Deep thoughts late at night

[effervescible]

It's tough to accept when you're in a situation where the best you can do is nothing at all--that any action on your part would only be enabling fucked-up behavior. You keep thinking "no, there has to be something different I can do, I just have to keep looking and figure it out" because years of shonen anime and Galaxy Quest have taught us NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER because there's always a solution. And that's not always true. And it sucks.

...

At least we still have polar bears who hug dogs!

Comments

[sarcasticval.livejournal.com]

Not to take away from the sincerity of this post or anything, but your remarks on the nature of shonen anime got that damn music video stuck in my head.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

My eyes are getting fuzzy so I'll check that out tomorrow because at nearly 3 in the morning I don't really recognize it.

Also I'll probably call you because I have tales of fucked up things to share and it's your job to validate me.

[sache.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Those are, indeed, deep thoughts late at night. And it's also very true. And incredibly sucky.

But enough about that. POLAR BEAR HUGS! <3

[jaina.livejournal.com]

POLAR BEAR HUGS NOT FOLLOWED BY EATING! It warmed my stone heart.

[deledrius.livejournal.com]

Especially true for me tonight (but it's not that rare for me lately anyway).

I grew up thinking it's never too late, that every puzzle has a solution, and nothing is beyond if you want it bad enough and try hard enough.

I'm not sure which has been harder: learning that these are lies, or figuring where to go once you've learned it.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Do you ever read Terry Pratchett's Discworld books? Hogfather was the one that first got my attention in a big way, because while the setup is funny--Death takes over as the world's Santa Claus equivalent while the real thing is dead/missing--the reasoning for it really blew my mind: belief in the Hogfather is sort of training wheels for believing in things like justice and mercy. Because these things exist, but if you examine the entire world under a microscope, you'll never find a physical grain of them. Belief is necessary.

[loveotter.livejournal.com]

::snuggles:: It's true, alas. @-@

(Omg that video!! Dogs: "Leggo!!" Bears: "NOOOOOO ::glomp::")

[sintari.livejournal.com]

Don't be like that. At least in American we have readily available education and, in the worst case scenario, fairly simple bankruptcy proceedings. ...That didn't help much did it?

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, when I feel stuck like that, what I do is help something I can help with.

This is how I end up knitting socks for kids in Afghanistan. But hey, socks are warm.

[fanartist.livejournal.com]

That's because bad economy can't be defeated under a gazillion chapters :<