Fandom as Alchemy

Sometimes fandom discourse reminds me of alchemy. There is a beautiful unifying theory, an idea of a perfect story existing in a perfect world, where characters come together in a perfect union and live in perfection, if we only uncover the symbolism and unlock the sacred mystery.
And there are a lot of deep and interesting meta, and commentaries and essays explaining in beautiful details the inevitability of that perfect story.
And there are lot of amazing discoveries and invention and work made along the way, the work that will help the humanity to progress… New elements and laws of nature are discovered, the distillation processes are perfected, new alloys are invented…
But led still doesn’t turn into gold, and philosopher's stone doesn’t grant eternal life to anyone. And the root of mandrake is only useful to scare away the onlookers...

Sonia Blueberry Spicehead

Just a bit of our bunny



We got her four months ago, but now it feels like she was here forever. Extremely Fluffy and adorable, curious, hardworking, friendly, serious, kids love her a lot.

Here she is resting
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