#also : ive failed to tag unreality in the past partially bc im not always sure what constitutes as unreality so i want to be very clear ->

[iphigeniacomplex]

[Transcript:

“Cut down my trunk and make a boat,” said the tree. “Then you can sail away… and be happy.” And so the boy cut down her trunk and made a boat and sailed away. But even though the wind blew and the waves slopped against the side of the boat the boy knew he wasn’t going anywhere. “I know this isn’t real,” he whispered and he knew the tree was smiling and he was right. There was no boat. And he had never left her, she had never let him leave her, not even when thought he had. She had never let him really leave her. And the tree was happy.

]

the giving tree retelling daniel m lavery did back in the day was about riverdale all along

slumping over in my seat and sighing loudly until someone asks whats wrong. “town won,” i say. they ask me to elaborate, and i make some sort of weak gesture which clarifies nothing. i take a long drag of a cigarette. “town won,” i say again, shrugging. town always wins. what can you do