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Another day, another year finished. So! What's the verdict? Was it better than 2013?

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NO! NO IT WAS NOT!! It was WORSE than 2013! It was worse than 2009, 2012, and the end of 2011 combined!! You know why?! Because I joined Tumblr, that's what! I've been berated, bullied, demonized, antagonized, verbally and emotionally abused, and treated like the spawn of Satan by any Tumblr section of fandoms, namely the Pretty Cure Tumblr fandom! Why? All because I write the way I do! Just because I write about rape and victim shaming does NOT mean I advocate those things, and people shouldn't define me solely based on both my writing and my mistakes! I called them out on this but do they listen?! No! They don't! They claim I'm a super bad person who's selfish and should know things even though I don't and that I don't care about anyone but myself blah blah blah! I'm sorry, guys! I know it's been months ago and I need to get over it, but I can't! I just can't! I don't enjoy writing anymore because of it! I'm being demonized by people because they're exaggerating parts of my writing and making snap/false judgments about me and make a big deal out of everything I do! They don't even PM me to talk to me about it in a civil manner, and I know for a fact that they're going to hold all these incidents over my head for the rest of my life and define me entirely based on them! I hate this! I really hate this! All I want to do is write fan fiction and make friends, not cause drama! The worst part of it is, I wrote about dark issues in other fan fics such as my Pokemon and Digimon fan fics, and nobody I knew made an issue about them! If people can write dark, violent, sexual stuff in other kids show fandoms, then I don't see why it's not allowed in Pretty Cure!

But you know what? I'll be darned if I'm quitting now. I'm not going to sit here and let these people decide what I should and shouldn't write. I'm not going to bend to their whims and change my stories every time they whine. If there's one thing I hate, it's being misunderstood and judged solely based on stupid things, and clearly, this is what some members of the Pretty Cure fandom are doing, and I'm not going to stand for it, and neither are my friends. Worst of all, they're justifying it and won't acknowledge their own mistakes in the matter because it's all on me and I triggered someone blah blah blah! But even with that, does that give them the right to judge me and whine like babies and make a big deal out of this and demonize me?! No. No it doesn't. And I won't stand for it. Not anymore.

Next year, I'm taking the initiative. I'm going to live life the way I want to, make friends, get better at writing and drawing, find people who like me for me, make the best of every day, and reach out to people. Because this can't go on. I can't go on questioning my existence all the time. I can't let every little thing people say get to me.

...Why wasn't this in my childhood?!

Sometime earlier this year, I stumbled upon an Anime News Network article about Moomins. It's a book series by Swedish-Finnish author Tove Jansson, and was so popular in Japan that it was adapted into three anime in 1969 (this one is the most hated version), 1972, and 1990. This one is about the 1990 series, which happens to be the most well known. To this day, only 19 episodes are subbed, and it's a shame, because it's a very cute, well written, and heartwarming series. Why wasn't this brought to America?! I would have eaten it up! I'm eating it up right now!

The Moomins is about Moomintroll and his parents, Moominmama and Moominpapa who live in Moominvalley. There isn't much of a plot, as it's mostly Moomin and his friends Floren (called Snork Maiden in the books and everywhere else but I prefer Floren), Little My, Snufkin, Sniff, and others going on fun adventures and living life. But seriously, this is one of the best children's anime I've seen.

Edit: As of now, episodes 20-22 have been subbed, as the original fansubbing group is back! Yes!

Moment #1: Discovering Moominvalley.

For years, it's been believed that shows for girls wouldn't sell. Network executives just don't believe kids will like shows for girls, which isn't true. But in the 1990s and early 2000s, Sailor Moon and Card Captor Sakura aired on American airwaves, edited, censored, and altered to make it more palatable to American audiences. Despite the edits, Sailor Moon was successful, whereas Card Captor Sakura didn't do as well as SM did. But still, people loved those shows altered or not, and hold fond memories of them. They were groundbreaking for their time, and their fans gobbled up any DVDs and VHSes they could find for them. Unfortunately, when their licensors went under, they were pretty much inaccessible for years. Licensing companies tried to get their hands on them to no avail, whether due to licensing issues or concerns that they won't do well. After almost a decade, fans were ready to give up on them ever seeing the light of day again.

Then, on one fateful day (get it, Cardcaptors fans?) in April, NIS America announced it had licensed Card Captor Sakura, complete with the previously unaccessible Animax dub for fans to see for the very first time. After that, in May of 2014, Viz Media made the announcement that would change everything: they had licensed Sailor Moon in its entirety, Stars included (which had never come to the US before), complete with giving it a full-on, unaltered re-dub of the series with better voices and no alterations. These were happy days for anime fans.

Welcome back, girls.

Moment #4: Sailor Moon and Card Captor Sakura coming back to the US after years of being out of print.

Hoenn confirmed!

Unlike most, I never lost interest in Pokemon during the days of Hoenn. In fact, my continued interest in Pokemon and anime in general was beginning to blossom at that time, and I have very vivid memories of when the original Ruby and Sapphire games came out, such as when my mom got me Sapphire for Easter, and then Ruby a couple months later on my birthday. I consider these games personal milestones for me: they're the first games I ever truly beat, the Elite Four are the first I ever beat, and they're the first games I ever truly completed. When Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire were announced, you won't believe how happy I was. I got Alpha Sapphire the day it came out! I even played it at school for a short while! But I beat Alpha Sapphire and I can say this: GameFreak really outdid themselves with these games. They improved on all of the original's flaws and so much more. Still bummed about no trainer customization, but it is what it is. The Hoenn saga may not be everyone's favorite, but it'll always have a special place in my heart no matter what.

Moment #6: Reliving my nostalgia through Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

I really wanted to go to Colossalcon this year to meet Bryce Papenbrook, but my dad couldn't get the day off that day, so he decided to let me go to the local anime convention around our area, Tekkoshocon. It was a nice little convention, and the dealer's room was MUCH bigger and better than Matsuricon's by a long shot! I wouldn't mind going back there again and taking my friend Sami with me!

Moment #9: Tekkoshocon 2014

230th Anime: Sword Art Online




245th Anime: Isshukan Friends



Moment #11: Keeping track of anime milestones.

I've wrapped up some anime I've watched, so here are some I'll watch from July until August.


Jewelpet Twinkle (NO, I AM NOT CALLING IT TINKLE!!!)



Angelic Layer



Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
I WILL FINISH SAILOR MOON THIS YEAR OR I WILL SHOOT MYSELF IN THE FOOT!

I went to Tekkoshocon 2014 (now known as Tekko). Hung out in the dealer's room, then stood in line for over 40 minutes to try and get an autograph from Caitlin Glass only to find that the staff put a stop to it once it got late, so I left. Then met up with my mom's friend's daughters and their friends, and we hung out. I really like them, and I want to hang out with them some more. Here's what I got:

A Marill plushie
A Fennekin plushie
A Cinnamoroll plushie cell phone charm
Fractale DVD boxset
Clannad The Movie DVD (God, finally! I've been searching for this thing since it came out but I could never find it cheap until now! Yes!)
Digi Charat DVD boxset (wanted to get the specials too, but those were a bit too expensive)
A ribbon
Pokemon pins (Espeon, Sylveon, and Chikorita)
A Rainbow Dash's cutie mark cell charm...which is now lost and gone forever (WAAAAH!!!!!)
Another Madoka's Soul Gem cell charm
An Attack on Titan backpack
A My Little Pony blind bag figurine (I got Gardenia Glow)
A CardCaptor Sakura keychain
A Nyanko keychain
A light switch cover with cherry blossoms painted on it
A Madoka Magica shirt
A Pikachu shirt
A really big cake piece cell charm

I REAAAALLY wanted to get more stuff, like an N figure, more Pokemon plushies, the Natsume Yuujinchou DVD sets, a big box of Pretty Cure CDs, and others, but lack of money prevented me from doing so. I also got a free Taiyaki (those things are soooo good! I've been wanting to try it for some time, and now I love it!)!

Two days until I go to Tekko! (Yes, I know Tekko starts today, but I can't go until Sunday).