One For the Children
Finally I get to use those Chibi Fanmail Heads
for something other than cluttering my computer! Er, okay, so maybe
I could've used them a lot sooner if I'd answered this mail on time, but
we all know the story on that -_-; . So yeah, let's just get through
the backlog so I can get some needed sleep!
Dear Kou Seiya, Kou Yaten, and Kou Taiki,
No need to use the given names; we've all pretty much
dropped those by now-- three of us all with the same one gets too confusing
^_^' !
Hello, girls! I've heard about you in Naia's stories. When
I was reading the first story about you, I wanted to whisk Taiki and Yaten
away to the world of my stories, where people who are different are accepted
more. You'd fit in with my characters, certainly.
Note the irony here, of going to a world of unusual
characters to fit in.
Fitting in sounds good to me! Maybe if I'd been
born there instead, I would never have been teased for how I look or what
I can do.
Facing adversity builds character, Yaten. Had
you not lived through the teasing, you might not have become the sensitive
soul you are today.
No, while I appreciate the concern, I can't say I would want to live in
this fan's fic-world. I like myself, and my life, very much just as
they are.
Seiya, when you made up "Seiya Ball" did you make up ALL the rules yourself?
It sounds a lot like a cross between the games soccer and American football
on our planet.
Co-incidence, I guess-- I've never been to your world,
or heard of either of those games.
Try not to get so conceited about yourself; I've found I've gotten in
trouble for that, since I tend to view people who follow the latest trends
and change themselves to fit in as fools. Oh well, often when we see
our own faults in others it annoys us even more.
Who said I've got any faults? I just happen to
need all that extra self-confidence to make up for these two ^_^ !
Really, though, I don't think you looking down on other people just 'cause
they wanna change something about themselves is a good idea. If it
helps someone feel good about who they are, who are you to judge? Besides,
you wouldn't want other people judging you, right? So try to do the
same for everyone else.
Taiki, don't worry. I like glasses--I wear rather thick ones myself,
and like it that rainbow colors appear on the edges of some things, such
as lights. Keep being yourself and don't try to fit into what Seiya
tells you. You write interesting and deep lyrics, too.
Wearing glasses doesn't bother me in the least, and
I like the way this pair makes me look. I don't see rainbows, however,
so your prescription must be very different than mine.
I don't feel Seiya does the things she does to be controlling. She
cares deeply for her friends, and wants what she thinks is best for them.
Yes, that means I'm sometimes dragged into a game of Seiya Ball when
I would rather write poetry. But if she hadn't asked me to play, I
would never have known I could do sports. If she never involved me
in tickle fights and silly games, I might have gone my whole childhood never
once getting to just be a child. If she hadn't decided we should be
a band, I might never have set my words to music and written a song, much
less sung. As much as any adversity I've have faced, the good times
I've had with my friends have also helped shape me into who I am now. For
that I am eternally grateful.
Yaten, keep trying with your psychic powers. I send encouragement
to a great budding empath--sometimes I need to work on MY empathy a little
more!
In a way it's like talking to someone in a crowded room.
You know how you have to learn to focus on what the person you're
talking to says and block out everyone else? Well, that's what I'm
trying to do with emotions. It's getting easier to read one person
over all the "background noise" now, and maybe one day I'll be able to tune
it out completely.
Goodbye and good luck, girls!
From Loretta.
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