[love meme] Making tradition: an election day love meme

[kaberett]

Remember last time we did this?

You make things seem more possible.

I will, as ever, be unscreening and making up an index as we go. Please nominate yourselves; please nominate each other; please signal boost.

I see you, and you're not alone.

Index
A
alexseanchai
azurelunatic

B
balsamandash

C
calliopes_pen
chanter_greenie
chiasmata

D
Dreamers/DreamWriters aka dreamwriteremmy/dreamwriters

E
El Staplador
ewt

F
forests_of_fire

G
Gehayi

H
haggis
hollymath

K
kaberett

L
ludy

P
pipisafoat/pip

R
redbird

S
sasha_feather
ses
sfred
shanaqui
silveradept
steorra

T
thebonesofferalletters
the_quorum

Z
zimena


Status: still open!
Last unscreened: the_quorum

Comments

Haggis, she/her

[haggis]

Yes please.

Lots of things seem scary, lots of people I love feel fragile. I lost my religious faith and most of my belief in people's inherent goodness - the thing I cling to is a belief that we will do best by spreading kindness as widely as possible. (Spreading kindness is not incompatible with rage, anger and grief.)

Re: Haggis, she/her

[ludy]

You are an awesome metamour. You are thoughtful and wise and passionate. And you keep showing up and doing good things.

hollymath, she/her

[cosmolinguist]

Oh look, it's me. :)

Re: hollymath, she/her

[haggis]

It's a you! You make my life better for being in it. Your thoughtfulness, interesting thoughts and sharp sense of humour are really valuable to me.

You are directly responsible for me getting good mental health support when I needed it TWICE and converting me into a linguistic descripivist :D

kaberett, they/them

[kaberett]

I am identifying and articulating and enforcing boundaries. I am finding ways to take care of myself that build community. I am facing up to a bunch of stuff that scares me, and doing it anyway, on a wide variety of fronts, and it's helping me believe that I can keep going and keep making a difference.

Hope in the dark of uncertainty, and that.

[rootsofthestories]

Thank you for persisting and striving and just pushing forward in general. You are wonderful and kind and an inspiration to my brain on bad days. You are Good in a time where Good things can be scarce and I am gald you exist.

thebonesofferalletters, they/them

[rootsofthestories]

This would be nice, yes.

Even now, in this place where my brain feels like a heaping pile of rabid wolves, I appreciate the kindness of others and wish to spread good things myself. Thank you for doing this.

Re: thebonesofferalletters, they/them

[shanaqui]

I like interacting with you, love your Friday posts, appreciate your presence in my life.

ses, they/them

[auntsarentgents]

Thank you for doing this.

I am mostly trying to focus on work, as creating output helps my branes.

Re: ses, they/them

[alexseanchai]

That is a feel I know. Not work work, but artistic work—if I'm still creating beautiful things, or improving my skill in an area such that I can later create beautiful things, nothing can be too badly wrong, right? So, sympathy and cheerleading :) ♥

shanaqui, they/them

[shanaqui]

My exam was awful, please love me.

Re: shanaqui, they/them

[worlds_of_smoke]

I love that you're passionate about knowledge and books and learning. <3

zimena, she/her

[zimena]

Yes, please?

Thank you, kabarett, for doing this! May it be fun for everyone, and with lots of love to share.

Re: zimena, she/her

[alexseanchai]

♥

[chiasmata]

Me please :)

[alexseanchai]

♥

El Staplador, she/her

[el_staplador]

Yes, please.

Re: El Staplador, she/her

[alexseanchai]

I hope many more awesome things for your publishing career :) ♥

forests_of_fire, they/them or she/her

[worlds_of_smoke]

I could always use some love.

Re: forests_of_fire, they/them or she/her

[alexseanchai]

♥

[redbird]

Me please.

[alexseanchai]

I wish I could see your garden; it sounds glorious.

Ludy she/her or they/them (it's complicated!)

[ludy]

Me, please.

My life has shrunk in recent years and i'm finding it hard to hold on to any sense of worth or hope.
I know that there is Beauty and Goodness in this world but sometimes it is very hard to connect with that.
I'm trying to keep on doing what I can do...

Re: Ludy she/her or they/them (it's complicated!)

[alexseanchai]

I feel these feels. ♥

alexseanchai, they/them

[alexseanchai]

♥?

Re: alexseanchai, they/them

[dariaw]

lots of <3 <3 <3

ewt, she/her

[ewt]

Yes please.

Re: ewt, she/her

[alexseanchai]

♥

Steorra

[steorra]

Me please.

Re: Steorra

[alexseanchai]

♥

sasha_feather

[sasha_feather]

I am putting my name in! My pronouns are she/her.

Re: sasha_feather

[toft]

I appreciate you so much. You're funny and wise; I love your wry wit and your awesome dress sense. I love how much you like animals. I find you very comfortable to be around online as well as IRL, which very rarely happens to me.

pipisafoat/pip, sa or they

[pipisafoat]

send love (& baked goods) (& encouragement for slipping mental health, teaching a service dog new & difficult tasks, and appealing a disability denial) (& cute animal pics)

Re: pipisafoat/pip, sa or they

[cosmolinguist]

Here is my favorite picture of my dog, the cutest animal I know.

calliopes_pen

[calliopes_pen]

Me, please.

(Thank you for hosting this!)

Re: calliopes_pen

[seandc]

Please? Always.

You make me a better person; refined the wild colonial out of my manner (mostly)...

And you put up with my antics :o)

Dreamers/DreamWriters aka dreamwriteremmy/dreamwriters; they are/them

[dreamwriteremmy]

Us please (our journals are dreamwriters and dreamwriteremmy)

Thank you for hosting this!

Re: Dreamers/DreamWriters aka dreamwriteremmy/dreamwriters; they are/them

[alexseanchai]

I see you around ysabetwordsmith way, don't I? Leaving prompts and whatnot? Inspiring creativity is a thing of much value. :)

balsamandash, they/them

[balsamandash]

Love is always good.

Thank you for this.

Re: balsamandash, they/them

[silveradept]

I like seeing you and all of the creative things that come from you. I want to build couch cushion forts and keep the bad things away with a big pointy thing with you.

Gehayi

[chanter1944]

I'm uncertain of their pronouns, but they darn well deserve some warm fuzzies.

Re: Gehayi

[gehayi]

Awww, thank you so much. It's good to hear this today. (And the pronouns are she/her.)

Chanter_greenie, she/her

[chanter1944]

Throwing my own beanie in the ring. Feeling no little bit isolated lately, I admit. A lot, though not all, of that's distinctly on me and mental health not being spectacular.

Re: Chanter_greenie, she/her

[sasha_feather]

I enjoy seeing you at WisCon!

silveradept (they/them)

[silveradept]

Things have gone on for far longer than they should have, and I am still picking up the pieces of myself that were shattered in its wake.

Re: silveradept (they/them)

[azurelunatic]

Best among Silvers, and dearest. Strong, capable, wise, kind, sweet, hard-working.

*seagull noises*

sfred (they/them or xe/hir)

[sfred]

Yes, please - even though the news is less awful than it might have been.

Re: sfred (they/them or xe/hir)

[ludy]

You are lovely - and great to do Organiser Stuff with.
It's always good to see you IRL (and to "see" you online). I admire your good-heartedness and thoughtful compassion. And I admire your bravery and openness.
You do a lot of good in the world, often very quietly and unobtrusivly but also when necessary with boldness and passion. Thankyou.

And I also enjoy our shared background cultural shorthand :)

azurelunatic

[azurelunatic]

It's been an intense few weeks.

Re: azurelunatic

[alexseanchai]

I imagine it has! Hugs?

okay so today was many stress and then just when I thought I was on the way down the mountain it all went to shit, right? and I was grouching at #yuletide and you said "dear developers of the world: please LOG DESTRUCTIVE ACTIONS" and like. it wasn't even a big thing you did or an important thing you said here. it was just another point in your pattern. just the sort of thing one casually does when one is the sort of person you strive to be.