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blue shark of friendliness ([personal profile] ckd) wrote2020-10-03 04:42 pm

Lessons from lore

In folktales and ballads, if someone were to refuse to fulfill (or worse, actively try to counter) the dying request of a wise old woman I'm pretty sure it would not turn out well for them.

Also, despite the name, Poe's character Prince Prospero is not the winner in his story.

(I'm not a literature major, but even I know this stuff....)
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[personal profile] flexagon 2020-10-05 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Apparently reporters now have to talk about the "White House cluster", meaning cluster of virus cases. It must be KILLING them to not add one more syllable to the end of that.