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Octavia Con Amore :pink_moon_and_stars: Succubard's Library

2026-04-18 21:07:44 UTC

If I do nothing else in this life, I want to impress upon as many people as I can the importance of words. I know they're easy to throw around... "they're just words", some will say...

But words have meaning, history, baggage, context, *consequences* :frog_sus:

While I don't believe magic exists in our world, I get why many magic systems are based on words, whether that be incantations, curses, true names, or whatever else...

Whether they be multisyllabic monstrosities from the depths of a thesaurus or internet slang, words have real weight to them, real effects on real people :cat_frown:

Using words is a responsibility, and the more we forget that, the more harm they can cause :jellyfish_sad:

p.s. I guess the thing I forgot to mention initially is that acknowledging this and letting empathy guide your use of words is generally the best idea :bear_shrug:

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