Lou gets a tad bit discouraged when people water down agere just to being "TikTok cutesy pastels" , or go "I want dirty and messy regression depicted more often, I hate all the cutesy content!" Because although there's nothing wrong with wanting to have more depictions of how messy, emotional and not pretty agere can be... it also makes me feel as if people see. "Cutesy , dumb, pastel" regression spaces as less valid.
Lou's regression is so utterly messy, it's my coping mechanism after all. I'm a traumatized kid. My personal reasoning for wanting to mainly depict my regression with cute , soft and gentle pastels and things is because it is what soothes me. My regression is ugly, that's why my safe space is cute and pastel. Lou would prefer to have softness to come to among all the messiness.
Everyone's regression is valid regardless, no matter how you choose to depict your safe space & how you genuinely experience it. I do wish more than just the pastel and cute side of agere was shown most popularly as well ! Shout out to my more spooky and gothic babies & caregivers, as well as neutral ones too. Whether depicted or not, know your spaces are valid regardless of popularity. It's just the feeling of people watering down "cutesy regression" as less serious that worries me.
