@KawaSeadrake I would always go in the Disney Store when I walked by them in the mall, even though I knew there probably wouldn' t be anything I wanted (less cute plushes back then). I wish there were still more of them around.
@Ulfra_Wolfe This is a really good notion, and actually it's exactly how I look at the "Pagan" label, as it's an undercurrent I see a lot more in those diverse streams than I do elsewhere.
To be comfortable with Mystery as a path to more exploration and experience, rather than a way to shut down asking the hard questions about your god.
@Oneironott Pretty much the best yes. 💜
@xurnami *hugs lots* I know that feeling. I'm sorry things are so hard right now. We're here for you.
Haha wow I walk digitigrade for five whole minutes and now I can't stop thinking about how weird and out of place these lumpy plantigrade heel-bones are, whoooops. #TherianProblems
@KawaSeadrake Oooh can you give me some Omnia recommendations for energetic stuff? I've been trying to get into them and liked some music but it's a vast and diverse bunch of stuff. :)
After-con-report-ish, strong emotions, ~/+
@Soreth No yeah the whole last song is devastating and here I am tearing up all over again just thinking about it 💜
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@Soreth Hopefully it'll be up on Youtube at some point; they usually post stuff.
Look I'm not gonna say it was perfect; the character arcs were pretty muddled and some of the music was a bit rough. But I'm still humming it and quoting it and being all hashtag-goals about certain characters and getting all misty when I hear (or think of) certain songs so it was definitely effective on some level, at least on my hopelessly furry tail.
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And I have So Many Thoughts about how to embody that stuff even better next time, whatever next time is.
And I'm not just talking about cons, it's just, all about how to be myself, a self I thought I could never be but now kinda am. And am finally learning how to accept that. And it's time to just, well, go all in.
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Basically I'm realizing I've had a Thing for the past few... months...? where I've been trying to rework what I want to be. And I've been putting together a lot of it and it's been hard but rewarding. And this let me see another few pieces, big ones, that I hadn't thought about in a long time.
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Not to mention being there with the whole household, including the folks who don't get to go to cons often enough, not to mention finally understanding and accepting how @Elanna and me just do cons differently, and maybe working out how to make them always this great for us in the future too, not to mention buying awesome stuff stuff and having awesome discussions and and and and and
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More Sunday: Closing Ceremonies and that closing song turning on the waterworks again and then trying to cram more lewds and partying and dancing into the last few hours and mostly succeeding and then more and more tearful smoochful parting and quoting songs at each other when Trace finally had to head out.
After-con-report-ish, strong emotions, ~/+
Sunday: Discovering a problem with my flight back that ended up taking hours off my planned con time, and, thanks to the support of multiple partners, managing to not totally lose my shit about it but instead be simply sad and frustrated and hug-seeking, the way I feel I should be, a good toy, and realizing I can just... DO that, I don't have to become an angryanxious nightmare about plans going awry.
After-con-report-ish, strong emotions, ~/+
Saturday: Suddenly getting WAY INTO the con theme after overhearing some of the music while browsing the art show, then this time dashing out early on dinner so I could get to as much of the performance if I could, with Trace managing to catch up for the last half of it, in time for us to cuddle together through awkward musical goofiness and surprisingly-touching emotional bits too.
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Friday: Spontaneously dragging Trace all the way across the casino floor because I figured the 20 minutes we had to wait for dinner was just enough time to hit the Bad Dragon party at the nightclub, knowing I'd regret it if I didn't. Getting in in time for free drinks, downing them and dancing our tails (not quite literally) off, before rushing back for dinner.
After-con-report-ish, strong emotions, now with some lewds, ~/+
Thursday: Meeting up with Trace (@TheBodan), helping him and his Master navigate through first-con experiences, including some serious social anxiety and fursuit phobia for his partner (and, spoiler, seeing that all improve dramatically throughout the con)
And then, later, finding a room to have a long-planned, relatively-intricate roleplay-heavy encounter with Trace... Okay, come to think of it, THAT was a (wonderful) first for me
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