still thinking about wegg's curse as a whole. he has to die every month, so it doesn't progress.
but like.. how did he figure that out. i doubt he was told that since the end goal is for it to progress??
he clearly figured it out on his own, or by having something happen to him, and i haven't seen anyone talk about that yet. that's a wholeass conversation in of itself.
Since Tumblr is a dumb-dumb and didn’t let me reblog this with the BKMN voice claim post, here it is all by itself! Since Wegg had a Japanese voice claim unlike everyone who had english ones I wanted to give him an english one for fun, like I said before it’s not the best but it’s honest work!
happy first birthday to the single most influential piece of media i have ever consumed!
this last year has been awfully intense... lots and lots and lots of changes. coming out to my folks and peers was not something i had on my bingo card - for this year or any year of my life, tbh. as an Elder Queer you kinda take what you can get. but the landscape of the world has changed - and i deserve to change with it, as i see fit! everyone should, if they want to. and BKMN was one of the things that reminded me of how beautiful it can be to be in a state of flux - nothing makes sense, so ... see where life takes you.
i saw a lot of myself in wegg. good and bad. i'm a little bastard, for sure. i've got a penchant for writing silly little songs that most read as goofy and superficial (which pisses me the hell off). i ran away from home (several times) on account of arguments i'd gotten into with my folks about what is and isn't ladylike (and i sure as hell wasn't). i'm excitable, profane lil dude, in love with the world and its experiences, wanting someone to want all of me even if it led me to dangerous places... and, a pan trans fella, at that! i'd never seen so much of myself in a character before, honestly.
more importantly, it made me believe that someone will love me for me, all of me - even when it's complicated.
along the way, i learned about Connie Converse, too - easily one of my most beloved artists now. i revisit her story often and find a quiet kinship with her.
when i got my first copy of BKMN, i read it and cried, and then I read it again and again and again, so much that the spine is already worn in places. i bought copies for my best friends and said, "you want to understand what i mean when i talk about what i'm about? here. read this." i felt seen on a level i honestly didn't know was possible!! and it changed my life. this past new years i promised i was going to be unapologetically myself. the version of myself i wanted to be for the last 20-something years. some people didn't like it. some people loved it. all i know is, i'm a lot happier for it.
i strengthened my bonds with my found family. i met so many new people who i'm absolutely crazy about and thankful to have in my life. i saw worth and pride in myself that i never really had before. i decided i'd never, ever, ever make myself smaller again for the sake of someone else's approval.
thank you so, so, so, so much @yugsly for creating BKMN. thank you for making something that helped me be brave enough to be the little bastard i always knew i was inside.
(...also... i always associate You Only Live Twice with bkmn now. idk. give it a listen and you'll prolly get it, haha. point is, it's never too late to turn your life around.)