Anime and Video games. They're more and more commonly associated these days. Dragonball Fighter Z, Code Vein, Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm Series, you name a popular Anime series it's very possible it has a video game made for it or in the works. Hell there are video games made with an Anime style or story that aren't even based directly off of a popular series.
There's no argument both of these forms of media have been heavy influences on my life, not to discount the many other things I do, such as watching YouTubers like Markiplier and the Game Grumps, watching Rooster Teeth content, listening to music from Eminem and recently Nathan Sharp. They typically lift my spirit, and the stories they tell or emulate can get your blood pumping or your mind thinking.
I used to use video games as an escape from my problems. I would rarely leave the house. Now, a lot of people would go on to say that that's a bad thing. In my case, it was a great thing, but not because I used it as an escape, but because I played a lot of RPGs and I always liked creating or experiencing a new story, and that's what I did. I'd roleplay my own characters and their stories or I'd play video games and experience entirely new stories. One of my favorite yet confusing stories is from Knight of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. I won't spoil it (Even after it's been out for a decade). Now, I found out about Anime by learning that after the library didn't have the last books for Fullmetal Alchemist that I'd find it on the internet. Low and behold I found an animated Fullmetal Alchemist, and thankfully it was Brotherhood, because the 2005 series would've confused the hell out of me.
I've switched between watching YouTube and Anime, sometimes combined, but they tend to make me smile and that was rare for the longest time. And when I say smile, I mean a genuine smile. After all the crap I went through, the stupid shit I did, the mindset I was left in... a genuine smile sounds like a far off dream. Before I even knew I could draw as well as I can, I've had this burning desire inside of me. I've wanted to tell my story to the world, not only my experience as a person, but the stories I've crafted throughout my life. To give people a genuine smile when the Hero succeeds, to show that tragedy falls upon even the luckiest guy on the planet and that exact same guy can get out of that twenty foot hole he dug himself so many years ago.
My experiences after high school are here and there. Met a lot of good friends on the Internet, having formed communities such as the Random Gaming Alliance, Chorba Intelligence Academy and Autosave Gaming. And although the days of those communities are echoes of what they used to be, I still cherish those moments and the friends I made. They are all like a second family to me and they've taught me a lot in life. Let it be known that I have not forgotten about those amazing times, but I also recognize how much of a child I still was. Yes, I was fresh out of High School, thinking I was a big bad mature adult. Through these communities and my own life experiences I learned I had to add a few more years onto my belt to have the title of Adult. I hit the ground running a few times, but I got up more times than I fell.
The moment I realized I had become a better person and an actual Adult was when I made a decision that changed the relationship with my biological father forever. I don't regret a single word I said.
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