ad astra per áspera ✨

and it somehow extra works because seo ri doesn’t instantly become the adoring girlfriend. she’s wary af still so when he does some romantic shit she’s not automatically swooning. she’s similarly going “what am i doing falling for this guy” but can’t help herself, either. so then there they both are, pissed off at themselves and each other for feeling the way they do, and it brings them closer together every time.

But suppose the problem is not that simple. First, pulling the lever will most certainly kill the man but it will not guarantee the survival of Earth. In fact, the chance Earth will be saved is slim, and many of those 8 billion will die in the process. You are the trolley operator. Do you pull the lever?

It still isn’t that simple. The man tied to the other track isn’t tied down at all, in fact he does not know he is part of the dilemma. You will have to tie him down yourself. You are the trolley operator. Do you pull the lever?

But wait, there’s something you are forgetting. The man you must tie down and murder is your second in command, your best friend, your platonic soulmate. You love him. You know he will refuse to be the sacrifice. You watch as he begs and pleads for another way, betrayal in his eyes. He writhes as you give the command to sedate him, and prepare to tie him to the tracks. He goes limp, and you do not cry. He will hate you for the rest of his short life, and you will deserve it. Even so, you know you are doing the right thing.

i asked my resident Nebraskan friend to share their thoughts on Corn Demons (copied and pasted so it’s accessible)

“Yeah corn entities are huge. There’s debate on whether or not it’s aliens or spirits and in my opinion i think both are true.

Because I say it often but people have gotten lost in corn fields when it seems like it would be easy to just pick a direction and move straight until you find an edge, the reason it can be so disorienting can be because of fear, yes fear of being lost but also the fear people can pick up as a result of the energy around them.

I had friends who detasseled in the summer where it’s just a bus of kids that get driven around to different farmers fields and they go into the field, take off the corn tassel and drop it on the ground. They get told everyday to stay in your rows, move quickly, and don’t fuck around in the corn. And detasseling is an annoying job. corn flies, husk cuts, early early mornings and hot hot sun make it a job that pays really well, but people would quit almost everyday just because for reasons they couldn’t always explain, they didn’t feel safe in the fields.

Also depending on where you go the entities in the corn are different, smaller farms (usually sweet corn farms) are hit or miss. Because as long as you respect the fields and the entities in the field know you mean no harm, you’re usually fine. But the bigger feed farms where it’s all profit and no care really for the land, those are where you get the crazy hussle and bussle of entities that Want You Out Now.