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Keshav's avatar

Didn't realize until I saw the note saying it was fiction at the end

Hudzah's avatar

oh wait this is fiction wtf

Julia Chang's avatar

"there was no way of lessening the pain without also ruining what I admired most about you" read this at work and got up and went home because I needed to lie down.

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this is sooooo good it’s making me reevaluate a guy I’m talking to

vincent huang's avatar

HAHA hope it's going well(???)

Katie L-na's avatar

"you’re really smart, but the problem is that smart people can rationalize anything, you know?"

Never really internalised how problematic this is until personal experience

Crazy good writing

Aria's avatar

Fantastic read, Vincent. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

ai's avatar

I am unfortunately the "you" in this essay.

Sharlene's avatar

this is so good feels so real

shenai's avatar

read this again and it hit even harder than the first time, love the evocative descriptions of the environment <3

Kenneth Sun's avatar

“i’d always struggled with finding anything in between adoration and indifference” made me question my whole life

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fav thing to read on the internet :)

H.J. Zhou's avatar

The fiction note hit hard. Devotion to the purpose vs. devotion to existing life is a theme I’ll forever love and this beautifully captured it

helena's avatar

wow so immersive!! i love it so much

Kai's avatar

wow I love this so much

laura gao's avatar

omg first time writing fiction :o

CJ Quines's avatar

hooray!!! you did it! you posted the thing!! i'm v proud