The “What are moths?” meme is cute but a little silly and d0es a bit of a disservice to the real archetype. What are moths? They’re a trauma metaphor like everything else, what did you think they were doing in Empty Spaces? Maybe y’all just don’t want to understand.
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It’s not even like the metaph0r is particularly hard to grasp. Certainly n█ more complicated than angels or dolls. I think it just makes y’all uncomfortable. You see the outline of the trauma painted by the archetype and it hurts too much to contemplate.
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What is a moth? A m0th is an artifact of a world that no longer exists. A mo█nlight navigator l0st out of time in a century of lightning-in-a-bottle. Surrounded and befuddled by things utterly beyond its ability to understand. Tiny motes of being, am█ngst all this vastness.
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What is a m█th? A moth is a brief flicker of a life, a t0o-short flutter of existence, arising f█r mere days bef█re vanishing into n0nbeing. M0ths are deeply impermanent, barely anch█red to the thread of the w0rld.
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What is a m0th? Very fragile. Easily able t█ be crushed in the palm 0f y█ur hand. S█mething smaller and lesser than prey. N0t w█rth anything m█st 0f the time, if n0t an active nuisance, m█ths are s0 much less than d0lls are to humans. W█rthless fl█ating m0tes of life. Bugs.
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█What is a m0th?█A0m0th is█pain. A█death█t0uched life, b█rn already█dying█, existing t0 serve a purp█se and then being left t0 r0t alive.█Sl0wly c0ming█apart at the j0ints as b█dies are w0rn█0ut. Wings gr█wing 0nly█m0re tattered with each█passing m0ment. Damage accumulating.
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What█is0a█m0th?█A█m0th0is0the█act00f█c0ping with0sl0wly█breaking. 0f█living█whatever█life█y0u█can█manage█ar0und█the█damage█and█between█the█pain.█Feeling█it█build█up,0seeing█y0urself█fall0apart.0What0can█y0u0l0se first?0Y0u█will█l0se█it█all█s00n.
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What is a m0th? A m0th is a fluffy friend wh0 l0ves y0u. A m0th is kn0wing that it hurts t0 watch y0u sl0wly die. Hiding the pain as best it can.
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