thank you. although these are things we know, it is good to receive them as affirmations from other people.
I think Martin insisted on "people, not characters" so much because, being a fictive, sometimes it feels like no matter how we exist -- "as expected" or not -- is automatically "wrong" because we are fictives; the only way to win would be not to play, so to speak. it is exhausting.
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Date: 2022-02-13 19:19 (UTC)thank you. although these are things we know, it is good to receive them as affirmations from other people.
I think Martin insisted on "people, not characters" so much because, being a fictive, sometimes it feels like no matter how we exist -- "as expected" or not -- is automatically "wrong" because we are fictives; the only way to win would be not to play, so to speak. it is exhausting.