Thing 1 and Thing 2 again, because they’re weirdly affirming for me. People spent a large port
Thing 1 and Thing 2 again, because they’re weirdly affirming for me. People spent a large portion of my life making fun of me and rejecting me for existing as I was, so when I see characters that are very similar to me it means a lot to begin with - and when people love those characters? It makes me feel like I’m allowed to be here and it’s okay and that people will love me too. I can’t fully explain Ingo and Emmet’s popularity - I suspect it’s a combo of their Weird Twin Appeal and Japan’s train and railfan culture being on another level compared to other places - but it makes me feel good about myself because they remind me a lot of myself, especially Emmet. I may be turning 32 in April, but there’s a part of me that’s still the three-year-old girl who loved the GG1 and dreamed of operating a steam locomotive at Strasburg someday. (That part of me is the part that’s really good at memorizing subway systems, I think. She’s grown up and wants to speedrun her home subway now.)So, um, I guess what I’m trying to say is thank you to everyone who has made me feel less off-putting and terrible by looking at these weird train Muppets and deciding you love them, because it’s a reminder that I’m not horrible. -- source link
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