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Micro SF/F by O. Westin
@MicroSFF@mastodon.art  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

"You can't be friends with dragons!" the knight shouted. "They're cruel, capricious, detached from the world, want whatever they see-"

"You're describing kings," the princess said. "Well, one king. Others have made different choices."

"Can dragons make different choices?"

"All can. Why not try?"

#MicroFiction#FediFiction#TootFic#SmallStories

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Purecore Deluxe 🏳️‍🌈
@dioux70@eldritch.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@MicroSFF yay, the princess/dragon/knight stories return!
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jackcole
@jackcole@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@MicroSFF

“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
― G.K. Chesterton

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin
@MicroSFF@mastodon.art replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@jackcole I think these days children know dragons can be killed. The problem is that many, even adults, internalise this to mean that dragons must be killed.
Technically, I think that's a paraphrase of Chesterton. See https://www.tumblr.com/neil-gaiman/101407141743/every-version-of-that-chesterton-quotation-about
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