Just some thoughts:
The dilemma, as I put it when I spoke to my therapist on Wednesday, is that I am so so tired of trying to fix and love and care for Alex as she is now. That there's this deeply ingrained belief that it's (I'm) not worth it and I'm irretrievably beyond having the chance of being happy with myself.
That no matter what, the bad things that happened to me and the way they marked me are never going away, not really, and I can't start from zero. There is no getting a second chance to do everything right (and is that even a fair thing to wish for? Nearly nothing of what happened to me was my fault). I have one life, no do overs, and it strikes me as incredibly unfair that only now when I'm 28, is when I'm starting to get the sense that it wasn't supposed to be like this.
No, Alex. It's not this miserable for everyone else (though sadly, it is for a lot of them).
I said to my therapist: "I'm not like this on purpose"
In manhwa, there's a very common trope. The villainess in a romance goes back in time. When you read through, it's clear these girls had a whole story of their own, and were set up to fail from the start. It's a constant race to avoid their literary fate, or to achieve revenge against those who set them up. When the "good girl" goes back in time, it's the same thing; usually a girl that dies after being bullied and used by those she trusted, armed with this knowledge now makes different choices, this time around. Sets boundaries, defends herself.
The reason I like the time travel fix it trope is that it soothes the need for this one thing I'll never have. It quenches my desire to say (all the time) "had I known back then, things would be different". The impossible wish that if I had at least known this much back then, I wouldn't have suffered so much, nor believed I was worthless, selfish, ungrateful, or any of the other awful words I was constantly given. Maybe, even if I'd gone again through everything while knowing what I know now, I wouldn't have been so hurt. I would have known it wasn't my fault, and I didn't deserve it. I didn't deserve any of the violence. Not any of the hits, beltings and slaps, or the pulling of the hair. Not any of the neglect or verbal abuse.
Somewhere, I'm supposed to find strength in the fact that I was set up to fail and still survived, and mourn the fact that with the proper emotional intelligence, love, and support, I could have lived so much better. Find meaning in my life and eventual death as beautiful things that were worth of existence, despite the rocky path. To know all of this and still have to choose actively, every day, not to die. It's exhausting.
At 28, I feel both incredibly old, yet like a newborn.
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I feel like it would be fun to see Leo's actor in Mole Song Final play Ryuji... that's the only person that comes to mind 😭😭
BUT YEAH 4 was the first mainline entry with (proper) faceclaims! I would kill to see faceclaims get to play their characters. Because they actually aren't mocapped by them, just voiced and scanned in--the acting is all done by RGGS' mocap actors. If you're mentally ill enough you'll start to notice acting decisions that differ from what the actual actor would've gone for; Arakawa doesn't cry the way Nakai does, for example. NGL the animations get kind of uncanny at times if you're too mentally ill so I would not recommend paying quite that much attention lol
I was trying not to think about it though because even if we By Some Miracle got to "season 7" (8 if they do 0) it's entirely possible Nakai and/or Tsutsumi won't be acting anymore by then 😭😭😭😭😭Tsutsumi wants to start directing by the time he's 60... That's chiefly why I kinda wanted it to be an adaptation of 7 before we knew any of the specifics... But Oh Well, it is what it is
ANYWAYS. Very excited for stream tomorrow and best of luck getting stuff done for today :D
YEAH LIKE UNDOUBTEDLY he gave such big ryuji vibes and had an epic presence..... if i allowed myself to dream just this once he would be a real good contender for ryuji......
ohhh yeah nonono ive definitely noticed DONT WORRY. whenever i draw or write fics, i always try to imagine the actual character first to see if the expression or dialogue fits them and if it's believable. having dove more into tsutsumi and nakai movies and shows, the difference is REALLY apparent to me (in that vein tho, it's easy for me to see them as individual characters as opposed to actors playing characters, so it's a little bit of a win for me somehow lmao)
YEAH NOOO THATS DEF A VERY LIKELY POSSIBILITY SHOULD THE SERIES SOMEHOW GET TO THAT POINT IN THE GAMES. again i doubt we'll actually get that far, but in the rare event that we do i hope nakai and tsutsumi do whatever makes them happy (and id def be into seein a movie directed by tsutsumi) (❁´◡`❁)
I REMEMEBR THATLKVJELK WHICH ONE OF YOU FIENDS SENT ME THAT FANCAST SITE IN THE FIRST PLACE ☠️☠️☠️☠️
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