To quote Terry Pratchett: “It doesn’t stop being magic just because you know how it works”

@garethhughes7430

25 күн бұрын

always quote Sir Pterry. GNU Terry Pratchett

@s0ph053

24 күн бұрын

Yes!

@jonathangibson3609

22 күн бұрын

+

@joganesha4151

12 күн бұрын

In a way, the magic, after learning about the truth on how it works and the science behind it, feels a lot more honest. Less deconstructive and more reconstructive, if you know what i mean. Like wearing glasses for the first time to get a clearer view 👁️

*Fun Fact:* A real eclipse was filmed during the production of the 1961 Biblical film "Barabbas." The director Richard Fleischer decided, after being informed that a total eclipse would occur in Italy, to shoot the scene of the death of Jesus Christ during such extraordinary event. This resulted in one of the most amazing scenes in Hollywood history

@damoji5332

25 күн бұрын

Imagine if an extra ruined that scene and they had to reshoot

@seanmurphy3430

25 күн бұрын

Imagine the stress of filming on that day. The timing has to be perfect, and you only have one chance to get it right.

@JonCrs10

25 күн бұрын

Ironically though, Jesus legitimately COULD NOT have died during an eclipse because Passover always happens on a full moon. Which it did on April 3rd, 0033. There WAS a lunar eclipse tho

@T91FTW

25 күн бұрын

Movies never tell you how freaking COLD it gets. I was watching from a park on lake Ontario. We lost like 8 degrees, 8 real degrees BTW.

@cavemann_

25 күн бұрын

Previously I left a comment saying they'd be able to reshoot thinking it was just a still shot of the total eclipse. But just now I watched the scene for the first time and realised they captured the entire thing. It must've been very stressful not to miss such a rare chance.

"i may not get to go to space, but the cool thing about being on a planet... is that we are already in space" i cannot express how comforting that is to hear, as a person who was literally traumatized into hating and being terrified of the concept of getting on a plane, let alone going on a spaceship, but still loves to learn about space. i don't need to leave the ground; the ground is space, too

"It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works" - Terry Pratchett

Red's like a werewolf but instead of turning into a wolf at the full moon she turns into a science communicator at any given event of astronomical significance

@aqua__owo

25 күн бұрын

Comparing Red to a werewolf just reminds me of the werewolf Halloween special, and how that was Red's first exposure to A/B/O lol. kills me every time

@henrypaleveda7760

25 күн бұрын

@@aqua__owo A/B/O?

@kristophersurma6459

24 күн бұрын

@@henrypaleveda7760you don’t want to know. Do NOT look it up.

@mirjanbouma

24 күн бұрын

​@@henrypaleveda7760 The existence of different blood types. Don't go looking for any other definitions. Ignorance is bliss.

@donovanchin1559

24 күн бұрын

@@aqua__owo yes I'd like to know what A/B/O is as well

Red: "Hmm, I want to talk about this eclipse, but I need a way to visualize it for my viewers." "I know! I'll use Cleo, the creature with sharp claws and unpredictable temperament that I'm allergic to! I see no complications with this plan- AH, MY HUBRIS!"

@MrDalisclock

25 күн бұрын

Cat prop is best prop

@quinn0517

25 күн бұрын

Cleo: Unorthodox display of hubris but very well...purr, purr

@Krahazik

23 күн бұрын

Just the natural hazard of a happy kitty purring away and kneading your under-protected flesh with sharp needles

@Vinemaple

22 күн бұрын

That was the least effective explanation eclipses that I've ever seen, and it will forever be my favorite.

@ellymyths

21 күн бұрын

The fact that I can hear this in Red's voice is crazy-

For me, it was all the crowd reactions and the memefications that felt weirdly profound. Like, you’re watching people react to a natural space event as if it’s a Beatles concert and people on instagram are coming up with the funniest ways to anthropomorphise two celestial bodies, and it just fills me with a weird sense of community. Also, Red, you are poetic AF and your video essay section was glorious. Thank you for being you!!!

@melissajill6174

22 күн бұрын

Yeah, I was in the path of totality this time, and my son and I walked down to the city park a few blocks away. When the totality began, a bunch of people in the crowd started clapping and cheering like "Yay, Moon! We knew you could do it!"

@ellymyths

21 күн бұрын

It's crazy to think that the entirety of humanity all felt such excitement to see the moon and sun do a weird thing and it's just amazing!

"Having a special interest can be like chewing the same piece of gum and hoping the flavour will come back" is so real. You got me misty eyed, Red, I relate so hard.

"You're so stinkin' cute OWW." is the quintessential cat experience.

@TitaniaBird

25 күн бұрын

Can confirm. (cries in "her tuxie boi Cu Chulainn has claws as sharp and painful as the Gae Bulg")

@jackielinde7568

25 күн бұрын

Have cats can can concurr this is the prime cat experience. I love my little hairball cannons, but the pain. Oh! The pain!

@IONATVS

25 күн бұрын

Fafhrd, my lil’ gray mouser, also loves to make biscuits of my flesh with his blades: Graywand, Scaplel, Heartseeker, and Cat’s Claw.

@slwrabbits

24 күн бұрын

cats are cute, but sharp

@faolanj66

24 күн бұрын

Also key in the experience: still petting the cat as they needle you with their feet

Sunburned by a solar eclipse. And that's why they call her "Red".

@rmsgrey

25 күн бұрын

Sunburned by a solar eclipse when surrounded by snow...

@a.morphous66

25 күн бұрын

@@rmsgrey Hey, snow has a ridiculously high albedo. There’s a reason people indigenous to polar regions have darker skin.

@JamieElli

25 күн бұрын

My parents made me put on sunscreen for it, and I don't even tend to get sunburned.

@Tardisntimbits

25 күн бұрын

I wear sunblock in the winter, that glare off the snow is no joke! (I'm also om meds that make my eyes and skin more sensitive to the sun than my pale ass already is, lol)

@orbracha25

25 күн бұрын

@@Tardisntimbits See, I don't have such weaknesses as snow! (read: Please help, I need more snow in my life)

Oooohhh, I am EXCITED for a trope talk or whatever on Eclipses in culture! It's always such a powerful image, usually used as a Bad Omen. I really wanna hear about that.

@mistereiswolf70

21 күн бұрын

I really really need that on so many levels!

@zer0w0lf94

15 күн бұрын

Cue the ATLA and TOH ramblings!

@Chaosbean-1443

14 күн бұрын

TOH SPOTTED!! Seriously though, I'd be so happy to see an eclipse trope talk. There are just I many pieces of media with awesome eclipse symbolism and season finalies.

Your rant about not being able to feel like you're experiencing something amazing... I can relate to that way more than I'm comfortable with. Good to know we're not alone.

🎵Your magnifying device is a deadly laser” “Not anymore there’s a filter”🎵

@dawesome_sauce

25 күн бұрын

I heard that in his voice.

@mike954

25 күн бұрын

Same

@Daniel-jk6ve

24 күн бұрын

This reference is the Wurtz! 🥁

@instantchaos2385

24 күн бұрын

history of the entire solar eclipse i guess

@DistrarSubvoyikar

24 күн бұрын

xD

*Red:* "With the help of my lovely assistant, Cleo." It's good Red finally has some help to make things easier-- *Cleo the Cat has entered the picture* --I take what I said back, that's just going to make things so much worse...

@universe1879

25 күн бұрын

wdym, having a cat join u in witnessing the clockwork of the solar system is obviously better

@something3530

25 күн бұрын

Incorrect cats are great for morale

@thoruktor8005

25 күн бұрын

​@@something3530 The -1hp will continue until morale improves

@KristovMars

25 күн бұрын

Genuinely THE BEST helpers - whether you're typing, putting fresh sheets on the bed, or carrying precariously balanced and terrifyingly fragile things whilst unable to see your feet - cats are always there to contribute

@kaybadberg534

25 күн бұрын

I just got a flashback of Cleo sleeping on the next page of Blue’s script.

I just want to say, I really love the camera-fit-for-animation picture quality. I know it probably wasn't intentional, but it gives the air of authentic, "I didn't plan to record this, but I just couldn't help myself," energeticness, almost like found footage from a rare cataclysm.

The -1 hp bit was hilarious. I live near Buffalo, and we had cloud cover for totality but it cleared up before it was over and we got to watch it until it ended from the parking lot at work. It really did get as dark as night outside for a couple minutes

- "Did you guys see the sun today" - "Why, yes! And thus, we cannot see anymore" - "Ah, ok. Glad I wasn't the only one then"

@BawonoSA173

21 күн бұрын

🎶Black shinning sadness...🎵

@Chitose_

6 күн бұрын

i didn't get to see it despite living in the usa, i was in california lol

THE WAY I WAS WAITING FOR RED TO CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT ECLIPSES THE MOMENT I HEARD OF THIS ONE HAPPENING

@MadHatter1B3

25 күн бұрын

YES SAME! ABSOLUTELY!

Red, you are the ONE person I must thank for being the one to inform me about this eclipse!! THANK YOU SO FREAKING MUCH!!!! 🤩🤩🤩 I remember so vividly, I was on an evening shift at work (medical field) right around 11PM, watching your video in waiting for a patient to arrive... At the part of the video with the moving shadow across North America, I literally had to pause, do a double take, searching the video image by image, and when I saw my OWN TOWN pretty much straight under the center of the path of totality, I cannot tell you the rush of adrenaline that submerged me! I COULD NOT BELIEVE MY LUCK!!! And when the day finally came, the weather COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER!! I was basically an 8 yo on Christmas eve for a few hours, there! I CRIED during totality! I was so overwhelmed that I did not realised how cold it got until AFTER the totality! 😂 That evening (on an other evening shift), I was just like you, I could NOT stop smiling!! I still get giddy thinking about it from time to time! I was so glad to learn that you saw it too!! That was SUCH a spectacle!!! You're so right, nothing could have prepared any one of us for the emotional part of it!! Thank you Red, once again, for that video in november! And thank you for this very video as well!! To get to relive the moment was a treat! And the Cleo Cameo was an adorable bonus!!! 🐈 PS: Cats ALWAYS favor the allergic!!! 😉

I adored everything about this. Seeing the gang out and about being goofs, space content, learning so much about how eclipses work, and most of all hearing Red gush about something she clearly loves and felt deeply and profoundly passionate about. Your enthusiasm was absolutely contagious and I'm so fricking sad that I live on a TINY ISLAND so our chances of being in the totality of an eclipse are tiny. Loved the video, easily one of your best.

Why is "I fucking told you guys it was a weird shape" so relatable

@CarbonMage

25 күн бұрын

The way it follows up the "perfect celestial dance" spiel is fantastic

Blue's confusion about the sun and the moon at the end was so adorable and a reminder that yes, not everyone is a nerd about space, but even they can still get something from the absurdity of totality

@YonathanPalomino-dy1sp

25 күн бұрын

Will edit later need to finish video

@VarangianGuard13

25 күн бұрын

The human experience is freaking amazing, isn't it?

@riluna3695

25 күн бұрын

It was so cute hearing the "today's lucky 10,000" comment from XKCD. They may still laugh at the mistake, but Red used the opportunity to teach him something new about something she's passionate about. And that's a thing of beauty all by itself.

@hokutoulrik7345

24 күн бұрын

It is not a dome, so while it is neat, space isn't in his wheelhouse.

@jamesg9840

24 күн бұрын

I feel that Blue missed a perfect opportunity to go on about Aristotle's cosmology.

Watching that lookaround shot of dusk in every direction, with stars in the daytime sky, beneath the gaze of a hollow angry Sun, I half expected dire orchestral music to herald the approach of "the Final Boss of Earth" stepping from the shadows to challenge Red in single combat.

I was there for the 2017 total eclipse by complete chance. I was in JobCorps in Oregon and they gave the whole center a couple hours off training classes to see it. We all went to the back bush where there was a firepit and a big field, they passed out eclipse glasses, and I cannot begin to describe the utter euphoria and awe that I experienced being there and seeing it happen. I still have the glasses as a souvenir of that once in a lifetime experience I had, by complete chance. If I hadn’t been at JobCosps, if I hadn’t picked the trade and center that I did, I would have missed it. Thank you Red, for reminding me of how it felt to be in the eye of a god. To know that fate can be fickle and Murphy’s Law cruel, but sometimes? Sometimes the universe lets something momentous happen. And I got to witness it. I might never get to see an eclipse from the Path of Totality again in my lifetime. But you reminded me that, I had once. And many other people will see it again. And they might feel the same way I felt in those brief moments of perfect alignment. It’s nice to not feel alone.

I bet Red has waited her entire life for this moment XD

@ecurewitz

25 күн бұрын

I waited 50 years to see a solar eclipse in totality. It was fantastic

28:14 “Sometimes, having a special interest is like chewing old gum and expecting the flavor to come back.” I’ve never heard it described so well and so vividly. I have to pinball myself to different special interests periodically because of this. Feeling the “gum” lose its flavor is always so frustrating.

@marhawkman303

25 күн бұрын

Yeah, I totally get that, not everyone has the same emotional reaction, but also a single person won't consistently react the same way! It's very worth remembering since weird reactions are totally a common thing.

@smolgeckoandanoni

25 күн бұрын

Definitely, I've had to go from drawing to playing various games, then back again multiple times, or doing wither of those two things and then something else, like knitting or making jewelry or something Happens quite a lot actually, I've been playing Terraria every day for the past few days cause the modivation to draw is currently taking a nap and refuses to wake up at the alarm

@matthewcerutti9047

25 күн бұрын

BRO I thought I was the only one it’s so annoying. What’s worse is that going back to a subject I love is more difficult for some reason. I wish there was a way to stop it since it happens so frequently to me (like every few months)

@marhawkman303

25 күн бұрын

@@matthewcerutti9047 "Variety is the spice of life" or something....

@mil1317

25 күн бұрын

sometimes you've gotta leave the gum be for a while, so it has time to ferment and take on a whole new flavor

Well, you did it Red. You evoked the feeling. I've seen an eclipse and you managed to capture the wonder with your description! I'm a very religious person, and when you mentioned "seeing the clockwork" and "looking behind the curtain", I felt my soul stir in familiar, wonderous ways. I missed this eclipse, but thank you for sharing the experience of it with the rest of us!

I started crying with you sharing how you have felt so much for the eclipse in comparison to other experiences you’ve wanted to as well, I relate so much and it’s so good

Ngl, one part of Eclipses that i think people dont consider enough is how weird they make everything around you. The weird ass physics that create sickle shadows or shadow bands. Like forget the bite taken out of the sun, what happens when youre in the woods, or just chilling by a willow tree when suddenly everything gets slightly darker, and all the shadows of all the leaves seem WRONG somehow. The ground beneath you writhes and shimmers. Then the darkness lifts and everything goes back to how it normally is. I wouldnt blame someone for thinking they temporarily slipped through another realm or something

@rmsgrey

25 күн бұрын

It's not just the shadows. The very light seems _wrong_ - normally, you're lit by the white light of yellowish direct sunlight combined with the scattered blue from the rest of the sky, or by the reddish light of sunrise/set. During the eclipse, you're being lit by the scattered blue light from the rest of the sky, without the yellow of direct sunlight. It's one of the effects that happens even when you're not getting totality.

@em5522

25 күн бұрын

It felt like there was a filter that went over my eyes or over whole the world. Very surreal.

@John_Weiss

25 күн бұрын

The "writhing and shimmering" is a result of the Sun becoming a "line-source" of light, which allows it to "twinkle" just like the stars [which are effectively point-sources of light]. The same atmospheric bending of starlight bends the linelike sun.

@FinrodFelagundTheFair

25 күн бұрын

"And that is how I ended up in the land of the Fae." - Pwyll Prince of Dyfed probably

@Panory

25 күн бұрын

It's both chilling and hilarious to watch animals lose their sense of time as they all go "Oh, it's dark, must be night time." I imagine those owls were kinda miffed when the sun turned back on after a few minutes.

Cloe:"Are you explaining how a rare and amazing natural phenomenon works?" Red:"..." Cloe:"Eight hitpoints."

Your whole video essayist segment just left me speechless. I felt those same exact feelings during the eclipse, but I could never have articulated them as beautifully as you did. There's this overwhelming sense of awareness that washed over me, knowing that at one point in time, we were staring up at the same sky and thinking about the same things, and feeling the gravity of this once in a lifetime thing at the same time. It's feelings like these that make being alive and human seem so cool.

Red's concern about being let down by something she was so hype about but then having her expectations exceeded is so damn relatable. I was so excited to see it but was very worried I wouldn't be that impressed and I was still blown away

"I may not get to go to space, but the cool thing about living on a planet, is that we are already in space" Beautiful summary, and beautiful video in general

I was under the path of totality at a park in my hometown, and the temperature went from "Too warm, I shouldn't have brought my coat" to "YIKES, it's COLD!" over the course of an hour, let alone the weird and wonky way the light started fading, so yeah, partials are VERY weird. But the full eclipse? That was definitely one of the most magical moments of my life. My girlfriend said "I can see how one of these cutting over a battlefield could make everyone drop their swords". It was like the sun turned into this great big bright eye, with a perfect band of molten silver around it, and the literal planets easily visible. Definitely worth taking some days off of work to go see! The photos and videos do not do it justice.

@25Erix

25 күн бұрын

The day of the eclipse (I was also in the path of totality), I actually got paranoid if I was going to have to contend with the trees in my neighborhood so I opened my Star Tracker app to see where the sun was and there was definitely some interference going on. The app had a hard time locking onto the sun. But I was all good. Sun was high in the sky. I'm a weird one.

@rayhatesu

24 күн бұрын

Yeah, I definitely agree. I got a friend to come up from Florida to see it since I lived in the path of totality as well and it was definitely neat af. Felt a bit somber to me, though, as the eclipse happened to fall on the 2 year anniversary of a friend's passing, since I was wishing he could be with us to see it too. I'm still glad I made sure my schedule was clear in advance, though, it was worth going out of my was to witness it and bring my friend to see it too.

@firstnamelastname5449

24 күн бұрын

Yeah, I had been in Cleveland, Ohio during the last one and we got lucky that the clouds stopped covering it just as the total eclipse started. I don’t remember that one, being in August, making quite as much of an impact on the temperature. I was in Vermont this time, and got a lovely view of it over Lake Champlain. I feel my skin heating for the half hour before it got really close to hitting totality, then as it got close I started to get really cold, and I put on the sweater I had been sitting against(was leaning on a fence)

@25Erix

24 күн бұрын

Fun fact, there was a solar eclipse that occured during a battle millennia ago and it caused the fighting to stop and for diplomacy to begin.

@g.e.causey

24 күн бұрын

Ooh I'm so jealous, I traveled a couple hours to see the last total eclipse, but clouds rolled in just as partial was starting, and hid the sky until totality was over. Devastating.

One thing I would add to your description of the eclipse as to why it feels so emotional is that things are happening so quickly! It feels like you barely have time to take in one wonder and then it’s already changed to something even more magnificent. The 360 sunset is my favorite. And I’m glad I was able to watch the eclipse with lots of other people, despite how annoying that made parking. The collective gasps and cheers as the sky got dark will stay with me for a while. (Also I’m so sad I missed you at PAX! I’m glad you got to see totality though :’] )

Whether or not you could succeed in portraying the moment as a storyteller, you sure portrayed how YOU felt so vividly, and that's a beautiful and special thing to share. Thank you.

The moment I knew that eclipse was happening, I knew Red would be dying to talk about it. And I'm just as excited to hear it. Eclipses are so cool. Also, cute Cleo cameo.

@watershipup7101

25 күн бұрын

Agreed. Eclipses are so cool.

@waterbullstudios9195

25 күн бұрын

Cleo's cameo was the best part of my day.

"I like who I am when I'm yearning for impossible things." - Red You gotta put that on a t-shirt, that's a good one. I saw the 2017 Eclipse, and I've also been frustrated trying to describe it, because no image or description actually describes the feeling of it.

@CalliopePony

25 күн бұрын

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” - C.S. Lewis

@keepperspective

24 күн бұрын

Yes-I want this merch

@Zeraevous

22 күн бұрын

I saw the 2017 one with my dad. My sister and mother didn't want to make the extra hours of driving, and my friends missed it as well. This time, I'd been bothering everyone for 7 years, and we got a full 5 of us to go. The second time is just as rad, even with the experience seared into my memory. There's so much to pay attention to, and taking everything in might be impossible. 4 minutes is NOT enough time.

@semaj_5022

17 күн бұрын

Yeah, in a video loaded with unexpectedly profound quotes, this one was my favorite. It's going to stick with me, for sure. And I would definitely buy a shirt or poster with that on it.

Honestly that bit about being frustrated with yourself not really feeling anything in the moment during something you know is very cool or otherwise significant really resonated with my experiences. Glad you had a good time eclipse chasing!

Hey Red. I'm much the same way with being unimpressed or less emotional than everyone when achieving a goal or seeing something special, so I understand. And yet, I also had the opportunity to see the 2017 total eclipse, and I decided not to take it, thinking what I could see would be special enough. I got the chance to see the 2024 total eclipse and I am so glad I took it. I would try and describe it, but you already did that better than I ever could. The darkness, the stars, the sense of power, the emotions. And much like you said, I was surprised by it all despite how much of it I already knew.

Red with Cleo in her lap and explaining the intricacies of eclipses seems eerily similar to a Bond villian with their cat explaining their entire evil plan.

@cartoonishidealism582

25 күн бұрын

“No, Mr Bond, I expect you to listen to me infodump”

@isaacthered

25 күн бұрын

You see Mr. Bond, I have buried 8 lasers under-ow, ow! Scar, you're being too rough.

@boooksareamazing

25 күн бұрын

“Oh, welcome Mr Bond. I have been expecting you.” Waves hand to shut doors. “You have been caught in my trap.” Presses remote to turn on PowerPoint presentation. “My usual colleague is sadly absent today. Something about Vembis, I don’t know, I didn’t listen. But you will serve as an adequate replacement for about the next three and a half hours of spy movies Detail diatribe. Mwahahahaha!”

@Daniel-jk6ve

24 күн бұрын

@@boooksareamazingYou absolute fiend!

@Daniel-jk6ve

24 күн бұрын

“No, Mr. Cellphone, I expect you to go blind!” - Red before removing the solar filter.

"A solar system family photo" hit me like a punch. Why am I about to cry

I really appreciated the art of your conclusion; actually being able to experience the sight of 'standing under an alien sky'.

I'm glad Cleo got more than a tiny cameo 😂 I really dig these videos. It was cool that you let us be a little part of your trip, and I was smiling with delight as you reflected on your experience.

"I don't think I am succeeding in doing that" you in regard to painting the picture. My partner, who couldn't even quite hear everything you said from where I was listening, piped up in the other room with "oh you are absolutely successful". Just based on your tone, the pauses, and what she did actually hear she managed to very clearly understand what you were trying to convey. So my immense thanks, Red, for another amazing video and for sharing your passions and sense of wonder

@Szokynyovics

24 күн бұрын

Man, I just hope she sees all these comments and feels how much she means to us. :) ❤

Hey Red.. that empty feeling of being unable to connect is what I experience. Even during the eclipse I felt like the magnitude of the situation was lost on me, that I didn't feel as powerful as I thought I would have, that I took too many photos, that I didn't "enjoy" it enough whatever that means. That was until you said that one single line in your emotional reaction section. "It's a solar system family photo.. It's like we can finally get everyone in the shot" It was a joke and yet that was the one thing that seemed to snap me out of my self deprecating spiral, making me realize that I was there for the solar system's little family reunion, it gave a sort of personification to the cosmos, made my photos mean a little more, made it truly feel momentous, all five visible planets, the moon, and the sun, all in one picture. I can finally look back on that once in a lifetime event and feel satisfied after weeks of feeling nothing but regret, and it only took a silly line in a youtube video to help me realize that I got to pose in the solar system's family photo after they finally got together again. Thank you Red 🧡

@svipulvalke9913

23 күн бұрын

Hey, this is cute as fuck, I'm glad you had that experience altered in such a lovely way. Red, see?? You really are a wordsmith!

@avej99

23 күн бұрын

Damn I related to this as well. I was walking out of target when the eclipse happened and a bunch of people were outside watching but I couldn’t seem to care

@AmarisFrede

22 күн бұрын

🫂

@NietzscheIsDead

22 күн бұрын

🫂

I just want to say thank you @OverlySarcasticProductions. I saw the video you posted months ago about the April 8th one that happened a few weeks ago. It inspired me to go to Dallas with my girlfriend to try see it. We didn't think we were going to see anything, we were getting forecasts of overcast all day, but the clouds started parting about one-and-a-half hours before the eclipse. We got to see an amazing uninhibited sight of the sun eclipsing the moon, and it never would have happened without you. Thank you so much for what you do!

Thank you for this! I love pieces like this where your enthusiasm and heart open up, its your inner truth and never let that go. Let it carry you and inspire you through the rest of your life!

_Thank you_ for sharing this. I wasn't able to get to the totality path, even though it was only three or four hours drive from me. I've been waiting 58 years to see a total eclipse, so it felt like a complete failture of life that I didn't make it, even though it was so close. But you've made me feel better, just by describing your excitement in a way I totally "get." I know what you mean by being too "in your head" to feel the emotional impact of something...and I know what it's like when something is profound enough to reach through that. You reminded me of that. I felt it once, years ago, when I saw a _perfect_ double rainbow from a downtown parking lot. I've _known_ exactly how rainbows happen since I was six or seven; I've always made a habit of looking west after afternoon thundershowers to catch them. I always get excited (coworkers or friends would giggle when I'd go "Ooo! Rainbow, check it out!"}, even though it's usually just a partial rainbow - a strip or a short curve, occasionally an open arc. It's still so pretty, I don't mind being laughed at. But it's like spotting an art car on the road: fun, unusual, but still an _everyday_ sort of unusual. But just once, I not only saw a full semicircular rainbow, but a perfect nested pair of them. They were brilliant, all the colors shining, the second one dimmer and reversed in colors. The sky was blue behind them, and the strip of sky between the two bows was darker than the sky on either side. It looked like...a vast tunnel in the sky. Small cumulus clouds moved visibly toward me, blown by the brisk wind, like strange white airships sailing through the sky-tunnel from some mystical, alien world. I felt the full wonder of that, even though I _knew_ it was nothing of the sort. It was like...a perfectly secular but still _profoundly_ spiritual experience. It's always felt too odd to explain to anyone that one of the most meaningful experiences of my life happened in the most mundane of places...that I felt the wonder of the cosmos in the parking lot of a downtown Sears (RIP). But so it was. And by making this video, you've reminded me of that day, and made me understand that the eclipse was the same kind of experience. And I feel _better,_ not worse, even knowing I missed it. Because watching you talk about it, I felt that sense of wonder again, even if just for an instant. And it's almost like I was able to be there, too. So _thank you_ so very much for sharing your experience, and reminding me what it was like to stand (if ever so briefly) under an alien sky.

@Vinemaple

22 күн бұрын

Yes, Red, thank you... I was able to deal with getting clouded out and too busy to do more than take a glimpse and nearly blind myself, at my 18%-at-totality location, and then nothing at all once I'd gotten eclipse-viewing film, because I knew you'd go somewhere, film it, then make a video like this.

Red: “this simultaneous awareness of the inextricable passage of time and-“ *Alarm goes off, highlighting the passage of time*

Okay this gave me all the feels. I get the "unable to connect" thing and it drives me mad, it's nice to know I'm not the only one. Your joy is absolutely shining off you here, thank you for this :)

You made me cry, that was a beautiful essay/speech.

The best part about listening to Red is how her curiosity and positivity makes this disaster of a world feel beautiful and exciting. It's the best treatment I've found for chronic hopelessness and disillusionment. She's such a source of _joy,_ like rain in the desert. Thank you! From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

@MinurielLai

25 күн бұрын

++

@Shatterpath

25 күн бұрын

Agreed!

@AegixDrakan

25 күн бұрын

There's a reason why OSP are my comfort channel, and have two tabs with all of Red's videos and all of Blue's videos in a shuffled playlist open all the time. :P They're a real joy.

@thelastsliceofbread4098

25 күн бұрын

❤

@k2990j

25 күн бұрын

This is so beautiful. You’re spot on

I felt so seen when you discussed your issues of not being moved by moments that the majority of people espouse to be profound. I drove with my family for over 11 hours round-trip up to Vermont to see totality, specifically because I wanted to challenge that. It was a sort of "If this doesn't phase me, then I guess nothing ever will" situation. Good lord am I glad that I felt SO MUCH during the eclipse. I teared up during totality. TEARS! That never happens to me. The universe forced the absolute beauty of nature down my throat and I'm so grateful it did. As someone who loves writing, I was always irked by my inability to truly FEEL the profundity of life and nature, and I couldn't be more happy that I made the effort to prove to myself that I can, in fact, still feel this way.

@sarahlandis289

24 күн бұрын

Oh I felt like it would make a perfect origin story event!!! It felt so powerful!

@ethanhoward498

24 күн бұрын

Same exact story here! The whole time during the partial I was like "this sure is unusual but it's not really making me feel anything". Then once totality hit... Man, it made it all worth it. Also my family were real troopers about getting stuck in traffic for 3 hours afterwards before we made it to a restroom in New Hampshire lol

@LilyNotDoffen

24 күн бұрын

Take that depression

@Layn75

24 күн бұрын

I'm so glad red brought that up, because I also feel the same. Heck, I remember skipping the annular eclipse in my home country that everyone was excited about. (I do remember the wild experience of the day getting dark though). Seeing red describe this and how she felt in the end made me check up what my next chance might be to see a total or annular eclipse. Apparently 2 years from now. I shall be ready for it.

@dracodraco1982

24 күн бұрын

I wasn't so moved by it, I'm admit. It was lovely, but not a lasting moment. It was more like a dream snippet, the bizarre mixture of new and old. The familiar sky, the grass below, a new welding helmet, a new sight. Bonus points for Bluetooth speaker and being alone with dogs, playing the DuckTales moon theme. It was nice. I just don't think that part of my brain works like most folks'. Did have what I think might be an equivalent magnitude, wildly different in meaning event, though, once. About a dozen years back, was at an event that had a 4 alarm crisis. Thousands of people rushing into bitter cold, unprepared, nowhere to go. ..and I saw people band together. Strangers helped strangers. People pulled together. Started organizing, started communicating. All the while, my reclusive (note: not shy, not antisocial) self freezing in short sleeves, light clothes, and no coat just witnessed. ..and in the space of those few hours, the way I saw people pull together, I transitioned from being a passive observer to active participant. Sounds a minor thing, but it isn't. It's really and truly a pivotal moment. I'll still be a recluse, and as much as I loathe the cold, I'd still rather freeze than huddle. My character doesn't change so easily, but that night changed me. Not an observer peeking /in/, but a participant and member /of/. Went out for a study of applied mathematics (read: I was going to play poker with a few folks), came back with a permanent connection not to a place or time, person or idea, but an entire people. Life is funny. And the big surprises so often grow fewer in number and further apart as the years go by. But they're out there, even for me, it's just a matter of finding or else stumbling into them. Maybe it'll be something small, maybe it will be something mundane to every other person, maybe you won't even know it until years later because the neurons haven't /quite/ processed the meaning yet. ..but they're out there. So, if any passerby felt unmoved, keep looking and thinking and wondering. You might not find what you're looking for, and you won't always get what you need, and you can pretty much forget ending up exactly where you meant to, but those moments are out there. I hope you all find yours. And I hope I find more, too, but if that's the only one I get, that's okay, too. Beauty lies in possibility, just as much as reality.

Thank you for such a wonderful description! I've been trying to find words to describe what totality was like and I think you nailed it with everything from 25:30, especially: "You're standing under an impossibility."

This was such a wonderful display of geeking out on your interest! Thank you for sharing it with us. I love seeing how the THING makes people really excited and happy.

Me: "Eclipses are really beautiful unique events, don't you think?" Guts: *Cries intensely*

@barleysixseventwo6665

25 күн бұрын

@blackosprey2219

25 күн бұрын

Like half the stories I like have an eclipse that is Very Bad News.

@my_girl_seraphine5294

25 күн бұрын

Casca screaming

@matthewmccoyd2578

25 күн бұрын

Hellboy: *insert Woody pushing aside Sora*

@MrDalisclock

25 күн бұрын

What's the worst that could happen? *Femto has entered the story*

An overcast solar eclipse feels like a perfect metaphor for our times. Something so banal ruining what should be a wonderful experience.

@Teethmafia

25 күн бұрын

Overcasty sarlic productions

@Piiiiiiiiit

25 күн бұрын

I remember that’s what happened to me the last time one of these came through, luckily the skies were clear where i was this time. It was beautiful

@purplepedantry

25 күн бұрын

Perhaps we'll soon have a whole trope's worth of these metaphors in media for Red to talk about.

@farkasmactavish

25 күн бұрын

idk about "wonderful" When I think wonderful, I think of being, you know, full of wonder. Made to pause in awe as I rethink everything I thought I knew. The solar eclipse is just "pretty neat".

@jbreality4037

25 күн бұрын

i saw an overcast eclipse this year after traveling to see it much like red and blue did, and i heartily disagree it ruins the experience, it was cool as hell even through the clouds!

I can tell that Red was truly amazed by this experience because she didn't end the video by saying "sp.... yeah!" But also, Red I could feel your energy and excitement for this. There's so much barely controlled... I guess raw JOY when you described your experience here. And I completely jive with feeling let down by grand sights or "once-in-a-lifetime" moments. But this? This seemed like it was something special. I'm gonna have to do everything I can to catch the next one.

Your last video motivated me and my friends to see this eclipse! It was an amazing experience!

I was thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2017, and my parents drove up to pick me up from the trail and drive me down to Georgia to see it. I was in a similar boat; I'm a fairly jaded person, and I wanted to experience it to cross it off a list, but I was fully expecting it to be something that I see, go "Huh. Okay." and then move on from. Actually experiencing it was an absolute punch in the gut; probably the most incredible experience in that entire thru-hike wasn't even on the trail. What surprised me the most was how incredibly happy everyone was who was going to see it. Everyone was cooperative, and the usual cut-throat traffic my truck-driver father was used to in that part of Georgia was completely absent as everyone on the road had turned into a model courteous driver. We hadn't actually prepared, so we were getting ready to just tank the eye damage and kinda indirectly look at the eclipse, until a super friendly guy saw us, said "Hey, I brought a ton of extra eclipse glasses, do you need some?" and we got to look at it minus the eye damage. Also there was a guy handing out bottles of Corona to fit the theme, so just as the partial eclipse was starting, I sent my group chat a message, "Guys! I got a pic of the corona!" Then when they excitedly clamored for it, I sent a pic of me with a shit-eating grin holding the bottle. Their angry responses are something I still treasure.

@thedragonwarrior5861

24 күн бұрын

That Corona joke sounds like something I'd be tempted to do

@Summyer

22 күн бұрын

That sounds awesome lol. I miss my friends :(

@CoralCopperHead

19 күн бұрын

Okay, I make jokes about the thing, but it wasn't _that_ amazing. Glanced out the window, had the shades 'cause someone else gave them to us, it started, used 'em, identical to every photo of 'em I've ever seen. I mostly just chuckled at the idea that ancients probably thought the world was ending when it happened, and I do that every time I think about the things.

Cleo: *affectionately tackles, followed by damage over time*

@liamzakhaev

25 күн бұрын

Great is the weapon that cuts on its own

Thank you for this. This eclipse had me crying like a baby, and I am so happy to hear how others felt as well.

Kudos to the ending where you put on your video essayist chapeau. Between the obvious passion for the subject in your words and the excellent selection of backing music I was getting very strong Pale Blue Dot vibes, a compliment which I cannot think of a way to imply more highly.

The Day of Black Sun, the Day of Unity, and the day the Dead Moon invaded... All of them involved an eclipse. It's so prominent in fantasy because it's fantastical.

@thedragonwarrior5861

24 күн бұрын

Owl House mentioned, instant upvote

@phictionofgrandeur2387

24 күн бұрын

@@thedragonwarrior5861 Lumity and Huntlow for life.

@thedragonwarrior5861

24 күн бұрын

@@phictionofgrandeur2387 agreed

When I was a small child, I didn't feel moved at church. But at the top of a hill on a sunny day with the wind in my face? I *felt* that, I *marveled* at that. The only times I've felt anything approaching a spiritual experience was watching the world go about its mundanities and being Blown Away by dirt, and grass, and how the vascular systems of trees bring water up into their trunks which produces a cooling effect in summer. I'm amazed watching a spider web up an eve of my house and guard her eggs, and excitedly celebrated when I saw her spiderlings throwing out silks to catch the wind and start their own lives somewhere new. I told my mother, who is devout Christian, that I Do Not Feel God In A Building, I Feel God In Nature.

@lindseys3708

25 күн бұрын

Extremely well said

@carlosmedina1281

25 күн бұрын

Well ins scripture it does say that that nature proclaims the glory of god

@sarahlandis289

24 күн бұрын

Yeah you can really feel it in nature, it's glorious

@omnitroph1501

24 күн бұрын

One of those was made by humans. One was made by God. You can tell the difference.

@anope9053

24 күн бұрын

during the eclipse, i was screaming and shouting and full of joy, like i couldn't believe what had just happened im not particularly religious at all, but that moment, seeing the world go dark, seeing the sky the way it is, it felt like the gods decided to show themselves to me, and now i can't ever look at the sky, the sun, and the moon the same. it was just - ughhh how do you describe it???? and it was cloudy for me imagine those who saw the whole thing

Wow didn’t realize I’d be crying today thanks Red😭❤️. But seriously, really makes you think about life and such

Thank you for sharing your perspective!

"red experiences emotions" 18:13 Puts into words something about myself that I have always struggled to reckon with. I have also felt the exact same way in terms of never experiencing the joy I expect to and felt the same way as you during the eclipse. In your "Failure" to paint a word picture of the eclipse, I think you painted a word picture of something much more profound

that "video essayist" speech, especially the part about being unable to just flat-out enjoy things even when you're in the middle of exciting events happening was honestly really comforting, as the person who always ends up feeling the same way. I also could've, and didn't, see the 2017 eclipse, and I only ended up driving to the 2024 one basically on a whim. You really summarized the experience of viewing the eclipse beautifully. Thank you for this, and as always thanks for continuing to make videos, you guys are probably my favourite channel.

"eclipse imagery is absolutley everywhere in media i've been thinking about a trope talk on this so stay tuned eventually when i figure that out" Red OSP i need you to know how badly i need your trope talk on eclipses Immediately /lh (also, oh how badly i relate to the space spinterest and everything else you talked about. this was very sweet. i feel a lot of emotions. thanks

it sounds like an amazing experience, this and your previous video have definitely inspired me to try to go see the eclipse the next time there's one in my area

That part 19:36 - 20:45 really hit me. I have that same frustrating disconnect, and finding out that someone else experiences the same and was able to put it into words better than I ever managed, helped me feel a lot less alone with it. You have moved me to physical tears and that is not an easy thing to do. Thank you Red

@betsyb

24 күн бұрын

i’ve never related to anything more. it’s really relieving to know i’m not alone in feeling that way

@riverAmazonNZ

24 күн бұрын

I have been to many art galleries and appreciated many paintings, but my strongest reaction has always been something like ‘that’s clever’ or ‘great colour’ or ‘what skill!’ - which is not an emotional response. I love looking at art. But unexpectedly one day I saw in person a painting by Monet, a haystack, the most mundane subject, and it felt like he reached out from the distance of 200 years, even though he is dead, and touched me. Like, physically. It was a strange and wonderful experience. He put his humanity on the canvas. It sounds like exaggeration but like Red here, it’s hard to put something into words when it so profoundly transcends words.

As someone who did skip a day of college to travel to totality, 10/10 would recommend doing so for momentous celestial occasions. The makeup work was awful for a week, but it was still absolutely worth it.

@hyenaedits3460

25 күн бұрын

My brother's PROFESSOR skipped class and told everyone to enjoy the eclipse 😂

@critter8132

25 күн бұрын

​@@hyenaedits3460same!

@thedragonwarrior5861

24 күн бұрын

My entire college was off the clock for it since we were in the path of totality

"Chewing the same piece of gum and hoping the flavor will start coming back" is such a painfully perfect way to describe the feeling of growing dull towards a special interest. Even as you're literally losing interest, it hurts and you're mourning a loss. T_T Also I think you described the eclipse really well! I was right in the path of totality in my own town and it was so amazing. The way it got so dark it was like night, and then the sun really did look exactly like the pictures depict and I could just look right at it. Incredible!

I'm really happy this evoked all the Feelings for you, Red! That bit where you admitted that 'moments' don't really feel momentous really resonated with me because I've felt that way too. I've always backed out of spending money to go catch an eclipse because 'hey maybe it won't even be all that special, and the feeling of disappointment in my own jadedness sucks'. But perhaps in 7 years' time when my country gets its own eclipse, I might just go! Regardless of how it pans out, I'm glad you took the time out to wordsmith the experience to encourage people like me who may have chosen to skip a pretty cool event~

By my estimate, Red has at least 31 hit points. She took 15 hp worth of "loving Cleo-stabs" and is clealy not yet bloodied. 😸 I realize this is completely irrelevant to the greatness and vastness of space, but the editor allowed me to count the damage done as a gag and by Iðunn's very convenient apples *I DID!*

@josephperez2004

25 күн бұрын

So if Red were a 5e Lore Bard, she would likely be at least level 4, is my take away.

@rmsgrey

25 күн бұрын

That assumes she doesn't have any sort of regeneration active. Insert rhetorical question about Red trolling people.

@Kilo6Charlie

24 күн бұрын

I came to the comments hoping that someone counted the HP ticks. Glad I wasn't disappointed.

Love that Cleo was presumably so sick of hearing Red talk about space, she decided to perforate her to interrupt her big Eclipse Speech (TM)

I have never felt so seen, everything you said is so hard to let out, thank you

This made me weep tears of joy. I love this channel so much. ❤

I cannot tell you how DELIGHTED I am to hear you talk about this subject whilst taking minor damage from a kitty cat

During the Total Eclipse. Red: “It has begun, 1000 years of Darkness.” Blue: “Really?” Red: “Well it actually about 3 minutes but 1000 sounds more ominous.”

@sarahlandis289

24 күн бұрын

Can confirm 😂

@pinkcupcake4717

24 күн бұрын

Ah, a quality reference.

@CrownofMischief

24 күн бұрын

Wasn't expecting a Xiaolin Showdown reference

Red ... That's so beautiful. I love that you allow yourself to be so vulnerable and in awe here. Love you and love sharing in this incredible moment with you!

I am so happy you got to experience that joy during the solar eclipse, and that it wasn't nearly as cloudy as it had been when you visited Eugene, Oregon. As I watched this, and you described how you felt, I had tears in my eyes. Sometimes the best thing is to preserve the mystery of an event until after you have experienced it, just to have that child-like wonder for a few hours.

Eclipses are fun, especially when people hear about one coming up and start throwing at it like "it's the Rapture!!!" Or "apocalypse!" And then are confused when it doesnt happen XD

@hannahdawg6829

25 күн бұрын

Especially when they didn't make this big of a fuss *6 fucking months ago the last time it happened*

@tylerepperson830

25 күн бұрын

I don’t know why people thought that I only heard it mentioned once in my church the day before we didn’t really acknowledge it

@theonegoldengryphon

25 күн бұрын

@@hannahdawg6829Well, that last one didn’t happen as close to them, the Main Character of life, so it obviously wasn’t as important

@connortheandroidsentbycybe7740

25 күн бұрын

Counter; the rapture happens every time there's a total eclipse (of either kind), just, nobody meets the standards (especially not those screeching about the rapture)

@piggylady225

25 күн бұрын

A customer came into the store my sister works at and tried to explain to her that the eclipse was going to be a gathering of a bunch of cults, since apparently some of the cities it passed over spelled out “Nineveh” (I don’t get it either). Yep, definitely watching out for the cults, and not you, lady.

The eclipse was so cool to be a part of. Totality felt insanely magical with so many people around, on top of a mountain. There was even a wedding that happened at the same tine of totality, and I got interviewed by a local news station right after totality ended and right before the couple had a live interview

@orlastarburst

25 күн бұрын

Sounds like an amazing day!

@AlphaOutlaw

25 күн бұрын

@@orlastarburst It definitely was

@hyenaedits3460

25 күн бұрын

New life goal even if I have to wait till I'm 60 to get married lol

@PixelPower0615

25 күн бұрын

That is so cool. When the totality happened, I literally felt a shift in the air when it happened. The whole world went still, you could see stars in the sky, and everyone in the festival I was at had gone completely silent. It felt like a scene in a movie.

@ecurewitz

25 күн бұрын

It was amazing, I don’t think I will get another chance to see one.glad I drove to Montpelier VT and all the traffic on the way back was worth it

Ever since I heard about the American eclipse I have been waiting for this video! Love your enthousiasm, love from Amsterdam

You did a really good job painting the word picture, I got shivers. What a fantastic video.

I'm not the type of person that is moved by natural beauty. I've been across the county and been to hundreds of national parks, seen the Grand Canyon, hiked through the Painted Desert, and I felt little. I happen to live under the path of totality, it was one of the most moving and incredible things I've ever seen

@marhawkman303

25 күн бұрын

My first eclipse was in high school... every one after that was "oh hey another one". :p

Your talk at the end about being disappointed by not being wowed by something is exactly how I felt about going to see the Grand Canyon. Sometimes a thing that stuns many people just doesn't do the same thing for you. That doesn't mean you should stop trying to seek out those things. Maybe the Grand Canyon didn't do anything for me, but maybe if I ever got the chance to see the Sistine Chapel *that* would send me into awe. I just have to keep trying to find those experiences, even if I get disappointed. I didn't see this recent eclipse, but I did see the 2017 one and while it was a short experience it was cool. What got me was the weird light level. It was dark, but not.

I've followed this channel for years and it's so nice finally putting a face the voice in my head that goes off when I dive into literary criticism!

Thanks for the whole video but particularly your extended thoughts. Poetic and personal, and for me completely relatable. This eclipse brought back the flavor of that chewing gum!

It’s wild to me to think of the little ways in which history repeats. This scenario where a solar eclipse occurs and then someone who was lucky enough to witness it in totality goes on to tell their stories about it to everyone who will listen must be so incredibly old. The tradition of gathering together and simply taking a moment to watch the sky has probably been around for longer than I can comprehend. Even sitting here, listening to Red talk on my 21st Century phone screen by the light of an electric lamp feels reminiscent of something absolutely ancient. The cosmos are utterly majestic, and to share that majesty with so many people feels so incredibly human. (Also, your description of the eclipse made me cry, so I think the feelings you wanted to convey have been very successfully conveyed)

I had a feeling Red would talk about this. I asked her on Tumblr if she got any pictures and she responded with one. Also I think a trope talk on eclipses would be a really good idea. I even have in my own writings where theres a legend that someone born under an eclipse will have great magical powers.

@lindabrashear57

25 күн бұрын

There's an eclipse in "Avatar: the Last Airbender," so a Trope Talk is absolutely possible (an ATLA mention is a requirement for all Trope Talks 😉)

@anarnarqelion4403

25 күн бұрын

Red has a tumbler? What’s it called?

@runningthemeta5570

25 күн бұрын

@@anarnarqelion4403 the blog is technically devoted to her Aurora comic so if you wanna find it look up Comic Aurora.

@ProjectXA3

25 күн бұрын

She said in the buildup for the first one, she was trying to find examples in myth to talk about, but actually couldn't find any myths about the sun actually being eclipsed, as opposed to ones where it is pursued with threat thereof, so she just decided to talk about how eclipses are frickin' *rad* for twenty minutes without pretense.

@orsolyafekete7485

25 күн бұрын

@@anarnarqelion4403 comicaurora, it's technically for her webcomic (which you and everyone else should read btw), but she also answers OSP related asks sometimes (or space related, as it were)

I appreciate you sharing your feelings about feeling unable to enjoy things, I’ve felt that too before

I'm so glad you mentioned the feeling of being disappointed by something you've waited for/wanted for a long time. That happens to me pretty often, and I hate it too. But I also experienced the total eclipse in 2017 and had the exact same experience as you did-- I was at my parents' house, which just happened to be in the path of totality, and my family as well as everyone in the entire neighborhood were _giddy_ while it was happening. It was something genuinely special and emotional and I didn't think I would have as many feelings in that moment as I did.

We already know that Blue loves Greece and Rome…. But I am now starting to appreciate how much Red loves Space! I mean it is awesome that she has her own interests and thing to focus on. And also yes the eclipse is extremely cool. In conclusion thanks for sharing your experience with us.

One of the science teachers in my school desperately tried to get a grant for eclipse glasses for our entire school, and she actually got it! So at the end of the school day we all got to go outside and watch the eclipse, but we only got to about 95% totality. Tons of people missed school cause they were traveling up north into the path of totality and it was sick.

@marhawkman303

25 күн бұрын

My bank gave out some for free. Not a LOT, but enough I didn't need to buy one.

@IndigoViolent

25 күн бұрын

My partner and I trekked out to Montreal and stood in line for forty-five minutes to get a pair of glasses at the Science Centre. There was a guy who'd clearly bought a big box of them on Amazon and was selling them to people for ten bucks each as well for people who didn't want to wait - gotta say I admired his entrepreneurial spirit.

Red, I love you for what you said about that disappointment of living through something and the consciousness of it, yet the overall lacklustre feeling. I've never heard anyone put this feeling into words in such a relatable fashion.

That's a very relatable fear. I'm glad the eclipse hit emotionally for you!