I just had to show the Calamity Trio getting some incredible hits in and using their awesome powers. :) Their group hug while spinning and laughing is definitely super sweet and is a top-tier friendship goal. ;)
i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn't worth celebrating.
Sometimes you just have one of those moments where the progress we've made as a culture get thrown into stark relief. You look at something and go "Holy shit, that would never have happened when I was a kid."
Today, I had one of those moments when I realized that the teenage boys I'm working with are just. genuinely, openly enthusiastic about going to Build-a-Bear for their outing.
These are sixteen and seventeen year old boys! They just had a whole conversation about what to name their "cute", mostly new squishmallows! They're genuinely excited that they're going to Build-a-Bear this weekend and asking other kids to pick up specific accessories for them!!
Holy shit, that never would've happened when I was 16. None of the boys would have dared to be visibly interested - and neither would most of the girls! There would have been a million gay jokes and "Haha, you're a girl" jokes and "What are you, a baby?" jokes. Teenagers weren't even supposed to care about anything back then!
Less than 15 years later, and I'm watching three 17 year old boys treat all that as not even worthy of comment.
So let's call that a reason for hope. Even when the kids aren't alright, in some ways apparently they are alright. Go Gen Z, honestly. It's so lovely to watch you guys just openly doing and saying stuff that, when I was a teen, would've been a social death sentence.
I can’t believe it’s been a year since “True Colors” premiered and that ending still throws me for a loop. :( I especially enjoyed the twist double-betrayal from Marcy since we knew she was planning something, but the fact she knew about the box recontextualized her role. Also, who would have guessed that Sasha and Grime’s rebellion would have been actually a good thing if it stopped King Andrias? ;) Above all, Anne’s calamity display was so beautifully fast-paced and animated as well as her scream for wanting Sprig back was so powerful. Just such an amazing episode from an amazing series. :)