Thread:Thunder the Coyote/@comment-26381576-20180108201501/@comment-5688420-20180112075829

I mean, we live in a world where depression, self-harm and related topics are subject to ridicule. Where "kill yourself" is a common sight in forums, and where people generally give the cold shoulder toward all things they consider "emo" (i.e. Linkin Park and all the "CRAWLING IN MY SKIN!!!1!" memes prior to Chester's death). For a series to feature a youth who suffers from mental illnesses pretty much guarantees that it would end up being ridiculed as wel.

When I created Shino, I envisioned her as a protagonist who suffers from serious depression, rooted from all the abuse she recieved throught her life, based around my own experiences with them. I don't want her to be poster girl of "emo kids who don't have a reason to be angsty/whiny but decide to anyway", because that's not what she is. Far from it.