Honestly I Need To Talk About Pulp More, Because The Story Is Incredible, But There's Also So Many Amazing

Honestly I need to talk about Pulp more, because the story is incredible, but there's also so many amazing melodies and motifs that keep reappearing in other songs that I'm just now noticing upon relistening. Like the Vanishing theme (which honestly is probably just Rose's theme, but somehow I didn't notice it until vanishing) was a big part of Behind Me, and is also in parts of Print it Anyway, It's a Hoax Reprise, and Once you get a look.

And don't even get me started on the Radiance theme.

FAERY!!!!!!!

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"The author knew their history, a scientific sleuth. Maybe in another life, we would have got along..."

In another life. Sure, John.

So I'm reading the Blazing World, and wow the Empress and the Duchess are so gay for each other. (Ignore the weird spelling, but):

"Husbands have reason to be jealous of Platonick Lovers, for they are very dangerous, as being not only intimate and close, but subtil and insinuating."

"at her first arrival, the Empress imbraced and saluted her with a spiritual kiss"

"The Empress, who loved the Duchess as her own soul"

"Your soul shall live with my soul in my body." -Empress, to the Duchess

I will admit, when I initially heard that Margaret Cavendish put an unnamed self insert into her Blazing World book, I assumed it was the Empress, but her self insert being the Empress's ("platonic") lover is even more fascinating to me.

Both of these women are married btw, although the Empress more for political reasons than anything else. The Emperor does not care what she does, and even told her to summon her "dear platonick friend" because he didn't know how to help her. As far as the Duke goes, there's a scene where both the Duchess's and Empress's souls are inside the Duke's body, and initially the Duchess is jealous, but then realizes "there can be no adultery between Platonick lovers" and is cool with it.

And I just. What was that about, Margaret? Please. You, your fictional girlfriend, your husband. What is going on in this book????

And why does the Duke's soul use she/her pronouns?

Please, I have so many questions. Not even about the hybrid animal people this time.

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