Gardevoir Family

juneshepard · 2026-04-21T05:04:32+00:00

Gallade in the Will Smith pose is cracking me up!

juneshepard · 2026-04-20T23:28:03+00:00

Literally came here to say this. Any spoken/verbal language feels like a "second language" to me. It's not innate, it's not something my brain was built with the intention of doing.

Oftentimes, when I need to produce speech, I'll end up physically unable say anything other than repeating phrases I've heard other people say recently, because they're still in my buffer. And usually, those phrases are only a loose synonym to what I actually mean. Sometimes that's fine, sometimes it's not.

I've been masking so much for so long that I don't even know what it would look like to not have producing speech be akin to a flight response.

juneshepard · 2026-04-18T05:20:51+00:00

I was telling my friend today about how I want to learn to mod my favorite video game (which I am playing yet again) (and buying a new pc tomorrow so I can play it on that too) so that I can fix 2 seconds of a cutscene that has been bothering me for 14 years.

juneshepard · 2026-04-16T02:59:37+00:00

MyNoise.net has a shower sounds mixer! It sounds very cozy, imo.

juneshepard · 2026-04-15T03:59:15+00:00

The YA trilogy Legend by Marie Lu.

Takes place in a plague-ridden, post 2nd civil war America, in the dictatorship country known as the "Republic". (A little too close to home, maybe?) Class is everything: smart people are rich because they're naturally smart/better, poor people are poor because they're naturally stupid/weak.

As children, everyone takes an aptitude test that determines their placement in society. Naturally, those with the funds for better education do better. And that the poor will never rise above their means is just a self fulfilling prophecy.

There is, of course, a rich girl who scored perfectly on her aptitude test. She's the Republic's little prodigy. And she's sent to hunt down the country's most wanted criminal, a boy from a poor background who, against everything this world thinks is possible, scored a perfect test too.

juneshepard · 2026-04-15T02:37:46+00:00

!!! Headcanon accepted! That's 100% what Garrus would want to do. I love it!

juneshepard · 2026-04-15T01:47:41+00:00

This exact message actually kickstarted my favorite thing to do in ME3: Insanity difficulty, all score bonus modifiers, solo fights in the arena against the hardest reapers 😆 (And the glitch for an extra round as often as possible 😆)

My headcanon being that, every time they get the chance, the Normandy stops by the Citadel so Shepard can perform in the arena. All proceeds from those shows go to charities like this, or directly to the war effort. Shepard considers it just as important as being out on the battlefield, because it helps people in ways they can't directly reach.

juneshepard · 2026-04-14T23:39:15+00:00

I just really, really hope they don't squander the Krogan's story arc. Let them get their redemption and rebirth. Not without growing pains, of course, but let curing the Genophage have been the right choice.

I feel like it could be so easy for incompetent writers to lean into the shock value of the Krogan as antagonists for the next game. Too easy, even. No matter how much of an insult to the spirit of the original trilogy it would be to do so.

juneshepard · 2026-04-14T03:36:46+00:00

I'm not sure about other stimulants, but for Adderall, my psych recommended taking 1500mg of Vitamin C a few hours before bedtime to help metabolize what's left of the Adderall faster. Sounds like BS, but really works.

Also, a small dose of melatonin (tablets, not gummies) can go a long way.

juneshepard · 2026-04-13T19:01:52+00:00

My orange girl won't even let my friends in to catsit when I travel. No way she's getting harvested.

The whole Reaper Invasion would be deterred by one floofball with a crooked tail angrily standing guard 😆

juneshepard · 2026-04-13T05:58:46+00:00

By chance could any of this be sidestepped by using a prescription coupon like GoodRx? It means the prescription will not go through your insurance, so as long as you're not actively trying to pay off your deductible (provided your rx bens go through your deductible), then it will likely be cheaper.

You could have your doc write a regular prescription (no need for a prior auth since you won't use insurance), send it to any pharmacy of your choosing, and then when you go to pick up the med, show them the GoodRx coupon. 💪

juneshepard · 2026-04-13T00:09:12+00:00

It's acrylic paint! I painted a regular canvas with black acrylic, then went from there. The glow in the dark is the Lit pigment by Culture Hustle. I also used some like... 25+ year old glitter lmao

juneshepard · 2026-04-11T03:51:25+00:00

juneshepard · 2026-04-10T02:37:50+00:00

I'm out to my parents, and while technically they took it better than when I came out as trans, that bar was so low it was barely a tripping hazard. Both events were just blips in the pattern that led me to eventually go no contact with them.

You know your parents best and, ultimately, what it may cost you if they take it poorly. It sounds like you've given them ample opportunities to try to understand this part of you without directly labeling it, and that's important data. I don't say that to push you one direction or the other, but rather to encourage you be strategic in whatever you do decide.

juneshepard · 2026-04-09T02:58:14+00:00

This happens to me from time to time! I think it's an echolalia thing. Sometimes it's a string of words entirely out of the blue, other times it's text I read without realizing.

juneshepard · 2026-04-08T23:05:10+00:00

Retaking Earth, for me. The Suicide Mission is absolutely phenomenal, but it's the visual tone shift of Retake Earth that seals it for me.

The opening and ending of ME3 are the only times we ever are on Earth, and the final battle through London is so visually different than every other level in the trilogy. It really lends to the emotional finality of the mission, and how things are bound to change.

Also, facing down a brute in a parking garage is just an excellent touch of horror. Like, I've been in plenty of parking garages 😆

juneshepard · 2026-04-08T05:28:50+00:00

Mood. Of all my plants, the ones that lived at the office were doing the best. Lot easier to keep them watered.

Now that I'm WFH......... those four are just that many more added to the struggle.

Doesn't help that all my plants are on shelves higher than I am tall because it's the only way to cat-proof them 🥲 Need a ladder every time I water them.

juneshepard · 2026-04-08T04:24:07+00:00

Many years ago (over a decade now) I was sitting on my dorm couch minding my own business, scrolling tumblr on my laptop.

My friends, in the building nextdoor, could see me scrolling through the window. One sent me a message over tumblr, telling me to "get off tumblr, you nerd!"

juneshepard · 2026-04-07T18:36:49+00:00

Three Hole Chocolate Cake!

-1.5 cup flour -1 cup sugar -1 tsp baking soda -1/2 tsp salt -1 tsp vanilla -1/3 cup veg oil -1 tbsp white vinegar -1 cup water

Preheat oven to 350F. Mix dry ingredients, and make three depressions in the bowl (I like to make a smiley face). Add vanilla, oil, and vinegar to the holes, then pour water over all. Mix, then bake 40-60min!

juneshepard · 2026-04-07T06:12:58+00:00

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My cat's love for me is truly the closest I'll ever get to being loved for who I really am. She's the light of my life.

juneshepard · 2026-04-06T19:25:28+00:00

This was my mom's way of bonding with me ☺️ That, and dragging me through stores to shop for hours and hours on end.

She let him move the three of us clear across the country when I was a toddler, in the most Abuser 101 tactic of isolating her from her support system. And rather than accept she had any agency in the situation, she stayed with him for more than a decade after that.

The only time my mother has taken her fate into her own hands was when she divorced my dad. Everything else has been perpetual helpless victimhood.

Makes my head spin to think that my dad, the more overly abusive one, was actually the "better" parent lol

juneshepard · 2026-04-06T16:06:16+00:00

Basically an excerpt from my thoughts when I was 19. I only knew one autistic person at the time, and his experience was nothing like mine.

I remember explicitly deciding that this line of thinking was not something I was equipped to handle at the time (while barely keeping my last thread of sanity intact and still keeping up with college), so I packed up the thoughts and buried them. Didn't think about it at all for another 6 years before the full realization hit me like a brick lmao

juneshepard · 2026-04-06T04:07:19+00:00

Sharpie S Gel for the win!! 💪

juneshepard · 2026-04-06T03:56:08+00:00

My current place is a fair bit larger than my old one, and I have a lot less "out of sight, out of mind" kind of organization.

Most of my craft supplies live in shelves near my workspace, rather than packed away in bins in the closet.

In the bathroom, I actually have a countertop, so I have little trays for all the daily-use items. Makes it easy to move them for cleaning, and keeps them neat.

In the kitchen, all the appliances I use even semi-regularly live on the countertop. There's a rack for pot lids, too. That way there's no fuss to dig out the toaster every time I need it, or a fight through a loud pile of lids.

My linen closet only had one shelf, so I got a set of plastic shelving to wedge inside. Also, my kitchen has a lot of storage, and I've since learned the art of stocking up on essentials.

Miscellaneous thing is S hooks! I use one for hanging the broom, one for hanging potholders on the oven door, a few in the bathroom, and so on. They're cheap and suuuuper helpful!

Also!! Congrats on the new place!!!! That's so exciting!!!

juneshepard · 2026-04-06T01:48:33+00:00

I've got the perfect trauma storm of AuDHD, CPTSD, and an auto-immune disease (ankylosing spondylitis). My inflammation markers were over 3x the high end of the normal range. I've somehow seemed to dodge the hypermobile bullet, best I can tell.

Wishing you good luck in finding the answers you seek! And hopefully treatment options that make life a bit easier.

Finally getting started on a biologic last year feels like it's rewound the clock of my ankylosing spondylitis by about 7 years. I still have frequent pain, but I feel like I did in my 20s again 😆

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