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beccaelizabeth) wrote2005-03-30 11:09 pm
beccaelizabeth) wrote2005-03-30 11:09 pm
Magic words
Okay, once again somebody said something in their LJ and I don't feel I know them well enough to drop in at random and reply. But ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
twinkledru said The world is not going to magically become a better place for gays because you wrote Spangel
I disagree.
Words have magic. Stories change people. To borrow some of Angel's words - "We live as though the world was what it should be, to show it what it can be." They, the people in the stories, live that way. We can write them to show things with.
To change hearts and minds you give them stories they can believe in. True stories work for some people, but fantasy can give back a reflection just wonky enough to hold attention without cutting too close to the sore places, or magnify aspects that might otherwise get buried. The right story to the right mind at the right time can change their world. Magic words.
twinkledru said The world is not going to magically become a better place for gays because you wrote SpangelI disagree.
Words have magic. Stories change people. To borrow some of Angel's words - "We live as though the world was what it should be, to show it what it can be." They, the people in the stories, live that way. We can write them to show things with.
To change hearts and minds you give them stories they can believe in. True stories work for some people, but fantasy can give back a reflection just wonky enough to hold attention without cutting too close to the sore places, or magnify aspects that might otherwise get buried. The right story to the right mind at the right time can change their world. Magic words.