#deducingfreak

tigers are my favourite animal because they are simultaneously giant kittens and deadly predators 

for a person who enjoys being alone, I get lonely pretty damn fast when I don’t have the option to socialize

I have a newly acquired yet quite profound love for jurassic park (but I haven’t seen jurassic world yet)

my favourite disney animated movie is beauty and the beast and nothing disney ever does or makes will ever change that 

I can never commit to a hairstyle: I’m endlessly letting it grow out and then cutting it as soon as it gets long enough to do something nice with

I really love pirates for some reason?

when asked what my favourite book series is I always say the little house on the prairie series but I don’t know if that’s 100% true anymore or if I just say it out of habit/because it was such an important part of my childhood 

(Okay this is actually related to a scene in my If I Can Leave Off Burying The White sequal that’s going to be published next month, but I've altered it so it can stand alone.)

“So I was given an interesting assignment today,” Vega said as Wylie joined her on the bench for lunch.

“Yeah?”

“Cho wants me to talk to the new agent.  About her injury.”

“Because it’s in a similar place as yours?”

“Yeah.  Because she’s going to scar pretty bad and I guess that distressed her.”  She unwrapped her sandwich.  “I don’t know what to say.  She wasn’t as bad off as me, so her scars won’t be as ugly as mine, but the thing is...” she shrugged.  “I don’t care.  You know?”

Wylie knew.  Vega’s abdomen was visually unappealing by most anyone’s standards.  Her scars were discolored and slightly raised, and some of them appeared jagged.  She looked like a battlefield. But she never minded that.  Her scars were never visible on the job and they didn’t affect her professional look, and she was fully functional as long as she took her meds that served the duty of her lost pancreas.  Agent Kemper, however, had struggled to maintain a positive body image in the past and it didn’t surprise anyone on the team that she was having a hard time dealing with the idea of being scarred.

“Wylie, help me,” she said.  “I’m not cut out for this conversation.”

“I don’t know,” he said.  “Just tell her how tough she is.  How those scars are a symbol of her strength and that doesn’t make her ugly.  And remind her that, you know, no one can see her scars on the job.  She gets to decide who knows about them, and if they think that makes her ugly, they’re wrong and don’t deserve to have seen them.”

Vega was staring at him.  “Wow.”  A small smile came over her face.  “How long have you been holding onto that speech?”

“Since I found out you made it.  Never needed it then, but...I think it applies.”

1. Why did you choose your URL?

Because I'm a fan of the tv show Castle, and well, Nikki Heat is the main character of Richard Castle's book. 

2. What is your middle name?

Johanna

3. If you could own a fairytale/fictional pet what would it be?

Uhm.. I don't know, a little cute dragon, but not like kill-everyone kind of dragon, but cute and badass.

4. Favourite color?

Blue.

5. Favourite song?  

Right now? Cero by Dani Martin

6. What are your top 3 fandoms?

Castle, Carmilla, Orphan Black maybe, there's totally more.

7. Why do you enjoy Tumblr?

Because here I've met so many cute and lovely people, here I met 3 of my closest friends, here I can be me, I can post whatever I want, this just how I can...be me.

8. Tag 8 blogs: