‘But this is just FICTION, you know, it’s not REAL, it’s a story, they’re FICTIONAL CHARACTERS…’

Look, we all know that. Nobody is rattling wardrobe doors trying to get into Narnia. (OK maybe once but I was young.) Nobody is breaking into a discussion about the postal service going 'I know, right? Damn owls… where is my Hogwarts letter?’ Nobody thinks Oliver Twist was a historical figure. (Good name for a male exotic dancer, though.)

Everybody knows. The stuff has a label on it. Like so…

Very necessary and important label! You know, like other important labels we have.

But of course, nobody ever reminds you 'IT’S FICTION!’ because they think you don’t know.

They think you shouldn’t care because it’s fiction, or that it’s not important because it’s fiction.

Jane Austen, knowing where it was at since 1787: 

'It is only a novel… or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language.’

We all know it’s fiction. (As a group we tend to read pretty well.)

It’s not that we don’t understand. It’s that we don’t agree.

We know it’s fiction, and we think it’s important.

1. optimismoptional reblogged this from sarahreesbrennan
2. optimismoptional liked this
3. skippydabeaver reblogged this from sarahreesbrennan
4. greyshadowquestionsbeing reblogged this from sarahreesbrennan
5. thegothhufflepuff reblogged this from sarahreesbrennan
6. talia-jane reblogged this from sarahreesbrennan and added:

   Sometimes, even more important than reality.

7. talia-jane liked this
8. through-the-untempered-schism reblogged this from sarahreesbrennan
9. thingsthatsnap liked this
10. theagentofhydra reblogged this from hugoalexandertimothycartwright
11. abanaqun liked this
12. hugoalexandertimothycartwright reblogged this from sarahreesbrennan
13. halfthealphabet reblogged this from sarahreesbrennan
14. thefoolwhomakesfoolsofthemall liked this
15. howwesurviveishowwegetby reblogged this from sarahreesbrennan
16. rachela1630 liked this
17. theshadiertwin reblogged this from heidi8
18. legsweaters liked this
19. afiercefangirl reblogged this from abookblog
20. indigo-river reblogged this from abookblog
21. prttyplz reblogged this from andrewteapotts
22. prttyplz liked this
23. dragonflesh liked this
24. kingdorian-cinnamonroll reblogged this from andrewteapotts
25. kingdorian-cinnamonroll liked this
26. the6thjew reblogged this from andrewteapotts and added:

    Where has this post been all my life

27. mywhoniverse reblogged this from andrewteapotts
28. clairebearnz liked this
29. audiovisualrecall liked this
30. audiovisualrecall reblogged this from andrewteapotts
31. sssshivers reblogged this from andrewteapotts
32. overcoatangel reblogged this from andrewteapotts
33. overcoatangel liked this
34. ravenclaw-wit reblogged this from bookphile
35. pogostick-on-crack liked this
36. uhhh-man-duhh liked this
37. fandomfratello liked this
38. chamber87 reblogged this from bookphile
39. thursdaynightmoondancer reblogged this from sarahreesbrennan
40. bookphile reblogged this from sarahreesbrennan
41. sarahreesbrennan posted this
42. Show more notesLoading...