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Why would an author bother calling attention to an unimportant detail? Theres only so much space in a book, when there's so much story to be told. Why would they single out a detail like that, when its clear that it should just be a background detail, something glanced over and not thought of.

Authors are not stupid, and theyre rarely pretentious. These details have meaning because they are fixated upon.

Why would Katherine Paterson write a whole chapter in Bridge to Terabithia about a family remodelling a living room? Because the golden room is the family's fresh start. They're starting over fresh, its a new day, a new world for them. The room isnt the focus, the characters are.

Why would F Scott Fitzgerald call attention to the green light across the bay in The Great Gatsby? Who cares about some dumb light illuminating the bay? Because its not about the light. Its symbolism. Gatsby sees a beacon every night, something that drives him forward, a goal that he so desperately wants to attain, visible, but just out of reach.

My parents are one of the most well read people I know, they're teachers/professors. They fall for conspiracy and propaganda All.The.Time. Because they grew up in another, much older, generation (and country) where they were heavily controlled from the childhood and taught that: Authorities don't lie! Believe your government! Tv says only the truth, newspapers say only the truth! It was almost cult-ish. And it was so heavily beaten into them that they basically have no opportunity to recover now that they're elderly.

Another example. A younger woman, a linguist (a language teacher? Not sure how it's called right in English). Very intelligent family all in all, very well educated herself. Was traumatized and shaken deeply by a loss of a family member. Now believes in flat earth, aliens among us and is antivaxx. Feel like reading classic literature didn't save her from media brainrot and psychological trauma.

So many little crumbs lately 😅

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Are they trolling or teasing at this point ?

He was the only one that had this memory of her exactly like this. So he must have been the one to describe her to Jadis. ❤️

Now the same picture is being used for her French ComicCon appearance with royal return purple 💜

On Resurrection Sunday!

based on a convo I just had with a friend, I was curious

BOOM! I’M BACK! for now anyway 

This is for weshallflyaway because she got my muse to come out and play\o/\o/