Ive Probably Said This Exact Thing Before But I Just Think That Like, Cannibalism Is Such A Potent Metaphor

ive probably said this exact thing before but i just think that like, cannibalism is such a potent metaphor for stuff that it’s frankly wasteful of you not to include it in your writing.

this isn’t a quentin tarantino foot situation. i’m not saying this bc cannibalism turns me on. the reason my characters talk non-stop about wanting to eat each other is bc all the rest of you are not using your state-allotted cannibalism metaphors and they are going to waste.

does your character love/idolize/worship someone? cannibalism as a means of embodying them.

does your character hate someone? cannibalism as a means of desecrating their corpse.

does your character wanna fuck someone, or own them? cannibalism as a means of claiming their body.

does your character have specifically christian religious trauma? cannibalism as a very literal eucharist.

cannibalism as a means of gaining someone’s power. cannibalism as a means of embracing your inhumanity. cannibalism as a gesture of acceptance. funerary cannibalism as a symbol of returning nature. industrialized cannibalism as a symbol of the devaluation of human life. survival cannibalism as the ultimate sacrifice (you get a free jesus metaphor with this one).

literally every story you write that doesn’t have cannibalism in it is a missed opportunity