Stories! tears

[sonia]

Roots of Lamentation by Marissa Lingen, mrissa.

“It’s the Greek hell,” she continued. “Unexpected, right? Most people I meet here have thought, well, will it be Christian, will it be Buddhist, will it be, I don’t know, some kind of interdenominational interdimensional woo-woo combo platter. But nope! It’s Greek! Wild, huh?”

Changeling Children by englishable via eruthros. "FN-2187 may have been the first stormtrooper to defect, but he certainly won't be the last - still, Poe has to be surprised by how very young the Resistance's newest recruits are. Finn, on the other hand, is not." This made me cry.

Comments

[asakiyume]

I really *loved* that story of Marissa's. It went much deeper than I was expecting; I was really moved.

[sonia]

My response to the ending was, "Yes, right, that's what's needed." Do you have words for what moved you about it?

[asakiyume]

I think my *feeling* was very similar to what you said. I think I was moved by the fact that it upheld and honored grieving. I recall saying on Twitter that it reminded me of the Tolkien deity Nienna, who perpetually weeps. As a younger person I thought that role seemed hugely unappealing, but as an older person I've come to feel that there's so much sorrow to existence that it's a precious role. I think I also appreciated that in the story the narrator sets aside her busybusy figuring-out mind and just releases herself to what is calling her.

[sonia]

Yes! Thanks for your words. Feeling our own grief, and feeling grief for the suffering and losses around us. That would go a long way toward mending the world.

[asakiyume]

I'm so happy to find another person for whom the story resonated 💛

[sonia]

<3

[minoanmiss]

*makes note of both tales*

[sonia]

Enjoy!