Reposted by tydides
This is part of what I'm referring to with many people demanding stories that reassure them they're a good person.
They want the moral instruction because otherwise, rather than processing the reading experience, there's a thrum of "am I bad? am I bad? what if someone finds out I'm bad?"
![Notes in Scrivener that read:
"THE DUKE NEEDS A LOT GOING ON
CLARIFY THE ENTIRE FUCKING SUMMIT
provisional Republic
ADD A MONSTER GOOSE
maybe suggest [redacted] not doing so well?"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:szswwdmjtqpb4wm2kzx3vyy7/bafkreifn4yt2vnhvexjrldezfyco7sbpz76dybuodq74onzmrotnm7xm6a)
![A Tumblr DM. user 2: "thank you for writing it"
user 1: "oh gosh I'm so glad! I'm a huge fan of your work and repost it a lot on my sideblog [redacted], your art is so fantastic!!"
user 2: "okay hold on
you wrote [redacted]
WHAT
oh my dude i am bowing to you, are you serious, that's like the best fanfic i ever read [redacted] in my life"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:szswwdmjtqpb4wm2kzx3vyy7/bafkreicgfrnrcbm3xqywdfliodx32jrz6fwpu5yz6qfdas6wstkqmar62a)
