*holds tight* I'm so with you on the anxiety thing, mine's been way, way, way up.
I've got no good thoughts on the fannishness thing. I can only say that you're one of my favorite people regardless of fannish texts or whether you're commenting on source texts or any of that. I just enjoy you. I'll also say that the ocean doesn't go away -- you can come down to the water if you like, or, if you hang around long enough, it will eventually come back to you.
*hugs more and more and more*
(Also, I can't brain enough to think of texts I would teach wee baby wizards, but maybe LoTR within the context of WWII and also calling out things like the way women can be read as the torchbearers of civilization much like the white women in Heart of Darkness, hence Éowyn's predicament; the current of racism, of dark=ugly=evil/light=beauty=good, that was a product of and also a reinforcement of that same current running throughout Western society; and that sort of thing. I'll think more when I can brain better. :)
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I've got no good thoughts on the fannishness thing. I can only say that you're one of my favorite people regardless of fannish texts or whether you're commenting on source texts or any of that. I just enjoy you. I'll also say that the ocean doesn't go away -- you can come down to the water if you like, or, if you hang around long enough, it will eventually come back to you.
*hugs more and more and more*
(Also, I can't brain enough to think of texts I would teach wee baby wizards, but maybe LoTR within the context of WWII and also calling out things like the way women can be read as the torchbearers of civilization much like the white women in Heart of Darkness, hence Éowyn's predicament; the current of racism, of dark=ugly=evil/light=beauty=good, that was a product of and also a reinforcement of that same current running throughout Western society; and that sort of thing. I'll think more when I can brain better. :)