#a cultural influence which never appears in those 'here is what the og trope is' how curious

[linkedsoul]

Today is a good day to remind people that "unrequited love will kill me so love me else I'll die" is only one take among many others on the Hanahaki trope and not what it inherently is

#linked rambling #hanahaki disease #hanahaki is this john mulaney meme of 'i'll keep all my feelings there and then one day i'll die' #the flowers are the visual rep of painful feelings that choke you up #this is also not an au necessarily meant for a happy ending #the ill person doesn't always have to be saved #stop saying that the 'love me or I'll die' is the original/traditional #and that you're improving it by suggering another take on it THAT ALREADY EXISTS #the chronic hanahaki post is making rounds again with more people doubling down that the og hanahaki is bad #when it's just one take on the hanahaki trope not necessarily THE actual trope #grrrr #it's originally a Japanese trope and i don't think it's free of the cultural influence #a cultural influence which never appears in those 'here is what the og trope is' how curious #like maybe i'm wrong about the cultural influence! but i find it odd that all these 'og hanahaki is bad' takes don't even consider it #so. you know. just remember there are many takes on this trope #and that what you think is the original might not be