Sex & Shenanigans

Forget that, did you ever read the original Anderson story? Spoiler: it doesn't end well, and the prince almost gets chinned...
When my daughter was very young, first time she saw that show, her question as she was trying to puzzle out the moral of the story,

So, lie to your parents, change who you are so the guy will like you, lie to him and all his people, create chaos, and then ask for forgiveness and it will all be okay?
 
The struggle between personal authenticity and need vs self preservation. The knowledge that those things I crave -- intimacy, connection, -- and those things that define me -- kindness, protection -- can be uncomfortable at best, and psychically damaging at worst in the world I currently find myself. That the need to be who I am versus the need to protect who I am are in conflict. And when I feel that I have found a level of balance, distance, peace, the realization that my subconscious absolutely fucking hates me and wants me to bleed.

It's no "flying through an uncaring and empty universe," but there you are.
Yeah.
 
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