HeipÀ hei! *heiluttaa* I hope you're surviving this hell! Tell me 5 things you've been obsessing over the last year. :D
I say I want to connect with people and then I donât even reply when an ask is sent, hope you forgive me for being a couple of days late with this.... :D
But oh my god such a perfect question!! Youâre giving me an actual permission to talk about my obsessions lol
Letâs do this chronologically!
The beginning of my danmei fandom path, and genuinely the first true obsession in years. I watched it last May when I was furloughed from work and staying with my parents because I couldnât bear to stay in London during the first lockdown. I kept seeing people blogging about these beautiful Chinese fantasy boys and decided that was something brand new I just needed to watch. Little did I know I was about to embark into a serious new obsession. The rest is history and leads to...
Iâve been studying Mandarin Chinese since last summer, just using apps (HelloChinese is excellent!). Iâm still not that great but I could order a cup of coffee in Chinese or ask where a park is so Iâm not shit either, I must know a couple of hundred words, so yay! Also learning the characters is so relaxing, really tickles my brain in a particular way. Iâd love to get to more fluent stage so Iâll keep on studying.Â
You didnât specify what the obsessions needed to be about so... I stayed in Finland for 7 months when the pandemic first started and during the autumn I spent all my freetime foraging mushrooms. No regrets. I hecking loved it.Â
Girl needs a pandemic hobby, this is mine. I had to quarantine for 10 days after arriving back in London and I ordered 17 new plants during those then days. I havenât stopped since. Send help.Â
Current obsession. Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.Â
Real talk, danmei/wuxia shows and books have introduced me to another culture, language and a bunch of wonderful new people. 12/10 would recommend to anyone, I am always happy to recruit.Â