it's a little sad that people expect songs to always reflect the lives of the lyricist and not a sign of the lyricist's strong imagination.

you don't know mitski. you don't know hozier. kate bush did not witness a murder of a hammer horror star and take their role as the hunchback of notre dame (it would be fun if she did though)

Modern celebrity culture places way too much emphasis on the autobiographical details of people’s lives. Ultimately I think that it detracts from our appreciation for their creativity, sensitivity, and skill.

If everything is autobiographical, the artist cannot retain any sense of privacy, nor can they explore perspectives or narratives outside of their own (an important expression of empathy)!!

There are certainly artists whose creative output is heavily informed by their personal experiences; the merit in that is authenticity & catharsis. But there are many artists who are more interested in stretching reality, being imaginative/inventive/fantastical. We can appreciate both.

ian mckellen directed these movies actually

happy pride month to this post specifically

sometimes i think about how tolkien said golf exists in middle earth and then just never mentioned it again ever

the two massive spiders living in opposite corners of my bathroom moved into the same web last night happy pride month everybody

Happy pride month to Chad and Ryan from High School Musical

Trans women are ALWAYS included when I’m referring to women

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are all viewpoints that can absolutely coexist

Bella begging Edward to hurry up and change her because she doesn't have much time left

Y'know I think one of the biggest clues that Stephenie Meyer just writes whatever with zero forethought into how that should play into the universe she's creating, is the blood typing scene. I'm sure I've seen someone talk about this before, but having Bella be able to smell blood (even the small drop on a students finger when they also get brought into the nurses office) and having it effect her so much that she can't even be in the same room and then to not make that like a major part of the plot in a vampire series is so stupid. It's set up so it could be like Bella had a tiny bit of vampire DNA in her from one mating with a human centuries back and she's part of that lineage, especially with Breaking Dawn and now knowing that's possible. It would explain why she takes to vampirism so naturally, she's been dealing with a level blood sensitivity her entire life so she's able to control the blood lust much better than any normal newborn, and it could even be used to explain why her blood to everyone smells so incredibly sweet as a human. Yes she's Edwards singer specifically, but in almost each book a comment by a different vampire is made about how good she smells. There was just so much potential for that blood typing scene to lead to something greater but it was left as just a throwaway thing to make Bella seem even less like other girls to have Edward be interested. I remember the first time I read the books and got to that scene and I was so excited cause "omg is bella not totally human? Where is this gonna lead?!" And then it lead nowhere. It could have all come together in BD with the gathering of witnesses and an old friend of Carlisles comes and recognizes the last name and that bella maybe resembles the girl that vampire mated with in some way.

Anyway Stephenie really said it herself when she said she "considers nothing"

if we were married would you lace my corset for me be honest