Neko

about me


General

I'm from the UK and hate it here <3

I don't share too much publicly about my job, but I work full-time in a specialist STEM field after graduating in 2025.

Sort-of writer and artist, I don't have time and energy very often.

English is my first language, I'm trying to learn Russian. Currently sub-A1 level, so not currently conversational, but hopefully that will change one day!

All my pronoun preferences (it/he/xe) are pretty much equal, but I rarely get it/xe used -- so if you need to default to one set, either of those would be cool ^_^ I also like they/them occasionally from friends, but never as a default.

I'm AuDHD and physically disabled, both things that I talk about a lot. They both impact my communication with people: autism/ADHD for probably obvious reasons, my physical health because I'm often extremely exhausted.

My response times and general communicative-ness are also affected by my multiple complex mental health conditions. Having said all this, I do love talking to people; I just need patience!

I frequently share stuff about specific political issues, but I don't talk much about socioeconomics because I find most online 'leftist infighting' painfully grandstanding and unproductive. This makes me sound very pretentious, and maybe I am, but I'm not a fan of bad-faith and strawmanned discussions of entire academic fields of study.


Interests


I tend to get narrowly fixated on only listening to one or two artists at a time. Currently, these are: Молчат Дома, Ploho.

80s and 90s post-punk: Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins, The Cure, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, Pixies, Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Darkwave: Bitcevsky Park, Молчат Дома, Ploho.

Indie-rock/indie-pop: Boygenius, Car Seat Headrest, Lucy Dacus, Mitski.

Voca-shoegaze: Nerdneko, Robounoishi, Wintermute.

Videogames are my special interest! The one/s that I fixate on tend to change every two years or so; currently the Hollow Knight duology and the Ace Attorney: Phoenix Wright trilogy. I primarily play games on PC and 3DS, and I also have a Switch Lite. The games I mostly post about are:

Ace Attorney. Completed: AA1, AA2, AA3, (on the 3DS rerelease of the trilogy). I am planning on playing AA4-6 eventually, but because it's not my primary fixation and I don't often have the energy for games, it's not my top priority.

Hollow Knight. Completed: Hollow Knight. Currently playing: Hollow Knight: Silksong. Not avoiding Silksong spoilers because I know it'll take me ages to finish it and I wanted to indulge the fixation; I'm not a skilled gamer at all despite having over 100 hours in HK. I'm currently making slow progress through a modded playthrough when I have the energy (which isn't very often).

The Legend of Zelda. My favourite is Majora's Mask. Completed: OoT(3D), MM(3D), SkSw(HD), BoTW, TotK, EoW. Partially played: LA(HD), MC, TP(HD), WW(HD).

I'm also aiming to play more of Disco Elysium, but again due to time and energy constraints it's been extremely slow. I have a 'legal' copy that I run through Steam's Proton compatibility layer, and it seems to be fine on Linux so far!


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