I just got to The Thing.

me, unsuspecting WHAT A NICE MOVIE ABOUT GIRLS MAKING MANGA

J E S U S i was not prepared

i think i need to sit down and think about this for the next ten years

yeah

sorry

lying in bed staring at the ceiling

every time i think about it i get fucked up

there is so much. i am so full of emotions

what a good film i feel like a towel that was tossed into a pool and then violently rinsed (positive) (but in a wrecked way)

for me it was like

weeps quietly the whole movie for assorted reasons

but then i came out and processed and it got way worse

I went to bed thinking about it and woke up thinking about it and I want to watch it again but I also don't

you can read the manga

this seems wiser. I'll look it up

it's just one tank

just a slightly different flavor of devastating

okay im gonna cry specifics bc i keeps fucking me up. This idea that like, of course you were going to pursue art, of course we were going to be part of each other's lives anyway, except without this tragedy. I'm not doing a great job of verbalizing it, but I'm fucked up about it.

there's So Much

it's such a simple story and yet not at fucking all

Yeah, I keep thinking about all of it and everything is so much forever

100% playing myself here, but I sat down with Elena to watch it again

buddy

"I get the feeling something terrible is gonna happen to one of them" How is this 9 year old seeing it coming better than I did

I suspected NOTHING

I feel like the kids these days just know where we're just completely blind

"she wants to be independent and her friend doesn't want her to "

You were but an innocent soul who wanted a story about creative growth. Elena is primed for telenovela drama.

everyone watch movies with small children, it heightens the experience

elena knows what is UP

"told you" she says.

yes, child, thank you

"what happened happened" says Elena. And then "wait, I thought... ???"

"what matters to me is that she keeps drawing" THANKS BABY

I didn't originally realize how short it was

that was good, I have no regrets

elena is perfect

elena is, in fact, perfect

she was mildly confused at the AU, decided it wasn't real, and the rest of the time she was fully focused on "she has to go back to drawing"

Elena has more media literacy than people twice her age (NOT MEANING YOU)

NO IT'S OK THAT'S FAIR FHJBFK.NGF

she demanded to watch more anime about art while she colors so I put on Eizouken

yessss

kanamori my girl

she's having a blast and also she's being mean to me bc she predicted terrible things happening last time "WHAT IF SHE FALLS INTO THE RIVER AND DROWNS????"

me like "THIS IS A COMEDY I DONT THINK BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN"

NO I DIDNT MEAN YOU

LMAOOO she's a doomsday prepper when it comes to fiction

if you're prepared for terrible things then when terrible things happen you don't get knocked on your ass

Elena loves Kanamori's backpack bc of course she does

yessss

she was overjoyed about Asakusa falling head first

"Can we watch Look Back again? It's very beautiful"

we're watching Look Back again

omg

that's so cute

she wants to draw a comic now

I thought maybe she was too young for it to really hit her, but she's absolutely not.

did you accidentally a new hyperfixation for her

I fully did

im very glad there is a movie about art and passion and friendship with absolutely 0 romance, she needed it.

THANK GOD, GOOD JOB