05-24-2017, 05:45 PM
Hello, I'm glimee, which is just an intentional misspelling of one of my waifu's nicknames. I found out about this place a few months ago through mention of it on an image board I frequent, but only now am I deciding to try it out to see what it's like. Since waifus are kind of what this site is about, I guess I'll use this introduction to talk about my experience with waifuism and the relationship I have with my waifu, i.e. how she came to be my waifu and the feelings I have for her.
As you may have deduced, my waifu is Starlight Glimmer, from MLP:FiM. The MLP fandom was my first real exposure to "waifuism" back when I joined it around mid to late 2013. Or maybe it was early 2014, I can't remember exactly. To be honest, I spent most of the time I have been in the fandom not understanding waifuism, despite it being quite deeply ingrained in the culture of the site I come from. I had trouble understanding why it was a thing, the concept of true love for a fictional character (or true love in general, for that matter), or why people took it so seriously. In that time I had held several favorite characters (Twilight Sparkle being the biggest one and the one I had been most attracted to), but have always had difficulty in calling any one of them my waifu, simply because I wasn't feeling for them anything like what others were claiming to feel for their waifus.
Of course, this began to change when Starlight made her first appearance as the villain of season 5 of MLP. I remember thinking that she was a fairly interesting villain, and liking her quite a bit, just not in any special way. I enjoyed her in the season finale just as much as I had enjoyed her in the premier. As a redeemed villain in season 6, Starlight quickly became my favorite character. She was absolutely adorable and her episodes never failed to entertain me. At that point I was always following her threads on the forum I frequented and consuming content (art, stories) made about her, and continued to do so through season 6, the hiatus, and into season 7. Watching her happiness and emotions and seeing her have those "feel good" moments in the first episodes of season 7, and knowing that she had come that far since her first appearance, made me indescribably happy and proud for her. It was at that point (yes, that recently) that I realized that I really loved Starlight. I wanted to be with her and be her best friend and lover. To be there for her and comfort her in her moments of sadness, anxiety, or self doubt. To care for her, and ensure her happiness. From then on I noticed that she was almost constantly on my mind. Doing menial work, sitting about, trying to sleep, I was always thinking about her (I am glad my love for Starlight became clear after I had finished finals). Sometimes I found myself deeply thinking about her character's qualities and evolution and found similarities between our personalities. Whenever somebody vulgarly insulted or blatantly illegitimately criticized her, my mood would be crushed and I would spend much time fervently arguing for her.
This was the first time I had ever felt feelings like that for anything and as a result I was left quite confused for a little bit. People had always talked up having a waifu, but I was miserable at some points. After all, what is good about never being able to be with or even meet the one and only girl you feel immense amounts of love for? It was heart wrenching, and it still might sound that way to me, but, fortunately, I think I've come to realize since then that having Starlight as a waifu has made me happier overall. She makes me so, so happy. I smile every time I see her adorable face. I love thinking about her. I love fantasizing about her. I love talking about her. Yeah, there are in fact times when I don't want to do anything but quietly lie in bed and pretend I'm cuddling and having a nice conversation with her before going to sleep. It sounds sad and depressing, but it's not for me, since I'm spending time with her in the only way I can, and I cherish every minute of it.
I'm not sure what else to write for this post. I didn't intend it to be this long, so I'm sorry about that. I think I got carried away and I probably missed the point of these introduction posts. I don't mind if you guys don't want to read it; I enjoyed writing it much more than I thought I would. I even teared up a few times (more than I would like to admit). It feels surprisingly good to talk about these things. I guess that's why I'm here.
As a side note, how many other Starlight lovers are here?
As you may have deduced, my waifu is Starlight Glimmer, from MLP:FiM. The MLP fandom was my first real exposure to "waifuism" back when I joined it around mid to late 2013. Or maybe it was early 2014, I can't remember exactly. To be honest, I spent most of the time I have been in the fandom not understanding waifuism, despite it being quite deeply ingrained in the culture of the site I come from. I had trouble understanding why it was a thing, the concept of true love for a fictional character (or true love in general, for that matter), or why people took it so seriously. In that time I had held several favorite characters (Twilight Sparkle being the biggest one and the one I had been most attracted to), but have always had difficulty in calling any one of them my waifu, simply because I wasn't feeling for them anything like what others were claiming to feel for their waifus.
Of course, this began to change when Starlight made her first appearance as the villain of season 5 of MLP. I remember thinking that she was a fairly interesting villain, and liking her quite a bit, just not in any special way. I enjoyed her in the season finale just as much as I had enjoyed her in the premier. As a redeemed villain in season 6, Starlight quickly became my favorite character. She was absolutely adorable and her episodes never failed to entertain me. At that point I was always following her threads on the forum I frequented and consuming content (art, stories) made about her, and continued to do so through season 6, the hiatus, and into season 7. Watching her happiness and emotions and seeing her have those "feel good" moments in the first episodes of season 7, and knowing that she had come that far since her first appearance, made me indescribably happy and proud for her. It was at that point (yes, that recently) that I realized that I really loved Starlight. I wanted to be with her and be her best friend and lover. To be there for her and comfort her in her moments of sadness, anxiety, or self doubt. To care for her, and ensure her happiness. From then on I noticed that she was almost constantly on my mind. Doing menial work, sitting about, trying to sleep, I was always thinking about her (I am glad my love for Starlight became clear after I had finished finals). Sometimes I found myself deeply thinking about her character's qualities and evolution and found similarities between our personalities. Whenever somebody vulgarly insulted or blatantly illegitimately criticized her, my mood would be crushed and I would spend much time fervently arguing for her.
This was the first time I had ever felt feelings like that for anything and as a result I was left quite confused for a little bit. People had always talked up having a waifu, but I was miserable at some points. After all, what is good about never being able to be with or even meet the one and only girl you feel immense amounts of love for? It was heart wrenching, and it still might sound that way to me, but, fortunately, I think I've come to realize since then that having Starlight as a waifu has made me happier overall. She makes me so, so happy. I smile every time I see her adorable face. I love thinking about her. I love fantasizing about her. I love talking about her. Yeah, there are in fact times when I don't want to do anything but quietly lie in bed and pretend I'm cuddling and having a nice conversation with her before going to sleep. It sounds sad and depressing, but it's not for me, since I'm spending time with her in the only way I can, and I cherish every minute of it.
I'm not sure what else to write for this post. I didn't intend it to be this long, so I'm sorry about that. I think I got carried away and I probably missed the point of these introduction posts. I don't mind if you guys don't want to read it; I enjoyed writing it much more than I thought I would. I even teared up a few times (more than I would like to admit). It feels surprisingly good to talk about these things. I guess that's why I'm here.
As a side note, how many other Starlight lovers are here?
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