thank you anon <33

oh two of my favourite things!! warm drinks and sleepy puppers!!! tysm for this, friend. this made my day a lot lot brighter. i appreciate you so very much <33

oh wow ;__; thank you for all these questions, friend! much appreciated <3

1. what was the first TMNT series you watched?

i grew up with the 2k3 series, though i don’t think i religiously watched it, it was playing on tv during my childhood and my brothers were probably bigger fans of it than me! i do remember running up the stairs during the theme song because it would scare me lol which is funny because the 2003 series theme is like insanely good!

2. if you could chose one turtle from ALL the TMNT iterations that best encapsulates you, (your personality, dreams, and beliefs) who would you pick?

ooh that’s such an interesting yet tricky answer! my initial thought was immediately 2012 leo, purely because eldest daughter syndrome lol but for some reason something rn is drawing me very heavily towards 2003 donnie. he is just very beloved in my heart, and as the more “quiet subdued” person in all my groups whether it be sibling or friends, i vibe with 2003 don’s way of life very heavily. he’s just a very chilled guy and genuinely seems to want love and peace in his world and i love that for him. i wanna be more like 2003 donnie if anything lol

3. what was the first tv show or movie (animated or not) that touched your heart for the first time? (like made you sympathize with the characters, made you cry, or become angry?)

another great question! i think growing up with uber undetected autism it made it a lot harder for me to really connect a lot of characters on a tv screen no less to people irl but yknow i will say that as a little kid, the dreamsworks movie spirit was my absolute shit! i remember sitting up on the very very edge of my bed, watching in absolute AWE as that cartoon drawn horse ran across those beautiful landscapes. i really did love that movie with all my soul when i was little, and it holds such a dear place in my heart for all emotions it ever evoked in me, possibly for the very first time ever. so yeah. probably that one lol

4. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN EPIC THE MUSICAL?

no I have not but im forever trusting your judgement so im assuming this is something i need to consume asap? haha

5. if you could give your past self from hmmmm five years ago advice, what would you say?

oh 2020 me. all the things i would say :’) for one i think i would tell her to enjoy the slight moment of unemployment a little longer dhronh those first covid months because yeesh you may never get so much free time again in your life ever again! enjoy it!! i would also tell her that all the scary things that happened in her personal life turned out to be alright in the end. it takes a while but it’ll be okay. i’d tell her to give my dog a big squish too since i’m missing him <3 there’s lots i would say, but i think overall i would give her a hug :)

6. what was the first fanfic you ever wrote?

cringe does not exist, I kill cringe with my bare hands!!!! the first fanfic i ever did write was a one direction self insert that it is still floating around wattpad happily that will live and die with me as long as my writers heart goes on. it’s very badly written, was written when i was about 14/15 and is just horrendously bad from start to end. but tis my humble beginnings and if i am to do anything, it is to owe credit to such a fic for sparking such a huge part of my life that was to follow uploading it to the internet. if i hadn’t maybe had the courage back then, who knows what i would be doing now

7. AHH DUUUUUDEEE 🥹 this must made my heart implode in the best possible way. i had always forever loved writing and telling stories, and being able to do so and share them on the internet with such fun people such as yourself make it SO worthwhile. what a beautiful thing that is. thank you so much for your love and support in so much things i do. it is so so appreciated it makes my heart feel so impossibly full. thank you a whole lot amigo <33

8. in terms of other people with phobias, i personally deal with a lot of adults with learning difficulties or elderly patients with dementia, so there is a lot of things in such a setting that can be very overwhelming or unsettling. a golden rule is that whatever works for one person may not work for the next. you could have five autistic folk come in and the same technique to settle them works like a charm. then five more come through and nothing you’ve ever done before will work in ensuring you can do your job probably because they’re very unsettled and uncomfortable. it’s a lot of learning on the spot as to what people will and won’t tolerate, because no matter what label we have with different diagnoses and disabilities, we are all still human and we think so differently from one another yet so similar. it’s a lot of figuring things out then and there and that’s what simultaneously makes the job so taxing as well as challenging.

and as for my own phobias? blood I can do, poop i can do, pee i can do but vomit and bile? oh I’m booking it a MILE AWAY pal that really sets me off something awful. of course, it’s a lot of holding my breath and rushing out the room once ive cleaned it up and putting on a brave face because i can’t actually just run away but yeah. if i had the chance to veto one thing in my job it would for sure be those those things 😩 and ive had a stoma bag pretty much implode all over me on more than one occasion so that’s really saying something!

thank you so very much for such fun questions to come home to today. I appreciate them and you so very very much. sending you all my warmest of hugs my friend <33 mwah

hello squishy anon! 😌💛

thank you so much for the soup :3 it is very much appreciated, friend <3 hope you are healthy and happy !!