in a world with so many awful things happening & futures seeming more uncertain by the day, it’s actually braver & more transgressive to give stories (and their characters) happy endings
Gritty Realism is cowardice. cynicism is not productive unless it drives you to fix what’s wrong
I went to Michaels the other day to get all the Halloween goodies and there was a lady in her early thirties there with a cart LOADED with stuff. She looked over at me and said:
“My husband said I’m only allowed to decorate one room of our house for Halloween, because otherwise I go a bit overboard. Joke’s on him, though, because we just bought a new house and I made him pick the one with an open floorplan. He hasn’t figured it out yet.”
A+ plan, lady. Good job. And thank you for helping me get stuff down off the tall shelves because I am smol.