mind palace

You can find the code for both of these skins, as well as an improved dark mode version over here on github.

the thing about media literacy is that understanding why the author chose to specify that the curtains are blue is the same skill set as understanding that the way the author characterizes all black characters as angry or all chinese characters as meek and silent is racist. it is the same skill set as being able to identify when a news source is biased or when someone is feeding you propaganda. the ability to ask "why did this person choose to present this premise in this specific way?" is a critical skill in a world full of misinformation. why are the curtains blue? maybe it's a characterization detail. maybe it's extraneous worldbuilding. why is this character written as being right all the time? maybe you're intended to disagree with them. maybe it doesn't matter. maybe you should still ask why.

reading other comments on the fic you’ve just commented on is like. asynchronous book club meeting 🫶

(perverse, predatory, manipulative voice) Hello 

(emerges 3 hours later covered in blood) i figured out what emotion i was feeling

big fan of when a character is dead and the narrative frames them in a very angelic, soft, gentle manner but then it turns out not only are they still alive (plot twist) but theyre alive in the most gruesome and horrific way. your loving kind mentor who motivates you to fight in their memory came back wrong and theres blood and dirt under their fingernails from clawing they way out of the grave.

Take my hand Let’s lower the birth rate together

ALSO. It destroys trees. You want the Ents to ask where all the water went? Come the fuck on.