"Kid, you should never run away from your problems. Look at you now. You're beyond repair. Two years can take a lot from your life." A long pause. "Your fathers loved you. You should never have left. I don't know how much time we have left. I don't know if we have any time left. But this world's falling apart. Let him fix it. Don't fight it. Please."
It isn't an uncommon thought to think back and wonder what you would tell yourself knowing what you know now. Everything from simply saying what the lottery numbers would be or what stocks to pick up to life advice such as things you wish someone told you when you were younger or something to easy a rough time in one's life. So wouldn't it stand to reason that your characters might feel the same way? That they may, in some way, wish to have the means to speak to themselves in the past. Of course some might literally have that ability, I'm not here to judge, this is more for the ones that can't but wish they could. In this thread I am asking you to look back throuh your OCs eyes and get a good look at their past. How they grew up. The things they wished someone told them or things they would want their youngerself to know from them directly. Essentially I'm asking you the simply question of "What would your OC tell their younger self?".
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"You should have tried your best to overpower Vovka and dismantle him into pieces within the first two years you arrived in Vladivostok. Those spare parts could have been vital to save Miki...at least they should have longer lifespan left even though Vovka is older than Miki...
Also, you have no idea you were totally in for a huge surprise. That red head timid cruiser from Black Sea will one day become your boss. Try not to harass him too much or he will definitely get you back whenever you fight with Vovka again. And lastly, do whatever you can to prevent a certain video website on internet from being established. It;'s going to make your life hell...almost equates to the marriage jokes your future boss had suffer before."
((OoC - the said red head cruiser is on the top of previous page LOL))
"It's ridiculous to be talking to the past, especially when the turning point in my life was one in which I ditched everything I was. Everything you were. But here I am. It's frustrating to remember how you were and how I can't control any of that anymore, you know?
If there was a way to make everything start over, and I'm not saying this because it's on my mind a lot, but if I had to give you one piece of advice... You have to know that no one's going to figure out what's going on with you. No one's going to tell you there's something wrong with you. However people will react will usually be negative. They will yell and hit you and... You'll do so many bad things in return.
Get your shit together. I'm not telling you to get help even though that'd be great but you and me both know it's unlikely, I'm telling you to realize that there are great things you can do and stop fixating on others that don't add up to your worth. Stop pushing people away, and at least you won't be thinking about being dead all the time.
Also, you're a huge masochist. You have no idea how much. It's understandable that you were embarrassed about it, but just saying, it's more than just some cuts and hits."
((Under Spoiler as potentially sensetive to people with past/current mental abuse, particularly from family))
"Fuck ok listen... no actually don't listen. Don't listen to them, don't listen to them for fucks sake. This is going to screw you up, probubly for life, but I promise you someone loves you. They love who you are but for fucks sake don't listen to those that claim to be your family. They are the farthest thing from your family, I promise you that. But you'll find your family. Someone who loves you, someone who supports you, someone to hang out with and complain with, and even someone who hates you but in such a...loving way you couldn't imagine yourself without any of them." A pause. "And I am so sorry because...you'll never be ok. But dammit...don't listen to them."
"Don't fall in love, kid. Don't go near Villa...you may love 'er, but don't. It just gets people 'urt. And eh, stay 'way from the smokes, could ya'? It's rotting' my lungs ou'. Don't blame an'one, kid. You'll jus' keep on blamin'. Whether they did an'thing or not."
((Didn't realize how thick Barney's accent was until writing this..))
"You'll find him, you'll meet him, and you will love him. Trust me, your life may have had its bleakest moments, but he'll be there to help you out. Oh and for the love of Ramuh, his name is Ignis and not Specs! And don't forget to tell them your name this time!"
Putting under a readmore just to be safe, it's referencing to family-related abuse
"Kid, you will get away from all this. You will escape, you'll never see those awful people again. You won't have to worry about dad taking out his anger, you won't have to worry about mom's words towards you. Things will get better, you'll choose to do good. You'll get to meet amazing people, and you are loved and wanted. But, please, just keep holding on. You will get out of here, I'm so sorry that you couldn't get out of this hellhole sooner."
The sinister shadow approached the notable hero.
"This is going to be ironic talking to a good, justice serving citizen.
Remember that despite you growing up in a horrible family maybe they might be the only ones you have. Generally speaking be grateful for what you got left for as long as it lasts. My past has been...well...a tunnel of hate and...suffering."
"u got this kid, don't give up, you have a whole life in front of you and you'll definitely find things that'll make it worth it!"
"Don't feel so bad when you drop the goody-goody girl act. It isn't worth it in the slightest. Settin' the bar real low so you always achieve expectation feels a lot better, plus now that you're, or I'm? I guess I'll go with we're here, but anyway, now that we're the cool kid type who gets lotsa detentions and barely escapin' expulsions, we suddenly get real popular. Too bad we'll have to leave 'em all for The Constellations in the future, but hey, that's the future even for me."