THE ALL CAPS THREAD

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HELLO! I'M GLAD YOU'RE BACK! I'VE BEEN FEELING A BIT UNSETTLED LATELY, TO BE HONEST.

^UNSETTELLED ABOUT WHAT, MISS KURAUDO?

^OH, ABOUT HOW MY EMOTIONS ARE EITHER NEUTRAL OR GO TO EXTREMES.

^WHAT ARE THEY BEING AFFECTED BY? WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL THIS WAY?

I'VE BEEN LIKE THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. WHEN I FEEL SOMETHING TO MY CORE, EVEN IF THE SITUATION IS ENTIRELY MUNDANE, THE FEELING IS OFTEN INTENSE. OTHERWISE, I "FEEL" EMPTY, AS IF I AM HOLLOW. I THINK SOME REPRESSED TRAUMA MIGHT PARTIALLY BE THE CAUSE, ALONG WITH HOW MY UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE EXPERIENCES AFFECTED ME.

[NOW IMAGINE ME SHOUTING ALL OF THIS. I RARELY IF EVER RAISE MY VOICE, MUCH LESS SHOUT, AND MY VOICE IS SOFT, MONOTONE [UNLESS I'M SUPER HAPPY], AND I HAVE WEIRD SPEECH PATTERNS.

^ I GET LIKE THIS, TOO, SOMETIMES. WHAT KIND OF REPRESSED TRAUMA ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

^SHALL I PM YOU?

FOR SOME REASON THIS THREAD REMINDS ME OF THE 'SHOUT' ABILITY IN SKYRIM, WHEREIN YOU CAN LITERALLY BLOW YOUR OPPONENTS AWAY FROM YOU.

^YOU CAN PM ME IF YOU WANT.

UM, I DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT SKYRIM, SO...

THE ONLY 'SHOUT' I'M FAMILIAR WITH RIGHT NOW IS THIS SONG:

I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT SKYRIM, EITHER. I'VE ONLY EVER WATCHED MY COUSIN [WHO, BY THE WAY, IS YOUNGER THAN ME...] PLAY IT.

^ WHY ARE LITTLE KIDS SO INTO M-RATED STUFF THESE DAYS?

^WELL, HE'S NOT EXACTLY LITTLE. HE'S GOING INTO UNIVERSITY SOON, ALTHOUGH HE WAS ABOUT TWELVE OR THIRTEEN WHEN HE STARTED PLAYING IT. [I THINK.]

^WELL, ANYWAY, YOU CAN SEND ME PMS IF YOU'D LIKE ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS.

FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM SOME OTHER ASPIES, IT'S NOT ALL THAT UNCOMMON FOR US TO HAVE VERY STRONG FEELINGS AND OTHERWISE FEELING LITTLE OTHER THAN A LOW LEVEL OF CONTENTMENT. THERE CAN BE SEVERAL REASONS FOR THAT, LIKE ALEXITHYMIA (MAYBE MILD ALEXITHYMIA IF SOMEONE RECOGNIZE THEIR OWN STRONG EMOTIONS BUT NOT THE SUBTLE ONES?), OR POOR EMOTIONAL REGULATION (MORE EXTREME ENDS).

THAT'S NOTHING NEW. MY GENERATION WAS THE SAME, IT WAS JUST THE MEDIA THAT WAS DIFFERENT (MORE LIKELY MOVIES THAN GAMES).

HEY, BUZZ!! YOU'RE FLYING!!

THIS ISN'T FLYING! THIS FALLING. . . WITH STYLE!!

I GOT DRAGON QUEST VIII [3DS] and FIRE EMBLEM ECHOES YESTERDAY. I MIGHT PLAY DRAGON QUEST IX AGAIN SOME DAY, TOO. IF ONLY IT HAD MORE THAN ONE SAVE FILE!

^ IS IT FUN? I STILL DON'T HAVE DRAGON QUEST VIII THE CURSED KING. IT'S HIGH ON MY TO GET LIST SINCE I'VE REALLY ENJOYED DRAGON QUEST IV, V, VI, VII AND IX (AS WELL AS DRAGON QUEST MONSTER JOKER 1 AND 2; LOOKING FORWARD TO THE THIRD ONE).