#nimwrites

The alignment between what is and what we say about what is. That alignment is what allows trust, reason, and even beauty to exist. When someone denies gravity to preserve comfort, or insists helium is oxygen while their lips turn blue... it’s a desecration of reality itself.

My influences in my formative years: 1984, LOTR, Harry Potter, The Book Thief, The Trial, The Stranger, A Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, etc — all share a common DNA: they are stories about integrity under distortion.

They influenced me early to feel the violence of a world that punishes truth-telling. Each one showed that civilization collapses first in language. That when words stop meaning what they mean, the rest follows.

The scientific method and mathematics shaped my sense of honesty. They are formalized humility: “Here is my claim; let it be tested.” They’re rituals for staying honest when emotion tempts us toward certainty. My brain, wired for pattern-seeking and logic (and probably sharpened by my AuDHD), finds moral safety in structure — if it doesn’t add up, why?

This is the ethical extension of my epistemic integrity: if every mind is trying to see clearly, then each deserves the same access to the light.

The diary where you pour all your thoughts and feelings into. What if the worst years of your life were written in ink on those pages? Perhaps more darker thoughts that peered into the depressive state you were in when you were younger were in there? Your dry tears staining paper from the breakdowns you had while trying to write to calm yourself down?

All of that, all of that and so much more in that diary. Only for you to see a person be a product that you authored into existence. When you look at Diana, you see every emotion you went through in her. Every thing you wrote down about yourself be twisted into her fabric of being, your mental state scattered in the shatters of her design, your own words mimic'd in her speech.

I think majority of the dateables would be concerned, not all, but most.

Like the ones who would be the most worried for you I believe would be Betty, Hector, Dorian, Freddy and quite a few others. Hector because he wishes he was able to comfort you so he works harder to provide you the comfort an AC is able to with the right temps. Betty naturally is a very caring person and her heart bleeds for you whenever you cry yourself to sleep, too exhausted to get up from her. Dorian also I think would be very concerned because as a friend, he wants you to be okay. He stands there though, ever so diligent in his job but when you're in a single room needing that time to cry, he makes sure he's tightly secured so no one can bother you during this very vulnerable state you're in. Freddy is in the same boat as Betty because he naturally is a caring person, yeah he's more calm about it but he shows great concern for you and tries his best to put you in better spirits.

This!!

The homeowner trying to mask constantly in their own house after realizing they're surrounded by sentient objects. They're very much in denial that they're not okay because admitting that to themselves means that they're admitting that there's something wrong with them. Even if they do know deep down that they haven't been okay in a long time, they're not ready to admit it to themselves. Especially not from their own house objects. They act defensively when objects pry, they know they just want to help but they don't need their pity.

Like no Abel, I get you're trying to uplift my burdens by having me talk about my feelings but you can't even give yourself that same grace. Shelley you're a great friend and I get that you wanna lift my spirits (Literally and figuratively), but maybe try lifting some of that pressure off of yourself first before making me a charity case etc etc.

~ Chexie from that one Date Everything blog

Ask and you shall recieve!

Date Everything || Stefan Headcanons SFW

Stefan is a great cook but also surprisingly is a great teacher too! I imagine the MC was a god awful cook since they rarely used their stove if ever before meeting the dateables, but the fact MC still made an active effort to try and learn to cook from Stefan makes the hearth in his stove heart brim with love and respect.

Has a cook book filled of his moms old recipes that he uses frequently when he's missing home.

Big on safety in the kitchen! Farya is on standby constantly incase of emergencys. Is very gentle with the MC when they're hurt and has em out the kitchen resting if it's worse than a small or a small burn.

Quality time and acts of service are a BIG part of his love language, just the thought of being able to cook something warm and hearty gets him all flustered cause he's not only cooking for himself! He's also cooking for AND with the love of his life.

When you're sick, he has a dedicated soup he makes he swears up and down works better than medicine (It doesn't but it is VERY tasty and helps with a sore throat and congestion) and makes it for the MC every time they're sick. He spoon feeds them if they're too weak to do it themselves, he's a bit of a mother hen and is actually a really good caretaker.

Has a big family with a variety of different ovens across the world and grills as cousins! Has a picture of his family hung up on the wall

I can see him wanting to have a big family, he's always wanted to be able to cook and provide for his own one day and with MC he's hoping it might come true one day! Though if it doesn't he won't complain, as long as he has them by his side he wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

Gets you your own hat similar to his! He says so it doesn't get hair in the food but the quality of it and the fact he went out of his way to get you a matching one to his speaks for itself lol

Candle lit dinners are his favorite kinda dates, not only are you guys cooking together for this wonderful meal but he gets to see you lookin' hotter than the heat in the kitchen on a Friday rush when it's time to eat too?? Sign. Him. UP.

Speaking of dates, he actually really cleans up rather well! Give him a hot shower, a nice tux/suit/vest, the good cologne, perhaps a bouquet of your favorite flowers and that winning smile of his? Oh BOY are you in for a treat buddy. Surprisingly is a real big gentleman with you on dates, opens doors for you, pulls your seat out for you, even kisses your hand when you give it to him. (He got that idea from Cabrizzio, he's trying real hard to be a romantic sort with you pls compliment him on this he hasn't done this thing before in AWHILE)

I feel like if the majority of the cooking falls on him for a dinner date for the two of you because you have work, trust he's busting his ass off to be a show off by making your favorite meals. He wants to be able to take care of you and show his love for you in the only way he truly knows and that's by cooking! Wants you to relax when you come back and is eager to see his hardwork pay off when he sees that look of satisfaction and smile from the first bite.

Some Royd headcanons because I don't see enough of him and I crave more content of him now that Dispatch is over

I can see him having a lot of family back on the islands! Tons of cousins he considers to be his brothers and sisters, raised by his aunt so he defaulted to just calling his cousins his siblings.

When he ended up joining the SDN program, I can see that the higher ups in the program saw potential in Royds abilities as an engineer so they helped fund his education for college to pursue it so he could be qualified for a future position as an official engineer on the SDN team.

He first moved from the islands to the mainlands when he was 22. After meeting the previous Mechaman after trying to steal from radio shack, he went to jail but was given the opportunity to start fresh over at the SDN program.

Has been working for the SDN program ever since!

He started off as a dispatchee, the previous lead engineer saw how well he worked with technology in general so they talked to Royd about furthering his education with the SDN program funding his schooling if it meant he'd join them in the engineering department of the program after he graduated. To that, Royd agreed!

He worked on his engineering degree so he could be qualified to work as one of their engineers full time while also being a dispatchee. Royd graduated at the age of 26, joined the team as a engineer and became the programs lead engineer by the time he hit 30.

His family from Samoa flew out to see him graduate and celebrated big time!

Royd still has a photo hung up in the office part of his lab of the party, with him being surrounded by coworker, friends and family all smiling!

The tattoo on his arm symbolizes protection and strength in Samoa with its design.

A fairly good cook, doesn't cook all the time due to how busy he can get but meal preps in advance. Makes some great food for when your sick!

Is such an empathetic person, he truly does try to see the best in people especially those in the Phoenix program because he was in their exact same shoes when he first started out.

He does have super strength, I know the devs scrapped the idea of him having powers but it'd make sense that one of the prerequisites to join the program is to have powers so! Royd has super strength.