As much as I love escapist fiction, I choose reality.

I've always loved escapist fiction. For as long as I can remember, I've immersed myself in grandiose series to distract from my every day life. It makes sense, having had my parents divorce when myself and my sibling were very young. Anywhere seemed better than where I was. My teacher's in middle school had to confiscate my Lord of the Rings book, and upon getting back after school, I went home to paint miniatures of all my favorite characters, staging games on a table top with hand made scenery with my neighbors and younger sibling. During that time, I also was deep into Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Series, and remember getting new editions of the paperbacks after school at the used bookstore nearby. I have always been eager to step out of the reality I was in, in search of new adventures and experiences to distract from my current ones. Currently, my other world has been the time hopping realms of the Outlander series, and I've been enjoying reading the books and watching the show…