reckless

physical therapist • anything outdoors • art New Girl • Colorado • rock 'n roll

[adeles]

#me in 2020

[desultory-suggestions]

It’s okay to take a break!

[gwendolynewood]

Ravens and coffee pattern for mazz!!

[stammsternenstaub]

this is literally the best thing i have ever seen

[road-rhythm]

I would buy at least 20 yards of this if it were a fabric

[sakura-haruka]

Just the one.

[grace--upon--grace]

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Um no offense but why doesn’t anyone memorize passages from books and then recite them aloud for everyone at parties anymore.

[mynameismeowmeow]

We memorize vines, the office, and John mulaney segments instead, war has changes but humanity has not

[amerixcan-horror-story]

[me3ro]

[theweirdwideweb]

Isn’t it crazy how women are supposed to be in their 20s their whole life.

[radmenace]

including when they’re in their teens

[theunwomen]

[livebloggingmydescentintomadness]

a collection of covid tweets, part 7

(the tweet collection series)

[ladybaratheon]

#the kiss is so soft

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goodbye

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I know what I like!!! Sue me.

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<3

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BTW, this is from my book, which is just $8! superchillbook.com

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Final Fantasy VII was the first game I ever owned. I was eleven, and I had no idea what I was doing when I booted up my second-hand Playstation and directed those little blocky characters around the dark and dingy streets of Midgar, then eventually out into a larger pixelated world. I'd always felt clumsy and helpless at video games, but I was fascinated by them too. The mechanics were baffling to me and I couldn't manage to keep my characters alive, even in early battles. I didn't have older siblings to show me the ropes, and without the internet to guide me through, I struggled through the game's strange locales, frustrated but greedy for more.

Every day after school I'd rush up to my room to play it, almost never making progress, but thrilled by the experience anyway. It took me 3 months to get out of Midgar. I spent my entire winter break trying and failing to catch a chocobo. A year later, when all my friends had beaten it and moved on to other games, I was still chugging away in the early portions of the story, undeterred by my glacial pace, blissfully unaware of the bombshell awaiting me at the end of disc one.

With the remake coming up, I'm thinking again about how the original affected me when I was a kid. It taught me patience and perseverance and how to work for something you cared about. Back then I didn't know words like "depression" and "anxiety," I just knew I felt bad and different sometimes, and playing the game helped make those bad feelings go away for a while. Now that I'm an adult, I have a better understanding of my mental health, but video games still factor into my self care. The games are different now—Fallout, Dark Souls, Bioshock—but the basic premise is the same. Mysterious worlds I can disappear into for an hour or two when my brain isn't working right and needs a rest.

The past few entries in the Final Fantasy series have been pretty big misfires, and I wonder if Square Enix has lost their touch. I don't know if the remake will be good, and I'm certain it can't capture the same sense of wonder I had as a kid, but I don't expect it to. It will almost certainly be a mixed bag, but still, it'll be nice to see old friends again.

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🤔 https://www.instagram.com/p/B8hlCqLAJgU/?igshid=rxjjx3qh7hy3

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