What's your current hyper fixation ?

[Cirice]

I'll go first !

Since June I've been getting obsessed with incense and the idea for burning them for meditation. The smoke is so soothing to look at, and I love aromatherapy in all forms.
I've also had to refrain myself many times from buying way more than I need - I've allowed myself to get a set in August if I'm still interested (seems like I'll be )

What about you, what makes you happy at the moment ? Do you mind sharing a bit about it ?

 

[xSuperMario64x]

omggg I was literally thinking of making a thread exactly like this recently! being neurodivergent/autistic I like sharing my hyperfixations, mostly because I know that being so deeply focused on one or two things can seem kinda strange to those who don't experience hyperfixations. It really is a fun time hehe

for the last week or so I've had three different hyperfixations:
1. Super Mario: wow, who woulda guessed this has been a special interest of mine since at least 2010/11 so my interest in the series never diminishes significantly, but sometimes it gets really intense and I end up talking and reading about it all the time. It's kind of a funny call-back to my childhood, most notably 2011-13, when I would spend hours just glancing through random pages and articles on the Super Mario Wiki. within the series I've been mostly fixating on my favorite things, like the rock boys, but I've really just been looking into all kinds of stuff from all different games and other points of interest.
It's also worth noting that when Super Mario Bros Wonder was announced last month, I was excited for it but not quite hyped for it. however this hyperfixation has now led me to become much more interested in it and I'm getting more and more hyped every day! I even went as far as to change my avatar to a snippet of the group art from the game, because I really like the little green wiggler who is clinging to Luigi hehehe
2. Drawing: my interest in drawing comes and goes, sometimes I'll go a few weeks without drawing anything and sometimes I'll work on a few things in the span of a month. But I'm kinda on a drawing kick right now, where I'm just overflowing with ideas and I find myself spending a lot more time drawing than I normally would. My most recent piece is one I spent an estimated 18-20 hours on total!! that's really crazy for me, someone who has a practically non-existent attention span even with things that I really want to do haha.
to combine this with the last point, I have some plans to make a bunch of smaller pieces of Super Mario fan art, featuring characters like the postman shy guy (a la Catch You Letter), my fan character Dex (a snifit hehe), a stone tox box, and Rex from SMW!
3. The music of Bruce Hornsby: this has actually lowkey been going on since about May, when I remade my CD with all of my favorite songs from his albums The Way It Is and Scenes from the Southside (as well as one from A Night on the Town). Funny thing is, though, that in hindsight there's not nearly enough space on an 80-minute CD to fit all the music of his that I love. Lately I've been really delving into his solo albums, and I also find myself really digging A Night on the Town way more than I did before, oddly enough.
To me there's something enchanting about his music. It's mostly his amazing piano skill that does it for me, but I also love how the music combines piano + synth, the lyrics serve to tell a story, and the chord progressions and instrumentation are masterful. I'm particularly infatuated with his album Harbor Lights right now, I first listened to it about a week ago and I'm just smitten with every single song on there lol. I could really go on and on about this, but I'll leave it saying that he's definitely my favorite musician of all time hehe


edit: accidentally sent too early whoops
edit again: added more hehe hyperfixation is real

 

[Cirice]

when I would spend hours just glancing through random pages and articles on the Super Mario Wiki

Wow I used to do that too around 2013 !! This wiki is the holy grail. I especially loved looking at the Princesses galleries - and still like to glance over a few times a year to see the new pictures that are found across vintage medias ! As my previous sentence might show, I love the Mario princesses so when I saw that Daisy was playable in Mario Wonder I almost screamed in front of my screen. Didn't expect that at all !
I didn't know who Rex was, TIL ! This is going to make a cute drawing!

 

[RemMomori]

Ohhhh! a chance to ramble! I always end up fixating on obscure things so I don't get to talk about them very often! Let's gooo! This post ended up being a wall of text since when I type up one thing I think of something else I want to mention and the post just got longer and longer!

Star Communicator:
Its a Japanese only gba game made by Konami where you can raise one of 5 pets but it also connected to the Mobile Adapter GB which was an adapted that connect the gba to a mobile phone and could be used to connect to the internet. The five characters you can raise are Piyo, Kokichi, Lollo, Cook, and Kojiro, there is another character that enters your spaceship to rob you called Booltal. Here is a pic of them all.

The story is basically that the player is working for this company called the Star Communication Company and they need to raise a Stacomi for them. The very first pet I had was Cook and I was SO attached to him! They start out as the slimes shown on the bottom of the pic and grow into the adults on the top but Cook took 100 in-game days to grow up! They can grow up in 3 days but I didn't know how to play so it took me a long time. There are 4 minigames you play to earn money that is used to buy food and items for your pet. I wanted to get Cook a job thinking that we could both make money together but getting your pet a job is as good as giving them away since the company takes your pet away and the credits play. I was NOT expecting that and was so sad that I didn't play the game for a week. I got back into the game though and have raised over 20 pets now.

The game takes place in a spaceship where you raise the pet in a small room and can watch them do things. They react to items and talk to you via email about how they feel and how you are raising them. Sometimes items will fly by the window of the ship and you can use a claw to grab them by pressing A on the item. Sometimes there are random events with the alien known as Booltal where they can steal your money, hit them with a fan to not have your money stolen. This event changes when your pet is super happy though as Booltal will give you a random item or food instead! Even I don't fully understand why this change happens as the character of Booltal is said to be a thug that steals money but no place in the game seems to mention them giving items.

I learned how to play though trial and error since there is no info about this game and all the info you can find out there was made by me. I made a chart with most of the items in the game and what they do. You see, for Stacomi to grow up you need to raise the three Mind, Body, and Skill stats with the items so I made a chart with what stat each item raises. I also found out how to dump the text from the game and I have a tumblr blog dedicated to this game.

I have found ways of playing this game since I don't have a gba but this game has been consuming my life (and my money lol) for nearly a year now. I bought an actual copy of the game and a ds to play it on (the orignal ds model with the gba slot), There is also a comic made about the characters that I had imported from japan since I saw it for sale one day and just had to buy it since it's rare. I draw the characters alot and think about this game almost every day. I even made it my pfp on some sites (including this one!)

 

[Croconaw]

My current hyperfixations are Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and hockey, in that order. I am also playing a Pokémon Crystal mod, but only casually. It’s not taking over my life or anything, lol.

 

[Midoriya]

Current hyperfixation is Honkai: Star Rail. Can't stop playing it.

 

[Kitsuragi]

disco elysium, has been for like a solid 8 months. i dont think its going away at this point LOL

 

[-Raven-]

Oh god I think I’m too tired to go into detail, and I’m not sure about these being “hyperfixations” but they’re close enough. I’ll try my best in my current tired state.

Drawing. I understand the world through drawing. Whenever I love something, I always want to reinterpret it in drawing, remix it and so on. Maybe someday 3D sculpting can even join the fray, I’ve had a crack at it and painted over some very rudimentary models, though the interface is quite irritating to learn.

Speaking of reinterpretation, general philosophy. It’s a pretty broad subjects but I spent countless nights turning ideas around every way I could in my head, writing and musing to myself, etc.

And speaking of things I love it’s kind of embarassing to admit but I checked and yes, American Psycho is still one of my motivations for drawing. God help me. Lmao. Animal Crossing is there now too. I should get back to drawing Skylanders at some point.

Some other interests include birds and general anatomy. If anything, I’m underrating my interest in anatomy here. However it’s taken a backseat as I draw simpler stuff, and I don’t like that. I really ought to get back on it. It’s a hard subject! I like challenging stuff. At least when I can relate it to an existing motivation.

 

[oath2order]

Listening to AI do Ariana Grande songs.

 

[Beanz]

honestly, it’s pikmin right now. y’all can probably tell by my non-stop posts about it recently until 1 + 2 came out i had only known the storyline of pikmin 3, and i used to HATE that game because when i was younger that’s all my brother wanted to play with me (bingo battle mode)

i’m trying to work myself up to pikmin 4 (i haven’t played it yet) i just finished 1 yesterday and today i started with 2, im loving it so far but i don’t think im going to play 3 since i already know what happens. so basically growing up i was a pikmin hater but now i have turned into a deranged, obsessed pikmin lover.

 

[Mimi Cheems]

To be honest.. lately it's been Tokyo Revengers, Honkai: Star Rail, and Pokemon (specifically White for the DS).

I have an unhealthy hyperfixation on Mikey from Tokyo Revengers; I spent a ton of money on Mikey merch at a convention over the weekend. I just love him so much. I even got a tattoo of him last week while on vacation. Like, I enjoy watching edits of him on Tiktok or Instagram, etc. And I took the plunge and got him tattooed on me impulsively. I haven't even been a fan of the series for a full year, LOL. But I think it was a good decision, since it wasn't me tattooing anyone's name on me or anything.

Aside from these 3 hyperfixations.. to name a few recent ones; Sanrio, Demon Slayer (Mitsuri stan, for the win..), and cosplaying.

 

[Seastar]

I have a bit of trouble telling the difference between my hyperfixations and special interests but it seems recently (as in the past week or so) my interest has been switching between Kirby (because I got Return to Dream Land Deluxe), Pokemon Cafe Remix, 2 Pokemon fansites, and Flight Rising.
I guess also Splatoon? I haven't been opening any of the games though so that's a bit more complicated to explain.

 

[Biyaya]

My current fixation is on dinosaurs! I downed a slim textbook about them and a well-photographed and researched book that documents ancient dragon art beside modern renderings of known dinosaurs for comparison. It’s uncanny how precise in detail they can get. I’m especially happy that it went great lengths to verify authenticity of the ancient art. I really want to get a book that has the dragon legends of old in them next. I know they are highly embellished, but it’ll be nice to get personally acquainted with the stories.

I think my favorite dinosaur is the ankylosaurus. They are one of those “help; I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” animals when they get tipped over, yet they look so boss with their armored body!

Spoiler: Look at those osteoderms!

a well preserved nodosaur

 

[kiwikenobi]

Old Marvel comics, especially Spider-Man. I went my whole life not reading comic books, then after I saw Spider-Man: No Way Home, I became curious about where the various characters originally came from, specifically Doctor Octopus, so I went back and started reading the oldest Spider-Man comics chronologically from the 60's, and I've been powering through those and a bunch of other old Marvel comics from that era. Since I never looked at it all before in my life, it's been this vast treasure trove of new things for me to discover for almost a whole year now, and I'm not even close to done and may never be.

 

[ali.di.magix]

My current hyperfixations are:

Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: its pretty rare that I'll play a game for hours on end, but yeah I'm hooked. There's so many things to search for and enjoy!

Mythbusters: this is the second time I've hyperfixated on this, recently got back into it!

Science videos in general: I think all I've been watching on YouTube for the past 2 months is science videos (VSauce, Kurtzagart, etc.)

 

[Cirice]

New hyperfixation is the Japanese shampoo line by Diane, due in particular to their shampoo bottle I want to collect them all but I need to be careful because:
1. This is useless. One does not need 6 brand new shampoos at once.
2. Skincare / beauty product is a dangerous hobby of mine where I'll invest a lot in and then struggle to even wash my face on a daily basis.
3. This is a consumable. One does not collect freaking shampoo.

But look at those bottles ! It looks like retro glass bottles of cosmetics !

Considering I can't get them out of my head (it's been 4 days that I've been thinking day and night about it, not exaggerating) I bought a little travel-sized version of their shampoo - which also has the pretty bottle design, but miniature. Even more CUTE !
That way I'll test to see if I like the smell (berries) and the effect it has on my hair. I hope I'll like it. I'll force myself to like it. If my brain decides the smell is awful, I will gaslight it to think it smells good. /j

 

[Kitsuragi]

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that light pink one looks delicious

 

[Xara]

i’m always happy to have an opportunity to talk about this! i tend to get fixated on the same thing/s for several months (sometimes years), and these are a few of my main current hyperfixations

barbie: i would promise that i’ll finally shut up about barbie soon, but i‘d be lying if i did LOL. barbie has been on my mind ever since i found out it was in production last year, and my obsession love for it has only gotten bigger since it came out. i haven’t talked about barbie on here in as much depth as i would like to beyond “it’s the best movie ever and i adore it so much”, not just because i don’t want to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t seen it yet and is planning to, but also because my love and appreciation for it is so great that when i do finally talk about it in depth (which i guess would be right now lol), i want what i say to be as intricate as it can be, because to me, barbie is so much more than just a movie that i watched and loved. i had no idea what i was walking into when i saw it opening night because other than the trailer, teasers, and any pics and cast reveals i saw, i wanted to go into it as blind as i could. i was expecting a fun, silly, but also heartwarming and beautiful movie, and that is exactly what i got and more. i’ve talked about this in other threads, but it’d be an understatement to say that the past few years have been so gutting for me personally. i won’t go into depth about that, but right now i’m in a place where i am really struggling with all that has changed for me and within me. my life is so unrecognizable, and i have been struggling so much with the fact that my life will never again be what it was, and that i’m growing up. i yearn for the past so badly and for everything to be like it was again, and while barbie didn’t change that, it gave some of the feelings i’ve been having a voice and represented change, the struggle with it, and how even the most painful changes can be beautiful eventually in a way that healed a part of me. i haven’t felt as at ease as i did in that theatre watching barbie for the first time in so long, and i never thought anything would make me feel that way again. seeing it in theatres (and on opening night) was a big part of the magic and healing for me— everyone showed up wearing pink or some sort of nice outfit, and sitting in that theatre with strangers, laughing at the funny parts with them and watching silently with them during the more serious ones is an experience that meant so much to me. the energy in that theatre is unlike anything i’ve experienced before, and it was so cathartic for me. one of my most favourite experiences yet, and i am so grateful that i got to have it

but beyond that, barbie has just generally become my favourite movie of all time! the casting was absolutely incredible (margot robbie my beloved , it was so nice to see her alongside emma mackey), the narration added to the story so nicely, the aesthetic was better than anything i could’ve imagined etc! i loved the fact that the dialogue and the sets replicated in a way what playing with barbies was actually like— the fake water, the fake mirror, the shower that doesn’t have water come out of it, there not being any real food or drinks, barbie’s refrigerator having stickers of food inside etc. i also loved the inclusion of real barbies like pregnant midge, growing up skipper, etc— i actually had the video camera barbie when i was younger, and seeing her on the big screen was so fun! there was never a dull moment, and it is the only movie i’ve ever watched that i never wanted to end. barbie could have been 10 hours long and i would’ve been happy.

all of the thoughts, experiences, and observations that i’ve heard and seen from others have been so beautiful and important, and i am grateful for the discussions that barbie has brought about. i still don’t have the brain power to contribute to them much, but getting to share and experience barbie with so many people has just been… wow. “i’m just ken” plays in my mind pretty much 24/7 and i would have all the barbie merch in the world if i could (i’m deadass wearing a barbie shirt rn), and i am diving head first into my love for this movie. it’s even brought my love for the animated barbie movies back, and i am so tempted to binge them all

i’m gonna shut up about it here since i honestly didn’t mean to ramble this much LOL, but i genuinely cannot recommend seeing this movie enough. i know i‘m very biased hehe, but even if it isn’t your cup of tea or it doesn’t look like something you’d usually enjoy, i still recommend at least trying to watch it once. it is so much more than just a pink, camp movie about dolls, it is about the painful beauty of existence and womanhood and growing up and humanity and everything wrong with society and things that still need to change and it is so, so important. i can’t recommend it enough :’)

the last of us: okay i promise i’ll do my best not to ramble too much about this one since i’ve already practically written an essay lmao, but i’ve been on the last of us train for about 6 months now! i first got into it when i was going through a really difficult time back in march, and it honestly got me through it. my fixation is more-so on the show adaptation than the games, but i love both so much. father/daughter relationships are so important and precious to me, and the relationship between joel and ellie both warms and guts me at the same time. the progression of their relationship in the first game is so special to me— seeing this grieving, emotionally distant, angry, violent man become a father of sorts again after everything he’d been through and done is so , and watching it bring him back to life and make him softer is just so!!!!!!! and ellie : ( seeing her gain a parental figure who loves her and would do anything for her—like damn humanity just to save her— unlike any other adult who has been in her life is so good. the switch from them barely being able to tolerate each other to doing whatever they can to save each other, joel letting ellie tell him puns and even starting to tell her some back, calling her “kiddo” and “baby girl”, reading books about space so that he can talk about it with her, taking her to a museum for her 15th birthday and letting her experience what going to space would be like in a way, the drawings she did of him, the photo of them he has in his house : ((((( the second game ruins my life so bad and i honestly just pretend it doesn’t exist (joel is alive and well in my head idc), but the parallels between joel/ellie and abby/lev are also so , and seeing how much ellie and tommy change after joel dies ruins my entire life. ellie’s biggest fear of ending up alone comes true, and she loses the only family she’s ever had it makes me so unwell, why can’t i be fixated on something happy for once!!!

collectibles: okay i won’t write a wall of text about this one i swear!!! i’ve been into collectibles for a couple of years, but i’ve really been into them as of late; i’ve been into creating lineups specifically!! i’ve always had fun with trying to design lineups, but the new space camp collectibles have inspired me so much, and the “design a lineup” contest that oblivia hosted a couple of weeks ago amplified my obsession with lineup design even more! it’s very fun trying to design lineups for myself, but it’s even more fun trying to design them for other people and getting to play around with collectibles and timestamps that i don’t have! i deadass have a google doc with all of my collectibles in order and all of my lineup ideas, and i am constantly in there trying to come up with more

it’s been where a lot of my creative energy has been going lately, and it’s honestly been very comforting these past couple of weeks as i’ve been sick a low energy way for me to be creative, i love it!

 

[nightglow]

This month, Moths. Moths are my hyperfixation right now for some unknown reason. I mean they are beautiful.
Also, beetles a little bit.

This month, Enamel pins. I can't stop looking at all of the thousands people have created. Some are beautiful, others cute, others funny or just really creative. But I like seeing what other people make in general anyway.
(Aren't these collectibles irl?)

This summer and now fall, I've been playing ACNH alot lately. I got my cliff and river finally done. Just going really slow with it. Nl was easier to plop things down and it still looks right, and I do miss that, but ACNH has the ability for cool lookouts and I'm making one for the whole back of my island.

This year, growing veggies.

 

[Seastar]

I guess right now it's Neopets, lol.
I joined a fan site and looked through my old Neopets plushies. Well, the ones I could find, anyway. I'm not sure where some of them are in this house.
Right before that it was this other game I joined called Pixel Cat's End.
These have both distracted me from the fact I was supposed to be playing Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, haha.