Illustriousmuses - Illustrious Muse

people who don't experience hyperfixation don't know what it feels like to hyperfixate so much on something that it becomes not only your subject of obsession but also your source of happiness and literally the main reason why you still keep going; literal source of strength and life.

shoutout to my favorite fictional characters, favorite people, favorite ships, favorite movies, favorite tv shows, fanfics and archive of our own

Musings: My Chronic Pain and Mental Health

My health has been on a downhill especially since 2022. It’s been making it hard to do things for my blog, but I am trying. I think talking about these issues on my blog is something that I’d like to start doing so people can get to know me a bit more. Chronic pain is awful. I’ve been dealing with it for almost 20 years. ADHD can be awful too, especially when it negatively affects my life. It’s…

View On WordPress

Reflections: The Aeneid by Virgil - Chapters 1&2

Hello! I’m currently reading the Aeneid with the subreddit AYearOfMythology on reddit. I decided to post up my responses here on my blog as well as on the subreddit. Hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think! (And I’m totally not procrastinating on doing the reflection questions of Dante’s The Divine Comedy 😛) I’m using the Robert Fagles translation. Question 1 – There are at least two events…

View On WordPress

I recently told an ao3 writer that I keep going back to their 260k word unfinished slowburn checking for updates for the last 2 years. They said I'm like that puppy that waits for his dead owner at the train station every day.

That's the realest thing anyone's told me online, I ain't even mad.

Devotional - Daily Readings (3/20/2024): Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent – Lectionary: 253

Daily Reflection Video – Jem Sullivan, PhD. Disclaimer: This is all my personal views as an Asian American Catholic who is starting to get back into my faith after years of going to church on and off. Unfortunately, with my issues, it makes going to mass hard, so I’ve been going over the daily readings from The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) website that posts the…

View On WordPress

Check out my new blog post on Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy: Inferno Canto 7! I’m committing to trying to do the 100 Days of Dante this year, so this is my response to the reflection questions. If you’re interested, please check out my blog post!

100 Days of Dante: Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy: The Inferno – Canto 11

I apologize for the wait. I had some things going on this past week, but hopefully I’ll be able to catch up soon! Questions for Reflection In this canto we pause in the journey to listen to Virgil as he describes the moral landscape of hell. What are some surprising details about its arrangement? Why do you think Dante the Poet has designed his Inferno in such a way? I was surprised about how…

View On WordPress