to the guy who complained, “not to be sexist, but making a game with Zelda as the protagonist would ruin the franchise,” I just want to point out that the franchise is actually called The Legend of my masculinity complex Zelda.

also you’re sexist

Since I got a few messages about the ask question that I responded to the other day, I thought I’d address it here.

I’d been getting several messages, oddly specific, from the same IP address (for the past few weeks as far as I know). My sister and I both found them weird and prodding (she’s the one who mentioned it to me first), but it wasn’t until the one about the size of my living space that I felt a little jarred by it. It was just too personal. I had received other messages from this person* that I didn’t respond to publicly. In some instances, the messages would come seconds after I made another post.

I really don’t mind receiving anonymous (or non-anonymous asks). Rarely ever do they creep me out. I don’t mind answering somewhat personal questions, but I won’t answer anything that I feel might endanger me or the people around me.

The messages could have been, and most likely were, completely innocuous. I guess I’m just one of those people though who doesn’t want to know that much about other people that I don’t really know, and so the specificity and persistence of them annoyed me. I don’t send anonymous messages. I don’t Facebook stalk. I have a hard time understanding that kind of prodding curiosity about people who aren’t my friends.

I don’t mean to discourage anonymous messages at all. I do prefer messages attached with a username, though; for one reason, it allows me to respond privately, and for another, it actually helps me get to know my followers (I visit all of the blogs that message me - I realize admitting this is perhaps asking for a ton of spam!). I really am okay with anonymous messages, but I probably won’t respond to things that pinpoint my location/daily schedule or routine/involve my friends directly or anything that could be used as stalker fodder.

*The messages were anonymous, but their IP is logged by my counter. I never look up IP addresses unless I get repeated asks that weird me out (which has happened in the past).

I can’t bring myself to Facebook stalk, not even a little bit. I find myself curious about people and I start to type their name in the search bar and then immediately delete it out of guilt. It just feels weird to know a person I don’t actually know.