You might be curious as to why this site even exists (or not) so here's my long ass ramble about it
Just like pretty much everyone else who runs their own personal website, I created this site as a way of escaping from the horrors of mainstream social media and the corporate web. I've always looked to the internet as a form of escapism. I didn't have the greatest childhood and connecting with my peers was never exactly easy. People were always quick to judge and treat me differently purely because I didn't fit into their definition of "normal", and I could never really find anyone that I could see as genuine friend of mine. That's why early on, I gravitated towards the internet as a means of connecting with people and expressing myself. I grew up with unsupervised internet access exploring pretty much every corner of the web that was available to me. As much as I've always loved being on the internet, it of course has had its negative affect on me in numerous ways. I've still found myself struggling to connect with others even online, because they honestly aren't any less judgemental than they are offline. Social media has always found a reason to punish me, whether that was for enjoying my interests too much, having the wrong interests, being autistic in the wrong way, being queer in the wrong way, being mentally ill in the wrong way, simply just being any of those things to begin with, being too passionate about my views, the list goes on. I've pretty much never been able to find a space where I didn't still fear being judged or attacked simply for being me. That's why the idea of making my own personal website appealled to me, because I don't have to please anyone here. I can have a space all to myself where I can say and do whatever I want without any shitty algorithms or fear of people raising their pitchforks at me. I can even customize it however I want to be a true representation of who I am. To me, that's the greatest form of self-expression.
I'm not a professional coder by any means. It's something I picked up purely for fun because I love having my own little pages online that I can do whatever the fuck I want with. This site also exists purely for my own enjoyment. I learned a bit of HTML/CSS from messing around with custom profile themes on Tumblr, and then eventually from making tons of "about me" pages on Bundlrs since Carrd was boring and exhausting for me to use, and I didn't like how little I was able to do with Rentry (that metadata shit they added as a method of customization makes no sense to me). I like customizing things and making them my own. Now I'm using all my knowledge and combining it to make this silly little website. I do use templates for a lot of things since I don't have enough knowledge to code things completely from scratch all by myself, but I'll keep learning as much I can, even if everything here is virtually useless to other people. As long as I'm having fun, that's all that really matters to me.
This site has been around since September 2024 and I intend to keep it up for as long as possible. At least for as long as Neocities or other free web-hosting services still exist. I had 2 previous attempts at making websites before this one but they both immediately went down the drain because I had basically no knowledge on how to make them look how I wanted. I was also too embarrassed to really express myself on them at the time, since I was still worried about being seen as "cringe" and being harassed for my identity or viewpoints, but I don't really care about that anymore. I'd rather be "cringe", "weird", and "too woke" than betray what I stand for to make myself palatable to people that don't give a shit about me. So just to clarify, this is a safe spot for anyone that isn't a genuine creep or a bigot, or just an asshole in general. I believe in doing and being whatever you want forever as long as you don't harm yourself or others.
Although this site is really only for myself, I want to make sure it's at the very least accessible for others to enjoy if they want to, so I'm working on making the majority of pages mobile compatible. I might also work on a theme switcher or font switcher but I'm not sure how to code those yet.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
why is your name chimerathing
I needed to come up with some sort of username that I felt actually represented me so I kinda just pulled that one out of my ass. Chimeras are one of my kintypes and i feel especially connected to them due to Falin Touden and Kasane Teto being two of many characters that I'm sourced from. I'm also just nonhuman in general and enjoy calling myself a "thing" due to that. Combine the two words and you get chimerathing!! Crazy I know.,, unfortunately i sometimes have to add a Y at the end and make it chimerathingY because the name is taken by a bara furry artist on some sites
why is everything teto themed
Teto is my favorite vocal synth character ever i'm her #1 fan. I was obsessed with her as a kid and my love for her was reignited back in 2024 after coming across Machine Love by JamieP and she has since then infiltrated every nook and cranny of my brain. I'm also a fictive of her as I mentioned above and so I project onto her and make her my entire personality just like my other sources that I'm the most attached to (which you'll see themeing of sprinkled across the site as well)