I'm a HUGE fan of a few Newgrounds series. Xombie, Childrin R Skary, Blockhead... But of all those series, only one really hit a nerve, something deep and personal inside, that made me happy and sad in profound ways.
See, there's a series called 'There She Is', featuring the 'forbidden' love between a Bunny-Girl and a Cat-Boy. SamBakZa is the name of the artists responsible for this flash series, and I applaud them for bringing it up. It's a 'taboo' subject I've touched upon numerous times in forums and chatrooms.
All these years, I've been sad, and struggling, in silence. I shouldn't, and, in truth, I feel that no-one should, feel the way I do/did.
I'm in love. Shouldn't I be happy?
Well, according to society, no. No, I shouldn't. I'm not allowed to be happy. My love can't be true or real I'm told, and if it is, well, I must be some sort of monster.
What would you do if you met the woman of your dreams and fell in love? She could love you back, and make you feel warm and happy. You two could be the happiest people on earth. Well, what if her parent, and your parent, got married? What then? Does your love just magically disappear and go away? How unfair it is, for anyone, who has fallen in my situation.
I just happen to be in love with my step-sister. Not my fault our parents beat us to it. Now I have the pleasant task of waking up every day, looking for a replacement for the one I truly love, knowing I will never find one.
I'm not promoting incest or inbreeding. I'm not corrupting the meaning of love as a word. I'm only saying that, hey, I'm still in love with someone that now I can never have. I like other people, but I only truly love HER.
If I had my way, I would openly challenge and defy 'society' and love her anyway, but I won't. Not because I'm scared to recieve abuse from the entire world, no. I'm scared that SHE would feel ashamed or upset by it. I'm scared that my passion would undo our lives and make the world so upset that simple living would be a constant struggle for the both of us.
I will never stop loving her, no matter what they say.
This series is just one tiny start for the world to at least consider the fact that, hey, there are people in love who are unhappy with insane rules made up by long-dead rule-makers. They just don't apply any more.
Anyways, back to fixing my crap-tastic computer. Lost my sound completely. Later. O_x
imapanda
boo...hoo..shes ur step sister...no matter how awesome or how hot she is or might be...u cant be toghether...because she has a brain an wont date her step brother...i dont know u at all,but im sure that u can find sumone muchh better...i just hope that by the time u read this u'll have moved on already...sorry for openin an old wound...oh,adair is in love witha 12 year old...her name...adair...the girl from heroes...but whatever...nice pic though...peace
AutumnBear
Well, your 'insight' was very, ummm, 'informative'?... n_n
Perhaps one day you'll fall in love with someone who, even though they love you back, can never be with you, just because of one minor 'legal' technicality. Actually, I hope you never fall for someone you can't have: I hope you actually meet someone who completely blows your world away and makes you so happy that you would change the world for her. Then you'd understand the way I feel myself about the woman that I love.
As for moving on, well, it's something I live with every day of my life. You just can't tell yourself to stop loving someone, and then just magically do so. Moving on sounds so nice and easy, and I don't like to linger on dead issues, but this love just won't die, and actually strengthens with time. Labeling it as 'obsessive' doesn't work either I'm afraid.
See, there's a difference between mere attraction, crushes, serious crushes, sibling or close-friend love, and the romantic, ushy-gushy kind of love. Me, I've had the benefit of experiencing all of these feelings. After struggling and questioning with all of my own emotions for many years, I've come time and time again to the same conclusion every time. My own moral values lead me to question societies censorship of true and meaningful feelings. I believe that society as a whole is indeed ignorant, living and clinging on to dead and morally-unfit and unchallenged rules that no longer make sense. For the most part, society functions well enough, but when it comes to 'traditional' thinking, our own morality is no longer what it used to be. We're living with old mindsets that used to say that slavery was okay, that freedoms are not allowed to the poor, and that only one religion is true or right. Saying that love is only okay when 'society' says it is okay is nonsense, as I feel that society neglects to understand what love is. Love is 'unconditional' and 'pure'. There is no right or wrong with it: you either love someone or you don't. Saying that your love is bad when you are blessed enough to actually discover it is ridiculous. I believe that it doesn't matter with who that you love, as long as the two of you are happy, and are willing to be happy together.
Do you think love is bad?