here’s to the kids that use fictional characters as a way of coping. here’s to the kids that stay up late crying to their favourite characters. here’s to the kids that imagine their favourite character by their side when they’re experiencing bad anxiety in public. here’s to the kids that need works of fiction to keep on surviving.
And here’s to the kids who get mocked for it anyway, because they chose the ‘wrong’ character or ‘wrong’ work of fiction, and find themselves constantly having to justify their coping methods in what should be their own spaces.