like. i try to tell myself it’s not you, your brain isn’t broken, you just live in a capitalist system that demands an unreasonable amount of your time and energy. and while that’s true. that capitalist system isn’t going anywhere anytime soon so i kind of need to figure out a way to exist under it without wanting to blow my brains out from the crushing weight of everyday tasks. and i just cannot figure out how to do that.
I think we need to again appreciate how Stede Bonnet took Ed telling him “don’t say you love me” and both respected that AND somehow managed to say something even more romantic and perfectly attuned to what Ed needed to hear.
Like…dude has mad game by being so heart-meltingly sincere. Ed never stood a chance.
Curious Ming Dynasty Hairpins in the shape of two shrimps. Found on a gilt silver hair cover excavated in a tomb in Shanghai. Exhibited at the Shanghai Museum of Art.