Thinking about the Hadestown proshot and Orpheus being introduced wiping down a table with his back to the audience. Hermes has to call out to him again to get him to take his opening bow, and for the show to start, Orpheus has to turn around.

fiction can be really dangerous there might be a deeply tragic woman in there who starts living in your head forever

we have to thank our brave soldiers in fandom who write gen fics. we have to thank our brave soldiers in fandom who write character studies and stories with no focus on romance or sex. we have to get on our knees and thank the brave soldiers in fandom who write about minor characters and friendship and family with no focus on romance or sex. i know it’s hard to care about characters in a world that seems to only revolve around ships but i see you. and i love you

i sometimes think about what would have happened if e2 laurel had been found by the legends instead of team arrow. team arrow said, who are you, to be the mirror of our dead friend and not be like her? you come from the evil world, and you are evil laurel, and we have named you that. why are you not good? and legends would have said: come as you are to us, come learn in your own time. there is no one else you should be but yourself. we will never give up on you. and sara would have said, my laurel is gone, but you do not need to be like her. you can be your own laurel.

The best part of any fandom experience is getting so deep into your love and analysis that your ranting about The Characters is borderline incomprehensible unless you write a 10 page essay. And then you find another fan equally as obsessed on the same wavelength and you just go back and forth with those 10 page essays. Unbeatable. Hey I've got an hour to kill want to hear my rant about how the deliberate way The Character is always framed through other people's pov and never her own is a part of her battle with the metanarrative of the show to retain her privacy? Ok cool here's six screenshots to start and if you ignore the cw logo-

no sorry i dont really use instagram, i can contact you via ouija board, spirit box, fluctuations in temperature, flickering lights, and certain rituals. i am also on tumblr.