Just a Trickster of the Jinxing variety

Forgive. Forgive. Forgive.

Disappearance of the author: Treating the context and circumstances of the work’s authorship as entirely irrelevant with respect to its interpretation, as though the work had popped into existence fully formed just moments ago.

Taxidermy of the author: Working backwards from a particular interpretation of the work to draw conclusions about what the context and circumstances of its authorship must have been.

Undeath of the author: Holding the author personally responsible for every possible reading of their work, even ones they could not reasonably have anticipated at the time of its authorship.

Frankenstein’s Monster of the author: Drawing conclusions about authorial intent based on elements that are present only in subsequent adaptations by other authors.

Overwritten; left unsaid

Part of my Wings of Pages collection

right at the beginning:

and then, lup meeting terezi:

and finally, right at the end, having had a whole year to investigate: