beyond fascinating stuff. this manifesto illuminates the umwelt of a static entity, the paper person, and thrusts us into it. it's a kind of ego death, but a necessary one. every point, from connections to trauma and disability and dramatic fictional flourishes, overflow with juice and you can't help but sink your teeth in a little deeper the more you read. i definitely have to revisit this for a couple more reads, but i'll be chewing on it and feeding it to my brain for a while. beautiful. ❤️
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THANKS SO MUCH!! I'm glad it really resonated w u, I've been thinking about it and simmering every time I hear someone go UGHHH, TRANSMIGRATION IS OVERDONE I think they just don't get that inherent to this genre is the humanization of fictional characters, ergo calling them paper people instead of "characters" that make you think of "figments of imagination" or "actor roles, narrative plot instruments" but instead as forms of people.