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NAME: Elster

AGE: Just shy of 30 (;-;)

INTERESTS & HOBBIES: writing and talking about various fandoms/ships/characters/art/books/games/movies/anything, writing fics and stories, rambling about things I like or that I find interesting

LOOKING FOR: like-minded individuals with similar interests and/or fandoms

ANYTHING ELSE: pro-any shipping, pro-kink and pro-smut, I'm way less grumpy than I sound I promise ^^, I'm usually in smaller fandoms and hop between them a lot (currently I'm very into Red Dead Redemption)

ALSO KNOWN AS: Ideen Elster on Tumblr, ideenelster on Twitter, InkyJustine on AO3 and maybe someday on Pillowfort

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Added you! Please note that I'm in the process of updating my profile/mini-bio. But I'm generally into fandom, and kind and smut work for me too... anyway, welcome to DW!

Thank you for the welcome. :) Your blog looked pretty interesting so I added you. Have a lovely day!

You too! Germany, eh? Whereabouts? I've been to Berlin, Hamburg, and some tiny villages whose names I can't remember. Went there about ten years ago out of curiosity.

Yeah I live in Berlin. :) How did you like it here? You live in the US, right?

Yup, I'm in the US. Honestly, right now I have mixed feelings about that: I am NOT fond of our current president. Blech.

Berlin was very cool. My parents, who both speak fluent German (learned in school) and have emotional attachments to Germany took me, and wow the museums and the buildings and things. This was about twelve years ago, I think. My mother has a couple of friends living in Germany and we visited them.

Yeah our architecture ranges from amazing to ugly but always interesting (though I like architecture so maybe that's that). You were probably on the so-called Museumsinsel, it's the area between Alexanderplatz and Brandenburger Tor where all the museums and big old (antique looking) buildings are. It's one of the most beautiful areas in Berlin, I always tought, especially with the river surrounding and running through it all.

I've personally never been to the US but I'd love to visit one day and look at the national parks and big cities. :) Anything you'd recommend to visit over there?

Yeah the orange man is something else :( But at least his running time won't be forever. That's pretty cool that your parents both speak fluent German.

Yeah, it was Museuminsel for sure. We walked along Unter den Linden and saw Alexanderplatz and the Brandenburger Tor and all kinds of stuff--a remarkable amount of stuff in the four days we had in Berlin.

And you probably haven't even seen everything yet ;D Though that's pretty much impossible anyway with such a big city. The places you said are probably the most important anyway. Where else would you travel if money and time wasn't an issue? :)

I dunno. I haven't had traveling on my mind a lot these last few years. Used to have all sorts of ambitions about Russia and Israel and Hungary. Now I'm more like thinking whether I'll have enough money for anything but the bare necessities, forget doing anything fun.

Yeah that's why I said if money wasn't an issue. It would be nice if traveling was less expensive. We just gotta make teleporting a thing ;) More opportunities for anything, including better-paid work.

Welcome! I'll give you an add. :)

Hello :) And I added you. Gotta check out your blog more. I just read your most recent post and you're right that it's important to occasionally disconnect from the Internet

lol, thanks. That was written for a writing community contest I took part in. I completely forgot those entries were public!

Hey you seem cool! I'll add you. I've only seen a bit of red dead redemption but it seems pretty cool. I'm not sure if we have fandoms in common besides that but I'm always up for listening to people ramble about their own ships, its sweet.

I saw your post about sewing your own costume, that's so cool! :D And no worries about not having fandoms in common perhaps, plenty of other things to talk about. I added you, too :)

Thanks :D
I love sewing. Fashion or costumes in general I find it relaxing And yeah Plenty of other stuff to talk about.

I wish I could sew :'D Maybe one day I'll do it more. Fashion is nice. Do you post what you're working on and what you're finished?

Thats actually part of the reason I am on dreamwidth. Trying to get more comfortable posting about what I am working on :D When I finish this round of sewing I'll be posting it.

Yes please! I'm looking forward to it :3 What are you working on right now?

Right now I have a couple Things in the works. For me I have a pair of stays, and am planing after these are don't to make a whole 1700 dress to go with them. I actually have a couple outfits from that era planned.
I'm working on a pair of wings based on the reaper wings from TWEWY
I'm also working on SCA garb for my partner. They are looking to get back into it after not being there since like junior high? I think and they have obviously grown since then lol. So there I am working on a early kirdle,overdress and probably a headdress for them. Around the 1460-1500 time. I am just finishing up kirtle now and it should be done like Tomorrow evening? If I can get them to hang out long enough to hem it that is lol

What exactly is a stay? And a 1700 dress and more outfits from that era sounds amazing. Are these for daily wearing, too? Or more for cons or something like that?
god everything you do sounds so exciting :D

What's SCA? And what's a kirdle? Sorry I'm asking so many questions. Fashion-related words are pretty scarce in my vocabulary ^^

ahhhh It's fine :D I'm glad when people take an interest in fashion stuff.
It is for daily wearing or I guess as daily as I feel like it. I don't really plan for events ever lol The most I plan for a con is like a cosplay of some sort but I haven't been to a con in a few years now.
A pair of stays is like a early version of the corset. Sometimes the words are used interchangeably when talking about victorian times but the word corset didn't come into use till then so is mainly not used for anything predating around 1800.
The main difference is shape and material. They mainly gave like the 1700s more elongated shape than the Victorians hourglass shape is a kinda simple explanation.
The SCA stands for Society for Creative Anachronism. It's a lot of re enactment medival skill sharing etc.
A kirtle was a garment worn around that time. Later medival period. In some spaces like at home or informally they were worn by themselves but are usually more structured to provide breast support and a small amount of shaping and were kinda like the beginnings of structured shapewear around that time. The one I am making is a earlier one and doesn't provide as much shaping as the later ones which eventually lead to something called a pair of bodies (A pair of bodies is basically a early stay/corset as well I think they were sometimes called stays later so while I am unsure I think they led into them.)
So In short its just a dress with a kinda structured bodice that was worn differently (either by itself or with an overdress) depending on situation. This is all a little simplified but otherwise I would be here all day lol

That's so interesting. Thanks for the information. :D
Also now I feel like getting a couple of books about fashion history.

I think we have things in common! I also like to write and read fanfic, and share experiences and things that I like (and those that I do not like too). If you think we can be a good match, let me know and we can add each other :)

Sure thing :D Let's just try it. I saw your interest is photography, too. Do you take a lot of pictures?

Yes, I do! As I travel a lot for work I've tried to take up as a hobby to photograph the places I visit. Sometimes it depends on whether I have a pending job to finish or not, but I love photography and I'm always thinking in pictures. I have a Nikon that I love, although these days (for the sake of not carrying unnecessary extra weight) I usually take my images with an iPhone.
Read you soon!! :D :D :D

That's a great hobby! Where have you been traveling? Do you post your pictures? :D
Also ugh yeah big cameras are the best and the worst xD Best for taking photos but worst for carrying around

It sounds like we share some interests. I enjoy reading and writing speculative fiction, and looking at art. Feel free to drop by my blog and see what you think.

Hi there :D Your blog looks pretty good. Added :3

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