Manderlay

I think there are many of us floating around in #ourbubbles 🫧 here, perhaps clustering sometimes, looking at each other curiously from a safe distance and exchanging polite likes, asks or comments, but never merging or popping the bubbles to truly meet.

And, quite frankly, it can be scary to bridge that distance, even in the rare cases when we do want to do it to maybe make a friend. How is it even done? What if we do it and fail? (I too don’t talk to my mutuals, though I learned the hard way that they’re best kept behind a wall. Mostly I don’t want to, sometimes I’m a coward.)

It’s all terribly confusing, but beautiful, in a sad sort of way, I think 🌙

Also, all that reminded me of the song ”Girl in the bubble” from the second Wicked movie. ”She’s the girl in the bubble. The bright shiny bubble. Blissfully floating above. […] Isn’t it high time for her bubble to pop?” 🥲🫧

🫧hello dearest!🫧

you're absolutely right! Especially on tumblr I think it's so easy to have this fantasy of community while, at the same time, we're all somewhat lonely. (Then again, I've heard people have discord servers, so maybe the bubble princesses are just outliers?)

Maybe it's a comfort, being with people while not having to actually reach out? In this case, I think that maybe popping the bubble would be a good idea? (But you're also very right, the distance is sometimes the better idea... but yes, sometimes it's also cowardice...)

I do think it's a little different than the bubble we can find ourselves in in public, that vague, polite distance. But, I agree that it's a bubble in its own right, and, as you said, confusing and beautiful. A little bittersweet... maybe a good deal of shyness, too? alas!

When you blogged about #yourbubble i was "glad" not to be the only one.

I know I'm courteous, well mannered but there is always a sort of glass screen between me and the others, i'm uncapable to dig further (and sometimes i am not interested).

It's partially my education (my parents) fault, but there is something more i can't really put my finger on.

Good luck with your girl, i bet she was really charmed by you ;D

Hi love!

That made me really happy to read, thank you so much for sharing. I'm glad that it resonated, it's such a weird feeling - especially the inability to connect AND the dissinterest sometimes?? I struggle to word that, but you put it so well and I really resonated with that, too.

🫧 look at us floating along!