It you! Finally a style archetype that you can embody wholeheartedly!
It's more expensive and harder to find. I know it exists, but I'll be darned if I can find it from a shop that is both reputable and reasonably priced.

I guess music strikes me as "club" if it has a very strong beat, not a lot of dynamic range or rhythmic variety, and is longer than I feel the musical hooks can support. The sort of thing that would serve perfectly well to keep people moving on a dance floor but wouldn't necessarily be fun to listen to in any other context. I'm probably being unfair to a lot of fun music that was also designed with clubs in mind but which isn't mediocre.

If you can find some sort of mental trick I would pay you all the money for it. The panic honestly seems to be getting worse as I get older.
I went on the coffee date this morning and the guy was really great, which is problematic, because I was hoping he was awful so I would have an excuse to never see him again. But no! We got along really well! He likes anime and is a competitive fencer! What do I do!

I just think of myself as the hope-ier of the two of us. Not that you're not Hope. You seem more Mind than me. Mind suits you in general.
It's my sign category that I didn't necessarily feel--both of my choices suggested more spontaneity and drive than I think I possess. The moon category was vague enough that I think it could apply to anyone, and I'm happy with my Hope aspect.

There. I am in fact Metal and not Rather Metal Myself.
If you really wanted to send the geek signals, you would go find something.

So if there are interesting things in the rhythms or hooks or harmonies or lyrics that you don't notice, it immediately goes in the club bin. That explains why you don't like all of my music.

Have you tried checking the internet? There are many people who struggle with anxiety and experience similar panic-related problems. I know many of them like to share their experiences on the internet in various forums. They might have coping mechanisms you could try. I personally have used picturing myself falling into an infinitely deep pool of perfectly still water, in near-total darkness. It has worked very well.
Good! It's not problematic! What's his name? What kind of anime does he like? Dad wants to know if he has a job and which types of fencing he does, and if he is willing to cosplay. Are you planning to see each other again? My suggestion is to pounce, because you don't come across an anime-liking competitive fencer very often. Give it your best shot, at the very least.

I agree that Mind is better for me than Hope, but I've forgotten why because I don't remember the description of Hope. Did you try the test again a little while later? I didn't change my answers all that much and I got a different aspect.
You're allowed to pick a sign category that feels better for you. Hussie said so and everything, so it's true. I didn't bother because Aries felt like a pretty good fit, but I would have if I'd started with Pisces. Blegh.

Now that your personal styling is addressed and resolved, though, you can devote all of your time to figuring out what I should be wearing.

Why should I have to work hard to dig out the interesting things? Why can they not be interested at face value and upon first listen?

I often find with the strategies people post online that my mind may be calmed, but the physical ache in my gut (often accompanied by digestive upset! for fun!) that comes with panic doesn't go away. I usually have to heavily distract myself to get rid of that. But you're right, there are probably strategies out there that would work better for me.
His name is Cameron. He likes... popular-ish anime? He name-dropped Boku no Hero Academia. He's a nurse and he does saber fencing. No idea if he would be willing to cosplay. We talked about meeting up again when I return in January but no concrete plans.

I thought very hard about all my answers, though, so I remember what I said, so any choice I made would have to be consciously defying or in line with my original opinion. Would not be an independent sample.
I'm pretty okay with True Aquarius, if only because I like the idea of being a True something. Maybe I'll browse the others later. Did you browse the others for your moon category + aspect?

Okay. Find geeky things that don't seem tacky to you and wear them.

For me, they do. If you have to work hard, it's not worth it. You don't have to like the same things I like.

Use one of the mind calming things plus a pepto-bismal? Your stomach can be reached by more conventional means.
Ask him if he likes Fist of the North Star. It's the only anime that matters. Would it be appropriate to strike up a text-only conversation in the meanwhile?

I also thought about them, but the second time those answers didn't feel quite right anymore. I am therefore a separate person at separate time points.
So you really identify with Eridan now? Awesome. I haven't browsed much because the huge wall of signs is intimidating and I'm busy staining stuff.

I feel so uncomfortable not liking the same things you like. It feels a bit as if we were originally one person who was split into two by nefarious means, and now every difference we accrue will make it more difficult to rejoin us into one entity. Will Maressa (Anara?) never again see the light of day?

It's not a stomach thing! It's the aching gut heaviness of dread, you know? The digestive upset is just a side effect.
He recognized FotNS when I mentioned it, but I don't think he's seen it. The idea of maintaining a text conversation over most of a month sounds exhausting and anxiety-inducing.

Hmm. Perhaps I shall take it again in a few days. Let myself fully transform into a new version of myself. We shall see.
I think the reviews to The World Hates Pathetic Losers tell us that I have always been on Eridan's wavelength. He is me. I am him. Except no, not at all, because that would be terrible. I think you might end up liking some of the other sign categories if you look at them, so they're worth a browse. I might switch mine after further thought.
Remind me of which two characters you got when you took your own Homestuck quiz all those years ago?

Why do we need to rejoin as a single entity? Didn't Riker's transporter shenanigan clone end up living a full and productive life as his own version of himself? After escaping the doomed planet or whatever, I mean.
I prefer Anara to Maressa.

Yes, but you can directly affect the gut to cancel out the dread. Meanwhile, you deal with the mental dread. It's all mind games and tums.
Well, nobody's perfect. I maintain a nearly-constant text-based conversation with Jared. It's not nearly as difficult as talking in real life.

Should I make Dad take the test?
That's true. You make a very convincing Eridan, no matter how terrible that might be. Are you saying you've browsed them? Do you have suggestions? Would you like me to suggest one for you? It can be fun to compare what you think you're like to how other people see you.
I got Karkat or John and then Rose, I think. Or maybe Terezi? But I distinctly recall wondering why I got Rose when I don't identify with her very much. Two of those four. Probably Karkat and Rose. I think Jared got Terezi. What did you get?

I have reviewed the sign categories and I am prepared to share my observations. In order to not influence your opinions, I will allow you to share first. I wrote mine down so they won't be changed.

Are you lonely? Do you need me to talk to you? I will talk to you.

I keep buying people more gifts because I'm worried that what I already have for them isn't enough. Enough for what, you ask? I have no idea. But I keep buying.

You got a package from RightStuf yesterday. I wanted to put it in your room, but I can't go in there, so it's taking up space on the table instead.

The Star Wars fandom on tumblr is a madhouse right now. Everyone is very angry. People who didn't like the movie are angry at Rian Johnson; people who did like the movie are angry at the people who didn't like it; the Reylo shippers are mostly triumphant but also angry that other people aren't regarding their ship as 100% canon now; the Hux fangirls are angry that Hux was not sufficiently badass; the Rey/Finn and Finn/Poe shippers are both angry at the lack of screentime; Luke fans are angry that he thought about killing Tiny Ben Solo. Oh, wait, the Rey/Poe shippers who have crawled out of the woodwork are weirdly gratified by their 10 seconds of interaction and don't seem to be angry at anyone.

Eh. American Ultra is free for Prime, so I watched that. Then there's fanfic. Eh.

I have purchased many gifts as well. None are outdone by your birthday gift. It is perfection.

I am confused? Not sure what I bought that would be fulfilled by RightStuf. Maybe it's a secret present.

Sounds like enough material for at least a letter in the Midwest American Journal of Fanfiction and Fanworks. Maybe they can rush you through reviews. I wonder if your interpretation of the Hux fans is accurate, however; most of them I know think he's slimy and somewhat pathetic.
It's absurd how angry everyone always gets about Star Wars. It makes me want to watch Stargate and chill.

Fine then. You don't have to respond. Was American Ultra any good?

It's possible that the package is a secret present? Either way, it waits for you. On the table. Obnoxiously. Are you sure you didn't just forget you had bought anime for yourself? You buy yourself anime very often.

Some of the Hux fans seemed at peace with his patheticism, and were delighted that he got force-choked. Others were weirdly angry that he was "turned into comic relief", like they thought he was a Very Serious Character before now.
What's weird about the whole fandom's anger is how entrenched everyone is. They saw the movie three days ago and are now willing to fight to the death over the stupidest things--although a lot of them have seen it multiple times already, and talk as though that this gives them the authority to tell everyone else how Wrong they are. Even reading it makes me tired. I will join you watching Stargate and chilling.