must a fictional relationship be “healthy” or “functional”? is it not enough to simply watch two made up people destroy each other, hand in unlovable hand???
It's so funny how I got into anthropology in college, frequently talking about the importance of storytelling in culture and how it shapes who we are... and yet it took until my mid-30s to realize that I was allowed to tell stories.
We live in a culture that devalues and commodifies folk culture. So please: tell stories badly, sing off-key, paint something awful.
We need to bring creativity back to being focused on people, connection, community.
Not just something to consume and demand.
rb to give your mutuals a silly little paper valentine card and a red heart shaped lollipop 💖
homosexual ship so devastatingly and agonizingly gay you need a stronger word than the f slur to call them.
pearl :D
internet's been real messy
we all probably need a break so have this cat
This is the magic lucky word count. Reblog for creativity juice. It might even work, who knows.
REBLOG: go to your blog and click the egg to see what hatches
“So let me get this straight. We’re here to rescue a princess.”
“That’s right.”
“At the request of a princess.”
“Right again.”
“And you, who will be leading the expedition, are also a princess.”
“You’re very perceptive.”
“How big is your royal family, again?“
“We don’t have one.”
“But–“
“We overthrew our monarchy centuries ago, but we kept most of the titles around. The rank of ‘princess’ is held by the directors in charge of various civil service branches.“
“Huh. And the princess we’re rescuing today is in charge of…?”
“Public sanitation.”
“The Lord of Death’s Dominion kidnapped your public sanitation director?”
“We think he’s a little confused.”
can they stop
*touches ground* something happened here