#j-dog

Danny immediately gave me sus eyes and said that I looked really familiar, and then George pointed at me and said he knew me. I told them I’ve seen them about 11 times, and then I showed them the tattoo that Jorel signed for me literally ten years ago. Jorel took my arm and said he had to take a picture of it so he could show it off to his girl to prove he’s not an asshole 😂 so yeah… Jorel has a picture of my autographed tattoo now.

Sooo I definitely pulled the birthday card and told them about it, and Danny immediately gave me a hug and they all enthusiastically wished me a happy birthday, followed by asking my name one more time. Jorel was like “omg you’re a Taurus too? My birthday was a few days ago. Us Taurus gotta stick together!” And then he pulled me into the group photo, where they were all silent until George randomly went “happy birthday, BITCH. ” lmfao

Here’s me laughing because of that lol.

Wanna know the best part? Jorel called me out by name to wish me a happy birthday on stage. I can’t even lie, I cried. Hollywood Forever came on immediately after and I just… lost it. Ugh. I love them so much.

... A bunch of... Recycled clothing tags (???)

In honor of the two best things that ever happened to me : discovering Hollywood Undead and coming out as non-binary...

Today, my brother and I had a conversation that lasted so long that my dad literally had to stop it because he needed to take 5 minutes to talk to us about important things.

What was this conversation about you may ask? Well, it was all about Fablehaven, but it kinda went all over the place. It started with my brother sharing his thoughts about his current reread, which he started to settle a years long debate about whether or not Grandpa Sorenson actually counts as a responsible adult. This is part of a larger discussion about J Fiction novels removing all responsible adults so that great adventures can happen, and thus, what counts as "responsible adults being around."

While we agree that no, Grandpa Sorenson does not count, we did not reach a consensus on how irresponsible he is and how much of it is his fault. (I think he's a trash parent/grandparent, my brother just thinks he has some issues and was in a stressful time period).

This is because we got sidetracked wondering how on Earth neither of Seth and Kendra's parents EVER found out about the magical world given their canonical upbringing and the rules of the world. I described this conversation as "taking a wrench to the machine that is canon, but instead of tightening loose screws, we're just hitting it until it actually works because the writer is holding the hammer hostage." I will not bother explaining the mess that is Fablehaven's worldbuilding, but we could not come up with an explanation that didn't fall under "probably child abuse."

Did I mention I've only read Dragonwatch and the first book of Fablehaven, while my brother has read both mutliple times?

So basically, I spent the longest conversation I have had in MONTHS with my brother, arguing about/trying to fix plot holes that NOBODY else cares about in a junior fiction book series that I have not read.

I should also say: this is the longest conversation I've had in months. The previous one was also with my brother about his latest dnd character, and we were basically writing their backstory (he basically reinvented puss in boots, but it was an accident).