don't let the space fascists get u down

People always ask what a story is "about" like there's one answer. but a story is about whatever the reader needed it to be about the day they read it. you write a story about a woman leaving a house and one person reads it as a story about freedom and another reads it as a story about loss and another reads it as a story about their mother and none of them are wrong and you didn't write any of those stories on purpose. the story knows things the writer doesn't. that's not mystical. that's just how meaning works.

teetotailer

I have a suggestion

“reminder that x character did terrible things” spoken not in like a scoldy or judgemental way or that they need to repent for their sins or whatnot. but as in “i love my guy who sucks. why are you taking the sucks out of my guy. that’s literally the best part about them.”

reminder that The Character did an atrocity that was crucial to the story and became the best at narrative value-maxxing by doing that

why would you ever outsource fun to chatgpt? are you stupid? you can make mediocre shit by yourself too.

"You just gotta trust the process", says man working with no plan, no clear idea of what the ultimate outcome should look like, and even less of a clue about whether this is the way to achieve it.

You remind me of the blade.

What blade?

… the blade with the power?

What power?

The power of voodoo!

Who do?

You do!

Do what?

Remind me of the blade…

If there are trees you aren’t alone

I can’t tell if this is supposed to be encouragement or an ominous warning

#that’s entirely up to the trees