*If *you *will *not *fear *me, *then *will *you *agree *to *be *my *ally *in *the *Great *Punctuation *War?

*I *too *have *arrived-- *for *I *am *Admiral *Asterisk, *and *Admiral *Asterisk *sees *all! *You *shall *fear *me!

...Spidey?
Will you comment again tomorrow?

:')
@spidey
I have to go do a ton of homework now--
But before I do, I have a very important question:
Will you comment again tomorrow?
@rwby-rose
A long time ago, after some very hard circumstances, i swore-- I will never give up on anyone. No matter how despairing. So really, how could I NOT help Spidey? :')

Thank you Spidey! Thank you! :')
(I never lie about things like this-- but to show you I mean it: I solemnly swear by my grandmother's grave, I will hold up my end of the deal, if you hold up yours...)
(No, I'm not crying... I just have some dust in my eye...)

Well, how about this. If you can't find a writing course, then I challenge you to find 3 new things you absolutely love to do. Try everything and anything-- drawing in a new style, cooking, acting, volunteering at your local library or nusing home or homeless shelter are just some ideas-- anything! Just so long as the things are constructive and amazing. If you do that, and try to improve your skills at whatever you pick, and not be too hard on yourself if you're not perfect right away-- I'll still hold up my end of the deal.

Could you find one elsewhere? Or take an online course?

OK, I wanna try something.
Look at my comment about my fears here (it's the long essay-like one):
http://m.funsubstance.com/fun/282274/happy-halloween/?last_comment=1667763#comment1667763
The last fear on that list, being in/near water in a car, is my absolute worst fear. I've been dealing with it since I was 4 years old, and I almost think it's pathological. I literally get sick to my stomach, freeze up and start shaking and rocking back and forth-- it's all I can do not to bolt out of the car and run if it happens.
I'll make you a deal.
If you take a writing class, and try to improve and take pride in your work, I will try like hell to conquer that fear.
Those are the highest stakes that I can think of to give myself.

(Hey! I love manga! Which is your favorite?) But anyway, AHGTTG is possibly the weirdest, most off-topic, and best book I've ever read. Try it. Sometimes you just need to take what you can do, and turn it into a style...

That's not necessarily a bad thing... Have you ever read A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? (by Douglas Adams)

How do you know you can't write that well? Have you practiced? Taken any classes?

Please, please, please don't say that... OK, let me ask just one more question-- IF, for SOME REASON, you decided NOT to kill yourself, what would you do when you grew up? Please answer...

Actually, my point is this: what if someday, someone looks back at something you've done-- be it a drawing, a story, an act of kindness, a bright potential that you showed, whatever-- and says, 'She could have done so much more! Little did she know, she was so close to changing the world! But sadly, she committed suicide before she was even out of high school..."

Today, that fact is acknowledged as one of the greatest tragedies in the art world-- he could have done so. much. more. He could have made hundreds more brilliant paintings, each even more beautiful and expressive than the last.

Van Gogh (incidentally my favorite artist ever) was mentally ill... He literally put the 'pain' in 'painting.' One day, when he was only 37, he decided he couldn't take the pain of rejection anymore, and, after one of the most productive painting periods of his life, he killed himself.

Did you know he was severely depressed?

I'll ask one more thing:
Do you know who Vincent van Gogh is?

OK hold on there is slow refresh on my phone...

You belong to somebody too, and should never be thrown away.
Answer me one question:
What do you like to do?
(Do you like to draw? Write? Do you like working with old people or kids or animals? Are you oddly good at something?)
And don't you dare give me a cheap answer!

You are not dumb. You are hurting. Don't confuse the two! Besides-- my dog is ACTUALLY dumb (like runs into glass windows 5 times in a row dumb) and does that make her unimportant? No! She matters to me!

I don't normally do this-- but for Spidey, I'll make an exception:
Shut the hell up. You're not wanted here.
If you can't be supporting, get out.

If I want to care about you, I will! (And I do!) And why exactly are you not important???

Stop it! You are NOT a little piece of sh*t, you ARE important and even if you don't care, I DO!!!

No.
I'm bloody well not stopping until you understand that you're important and that people actully care about you.