i like how for a certain set of millennial women “go piss girl” has become an automatic polite social response in the vein of saying “bless you” but for peeing
his literal conclusion talk with Traveler is "hell yes I'm still seeking out power. It's just going to be my own this time" like that's the opposite of acceptance he's a side character. That was acknowledging his Current situation that he is very much displeased with
Rejection sensitivity is the dumbest most would destroying thing, 24h thinking about how I deserve everything bad that ever happened to me and have no worth as a person because of the slightest mistake. Pussy ass disorder
Imagine my shock as a neurodivergent teen when I first realized that using large vocabulary and eloquent speech doesn't make you less likely to be misinterpreted, rather it adds an entirely new layer of misinterpretation I had never even realized existed in the form of people thinking you're being snobbish or condescending when you're just trying to be specific
The Neil Gaiman example later in this thread is absolutely evergreen because he's such a perfect case study for "terrible people can make very good and very progressive, empathetic pieces of art". The sooner we stop conflating someone's morality with their work the better.