#a lottttt more sentimental than what you're used to from me

[hedonists-den]

Incoming Hedonist's-Den Lore

Five years and one week ago, the series finale of Game of Thrones aired, and it fundamentally changed me as a person.

The level of dissatisfaction that I felt after watching the final season, after getting so invested, left me full of "whys." Why did everything feel so wrong? Why did it lose the magic it had? Why was I feeling so terrible over a show of all things?

At first, I was rather bitter and cynical, lending a lot of time to harsh media critiques and dismantling things I saw as objectively bad. Cut to today, where I've spent countless hours since then researching the psychology of media and what makes a piece of media matter/what makes it unsatisfying.

I realized how meaningless it was to have such a harsh outlook on the state of media without trying to lend my efforts to be the change that I wanted to see. I know I have a long way to go and a lot of practice to do, but I feel so much happier utilizing the knowledge I've gained from my "post-GOT spiral era" towards something productive.

As of now, Royal Desires is shaping up to be my first long-term story that I've fully story-boarded, mapped out, and developed in-depth characters for, and I'm excited to keep it going.

All this to say: To everyone who supports my silly feedism musings/writings/fics/stories, it means a lot to me. Every like, every reblog, every comment encourages me more than you know.

Thank you, lovely followers of mine, for making me feel like my efforts matter 💜