shit

not again

[literaryvein]

L. V., exhumed writings

[reallybadblackoutpoems]

a bird came down the walk (1891) - emily dickinson

"a bird came down the walk - he bit me ow"

[theoptia]

Louise Glück, from The Wild Iris; “The Wild Iris”

[pmamtraveller]

The Lovers by Jef Joseph Marie Thomas Lambeaux (1852-1908)

[slut4margiela]

[beardedmrbean]

[luhhdetails]

[nevver]

Hurry sundown, Maxi Magnano

[pornochrist]

[black-white-and-leather]

[cwunch]

[8nin]

god i need something so bad. but what is it

[nsstym]

[cottaegecore]

[wornd]

the art of getting by (2011)

[melanqole]

where the greenery stings.

[humanradiojmp]

What relatability in fiction should be: the time period, sex, race, age, or other factors may not match the reader/audience, but when written/presented well, the character is still relatable because there are many factors in the human experience that everyone has. Finding love, losing something of value, striving for a goal, reaching or losing that goal, puberty, exhilaration, despair, wonderment, hope, etc. When done well, the audience can empathize with the character and understand what they're going through and have a better experience with the fiction. It's relatable because it reflects life and truth that everyone experiences regardless of when and where they are in relation to the story.

What relatability ends up being: if this character is not a perfect 1:1 of my specific traits and life struggles, the character sucks, the story sucks, and the writer is a bigot somehow