#angre

is it strange that i hate when people refer to diseases/conditions as battles?

especially when it's something like autism or adhd, we aren't fighting anything, it's just who we are. but even if it's actually a dangerous disease, it still feels wrong? like "they lost their battle with cancer" makes it sound like the person is a failure for dying.

I know this movie is old news, but I'm still bothered by it. Specifically, the design of the main character, and her personality. Now, I have nothing against the actress, NOTHING.

But when I was a kid, I was obsessed with this book, and I think it was in part because she looked like me, almost exactly. Short dark hair, glasses, the whole shebang.

And finding out that they completely changed her design.... it stung, not going to lie.

Another thing I liked about her was her personality. Book Flora was grumpy, and socially awkward. She assumed her neighbor had a brain tumor because of the disaster facts she learned from comic books, and she was rude, and constantly correcting people. She was weird, and unapologetically so.

Now, in the movie, they changed this too. She's more approachable, nicer, and she's quirky, but not TOO quirky. It isn't acceptable to be truly weird, and an outcast.

I know this is mostly a personal issue though.