Watching tiktok users not understanding the TLOU2 storyline at ALL, butchering all significant points and only having braincells to put characters in either a good or bad category, Joel stans calling Abby the villain, Abby stans calling Joel selfish, blaming Tommy for Ellie's decisions, thinking that Ellie chose revenge over Dina or that she'd be happy if she stayed etc:
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idk if this makes sense. but i kind of love that the last of us makes me cry and viscerally FEEL true emotions on a weekly basis. like i cant remember the last tv show i watched that had me consistently bawling my eyes out and so immersed in a show because of the characters, the story, the incredibly strong writing, etc. and it doesn't feel manipulative. it just feels profound and beautiful and poetic but also tragic and... human.
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I think some people have this idea that the goal of recovery is to be perfectly normal, perfectly whole...
...But at least for me, I will never be normal, and I have to make peace with that. It used to sting, to know that I was impacted so young that I do not know what feeling like a whole, undamaged person is like, and I never will. But I've started to grow around that. I will always grieve my lost self, I think, but I know I can still live a full life.
The goal should not inherently be reaching normalcy. It should be comfort and safety. I know I may never feel undamaged, and still... I yet live.
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I’m not going to lie, I think about @autumngracy ‘s “A Reflection of Starlight” at least weekly and read meaningful chapters at least monthly. I don’t personally ship Valvert but I do ship two characters healing trauma through their relationship together.
Because if they can learn how to open their hearts to others, maybe I can too.
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Upon looking through some etymology (honestly I am kicking myself for not looking at it more closely in the first place! This is usually my thing!!) I learned something that honestly makes me really happy...
Veritas, the Roman virtue of truth, was personified as a goddess.
That is to say, 'Veritas' is a feminine name/noun!
And while I personally headcanon Ratio as cisgender, I love the idea of him being comfortable enough with his identity to embrace the more feminine aspects of being human as well as masculine. I've mentioned this in a headcanon before, but there's something that clicks well with me about him choosing a name for himself that is linguistically feminine when his birth name, Andreas, is so masculine. And while yes, you could look at "Veritas Ratio" as simply being the translation of "Truth and Reason," I don't believe that a man so immersed in such a deeply philosophical culture -- indeed, Ratio is a reflection of the Italian Renaissance (which I mention briefly at the very end of this long ass piece), especially in terms of his secular humanist philosophy -- would overlook the origin and connotations of the name.
(And there's more to be said about Veritas, Truth, being the mother of "Virtue" (Virtus) that I think resonates very well with Ratio's character, personality, and goals.)
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do you ever think about how devastatingly human it is to love despite the world telling you it'll only end in tragedy
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i have so much fandom related anxiety surrounding some of my favorite things in the world making it very hard for me to engage these days, but The Newsreader is genuinely like, such a soft cosy safe space for me
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