I'm reading Solaris by Stanislaw Lem after watching Tarkovsky's beautiful film and the motherfucking 40 something year old protagonist had a god damn 19 year old wife god fucking dammit fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck fuck fuck fuckfuclfuckfuckfuck im so fucking pissed right now WHY?????? WHYYYYYY
I was so happy getting into this shit and then page 53 BAM "she was 19" fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck fuck fuck fuck
Roadside Picnic was a much cooler book and which I would recommend without reservation :blob-no-thoughts:
sorry, just let me have one more
GOD FUCKING DAMMIT FUCK FUCK FUCK RRRAAAAAHAHSJDJAJAKAKGHKMMAKAKAK :blob-on-fire: :blob-stabby:
Power dynamics can be easily addressed with cybernetic augmentation, so you can download wisdom to make up for the gap in years, and command respect from your partner with the laser cannon grafted to your sternum