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 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.

(no subject)

why, in my Interests list, does Andrew/Oz have a linky underline, when I am in fact the only person to list it as an interest?

I do not ask why no one else lists it, because even I find it fairly insane.

phrases

you know how people say 'don't worry, I have broad shoulders'
why isn't there a corresponding phrase for backsides?
Life kicking my ass? No worries, it is a big ass, and well padded.


I think too much.