since cringe culture is dead can i show my awful capcut edit of Jonathan from David Firth's B/W Cartoons?
this is a david firth cartoon so TW for suicide, gore, murder, violence, hallucinations, harm intrusive thoughts
he reminds me of my experiences with intrusive thoughts, all the visions of him injuring people and what not, and the fact it makes him stressed and he tends to lash out.
Being a kid and watching Danny Phantom meant accepting what the show wanted you to know: Dark Danny and Vlad were evil. They were one-dimensional villains who were just there to be evil. They were there to be everything that our Danny wasn’t.
Being an adult reading AGIT is acknowledging that Dark Danny lost everything he had at 14 years old. He was a just a child, one that had already been carrying too much for his age. Danny stopped emotionally growing at 14 and tried taking away his pain, but only became consumed by his anger. Being an adult who has experienced loss is understanding exactly how Danny feels. That anger is so much easier than pain.
Being an adult reading AGIT is understanding that Vlad was only in college when his best friend’s negligence cost him his life. Being an adult is understanding that Vlad lost everything too, nearly as young as Danny did.
Being an adult is understanding that no one is black and white. No one is good or evil. We’re all just trying our best. AGIT did such a good job representing this.