recently i’ve been rewatching a-teen with a friend (who’s seeing it for the first time) and we just finished the part where the girls reconcile
and my friend started saying how that was unrealistic because they just moved in and didn’t address any of the underlying issues? and how she wouldn’t do that/it would make sense for them to just cut of Kim Hana
and like i see what she means but it’s also funny when she tries to say i would also do that (not forgive & move on) when i’ve literally done that with her so many times
"life doesnt get better, you just get stronger" does NOT include ages 11-17. life does in fact just get better from there. those years are dogshit. like, you do get stronger but its mostly just a factor of not being 11-17 anymore. positive thinking helps but it doesnt fix whatevers going on at 15, you have to brute force through that one raw
when i was a kid i wanted to be a famous youtuber like dan and phil so that people would gay ship me with my irl best friend and we would be sooo weirded out by it and laugh and make videos joking about it but secretly it would make her realize her repressed gay crush on me and i'd help her through her gay crisis and then we would have a sickeningly sweet sappy romance and read fanfiction about ourselves together... anyways just found out she's married to a guy in the mafia now so i probably don't have a chance
"well, the laser vision IS a plus, because it's cool watching her set stuff on fire from 50 yards away. and i like that she can fly and get things off of high shelves for me. but those aren't the ONLY reasons why i like her!"
(also i hope you enjoy retro batdad, because that's where my brain's at right now. i'm delighted that starfire's design is already so incredibly 60s; she fits right in 🌠)
what i love about a-teen and my school president is that while romance is an aspect of the shows, at their core both of them center around strong friend groups and other relationships (a-teen much more so)
and they never fail to emphasize the importance of friendship?
Height gap romance except the shorter one is frequently depicted in situations where they are contextually taller. The taller one sitting while the shorter one looms over them. Both of them lying in bed with the taller one’s head pressed to the shorter one’s chest. The shorter one straddling the taller one’s lap and leaning down for a kiss. The taller one on their knees as the shorter one tilts their head up. Please, it makes me go feral