Halloween Confessions: Finding Connection in the Shadows

## A Different Kind of Ghost Story

Hello, I'm Vampiro — though you can call me Sebastian if that's easier to remember.

I downloaded Lettie on a whim during a late October night, not expecting much. I've always been that person who feels more alive when the leaves turn orange and the air gets crisp. There's something about Halloween season that makes everything feel a bit more magical, a bit more real.

## Who Haunts These Letters?

The basics: I'm 24, caught somewhere between alternative fashion aesthetics and cozy tea ceremonies. People often tell me I look like I walked out of a gothic novel, and honestly? I'll take that as a compliment.

What fills my nights:
- Music: I play saxophone and guitar, usually melancholic tunes that sound better after midnight
- Visual stories: Obsessed with webtoons and comics — the darker and more atmospheric, the better
- Creating: Whether it's baking pastries that look too pretty to eat or reading tarot cards by candlelight
- Tea rituals: There's an art to brewing the perfect cup, and I'm still learning

## The Halloween Pumpkin Metaphor

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

That's kind of what finding genuine friendship feels like.

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

That's where Lettie comes in.

## Why Letters Instead of Likes

I've tried the usual apps. You know the ones — swipe left, swipe right, judge in three seconds based on a photo and a bio that says "I like traveling and good vibes."

But here's the thing: my vibes aren't always conventionally "good." They're:
- Playing saxophone at 2 AM because that's when inspiration strikes
- Getting genuinely excited about a new tarot spread
- Spending hours discussing why a particular webtoon panel hits differently
- Sharing the perfect tea pairing for a rainy autumn evening

These aren't things you capture in a carefully curated Instagram photo. They're things you discover through conversation. Through letters. Through time.

## What I'm Looking For This Halloween

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

Creative spirits 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 in tarot and tea leaves

Patient friends who understand that real connection takes more than five minutes. More than five messages. Maybe five letters, slowly exchanged, gradually revealing who we really are.

## The Beauty of Slow Reveals

Lettie doesn't let you exchange contact info until after 5 letters. At first, I thought that was restrictive.

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 to be anything other than yourself. The messy, scooped-out pumpkin parts and all.

## This Halloween's Invitation

So here's my Halloween confession: I'm lonely in the way that crowded rooms make worse. I'm surrounded by people, but finding genuine connection feels like searching for ghosts.

Maybe you feel the same way?

If you do, let's haunt each other's inboxes (in the best way possible).

### Tell me about:
- The last song that made you feel something real
- Your favorite webtoon or comic and why it matters
- What you're creating (or want to create)
- Your comfort beverage and the story behind it
- The aesthetic that makes you feel most yourself

### I'll share:
- My current music obsessions and why they sound better at night
- The tarot spread I'm working on
- My latest baking experiment (successes and beautiful failures)
- The 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 could practice being more ourselves?

What if we stopped performing and started connecting?

What if the scariest thing wasn't ghosts or goblins, but the vulnerability of showing someone who we really are — and having them accept 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 — saxophone player, tea brewer, tarot reader, comic enthusiast, person who feels most alive when the year is dying.

And I'm hoping you'll show up too.

Not the polished, filtered version. The real one. The one with niche interests and midnight thoughts and a longing for connection that goes deeper than small talk.

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

Let's exchange letters that matter, not just messages that fade.

Let's be the kind of friends who understand that sometimes the best conversations happen:
- After midnight
- Over tea instead of alcohol
- About art instead of weather
- Between people who finally feel seen

## The First Letter Awaits

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

I'm here.

Probably drinking tea. Possibly 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 darkness and discover they've been looking for the same thing all along:

Genuine connection. Real friendship. Someone who understands.

The pumpkins are carved. The candles are lit. The first page is blank.

*What story shall we write together?*

— Vampiro (Sebastian)

🎃 Finding friends who appreciate the beautiful darkness

🕯️ One letter at a time

🌙 This Halloween and beyond

P.S. — If you write to me, don't worry about being "too much." My favorite people always are. And so am I.