tears in my nalu eyes

idk what u expected, Lucy

i welcome the world my first ever nalu fanart after a decade of having first watched fairy tail

i hate to admit it but they still have a chokehold on me

not to get overly poetic about it but...nalu as a dynamic is kinda crazy to me like. what if we were best friends? what if we were kinda silly and ridiculous and stupid about each other? what if we were connected across time and space for 400 years? what if we bumped into each other on a random tuesday? what if you changed my life? what if we had a dogged, unwavering and irrational faith in each other right from the get go? what if the greatest tragedy of my life was directly linked to the greatest tragedy of yours? what if, in a different timeline, i watched you and the rest of my friends die, and there was nothing i could do about it? what if i watched a future version of you die and i sobbed over your broken body? what if you were my last tether to humanity? what if i broke the laws of magic to save you? what if you came back to me in the place we first met? what if we were meant to be in every single universe? what if we still chose each other, every single time, anyway?

my babies nalu 😭😭🤧

⋆ 𖤓 ⋆˚࿔ reaching out for you... ⋆⭒˚.⋆

i saw someone say nobody needs to know what a .txt file is anymore. what the fuck is the world coming to

unironically i think we need to bring back computer labs because APPARENTLY some people WERENT taught basic computer literacy and internet safety in school

things about computers/the internet i think kids should be formally taught in schools because theyre important to know and the amount of soon to be grown adults i know who know NOTHING about any of these is quite frankly almost all of them (and resources to learn if you dont know these things, because its never to late to get better with computers)

as an additional note: things i think everyone should know on computers and the internet but schools may bit hesitant to teach about for whatever moral/legal standards schools pretend to operate on

ok one last addition! if you want to take it one level higher, i think learning the very basics of at least one programming language is good for people. it makes computers less scary and it makes you feel very cool, and a lot of people get discouraged about it because it seems overly complicated and hard to learn outside a formal classroom setting, so heres some resources for learning the very basics of python (because i consider it the easiest language to learn and knowing one language will make it easier to learn others)

this is so important! thanks!

I'm on my phone rn, and here are the Firefox extensions I use:

I use similar ones on my computer. these vastly de-enshittify your web experience

for cases where Firefox isn't supported (government and school websites are notorious for this, as well as insecure sites in general), I use the private Chrome variation called Opera, the only browser where I let Google search run, and there I use udm=14, the de-enshittified original style search

I agree that learning basic coding is important, not least because it'll help you in a million unexpected ways - even for practical things, especially if you ever want to make a website or such, and to give you better control of your blogs and other online stuff

that's why I'd recommend learning basic HTML and CSS, because knowing the basics of web design and structure will free you from getting trapped in a corporate system where you have no control

years ago I made a series of video tutorials for my technical-communication course, and they're a good, easy way to get started if you'd like to try it yourself - here's the YouTube playlist: X. I find coding fun!

especially lately with Windows 11 nonsense, I've frequently mentioned here that Windows users need to download and use the Group Policy editor (no longer installed on Home systems) to do things like turn off surveillance and "artificial intelligence" bullhookey, and to customize your experience to make that OS functional. search your trusted download site to find it (it's a powerful tool, so don't grab it from just anywhere)

corporations want to strip us of power and control over our machines and our online experience. we need to take back our power and control

This

Natalie Diaz, from a poem titled "September 2001," featured in The World Keeps Ending And The World Goes On

6th House = What You Can Give

Aries/Mars/Aries degrees

You help people understand why they keep giving their time, energy, or heart to situations that drain them. You expose the hidden fears, guilt, and anxious beliefs that push them to overextend themselves, and you reveal the patterns, overthinking, self-sabotage, late-night spirals, that keep them stuck. Your direct and clarity cuts straight through their illusions and shows them exactly where and why their energy is being wasted, helping them finally stop feeding what depletes them.

You also give people the mental sharpness to see when something simply has no real potential. You articulate the inconsistencies they’ve sensed but couldn’t name, helping them understand why certain commitments, relationships, or goals aren’t worth the effort anymore. Your insight frees them from false promises and emotional fog, giving them the logical reasoning they need to detach cleanly. Through your straightforward, incisive perspective, you help them drop what no longer makes sense.

Most importantly, you turn anxiety into clarity. Instead of letting people spiral into worst-case scenarios, you help them identify which fears matter and which are just noise. You cut through confusion with simple truth, grounding their thoughts and bringing them back to reality. Your directness challenges their fear, transforms overthinking into understanding, and guides them out of paralysis. Overall, what you give is the ability to discern what’s worth fighting for, what’s empty, and what deserves to be released. You offer truth that frees people and redirects them toward choices that actually support their growth.

Taurus/Venus/Taurus degrees

You give people a calming, grounding presence when their emotions run hot or their reactions become impulsive. Even when someone is on the verge of snapping, your steady energy softens their intensity by making them feel understood, valued, and not alone. Instead of reacting out of frustration, people shift toward connection with you, they feel safe enough to open up rather than lash out. You take heated impulses and turn them into moments of closeness and cooperation.

You also help people take their emotional fire and channel it into meaningful direction. Where they might normally react recklessly or act out of anger, your influence steadies them and reshapes that intensity into purpose. You guide them away from self-sabotage and toward progress, teaching them to move forward with focus rather than erupting in the moment. What could have been chaos becomes momentum, and you help them take control of their path with determination instead of desperation.

Most importantly, you give others the emotional security that empowers action. People feel braver, more decisive, and more capable when supported by your loyal, grounded presence. You make them feel bonded and cared for, and that sense of connection gives them the confidence to leave stagnant situations, choose what’s right for them, or move forward into new territory. Overall, your energy turns reaction into direction, conflict into harmony, and scattered impulses into steady, meaningful progress.

Gemini/Mercury/Gemini degrees

You naturally push people out of stagnant routines and familiar comfort zones. Your presence disrupts whatever has become too safe, too predictable, or too small for them. But instead of leaving people lost or overwhelmed, you immediately open their eyes to new skills, responsibilities, or opportunities they didn’t realize they could handle. You introduce expectations that inspire growth, showing them they’re capable of more than they thought. What feels like discomfort at first quickly becomes development, learning, or a shift toward something more meaningful.

You also spark new beginnings. Your energy creates a kind of catalytic disruption, shaking the foundations just enough to awaken creativity, desire, or ambition in others. People may feel stirred or unsettled by you, but this very feeling ignites motivation and inspires them to start something new. You bring the kind of change that leads to transformation: a new project, a new direction, a new phase of life. You break patterns so something fresh can be born.

Most importantly, you help people blend potential with action. You show them not only what they could achieve but what they can begin right now. You combine practical encouragement with creative inspiration, giving others both the confidence and the spark to pursue opportunities, whether it’s learning a new skill, applying for a job, starting a project, or taking a risk they’ve avoided. Overall, your influence brings movement, ideas, and openings. You shake people free from stagnation and guide them into growth through curiosity, initiative, and new possibilities.

Cancer/Moon/Cancer degrees

Your energy shows that you often rush to help, acting quickly and passionately, but not always in a way that aligns with what you can realistically follow through on. You may offer big gestures, strong promises, or confident words, yet the delivery isn’t always consistent. This creates moments where your intentions are warm and sincere, but your actions come across as confusing or unfinished, especially in areas of daily responsibilities, service, or routines. Slowing down and matching your enthusiasm with clear steps makes your support much more reliable.

At the same time, small details tend to trip you up. You may move so fast that you overlook minor but important parts of a task, or you unintentionally step on toes by being blunt or hasty. This can lead to misunderstandings, small conflicts, or unintentionally creating extra problems while trying to help. Treating details as an expression of care rather than an obstacle, and taking a moment to check your approach, helps your helpfulness land more gently and effectively.

Finally, there’s a pattern where unclear communication or over-promising can turn defensive when someone brings up what was missed. Even tiny criticisms can feel sharper than they are, and you might respond by justifying yourself rather than listening. For you to give in a healthier, Moon-influenced way, honesty and humility are key: be transparent about what you can do, admit when you’re unsure, and stay curious instead of reactive. This allows your natural instinct to nurture to shine through without the stress or friction.

(Fun fact: if you’re wondering why it comes off negative, it’s because the Moon also rules inconsistencies and phases.)

Leo/Sun/Leo degrees

What you’re able to give others is a tremendous willingness to carry responsibility. You can take on pressure, difficult tasks, or heavy workloads that many people would avoid, and you do it with steady endurance. But the way you offer this support is emotionally distant. You give effort, reliability, and strength, not softness. People can count on you to show up and handle what needs to be done, but they cannot always expect emotional comfort, reassurance, or warmth alongside it.

At the same time, your sense of duty can become intense or even overwhelming. When you commit, you commit fully, sometimes to the point of self-sacrifice or staying loyal in situations that weigh heavily on you. This can create an undercurrent of pressure in your help: others may feel that your support carries expectations, unspoken emotional weight, or subtle tension. You give strength and loyalty, but sometimes at the cost of your own freedom or peace of mind, especially in environments colored by fear, negativity, or unhealthy dynamics.

Emotionally, what you offer tends to be distance shaped by past wounds or darker emotional experiences. When things feel unsafe or toxic, you withdraw, shut down, or respond with coldness rather than vulnerability. In daily life, this means you give competence, endurance, and realism, but not emotional availability. You can recognize manipulation, understand shadows, and stay clear-headed in difficult environments, which can help others see the truth, but you also avoid giving softness when the atmosphere feels wrong. Ultimately, what you provide is grounded effort, pressure-handling, and honesty about darker realities, rather than comfort, optimism, or nurturing.

Virgo/Mercury/Virgo degrees

What you’re able to give others is a kind of emotional honesty shaped by your own experiences of being judged, embarrassed, or unsupported in vulnerable moments. Because you’ve lived through situations where you were exposed and criticized, your empathy runs deep. You don’t offer theatrical comfort, you offer quiet, grounded presence. When someone feels ashamed, singled out, or painfully visible, you’re one of the few people who can sit with them without flinching. Your way of caring carries Virgo’s practical steadiness and Mercury’s emotional clarity: gentle, observant, and real.

You also give support that comes from understanding disappointment firsthand. The softness you offer is not naïve or romanticized, it’s informed by the times when life didn’t give you the emotional fulfillment you longed for. This makes your nurturing unusually mature: you don’t offer false hope, empty reassurance, or sugarcoated advice. Instead, you give gentle realism, the kind that helps people feel seen without being misled. You know how to hold space for someone’s unmet needs because you’ve learned to navigate your own with dignity, patience, and wisdom.

Finally, you have a gift for helping others face truths they’ve been avoiding. You can articulate the emotional patterns behind someone’s pain, the disappointment they couldn’t name, the support they never received, or the self-judgments they’ve been quietly carrying. Your guidance is subtle, analytic, and safe, you bring clarity without cruelty. In daily life, what you give is a rare blend of vulnerability, realism, and emotional intelligence. You offer the kind of grounded compassion you seldom received yourself, and because of that, your support carries a depth and sincerity that others find deeply healing.

Libra/Venus/Libra degrees

What you’re able to give others is a steady form of effort that continues even when you aren’t receiving anything in return. Your nature is to invest your time, emotions, and stability into people or situations because harmony matters to you. Even when the dynamic is uneven, you keep showing up with patience and consistency. Yet beneath that generosity is a quiet inner conflict, one part of you wants to maintain peace, while another part knows you’re giving far more than you receive. This internal tug-of-war becomes part of your service to others: you help people navigate their own crossroads, their indecision, and their emotional dilemmas because you live in that space yourself.

You also give people a rare kind of groundedness during moments of pressure or overwhelm. Even when you feel restricted, unseen, or emotionally suffocated, you remain loyal and present. You know what it’s like to feel trapped by circumstances, yet you don’t withdraw your support. Instead, you show others how to survive the weight of obligations, expectations, or emotional paralysis. Your contribution is endurance, structure, and stability, even when you personally feel overextended or quietly burdened. In many ways, you sacrifice your own comfort to preserve balance, peace, or relational harmony.

Because you deeply understand imbalance, pressure, and the difficulty of making painful decisions, you are uniquely equipped to help others face the truths they avoid. You guide people through dualities, two desires, two paths, two identities, two fears, without judgment. Your emotional support is subtle, patient, and grounded in lived experience. You don’t tell someone what to choose, you help them understand why they feel torn. What you ultimately give is a calm, balanced, and steady presence that can hold space for confusion, paralysis, and emotional overwhelm. Your care doesn’t demand anything in return, even though it often leaves you feeling unreciprocated, yet this is exactly what makes your support so rare and profoundly valuable.

Scorpio/Pluto/Scorpio degrees

You give people a rare kind of emotional foresight, the instinct to sense tension, rejection, shifting dynamics, or hidden influences before anyone else notices. You pick up on subtle behaviors, environmental cues, unspoken comparisons, and third-party energies, which lets you understand where a situation is heading long before it arrives. This isn’t just intuition, it’s psychological x-ray vision, the ability to read motives, patterns, and atmospheres that others ignore or avoid.

Because you can detect the early signs of emotional collapse, you often help people prevent crises before they happen. You see the chain reaction forming, the structure that’s about to break, the feeling that’s about to explode, and you instinctively redirect, stabilize, or warn. Your presence becomes protective, not through lecturing, but through subtle insight that helps others avoid disaster. You understand that some things need to be confronted, cleared, or rebuilt before they fall apart.

And when a collapse is unavoidable, you become a guide through transformation. You show people what needs to end, what no longer supports them, and what should be rebuilt with more integrity. You help them face reality without fear, release distractions, and reconstruct their emotional world with clarity and purpose. What you give isn’t light or decorative, it’s deep, alchemical service. You help others navigate their shadows, survive their turning points, and come out stronger than before.

Sagittarius/Jupiter/Sagittarius degrees

What you offer others comes from having lived through confusion, impulsive decisions, and detours yourself. You know what it feels like to chase change without a clear plan, so you’re great at normalizing uncertainty. Instead of shaming people for being inconsistent or lost, you remind them that growth is messy and non-linear. Your presence makes people feel less pressured to “have it all figured out,” and more accepting of where they currently are.

Emotionally, you create a safe space for people to feel things without embarrassment. You understand impulsive hopes, sensitivity, longing, and the desire to jump before thinking, because you’ve been there. So instead of judging, you encourage curiosity about feelings. You treat emotions as important information, not flaws, helping others reconnect with the part of themselves that still believes change is possible.

And when someone’s life stalls, you don’t push, you help them reconnect with their original “why.” You gently steer people back to what matters to them, reminding them that real motivation comes from caring, not forcing. You don’t hand out directions or solutions, you help people rediscover their own. Your gift is guiding others through the in-between spaces of life, offering perspective, companionship, and hope, not pressure.

Capricorn/Saturn/Capricorn degrees

You give people clarity about where their energy is being wasted. While most people assume hard work guarantees results, you can instantly sense when someone’s effort, loyalty, money, or time isn’t actually moving them forward. You help them see the mismatch between what they want and what they’re investing in, so they can stop exhausting themselves on dead ends and start choosing what genuinely supports their wellbeing.

You also provide long-term accountability, the ability to see consequences before they arrive. You notice the slow-building burnout, the emotional debt, the financial strain, the subtle patterns that will eventually demand a price. Instead of judging, you help people zoom out, think realistically, and make choices that protect their future rather than sabotage it. Your presence encourages responsibility, sustainability, and self-respect.

Most importantly, you don’t just reveal what’s broken, you help people rebuild. You highlight weak structures, draining dynamics, or neglected foundations not to shame anyone, but to give them a chance to strengthen their life. You offer direction, strategy, and grounded hope, reminding people they can start again with better tools and clearer awareness. Your gift is stability, the kind that lasts because it’s built honestly, intentionally, and with integrity.

Aquarius/Uranus/Aquarius degrees

You offer people a kind of emotional neutrality that becomes a lighthouse when they’re overwhelmed. When others are drowning in their own feelings, guilt, or spiraling thoughts, you stay steady and clear. You help them step outside the noise long enough to see the real crossroads in front of them, reminding them their emotions matter but don’t have to run the entire show. Your calm presence cuts through the fog so they can finally understand what choices are actually available.

You also guide people through endings with a strength they don’t find anywhere else. Where others might cushion the truth or get swept up in the emotion of it, you remain grounded. You hold the space without flinching, helping them face collapse, betrayal, or heartbreak with perspective instead of panic. When someone’s story is falling apart, you’re the one who helps them look at what really happened, what’s actually over, and what they can walk away from for good.

Your deeper gift is helping people make final decisions, the ones that change the shape of their lives. You slice through hesitation, denial, and emotional attachment so they can see when a cycle has truly ended. You help them stop giving chances that only reopen wounds, stop clinging to what’s already dead, and choose the path that frees them. People don’t walk away from you comforted, they walk away awakened, clearer, and braver. You don’t soothe their pain. You help them release the source of it.

Pisces/Neptune/Pisces degrees

You bring people a warm, illuminating kind of accountability. When someone’s routines, patterns, or follow-through start slipping, you highlight it without shaming or scolding. Your presence exposes what’s uneven or neglected, but you do it with a gentle brightness that helps them see their own imbalance clearly. People walk away with a renewed sense of where their commitments need tending.

You also help others understand the long-term consequences of instability. When their habits, resources, or energy are quietly leaking away, you become the subtle voice that shows where things aren’t sustainable. You reveal the trajectory of their choices, the slow erosion they might not notice, and the spots where structure needs rebuilding. It isn’t criticism, it’s the kind of foresight that protects their future self.

Ultimately, you guide people toward joy that lasts instead of happiness that flickers. Your encouragement isn’t just uplifting, it’s grounded, practical, and rooted in stability. You help others align their daily life with what will support them long-term, like offering both the lantern and the map. You illuminate the mess, the pattern, and the path forward, all through a compassionate, almost otherworldly clarity that feels like insight woven into everyday life.

Chiron

You help people bring overdue chapters to a close by illuminating the truth they’ve been avoiding. When someone is stuck in a cycle they won’t admit is finished, you’re the one who lifts the fog and names what’s really over. You don’t just guide them toward ending something, you help them understand the deeper reason that ending was necessary. Your presence turns confusion into clarity, denial into recognition, and lingering attachment into release.

You also help people make the practical adjustments that come after a major shift. Once something ends, you show them how to sort what stays, what goes, what needs to be renegotiated, and where their energy deserves to flow next. You’re the calm voice that sits with them in the aftermath and helps them reorganize the pieces so a new rhythm can form. Where others freeze at the question “Now what?”, you help them find the workable answer.

And you bring truth into the exchanges and dynamics people participate in every day. You see imbalances in relationships, commitments, and energy trades before others do, and you reveal what’s uneven or draining. You help people notice when they’re giving too much, receiving too little, or participating in agreements that look balanced on the surface but feel off underneath. Your clarity isn’t meant to break things apart, it’s meant to restore equilibrium. You free people with truth that heals by reorganizing their lives into something more honest, sustainable, and aligned.

Lilith

You give people the ability to see the danger in their lives long before it bites. Where others get swept up in fantasy, desire, or denial, you instinctively sense what’s unhealthy beneath the surface. You reveal when someone is getting emotionally entangled in something toxic, when their mind isn’t clear, or when the situation they’re romanticizing is quietly leading toward disappointment. Your honesty becomes a protective force, helping people avoid heartbreak, manipulation, and self-sabotage before they stumble into it.

You also sense the return of old wounds and repeating patterns the instant they begin to surface. When someone is slipping back into an old obsession, fear, or unhealthy dynamic, you’re the one who recognizes it immediately. You can tell when an experience that looks new is just an old cycle wearing a fresh mask. By naming these patterns early, you keep people from relapsing into the versions of themselves they’ve already outgrown. Your insight prevents them from re-entering the same emotional traps and destructive habits.

And you help people understand the emotional reactions they don’t know how to decode. When disappointment flares before anything is wrong, or when an emotion erupts without explanation, you guide them to the deeper wound beneath it. You show them how their current feelings echo unresolved pain, how their patterns connect, and why certain themes repeat in their lives. You transform emotional confusion into recognition and release. What you give is awareness that protects, awareness that interrupts cycles, and awareness that leads people out of their own shadows toward genuine liberation.

North Node

You have a rare ability to bring clarity and emotional steadiness to others. When people are tangled in confusion, emotional overwhelm, or unhealthy patterns, you help them see the truth without judgment. You create a space where they can step back from their feelings or situations, recognize what isn’t serving them, and make decisions from a place of understanding rather than fear. Your presence exposes imbalance and patterns that others may ignore, gently guiding them toward awareness and self-realization.

Beyond clarity, you provide practical insight and support for navigating change. You help people accept endings and transitions while showing them how to adjust, rebalance, and rebuild. Whether it’s addressing long-term instability, recognizing toxic patterns, or managing life’s shifts, your guidance turns confusion into actionable understanding. You illuminate both the deeper reasons behind challenges and the steps needed to move forward sustainably, giving people a way to integrate lessons and make conscious choices.

Finally, you offer emotional grounding, patience, and consistent support that fosters healing and growth. People feel safe expressing vulnerability around you, knowing they won’t be rushed, judged, or dismissed. You teach them the value of steady progress, helping them process old wounds, rest when needed, and move forward at a pace their soul can handle. Your presence doesn’t simply comfort, it awakens, liberates, and gives people the tools to rebuild, grow, and walk forward with clarity, strength, and self-trust.

South Node

You give people the catalytic push they didn’t know they needed. Your presence wakes them up from stagnation and forces them to confront the routines, beliefs, and obligations they’ve been blindly following. You make people question the roles they inherited, the traditions they obey, and the commitments they’ve been maintaining out of duty rather than desire. When they meet you, the scripts they were conditioned to follow suddenly feel too small, too restrictive, or simply dishonest. You provoke movement, rebellion, and self-inquiry, not softly, but in a way that breaks patterns and exposes where they’ve been living someone else’s life instead of their own.

You also create internal tension that cannot be ignored. You pull people into crossroads where their desire for expansion clashes with the safety of staying where they are. Your energy ignites the discomfort that makes stagnation unbearable, awakening ambition, passion, sexual or creative impulse, and a sense of “I want more than this.” You stir the conflict that pushes them to choose, decide, and act instead of remaining paralyzed. People suddenly feel the urge to pursue new experiences, take risks, or claim a bigger life. You activate momentum by making them face what they truly crave, not what they’ve been pretending to want.

Most powerfully, you give others the crisis, or opportunity, that forces a reevaluation of their values, commitments, and identities. You highlight the difference between obedience and authenticity, between loyalty and self-betrayal. Your influence exposes the structures, relationships, and promises that no longer fit, and you make it impossible for people to stay comfortable in roles that suffocate them. You help them ask whether their path is still theirs or simply familiar, whether they’re choosing out of fear or desire, and whether their future aligns with who they’ve become. Ultimately, what you give is liberation through friction: the fire that breaks false commitments, the clarity that reveals a bigger life, and the push that empowers people to move toward what’s truly theirs.

Part of Fortune

You give others the quiet ability to recognize when something in their life is draining them instead of nourishing them. Your presence acts like a gentle mirror, helping people see where their effort, love, time, or energy is being poured into emptiness. You sense their fragility and their fear of causing conflict, so you guide them toward these realizations softly rather than confronting them harshly. With you, people understand why they’re exhausted, why they feel unappreciated, and why they’ve been too afraid to acknowledge that something in their life has become one-sided. You help them step away from depletion without collapsing under guilt or fear.

You also give people clarity through retreat and introspection. You naturally encourage them to step back from noise, expectations, and external pressures so they can see their situation without distortion. In your presence, others feel safe withdrawing just enough to reconnect with themselves, reflect on their choices, and understand that the lack of return they’re experiencing isn’t a failure, it’s a sign. You guide them inward so they can observe their own patterns, recognize what isn’t working, and detach from obligations that no longer make sense. The insight you bring is quiet, steady, and deeply illuminating.

Most importantly, you help people acknowledge their exhaustion and vulnerability without shame. You give them emotional permission to admit they’re tired, overwhelmed, or carrying too much. With you, they can finally put words to their fears, understand why they avoid conflict, and see the wounds beneath their overgiving. You encourage gentle withdrawal, reflection, and self-awareness, helping others understand their limits and reconnect with their boundaries. Overall, you offer a path out of depletion and into inner clarity, revealing wasted effort, soothing emotional overload, and guiding people back to themselves with compassion and calm.

Vertex

In daily interactions, you give others an energy of alertness, honesty, and direct intellectual engagement. People feel that you notice everything, motives, inconsistencies, hidden meanings. You speak up when something is unclear, unfair, or deceptive, and you naturally cut through fog, fantasy, or confusion. Your presence pushes others to stop escaping into excuses or wishful thinking and instead face reality with sharper eyes. You help people see what’s actually viable, what’s true, and what needs to be confronted.

As interactions deepen, your clarity becomes even stronger and more refined. You offer people a form of truth that is precise, analytical, and impossible to ignore. You read situations quickly and articulate what others are too hesitant to say. You create boundaries through logic rather than emotion, and you give the type of wake-up call that brings order to chaos. People experience you as someone who slices through noise, calls out manipulation, and establishes a standard of honesty that demands maturity.

Overall, the energy you give others is the ability to distinguish illusion from reality. You help them evaluate their options realistically, filter out distractions, and stop feeding fantasies that hold them back. You encourage decisive thinking, strategic choices, and self-honesty. Whether people like it or not, you force truth to the surface. Your presence grounds them mentally, sharpens their judgment, and gives them the clarity they need to make meaningful, responsible decisions.

@academia-lucifer

Anaïs Nin, from a diary entry featured in The Early Diary of Anaïs Nin, Volume 2: 1934-1939

Albert Camus, from a letter to María Casares featured in Correspondance, 1944-1959

Simone de Beauvoir, from a letter to Nelson Algren, featured in "A Transatlantic Love Affair,"

Franz Kafka, from a letter to Felice Bauer written in 1912, featured in Letters To Felice