Comment on Anon reality checks your fantasy

GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

This is going to sound like a callous comparison. But I think that an elf would think of it in the same way that we think about our most beloved pet.

Your cat will die. You know that, right? Your lifespan exceeds your cat’s by a factor of 5. What’s the point of loving a cat if you’re just going to mourn them for decades after they die?

The point of love is that it has no point. It’s our most basic instinct, our deepest need. Everyone needs to feel love. And death doesn’t stop us from loving those who matter to us.

Apply the same idea to falling in love with someone who has a terminal illness. You will outlive that person. That is a guarantee. But love has no time limit. And the time you spend with that person will be something you hold close to you for the rest of your life, the same way that they’ll hold it for the rest of theirs.

Let elves fall in love. The world is lonely enough as it is.

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