About The Mun

[ BASICS ]

NAME: Holmes
PRONOUNS: He / Him or She / Her. Listen I rock the genderfluid realness on Good Days
AGE: 29
BIRTHDAY: June 27
ETHNICITY: Heinz 57 
TIME ZONE: ATL though it is safe to assume I live on Cthulu time
STAR SIGN: Cancer
MBTI: I feel like tumblr does this practice wrong so I don’t prescribe to it.
MORAL ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral
HOGWARTS HOUSE: Ravenclaw

[ EXPERIENCE ]

HOW LONG (MONTHS/YEARS?): 18 years :V
PLATFORMS YOU’VE USED: aim, invisionfree, jcink, proboards, forums, skype, discord
BEST EXPERIENCE: in most recent years I would have to say finding the Age of Sail fandom through @seafaired and honestly straight up adopting that woman.

[ WRITING & PREFERENCES ]

FLUFF, ANGST OR SMUT?: All of the above, honestly. 
PLOTS OR MEMES: I live for memes and turning them into stories! They are the easiest way to launch off for me, but I love plotting when there’s the seed of an idea but it needs a little hammer through. 
LONG OR SHORT REPLIES: It depends on the muse – it fluctuates, but I am 100% on board with quality over quantity honestly. 
BEST TIME TO WRITE: When the muse is mighty. Seeing as they, too, live on Cthulu time good luck figuring out when that bloody well is.
ARE YOU LIKE YOUR MUSE(S): I think there is something a little relatable in each of them, but for the most part my muses are not at all like me – they’re far more responsible in most cases, at any rate xD

[ MEME IT ]

TAGGED BY: Snagged it from @harriedwritings like the pirate I am
TAGGING: @seafaired / @tidefated / @intolerablexsacrifice / @lightsailing / @vengefulpath 

Note; I get that this is a reblog and fill it out form but I actually? Hate that so I’m reposting but I was tagged by @intolerablexsacrifice​ and here’s the original form for ya’ll

In general: 

Real name: I go by Holmes.

Nicknames: Holmie / Homie

Age: 29

Sexuality: *bangs frying pans*

Prefered pronouns: What is the current moon phase? He / Him.

Are you a morning person?: Ahahaha, oh, hon. I work nights for a reason.

When swimming, do you prefer to do it in the ocean, or in a lake?:  Honestly I just love swimming? Prior to moving out to where the ocean lives I would have been like, ‘lake! ocean is scary’ but then I met the ocean and wow that is a thundering lie it doesn’t matter what the weather is like outside if I see ocean my shoes are off and I am in – but like, literally, throw me in front of water and the real magic trick is keeping me out of it. Rivers too! Why do we always leave rivers out of these things, what did they ever do to us other than be awesome for existing? 

On Tumblr: 

Anyone you would like to meet in real life?: @the-empires is all that is left on my bucket list but if I get to know some more folks I imagine they will pop on the list. Also Aang.

Anyone you have met in real life?: I lived with @tidefated for awhile, and @seafaired is going to be moving in with me in 10 days oh my gosh. I am so hyped! She spent a week here so this isn’t our first time meeting but yeah – it’s a big deal imho xD 

When did you first join? How old is your current account?: Uh back in lae 2012, rpc wise mid 2013. This account is spiffy new, still has  squeaky mint smell. It was made June 15, 2018 — that said, the original incarnation of the blog was born January of 2018 – so uh. Still minty.

Any peeves?: Themes for ants. Photoshop queens and their obsession with ‘where in the world is carmen sandiego’ when it comes to finding their links – and sometimes the actual post content? Why this – we are here to write together, are we not? Then why can’t I read anything? And also, Rorschach test icons. You know the ones. The kind where the contrast is so damn high you feel you’re taking an ink blot test – and even squinting you can’t make shit out very well because not only is the contrast amped to 600 the goddamn icon is made for bees. 50×50? And smaller? I won’t even follow. Legit I have refused to follow people over icons, if you refuse to be accessible, I refuse to want anything to do with your content and that is the fucking tea lmao. 

Unpopular opinion: TBH Malakh covered this really well in his version of this post, with the comment on purity culture, so uh. That. All of it.

Feelings:

Do you easily get jealous?: Honestly no. I am petty about a lot of really insignificant things but jealousy isn’t something I’ve experienced since I was a teenager.

Do you easily get angry?: Depends on the situation.

Are you easy to cheer up?: Generally only if I want to cheer up. Sometimes, I am Kublai Khan.

What’s the most hurtful thing someone could do to you?: Why the hell would I tell the internet?

What’s the most hurtful thing someone has done to you?: One time there was only one mango left and I got it and then my sister who was literally still in diapers at the time clocked me so hard I went down like a stone and she stole my mango >: It’s been 22 years and I am still not over it. 

Are you good at hiding your emotions?: Arguably too good.

What’s the very best way to cheer you up?: Change the topic or use animal gifs. Generally speaking telling me what to do is only going to turn a generalized bad mood into a bad mood directed at you. Especially if you use a condescending or holier than thou tone I swear to fuck I will eat you alive. 

Relationships:

Are you currently in a relationship?: I am very committed to defying the socially accepted ideology that a person is only a whole person if they have another person to confirm it. The pressure our society puts on people, the shame that our society weaponizes against people who choose to live their lives without pairing off like monkeys in a zoo is ridiculous to me. I am single, happy to be so, and honestly love Valentines Day more than ever before thanks to the super easy access to buttloads of cheap chocolate on the 15th. 

Do you currently have a crush on someone?: No? I mean I think there are some very attractive celebrities out there ( both physically and based loosely on things I’ve read about them while snooping for things due to faceclaim needs ) but I wouldn’t say there is any person in my life or on tv that makes my heart go pitter-patter, no. 

If yes, might that someone be reading this?: 

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Do you kiss on the first date?: I had – to think hard about this one cause wow I haven’t been part of the dating scene since 2010? I think I’ve done so but heck I honestly do not remember. I do know I don’t care? Either way – if I like someone / they like me I don’t get the stigma about if we should or should not kiss. You an adult? You consenting? Then kiss. It’s not rocket science.

Do you prefer going out, or staying home, when it comes to dates?: I hate leaving my house so.

Things: 

Favorite drink: Chai tea – chlorophyll water – tea in general

Favorite food: Tacos – Pulled pork poutine. 

Most calming place?: Anywhere I can curl up and not be interrupted by humans while I dick around on my computer. 

Most stressful place?: Anywhere that has more than (1) human I do not know intimately well. Any place with more than (4) people I know intimately well. 

Most prized possession?: Cats. Also, laptop. 

Tag five people (if you want to):

✗ @tidefated

✗ @the-empires

✗ @seafaired

✗ Anyone who wants to do the thing should steal it like the pirates they are.

oceanfoamed-archive:

Why do you write who you do / what drew you to them?

As someone who writes 35 characters on this blog, choosing just a few is rather difficult, but I shall try to keep the examples limited for sake of brevity. 

I often say that when it comes to writing, the characters come to me. It is less a matter of me choosing them and more a matter of realizing exactly who they are and wanting the world to see them through my eyes. 

When it comes to canon characters like Jack Sparrow and Horatio Hornblower, the first thing that catches my attention is the intelligence the character possesses and how those around them respond to it. 

In Jack’s case, his brilliance is often thwarted by the presumption of madness – he is underappreciated by everyone around him and rather than be discouraged he simply manipulates that fact to his advantage. 

By contrast, the world sees Horatio’s brilliance for what it is and both lauds and punishes that intellect based on circumstance – yet Horatio himself only seems to have one or two moments where he considers himself to be abundantly clever. In most instances, he seems like a young man barely holding himself together under incredible pressures – which is an accurate summation of matters. 

I find characters like these to be challenging – I am hardly the mathematical, tactical nautical genius Horatio is nor can I think in thirty circles around my opponent like Jack – which means that to embody these characters and bring them to life I have to be able to find ways to exhibit who they are without drawing attention to what the author lacks. 

Challenging myself is my favorite aspect of writing – it has helped me grow as a person and witness other perspectives through the effort it takes to manipulate the world through a whole other lens. My goal is always to entertain – both myself and the person I am writing for – but also, while remaining aware that anyone can see these writings. I endeavour always to make something I enjoy and am proud of – and hope that it will pass muster for others.

When it comes to characters I create – be they characters with only one or two lines in a show who I bring life to like Theodore Groves, Jane de Bac or Daniel Gillette – or characters I have drawn up from nothing more than a single concept, generally speaking my point of focus is why should anyone else care. 

I often get ideas for characters and start drawing them up, but will ultimately abandon them if I cannot answer that question. Theodore Groves caught my attention with the line, “Do you think he plans it all out, or just makes it up as he goes along?“ 

Prior to that I had no idea who he was or any focus on him. He was a face in the background and I didn’t even realize he was a recurring character until I tried to find out more about this sassy lieutenant. There is very little about him, and since the one thing that jumped out at me was his willingness to openly sass Cutler Beckett, I needed to bring that element of him to life in a way that would make him engaging enough that other people would start to care about who Theodore Groves is. 

And that – is the process for all of my characters. One thing generally catches my attention, and the rest is formed based on needs I feel need to be fulfilled while also crafting something that will hopefully be engaging and entertaining for more than just myself, but anyone who takes the time to catch a glimpse of them. 

This was for @lordedrington‘s Pa but also it’s a good Munday vibe so here ya’ll go.