we were together. i forget the rest / on togetherness
[ ted lasso, 1x10 / the west wing, 3x05 / the anthropocene reviewed: plague, john green / frog and toad all year, arnold lobel / the raven king, maggie stievater / four friends, salman toor / leaves of grass, walt whitman ]
“Tell me a story. Something that doesn’t end in death and tragedy.”
Long ago, and worlds away, there was a young princess. Orphaned in a time of war. She was called upon to lead the armies of her kingdom, for there was no other. She was the fiercest of warriors, beloved of her people, unstoppable on the field. She rode out every day and saved her subjects in battle after battle.
But every night, when the fighting was done, she was alone...
Until one day, a peasant boy came looking to join her army; lonely, and angry, and fierce as she. For the first time she found that when she strode out on the field to save others there was someone at her side who had come to save her.
Then there came the darkest battle of the war. The princess and her peasant boy stood side by side and vowed that they would be separated by nothing less than death itself. She fell to an enemy sword... and died before his eyes.
And those who heard the story cried for the death of love.
After his princess died, the peasant boy wandered the world. Lost to despair. Until one day he came upon an immortal who told him his princess had been stolen. Trapped in an enchantment. So now he seeks her, across this world and every other. Because somewhere, sealed behind frozen glass and thick walls of deadly thorns, she sleeps, waiting to be awakened.
“The only way we will survive is by being kind. The only way we can get by in this world is through the help we receive from others. No one can do it alone, no matter how great the machines are.”
tbh i think the funniest phenomena that's been happening in the last couple years is "youtuber, having gone too deep into the research hole, has been made an investigative journalist against their will"
Percy age 12: And if the mission required someone to push me down a flight of stairs for it to succeed… you’d want someone who won’t hesitate when they do it
I adore this recent trend (if that's the right word) of letting an orchestra play classical music on a festival. It's magical to see thousands of festival-goers going absolutely wild on Beethoven. Mosh/circlepits, crowd surfing. It's wonderful to see the orchestra and the audience having the time of their lives.
I did an illustration for Trans Day of Remembrance today at work.
Our little community contains so much anger and grief, but it's because we love each other so fiercely. We remember our dead because their memory keeps us stubborn.