#and also just an amazing person to bounce ideas off of / brainstorm / be soo normal about The Narratives with

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please explain ‘the sea is a drop’ and ‘letters sent in exile’

okay anon the dash is hopefully asleep now. this got kind of long so. explanation below the cut.

you see. sometimes you Perceive a hockey player. and you're like hm. this Compels Me. and then you proceed to put said hockey player into situations you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy. out of love. so both these tags are uh. references to AUs that currently solely exist in the DMs (everyone say 'thank you bes' for quarantining me and my wretched thoughts away from the dash)

'the sea is a drop' is a line from a longer piece by adélia prado:

"Night! Make yourself useful and cover me with sleep. Me and the thought of death just can't get used to each other. I'll tremble with fear until the end. And meanwhile, everything is so small. Compared to my heart's desire, the sea is a drop." ― Adélia Prado, The Alphabet in the Park: Selected Poems

this is in reference to the two central characters of this AU learning to confront their own desires for their lives but also for each other. anything tagged with 'the sea is a drop' will likely have some sort of reference to desire / yearning / confronting your own wants / the mortifying ordeal of being known.

'letters sent in exile' is a reference to metaphorical letters sent between two characters while one of them spends several years in self-imposed exile, trying to heal from a super fun combo of life-altering bad choices + heartbreak + trauma + self-loathing + repressed anger. despite their years long separation, there's still a very real and very profound bond between them and they both occupy the other's thoughts in their own unique ways!

things tagged with 'letters sent in exile' will likely be more melancholic, or reference devotion, healing, deep and abiding love, regret, anger... it's a bit of a mixed bag.