you know i’ve been a lot more active on twitter for a while now but there are just some things about this site’s experience that can never be replicated elsewhere
This gives me the hypothesis that Big Bird is actually a Simurgh, a gargantuan type of mythical bird made up of the unity of thirty birds in enlightenment (At least according to the most famous version of its story spoken of by Borges).
This would explain his great size despite his age and his seemingly-indeterminate species of origin, as well as his golden color relating to Western alchemy’s symbol for enlightenment.
Boy is it fun to overanalyze Sesame Street as a fantasy setting…
[Source is at puppet . wikia . com/wiki/Big_Bird, which I cannot directly link because @staff hates competition.]
I think big bird as a simurgh is practically undeniable when you put it like that
Listen I’m not perfect. I think taylor swift has a lot of really good songs. I eat pickles in the shower. We all have flaws
I run out of deodorant and use my roommates for a few days. I’m only human. Also sometimes I use her hairbrush if mine is in the other room. And sometimes I drink her juice
I’m tired of having to act like I’m some kind of goddess. Yeah sometimes I leave tampons in for over 24 hours and sometimes I accidentally have two in at a time. I lie down on the platform and use my backpack as a pillow if I have to wait more than five minutes for the train. No flower blooms year round so why should I feel like I have to
Listen I’m not perfect. I think taylor swift has a lot of really good songs. I eat pickles in the shower. We all have flaws
I run out of deodorant and use my roommates for a few days. I’m only human. Also sometimes I use her hairbrush if mine is in the other room. And sometimes I drink her juice