some of my biggest insecurities only became insecurities after my mother pointed them out to me and turned my characteristics into flaws. parents, fucking watch what you say to your kids.
in third grade i wrote an essay and used the word astonish and my teacher was shocked and i said “i learned it from pokemon!” and my picture was published in the school newspaper with the caption “SHE LEARNED IT FROM POKEMON”
Something similar happened to me except I used the word “regenerate” and got it from doctor who, there was also no school news paper…