Halloween Confessions: Finding Connections in the Dark

A Different Kind of Ghost Story

Hello, I'm Vampiro — or Sebastian if that's easier to remember.

Late one October night, I downloaded Lettie without much expectation. I've always felt more alive when the leaves turn orange and the air gets crisp. During Halloween season, everything feels a bit more magical, a bit more true.

Who's Hiding Behind This Letter?

The basics: 24, living somewhere between alternative fashion aesthetics and cozy tea rituals. People often say I look like I walked out of a gothic novel and honestly? I take that as a compliment.

What fills my nights:

• Music: I play saxophone and guitar, mostly melancholic pieces that sound better after midnight
• Visual stories: Obsessed with webtoons and manga — the darker and more atmospheric, the better
• Creative pursuits: Baking pastries too pretty to eat or reading tarot cards by candlelight
• Tea rituals: There's an art to brewing the perfect cup of tea, and I'm still learning

The Pumpkin Carving Metaphor

You know how people carve pumpkins on Halloween? They scoop out all the messy stuff inside, create something that glows from within, and put it out for everyone to see.

Finding real friendship is kind of like that.

We spend so much time showing our carved exterior — the glowing, Instagram-worthy parts. But what about the messy scooped-out insides? The interests that seem "too niche," the music that's "too weird," the hobbies that make people raise eyebrows?

That's where Lettie comes in.

Why I Chose Letters Over Likes

I've tried the usual apps. You know the ones — swipe left, swipe right, judge someone in 3 seconds based on photos and a bio that says "I love travel and good vibes."

The problem is, my vibes aren't always conventionally "good." My vibes are:

• Playing saxophone at 2 AM when inspiration strikes
• Getting genuinely excited about a new tarot spread
• Discussing for hours why a certain webtoon scene hit different
• Sharing the perfect tea pairing for a rainy autumn evening

These things can't be captured in carefully curated Instagram photos. They're discovered through conversation. Through letters. Through time.

What I'm Looking for This Halloween

Genuine souls — people who understand that alternative doesn't mean unapproachable. That gothic aesthetics and warm hearts aren't mutually exclusive.

Creative spirits — people who get excited about:

• Music that makes you feel something (even if it's melancholy)
• Stories told through panels and frames
• The alchemy of baking and brewing
• The mystery of tarot and tea leaves

Patient friends — people who understand that real connection takes longer than 5 minutes. Longer than 5 messages. Maybe 5 letters, exchanged slowly, revealing gradually who we are.

The Beauty of Slow Reveal

Lettie doesn't allow contact exchange until after 5 letters. At first, I thought it was limiting.

Now I realize it's liberating.

No pressure to respond instantly. No anxiety about being "left on read." Just two people, taking their time, choosing their words carefully.

No photos dominating the conversation. Just thoughts, interests, dreams, fears — all the things that actually matter when you're trying to find someone who gets you.

No rush. No pressure to be something other than yourself. Messy scooped-out pumpkin insides and all.

This Halloween's Invitation

So here's my Halloween confession: I'm lonely in the way that gets worse in crowded rooms. Surrounded by people, yet finding real connection feels like searching for ghosts.

Do you ever feel that way too?

If so, want to haunt each other's inboxes (in the good way)?

Tell me about:

• The last song that made you actually feel something
• Your favorite webtoon or manga and why it matters
• Something you're creating (or want to create)
• Your comfort beverage and the story behind it
• The aesthetic that makes you feel most like yourself

I'll share:

• My current musical obsession that sounds better at night
• The tarot spread I'm working on
• My recent baking experiments (successes and beautiful failures)
• A tea blend that matches your personality
• Stories from the alternative fashion scene

Beyond the Costume

Halloween is the one night we're encouraged to be someone else. But what if through these letters, we practice being more ourselves?

Stop performing and start connecting?

What if the scariest thing isn't ghosts or goblins, but the vulnerability of showing someone who we really are — and them accepting it?

Waiting in the Shadows

This Halloween, I'm not dressing up as someone else.

I'm showing up as Vampiro, as Sebastian, as whoever I am in between — the saxophone player, tea brewer, tarot reader, manga lover, person who feels most alive when the sun goes down.

And I hope you show up too.

Not the polished, filtered version. The real you. With the niche interests and midnight thoughts and the yearning for connection deeper than small talk.

Let's make this Halloween about finding real friendships, not collecting followers.

Exchanging letters that matter, not messages that disappear.

Being the kind of friends who understand that sometimes the best conversations happen:

• After midnight
• Over tea instead of drinks
• About art instead of weather
• Between people who finally feel seen

Your First Letter Awaits

So if you're reading this on a crisp October evening, feeling like maybe somewhere out there is someone who'd appreciate your weird interests and midnight thoughts...

I'm here.

Probably drinking tea. Maybe practicing saxophone. Definitely ready to exchange letters with someone who gets it.

This Halloween, let's create a different kind of ghost story — one where two souls find each other through words in the dark, and discover they've been looking for the same thing all along:

Real connection. Genuine friendship. Someone who understands.

The pumpkin's carved. The candle's lit. The first page is blank.

What story shall we write together?

— Vampiro (Sebastian)

🎃 Seeking friends who appreciate the beauty in darkness

🕯️ One letter at a time

🌙 This Halloween and beyond

P.S. — If you write to me, don't worry about being "too much." The people I like best always are. So am I.