smokedsalt:

characters who are so inauthentic. characters who only show what they want other people to see of them. characters who simply must have control over every part of themselves. do you even get it

Not once in my childhood did I appreciate that our family car was an orange shortie with yellow accents all throughout. If I’d had any sense I would’ve begged our pop to store it for me when the engine started to give out instead of selling it off for pennies.