the "power of heart" trope is the worst shit ever and actively damaging to children and all peple really i think
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specifically the idea that feeling strongly about things gives you special powers or skills or chance of success or does anything other than.. make you feel strongly about things. it's OMNIPRESENT in kids sff media and mainstream sff in general tbh
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its the literary or story equivalent of junk food. good for a rush but overexposure leads to dependency and addiction sounds silly mayb but this is part of why i struggled so much to deal w the emotional reality of my childhood. if i Cared, if i Felt Strongly, why cldnt i Win
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especially as an adhd person who is prone to violently intense emotions+/simultaneously struggles to express them or real-ize them in a properly productive or creative or utilizable manner... "power of heart" sucks shit vs examinations of how to channel that heart realistically
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+ when power of heart is attached to huge stakes/saving the world type shit which is also ubiquitous in childrens media/mainstream sff, u get the msg "it's important people whose strong emotions are directly linked with world-changing impact".. like if kids r supposed to see--
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--themselves as the heroes and identify w the heroes aka the people saving the world/having especially large impact and acclaim, it follows that kids expect their own feelings to be that honored, powerful, wieldable, and immanentized. which, literally never happens
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the impact is amplified w kids raised in abusive enviro, whose feelings are ALREADY being shut down and disrespected. and no matter how strongly they Feel, their the msg "power of heart" sends is that those feelings, that pain, are not valuable BECAUSE theyre not effecting change
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