d be: savory

if i were a scent, i’d be: cinnamon

if i were an object, i’d be: a notebook

if i were a body part, i’d be: a hand

if i were a song, i’d be: fool by cavetown

1.What irks other people about the way they converse?

Probably that if he's in unfamiliar company, he speaks quite slowly, with unnatural pacing. When speaking common Eorzean, he often talks like someone who knows what language is and what order words need to be spoken in, but in practice, it's sort of falling apart? It's worse if he's nervous and begins to stutter, and his voice will trail off to nothing even though his lips are still moving. He usually needs people to be a bit patient with him at the beginning, or he will resort to only nodding and shaking his head. He's gotten better at it as time has gone on, but by no means does he sound like most people unless he's comfortable using the dialect and cant he was raised with around someone.

9. How likely are they to use body language rather than words to express discomfort and other emotions?

Very likely! While Milo doesn't use sign language and has a very... stoic expression at times, he does fidget, take a step back, hold himself, or even excuse himself if he's uncomfortable. He might struggle to meet other's eyes, turn himself so that he's not facing the person as much, and generally avoid speaking from them on.

13. What trait immediately draws them to other people?

The internet tells me we should stop watering and let it dry out for a bit to start.

Problem: this is Australia and it's wet season. It hasn't not rained in 15 days.

So far it's involved listening to Florence + the Machine and eating timtams.