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[huxleyenne]

Name: Risa

Age: 36

I mostly post about: I ramble briefly about writing, wrestling, people, whatever I'm feeling. I try to save my most crude and raunchy language/ideas for the fanfiction that I write. As a person who's been on the Internet long enough to know what it's like to run a Geocities site, I've seen... oh god. I've seen things. We've all seen things we cannot unsee. Sometimes I can be a little sardonic and grumpy about it, but I have a sense of humor. I'd always rather laugh, even when I'm crying. Not in a toxic positivity sort of way, but more in a way that I don't burden people with too much emotional baggage.

My hobbies are: Writing fanfiction, reading books and wrestling fic, watching emotionally damaged pretty people in tights get into stage fights, cooking and baking, and walking/jogging/hiking as my antidepressant (I've lost 95lbs. I am a weight loss advocate, but I'm neither fatphobic, nor do I view weight loss in an of itself as fatphobic. Let's respect each other, OK?) I'm not nearly the gamer I used to be, but I have dabbled enough in JRPGs, D&D, and Magic the Gathering that we can have conversations about all of these things.

My fandoms are: World Wrestling Entertainment (the superstars, particularly Dusty's kids f*ck the company, though!), South Park, Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Final Fantasy (in general, but 9 and 8 are overwhelmingly my faves) Stardew Valley, and gosh. Take me back to 90s/early 2000s Nicktoons and anime all day.

I'm looking to meet people who: I'm looking for chill friends who do their own thing, but take the time to say hello every now and then. I will try to do the same. I've been showing up to DW every day since I registered, so I dare say I'll be around. The only other social media site I use is Tumblr, and I don't do much there other than like and occasionally reblog wrestling stuff. AO3 is the site I'm most active on. I go where the fic goes.

My posting schedule tends to be: I'm aiming to update 3-4 times a week about any thoughts relevant to writing, but I won't force it. If I got nothing to say, then that's that. IRL, my life is super boring. I work. I exist. Not much to say about that. Carving out a little writer life on the Internet is my excitement.

When I add people, my dealbreakers are: People under 18 is a hard no. MAGA is a harder no. If you are an existential threat to my people in the LGBT community, I don't respect that and never will. I will fight this prejudice until my dying breath, including any random internalized sexism/queerphobia that may still linger inside of me.

Before adding me, you should know: I'm just a writer, guys. The current flavor is kinky wrestling yaoi, which you can read on AO3 if you're interested. Other than that, I'm cobbling together a collection of original work. My favorite DW community is fic_promptly, and I plan on posting a lot of fills. I'm still getting used to being back on DW. Apologies if I'm not always consistent.

Comments

[vriddy]

I sympathise quite a bit with your profile info on wanting to make a home in Dreamwidth after missing the pre-strikethrough LJ days! I was in that place myself a couple of years back, and have been happily hopping along since :D Final Fantasy IX has been my fav since it came out, too, and the only one I finished several times! I should do another replay, someday...

[huxleyenne]

December 25th, 2000 was the first day I played Final Fantasy IX, an easy enough day to remember, granted. The month I spent hobbling badly through this game, semi-illiterate because I didn't pay attention in school, switched something inside of me. It made me care more about people, the world, love, art, stories, music, everything. I remember spending most of 2001 playing and replaying FFIX. Heck, I still have the same crappy Bradygames strategy guide I bought for $12 at Funcoland. I think it was called Funcoland before it became or was replaced by Game Stop.

Y2K stands out in my mind as a general state in culture we may never return to, a state of relative innocence, I think (which may only be my own youthful innocence I'm remembering, TBH. There's always crude stuff happening out in the world at large, but like. I swear life was easier, quieter, more tame, back in those days.)

Final Fantasy IX, so raw in its presentation and emotion, inspired me to become a writer. It's unreal how much I love that game's story, themes, characters and, again, it's a swansong of a culture lost in time. Oh, and the MUSIC. Nobuo Uematsu might legit be my all-time favorite composer. Could you possibly blame me?

Anyway, I could gush about my forever game all day. It's nice to meet you, friend. My name's Risa. :) Thanks for welcoming me home to Dreamwidth. Let's stay awhile.

[amado1]

Oh my god, I literally just finished writing a m/m story where one of the main characters is named after Dusty, and then I opened DW and saw your post!

[yourivy]

Hello Risa, my name is Tina & I think we'd get along well...we have a bunch of things in common, like reading cooking and walking. Also, since I am only one year older than you, I definitely remember making Geocities sites. Those were the days! ;)

What you wrote on weight loss also jives very well with me - I might not be an advocate for it per se, but I do not think it's necessarily fat-phobic either and feel like a lot of people in the online fat positivity community are way too militantly against it. I'm definitely in the "live and let live" camp.

The way I use DW is very similar to yours too. Want to give it a try?

[huxleyenne]

Solid choice. Dusty was a legend, not only a creative genius himself, but his kids are still showing us everything he's taught them to this day. I love and miss our Dusty Rhodes. <3

[huxleyenne]

Hi Tina! It's nice to meet you. We can give it a try, absolutely. I'm looking for friends around my age anyway.

I do not think it's necessarily fat-phobic either and feel like a lot of people in the online fat positivity community are way too militantly against it. I'm definitely in the "live and let live" camp.

Agreed on live and let live. My weight loss journey lasted four years, was entirely a diet/exercise/lifestyle shift, and was not doctor-assisted at any point. It was sheer hyperfocus, and it was hard, both physically and psychologically. I don't blame people who don't want to, or aren't ready to do it. It was entirely my choice, a choice no one else is obligated to make, as far as I'm concerned. I'm not qualified to advise anyone on what path to take in life anyway. I can only choose my own.

[yourivy]

Great! I'll add you now :)

[aprilangeldollbaby]

OMG, I LOVE all your dealbreakers!!!! I think we'd get along well!!! My name's April, and I'm 45. Want to add each other? ♥

[huxleyenne]

Sure thing, Tina! I think we'll get along, too. :)

[vriddy]

That is such a cool FFIX backstory :D :D I don't have anything like that haha, I just cry at the same spot every time! (When Zidane learns the truth about his origins and tries to go it alone, but his friends come for him ;v;). I also had a strategy guide for it, although I think it might have been piggyback interactive...? Urgh, that's too far back :D

Your reply really makes me want to play it again!! I bought the music (4 CDs) afterwards too so I still get it in my playlist occasionally :D

[fox_in_me]

You sound very interesting. I can’t promise frequent comments due to various circumstances, but I’ll be glad to read you.

[huxleyenne]

I appreciate that. :) No pressure to comment at all, but you're always invited to. Thanks for reading!