#where the true colors of MZB would be at least hinted at

[girlonthelasttrain]

I have many reasons to believe my life is guided by a very twisted sense of humor but to give an example

as Marta and I were getting to know each other (a decade ago), I didn't quite know how to breach the subject of 'hey I think I like you but I don't mean in the friend way?' to an ostensibly straight girl, so I did the kind of thing you do when you'd like to test the waters: I lent her a book with lesbians in it. And to this day, she credits that novel for opening her eyes to the possibility of a romantic relationship among women.

The kicker? It was a goddamn Marion Zimmer Bradley novel. And now what would be otherwise a funny story that eventually lead to the most important relationship in my life is... something that just gives me mixed feelings all around.

#this was more than ten years ago and back then I really wasn't in any english-language online space #where the true colors of MZB would be at least hinted at #I just remembered this because I read how... she just married another predator and defended him. like that was huuuge red flag #😬😬😬😬😬 this one's a real curveball. what do you do when the work of a monster impacted your life so much?