@odysseyheart
good morning,
ofc @neynar knows š§āāļø
fun fact: "Part of Your World" was written by Howard Ashman, a gay man who died of AIDS in 1991 at 40. He was diagnosed in 1988, while working on The Little Mermaid. it hits different knowing this.
and the original story by Andersen? written the very year the man he loved announced his engagement to a woman. the whole thing is a clear queer allegory.
a story about longing for a world that won't let you in, written across two centuries by two queer men. one heartbroken. one dying.
art holds the power of life. of liberation. of freeing.
mermaid szn is upon us.
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