Oh, you pretty things

I feel like it covers the vast spectrum of emotions I and so many others have had about this magnificent ship for the past few years. I hope it captures (at least in part) Ben and Rey's POVs: the angst, disappointment, hope, grief, and love our favorite characters felt. I think there's something here for everyone and I plan to continue adding to it. So please keep sending me your song recs and maybe a note about why it speaks to you.

So Iger had Adam Driver, Steven Soderbergh, a finished script - good script -about an insanely popular character (insane profit guaranteed) and he chose... green puppet and mediocrity.

I just..

Letting some 80 year old rapist sell off our cherished PUBLIC LANDS is why you should never vote for Republicans.

During his very active presidency, Theodore Roosevelt established approximately 230 million acres of public lands between 1901 and 1909, including 150 national forests, the first 55 federal bird reservation and game preserves, 5 national parks, and the first 18 national monuments.

I wonder if Trump knows Teddy was a republican.

They'll turn me in your arms, lady, into an esk and adder, But hold me fast, and fear me not, I am your husband dear. They'll turn me to a bear sae grim, and then a lion bold, But hold me fast, and fear me not, I am your own true love.

And then, what should have happened is, Rey can finish her story by being able to say, "My parents might have abandoned me, but that doesn't mean I'm worthless." And eventually Kylo Ren can say, "My family might have been powerful, but I don't have to be," and all those other things that they can bounce off of each other as great foils.

It can keep being a good story about accepting past failures and choosing to grow beyond them.

The world is oftentimes such an ugly place, but sometimes it can be so beautiful.

Like, when two choirs, one from Croatia and the other from Zimbabwe, met on the opposite sides of a Lisbon subway station and both sang to each other.

I unfortunately do not know what the Zimbabwe children choir sang to them (although it was so beautiful), but the Croatian klapa Kastav sang 'Kuća puna naroda' (a house full of people).

And let my reward be a house full of people, my life, give me a voice, so I can embrace you with songs.

. 𝓼𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓽 𝓶𝓮𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰