I tend to get ‘good vibes only’ types who walk into a room/bus/train, walk over to whatever corner I chose, sit in front of me, start ordering me around, and then after three or four orders when it stops being fun to play along and I start ignoring them, they declare me the devil, and demand I apologize for personally inflicting literally everything that has gone wrong in their lives.²

This has happened to me my entire adult life. To the point when someone asks me who I am i sometimes give some fucking anime-ass ‘I am an ill wind, a dread omen, the herald of misfortune and harbinger of doom. I am grief. I am hate. I am ruin-made flesh. I am the knowledge that you will wither die and everything you’ve ever loved will be forgotten. offers handshake You?’ Just for shits and giggles. I swear I can smell them at this point, and I’m usually just, like, sitting there reading a book or whatever.

¹common phrasing. Sometimes it’s a little less basic

²this has happened with total strangers in my home town, and foreign countries where I’m an obvious tourist.