Man… I really love where they went with Scootaloo’s character. Giving her a disability? That’s so cool. That’s like, a main character with a disability, even though she isn’t in every episode.
Being short and taking tiny steps. It's something he never really realized because you always forced yourself to keep up with his longer strides thanks to his superior height, but now as you're going home after a lunch date, he's walking behind you, and nearly bumping into you every few steps.
"You walk so slow," he states after forcing himself to slow down for the tenth time.
"Cuz I'm short. And I don't want to walk fast if I don't have to." You look over your shoulder to look up at him. "You know, you can walk ahead of me? Home isn't going anywhere, I'll meet you there."
Absolutely not. He's not gonna let you walk home alone.
Instead, he says, "I don't want to."
You let out a confused laugh, "What do you mean 'you don't want to'? You were complaining about how slow I am."
"Wasn't complaining." He pauses. "Just observing."
"But you're still rushing to get home," you point out when he almost bumps into you again.
"The game is starting in fifteen."
You roll your eyes. Him and his soccer.
"Then either walk ahead or don't. Or carry me if you're not gonna walk at my pace. I'm don't plan on speeding up, I'm tired of practically jogging just to keep up with you."
Now there's an idea.
"Alright."
"Alright?" You look at him suspiciously. "Alright what?"
"Alright I'll carry you."
Your eyes widen. "Wait-"
He doesn't let you finish, arms coming behind your back and knees, picking you up without any complaints. You squeak out his name, arms coming around his neck. "I-"
"-won't struggle to keep up with me." He shoots you a cocky look, setting a much faster pace. "We'll be home in five."
There are some elderly people near me in this restaurant and two of them started talking about their trans nephew really affectionately... maybe there is good in this world......
sometimes while i think about that while a lot of adults did not treat me very well as a kid i also get a lot of 'in hindsight this person was so good to me and i didnt even realize it until now' as an adult. today i was thinking about how the first anime convention i ever went to was when i was 10 and i asked the man working the manga cafe what manga was/what a good place to start was (because the con was very overstimulating for me and i had gotten lost) and he asked how old i was before recommending yotsuba and asking if i wanted any water or something to eat. its really simple but theres a lot of bad things that couldve happened or he could've been careless in his recommendation, but instead yotsuba has remained one of my favorite manga for years, and probably a large portion of why i continue to read manga as an adult... i think adults who try to involve kids in the world safely/kindly even in little ways make so much more of a difference than they ever really know.