Unreliable narrator that pretends that everything turned out the way he planned just to cope with the regret of what he had done.
Fanfiction should be a fun writing experience... For everyone else, if my fanfic isn't perfect I'll throw up :D
At some point "fanfic can be as good as professional writing" became "fanfic should be as good as professional writing" and that's caused major damage to fandom spaces.
"we need more stories about evil women" you couldn't even handle Amy March
*tries not to think about how saltburn is some twisted version of pygmalion*
pygmalion is a greek story of how a sculptor created a woman from marble and fell in love with her. he prayed to Aphrodite to make her real, and his wish was granted.
pygmalion has soon become the story of molding a person into who you want them to be, and falling for them; falling for how you perceive them in your head. “she’s all that” is a modern retelling of pygmalion; the change, the love.
oliver changes for felix, one could say by his hand. he molds himself to be what felix loves, what he needs. oliver is both pygmalion and the statue.
This got me out of my writers block.
Rewatching HOTD and my GOD it is UN-FUCKING-BEARABLE HOW ATTRACTIVE HARWIN GOT WHEN HE TURNED ON DOBERMAN MODE TO SAVE RHAENYRA FROM THAT BRAWL AT THE WEDDING FUCK OH MY GOD
if he picked me up to save me, I'd be clinging to him for dear life and then ask what we are
lord may this kind of man find me