Do You Have A Favorite Poem Or Any Piece Of Poetry You Like?

Do you have a favorite poem or any piece of poetry you like?

Hi!

Yes, well for now this is my current favourite poem/rhyme:

I have a deadly nightshade

So twisted does it grow

With berries black as midnight

And skull as white as snow.

The vicar's cocky young son

Came to drink my tea

He touched me without asking

Now he's buried 'neath the tree.

-This is "Girls Skipping Rhyme" from Chokely in Wynterset

Thank you so much for asking!!

-Asena Rawlin

Unpopular opinion: I love the asexual community, but often I feel really alone because I'm sex repulsed.

I remember this moment when I saw this romance book about a sex-repulsed ace girl and wanted to read it. But when I told my friend (also asexual but likes sex) about that, and how I felt really represented and happy to see a repulsed person in a loving relationship, they went 'oh there are plenty of books like that, I've yet to see a book talking about aces who like sex tho' and I remember feeling really hurt about that statement.

Yeah sure, that is probably true, and I'm sorry that there is no representation of that.

But that was the first time I had ever seen a book where one of the main characters was stated to be ace. And that too, repulsed by sex. Everywhere I looked, it was allosexual people in those books.

That too, I always thought (still do, tbh) that I would probably never find a romantic partner because a lot of people like sex or want that in their relationship. There's a lot of people who like that within the asexual community as well. As much as I would love being in a qpr, the thought of never finding a romantic partner always made me feel bad about myself. So I felt really hopeful when I heard that the repulsed girl found a healthy romance.

Another time I was watching another video about asexuality today. It covered everything about asexuality, but it never mentioned sex-repulsed aces. It made me feel kind of mad, actually. We're a solid part of the community as much as aces who like sex. Or aces whose sexual attraction fluctuates. Why is it that so many other repulsed aces feel so underrepresented?

It feels like no one understands how I feel about it. Most people in my friend group are allosexual. A lot of kids at my school are allosexual. The few asexual people I've met like sex. They wouldn't understand why I have to cover my eyes everytime a sex scene comes. I do make sex jokes, and I don't mind when other people talk about sex. But I still feel like an oddity.

My take on it is that it's weird because Violet was probably 10 or something when they met. But that's not the entire thing. Gilbert basically raised her like a parent. He taught her how to read, write, etc. I viewed their entire relationship as a father-daughter type.

With that pov, I could say that Gilbert married his unofficially adopted kid. That's extremely creepy. People could say that it was okay back then but they themselves are not from the 1900s, and there's only one group of people who would think it was okay today. So it weird that this relationship hasn't gotten more criticism.

Alright I need to vent about Violet evergarden real quick. The anime is absolutely beautiful and it made me sob my eyes out. However, Gilbert??? This man was so fucking weird, when they first met she was like??? 12 or 14???? And he told her he loved her???? THEN IN THE MOVIE THEY GOT TOGETHER????? Don't get me wrong I know that she's not a minor anymore but the age difference is so huge between them. Like, doesn't that seem like a lot of difference in the power dynamic to anyone??? Same goes to the princess and that weird 20 year old guy she got married to. Like???? The age differences? Why are young girls getting with men several years older than them???? What the fuck????

Anyway, I don't like Gilbert, and I don't like that royal guy either, that's all, thank you for listening.

I always go back to these books~

obsessed with this specific subset of classic novels

SPOOK AND COZY OCTOBER (AMBIENCE)

WITCHY VIBES

Medieval Apothecary Shop;

Brewing Potions at Night;

Enchanted  Forest;

Gryffindor Common Room;

Herbalist Cabin;

Witch House;

Potion Shop;

VAMPIRE VIBES

Riding With a Vampire;

Crackling fire in the Old Mansion;

Haunted Forest;

Dining with a Vampire;

Victorian London;

Dark Tomb;

Vampire Court;