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Original Work - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46383550/
-> PART 2 of 4 <-
Another view from ‘Star Day 2022’ that was brought about thanks to the creativity of Nishi / Oxnard.
I’ve been going through quite a number of changes since having a partner IRL. Thanks to Lucca, I have been able to start getting off my anti-anxiety medication, Clonazepam , which I unwillingly became addicted to for nearly a decade. (If I did not take at least one tablet each day, I’d have the side-effects of numbness in my lower-arms and lower-legs.).
Now time for another moment with Yosh and Berdly!
Part 2 – The Price of Prestige
Yosh, the dino-duckling, and Berdly, the Delta Rune burb, have been pals since they first met in Kindergarten. Both were hopeful to make lots of friends and share their interests with their fellow classmates. Unfortunately their enthusiasm to be appreciated and loved by all was not shared by their colleagues.
Yosh found himself teased for how he looked, dressed, and for just about anything anyone could find to pick on him for. Berdly faired no better as he struggled in just about every area of learning to the point he was ridiculed for how ‘dumb’ he was.
What helped both Yosh and Berdly was their regular visits and sleepovers. When they would sit in front of the TV for a night, or even day, of gaming, the boys felt like they were on top of the world. They finished games nobody would ever expect a pair of dorky pre-teens to ever successfully complete. They also were great ‘speed runners’ who had better times than some of the professional gamers they would hear about during the semi-annual ‘Games Done Quick’ charity events.
Sadly their epic video game skills could not be recognized beyond them each being taken at their word. Neither were old enough to truly participate in ‘Games Done Quick’, or be recognized for their achievements in online forums. (Berdly once tried to hook his gaming system up to Yosh’s family internet and suffered a swift defeat in the form of ‘Online Parental Controls’.).
Upon nearing the start of their Jr. High / Middle School years in school, the birdy buddies were finding themselves no closer to gaining acceptance and appreciation by their peers. This lead each to pursue opportunities that conflicted with what made them such close friends.
Berdly, to Yosh’s dismay, was convinced that his path to success lay with becoming the smartest kid in their class. The dino-duckling understood how much it meant for Berdly to be seen as smart after being long seen as the class idiot. However, especially after the events that occurred during their big Spelling Bee competition wherein Berdly took first place, the blue bird went all-in on keeping up a reputation for being smarter and better than everyone else. This left Yosh feeling hurt as their shared dream of being popular gamers with their own Teletweety channel were put to an abrupt end just as the pair were finally getting their parents to allow them to be more active in the online gaming community.
As for Yosh, he grew more insecure in himself and the world around him after Berdly went all-in on being the smartest of smarty pants students in school. It did not help that Berdly had grown a special bond with Noel, the reindeer who took 2nd place to Berdly during the fateful Spelling Bee competition, and how the blue bird buddy was always talking about her, how he wanted to go on a date with her, and just was more interested in her than he was than Yosh. This left the dino-duckling to find joy in stuffed that was more aimed towards children in early Elementary School than an up-and-coming Middle School student.
Both boys had almost drifted completely away from each other when word came of a new game that would allow players to fully immerse themselves in a massive, virtual world.
Yosh and Berdly, again finding themselves bonded through their shared interest in video gaming, quickly teamed up to rake leaves, mow lawns, shovel driveways, and any other task a young person could do to afford the latest gaming console with VR technology. They got their systems on the very same day, returned to their homes, and immersed themselves in a fantasy that would come to shape their reality more than either could ever know.
The things we do to ‘fit in’ are often paths to self-destruction.
Being yourself may not feel like the best thing when the world appears to dislike you and what you offer to it. Fortunately, with the advent of the internet, we can more easily see how we are not alone in the feelings and interests we have. This is why it is important to not only stay true to yourself, but also do what you can to encourage others to be happy with who they are instead of what others would have them be.
NishiOriginal Work - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/46383550/
-> PART 2 of 4 <-
Another view from ‘Star Day 2022’ that was brought about thanks to the creativity of Nishi / Oxnard.
I’ve been going through quite a number of changes since having a partner IRL. Thanks to Lucca, I have been able to start getting off my anti-anxiety medication, Clonazepam , which I unwillingly became addicted to for nearly a decade. (If I did not take at least one tablet each day, I’d have the side-effects of numbness in my lower-arms and lower-legs.).
Now time for another moment with Yosh and Berdly!
Part 2 – The Price of Prestige
Yosh, the dino-duckling, and Berdly, the Delta Rune burb, have been pals since they first met in Kindergarten. Both were hopeful to make lots of friends and share their interests with their fellow classmates. Unfortunately their enthusiasm to be appreciated and loved by all was not shared by their colleagues.
Yosh found himself teased for how he looked, dressed, and for just about anything anyone could find to pick on him for. Berdly faired no better as he struggled in just about every area of learning to the point he was ridiculed for how ‘dumb’ he was.
What helped both Yosh and Berdly was their regular visits and sleepovers. When they would sit in front of the TV for a night, or even day, of gaming, the boys felt like they were on top of the world. They finished games nobody would ever expect a pair of dorky pre-teens to ever successfully complete. They also were great ‘speed runners’ who had better times than some of the professional gamers they would hear about during the semi-annual ‘Games Done Quick’ charity events.
Sadly their epic video game skills could not be recognized beyond them each being taken at their word. Neither were old enough to truly participate in ‘Games Done Quick’, or be recognized for their achievements in online forums. (Berdly once tried to hook his gaming system up to Yosh’s family internet and suffered a swift defeat in the form of ‘Online Parental Controls’.).
Upon nearing the start of their Jr. High / Middle School years in school, the birdy buddies were finding themselves no closer to gaining acceptance and appreciation by their peers. This lead each to pursue opportunities that conflicted with what made them such close friends.
Berdly, to Yosh’s dismay, was convinced that his path to success lay with becoming the smartest kid in their class. The dino-duckling understood how much it meant for Berdly to be seen as smart after being long seen as the class idiot. However, especially after the events that occurred during their big Spelling Bee competition wherein Berdly took first place, the blue bird went all-in on keeping up a reputation for being smarter and better than everyone else. This left Yosh feeling hurt as their shared dream of being popular gamers with their own Teletweety channel were put to an abrupt end just as the pair were finally getting their parents to allow them to be more active in the online gaming community.
As for Yosh, he grew more insecure in himself and the world around him after Berdly went all-in on being the smartest of smarty pants students in school. It did not help that Berdly had grown a special bond with Noel, the reindeer who took 2nd place to Berdly during the fateful Spelling Bee competition, and how the blue bird buddy was always talking about her, how he wanted to go on a date with her, and just was more interested in her than he was than Yosh. This left the dino-duckling to find joy in stuffed that was more aimed towards children in early Elementary School than an up-and-coming Middle School student.
Both boys had almost drifted completely away from each other when word came of a new game that would allow players to fully immerse themselves in a massive, virtual world.
Yosh and Berdly, again finding themselves bonded through their shared interest in video gaming, quickly teamed up to rake leaves, mow lawns, shovel driveways, and any other task a young person could do to afford the latest gaming console with VR technology. They got their systems on the very same day, returned to their homes, and immersed themselves in a fantasy that would come to shape their reality more than either could ever know.
The things we do to ‘fit in’ are often paths to self-destruction.
Being yourself may not feel like the best thing when the world appears to dislike you and what you offer to it. Fortunately, with the advent of the internet, we can more easily see how we are not alone in the feelings and interests we have. This is why it is important to not only stay true to yourself, but also do what you can to encourage others to be happy with who they are instead of what others would have them be.
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Aw, this is a neat lil backstory to the two, Yosh! :3 Even if it's a bit sad or unfortunate both in how they had their struggles in school and didn't feel all too well - and then how they'd eventually drift apart. But it's at least nice reading how through the coolness of VR, maybe they'll get to do fun things together again! Hehe, guess we'll find out, nice work! :3 And on a day I was thinking of Berdly lots too, haha, good timing!
Hoo and ray! *Claps his hands together merrily* I'm glad you liked the story. This one was more to explore a few thoughts that I had about what Peep has gone through along with stuffs I recall during my Middle and High School years.
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Part 3 shall be good times to write. I like imagining each variation of your work to see what conjures in my birdy brain. Most quacktastic to consider how a slight variation can change so much of how a frozen frame in time may have come to be, is being, and may be going forward. :)
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Part 3 shall be good times to write. I like imagining each variation of your work to see what conjures in my birdy brain. Most quacktastic to consider how a slight variation can change so much of how a frozen frame in time may have come to be, is being, and may be going forward. :)
"The things we do to ‘fit in’ are often paths to self-destruction."
This is a really good phrase Yosh. I really describes really well the whole story and things that happens everyday. The trouble is that, usually, being alone is even more destructive. I always try to do what I prefer instead of following the paths that others try to show to me, but as you have probably seen with me... It hasn't worked perfectly... Well, I'll have to keep walking through this path by my own, maybe somecreature else will be in the middle... Who knows...
This is a really good phrase Yosh. I really describes really well the whole story and things that happens everyday. The trouble is that, usually, being alone is even more destructive. I always try to do what I prefer instead of following the paths that others try to show to me, but as you have probably seen with me... It hasn't worked perfectly... Well, I'll have to keep walking through this path by my own, maybe somecreature else will be in the middle... Who knows...
I feel you and I really have a lot in common with how we struggle to do what we feel good about doing and what family, friends, and society insist we do instead of what would make us happy.
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When Lucca moved in with me, I noticed some of my neighbors getting distant with me than we had been before he arrived. One neighbor felt I was abandoing our friendship by replacing her with Lucca and another feels that I am a bad father for, according to her, how I spend more time with Lucca than my son. (This is extremely untrue. However, since Lucca identifies as non-binary / male, he looks more masculine than feminine. This makes the neighbor believe I am parenting wrong by 'encouraging' my son to embrace LGBTQ when my son has been a supporter of LGBTQ since he started Middle School / Junior High.)/.
My ex-wife did not help in this situation. She took it upon herself to inform my mom of how Lucca is active in the 'Baby Fur' community and 'Trans'. My mom then got confused, talked to the neighbors, and spoke with her friends on Facebook to the point she had a seizure. (My mom has epilepsy along with severe anxiety and depression.).
My sister blames me for my mom having the seizure and has been quite unfriendly as a result.
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It is just unfair when people take it upon themselves to force their feelings of what is right and what is wrong on to others. It hurts more when people talk about what is right and what is wrong without including you in the discussion. This spreads rumors, causes stress, and just makes everything worse for everyone involved.
I hope that you and I can keep finding joy in what makes us feel happy while not allowing other people to force their ideas of what we should, or should not do, upon us.
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When Lucca moved in with me, I noticed some of my neighbors getting distant with me than we had been before he arrived. One neighbor felt I was abandoing our friendship by replacing her with Lucca and another feels that I am a bad father for, according to her, how I spend more time with Lucca than my son. (This is extremely untrue. However, since Lucca identifies as non-binary / male, he looks more masculine than feminine. This makes the neighbor believe I am parenting wrong by 'encouraging' my son to embrace LGBTQ when my son has been a supporter of LGBTQ since he started Middle School / Junior High.)/.
My ex-wife did not help in this situation. She took it upon herself to inform my mom of how Lucca is active in the 'Baby Fur' community and 'Trans'. My mom then got confused, talked to the neighbors, and spoke with her friends on Facebook to the point she had a seizure. (My mom has epilepsy along with severe anxiety and depression.).
My sister blames me for my mom having the seizure and has been quite unfriendly as a result.
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It is just unfair when people take it upon themselves to force their feelings of what is right and what is wrong on to others. It hurts more when people talk about what is right and what is wrong without including you in the discussion. This spreads rumors, causes stress, and just makes everything worse for everyone involved.
I hope that you and I can keep finding joy in what makes us feel happy while not allowing other people to force their ideas of what we should, or should not do, upon us.
Oh dear... I was already guessing that this was going to happen sooner or later. People simply needs to judge less and put their butt into their own businesses rather than disturbing other people just because they can.
My mother is pretty much the same way, and that's why I chose to avoid sharing all that I can about myself with her...
Sometimes life can be really really unfair.... I'm so sorry Yosh.... You're really strong to handle all of that and more...
My mother is pretty much the same way, and that's why I chose to avoid sharing all that I can about myself with her...
Sometimes life can be really really unfair.... I'm so sorry Yosh.... You're really strong to handle all of that and more...
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