Courtly

I'm sitting here, ready to either cry or throw something.  I sat down about two hours ago to work on the next part of the fairy tale and I got nothing.  Started a few lines here and there, but nothing that is making any sense. Can't seem to get into the headspace of the characters.  Even pulled up old episodes of wrestling to watch, hoping that would kick start even a few ideas; but stuck.

This is what I feared, writer's block. 

This means one thing, I need to find a new wrestler to crush on. A new muse.

Why do we use the word "crush"  to describe liking someone?  When you look the word up, it's given to mean an informal version of love/lust, one that is fleeting in comparison to real romantic love, sometimes a first love often felt by teenagers, the affection and worship towards pop idols.

It's compared to that of courtly-love from the middle ages.  When a a couple were kept apart, usually because one was already married to someone else, and couldn't give in to their feelings/desires, and usually it was members of nobility.  A knight who was favoured by a queen, often they were openly-secretly in love.  (you catch that?)

Something tells me that Shakespeare never had to deal with writer's block because his muse was no longer...musing.