#but I will do it bc I need to Adult at some point

[hiraeth-nostalgic]

SO (sorry i was gone i'm back to YAPPING)

who the FUCK is out here thinking reki had absolutely NO growth through the first season of sk8??? I saw a post talking about how even though he is the main character we "never see any development" regarding him and i just need to tell people who believe that: you are wrong.

Listen, reki is the main character™ so let me recount some things for us all.

first thing that comes to mind: when he is experiencing the jealousy that comes from the insecurity of being left behind, but he still shows up to see Langa race Joe. He still calls out to langa, and we see that even though he was insecure and feeling left behind he STILL came to support someone. he then sees that video talking about the guy who created the track shoes that were being worn and thinks it's stupid. that if he can't be at the top of skating, he shouldn't even skate anymore. he should just give up his dream bc a couple people are better than him. He has the talk with his manager that even if you aren't the MOST talented that doesn't mean you can't be involved and Reki still isn't quite there yet. I believe it was Joe who reminded reki that they are all on different levels and reki gets pulled into the beef with Adam. NOW the beef with Adam we see Reki trying to bridge the gap. He wants it so bad. it's not that he's not a great skater, because he is, but i think it comes from the general lack of self-love/self-confidence that held him back for a couple of things. HOWEVER he avoids Adam's moves, he literally JUMPS off the side and FLIPS (something he had never done before!) reki NEARLY wins and he would've if his board hadn't snapped!!! He embarrassed Adam!! something no one else had done!!!

the second thing: We see Reki become okay with not being the absolute best of the best and how he is a great skater, in his own way. (this starts to show in the race with Adam and then at the end we see it REALLY show) sure it may take him a little longer to learn a trick or something but he still learns it. he still loves skating. he redefines his LOVE of the sport not because he's the best of the best but because he actually has a support system in skating instead of before when he had no friends who shared the interest (you know, aside from a previous friend who could no longer skate) and its the story of even if you aren't as great as someone else you know, its still okay to do things for FUN and hanging out.

like this idea haunts all of us. for example: singing? most people are fine singers!!! but because they don't sing like Beyonce or Billie Eilish, suddenly they shouldn't sing for fun bc "they can't make a job out of it" like, the same for reki. Joe, Cherry, and Shadow are all adults who have lives outside of skating but for a CHILD it's the only thing for them at this point in their life, they are still trying to figure out who they are. its crucial to teens. Reki's not getting on a national team, he can't build a career out of actually skating so does that mean he shouldn't enjoy it? no!!! he works at the skate shop, he's really talented at building the boards, designing them, and understanding what will help individual people the best!! that's more than anyone else in the S community that we see actively skating.

Anyway, reki has so much growth in not only his skating but in his mental health but because it's not as flashy as Langa's or Adam's, people overlook it and downplay it.

[e77y]

Glad I’m starting therapy so soon after moving out ☝️ I am already feeling the helplessness and loneliness

[maybege]

btw i am still alive now that i have recovered from swiftkirchen and i hope you are all doing super well this summer! i am FLYING through my reading list atm which is amazing and i am feeling more and more inspired for things (footballer!paz anyone? roommate!paz as well maybe?) so hmu in the inbox it is TIME TO THIRST

[anotherpapercut]

working with children really will make you examine your thought processes and emotional reactions like nothing else. I've found myself being so much more thoughtful in my daily life about how I respond to my emotions and environment, as well as the reasoning behind why others behave the way they do

[blackjackkent]

Me> [struggling to unravel a very annoying UI bug]

My brain, entirely unprompted> H E Y. IF JAHEIRA HAD USED SOME MORE MINOR VERSION OF THAT RITE OF THE TIMELESS BODY ON RASAAD TO EXTEND HIS LIFESPAN, IT WOULD RESOLVE THE MORE FINICKY TIMELINE ISSUES ABOUT RION BEING THEIR KID.

Me> ...ok? I didn't ask right now but thank you for working that out I guess.

[thedreadvampy]

idk I had a very interesting therap today but I just

like it's all very well to recognise that I gotta have a fucking open-ended breakdown and jump face first into the Sadness Bog sometimes instead of sitting on all my feelings

but like

I still have to go to work, you know? it's like. ok yeah have a breakdown which like until you jump into it you don't know if it's going to last an hour or a year. yeah go ahead that's all grand. you do have to get up in the morning and go to work though. you're not allowed to not do that. or to not pay the rent or not shower or not eat.

like all my friends and loved ones are constantly like 'you know you're allowed to be sad right' and it's like. AM I??? because I STILL HAVE TO PAY RENT.

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

peak character type is "guy of any age is a cocky jerk BUT is unfailingly kind to children"

[primordyalsoul]

Vague thoughts of Rei if she were able to grow up...

[mars-ipan]

i think it’s crazy how often an adult cartoon will get popular and then jewish people will point out that it’s antisemitic and like every time i think “oh it must be kind of subtle for this many people to not notice” and then it’s the most overt in-your-face “the writer of this plot point believes in the illuminati” shit

[altruistic-meme]

sometimes it's nice when you have friends who try and look out for your mental health. and sometimes it's incredibly annoying.

[vanltys]

desc is the only world where people will take the nastiest, vilest, stinkiest characters and woobify them and i say not in my house

[homophyte]

you wanna see some really pathetic people search the word 'puriteen' on any social media

[irascible-iridescent]

When ppl say that there is no stories about friendship I can't help but wonder what do they mean? There are lots and lots cartoons for kids and teens about well, friendship! Its the main point of almost all stories there. I don't like watching movies so I dunno if there are a lot of movies about friendship nowadays but I have watched old films about it. Like yeah it will always have some romance too for main characters or for the background characters bc if your story has like 10+ adult ppl most of them would look for relationship for the sake of building a family or sex. But also if you can excuse how the women are drawn you can just read/watch one piece and like NOBODY has any romance or sex there even though there are like billions of adult pirates.

[the-wild-wolves-around-you]

working for 12+ hours today in front of a computer screen made me come to the realization that maybe murder IS warranted sometimes 🙃🤪

[slippery-minghus]

i wrote my last letter to my dad today. finally. he sent the first one in february, i sent one back a month later, and he responded in april. it took a long time to process and settle on how i felt, and then a long time again to finally be in the space to write it. i don't even think i'll edit the first draft. i'll just make a copy at work on monday to keep for myself, then fold it up and send it out. i might... send him a photo of the painting i did last weekend. maybe as a thank you for trying. maybe so i can, on my own terms, feel seen by my dad one more time.

i just got into bed, and in thinking over the letter, am having Feelings about what could've been, in a different lifetime. how amazing our bond could have been if he had embraced how much i loved the N64 he brought home for christmas of 1998. if instead of shaming me for it, we had played together. i can't help but think, with how much i'm loving playing halo, and how fundamentally built it is for playing co-op with the person sitting next to you....

i have no regrets, in the real world, about my relationship with my dad. i'm happy to have finally written this letter and given myself closure from his open response. it's done, now. that letter may very well be the last words i ever exchange with the man. it's heavy, but i'm okay with it.

because all the things that could be? can't. and with the life i have, the commitment necessary to give my dad a real chance to build a relationship with me just isn't something i have access to. i live too far away—which was in itself the point. if i could see him in person every few weeks, if i could sit the man down and teach him halo, then yeah. maybe. maybe there'd be something there.

but i'm not going to go to him. and he won't come to me, for myriad reasons. so that leaves us with reality.

yeah, i think i'll send that picture. maybe one of maple too. she's his grand daughter after all, and he'll never get to meet her.

[ceramictooth]

i have a lot of issues with the fortune-teller, many of which are like, bigger overall issues i have with the structural setup of canon kataang? its fine i just… boy is it one of things about atla that makes me go “wow this sure is from the mid 2000s” upon rewatch. which once again i cope with by chanting its integral to the premise its a kids show it was 2005 like a mantra

but man… watching aang single-handedly stop a lava flow knowing that it will later be revealed that it was, in part, failing to single-handedly stop a lava flow that caused roku’s death…… man is that heavy