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INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE 2.02 "Do You Know What It Means to Be Loved by Death" | 3.02 "Toledo"

More examples of the WORST mansplaining here.

"Not now!!"

idea from dmthinkr on twitter

I think she hated us. I think—I think when you love a version of a person that isn't real, it makes you hate the version of them that exists in the real. Their truth. We said "flower doll" not because that's how we say you, but because it's what we knew she saw you as. An eternity to have all of your complexity, all of your possibility, all of your dreams folded into an idyllic paradise where you would be punished for the most minor infraction. Where you had to supplicate yourself and pray to have a child? Our immoral lives given to us, and in exchange, we gave up the ability to have freedom, to make our own families, our own lives, our own cities, our own stories. Everything was hers. What is that other than hate dressed in flowers, sparkling light, blossoming vines, wrapped like garlands around the body of a being that loathed what we might be without her? It feels awful to hear, but I think you're right.

well the thing is that's an extremely reasonable concern

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And there are also Romualdo and Fantaghiro becoming enemies to lovers while Fantaghiro stays true to herself and doesn't lose her edge nor her masculine personality. She isn't pressed into a role or tradition. She tried once with giving up her sword and fighting. And I admire her for that she fought literally without a sword for the longest time in order to rescue damsel in distress Romualdo. She's brave and bold. More than that. She's always smiling and full of love and life. Warmth. It's beautiful.