beautiful. confusing. magnificent. unsettling. genius. i wish there were more. i feel very smart after having read this, i’ll have you know. (i feel equally dumb that i had to look up analyses of the stories to fully grasp the fantastical elements of them.) recommend!!!!

this is so me:

“I once heard a story about a girl who requested something so vile from her paramour that he told her family and they had her hauled her off to a sanatorium. I don’t know what deviant pleasure she asked for, though I desperately wish I did. What magical thing could you want so badly they take you away from the known world for wanting it?”