“the fact that theres no romance in orv is detrimental” is such an insane take when love is one of the central themes of the story itself. love between people that found solace in each other, a love for the stories you create, how love can persist even in the most difficult times
your SPOUSE is the one who’ll sit beside you when your PARENTS DIE. who’ll hold your hand through CHILDBIRTH. who might have to BATHE YOU if you’re ever too sick to stand. this isn’t just about BUTTERFLIES or DATE NIGHTS. it’s about choosing someone who SHOWS UP... in GRIEF, in MESS, in UNCERTAINTY. so no, LOVE ALONE isn’t enough. COMMITMENT, MATURITY, and the ability to ENDURE life’s ugly parts... that’s what sustains a MARRIAGE. because when life gets PAINFULLY REAL, ROMANCE won’t carry you... CHARACTER will. and the truth is, FOREVER is only possible with someone who knows how to STAY when it’s HARD TO LOVE
Babe wake up— the humans have discovered that the planet they grew out of is, in fact, a geological entity that grows life in every form it can think of because it is ALIVE and that 26-second seismic pulse is actually it’s “heartbeat”: