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@books-poetry-tea omg thank you for asking! So the introduction is Understanding Poetry, Pritchard is saying how good poetry is something measured by graphing it’s qualities. Poetry is yk a form of art which expresses any emotion you can think of. Poetry is a deeper way of people allowing themselves to be vulnerable and all that. On the surface I am the pages. I represent a type of scale weighing the good and the bad but sometimes my ideas of bad and good are blind sided by everything around me. So the scale Pritchard made shows human excellence not human expression. Which like omg this scene is so important to me because it really encompasses the meaning of the film. The boys ripping out the pages is them finally allowing themselves expression over excellence. I am the pages because I have become blinded by the expectations set in the environment I’ve grown in. So when the boys rip these pages away they are essentially allowing the pillars(tradition, honor, discipline, and excellence) or the expectations that have been set for them to brake away which in turn relates to me by ripping away toxic traits I’ve learned and need to unlearn.

Thank you for letting me ramble (•3•) idek if what I said makes sense but it makes sense to me so…

You know everyone in the Dps fandom is like I relate to Todd or I relate to Neil or literally any of them but tbh I relate to the introduction pages.

Yk thé pages they rip out because it puts a box on creativity so they throw it away.

Yeah I’m those pages.

No I will not explain (unless you ask please ask I want to explain)

A few decades ago society didn’t need anti depressants. Kids had manners and crime wasn’t spiraling downward. What changed?

Traditional values lead to well balanced lives and relationships. Don’t get me wrong, liberal women are usually a blast to be with but I’ve never known a conservative woman with personality disorders, depression, or bipolar disorder. Family life if done right centers your emotions and expectations on the health safety and happiness of your partner and children instead of focusing on what’s gone wrong in your own life. It doesn’t matter how bad my day was, when I walk in to see my loving wife and kids all of my problems went away.