A Deep Sympathy Modified by Revulsion

every forest is enchanted btw. stop being stupid and look with your eyes

scrolling through a ship's ao3 tag like a world weary detective scanning through hundreds of hours of CCTV footage in search of clues that just aren't there

What if we were two horrid little beasts in a medieval illuminated manuscript

I feel like when I say ‘relatable’ what I really mean is ‘resonant.’ I don’t want characters who I feel are like me, I want characters who have emotions so strong I can feel them through the page.

I think this is important because a lot of us forget the power of stories to make us feel things about characters who are not like us, who have experienced things that we never will. The purpose of listening to someone else's story should not necessarily be identification, but understanding.

I imagine rocky puts grace's amnesia problems down as a "probably normal for humans, they forget stuff all the time" thing for a while and it doesn't set in until maybe a year into the erid trip that, no, losing straight up All of your memories for several months is just about as concerning and unusual for a human as it would be for an eridian. and his immediate reaction is twofold: 1. "you. you were that brain-unhealthy for the entire time we were working together and you just. barely ever mentioned it? Why. Question." 2. [sudden recollection of every time he got short of temper and said something bitchy like "lazy human not know how own ship function" or "how grace forget location of basic controls question"] [curls up on the floor in embarrassment] "should have said something so I not spend two months making fun of brain injuryyy"

oh my god it hurts

and it's going to hurt forever

sometimes looking in your tumblr activity can provide a fun little mystery called "who dug that up"

Not book smart or street smart but a secret third thing.

supid

supid.