i can’t express how absolutely important it is that when you make an edgy, brooding, badass character who’s tough as nails and good at fighting and whatever, you HAVE to give them at least one reason to become completely helpless and pathetic. you have a panic attack quota to fulfill.
Fandoms stopped being a fun escape from reality when people started spreading the belief that you should prioritize purity over pleasure and the art you create must be a reflection of your moral standards at all times.
Also ☝️ it’s interesting to me how despite fading more into obscurity the further we get from 1947, the ~ vibe ~ of the Old Hollywood Diva was such an iconic flavor of femininity that she still persists as sort of an echo in certain speech patterns and mannerisms, mainly found in gay people, miss piggy, and this horse
[ID: Rarity from my little pony: friendship is magic. /end ID]
I don’t think a cisgender heterosexual woman who says Dahling 💅 has been born more recently than 1925 but you know who does? This horse. And gay people. For what it’s worth I think the horse is gay too but I digress
i love you mirror versions i love you possession i love you cloning i love you simulacrums i love you shadow selves i love you digital copies of a mind i love you alternate timeline versions i love you tropes that play with identity and what it means to be a certain person
addendums being made for no particular reason:
people who are 100% identical on every level by complete and total coincidence
people who inserted someone else’s memories into their head for the ultimate form of identity fraud
stay earnest, be crazy, study study study, flirt with philosophy, cry at 2am then ace the test, fall in love with sentences, question everything, romanticize gray weather, seek truth like its art, read freud for fun, argue like you’re defending a dissertation, quote camus in casual texts, fear nothing but mediocrity
