dykes in armour

the red wedding in asoiaf, the trojan horse in the odyssey, the backstabbing leading to the bloody baptism in the nibelungenlied, even oppenheimer and his atom bomb…. all stories about how the violent breaking of a certain social norm or law of warfare breaks the whole world apart on the psychic plane to reveal the blood roiling underneath. but this can easily be levied into a conservative, great-man, one single man or choice can decide our destinies sort of idea, even with good intentions…. what’s crucial in these stories is not that That specific event is the original sin of the world from which all other sins emerge, but that it is only a (uniquely remarkable) byproduct of the *existing* systems of that world, which reward and feed off blood! that there is no Good society to return to, no law of warfare that would make war acceptable

it’s simple: when I like an adaptation, everyone complaining about changes to the text is a whiny baby who needs to get over themselves and accept that sometimes you have to change the story to enrich the experience/work within the medium. when I don’t like an adaptation, it’s because nobody else understands the core themes of the original work and would be better off just creating a story independent of what they’re trying to adapt.

if you're not playing mermaids with me then i have to assume you're playing mermaids against me

having a headache while hydrated is so unfair. you were supposed to protect me.