๐ Why We Share This Story ๐
When it began, The Burdens of Heirs was a giftโsomething written for one another. A quiet offering. A piece of our love and devotion, turned ink. We started writing at the very beginning of our relationship, and this story became our testament.
But now, it is much more than that.
This story is a cultural shift.
It strips away the Christianized lens through which so many view paganism, and restores vitality, honor, and humanity to those who were rewritten.
We are retiring the tired image of pagans as only โVikingsโโbecause that was never the whole truth.
What most know of Norse culture was recorded by Christian men, centuries after the fact. Our society clung to those records and twisted them into a spectacle of blood and violence.
This story is an expression of love in its fullnessโfree from boundaries, expectations, and labels. A chance to return honor to the stories of sapphic and achillean loveโnot as side plots, not as shameful secrets, but as epics in their own right.
We are retiring the need to simplify people into boxes just to make them more comfortable for others to consume.
โธธ Queer romantics who loved The Last Kingdom and cried alone
โธธ Poets and literary readers who underlined Madeline Miller and want more
โธธ Sapphic witches whoโve never seen themselves in a dynasty
โธธ Trauma survivors who hide grief in elegance
โธธ Lovers of tragedyโnot happy endings
โธธ Queer kids of color who saw nothing of themselves in media
โธธ Those who were told family is blood, but bled and got nothing back
โธธ The ones with mothers who gave them duty, not love and fathers who gave them legacy, not safety. And lovers who could never love them in daylight
And if you see yourself in any of these words, then perhaps, itโs for you too.
Anais & Alexis - The Burdens of Heirs
