#vera uses a paper as an excuse to rant about folklore and fairy tales

[social-mockingbird]

It is late enough that I am willing to argue that when Oberon put the love potion on Titania’s eyes he turned her into a succubus no I will not explain myself

#writing a final paper #vera writes #vera rants #and after reading a smidge of robert burton I can conclude that the fairies in a midsummer night's dream are demons #or at least puck is #because he can fly really fast and he's a shapeshifter #and those are two of the points burton makes in his books for demon behavior #and the anatomy of melancholy is the definitive medical book of shakespeare's time and influenced a butt ton of mindsets in that day and age #and when titania is put under the effects of the potion she seduces bottom #her language is very evocative and there's a lot of subtext #and this is a silly theory but I need more stuff in my paper and it's an interesting theory #will my professor think it's bull? maybe #do I think it's cool? yes #did I already send him an email about adjusting my thesis that ended with 'from behind a stack of folklore books and a dying laptop'? yes #so maybe he won't mind #and he likes rabbit trails anyway #and I quoted the anatomy of melancholy twice so I gotta get brownie points for that #vera is very tired and on a roll #vera uses a paper as an excuse to rant about folklore and fairy tales #vera imposes her wacky theory onto her small corner of tumblr #vera needs to go to bed