if you ever wonder whether your ao3 comments make a difference know that i frequently go back and read old comments on my fics to get a dose of happy rainbow sunshine
i'm such a big fan of laios using being well fed as proof that he's serious. like there's so many techbros & etc who will use not eating breakfast as proof that they're productive & just in general, the idea of being "too busy to eat" is getting more common (which is exactly what toshiro is doing here!) but laios is like. no. i'm so serious about this i'm thinking about what comes next. i'm so serious about this i'm making sure my body can do everything it can when i need it.
the fact that everyone in the party took care of themselves & carefully planned out their route & when they'd take breaks is what made them so successful. they always made sure to understand their limits
something takes hold of me whenever I need to write research papers. I sit there at my computer in almost physical agony, forcing myself to type words, every sentence feeling like a year off my life, thinking to myself "god this is terrible. this is most barely coherent it-doesn't-need-to-be-good-it-just-has-to-be-done but also I-don't-have-time-to-redraft nonsense I've ever written. I think I need to be put to death." and then I finish the last paragraph, blood pouring from eyes and nose, my very life essence rising as steam off my skin, and I reread it and it's fine. it's coherent and flows well. what the fuck.
spring horror is good because of the symbolism of death and rebirth and storms and everything being vibrant but still cold. and summer horror is good because sweltering heat and insects and long days. and fall horror is good because halloween and death and scary movies. and winter horror is good because snow contrasting with blood and freezing temperatures and long nights. btw.