Which Was Worse? To Feel Nothing, Or To Grieve For Something You No Longer Remembered? Surely When You

Which was worse? To feel nothing, or to grieve for something you no longer remembered? Surely when you forgot, you'd forget to be sad, or what was the point?

Bridget Collins - The Binding

"The Memories are unclear on the origins of the phrase 'gone to have a chat with Caridin' which has consistently remained a euphemism among the casteless for violent altercations with the warrior caste since the latter portion of our esteemed ancestor's life. In this essay I will..."

the potential for dust town euphemisms for killing someone is insane

»maybe I should have followed him; but somehow it went from too soon to too late, without the right moment in between.«

~ the binding, bridget collins

Lindsay Duncan / Artist: Miki Földi (digital painting)

Reading The Binding without any prior knowledge of the book was really me going: is this gay?? seems kinda gay?? this is definitely gay right?? oh fuck yeah that’s gay.

and i loved every second of it

Me going back and re-reading the bindery scene at the start between Emmett and Lucian after reading the entire book