i’d like to talk more about just how deeply, deeply, joan was affected by the violence & paranoia of the sixties.
she was really awitness to the eraand being so personally connected to everythingfeeling so connected to everythingwas not healthy for herthroughout the decade she just became increasinglydetached and unstablethere are just so many images she hasconstantly in her brainjackie kennedy covered in bloodthe body count of the vietnam war being recited every night on televisionbrian jones dead in his swimming poolthe protests of 1968 everybody was yelling everybody was angrythe manson murdersthose...really impacted herfor weeks and months all she could think about was pregnant womenbleeding and mangled and dyingshe was supposed to be a counterculture iconwhich is perhaps why this was so upsetting for herit felt like the whole world was falling to piecesand everybody was celebrating but herthis is more than i wanted to write holy shitbut a thread where she actually manages to tell someone about this would bef ucking fantastic* CHARACTER STUDY / ON THE MORNING AFTER THE SIXTIES.* WISHLIST / CHILDREN WITH PRESENTIMENTS OF LOSS.* OOC / GOODBYE TO ALL THAT.tw: violencetw: drowningtw: pregnancy