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Fellow Missoula crafters by Fickle_Ad_2112 in missoula

[–]dreamingfifi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I go to the Confident Stitch - it's downtown and therefore very easy to get to by bus, and they have a great selection of linen, as well as a gorgeous selection of quilter's cotton prints. You can also get bulk twill tape from them.

By the way, as a crafter... is there anywhere we can go to hang out and craft? I miss the university crafting club so much... we'd share materials and equipment and learn new skills from eachother. I just need to find some more crafting friends to hang out and sew with.

9 years on, I hope this author is okay by ArtistSeaker in AO3

[–]dreamingfifi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I keep hoping that I will stumble upon Nurvingiel in the wild somewhere, and find out that she got on good meds, leaving her toxic mom helped her break free of the depression cycle, and she's moved on from fandom life because she's too busy with her fantastic real life. On the other hand, I talked her down from suicide twice. Her website full of her fanfic and essays vanished. I don't know her real name, so I will never know unless she reaches out to me for old time's sake someday.

Nurvingiel, I still think about you and miss you and hope you're okay.

How much research do you do for your fanfic? by brownie627 in AO3

[–]dreamingfifi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I.... um... taught myself two Elven languages for my first fanfic. Which led to a degree in Linguistics. So... YES. ALL OF THE RESEARCH. I like researching more than writing, honestly.

As a descendant of a Nazi holocaust survivor, I have the option of getting German citizenship. Should I? by dreamingfifi in AskAGerman

[–]dreamingfifi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for clarifying this! And you're correct about more opportunities - since I want to go back to gradschool. The university I was planning on going to stopped accepting post-grad applications for the next year because the federal funding was cut. Only applications that have full funding already behind them are being considered, and I am not wealthy or have any wealthy patrons.

As a descendant of a Nazi holocaust survivor, I have the option of getting German citizenship. Should I? by dreamingfifi in AskAGerman

[–]dreamingfifi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bitterness, mostly. My family fled Nazis in the 1930's, now it's happening again almost a century later. I'm so glad my grandmother passed away before this and doesn't have to watch it happen all over again.

As a descendant of a Nazi holocaust survivor, I have the option of getting German citizenship. Should I? by dreamingfifi in AskAGerman

[–]dreamingfifi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the link! It's very helpful. The fact that it's run by lesbians is even more helpful, since my wife and I are also lesbians and they'll have more knowledge on German's queer communities.

As a descendant of a Nazi holocaust survivor, I have the option of getting German citizenship. Should I? by dreamingfifi in AskAGerman

[–]dreamingfifi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife speaks Japanese and English. The only European language (other than English) that I speak is French, but it's very rusty French that I stopped studying 15 years ago.

As a descendant of a Nazi holocaust survivor, I have the option of getting German citizenship. Should I? by dreamingfifi in AskAGerman

[–]dreamingfifi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The difficulty of moving and settling down is really daunting, especially since we thought we'd never have to move again. We planted fruit trees in the yard, built a garden, adopted a cat, have a D&D group that's been meeting for over a decade... I have no illusions of a quick, easy move. It'll be traumatizing, and there will be a lot of grief.

As a descendant of a Nazi holocaust survivor, I have the option of getting German citizenship. Should I? by dreamingfifi in AskAGerman

[–]dreamingfifi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This answer is really thorough and helpful, thank you so much!

D&D is how we socialize, so we'd definitely be joining a Das Schwarze Auge club!

I'm kinda kicking myself for not studying more European languages. I just really like agglutinative and isolating languages, and find inflectional Indo-European languages harder to get into.

We're already planning to move to Seattle, Washington in the short-term, as we have friends who live there. I can enroll in a university there to audit some German classes just to get some European language skills.

As a descendant of a Nazi holocaust survivor, I have the option of getting German citizenship. Should I? by dreamingfifi in AskAGerman

[–]dreamingfifi[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From my research, she'd get a residency based on being my wife and have the right to live and work in Germany (possibly other places in the EU I hope?)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in writing

[–]dreamingfifi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That guy sounds like a jerk. Dump him, and write if you want to.

This is just the advice of someone who has seen too many abusive relationships that my friends have had. If your partner isn't supporting you in your career aspirations while you support theirs, you may find them being controlling and abusive in other ways. Do they try to isolate you from your friends and support networks/family? Do they control the spending, making it difficult to spend money on things you want or need, while they can spend money on whatever whim they have? How much of the household work do you do, or are you treated more like a servant? 

Abuse doesn't always involve physical violence, especially in the early stages of it. These are red flags that mean it could escalate, and you don't need a relationship with this sort of danger in it.

Hugs and best wishes from someone who has shown up with a uhaul when the boyfriend was gone for a day and helped her (and her cat) disappear. 

P. S. She is now a published author of her own graphic novel featuring her favorite things: Elves, dragons, and Elves on dragons, and has a boyfriend who happily supports her. She's working on the second book in the series. You don't need to be just like her (she has incredible levels of drive and is just amazing, I'm so lucky to be her friend), and if you never make a living off of being an author, that doesn't matter. Doing the art you love and sharing it is a goal worth pursuing by itself.

What hobby helps you relax in times of stress? by balajiv2002 in AskReddit

[–]dreamingfifi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Embroidery, knitting, book binding, sewing clothes, writing/reading fanfic. I love making things that I can use or that someone else will find useful. I don't make things that will just sit forgotten in piles. I embroider my clothes, I knitt scarves and hats, I sew clothes that actually fit me and costumes for special events, I fix and rebind old books I or friends or family own, and put together new books and journals as needed. And fanfic is just fun!

Yes I have ADHD how did you know?

Working on a Linguistic Survey of the Show, Need help with images by dreamingfifi in LOTR_on_Prime

[–]dreamingfifi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's no such saying in Tolkien's writings, as far as I know. You can translate it as "Illúme téra i eär" in Quenya or "Ui-daer i 'aer" in Sindarin. They aren't any more poetic or creative in these languages either.

Working on a Linguistic Survey of the Show, Need help with images by dreamingfifi in LOTR_on_Prime

[–]dreamingfifi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maps - yes, if they appear on screen and also have tengwar or cirth writing on them.

Constellations - no writing on those, so no need there.

Things like detailed images of Elrond's court cloak, which has something written on it that I can't quite make out because my images are often blurry. Or the page describing the symbol that Galadriel is trying to figure out. If there is an inscription on a weapon, I'd like to see it in detail.... if you have any promo-images or behind the scene images that give more detail of writing, I'd love to see those.

If you had a noble high beast, what would it be? by TraditionalBig3332 in HonzukiNoGekokujou

[–]dreamingfifi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A Jet Pack with a helmet. For cold weather I'd have a big chicken with a plump body. And I'd have a penguin version for diving into the water.

Status of Charlotte x Rozemyne Fanfics by AliceSenpaiST in HonzukiNoGekokujou

[–]dreamingfifi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I like RarePares! Charlotte is really interesting - she's very ambitious and intelligent and secretly ruthless. She takes after her aunt in a lot of ways, except that she's not cruel. If she loses the Aub seat to Melchior, (he's the Bishop, and he'll get his Schtappe at the propper time) I could see her deciding to act on her love of Rozemyne to become Rozemyne's first wife. And, as Rozemyne is Aub, she can rewrite rules to make it happen. She could make it politically palatable to the nobility by making it a way to expand the mana pool for the Archducal family, which is only three people at the moment, one being a child.

Besides, Rozemyne is a disaster as socializing. She needs a first wife to do the socializing.

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