I do indeed have a list of things that I watch/read/listen to for a good cry, because sometimes you really do just need a good emotional outlet. And yes, I would absolutely rather cry because I've been really touched by something than because I'm stressed and upset, so this makes perfect sense to me!
Books: Markus Zusak's The Book Thief, because holy shit, this book had me sobbing inconsolably at 1 AM all through the last 100 pages or so. If you haven't read it, it's the story of a young German girl fostered with a German family during WWII, and her story is told through Death's POV. I found it devastating on first read, but increasingly comforting on reread. It still wrecks me by the end though. Other than that, Deathly Hallows is my go-to for a good, comforting cry.
Music: "Hope There's Someone" by Antony and the Johnson's. I first heard this song in an episode of Torchwood, and it made me cry then even though I didn't give a shit about the episode itself. It's just stunning and vulnerable and gorgeous. And the choral arrangement of Barber's "Adagio for Strings," "Agnus Dei," gives me tears of awe.
Movies: Ahahah, I am with you on RotK. It was airing on TNT the other night, and it made me all teary eyed all over again. For a recent movie that gets the waterworks going, Up makes me cry an embarrassingly lot.
There's probably a bunch of other stuff I'm not thinking of, but those are the main ones!
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Books: Markus Zusak's The Book Thief, because holy shit, this book had me sobbing inconsolably at 1 AM all through the last 100 pages or so. If you haven't read it, it's the story of a young German girl fostered with a German family during WWII, and her story is told through Death's POV. I found it devastating on first read, but increasingly comforting on reread. It still wrecks me by the end though. Other than that, Deathly Hallows is my go-to for a good, comforting cry.
Music: "Hope There's Someone" by Antony and the Johnson's. I first heard this song in an episode of Torchwood, and it made me cry then even though I didn't give a shit about the episode itself. It's just stunning and vulnerable and gorgeous. And the choral arrangement of Barber's "Adagio for Strings," "Agnus Dei," gives me tears of awe.
Movies: Ahahah, I am with you on RotK. It was airing on TNT the other night, and it made me all teary eyed all over again. For a recent movie that gets the waterworks going, Up makes me cry an embarrassingly lot.
There's probably a bunch of other stuff I'm not thinking of, but those are the main ones!