I thought reading books would make me think, but it only got me bored. When I told the others that reading isn't my thing, I was made fun of. I was called dumb and illiterate. My sister and my mother would deliberately use a book reference to make me feel small and insignificant.
So I started buying books obsessively. I found out I liked fantasy adventure and truly, the classics bore me to death with their unnecessary fanciful language. I liked books that made me use my imagination and action packed. So I like some sword-singing and witch killing, so what?
My vocabulary improved a lot after that, granted but why don't they respect my choices as much as I respect theirs?
When I told them exactly how I feel about their choice of books, they look at me scandalized like I said something blasphemous.
Rainbow Dash started off hating books, seeing reading as something absolutely time-consuming. Is she wrong? She's not. It isn't her thing. There are the 'Doers' and then there are the 'Thinkers'.
The Doers need to channel their energy with their bodies, the Thinker is able to sit down and well, think.
Rainbow Dash is a Doer - she needs to move around to learn. But she did end up reading books, she liked adventure-type books. That's the only thing she reads. Just like me, I like Fantasy Adventure. I am so much like Rainbow Dash in this aspect. I just wish the people around me aren't being assholes and actually respect my choices.
Such a simple concept, why is this so hard to comprehend?
Fuck it, there are people who like to read. There are those that who don't. Your job is to respect that choice.
There are those that have a preference difference than yours, one is not superior than the other.
There, I said it. I only started reading so I wouldn't miss out on things. I hate myself for being something I am not to impress people that don't matter.
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