Yeah, I'm definitely evil, but I always root for the underdog .. and you should too!
I saw this picture and I knew there was something there for me to unlock in regards to a storyline. Originally it was something along the lines of confronting a bully at a reunion, where she'd say something like, "You'd definitely want me to blow you NOW, Sport-O! Too bad I am married to a REAL man who appreciates me for who I am!" but it felt way too confrontation for my liking .. as most of the trans people I know mostly want to be left alone, and not draw attention to themselves in any way. If they could just blend into the scenery, it'd be fine with them.
However, who wouldn't want their ego boosted just a tad? I've never been to any of my reunions, and most of the people I would want to see do not go to the reunions as well, so I'd be more up for an anti-reunion of sorts. It's sort of funny that I do have contact with some people from High School now, and they often felt the same way I did, but tried to "get along to get along" so to speak, while I just didn't deal well with other people's bullshit. Plus as a metalhead, people legit thought I was a Satanist .. plus I knew how to fight .. so people tended to just stay out of my way back then. Many of my friends had it much worse, but when around me they were at least rewarded with a bit of safe harbor. I mostly got the taking behind my back, rumors started, people would whisper when I walked by, etc ..
Anyway, this is a caption that goes out to all the misfits and fucked up people that didn't fit in with the cliques and were given grief just for being themselves. Those who already knew what they were, while the knuckleheads were already peaking in life at age 17-18. I find it funny now that people are saying, "the kids need to be back in school .. it's the best years of their lives!" If that is true, how fucking pathetic are those people's lives now? I can tell you that a good number of those kids are enjoying their space right now, and not being hassled by bullies, asshole teachers, stuffed into lockers and ridiculed for stupid ass reasons .. 'you need to toughen up or the real world is going to chew you up and spit you out!' Yay, more of the same! But things are different when you "grow up" and you can expand your horizons and meet people that think like you do, and accept you for the person you are, and are growing into. That's the thing that we should be telling the kids of today. That what you are now, isn't what you'll always be .. you can be yourself and still be the person you want yourself to be.
Anyway, I wanted the best for Lisa, and I wrote it that way .. and thanked those who give "the beaten and the damn" some respite from the every day tortures that teens face. I'm sure you all had your angels that took you at face value, and lifted you up when you needed it. And I hope that you are doing the same for those that you can help .. either directly or by supporting those who do. We are all in this together, so let's make those outcasts feel like they belong somewhere!
And one of those kids from Middle School and High School that I didn't really talk to that much back then .. I might have a date with her post-covid! We apparently have more in common than I thought back when I was a teen and had a mad crush on her. Who said you can't go home again?
How 'tough' was I? I tried to commit suicide when I was younger. My friend punched me until I threw up the pills I took that I drowned with alcohol. That is friendship right there. Many years ago (27) this week. I am still here and he's not. I have my life now because of him. Just remember .. it gets better!