#themurderprince

i once read an article (post? something??) that argued hades abduction of persephone was her escaping from an overbearing mother and that she ate the pomegranate seeds on purpose (pomegranates are very hard to eat and would be nigh impossible to eat on accident) and i’ve never been the same since

that’s so cool?? Yeah, I can’t remember either but I did read that the “abduction” in some cases that Persephone actually went with him willingly so she ate the seeds. Gosh I wonder where that article is I might have to look into it myself because THAT’S MY JAM

5. do you think of yourself as a human being or a human doing? do you identify yourself by the things you do?

I’m not entirely sure I understand what this one is asking, but I genuinely don’t know? I barely feel human half the time, and I don’t do shit. It kinda just feels like I’m here, but only slightly. doing nothing and being nothing.

13. inside or outdoors?

Inside. The outdoors is fucking terrible. It’s hot, it rains, and air could be bad. Also people. Too many.

22. list the top five things you spend the most time doing, in order

15. five most influential books over your lifetime.

idk how deep these influences go…. probablyyyy. watership down…. animorphs… this like book series about this mouse named poppy that i used to love… and… those beatrix potter books with the cute animals wearing clothes. oh and warriors. lots of animals. there’s probably more but i cant think of anything………

the haruhi books? idk

22. list the top five things you spend the most time doing, in order.

watching youtube, going on tumblr, generally wasting time. lying face down in bed screaming into the pillow

25. could you live as a hermit?

i’m pretty sure this is already happening as we speak! jk i exaggerate. i 100% could not, i’d get really lonely and bored

29. three songs that you connect with right now.

i don’t really connect with songs honestly but teen idle by marina and the diamonds made me sad recently

30. pick one of your favorite quotes.

gosh i’m sure i’d have one of these somewhere but i can’t think of anything right now, sorry!

Hearthside - already done 

SOLSTICE:Tell your perfect, utterly perfect, December day.

Honestly, it’s Boxing Day last year.

It’s just finished snowing (or that’s how I remember it), and the world is quiet in the way that it only is after a big snowfall, hushed and insulated like it’s been wrapped in cotton wool. It’s sunny and bright, too bright to look outside without squinting, and the snow shines like diamonds. I’m inside, curled on the couch with a book, and there are mugs of hot drinks. I’m still in my pyjamas and bathrobe. One of my cousins is on the couch next to me, reading too, and my other cousin has fallen asleep curled up against the coffee table. My brother is napping upstairs, and dad is working on the giant Christmas crossword puzzle. Grandma and my aunt and uncle will be arriving soon to help make dinner, but for now everyone is happily quiet, just enjoying each other’s company.

Mom is sleeping in the next room. 

HEARTHSIDE: Do you celebrate any rites of winter?

My family celebrates Christmas, so as a result so do I - even though for the past couple years I haven’t really. Done the Christianity thing. We have small traditions - the tree set up with all the ornaments we’ve collected over the years, the china Nativity scene we carefully put out, our stockings over the fireplace (always open the stockings before the presents, it’s a rule), gifts from ‘Santa’ for everyone even though we’re all over the age of majority now, et cetera. 

This year is going to be... hard, though. It’s the first year we’re going to celebrate Christmas without mom, and that’s going to hurt. I don’t know if this means our traditions will change. I don’t know if I want it to mean that. But I know that Christmas is important to me as a time to recognize the people who are important to me in my life, and that at the very least is never going to change. 

Ideal house/home (earth)

A collection of spaces, thoughts, things- A yard for greenery, even a small spot of soil where I can set down mint and roses. Kitchen with full counter tops and space to dance around in and/or cover in flour. Space for the friends that end up staying over. Enough room for a large dog to be family. Comfort and coziness with my boyfriend.

What I love most about myself (pluto)