To constantly need to be validated for what should be primarily internal strength and energy means very little that you do will have meaning until someone else decides it does which is very destructive.
To me, media is about very different things and my appreciation of its value stems from knowledge of many of those people who are involved in making it what it takes for the content to exist in the first place.
I’m not a person who holds grudges though people have accused me of this – my parents especially – but...
Adults are stupidly resistant often to the idea that they need to learn HOW TO THINK ... but can you imagine how epic social media would be if everyone only primarily used HOT skills for engaging and posting? God ... what a HEAVEN that would be.
I believe names in general are tools of control and ownership and that every person should, when they become an adult, choose their own name.
Dan is fighting a losing battle trying to explain to fandom what She-Hulk is or how they should see it because he cannot change someone else's reality which completely alters how they see and interpret the media they consume.
The puritanical and capitalist brainwashing and grooming (yes grooming) that has lead people to believe that being idle is bad has lead to so many mental, physical and spiritual issues in the world we live in.
I have NO patience for people who hate on those who experience luck and opportunity or benefit from privilege, or variance. I also have NO patience for people who believe everything they have achieved is solely because of hard work and nothing to do with luck, privilege, or variance.
My friend believes that their pain is an indicator of success and therefore thinks people who want to succeed should suffer.