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… aka ‘why I find angsty fanfiction emotionally healthy (and also I’m still an emo child at heart.)’
In some ways, fanfolks are just gluttons for punishment — and I’m no different, really. I love me some angst!
Part of that is because I am an emo child to the end of eternity, and the gothicky and/or angsty stuff is always going to appeal to my sense of Drama.
But another part is that actually it’s emotionally healthy to give yourself some space to explore your darker and more angsty feelings in a safe environment — such as through media and fanfiction.
(…I don’t know whether that last sentence was really smart or really b*llsh**, but I’ma go with it!)
Disclaimer time!
This is where it’s important that I remind you that I’m not a mental health or any kind of medical professional! Just a chick with personal experience of Depression and Anxiety.
What better way to explore your emo feelings than with a Queer Queen created by the Emo Queen of Sass?
(That’s Klaus Hargreeves and Gerard Way, respectively.)