After Much Delay . . . Questions, Part the Third

[naamah_darling]

It's only been weeks, but I do remember. A while back, when I offered to answer random questions, a few squeaked under the bar, and missed the second post by inches. Without further ado, here they are, in all their vaguely-embarrassing glory.

Comments

[thepikey]

Never heard the word saudade before this week, and now you're the second one to bring it up. (Can't say I'm surprised you're familiar with it, in retrospect)

Never knew the word, but was intimately familiar with the phenomenon for many a year.

[naamah_darling]

It's weird when words or concepts like that pop up several times close together. There's a word for that, too. I read it once, but I can't for the life of me remember what it is. (It's not coincidence, serendipity, or any other word I've ever heard before, obviously.)

I didn't know the word until last year, I think. Or early this year. But it's a concept I've felt my whole life.

[thepikey]

If I ever become an alcoholic, that'll be why...

[stephenhsegal]

It may not be the word you're specifically trying to remember, but "synchronicity" could probably be used to cover this...

(waves from a corner of the internet)

[agirl_gonemad]

I saw a comment from you in ljsecret, was intrigued by the user icon and came over. After reading for a while I've decided that I want to friend you! Naturally, returning the favor is completely up to you but I thought that I would at least introduce myself.

Re: (waves from a corner of the internet)

[naamah_darling]

Hi there! I'm, uhh, really behind on comments. Ahem. In case you hadn't noticed.

But it'll be good to have you around!

(I'm curious now; do you recall what icon it was? I like to know weird stuff like that.)

Re: (waves from a corner of the internet)

[agirl_gonemad]

The one you're using right here! ^-^

Re: (waves from a corner of the internet)

[naamah_darling]

Ah! Current default. That's me, right after I had my hair reddened last year. I'm flattered it drew you in!

[liminalia]

Totally with you on the definition of hell.

If you feel like playing along, what alignment are your daimones? I can guess at some of them, but not all.

[naamah_darling]

We don't use an actual alignment system, but they fit fairly neatly into categories. Damon is obviously lawful good of the most tightassed variety. Argent could be either chaotic good or true neutral, I think more of the former. Nick would be lawful neutral, never quite making it to lawful evil. Stormy, she's tough to pigeonhole; lawful netural? Paladin has run the gamut during his career as he matured from thug to villain to hero, from chaotic to lawful evil, to what I'm sure he thinks is lawful good but is really more lawful neutral. Judas . . . chaotic neutral with a side of evil -- he could go bad.

I do a lot of different varieties of neutral, which pretty much fits in with my own worldview, and the kinds of characters I used to play when forced to use an alignment system (I pretty much think it's a weak replacement for good roleplaying). Makes sense, when you consider they are all just parts of me

[badrahessa]

" For hell, I can't imagine it as being anything other than junior high all over again: constant harassment and cruelty from everyone, paired with depression, panic, and a blistering case of self-loathing. Top that off with helplessness and random violence interspersed with seemingly endless periods of boredom.

Yes, seventh and eighth grade were hell, as far as I am concerned."

AAAAMEN! There isn't enough money or power in the world to make me want to return to those two year in my life.

[naamah_darling]

Me either! NEVER.

In my case, the effect was so profound, it was partly responsible for me choosing not to go to college.

It sucked incredibly.

[labelleizzy]

my experience with junior high is part of why I went into teaching.
So I could be "that teacher" who was safe and you could talk to.

Junior high sucks. Senior high is a little better, not much.

[virginia_fell]

Thanks for that article on the voice-hearing. I've never had a problem with mine, but I know better than to ever mention it to a doctor.

[naamah_darling]

I really hope it becomes more widely-known in the medical profession as a benign phenomenon, and that worry is only warranted when the voices themselves are hostile or malevolent.

I've never had any trouble getting NON-medical people to understand, and I did tell my next-to-last therapist about it. She thought it was incredibly cool, which I was relieved by.