This is really beautiful! I appreciate the dash of levity that comes form framing this through medieval fantasy examples, it adds so much warmth.
Also, pouring from a communal bottle is perfect ritual element. It really cements the tone of this idealized, cathartic grieving ritual that we see all the time in fiction, but don’t often actually do in real life.
Thank you so much! Figuring out that levity/gravity balance was so important to me and I'm glad it felt good to you! I was super excited to work actual ritual in, and the drink bit just felt right.
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This is really beautiful! I appreciate the dash of levity that comes form framing this through medieval fantasy examples, it adds so much warmth.
Also, pouring from a communal bottle is perfect ritual element. It really cements the tone of this idealized, cathartic grieving ritual that we see all the time in fiction, but don’t often actually do in real life.
Thank you so much! Figuring out that levity/gravity balance was so important to me and I'm glad it felt good to you! I was super excited to work actual ritual in, and the drink bit just felt right.