Raven talks nerd love 🤓💘

Getting the final things ready for both DragonCon (and getting everything easy for my sister to care for my mom while I’m away) is very chaotic, so just a short newsletter today

The DragonCon (Sept 3-6) schedule is in the previous newsletter, or you can find it online here:

#Ravenlife — Just a short discussion of nerdy love

I was watching the first episode of Lanterns with my partner Trent (who you all know by now from the pathetic-non-fight-at-the-dog-park story 🙄)

As the show kicks in, Hal Jordan is explaining that in the Green Lantern Corps, Earth is located in Space Sector…

“2814!” Trent says, before Hal can. He tells me to pause the show (he never does this) and says, apologetically, “I knew that. I’m such a big nerd.”

He was, in that moment, honestly a bit embarrassed. All I could do was hug him and explain that his nerd-factor was one of the things I loved best about him.

Cut to later in the episode. The (fantastic!) sheriff is talking about identifying aliens and she says something about “Where are the antennas?”

“Antennae!” I correct her, a beat before before Hal does. Because you see, I might not be the deeply knowledgeable comics nerd, but I’ve read a good deal more science fiction than the average bear, and also I’m a Comparative Literature major, so I care about words and their correct plurals. And, through books, I’ve met my fair share of aliens 👽🛸

Once Hal corrected the sheriff, I turned to Trent, now myself embarrassed. “I’m not sure which of us is the bigger nerd,” I confessed to him.

This is all to say, find a partner who is as much of a geek, nerd, or other weirdo as you are. (Or, if aro, find some similar friends! Or, if poly, collect them! 😉) It’s vitally important to have someone who can meet you on that level, just as important as religion/ethics or sexuality or if you want to have kids together.

On that note, I’m gonna go finish packing and get my nerdy ass to DragonCon. Pictures and video coming up in the next newsletter! 🍽️

ASK ME ANYTHING

From feedback I’ve gotten, many of you really love the stories I’ve been telling you of my life, the things that formed this Raven into the weirdo she is today. At Hellmouth, a few of you came up to the table to say how much you’d been enjoying reading those, and it absolutely made my con 🥰

So I’m putting out the request for more questions for me to answer in upcoming newsletters. Ask me literally anything—you (and I!) never know what the question will lead to me sharing. Like the question about me writing gay male sex scenes turned into a whole exploration of my own gender experiences that I wasn’t even planning to write 😂

Just hit “reply” and drop the question in the email, or if you prefer, message me over on Instagram or Threads. Or hell, even Facebook, if you must 😉

See you in two weeks with the stories from DragonCon, and until then, be good or be good at it! 😘

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