#I’m very nope! about stealing other people creative efforts

[writesailingdreams]

Informed that these gifs were stolen from here. I have since deleted it, but this is a heads up to anyone else who comes across the former or reblogged it before I deleted it.

ETA: considering now it was presumptuous of me to make a post about this; also, is linking to gifs I want ppl to avoid a sensible thing to do?

[minaminokyoko]

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil--A Spoilertastic Review

Disney: *shuffling through records* Hey, Hollywood.

Hollywood: *drunkenly burps, throws empty beer can behind the couch* Yup?

Disney: What’s that really well written, well acted, beautifully shot, feminist movie we made with Angelina Jolie that one time?

Hollywood: Oh, the broad with the wings and the horns? Maleficent.

Disney: Yeah, yeah, her. Do something else with her.

Hollywood: Wait, you don’t want to give it to her? *points to Talent, who is sitting at the table typing* Or her? *points to Effort, who is in the kitchen baking souffle* I mean, they’re the ones who made the first one.

Disney: Nah, you got this. Go for it.

Hollywood: Alright. *farts and a script falls out of his ass* Here you go.

Disney: Thanks, fam.

*END SCENE*

In case you can’t tell, I’m extremely disappointed in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.

Overall Grade: C-

As always, spoilers below.

Pros:

-Probably the only reason a few straggling fans are showing up to Maleficent II is finding out that the legendary Michelle Pfeiffer was cast as the evil queen. She is just as smug and cold and awful as she seemed in the trailer, so kudos. They don’t share enough screen time, but Mal vs. Ingrith at that dinner table was some of the shadiest, pettiest shit I’ve ever seen. Ingrith is That Bitch. You really wanted her to have a harsher fate considering the monstrous shit that she does in this movie.

-Though they are seriously few and far between, I did like the tiny domestic moments we got from Diaval and Maleficent. I’m sad to say that the hype was once again wrong. They were teasing that perhaps Diaval and Mal would get a little more of a romantic spin, but either it was cut for time or they changed their minds. Diaval and Mal are apart the entire movie. It’s the worst. However, the bits we do get of them in the beginning, like him giving her the bad news and her trying out her smile in front of him and her telling him he missed her was nothing short of adorable. I especially loved it when they were served bird and Mal gives him that mean little side-eye. It feels very comfortable and domestic, and less like they’re mistress and servant and a little bit more like the mother and father pair that they actually are. I’m just sad there is so few scenes of them together.

-Expanding Mal’s backstory has very mixed results, but the bits we do see and understand aren’t half bad. The phoenix thing is way under-explained, but it is a neat concept that the dark fae came from a single source. It was also a believable story that they were hunted to near extinction, especially during this era of time when white people were at their most fucking ridiculous killing every new people they found on every fucking continent they found them on. It made sense they hid from them and wanted revenge, since we pretty much see that the humans for the most part are utter shitheads anyway. I also loved the diversity of the dark fae, coming from all continents and all peoples. Nothing drives me crazier than the idea that all fantasy creatures should look like pale white folks. This was very nice to see. 

-At least Diaval didn’t die. I was afraid of that since bad sequels often kill someone you like just to “raise the stakes.”

-Tying the cursed spindle into the sequel isn’t half-bad an idea. It’s kind of neat that it’s how Aurora ends up discovering the truth.

Cons:

-Fucking everything else in this movie, basically, is a negative point. Goddammit. Why did they squander all this fucking talent?

-Having Mal, Diaval, and Aurora separated the entire time is the first huge mistake. I was hoping from the trailer that Mal getting hurt and finding her own kind was something that happens in the second act. Nope. First act. Fucking hell. All the reasons why Maleficent was a great movie was the dynamic between these characters and the development of their relationships. It was so easy to love them. They were a family. They had struggles and they all put in effort and they won the day. And then this movie happened. Mal and Diaval first and foremost were done dirty, especially since behind the scenes they had been teasing that maybe the hints of romance between them might finally get a brief spotlight, but no. Didn’t happen. Either it was cut for time or they changed their minds. Then Aurora just blindly believing that Mal cursed the king despite knowing her mother for fucking five plus years, not counting how Mal raised her from afar, just massively pisses me off. Aurora has shown no signs of wanting to just be a normal girl. She loves her mother faithfully and it feels very OOC for her to just instantly assume the worst, especially since she should know things about magic by now and would have heard that Mal has to verbally curse someone, not just with a gesture of magic.

-Almost every part of this story has our leads being passive as hell. I hate passive stories and I hate passive characters. Remember, a good story is one in which your protagonists affect the plot and the outcome and each other. This movie is borderline boring. It’s so much of people looking out the window at the sky and fretting and being moody. All of our characters just sit around for two goddamn hours barely doing a thing until the war at the end, as if the movie is just waiting for itself to end. It’s such a fucking shame considering how many creative, engrossing scenes are in the first film. The first film perfectly paced the character development with the three main leads alongside the action. I loved seeing Diaval’s different forms. The action was fantastic and the story was deeply personal. Everything built towards the end goal of showing the full scope of who Mal is as both the hero and the villain. Here, it’s just miscommunication. That’s it. It’s so stupidly basic and it doesn’t do anything but open the door for her backstory. It’s such a lazy method to introduce them. There were much better ways to go about it and I’m sad that none of our beloved three barely does anything over the course of the movie.

-The tone is all over the fucking place. I actually would not recommend this movie for kids. It’s much too harsh for the little ones when we reach the war in the third act. It’s unnecessarily cruel to a bunch of characters. It even has the nerve to outright KILL one of the three fairy godmothers with little to no reverence for what a big fucking deal that should be. It’s a nasty, unpleasant feeling when she dies and when the other moorfolk and the dark fae die as well. And yet some of these scenes have slapped together “wah-wah-wah” moments, like the evil queen simply being turned into a goat. Ha-ha. Yeah. There are dozens of soldiers and innocent townsfolk and fairies dead. But she’s a just a goat. Sure. That’s not a whiplash of a fucking tone at all. What the hell is the matter with this movie? How dare you actually kill a fairy godmother. And it was one of a few stupid sacrifices while we’re at it. I mean, Magical Negro Fae went full Piccolo standing in front of Mal when all he had to do was yank her out of the way. Same for the big tree fae who died. Not to mention the fact that the giant tree fae just had to walk over to that fucking pipe organ and snap that stupid redhead’s neck, easy peasy, in three seconds. Problem solved. Fuck this movie for showing such flagrant deaths for innocent characters.

Oh, excuse me, one second.

*grabs Hollywood by the ear, shoves him into a chair, and breaks his nose*

Hollywood: OW! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!

Me: IF YOU PUT ONE MORE GODDAMN FUCKING MAGICAL NEGRO INTO ANOTHER MOTHERFUCKING MOVIE IN 2019 OR BEYOND, I’MMA FUCKING KILL YOU.

-Magical Negro Fae makes me want to kill something. I’m tired, y’all. I’m tired of writers in Hollywood continually making wise black characters teach white people life lessons and then promptly die to advance their story. Go to hell. All of you who keep writing this wretched cliché go straight to hell. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Take your ass to hell and rot in the lake of fire. Stop. Fucking. Doing. This. To. Black. Characters. You. Fucking. Assholes.

-It feels like there is a movie between the first Maleficent and this one that we missed. Seriously, the characters spout backstory that sounds interesting and important, but it’s off-screen, and we’re constantly fighting to understand something that the characters clearly do. Show, don’t tell. Show me Aurora and Philip being in love. Show me Aurora’s longing for Philip and Mal to get along. Show me Mal wondering about her heritage and feeling like an outcast. Show me the dark fae’s backstory. Show me Lickspittle being forced into betraying his own kind. I cannot connect with these characters if you do not give me a reason to do it like you did in the first film.

-Is it just me or did Hollywood deadass steal a whole bunch of this from the Gargoyles animated series? I’m just saying. Go back and watch that and then watch this and tell me it’s not similar.

-Nitpick: God, Disney, I am so tired of you filming all your live action movies on one sound stage with zero practical effects and zero sets. Yes, we can tell the fucking difference when you film everything indoors and there’s no sets. Can we go back to actually giving a shit about how movies look?

-Nitpick: There’s plotholes everywhere. I already mentioned how the tree fae could have ended that church massacre in a total of 3 seconds, if that. Where have the dark fae been? Why did they just act that one time with those mercs stealing the moorfolk? What was Lickspittle actually doing to the trapped fairies? We never see him experiment on them or anything. How did Magical Negro Fae see Mal fall in total darkness? Was he just hovering around the area? Why? They seem very far away from their stronghold, so how did he see her and why have they never attempted contact with her before even though they apparently know the moors very well? I could go on like this for some time.

-Angelina Jolie is given very little material to work with and it’s depressing considering how emotionally attached I became to Mal in the first movie. Her struggle was so sympathetic and her reaction to Stefan’s cowardice and cruelty was arguably justified. Here, she’s not having some kind of revelation about herself. It’s cookie cutter right and wrong. It’s very little struggle. She’s not barely doing anything for long periods of time and it’s honestly boring and disappointing as hell considering what a force of nature she is in personality and in abilities. They took all the zest and spice out of her. She’s a hollow, empty version of herself here and it’s probably the most insulting thing of all.

-Nitpick: The title is a big fat lie. Mal does not turn evil or become evil. She swats some fools around at the end, but that’s all. I hate misleading titles.

Overall, the word to describe this movie is unnecessary. It’s not bad, but it is nowhere near good at all. It reduces all its characters into passive roles in a dull story that tries to make up for it by heavily loading the ending with very distasteful, cruel war scenes that are frankly too harsh for children. It’s not asking any deep, sympathetic questions from its audience. It’s just spinning its wheels, mostly. If you’re curious, sure, go ahead and rent it. I would warn you from paying full theater price since it adds almost nothing to something that was frankly perfect the way it was already. I went in with low expectations and while the movie didn’t go below them, it was still a letdown. Mostly because I wanted some Maleval scenes to wake up the tiny, dormant fandom, and I highly doubt this is going to do that.

Sigh. You deserved better, Mal. At least we’ll always have the first movie.

Kyo out.

[modesty-blaise]

Since I'm curious, what caused you to become very possessive of your gifs? Not out of rudeness but curious, since no matter what you do a lot of them show up in the gif function on Tumblr which automatically credits you at the bottom of the gif.

Hey. Tbh, at first I didn’t wanna bother with yet another anon but since I see no ill intent behind this, I decided to go and answer it. Unfortunately, half-way through I realised my reply is turning into incredibly long semi-bitter rant and expands well beyond calling out just one person in Psychonauts fandom (and yes, this is related to Psychonauts fandom – you do know that these anons are not really that anonymous, right?) so… buckle up! All that beneath “read more”.

I’ve been on this hellsite for like…7-8 years? Maybe more? Can’t really tell cause I moved blogs and my old blog now consists of only 4 posts I’ve made close to leaving so I honestly have no idea how much time I’ve spend here before moving. Anyway, during those few years I’ve spent on my first blog I’ve met a lot of creative gifmakers who enjoyed sharing their love for fandoms they were in. I’d like to point out that this was waaaaay before tumblr created that insert-gif option so, back in the day, the only way to add gifs to your post was to: 1. make them yourself 2. take them from someone else. And a lot of people were taking them from someone else which resulted in many gifmakers giving up on making gifs and leaving fandoms and/or even leaving tumblr – and I’ve had many of my friends give up on what they love and have their games/shows/movies/whatnot ruined for them cause people would not stop stealing from them. And many of my friends eventually left tumblr cause they couldn’t deal with it anymore.

Tumblr adding insert-gif option, in my opinion, honestly, just made it worse for gifmakers. Cause now people had the opportunity to use gifs for their posts, with or without creators’ permission/knowledge, but it was alright and it was perfectly fine cause creators were credited. There’s their name at the bottom. It’s alright. Like… it doesn’t matter if they’re actually okay with people using something they’ve put hours into making or if they’re not – tumblr gives them credit so they SHOULD be okay with it. Simple as that.

Well, we’re all different and some people are not okay with that. I’m not okay with that. It took me weeks to figure out how to use photoshop correctly. Took me countless hours of looking through different tutorials and basically trial-and-error-ing my way through the process. Whenever I make gifs, it takes me hours to record videos and then hours trying to achieve that 3mb limit on gifs (thank lord these days we’re beyond 1mb limit). After all that effort I put into creating gifs for games that I love and enjoy, someone is going to make 2 clicks and have that same gif added to their post, without even asking. So how is that okay?

Back to your question. Yes, “no matter what you do a lot of them show up in the gif function on Tumblr”, that is true and that is something I was aware of when I saw you-know-who announcing they would be starting 30 days Psychonauts challenge. So, hating to see my gifs used against my will, and not wanting to start any unnecessary drama and threaten people in advance with reporting them if they do use them, I’ve made my blog as private as I could. It was only accessible through the dashboard, it was not showing in ANY search engines inside and outside tumblr, and my gifs were impossible to find through insert-gif function – I’ve made sure. I did all that cause I just knew that during those 30 days, someone would use my gifs and I would get mad and I desperately wanted to avoid that (hence going extreme). And you know what happened? You know what creator of this challenge (who prevously already reposted my gifs) did? *drums* They used my shit anyway. :3 They just uploaded it from their computer, where they’ve saved it earlier.

And like… a lot of people see pretty pic and decide to save it - I mean, we all do that. Heck, even I have a folder full of shit I saw online and liked it – but i’m not uploading it online cause I haven’t made it. It’s not mine to share.

But some people are not like that.

Some people see fanart of something they like and they want to share their opinion on it – and instead of making their own post, maybe drawing the fanart themselves, they decide to use someone else’s art for their post. Do they know who made it? Do they have creator’s permission to share it? If the answer is NO, then they should be a decent human being and not do that to creators. Oh, they shared it anyway but now people in fandom are calling them out BUT this actually happened on accident? They know who the creator is but, somehow, they accidentally forgot to credit them? OK, well, it’s possible, shit happens, but they better make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Then sometime later these same people decide they want to make a post appreciating their fav character and they want to include pics cause duh, you can’t have character appreciation post without pics, right? Now they have several options: they can get their own screenshots, make their own gifs, maybe draw something… or they can just take someone else’s creation. Do they know who made it? Well there’s my fuckin name on it, and since they’ve stretched it from 245 to 500px, it’s really hard to miss, plus it’s not like there are that many people making Psychonauts gifs. Do they have permission to share it? Hmmm, nope, didn’t ask me. Is this also an accident? Could be. I mean, I’ve seen stranger things happen, so accidentally forgetting to credit content creators twice… kinda suspicious but still possible. Who am I to say?

Now if these people then decide to make a post appreciating their fav ship and they want to add a cute pic of the loving couple – yup, you guessed it! They can either create something or take something. Again: they know who did? They asked for permission? Got the permission? No?!?! But they posted it anyway?!?! :o Could it really be, that after being called out publicly, after being told that reposting is bad (something that’s very easy to understand), after even having tumblr staff intervene and remove stolen shit from their blog, after all that - could it really still be an accident?

Nah, man.

They just don’t give a shit.

Cause if they did, they’d stop with that crap first time they were called out.

(and if you think Psychonauts fandom is their only fandom and that they’re not doing this crap in other fandoms too - hoooo, boy, do I have some bad news for you! Do you know how many stolen and butchered HP fanart is on their blog? Hobbit stuff? They seem to be one of the most accident-prone users on tumblr. And honestly - it’s a real miracle their blog’s not been terminated.)

Back to what I was talking about - I’m not okay with people using my gifs and I’ve made it very clear. I literally do not give a shit if I’m credited or not, I’ve made it very clear that I don’t want my gifs used without my permission. If you like them and want them on your blog, there’s a fuckin reblog button. It’s sole purpose is to allow you to share other people’s creations. Or shitposts, cause lord knows we all love those.

So that’s why when someone spends hours going through my Psychonauts tag and goes as far as to send me “I love your gifs” anonymous message, but the very next day makes stim moodboard post including one of my gifs, now cut and resized to fit 3x3 format they’re going with, I get mad. And that’s why when someone uses one of my gifs to promote their RP blog, butchering it to fit their aesthetics, and later when confronted going as far as blaming their good friend on it cause god! they’ve had no idea it wasn’t theirs, I get mad. (makes you wonder though: if they friend has such skills, why not making them gifs themselves?)

Like…. I’ve had my gifs stolen plenty of times. I’ve had them stolen for roleplaying, for headers, for imagines, just for notes… I’ve had them stolen by people claiming to run official fan sites (that’s a real wild story but I won’t get into that now)… I’ve seen them on pinterest, weheartit, FB, all those random gif sites… and I’ve seen EVERY. POSSIBLE. EXCUSE. ranging from: “well i found it on google so why should i credit you” “lol dunno who made this but its pretty so im posting it” “ive had it on my computer for years so i don’t remember where i got it from” “i dont know how to make gifs so im using weheartit as a source” “credit to whoever made this” (that’s my fav) to “its just a gif so who gives a shit” (it’s not – it’s hours of creator’s time and lots of love that you’re now shitting on so thanks) and “i have an /illness/ and getting notes makes me feel better so dont u dare blame me for stealing” (I don’t remember exact excuse but it was something along those lines and like… how do you even respond to something that without looking like an asshole?).

And sometimes it really is just an accident. Sometimes people really do forget to credit you and/or ask you for permission. And I’ve had my fair share of those accidents. People in Psychonauts fandom have been using my gifs for various crap but, when approached, they’ve removed it and apologised. And it’s something I really appreciate. (if they actually bother reading this and they recognise themselves: i’m really grateful and thank you for not being an ass)

But you know what I don’t appreciate? People making a call out posts about me, asking about my gifs when they know very well they’re the main reasons why I’m not making those gifs anymore, at the same time failing to address any of the issues I have with them and instead rather explaining to others what happened BUT explaining only the parts that make me look like a villain cause how I even dare be mad about them stealing? How I even dare call them out on it? That is so ridiculous and criminal of me, and it’s so so sooooo bad that they need to call me out. I deserve to be called out by the very same person who’s been stealing my shit.

And their explanation is…well… it’s something.

They were sympathetic and polite? When did this happen? Did I completely missed that part? Please someone fuckin enlighten me with such post/message where they expressed their sympathy and politeness and I’ll apologise right this second.

I told them to “literally fuck off”? Yeah, that did happen, I admit that. Did they bother explaining why I told them to fuck off in the first place? Did they say they were caught stealing from me and had tumblr stuff remove my shit from their blog? Did they get into details of how they demanded the proof of my so very wild and obviously false claims but then when I showed it, they just deleted that “how dare u call me out cause I would never do such thing” post? No, they didn’t and geee, I really wonder why.

Instead, what did they choose to address? Out of all the things I’ve said. Hm? What did they choose? Me telling them to fuck off. Me dropping the F-bomb on them, rudely rejecting their obvious kindness and politeness. Nothing else.

Back to what I was talking about before I got derailed again: no, I’m not mad cause this person used my gifs without crediting me. I mean – I am, but that’s not my main issue with them (and they know it). My main issue is that this is someone who will continuously lie and steal and still deny any of it, even when there’s plenty of proof (and you can always count on me to show up with proof tbh), and then go as far as to publicly ask about my gifs and try to call me out. Like me getting mad that something I’ve put hours of work into, and something I’ve made cause I love the game and I want to share my love and appreciation for it, is now being shared against my will and my knowledge - like me getting mad over something like that is so unreasonable that they need to make an entire post about it while pretending they have absolutely no idea why I’m even mad and why we have issues.

And I have every fucking right to be mad. 3 times is not an accident. 2 times to the same person is not an accident. They know it. But yeah, playing stupid is their defense so it’s not like I expected them to actually address their actions this time either.

And you know what? Just because I swear a lot doesn’t mean I’m wrong. Doesn’t mean there’s no solid ground for my claims. People on tumblr have always been and always will be stealing shit. Sometimes they will credit you, often they will not, and that’s just how it is, doesn’t matter if you’re okay with it or not. But that doesn’t mean I’m just gonna sit quiet and accept someone’s shitty behaviour. Especially when it’s directed at me.

TLDR: giving credit =/= having permission

but my previous posts leading to this ask were not about that

you knew that already

[crabsticksforbreakfast]

1. Do you like who you are? Some days more than others. I try to, but sometimes it's hard. 2. What would people say about you at your funeral? Hopefully that I was nice? A good friend? 3. What would you regret not doing in your life? Leaving things unsaid and not travelling more. 4. What’s the wisest thing you have ever heard someone say? I honestly can't think of just one. I have had some very wise teachers in my life. 5. What lessons in life did you learn to hard way? You can't trust people not to hurt you, because sometimes they will hurt you to spare themselves. 6. How often do your biggest worries and fears come true? It depends on the situation. My worries are often related to whatever I'm currently going through. 7. If you had one year left to live, what would you try to achieve? Travel loads. 8. Do you serve money or does money serve you? Neither. I am not motivated by money, but I don't have enough to say it serves me as such. 9. Are you afraid of being your true self around others? Why? Not really. I'm not entirely sure which version of myself the "true" one is anyway! 10. What are you grateful for? My friends. 11. Have you done anything you are proud of lately? I made a really cool song the other day. 12. Have you made any recent acts of kindness? No, not that I can think of. Man, I really should. 13. If you knew that you would die tomorrow, what questions would you ask yourself? I would try not to. What's the point in torturing yourself with no time to change anything? 14. If your biggest fears came true, would it matter in five years from now? It's hard to say. No doubt I'd still be beating myself up for it in five years. 15. How would you describe yourself? Weird but with good intentions. 16. Do you take people’s advice? I try to. 17. Do you get quickly offended? Nope. 18. Do you consider yourself to be a likable person? I guess so. I do have quite a lot of friends who actually care about me and want to hang out. 19. ‘We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give’ – What does this mean to you? It's pretty self explanatory, I'd say... 20. Are you enriching the lives of others? I hope so! 21. Are you living a meaningful life? I'm living my life as well as I can. Whether it's meaningful or not, I don't think that's for me to say. 22. What makes a meaningful life? I would say just being a good person to yourself and to others. 23. Would you ever give up your life to save another? Probably. 24. How much would you be willing to sacrifice for people in poverty? A reasonable amount. 25. If you could live one day over and over again, what would you choose to do? Exploring in Norway and seeing the Northern Lights. 26. Do you think you are important and worthy of affection and love? Yes! Getting other people to agree is the difficulty. 27. What would make you feel more worthy? What do you believe needs to be different about you? I need to worry less and believe that good things will happen. I think my anxiety causes me to give off negative vibes. 28. What brings you down the most often? Other people not doing what I thought they would do. 29. Would you rather work less (and do the things you enjoy) and have less money? I have so little money as it is, and you need money to do the things I want to do. Plus I love my job, so no. 30. Where do you find peace? In nature with my music on. 31. What is the most important quality you look for in another person? A willingness to understand each other. 32. What is your biggest dream in life? To have my love returned and for it to last. 33. What is your biggest fear? Being unloved forever. 34. How would the world be different if you had never been born? I have no idea! 35. What life lessons do you wish you knew 10 years ago? Alcohol is stupid and makes you look and act like an idiot. Most of the people you see as "best friends" now will not even be in your life in 10 years, so don't let these people mess you around. 36. If you could tell your younger self one thing, what would it be? You were not a bad person for falling for him. He knew what he was doing and played the game too well. It's not your fault and it does not mean you don't deserve to be happy. 37. If your life was a movie, what would the title be? What The Actual Fuck? Life Story of an Overthinker. 38. If your life was a movie, would you enjoy watching it? It would be so cringeworthy! But parts would be pretty funny. 39. What does success mean to you? Being able to look at what you did and feel proud. 40. If you could be a different person, who would you be? Someone who travels more and is braver. 41. What was the best day of your life? Why? Seeing the Northern Lights or husky sledding. Can I just say my whole trip to Norway? 42. What do you look forward to most in life? Where I'm going next. 43. What bad habits do you want to ditch? Overthinking, catastrophising, being vague instead of saying what I really think/feel. 44. Who do you look up to and why? WW because she has had such a hard life, but continues to be kind and positive. 45. Do you know your partners love language? He's not my partner. Perhaps if I knew his "love language" I would be with him instead of constantly confused about what is going on! 46. Do the people you love most know how much you love them? Some, but not others. 47. Are you satisfied with the depth of your relationships? I am with my friendships, but I'd like to be in a romantic relationship with someone who I completely click with. 48. What do you owe yourself? Patience and kindness. 49. Based on your current day-to-day life, what do you expect to achieve in 5 years from now? Having traveled more, maybe earning more. 50. Do you say ‘yes’ too often when you really want to say ‘no’? Why? No. If it's a no, it's a no. I guess I might say yes to small things when I should have said no, but those things don't matter much. 51. What did you learn yesterday? It is possible to have a really good day doing simple things in my home town. I don't give myself these experiences enough. 52. What do you like about yourself? I am creative, kind, and hella determined. I always make the effort to understand the differences in others. 53. Would you consider yourself to be a generous person? In some ways. 54. Do you really listen when people talk to you? It depends what they are talking about. 55. What is the number one change you need to make in your life this year? Stop overthinking! 56. How many hours per week do you spend on the internet? It varies depending on what else I have to do. 57. What are your most common negative thoughts? Are they logical? He doesn't like you. You are going to open yourself up to humiliation. You are going to get hurt. I guess some are logical but mostly not. 58. Do you think it’s too late to do certain things in your life? Why? No! Who puts age limits on things these days? 59. If you could be the most influential person in the world, what would you change? No more hatred and violence. 60. How much time do you spend with your family and friends? I see my mum every day and sometimes that is too much! I see some friends more than others, and I wish it was more balanced. 61. Where do you want to be in 5 years from now? Living in my own place with the love of my life and cats. Travelling more and earning a decent amount in a job I love. 62. Is your life complicated by unnecessary things? Yes. 63. How can you simplify your life and focus on the most important things to you? I don't know. 64. What stresses you out? I stress myself out by obsessively overthinking everything all the time. 65. What makes life easier? Having people to vent to and give me advice. 66. How often do you give without expecting anything in return? Not enough. 67. What is your greatest challenge? My own brain. 68. What is most important to you in life? Are you giving it the time it deserves? Love, but I actually think I am giving it too much time. 69. If you could send a message to the world, what would you say in 30 seconds? Don't be a dick. All people are equal and religion is pointless. 70. What do you most regret never telling someone? I love you. 71. When was the last time you tried something new? I learned a better way to produce my music the other day. 72. Are you afraid to speak your own opinion? Not usually, but sometimes I choose not to because I don't think the world constantly needs to hear what I think. 73. Do you give into others too often and feel resentful because of it? Not often but sometimes. 74. Are you holding onto something that you need to put behind you? Yeah... 75. How often do you let your fears hold you back? Every damn day. 76. Do the people in your life bring the best out of you? Yes. 77. How often do you make excuses? I tend to give reasons, not excuses. 78. What is one mistake that you will never do again? Drinking alcohol. 79. Which is worse, failing or never giving it a shot? Both friggin suck tbh. 80. What has grown you the most as a person – your challenges and trials or the comfortable yet enjoyable moments in life? Challenges fo sho. 81. If you could choose to have no more challenges or obstacles in life, would you? Only if I could enjoy them. 82. In one word, what is standing between you and your biggest goal? Anxiety. 83. How often do you go to bed feeling angry? Rarely. 84. Would it be wrong to steal in order to feed a starving child? No. 85. If you paid more attention to the sad things in this world, would you feel more conflicted about it? Yeah. 86. If we learn from our failures, then why is it so bad to fail? Because is leaves you with more fears and it takes so long to recover after a fall. 87. What could you pay more attention to in life? The simple pleasures and the current moment. 88. Why do we think of others the most when they’re no longer around? Because we miss them. 89. What does it look like to make the most of your life? Doing things that make you happy. 90. What have you given up on? Friendships that were only surface level deep. 91. How many people do you truly love and what are you doing for them? Define love. 92. Do you ask enough questions, or are you happy to settle for what you already know? I don't think I ask my questions to the right people. And no I need to know everything. 93. What were you doing when you last lost track of time? Making a song. 94. Do you think you would be happy if you never had to work again? No. 95. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? 15! 96. If you could ask for one wish, what would it be? For S2 to be with me. 97. What inspires you in life? Love and beauty. 98. What can you not live without the most? Friends. 99. What do you enjoy doing over and over again? Travelling. 100. When did you last laugh so much it hurt? Yesterday at a stupid video my friend took by accident. 101. What is stopping you from living the life you want to live? Anxiety.