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ii. youth | troye sivan

        “cause we get no time for getting old / before our bodies turn to stones / cross your fingers, here we go”

this song had a special place in wendy’s heart. back in london, she had met a boy named peter, and she knew that he was different the second that she bumped into him at school. as the year went by, they got to know each other and eventually started to date. peter had decided to surpise her by taking her out to an open field late at night to see the stars and fireflies. wendy knew that her parents wouldn’t have let her go, so peter insisted that she sneaked out, and she did. at that moment, she knew that whatever she was dealing with didn’t matter and that peter gave her a sense of what it was like to be a kid again without any worries. he had a child-like personality, and it intrigued her. 

iii. venus | sleeping at last 

        “at first i thought you were a constellation / i convinced myself that i would never find you / when suddenly i saw you”

this song serves multiple purposes for wendy. it’s stuck by her ever since she started writing, and it reminded her of when she first met peter. a lot of her stories were written because of this song. she would lock herself in her room and listen to it on repeat as she wrote and thought up of ideas. it gave her a sense of adventure, and she longed for that. she wanted to go and explore new places and engage in different cultures, but all she could do was write about them in hopes of it becoming a reality. wendy had a love for stars and the planets, and meeting someone as unique as peter made her want to know more. peter and wendy were like two puzzle pieces that were meant to fit and belong, and the whole school could see that. wendy had terrible experiences with past boys, but she had a weird feeling inside that this wasn’t going to be like any of her past relationships, and that excited her. 

iv. warrior daughter | wildwood kin 

          “ride ahead; fight for what’s yours / so take your sword; protector of them all”

wendy has always been passionate about writing/storytelling; her brothers had loved her stories she would tell them at bedtime, but her parents seemed to think just the opposite. despite the countless fights that she would have, she wouldn’t stop writing to fulfill a task that her parents didn’t get the chance to do. she wanted to make her own choices and have her parents support her along the way, but that was never the case. she stuck up for her beliefs and what she thought was right for her, even if that meant doing something that her parents disregarded. because of this song, wendy has been able to stand up for herself, no matter the situation, and be able to put herself first. 

v. i’d love to change the world | jetta 

         “i’d love to change the world / but i don’t know what to do”

whenever wendy needs a song to help bring her confidence back, this does the job. she loves how intense the instrumentals are throughout the song, and they fuel her in so many ways. this songs reminds her that she can do anything that she puts her mind to, and no matter what people say, she can change the world. wendy knows deep inside that she’s special and unique, and everyday, she’s slowly started to figure out who she truly is in order for her to change the world to the best of her ability.