I mean it’s kinda the real life tragedy of love exaggerated, innit? Irl people die young or one person dies old and another person dies even older. At the end of it all someone gets left behind and has to learn how to move on after that. And for the one who dies you know you’re leaving them behind. You know you’re dooming them to moving on and if you believe in an afterlife god only knows how long you’ll be waiting for them on the other side. The tragedy of the immortal loving the mortal takes those feelings we all know about and rips your heart out about it.
The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupéry / My Red Little Fox, Sufjan Stevens
[ID: A web weaving by @taohun, comparing extracts of The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry and the song My Red Little Fox by Sufjan Stevens. It contains eight images.
The first image begins in the middle of a sentence, which is not the start of the intended quote. The intended quote reads:
’“…So I’m rather bored. But if you tame me, my life will be filled with sunshine. I’ll know the sound of footsteps that will be different from all the rest. Other footsteps send me back underground. Yours will call me out of my burrow like music. And then, look! You see the wheat fields over there? I don’t eat bread. For me wheat is of no use whatver. Wheat fields say nothing to me. Which is sad. But you have hair the colour of gold. So it will be wonderful, once you’ve tamed me! The wheat, which is golden, will remind me of you. And I’ll love the sound of the wind in the wheat…”’
The second image is a simple watercolour drawing of a boy, the little prince, and a red fox together in a grassy field. The little prince has gold hair, and is looking toward the fox.
The text of the third image is highlighted in grey, and reads:
‘Kiss me like the wind Now I sing it won’t you Kiss me from within Now I sing it won’t you Kiss me like the wind That flows within your veins’.
The fourth image stretches a little past the end of the intended quote. The intended quote reads:
'THAT WAS HOW the little prince tamed the fox. And when the time to leave was near: “Ah!” the fox said. “I shall weep.” “It’s your own fault,” the little prince said. “I never wanted to do you any harm, but you insisted that I tame you…” “Yes, of course,” the fox said. “But you’re going to weep!” said the little prince. “Yes, of course,” the fox said. “Then you get nothing out of it?” “I get something,” the fox said, “because of the colour of the wheat.”’
The text of the fifth image is highlighted in grey, and reads:
'Don’t start with your camouflage Spurning from within Jump in, my red little fox And rivers running through it all’.
The sixth image is a simple watercolour of a green hill, at the base of which is a fox’s burrow, with the fox standing in the entrance of it. In front of the fox is a field of flowers. The picture is captioned:
’“If you come at four in the afternoon, I’ll begin to be happy by three.”’
The text of the seventh image is highlighted in grey, and reads:
'Just say what you want Say it out within Without that funny little cough Simple minded, simple talk’.
The eighth and final image reads:
'AND HE WENT back to the fox. “Good-bye,” he said. “Good-bye,” said the fox. “Here is my secret. It’s quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.”’
i love u characters who are victims who don’t show things in a way that’s appealing i love u characters whos trauma leaves them with anger issues, with violence issues, with issues with connection and trust and being truthful i love you characters who don’t get “better” in a way that’s palatable, who don’t find growth and meaning in their trauma
