through the meadows

Still peak comedy…

[Also: We were robbed…]

One day a scientist hands you a poptart and says "eat this". You say "is it full of some kind of fucked up interdimensional poison". The scientist says "eat it or that security guard will tase you and tie you down and make you eat it". You eat the poptart. It is not full of fucked up interdimensional poison, but it is kind of stale. You describe the taste to the scientist and he shrugs and writes something down and you go back to your shitty cell.

it's short for "relationshipper," those fans who wanted them to become a couple

so while the concept of shipping is ancient lol, using the word ship as a verb is a direct result of this shippiest of ships, this ur-ship if you will

maybe they’re too sick to move. maybe they’re injured and broken. maybe they’re dying.

And it never sit right with me because the situations were different but I couldn't put it into words. Now? Now I have the words.

Despair was murdered and there weren't any other options for her. Morpheus killed himself. There were several different options for him, including fucking retiring. That WAS an option. Instead he chose death, which yes I AM still fucking bitter about. He did not have to call on Death and take her hand. Especially since the show SHOWED MULTIPLE TIMES THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO DIE!!!!

Despair had no choices. Morpheus HAD choices but the narrative ignored those choices in an attempt to be a tragedy. Morpheus should have lived on, even if it was as a human.

It's been almost a year and I'm still pissed about this. Not because I don't like tragedies (though I typically don't) but because the show provided so much HOPE and then deliberately spit in our faces. The comics are much more dire about it. There IS no hope there. What's more, there is no evidence that Morpheus DOESN'T want what he's set in motion. The show is different. It's a FAILED tragedy and it makes me so mad. "You just don't like tragedies." No, I don't but I also fucking loathe something failing to be a tragedy. And it DID fail. Morpheus did not want to fucking die in the show. There were other options. And I swear if someone tries to say that that makes it "even more tragic" I am stabbing you with my mind. No, it doesn't. Giving your audience and your MAIN CHARACTER false hope isn't "even more tragic", it's bad fucking writing. They wanted to have their cake and eat it too and the cake is rotten and infested with maggots and I hope they fucking choke on it.