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Welcome to Paracosm! She is my creative outlet and an attempt at managing my constant overanlyzation of existence. I started coding in the summer of 2025 and am learning as I go so everything is in progress. If you're ever confused, click the snail!
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Dictionary
paracosm \per-o-'koz-m\
1. (n.) a website created as a collection of thoughts, memories, and dreams
2. (n.) a detailed, prolonged imaginary world originating in childhood including characters, geography, and history that the creator has a complex and deeply felt relationship with
ex. Pandora (Cameron), Gondal (Brontë et al), the Forgotten Realms (Greenwood), Narnia (Lewis)
Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
a comprehensive psychoanalytic theory that identifies a series of eight stages that a healthy developing individual should pass through from infancy to late adulthood which influence the results of succeeding stages
Site Map
Full site map located in Update Log
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Home
Hope / Will / Purpose / Competence / Fidelity / Love / Care / Wisdom
Our House
Lounge / Kitchen / Dining Room / Bedroom / Office / Brother's Room / Backyard
Other
Snail's Guide
How do I navigate Paracosm?
There are two main sections of Paracosm- the "Stages" and the "Rooms". "Stages" is based off of periods of my life and my goals for periods of life going forward. "Rooms", accessed by clicking the house graphic above, is categorizing information on my interests and hobbies currently. To try to find specific content, check out the detailed Site Map in "Update Log". As a general rule, things that rotate when hovered over are buttons.
What is the snail's guide for?
There will be a snail's guide on each page to help navigate interactables on each page.
What interactables are there on this page?
Click the house to access the other half of this website. Hover the picture frame to see a mini "About Me" section. Click the map to access to see a mini Site Map. Click the dictionary to access a mini explanation section. Click the phone to access an interactable phone. Each widget on the phone is interactable on click.
Why a snail's guide?
This is the indie web. We have a lot of neurodivergent people here.
Why a snail?
I have had pet snails for years! Snails are one of my favorite animals, and have come to be a symbol for me.
Who is this snail?
The snail pictured with this snail guide is Confetti. He has passed, but was a very chaotic ivory mystery snail with a particular bond to Fish, a blue mystery snail.
About the Curator
Name: Em
Age: 17
Pronouns: She/Any
Archetypes: INTP, 1w2, Leo, Child of Aphrodite, Slytherin, The King
Studying: Neuropsychology, Historical and Poitical Science, Literature
Location: My local history museum, Appalachian forests, Coffee Shops, Waiting Rooms, mossy_socks's Twitch chat
Hobbies: Reading, Gaming, Junk Journaling, Collecting Trinkets, Writing Essays, Thrifting, Dungeon Mastering, Internet Deep Diving, Attending Renaissance Fairs, Ranting, Aquascaping
