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Reading Little Women is sometimes so humbling

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I do love that you can see the influence of Tolkien meaning for Eowyn to die throughout her arc. That girl just screams "doomed by the narrative". She's set up for this grand yet tragic death, and wants for nothing else than a grand exit and a glorious end to all things.

But having her live is so much more interesting. And having her live to find happiness especially. She seems like a tragic character. She thinks herself a tragic character. She is overwhelmed by a sense of doom and helplessness. Her narrative is overwhelmed by a sense of doom and helplessness.

But she isn't doomed.

Turns out, decent healthcare, clued in and concerned family members, and a decent support base, go a long towards towards un-dooming her narrative.

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My hearing people praise Trump as a gift from God who will usher in a utopian America

Me hearing people claim Trump is literally the next Hitler and wants to make himself a tyrant (cos he couldn’t last time for reasons)

Me hearing people praise Harris as someone who has never done anything wrong, ever

Me hearing people act like Harris and her VP pick are just quirky family members rather than political candidates for the presidency of the United States of America

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Not gonna lie friends. I would like to feel desired and feel like someone’s first choice

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Sacrifice is wayyyyy different than self destruction actually

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bay windows appreciation post. i love bay windows

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We've got to put the song "Imagine" down. Like either retire it or shoot it out back, but we as a society have GOT to learn that it is literally never the song to pull out, especially during times of great global distress.

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Everyone else on the funny election poll:

Jeb!

Voteblues on the funny election poll:

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We've got to put the song "Imagine" down. Like either retire it or shoot it out back, but we as a society have GOT to learn that it is literally never the song to pull out, especially during times of great global distress.

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I think raising boys with a disgust for their own maleness is a really, really terrible idea.

So many women say they can't find a good guy, and it's like ?? Are we surprised. We made them hate themselves, destroyed their role models, and told them pretty much everything that makes them distinctly male is actually a huge problem.

How gross are we that we allowed this to happen? How detestable and disdainful a thing. Shame on us.

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Can you guys stop taking the Lord's name in vain fr

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my dumb? founded. my flabbers? gasted. my gob??? smacked

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not even JRR Tolkien, who famously developed the concept of the Secondary World and firmly believed that no trace of the Real World should be evoked in the fictional world, was able to remove potatoes from his literature. this is a man who developed whole languages and mythologies for his literary world, who justified its existence in English as a translation* simply because he was so miffed he couldn't get away with making the story fully alien to the real world. and not even he, in extremis, was so cruel as to deny his characters the heavenly potato. could not even conceive a universe devoid of the potato. such is its impact. everyone please take a moment to say thank you to South Americans for developing and cultivating one of earth's finest vegetables. the potato IS all that. literally world-changing food. bless.