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AsukaHotaru's avatar

The pale hull staying out there and not deciding is so rude... 😆 One little boat doing all that to my chest, honestly..!

stabilise's avatar

I agree, Asuka. Thank you so much for reading.

Alicia's avatar

I'm starting to think you may have come from Midgard yourself... Sublime work.

stabilise's avatar

lol… don’t be fooled, Alicia. This was the product of intense research and Sierra’s persistent questions, “So… Fatima… have you written about Heimdall yet?” lol

God… thank you. What a massive compliment.

❤️🤗

Alicia's avatar

Well, regardless of how you did it, it is lyrical and gorgeous. So there. 😉

stabilise's avatar

🫂🤗

MoTy's avatar

When the wound is a puncture, you hold it tight to keep the ship from going under. There is no other choice. Not for anyone. Not even for God.

Lexie Norway's avatar

That was beautiful. There is always hope, never let anyone dull your sparkle so your light shines bright!

stabilise's avatar

Thank you so much, Lexie.

Lexie Norway's avatar

You're very welcome 🙂

Gub's avatar

The writing really does draw you in and the scene unfolds in the mind.

Mercy-Luxed's avatar

The idea that some vessels are built not for escape but for endurance feels devastating here. There’s such loneliness in the posture of the watchman.

Óðr Sierra Sierra's avatar

thank you for reading this so deeply.

Whole concept here -

The Shipyard of Unfinishedness is a mytho-ontological framework that treats unfinishedness not as failure, but as a structural condition of the world.

In this model, ancient ships are not symbols or stories, but modes of being - vessels that carry different forms of postponed endings.

Each ship preserves something that was allowed to wait: joy, warning, doubt, justice, grief, responsibility, intervention.

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Thank you 🙏🏾 I hope your day is bright.