They Even Get Your Name Wrong, You Know? They Call You Coraline Instead Of Caroline. 

SHAMELESS (2011-2021) (insp.)

PARTNER. LOVER. FAMILY. (insp)

Forest Fog in Monochrome

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I’ve realised that what I miss about fantasy is it being truly escapist. I miss it depicting places where I would actually want to go.

Every dang kid I knew waited for their Hogwarts acceptance letter. Reading the books and seeing it on screen gave you this warm, fuzzy feeling and a feeling of longing, even when they were in danger and fighting monsters and evil wizards, you want to be there.

You want to go to Middle Earth, see hobbits and elves and dwarves and run through this land of incredible beauty, mysticism and magic.

You want to be in the TARDIS, seeing the universe.

The more recent trend of fantasy is this gritty, dark realism and places where you would just never want to go. I don’t want to go to Westeros. I don’t want to be in The Hunger Games, I don’t particularly want to be in The Witcher universe. I’m living in the world of Black Mirror and I hate it.

Fantasy used to say “hey our world kinda sucks but here’s a cooler one”, but now it says “hey our world kinda sucks, but here’s an even worse one.”

That isn’t to say that the above are bad. They’re not. 

But I miss beautiful, escapist fantasy that gives me a break. That takes me somewhere magical, somewhere otherworldly and gives me messages of hope and optimism in the face of darkness. I really, really miss that.

every friend group should have… (insp.)

I Want to Believe

She stayed living with her chest in ashes, he left with pain to flourish among the unprecedented and inexplicable.

yeah 🐄 🦖

I love you without knowing    how    or when    or where. I love you simply without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving    but this.

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