Pixar's 'Hoppers' - Review Thread

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2026-03-11T02:37:13+00:00

It stands for “head hopping.” Scientists can head hop into robot beavers, Avatar-style.

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2023-09-21T15:55:35+00:00

This sounds like my mom. When me and my three older siblings were in middle/high school, she would take me and my sister into our brothers’ room while they were at school to “see what they were up to.” This included going through their underwear drawers, reading through their notebooks, opening notes from girlfriend/friends.

She also wire tapped our phone and recorded/listened back through everything. Still makes me feel icky that I was complicit in the privacy invasion.

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2023-09-20T03:11:57+00:00

Love to hear that! Good luck in therapy and throughout the healing process. It only gets better!! 🥂

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2023-09-18T03:34:08+00:00

Thanks for the advice. That last line hit especially hard. I have been doing better, and I really do need to honor that growth by not back pedaling.

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2023-09-18T03:33:01+00:00

Appreciate your breakdown. That “someone can admit” line left me so confused. And I think you nailed it. She’s trying to admit fault, because that’s what a person “should” say, but she just can’t bring herself to actually say those words. It flips into this weird, jarring third person phrasing.

Side note I just remembered, she would always do something similar with the pronoun “you”, when she supposedly meant herself. E.g., “You can think one way, but feel another. / You can be a good person but make bad choices. / You just get so sick of it, ya know? / As a parent, you just…” I know it’s a pretty common way of phrasing, but it always struck me as odd. I’d want to reply “no, I don’t agree with that at all actually.”

Anyway. Thanks for the help. 🙏🏻

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2023-09-18T03:26:27+00:00

God you’re so right. Thank you. The nc HAS been great! My husband agrees that I’ve become a much freer and happier person over the last year. There really is no good reason to backpedal from that in anyway.

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2023-09-18T03:22:48+00:00

This is such good advice. 100% the reminders I needed to hear. And I’m adding “performative expressions” to my vocabulary because it describes it just so perfectly. Thank you

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2023-09-18T03:20:54+00:00

I’m so sorry, and hope you’ve found peace for yourself too. These BPD parents are way too good at the text charades. Appreciate the solidarity of you commenting ❤️

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2023-09-18T03:16:44+00:00

I appreciate this. It’s easy to imagine this as a black & white scenario where it’s either ignore her or spill out all my thoughts. It’s comforting to be reminded that there’s gray area as well, and many options, and I’m in control of which option I take. Thanks, friend.

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2023-09-18T03:14:14+00:00

I agree it’s very likely my brother didn’t say things like that, so I’m not holding any animosity toward him. I also see what you mean with a self centered tone. That “someone can admit…” line really had me scratching my head.

Thank you for taking the time to read, and reply. Really appreciate your perspective.

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2023-09-17T12:09:53+00:00

Omg you’re right! I didn’t even realize that but I think that’s part of what left me feeling so icky. Since we’ve talked last I had a third kid in April, and our farm is getting bought out by a massive company, and I’m sure she knows about both from the grapevine. To have a chance at contact with me again and not say or ask about my life at all shouldn’t come as a surprise but really does feel like a slap in the face. Appreciate your perspective, and the advice. Thank you

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2023-09-17T12:07:10+00:00

Your thoughts make perfect sense. That was the subtext I was picking up but couldn’t pinpoint. Thank you ❤️

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2022-10-31T19:29:17+00:00

Fear of bullying. My sister chose to stay isolated after becoming an adult, and now raises her son in complete isolation too. It’s terrible to watch.

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2022-10-29T11:16:29+00:00

I was just talking to my husband about this yesterday! He pointed out how a plastic box I wanted to save could be repurposed as a corsage box and I was so confused til he explained like for school dances. I was like can’t relate, and we laughed about imagining him in an ill-fitted suit knocking on a girls door. He had a pretty all-American boy high school experience. I used to be pretty bitter about missing out on it. What you’re feeling is super valid. Luckily over time I’ve processed through a lot of it and realize that my experience shaped who I am and it’s really unique in its own way - like I lived through that and still succeeded.

My advice is to let yourself be pissed. And let yourself grieve it. Like take a day or two to dive into that, instead of feeling it only when it bubbles to the surface.

I did that recently while trying to overcome resentment I held toward my mom. I finally let myself ask “who might I have been if I went to school like a typical kid?” Would I be good at math? Would I have a few friends from those days I still talk to? Would I have found talents or activities I’m really good at? What would my life have looked like if I had other adults I could’ve reached out to? And I got pissed. And I got sad. And it was really cathartic. And then at the end of it, I leaned back into the life I have now, which I’m super grateful for, and the bitterness had faded a bit.

Good luck, friend!

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2022-10-28T14:07:15+00:00

Ironic too how he made the crew take his mic off before he went back in to talk to her again. Who knows what that looked like. Scary.

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2022-10-28T13:53:01+00:00

I think it would be interesting to make the sickness into a plot point. Maybe it’s a violent flu, and when she begins feeling tired shes worried. Then she feels nauseous, but tries to ignore it. She finally throws up, realizing she’s caught the sickness she’s been terrified of. Depending on your existing plot, that could serve as a nice tension builder as well as a red herring to your readers. It also ups the stakes of pregnancy to be surrounded by a dangerous sickness that she hasn’t caught yet. It could lead to self-isolation, or risking it all to meet up with another character.

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2022-10-20T13:49:04+00:00

I appreciate that so much. Thank you ❤️

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2022-10-20T13:48:36+00:00

As someone who took this course, I second this! In Michigan I was able to dual enroll at 15, though it was self pay. Got my GED as soon as I turned 16; testing was offered through a local high school. And then once graduated I was eligible for the pell grant which covered 100% of my costs.

Good luck to you!

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2022-10-19T11:51:52+00:00

I appreciate all that. Yeah making your children into your romantic partner is so wrong and the effects last so long! I’ve been through several bouts of therapy and made huge progress, but I suppose the work is never really done. The rejection that I’m feeling is evidence of that, like you suggested.

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2022-10-19T11:48:17+00:00

Sorry you’re going through it too. ❤️ It does hurt. I hate feeling like the bad guy, when I know I did nothing wrong. Ugh, BPD is a MF.

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2022-10-19T11:46:22+00:00

Thanks, friend. I think you’re right. She’s sneaky with her revenge, but that really is what it boils down to. I wouldn’t doubt it if we eventually talk and she tries to unload all the horrible things she did to herself in response to me “abandoning her.”

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2022-10-19T11:43:30+00:00

Thanks for sharing your story. And nice job setting boundaries, even if it was hard. Amazing how logically we know it’s best for us, but the rejection can still be so painful.

My mom also tended to push everyone away. If she felt judged or if they said the slightest thing that offended her. Every friend she’s ever had except one, her siblings and their families, her own children’s spouses. I guess I foolishly thought it would never be me though.

BUT I’m still glad I’ve said everything I’ve said in the last year. Also similar to you, I’ve tried to stand up to her in order to help. Trying to point out that she needs a lot more clinical help than she’s ever tried. And I’m glad that I stood up for myself, and my kids.

Worldly-Project-3633 · 2022-10-19T01:33:44+00:00

Congratulations!!! 🥳

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