decembhyur, day 14: water
I have a recurring dream of hector, and paris is not in it. I dream of him frozen in a moment in time that forces me to relive the heartache and terror I put him through.
he's separated from me by water; at times it appears to be a lake, and other times an ocean. I hear the roar of waves and the wind chill against my face, but hector does not move from his spot. I cannot discern if he says anything to me during these moments. he just stands there, away from me, just like before. he looks so small and fragile marooned out there, and yet I cannot save him.
as I stand firmly rooted in place, as I've done so many times before, a heavy fog begins to roll over the tide. it engulfs everything in its path, including hector. my voice seizes, a lump forms in my throat as I watch him vanish before my eyes.
I feel hot tears mixed with kohl race down and stain my cheeks, and still, I cannot speak. I cannot cry. I cannot scream. all I can do is stand there, just like I've always done before, suddenly so helpless and useless in the face of a horror of my own making.
I failed him. I pushed him aside so callously when he needed me the most. he will always be here, trapped by ever-flowing water. I cannot reach him… not anymore.
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ROSE QUARTZ/PINK DIAMOND GOT DONE DIRTY BY THE SU FANDOM, AND THE SHOW ITSELF
Quick disclaimer: I will admit, upfront, that part of the reason I’m even making a vent post of ANY kind of all is because I’m just not in a good place right now in general, and I just need to scream at something. That being said, that doesn’t make my feelings towards this any less real.
I’ve already talked about this a couple times before in the past, but I really do, legitimately, hate the treatment Rose/Pink got in the later parts of Steven Universe, both the main series and Future.
Look, I almost feel that it could have been a good thing in a way, since Rose was kind of put on a pedestal for most of the show’s first half, and seeing as how the series was about Steven discovering himself, and trying to step out from his mother’s shadow, I feel like, if this was handled better, it could have probably been really good.
But dang, this was NOT the way to do it.
Did Pink Diamond, both as herself and in her guise of Rose Quartz, do awful things? Absolutely.
She hurt her Pearl.
She abandoned Spinel.
She made impulsive, and even selfish, decisions.
But she also turned against her fellow Diamonds, her FAMILY, to protect the earth.
She faked her own shattering so she could keep fighting for the same planet she was originally meant to colonize.
She looked after others and cared for life, both human and gem.
Pink did a LOT wrong, but neither her past actions from when she was still a Diamond, or the mistakes she made as Rose Quartz, change the fact that she spent the entire rest of her existence trying to do good, to change, and become a better person.
And it really DOES strike a chord with me that the fandom, and even the SHOW ITSELF, act like she’s some horrible reprehensible villain especially since it seems to ring very true for how some treat people in the real world who used to do/say some not-so-great things, even if it’s been literal years since then, and they’re genuinely different people from who they were back then. Yeah...it kind of hits just a bit close to home for me...
It just doesn’t sit well with me that someone like WHITE DIAMOND can be forgiven, while Pink, the one Diamond who dared to turn against Homeworld and fight to protect the life of a planet that wasn’t hers, is the universally-agreed upon hated character.
Whether her reasons were ultimately altruistic or selfish, that doesn’t change the fact that she protected the earth and cared for the people she came to love, the best she could, until the day she gave up her physical form.
TL; DR: PINK DIAMOND WAS A VERY FLAWED, BUT ULTIMATELY NUANCED AND HUMAN CHARACTER, AND I WILL NEVER FORGIVE THE SU FANDOM, OR THE SHOW ITSELF, FOR TREATING HER LIKE A MONSTER WHEN SHE WASN’T.
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i really enjoy how kanoko functions as a deconstruction of the "best friend who quietly holds a one sided crush on the mc but never takes action and is content to let her get together with someone else" trope that's really personified by Cardcaptor Sakura's Tomoyo. Yuri is my job says actually living like that would twist you into a total mess of person with SO many issues. It says the only person who would willingly choose to live like that would be someone so isolated, deeply anxious, and terrified of rejection that they basically live in fear.
This isn't to hate on CCS Tomoyo of course, that series was a childhood favorite and foundational for me as a person. But i did always find it kind of odd how Tomoyo was so ready and willing to accept that her feelings would never be returned. She has a few moments where she seems a bit melancholy about Sakura being straight and knowing her confession would be rejected if she ever tried it, but overall she's weirdly at peace with it for a girl her age. She happily steps aside for Syaoran. We are told that as long as the person she loves is happy, she's happy.
Kanoko is basically trying to be Tomoyo, but it turns out thats kind of a messed up mindset to try and maintain long term if you dont plan to move on from your crush. i particularly liked when she said her dream is to be hime's maid in her mansion when she becomes a rich trophy wife and sumika looked at her like girl, what. Far from being a saint like Tomoyo we see that kanoko is a sad lonely teenager clinging to the one happy thing in her life. And while thats a lot messier and darker, it also feels a lot more realistic.
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Trigger warnings: Death, s**cide
I feel like garbage. Today my BEST FRIEND was watching a video talking about Bluey (the Australian kids show on disney plus) and how it covers heavy topics like death, ADHD, and being infertile just to name a few. But then she made a comment on how “ADHD doesn’t belong up on that scale, like it’s not that severe.”
So I freaking FLIPPED. I told her that ADHD does belong up there, and that adults with ADHD are 5 times more likely to have attempted s**cide. That ADHD leads to other mental illnesses (for lack of a better term) like Imposter Syndrome, Depression, and Anxiety, just to name a few off the top of my head.
As someone who struggles with anxiety, ADHD, and possibly Imposter Syndrome (working on getting a diagnosis), I felt really uncomfortable with her saying that and just brushing off all the things I said above. I felt like she was making it seem like the things i went through were not valid, just because “it’s not that serious”. I don’t know if I’m overreacting or not. My gut and my head say no, and that my reaction is perfectly called for, but everyone is saying that i shouldn’t have snapped at her.
by the way, my friend is one of hose people who say “everyone has a little ADHD.” and claims to have undiagnosed ADHD as well. Her parents are very understanding and are amazing people. One of them is a retired psychiatrist (she switched her job), so I would think that her parents would have seen something, if she really did have ADHD. I feel like she’s undermining what I went through just because I don’t have Depression or haven’t attempted.
thank you for reading my little rand. i just felt like this should be out there, to hopefully educate some people.
EXTRA LINKS TO ADHD RESEARCH
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