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hello mantis! i'm still working my way through your works (i've had so little free time for reading) but i've made it through the voice under the skin! i'm enjoying what i'm perceiving to be a through line of reflection on the anticipation of change and role of circumstance in shaping relationships. but maybe i'm just noticing what i want to lol. what do you think are common mantis themes?

hi!! i will say that after that point the themes of the stuff i've written do get a lot less focused and quite a bit more. horny? lol. but i hope you enjoy nonetheless!

i do definitely agree that the anticipation of change (& change in general) are things i think a lot about and therefore write a lot about too. that goes hand in hand with time, which either explicitly or implicitly i feel influences a lot of what i put out there as well!

not totally sure if this is a theme or more of just a general feeling, but personally i'm really big on understated or nontraditional relationships, so i rlly like exploring aspects of that in writing (how does one show affection, respect, etc towards their partner; part of the reason i like 2min so much is i feel like a lot of their dynamic is less overtly "LOOK AT HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS PERSON!" and instead more "i bring you up unprompted. i know your routine. i observe your habits" re: "such emotions don't have to be said to be felt")

i'm a bit curious as to what you mean by the role of circumstance tho bc that one i'm not sure i've consciously thought abt in relation to my writing before! so i'd love to hear ur take :)

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