The Void

oh no, you don’t! you haven’t filled out the appropriate forms! you need better credentials. first fill out the following*:

do you admit–publicly, loudly, and continually–that you do not: 

✔ condone  ✔  accept   ✔  understand

any of the villain’s immoral behavior, and that you do not:

✔  enjoy  ✔  tolerate  ✔  see any value whatsoever in 

reading about actions that deviate from Current Puritan Norms, regardless of their merits as devices of narrative tension, character believability, and explorations of morality and empathy in a literary work?

X __________________

*you may waive signing this form if you can answer yes to the following question:

do you like the villain because you’re coping with a traumatic experience? if so, please describe your experience in as much detail as possible and publish the form for public viewing.

Oh yea? Well guess what bro

Cool, so you want natural fiber costumes with no/nuanced corset slander, people wearing colors, historical hairstyles, people wearing hats or headcoverings and long sleeves outside during the day, no potatoes or pumpkins in pre-columbian Europe, actors with textured skin and wrinkles, minimal makeup, consulting HEMA groups and weapons scholars for all the weapons and fight scenes, a good soundtrack that includes traditional instruments?

torture getting reliable information out of people

knocking someone out to harmlessly incapacitate them for like an hour

jumping into water from staggering heights and surviving the fall completely intact

calling the police to deescalate a situation

rafting your way off a desert island

correctly profiling total strangers based on vibes

effectively operating every computer by typing and nothing else

ripping an IV out of your arm without consequences

> innervate scales to detect touch & therefore early detection to predators

> realize the scales around the mouth help scrape algae off rocks better

> develop specialized rough teeth around the mouth to do so even better

> develop jaw

> lose armored plates

> move to land

> “it’s hot out, I want a cold sweet treat”

> bite down

> ah

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