Inspired by Books;

Pieces I’ve written during or after reading books that inspired me. Many of these pieces are interconnected or run into each other in a sort of stream of consciousness way.

Lady Tea of the Embers

“I like your blood on my teeth just a little too much”

Tea is a study of power and temptation, a steady beating that knocks down the ideas of women in power that we still hold onto.

What would you do?

Given the ability to hold such power, meld it to your own will. What would you do with it? I am excited by the question; Wondering, how well do I know myself? Do I know myself well enough to know what I would do with power?

The question is not “to be or not to be” The question is what to be

An Observation of Heroes in Fantasy Novels

Xingyin is so like, and unlike Tea in many ways, some might say small ways

But I think they’re different in the ways that make you feel strongly about a person. 

I prefer Tea because of her realisticness, Xingyin is too principle-based. I don’t think that people are like that in real life. Especially not the “heroes” 

Our heroes are the people who know when to put aside principles to accomplish something

Not at the expense of anyone else, or their goals, but sometimes at the expense of themselves

Heroes are the ones who put down the “bigger person” bullshit when it becomes necessary

Heroes are the ones who are comfortable with discomfort and uncomfortable realities and solutions 

But these aren’t the heroes that we rever in the movies, not the ones with clean, allegorical stories that we can use to make ourselves feel better

These are the heroes that we need, but don’t acknowledge

These are the heroes who would deny the title, not because of some selfdepricating deference but because they understand what they did wouldn’t be seen as heroic

And I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’d rather be the kind of hero that Tea is, than Xingyin