Opens closet door and tsunami of ‘things’ come flowing out, knocking over people and furniture.
(don’t look under the bed, either)
Just wanted you to know that you’ve started me on a QC marathon that has consumed my life. I’ve read like 3000 pages so far.
On one hand, I was definitely using this to procrastinate and avoid critical tasks, and will be facing rather unpleasant consequences soon.
On the other hand, reading multiple character arcs of shitty and/or fucked-up people getting their lives together (albeit in cute, orthogonal-to-reality sitcom fashion), and growing in really beautiful ways, has led me to reconsider my approach to life a bit. I might even try this ‘self-love’ thing everyone seems to be talking about. Can’t hurt, I guess.
If you’ve actually read this far - I’m taking suggestions on how to start! (If you don’t have any, that’s cool; thanks for reading my rant anyway.)
In summary - I fucked up again but it might have been worth it. Chaos Theory Butterflies 🦋. Insert obscure QC in-joke here.
hell yeah
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Concerning suggestions (not to be prescriptive): I. Becoming Lost and Losing Your Way; in a era where nothing seems to work; is a positive vector, even when it feels scary. II. The lens of [fight, weapon, enemy,] collapses be-ing into something binary, which is well understood by apparatuses of oppression. Inhabiting the cracks in crumbling systems allows for ternary evasion: Every day, black slaves fought by singing to each other.
Concerning self-love: crimethinc-Ferdinand tackles love well; I think you are right. As for self, a non-alienating reconsideration of what the self is may lead to wonderful developments. We are more than just minds, or bodies, or gut biomes.spoiler
Perhaps unrelated thought: When Martin finally called it quits with Dora, he acted in an direction of self-love that encompassed his entire community (& comic & readers & author) as the self, even if everyone was fucked up over it
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Ooh, that’s a lot to think about!
I’m still working through the links you sent in that other post you deleted (not sure why you did). Mind-altering stuff…
I’m glad you liked these things :)
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(I deleted the post because I thought of this)
I was late getting into this comic, only starting to read it around 2012/2013. I don’t know what I’m going to do if/when Jeph finally retires.
