licherally cannot explain to adults these days that im actually so cool with the idea of being “just an employee” somewhere as long as i am paid enough to live comfortably and i also like the job. “but dont you want to be rich?? dont you want to always be striving for more???” like that sounds EXHAUSTING and i like having friends so
absolutely love reading such a well-written story and falling a bit in love with the author based solely on the way they write. like baby the way you italicize words makes my heartbeat quicken.
Zelenogorsk the Pallas’s cat has so many important things to do. One of these things is a daily patrol of his territory. He should carefully check, inspect and sniff everything, and then climb to his personal watch-tower-tree to observe surroundings, and try to spot a keeper carrying a meal. So… being a manul is a tiring job!
i think its sooooo important to have your ocs suck in little mundane ways. and i DONT mean that they shouldnt be cool awesome mary sues with a bajillion powers! i mean you gotta give them cringefail interests. embarrassing memories. bad taste in music. there is something fantastic and immaculate about a pink-haired magical catgirl who is the savior of the world AND who got scurvy in college because she cant feed herself and she drives a pt cruiser covered in sanrio decals.
The last place where I would have thought to find a study in kindness is Dracula
But Mina is kind and Jonathan is kind and Mr. Swales is kind and Sister Agatha is kind and the people of Bistritz are kind and the Captain of the Demeter is kind and Count Dracula is monstrous because he is a bully who loves to fuck with people and Lucy is kind and Quincey is kind and the people on the train from Klausenberg took Jonathan too, even though he was in a state!
It is Human Kindness vs Monstrous Villainy, this book.
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