Elliot/Valerii

I just finished watching the X-Men trilogy. Look, I know Magneto's actions are reprehensible; like, putting an innocent teenage girl in a machine he knew would kill her, attempting to genocide all of humanity, and abandoning Mystique when she saved him from being "cured" (that scene literally made me cry).

But like I still found myself wanting him to win. Because he had a point.

Also, he was a GILF, and despite all of his war crimes, he looked hot doing it. So... it's okay. :)

There's also the feeling of being a Jewish person watching this and being so used to people expecting us to lay down and let others kick us without fighting back. And seeing a Jewish Holocaust survivor mutant be like “lol no” and wreak havoc on his oppressors in the most brutal ways...it's cathartic. Even if his methods are morally wrong because he also targets innocent people. He's such a complex villain.

I miss being a kid and becoming excited to have free time to write stories in my notebook. I got more excited to write than I would playing a game or playing on a playground. Actually I hated the playground because that's where I was bullied and isolated. The characters in my stories didn't treat me that way. But now I cannot turn off that inner editor every time I open up a new document. I miss feeling like the paper was my playground.