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Familiarity bleeds into strangeness, certainty becomes impossible. Only the violence is vivid enough to stick.

the vegetarian – han kang

monstrilio – gerardo sámano córdova

[TEXT: Our son died before the dogwood pushed out its first flower, a bloom so simple with four white petals and a burst of yellow-green in the center—a beginner’s flower. I believed that flower was my son reincarnated. One believes the stupidest things in grief. I spoke to the flower and called it my son. And then I laughed because how ridiculous—how cruel, really—it would have been if my son was reincarnated as something so ephemeral, frail, and beautiful. I killed that first bloom with one swoop of my hand. Dead again, my son could become something else: the shell of a tortoise, strong and ancient, or a hideous fanged creature deep in the sea where he’d see wonders even he could’ve never imagined.]

#its about grief and the way we act in grief #its about the unfair expectations and the ideology of strength and normality even in the memory of your child #your son is not allowed to be fragile and gentle even in death because then he'll always be that fragile in your memory #which twists the tragedy of his death into something that was inevitable and lessens the weight of that loss #and how that pressure of views is reflected upon M's life. going from free and themselves while feeling loved loved #to hiding within themselves to not be a disappointment before they remember who you truly are (an imposter unworthy of love)#which causes M to flee so they can exist without the restraint of whats socially expected which will kill you before you are deemed normal #but okay okay im done. for now.....#Monstrilio #Gerardo Sámano Córdova #cryptcites

the castle of otranto – horace walpole

[TEXT: “Angels of grace protect me!” cried Frederic, recoiling. “Deserve their protection!” said the spectre. Frederic, falling on his knees, adjured the phantom to take pity on him.]

#made me actually laugh sorry #The Castle of Otranto #Horace Walpole #cryptcites

the final strife – saara el-arifi

[TEXT: Love may give you strength, but retribution gives you purpose.]

#barbara gordon #helena bertinelli #cryptcites #the final strife #saara el-arifi

model home – rivers solomon

[TEXT: Maybe that’s what’s wrong with me. I can’t really live because I don’t let things die. Everything inside of me,]

#ough..#bruce #cass #model home #rivers solomon #cryptcites

We didn’t so much exist as much as we haunted, and with no one else to haunt, we haunted each other.

monstrilio – gerardo sámano córdova

#bruce & dick #<- post jasons death in the universe inside my head.#monstrilio #Gerardo Sámano Córdova #cryptcites

downward to the earth – robert silverberg

[TEXT: He felt a stab of nostalgia so powerful that he winced.]

#bruharvey #cryptcites #downward to the earth #robert silverberg

She’s far happier thinking her sister is normal, even if she has a lot of problems, than she is having an abnormal sister for whom everything is fine. For her, normality—however messy—is far more comprehensible.

convenience store woman – sayaka murata

#cryptcites #convenience store woman #sayaka murata

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