Fruity

Welcome to my profile!

If you are waiting for a private response from me, I apologise for the delay. I have gone through some experiences that culminated in a temporary loss of language. While I am able to write and speak again (with varying degrees of complexity, stress, pain), it has become harder to keep up with the amount of languageing daily life requires, let alone letter-writing.

That is why you may see me doing simple, one-time swaps, or spontaneous tasks that are doable that day or that I can do on my terms. I have not forgotten about you. I keep the letters I have yet to respond to in a separate letter display on my desk that I see every day. I am sorry, and I will get back to you.

I have an ABC list, it's in the Likes section!

I love engaging with all sorts of art in all sorts of ways, creating, viewing, experiencing. I like going to museums, and used to create online galleries on Occupy White Walls.

I study Theatre Arts at university. I enjoy conceptualising my own performances and exhibits. It would be wonderful if those could become a reality soon. As a disabled person, I struggle with navigating this fast, product-and-profit-oriented society.

I have worked as a cultural educator in school theatre projects and am on my way to becoming a clown. :) Clowncore and Clown mail would be super appreciated.

I am non-binary and experience gender and sexuality as fluid.

Regardless of a swap's theme, I'm always happy to receive a letter. You can infodump about any topic that's currently on your mind, I'll gladly read about it. The real stuff, the mundane. Writer's choice.

The interpersonal aspect is important to me. I enjoy reading about people's lives and thoughts. There are many ways to express oneself, so one person may choose to do it in words while another may paint. I think all of these modes of communicating our inner worlds are beautiful.

When I have time and energy, I tailor mail to the individual recipient. If there are only a few days in between partner assignments and deadline or the swap is sender's choice, I may prepare what I feel like in advance.

Sometimes I like decorating envelopes, cards and bookmarks with stickers and washi tape, other times I prefer to draw, paint and doodle. I dream of making a living by being creative.

Other hobbies include singing, going to concerts, dressing up, make-up, playing board games, card games, computer games and so on, watching films or TV shows with my partner, family, friends...

I travel back and forth between genres such as Heavy Metal, Gothic Rock, J-Rock, Post-punk, Industrial, Darkwave, Coldwave, Punk, Neue Deutsche Welle, New Wave, Ethnopop, Shoegaze, Dreampop, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Metal, Metalcore, Rock'n'Roll, Hyperpop, Folk, Afropop, Afro-fusion, Shanties, piano music, pseudo-medieval styles, Bardcore :D etc

Creative and atmospheric SciFi such as Interstellar, Blade Runner, Annihilation, Arrival. I like the cyberpunk aesthetic, too.

Animations with love in every detail such as Klaus, Kung Fu Panda and Your Name.

Films that balance funny and meaningful.

Queer stories that are not centered on tragedy / violence.

The silent film era is very fascinating to me in terms of acting styles, make-up and costuming, use of on-screen text and music.

I love comedic mockumentaries such as What We Do In The Shadows.

I mostly read academic publications pertaining to my studies or other interests these days.

I enjoy the absurd gothic world of Welcome to Night Vale and Alice Isn't Dead.

I have a love-hate relationship with poetry. :)

I like comics. Manga, graphic novels, webcomics...

I enjoy queer lit in general, including the classic Coffeeshop AU. ;D

I'd like to know about stories with queer or (and?) disabled protagonists that are neither very sad nor very violent. Any medium goes.

The Anthropocene Reviewed podcast (It's John Green reading his musings).

Avatar the Last Airbender, Hannibal, Elementary, Resident Alien, Arrested Development, Please Like Me, Good Omens, Special, Orphan Black, Orange is the new Black, Hilda, Legend of Korra, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Motherland Fort Salem, Brooklyn 99, Death Note, The Nevers, Uncle, Young Sheldon, TBBT, Mandalorian etc

Currently hyped about: Helluva Boss, Hazbin Hotel

Recently started: The Owl House, The Amazing Digital Circus

I am happy about all mail you send me! The following list is mostly inspiration to help you get an idea of what I like and might be interested in.

ABC

A 🖤 Art, absurdist, abandoned places, aliens, activism, animism, archives, athmospheric, anime, acting, animal rights, accessories, ancestry, autumn, artsy, Autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, animals, especially birds

B 🖤 Birds, black, black&white, bakery, books, biscuits, brutalist architecture, BLM, bordeaux, blue

C 🖤 Clowns, Clowncore, Cozy, Coffeeshop, Cute, Concerts, Cultures, Cultural studies, Comedy, Crochet, Care, Community Care, Comics, cartoons, cottagecore, crochet, carnival, celestial, crip rights, comfort, cult party kei, collaboration, collective, cycle-breaking, colourful, creative, chosen family, co-parenting, cream-coloured, cows, colourful stamps (bright is fine cause they are small) I especially like the colourful art on stamps from Mongolia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia and Japan

D 🖤 Dorky, Dress-Up, Dolls, Drag, Detective Stories, Dada, DIY, Drawing, design, decorate, decora, dark academia, diners, doodles, documentary, documenting, dark colours, deep colours, dreamcore, deckle-edge paper, dusty colours, disability-themed stamps

E 🖤 Ephemera, equality, eco-conscious, environmentalism, eco-feminisms, ethnic, embossed paper

F 🖤 Fantasy, Food, floral, foraging, flower shop, fairs, friendship, fairies , folklore, fairytales, fun facts, forest greens, forest, frogs

G 🖤 Goth, Games, gnomes, green, gloves, guncle, gothiclolita, grunge, gothic, gold, glitter, graffiti

H 🖤 Handmade, healing, Halloween, History, hats, Harajuku fashion, holo

I 🖤 Inclusion, incense, illustration, Irish, intersectional feminism, intergenerational

J 🖤 Jewelry, Japanese

K 🖤 Kawaii, kiddiecore, kindness, kink-friendly, knowledge

L 🖤 Letters, Learning, Literature, Lingerie, Leftist

M 🖤 Memes, Mystery, Magic, Music, Make-Up, MAD Pride & other Movements, mushrooms, monkeys, moon, maximalist, manga, museums, mentoring, metallic, mascots, - modern musician stamps such as the 2021 Freddie Mercury stamps from Niger and Central Africa

N 🖤 Non-binary, nostalgia, nesting dolls, notebooks, nature, niche humour

O 🖤 OCS/Original characters, Occult, oddities

P 🖤 Photographs, Philosophy, Poetry, Performance Art, Performing Arts, Paganism, Podcasts, Punk, purple, protest movements, Political protest, plants, painting, postcards, penpalling, pearls, playful, paperlace, pastel goth, pastel colours, Pompompurin

Q 🖤 Queer, Quiz

R 🖤 Real talk, ritual, Rilakkuma, rats

S 🖤 Socks, Sweets, Social Justice, Self-care, Singing, Science-Fiction, Satire, Spirituality, self-help, stamps, stationery, stickers, self-made, store-bought, swearwords, solidarity, sweaters, sparkles, spells (for success, health etc), seasons, sheep, summer, spring, small business, samples, surprises, spoonie, silver, semi-transparent, Sentimental Circus, San-X, Sanrio, sharing

T 🖤 Theatre, Taboo, Trans*, Television, TTRPGs that have a single-player option (such as OK Cryptid), Teletubbies, trackers, themed mail, trinkets, trivia, transparency, Tuxedo Sam, toads, turtles, tortoises

U 🖤 Unusual, used stamps,(old) used postcards, urban, unlearning, upcycling

V 🖤 Visual Arts, (True) Vintage (= real photos, tickets etc), Virtual Worlds, vegan, vegetarian, visual kei

W 🖤 Whimsical, Witchcraft, Woodland, wristwarmers, washi, warmth, wax seals, writing paper, weird, wisdom, witchy

X 🖤 X-Japan

Y 🖤 Yapping, your art, yarn, yellow (except neon)

Z 🖤 Zines, Zodiac, Zentangle

For tea swaps: Herbal preferred. I'm fruity indeed, but fruit teas specifically give me heart burn.

❌ No Bible verses and other attempts at religious conversion.

❌ Colours to avoid: bright red, neon colours. They hurt my autistic brain. Using some brights is fine, just not an overpowering amount. Meaning no bright red envelope for example.

❌ Limit busy patterns such as tiny polka dots, narrow zig zag etc. Again, some sections are fine.

I won't rate you down, especially if a swap is sender's choice, but it would be nice if you showed consideration for these regardless. :)

Most animals are fine.

❌Just no spiders and animals that look like spiders/have a similar shape, such as long skinny legs, such as some other arachnids, crabs and insects with long skinny legs. I am working on my arachnophobia, and while I try my best to get used to them and respect them (I can have them in my bedroom now and even invite small jumping spiders onto my hands&arm), I still struggle with the look of them and the way they move. That being said, I don't mind reading and learning about them!

That's it for now! Thank you for reading. Feel free to message me if you'd like to know anything else.

My profile art is made by DeviantArtists. If a graphic is not credited, it is because the origin is unknown. Credits in order of appearance: cockatiel by ceavit, sprout by coywolfy, frog by kaiidumb, bunny by jerikuto base by emoji-kun, robin by LIST, jester cat by hyraea, rainbow by candyphonecosplay, music by peachkonpeito, party divider by kezzi-rose, blue tit by LIST, coffee by ScarletDestiney, ribbon by nightlight-lullaby, teapot by usagipinku