my only star;

By searching around, people have found this forum post from 2007:

aries: “I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.”

taurus: “There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”

gemini: “Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.”

cancer: “If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”

leo: “Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.”

virgo: “I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”

libra: “Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.”

scorpio: “I put my heart and soul into my work, and I have lost my mind in the process.”

sagittarius: “I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”

capricorn: “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”

aquarius: “Art is to console those who are broken by life.”

However, the ranger has the following information about the beast:

It has black claws.

It has a red coat.

It has 10-pointed yellow horns.

It hunts children for fun.

It jealously guards the resources of the forest.

It doesn’t look like an animal.

It is cruel.

It is bad.

The ranger looks at the king and notices that:

The king wears black gloves.

He wears a red cape.

He wears a gold crown with points.

Further, through the story we understand:¥

He has beaten up a fairly small child.

Her job description is to guard the resources on the king’s behalf.

The beast can take a unexpected form.

It is monstrous (beastly) to ask your employee to execute a child.

Her boss is the real bad guy!!

She replies “I will (kill the beast)” and fires the arrow. We don’t see who she is firing at, but it is implied that she has realized that the king is the beast.

The creator has framed the reveal so that the reader and the ranger come to the same conclusion at the same time. They have deliberately chosen to leave the ending ambiguous - they are not showing the result of the choice. This creates tension. It also means that readers who didn’t get the reveal might be confused and try again, experiencing understanding and satisfaction when they trip the mechanism. Readers like the feelings they get from activating a reveal. Creators like it when people pay attention (the closer the better) to their work.

girl and guy were sitting on the same chair with the guy behind her only he was hugging her waist and fast asleep on her shoulder while she was working on her computer

saw this couple across the street from me waiting for the bus. the guy did the thing where he pretends to look for something in his bag and pulls out a finger heart instead

in the hallway i watched this girl run up to her bf and he gives her the biggest hug and goes “see told you you’d kill your presentation” then kisses her forehead

girl sitting next to me in the library has been grinding on an assignment all day (like i’d have been in the library from 10-3 with breaks in between for classes but she’d been sitting there the whole time) and her boyfriend would come in every few hours, put down food or coffee on her table, kiss the top of her head, and walk away without a word

in one of my smaller classes (probably around 30 people) this guy’s phone rang and he sprung up and left the class to answer it. usually profs don’t care if you leave class but this one is really small and he knows all of our names/faces, so when the guy comes back in the prof asks if everything was ok. he has the biggest grin on his face and says “yeah, sorry that was my girlfriend. her flight took off right before it started snowing so i was worried. she’s okay tho.”