In a true oral folk tale, no one actually ever says I love you… Instead, they give them food. To feed someone is to express that very basic love. To this day, people help each other take bits of wedding cake. The anti-mother is not the one who would feed you, she is the one who would eat you.

-From my Coursera course, ‘Fantasy and Science Fiction: The human mind, our modern world.’

#i love this idea about feeding people #seen it explored before as various expressions of love but never stated explicitly #and oooh yes of course #mostly I am thinking of Sunshine by Robin McKinley #closed off and a bit of a brass-bound bitch but always needing to feed people #and it’s an excellent way of saying I CARE FOR YOU without needing to use words #easier too (via spybrarian)
Source: spybrarian
SUNSHINE GIVES ME LIFErobin mckinleybooks full of ladies ttoo busy kickin' ass and takin' names for any of your patriarchy bullshit'the blue sword' and 'the hero and the crown' are all about girls telling kings and kingdoms where to stick itand a MAGIC FUCKING SWORD that only works for women and arranges for the demise of any man dumb enough to think he can weild her'sunshine' is about a girl with like emotions who has reasonable breakdowns about being kidnapped by vampiresand still pulls her shit together and goes and opens a can of whoop-ass on them'pegasus' is about intercultural relations between humans and MOTHERFUCKING PEGASI'dragonhaven' is about conservation efforts and DRAGONSand the main character is a teenaged boy too smart to fuck with the girls he knowshe basically operates on a premise of 'yes milady i would never dream of fucking with you''because i have shit to handle and a baby dragon to handle and no time for a romantic subplot''outlaws of sherwood' is basically a whole book about how robin hood is a puppy who worships the BAMFNESS of maid marian'beauty' is all about beauty having NO FUCKING TIME for your shit because she has books to read so fuck youseriouslygo read robin mckinleylove hershe is beautifuland her women are badassand also dragonsi'm generally really enthusiastic about dragons