whale island → world tree
auditory processing issues are like yes i can hear everything in this room no i didn’t hear what you said yes i will finish your sentence when you restart and no i will not know the answer to your question after all of this
If you experienced trauma in childhood or had a rough childhood, dude listen to me. Offer yourself play. You were deprived of it.
Keep bubbles in the house, blow bubbles in the yard, blow them in your room, get a coloring book that doesn’t have to be an adult one with mandalas, watch cartoons, laugh at stupid things, dress up as a superhero for Halloween, wear a Santa hat on Christmas and big light up snowflake earrings, lay down on the floor, lay down in the grass, eat eggos for dinner sometimes. It’s not stupid. You’re not childish. You’re giving your inner child what they had taken from them. They deserve it.
I don't want to derail this post because it's an important message, and OP has addressed it to the people who most need to hear it. But... can i just add, for people who don't feel like they can give themselves permission to do this, that you can give yourself these things even if you didn't overtly experience trauma in childhood?
Even if you never thought of your upbringing as painful or malicious, you can and should still give yourself things you missed out on. Take that class! Learn that skill! Eat the foods you like, or branch out into new ones! Jump in piles of leaves and decorate your walls the way you want them.
Give yourself the things you couldnt have as a kid, especially if you didn't really get to have a childhood, but even if you didn't have the childhood you wanted. Go for a bike ride with friends. Go stargazing. Whatever it was that you feel like you missed, it's important to seek those things and remember that play and joy aren't exclusive to childhood.
I don’t think you derailed this at all and think this was a really thoughtful addition. So thank you!
The evident imminent demise of Netflix once again raises an issue I have had with streaming services, which is the lack of physical media support. If Netflix tanks, what's going to happen to all those Originals, all the shows they picked up for more seasons after getting canned elsewhere? Was there any DVD releases of She-Ra, Carmen Sandiego, Series Of Unfortunate Events, and so on? Or is it just gonna get lost to the void because it was only accessible on servers that are likely to be shut down in the near future?
At this point, piracy and preservation of these works is a cultural responsibility. If Netflix isn't going to archive these works and make them available to the public somehow, then it is the duty of the viewers/customers to archive these works so that they may be shared and enjoyed in perpetuity.
It's not fair to everyone involved creatively that these works vanish off the face of the earth.
america got superheroes and japan got magical girls. i think america is the clear loser here
if i got rescued by a superhero id be like "theres a 50% chance u are a secret billionaire, go kill off bezos if u really wanna help me". if a magical girl rescued me id be like "thank u girl, good luck on ur math test!"
oh but if spiderman saved me i'd be like "thank u boy, good luck on ur math test!"
spidermans an honorary magical girl
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