Full offence but I need to sit in a river
They’re waiting beyond the trees.
I don’t have paranormal experiences, I AM a paranormal experience.
Life goal: someone meeting me considers it an “encounter”.
The Mr. Rogers biopic “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” is well worth it if you can get to see it at a movie theater, but would be no less diminished if you wait for it to become available elsewhere. Which hopefully it will, because it’s an hour and thirty minutes of gentle reflection which much like the man himself, seeks to take you by the hand and let yo know in a quiet but firm voice, sometimes things are hard, sometimes you will be hurt and angry and it will feel like the whole world is against you and there’s nothing you can do but despair.
But you are loved. And I believe in you. You make the world a better place just by being you. Thank you, for being brave and being you. There’s no else quite like you. I’m glad you’re here with me.
And as the piano gently plays you out, and the lights come back on and you look at all the tearful faces of the strangers around you, you understand fully in that moment that you weren’t the only one who needed to hear that right now.
It’s honestly so soothing in a way I did not expect. I expected to cry a lot, and there were a few moments where I did tear up. (ETD by contrast, who grew up watching the show, was crying the moment the opening music started right through until the end credits.) But honestly it was more energizing than I had anticipated. Affirming, in a quiet, soft spoken way that said yes, in this world kindness can be an act of radical defiance, love can be an act of defiance, reaching out to your fellow human being in solidarity, is an act of defiance. But nor does it negate the fear of the times we live in, and instead tells us that to be brave is to be afraid and keep trying anyway. Tomorrow is another day, and you will still be here, and you will still make the world better by being in it. So keep going.
well, that’s a ringing goddamned endorsement.
(Thought some of the heretics in the audience might appreciate this. It’s a great reference, and doesn’t get mentioned as often as I’d expect.)
the jocks in Pacific rim: to neural bond with someone… you need to be drift compatible… you need to trust them completely… you need to be emotionally healthy.. it can be absolutely traumatising if anything goes wrong
the nerds, mindmelding with dead alien monsters: fuckin cowards
The Ancient One by Pedro Krüger Garcia
The legend of Sunlord ended when it’s greatest disciple had died beside them. It is said that the great one chose mortality then, to accompany their chosen to the next world.
Of course, that is likely just a legend.